The Sassy Bookworm
I loved the first 80ish%, but after she ran away I sort of lost interest and struggled to not skim the rest of the book.
Ya this pretty much sucked.
I didn't like the h at all, she came across as a rude bitch at the beginning of the story, and though she got better, I never really connected with her. And seriously, who moves from southern Cali to Montana, and doesn't know it's frigging cold there in the winter? This is the woman they hired to teach their children??!!
The H/h had no chemistry whatsoever, not to mention we went from dislike to “will you marry me?” in 1.2 seconds.
Just a dull uninspired holiday read.
This was just OK to me.
I usually love the over the top alpha, and I LOVE Russian mobsters, but I never felt an ounce of connection between the H/h. He just basically forced her into everything, and even at the end of the book she was sneaking around to take photos of him to use against him if the need arose.
So much love (insert sarcasm voice).
This one was WAY better then book one! I actually felt a connection between the H/h in this book.
This was cute, but it is SUPER short, like 64 pages short, so it's basically a “wham bam thank you ma'am” type of deal!
I enjoyed the writing, and we get a peek at Knox's book, but the H is a manwhore MMA fighter, and the h is a stripper, so not sure I am going there! lol
3.5 stars.
Typical Jordan Silver, uber possessive alpha, slightly annoying heroine. I did feel that it dragged on a bit. No sexy times til halfway through the book, but overall a good read!
I'm really bummed about writing this review. :( I really liked book one, and was looking forward to John and Heather's story, unfortunately this one just didn't work for me.
There is “slow burn” and then there is moving at a snails pace where nothing really happens! They agreed upon a no sex rule until the fourth date, it literally takes until 80% of the book to actually get to that fourth date. By that time I was just skimming to get to the end.
I think this book would have worked better as a novella where things could have moved at a better pace. Still this author has a lot of potential, so I will most likely give her next book a try!
Today seems to be the day for middle of the road books...
A librarian and a fire fighter, yes please, sign me up..turns out I should have skipped the signing!!
I really liked book one in this series, alas book two was a disappointment. :(
Cowboy is a manwhore (of course he is), he's slept with every woman in town, and probably a few farm animals. How do I know this, because it is repeated ad nauseum through THE WHOLE FRIGGING BOOK! Not a chapter goes by without us having someone remind us of his horn dog ways..sigh.
Anna is an introverted, scared, virginal librarian (of course she is), of she had sex once before, but it was BAD BAD BAD, so now she spends her time reading romance books, watching porn, and practicing fallacio on bananas, you know, normal stuff a 20 something woman would do. (insert side eye sarcasm) Also fires seem to spontaneously combust in her presence!
The push/pull between these two was annoying as hell, the mystery was boring, and I totally didn't even care who the bad guy was by the end. And let's talk about her friends, my God, with friends like these people who needs enemies! They said she dressed like a grandma, was a mouse, was boring, they couldn't figure out what Cowboy saw in her, they reminded her continuously about how much of a horn dog her was..geez!
Lastly, let us speak about the fact that at the beginning of the book Cowboy doesn't want to get a library card because he doesn't want anyone to know his real name. Well guess what folks, you never get to know what the hell his real name is?! In the epilogue they are married, so I guess the preacher has to say “Do you cowboy take this banana loving harpy as your wife??”
Not good dude, just not good...
No, just NO..this dude is worse then Glazov. I love a good over the top alpha, but this was a crazy abusive asshole alpha. I didn't feel an ounce of love between these two...le sigh.
Also, this book made NO SENSE! First of all the heroine was WAY to stupid to live. She hides out from Novak...wait for it...in her apartment!! Ya, no way that crazy ass Russian mob guy is gonna find you there!!
Second of all, what the hell is with the diary?! First rule of criminal school is DON'T leave a written record of said criminal activity!! Second, if for some asinine reason you decide to break rule number one, take better care not to leave said record behind somewhere!
Then he threatens to ruin her career because she stole his diary and wrote a FICTIONAL book based on it! She wasn't trying to pass it off a real, so how exactly was he going to ruin her career? Let us not forget he is a RUSSIAN MOBSTER, I am pretty sure he isn't going to call the cops about a stolen diary...save me from books that make no sense!!
So this was a fun quick read!
Interesting characters and plot, and it looks like the series will continue on with the same main characters. A little like a James Bond type deal, just with a Russian assassin! lol
Looking forward to the next book!
This was a fabulous read!
It was like a Scooby-Doo mystery! Great background and history for the backdrop of the story. Interesting characters, and I didn't even have a clue who the bad guy was until they tore his mask off!
I love these little novella's!
This was super fast read, I literally knocked it out in 45 minutes, if that!
Uber alpha hero, non annoying heroine, great epilogue.
