**Review** The Law of Moses by Amy Harmon

Rating: 5 Stars

Genre: Contemporary Romance/Paranormal

Triggers: Loss/Death

Blurb:

 I tell you right up front, right in the beginning that I lost him, it will be easier for you to bear. You will know it’s coming, and it will hurt. But you’ll be able to prepare.Someone found him in a laundry basket at the Quick Wash, wrapped in a towel, a few hours old and close to death. They called him Baby Moses when they shared his story on the ten o’clock news – the little baby left in a basket at a dingy Laundromat, born to a crack addict and expected to have all sorts of problems. I imagined the crack baby, Moses, having a giant crack that ran down his body, like he’d been broken at birth. I knew that wasn’t what the term meant, but the image stuck in my mind. Maybe the fact that he was broken drew me to him from the start.

It all happened before I was born, and by the time I met Moses and my mom told me all about him, the story was old news and nobody wanted anything to do with him. People love babies, even sick babies. Even crack babies. But babies grow up to be kids, and kids grow up to be teenagers. Nobody wants a messed up teenager.

And Moses was messed up. Moses was a law unto himself. But he was also strange and exotic and beautiful. To be with him would change my life in ways I could never have imagined. Maybe I should have stayed away. Maybe I should have listened. My mother warned me. Even Moses warned me. But I didn’t stay away.

And so begins a story of pain and promise, of heartache and healing, of life and death. A story of before and after, of new beginnings and never-endings. But most of all...a love story.  

Dot's Dirty Deets

I felt that whole entire book. Honestly, I was not expecting it to be paranormal. We are discussing it in one of my Facebook book clubs (shout-out to Reading Brings Us Together) on Sunday and you all know me, not reading anything about the book, just diving right in. I was like, wait what...nooo...I do not really like paranormal or fantasy books. I do, but I don't - love hate kind of thing. But this one I loved.

I know what you're thinking, "Dot, you love everything." It's not true. I don't. I just rarely blog about the books I don't like. Like I was reading 44 Chapters About 4 Men by before this and I just couldn't get into it. I do not like everything. So, THERE!

Anyway, back to The Law of Moses.

This is my first Amy Harmon book and I will absolutely be picking up Tag's book next. I loved it! The characters. The imagery. The beauty. The hurt. The pain. The slow burn. The cool letdown. This book needs to be on your TBR. This book needs to be loaded to your kindles, bought from your bookstores and gobbled up into your mind.

Moses. Oh, Moses. You can't help but love Moses. You want Moses to win. You want Moses to get his Sugar Honey Iced Tea together. At times you want him to lose, too. I hate to admit it, but at times Georgia was just too good for Moses. But I loved Moses. I wanted Moses to win. I wanted Moses to get his Sugar Honey Iced Tea together for the sake of Georgia. I wanted him to lose, too. Moses has gifts that he won't accept. He runs from it. He runs from life. But I understood it. I could relate - not in a "I see dead people" kind of way, but in a "if people knew this about me, they would think I'm a freak" kind of way. And boy do I love relatable characters.

Georgia. She's feisty. She's young. But she knows in her heart that she is in love. With the boy who runs from everything. Especially her.

This tangled love story will have you wanting more. And the ending has you shocked. It had me shocked. It doesn't leave you wanting more in a "I need another book with these characters" way, just a "I can't put this book down" way. Drink it up with a nice glass of wine or a cold glass of iced tea if you're into non-alcoholic bevs. As long as you drink it up. Keep tissues by. I cried A LOT.

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*New Release/Review* Hard Core by Madison Faye

Title: Hard Core

Series: Dirty Bad Things #1

Author: Madison Faye

Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: November 27, 2017


Dot's Rating: 4 Stars
Triggers: 18+ read

Blurb

She’s sweet, pure, and untouched, and she’s about to lose her innocence on camera. To me.

Trust me, I’m no porn star, even if I do have the equipment of one. But when the Moretti crime family comes calling to collect on a debt I owe, they want it in trade.

You see, there’s big money in dirty movies, and the more real, the better. Me? I’m already filthy, damaged goods from my time in Afghanistan.

But then I meet Rose, my “co-star”, and my whole world shatters.

She owes the Moretti’s too, but she’s too good for all of this. Too sweet, too beautiful - too innocent for this shit. And I’ll be damned if I let them steal that away from her.

It’s wrong that she’s here, but it’s also wrong that she wants me to “teach her” things. It’s worse that I want to.

But one taste of her lips, and I’m hooked. One touch of her soft skin, and I know Rose is going to be mine. Not the camera’s. Mine.

The virgin with the debt, the ex-marine with the dick, and a porno for the mob.

Welcome to Vegas, baby.

*Please note that while a connected storyline, each of the Dirty Bad Things books are completely standalone stories centered around one couple, with no cliffhangers or spoilers.

Dirty, filthy, and oh-so-sweet, with an utterly obsessed alpha hero, explosive insta-love, and enough kindle-melting steam to make you sweat. Get ready to get wrong in the right kind of way. HEA with NO CHEATING!

Dot's Deets:

This book was steamy read and only for readers over 18! The storyline moved well enough, but I just felt like it was missing something to give that 5 star rating. It was a good short read that will have you wanting to read more. Sex scenes can be awkward while reading (even writing), but this one was hot and everything I was hoping for.

The characters were a little underdeveloped for my liking, but I guess the plot didn't need it. But I just like a little more depth to my characters.

This one is a curl up with an iced cold brew and sandwich. Steamy. You'll need to cool down from it.

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#1 bestselling contemporary romance author Madison Faye is the dirty alter ego of the very wholesome, very normal suburban housewife behind the stories. While she might be a wife, mom, and PTA organizer on the outside, there’s nothing but hot, steamy, and raunchy fantasies brewing right beneath the surface!

Tired of keeping them hidden inside or only having them come out in the bedroom, they’re all here in the form of some wickedly hot stories. Single-minded alpha hero, sinfully taboo relationships, and wildly over-the-top scenarios. If you love it extra dirty, extra hot, and extra naughty, this is the place for you! (Just don’t tell the other PTA members you saw her here…)

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**New Release** On the Way to You by Kandi Steiner (Review)

On the Way to You, an all-new emotional standalone from Kandi Steiner is LIVE!

On the Way to You by Kandi Steiner

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Publishing Date: November 16th, 2017

Rating: 5 Stars

Recommend: YES! Oh goodness. YES!

Triggers: so much sadness, but in a good way



What makes you happy?

That was the question Emery Reed asked me the day we met, and I couldn’t give him a single answer. I could have said my dog, or my books, or yoga — but I just stared.

And then, I got in his car.

It was crazy to take a road trip with a stranger, but after years of standing still, he was my one-way ticket to a new life, and I wasn’t going to miss it.

We shared the same space, the same car, the same hotel room — and still, we were strangers.

One day we’d be laughing, the next, we wouldn’t speak. Emery was surrounded by impenetrable walls, but I wanted in.

Discovering his journal changed everything.

I read his thoughts, words not meant for anyone’s eyes, and the more I learned about him, the harder I fell. It turned out nothing made Emery Reed happy, and I wanted to change that.

I earned his trust by violating his privacy, and as wrong as it was, it worked — until one entry revealed a darkness I never knew existed, a timer I never knew was ticking.

Suddenly, what made me happy was saving Emery from himself. I just didn’t know if I could.

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**Dot's Deets**

**ARC received in exchange for an honest review**

Some of you may have already seen my initial thoughts on this book on my facebook page. The one where I said I wanted to sit and stare at Kandi Steiner all creep-like? Yes, that one! Well, my feelings remain the same. This book! This is my top book of 2017 and once you read it, you can fight me about this!

Why was this book so amazing and received a 5 star rating plus!? Well, let me just tell you, you are in for a real treat. I cried, I laughed, I cried some more. I felt every single emotion in the Webster. I wanted to reach through my screen and hold these characters. Slap these characters. Ask them why. Tell them it would be okay. Tell them I have been there too. Then turn to Kandi and ask her if she has been watching my life for last few weeks - only to release this book and silently whisper to me "It's okay. You are not alone." Shoot man. I read this book over a week ago and goose bumps are still forming when I think about these characters.

I'm not making any sense. Or am I? The storyline is typical. Girl meets cute boy type feel. But there is so much depth and substance to this book that has you looking at page numbers praying it takes you a little while longer to gobble up their story. Kandi Steiner has this magical ability to transport you into her stories and make you feel as though the world around you isn't enough. That there is more out there; if you go out there and grab it.

"What makes you happy?"

We ask ourselves this often. Some more than others. But everything is superficial. Our family. This book. We don't really think about what really makes us happy. And when Emery was kneeling in the snow, tears mixing with the elements, I thought to myself: "What would bring me to my knees like that if I lost it?"

So, before I give away too much information about this book. Grab it. It was released today. Also, grab a box of Kleenex and have your best friend on speed dial. Make sure he/she is reading it too. You will need the support. Or call me. I'm here for you. 