I enjoyed this one..
I was really enjoying this one, it was hot insta-love with a Seal, then BANG the end. This sucker ended so abruptly I thought I was missing the rest of the book!
Is there a sequel, does he come back?? These are questions I need answered people!!!
Another incredibly short book...
This was just OK, it was to short to really build any story. Basically the heroine comes back home after being held at gunpoint in the school she teaches in. She is thinking about going to law school, and meets up with the hero. He is 47, and she use to date his son in high school, he was married then, but she had a crush on him.
Anyways, he isn't married now, and they pursue a relationship, the end!
This book was just OK for me. A lot of stuff didn't make a lick of sense!
So he takes the blame for her self defense (first this dude is a bazillionaire with connections, he couldn't get a decent lawyer??) and ends up having to go to yuppie jail for three years. So no one tells the heroine, cause, well, there really wasn't a good reason not to tell her. She is a frigging adult in a relationship with another adult, but hey we will all lie to her! Great relationship skills there! SO, off to the yuppie jail he goes, they apparently bring in hookers for the inmates (my kind of jail!!) the hero uses the hookers to send letters to the heroine who thinks he screwed off to somewhere for work. Apparently they figure out he isn't using the hookers for their intended purposes, so no more hookers, hence no more letters for him!! NOW, hold the phone here, he is in yuppie prison, why can't he send letters to people?? I am pretty sure the dredges of society in regular 'ol prisons are aloud to send/receive letters. Isn't that how Charles Manson found his wife?? They got hookers for christ sakes, but NO letters BAD BAD BAD!! *lol*
Seriously, this whole book was a cluster fuck of stupidity!! lol
This book is a bit difficult for me to rate. I liked the story, I LOVED Julian, and I liked the side characters. Who I didn't like was Tara. I get she is suppose to be this badass agent type person, but I found her selfish, whiny, and really always to much in your face. It was like she was the alpha in the relationship, and it really brought my enjoyment down of this story.
I'd also like to make mention of something that took place in this book that really, really, turned me off. At one point Tara misunderstands something Julian has done and burst into his office to yell at him, and at one point punches him in the face! Here's the thing, had the situation been reversed, everyone would be all up in arms about a guy punching a woman, but no one says a peep about her doing it to Julian. Punching someone in the face, especially someone you are suppose to love is abuse regardless of gender.
Maybe I am being picky, but I didn't find it badass, I found it distasteful, and really wished at that point that Julian just dumped her and found someone decent to be with!
3.5 Stars This was a cute short read!
I don't remember to much about Jesse other then he was an asshole to Kimber, I think he cheats on her in an earlier book? He was super sweet in this one though. This was MEGA insta-love, but I stilled liked it.
I wish we wouldn't have had to have the continuous mentions of all the woman he had slept with though, threesomes, fivesomes, politician's daughters, porn stars (seriously gross). It was a bit overkill for such a short book. I mean we get it, he was a slut...geesh!
I love this series though, and I love this author!
DNF at 50%
This book was just boring the hell out of me. It's suppose to be a first book in a spin off series, but I felt like I was dropped into the middle of a series. A shit ton of characters introduced, all with backstories. Even the H/h had a backstory together that happened before the book started.
Just didn't hold my attention...
This was SUPER short, so it got right to the point!!
Cindy is lusting after her boss, he asks her to check a property they are selling to see if everything is in order. She finds out it wasn't cleaned properly, so does it herself, and decides after to get in the hot tub naked and masturbate to thoughts of her boss cause you know, that would be my first idea after cleaning!
In any case, he catches her, spanking ensues, she runs off, they visit the Zoo, have hot sex, and I guess live happily ever after. It was a bit of an abrupt ending...still all in all, it was a good read!
OTT alphas, especially ones that do stuff that in “real life” would have you running to your nearest police station, are like catnip to me! So it's no surprise that I ADORED this book! Caleb was awesome, and he even had me laughing out loud on a couple occasions with his antics! Madeleine was also a great character, even if it took her a bit longer to get on board with Caleb's agenda.
It's a short book so the story moves quickly, there really isn't any over the top angst. There is a jealous/nasty OW, but it isn't even a thing! There is a smidgen of BDSM, but it is pretty tame. Overall I really enjoyed this book, and can't wait to read Brysen's when it comes out!
This was another super sweet and sexy read from this author!
Though not as OTT alpha as Caleb, Brysen held his own in the book boyfriend awards! lol Loved both characters, and the epilogue was SO sweet!
I'm really impressed so far with this author, and I can't wait for the next in the series. :)
The title of this book is cheesy as all hell, but the book itself was pretty damn good!
The hero and heroine were likable, it had a cute kid, the mystery/baddie part could have been a bit more fleshed out, but overall a decent read!