About the Author:

Kandi Steiner is a Creative Writing and Advertising/Public Relations graduate from the University of Central Florida living in Tampa. Kandi works full time as a social media specialist, but also works part time as a Zumba fitness instructor and blackjack dealer. Kandi started writing back in the 4th grade after reading the first Harry Potter installment. In 6th grade, she wrote and edited her own newspaper and distributed to her classmates. Eventually, the principal caught on and the newspaper was quickly halted, though Kandi tried fighting for her “freedom of press.” She took particular interest in writing romance after college, as she has always been a die hard hopeless romantic (like most girls brought up on Disney movies). When Kandi isn’t working or writing, you can find her reading books of all kinds, talking with her extremely vocal cat, and spending time with her friends and family. She enjoys beach days, movie marathons, live music, craft beer and sweet wine – not necessarily in that order.

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**Cover Reveal** A Little Too Late by Staci Hart

A Little Too Late, an all-new romantic standalone from Staci Hart is coming October 24th!

A Little Too Late by Staci Hart

Publishing Date: October 24th, 2017

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Cover Designer: QuirkyBird Designs

I wasn't supposed to fall in love with the nanny.

When my wife left, she took the illusion of happiness with her, and I've been caught in a free fall ever since. For nine long months, I've been fighting to figure out how to be a single dad, how to be alone.

For nine long months, I've been failing.

When Hannah walked through the door, I took my first breath since I'd found myself on my own. She slipped into our lives effortlessly, showing me what I've been missing all these years. Because Hannah made me smile when I thought I'd packed the notion of happiness away with my wedding album.

She was only supposed to be the nanny, but she's so much more.

The day my wife left should have been the worst day of my life, but it wasn't. It was when Hannah walked away, taking my heart with her.

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Staci has been a lot of things up to this point in her life -- a graphic designer, an entrepreneur, a seamstress, a clothing and handbag designer, a waitress. Can't forget that. She's also been a mom, with three little girls who are sure to grow up to break a number of hearts. She's been a wife, though she's certainly not the cleanest, or the best cook. She's also super, duper fun at a party, especially if she's been drinking whiskey. From roots in Houston to a seven year stint in Southern California, Staci and her family ended up settling somewhere in between and equally north, in Denver. They are new enough that snow is still magical. When she's not writing, she's reading, sleeping, gaming, or designing graphics.

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***New Release*** Paper Fools by Staci Hart

In the game of love, she never loses.

Paper Fools by Staci Hart is now LIVE!!

Title: Paper Fools

Author: Staci Hart

Cover Designer: Quirkybird Designs

Photographer: Lauren Watson Perry

Aphrodite knows love — just don’t ask her to figure out her own mess.

Rather than deal with her sticky love life, she toys with the hearts of unwitting humans. It’s a little game she plays, and the stakes are high. Lucky for her, she’s just found the perfect match.

Lex is everything Dean needs, but he can’t have her.

It doesn’t matter that her eyes speak to a long forgotten part of him, or that her art and poetry touch his shredded heart. She’s off limits — crossing that line would implode his band and everything he’s ever cared about. There’s only one option: stay away from her, no matter the cost. Even if the price is his heart.

Dean is everything Lex wants, but she can’t take the risk.

The second she meets him, she knows her heart is in danger. She’s convinced it’s only attraction that has her hung up on the dark, quiet lead singer, but with every day that passes, she knows it’s more. It’s just that she can’t put her heart on the line. She won’t — love has never been worth the sacrifice.

If only they knew they were just pawns in a much bigger game. And in the game of love, Aphrodite never loses.

*Formerly titled Deer in Headlights, Paper Fools has been rewritten and reedited just for you.*

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Staci has been a lot of things up to this point in her life -- a graphic designer, an entrepreneur, a seamstress, a clothing and handbag designer, a waitress. Can't forget that. She's also been a mom, with three little girls who are sure to grow up to break a number of hearts. She's been a wife, though she's certainly not the cleanest, or the best cook. She's also super, duper fun at a party, especially if she's been drinking whiskey. From roots in Houston to a seven year stint in Southern California, Staci and her family ended up settling somewhere in between and equally north, in Denver. They are new enough that snow is still magical. When she's not writing, she's reading, sleeping, gaming, or designing graphics.

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Who Needs Air by Cassie Graham

• Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
• Recommend: yes
• Standalone 
• Release date: April 28, 2017
• Triggers: none
• Read time: 2 days

***Received an ARC in exchange for an honest review***

Blurb (Courtesy of Goodreads. Add to your tbr HERE.)

They fell in love at thirteen.
He wrote a book about it at twenty.
She watched him walk away at twenty-three.
And he made the New York Times Best Sellers list at twenty-four.

Campbell ‘Cam’ Potter stood idly by as August Wyatt took over the world one word at a time. Chapter by chapter, people fell in love with the story he created – the events she lived. And now the book was being made into a movie, it was only a matter of time before August was back in their small hometown in Georgia.

The problem was, when August left five years ago, Cam made a promise to herself. The ending in his book would be the conclusion to their story. There was no sequel, no second chance, no possibility of ever seeing him again. He obliterated her heart and she was determined to never let it happen again.

That is, until Cam gets a late night text from the heartbreaker himself.
New chapters are written, fresh storylines are explored and Cam and August find a familiarity in one another.


Sometimes THE END doesn’t mean it’s over.

****

I honestly would have given it a 5 out of 5 if it wasn't a little predictable. And Cassie Graham literally ended the book with "And they lived happily ever after." Maybe not literally, but those words were placed in there in some capacity. I cringed. I hate that. Someone else may love it. But not this book nerd. That is a little harsh, forgive me, but yeah. I also felt that it ended a little fast. Yes, it was a bit of a read, but I felt like the ending was a little rushed. 

Let me back up. I'm being critical. This was a lovely love story. It had passion and steamy sex scenes. I did enjoy reading it. I did have "just one more chapter" moments, but it was very predictable. But that is okay. The story was beautifully written and it did the job. And she added a nice nod to one of my favorite writers (Colleen Hoover) in the book. So, that was pretty neat.

Campbell and August are the epitome of boy meets girl, girl loses boy, girl gets cute boy back. It was definitely a page turner full of drama and steamy love. I say read it and formulate your own opinion.

Quotes that I highlighted: 

• "Sometimes we have to suffer through misery to find what's real."
• "Darkness can mewl out hushed cries of resentment or can shine a limelight on reality"
• "Is that a Colleen Hoover book?"
• "It's the Hoover Effect."

Who Needs Air is available to purchase on April 28th 

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A Thousand Letters by Staci Hart

• Rating: 5 out of 5 Stars
• Recommend: YES!
• Standalone Book
• Triggers: none that I could think of...
• Release date: 2/9/2017
• Read time: According to Goodreads, a whole month...lol 2 days. Sigh.

Blurb (Courtesy of Goodreads - add to your tbr HERE):

Sometimes your life is split by a single decision.
I’ve spent every day of the last seven years regretting mine: he left, and I didn’t follow. A thousand letters went unanswered, my words like petals in the wind, spinning away into nothing, taking me with them.

But now he’s back.

I barely recognize the man he’s become, but I can still see a glimmer of the boy who asked me to be his forever, the boy I walked away from when I was young and afraid.

Maybe if he’d come home under better circumstances, he could speak to me without anger in his voice. Maybe if I’d said yes all those years ago, he’d look at me without the weight of rejection in his eyes. Maybe if things were different, we would have had a chance.

One regretted decision sent him away. One painful journey brought him back to me. I only wish I could keep him.

*A contemporary romance inspired by Jane Austen’s Persuasion*

******

Two in one day? Yes! I have been on a reading spree playing catch up! And I should have sat down and written this, but needless to say, Staci Hart ripped out my heart, cut it up into little pieces then lit it on fire for good measure. With that being said, read this book and click exit from my blog now or I will ruin it for you.

My heart hurt from start to finish...well, maybe not finish, but the residual hurt poured out once I finished this book. Losing a father, mentor, friend, loved one is never an easy task. Now picture yourself watching yourself losing him over the course of a few days or weeks. Seeing his life slip away from him. And then add the one person that you wished you never walked away from to the mix. WOW! Talk about a love story. Honestly, I really can't sum it up better than that. Read it. You won't be sorry. 

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Suddenly Us by Marie Skye

• Rating: 4.5 out 5 stars
• Recommend: YES! DOUBLE YES!
• Standalone book, but we do see some of our favorite characters from previous books. 
• Triggers: There is an attack in a dark alley that could possibly trigger someone.
• Release date: 4/11/2017
• Read time: 1 day
• Received ARC in exchange for an honest review

Blurb (courtesy of Goodreads- add to your tbr here):

Gwen
Love. Who needs that? Who would want that? Who hasn't had their heart split in two, because they were never their first option, and damn sure their second. I have. But I stayed. Why did I stay? It was love. I wanted to finally feel that I was wanted. It didn't matter if he thought I was worthless. It didn't matter if he degraded me, because he felt like it. Any love is better than no love...right?

Hawkins
Every day, I'm haunted and tormented. When, I look in the mirror I see a failure. A failure that let people that needed me down. I worry that it will happen again. If it happens to the people I care about the most, I don't think I could live with myself. Can I put my torturous past behind me and start to enjoy life? Especially now that I have a reason to live it?

******

This is where I tell you that you need to walk away from this review if you do not want this book spoiled for you. But, before you close out of it, please do me a favor and buy this. I promise, it will entertain you, pull at your heart strings and have you cursing out the characters.

So, the plot of this story, right? Hmm..where do I start? Boy meets girl, girl and boy both chase each other away and then finally find their happy ending together. But there is so much more than that. I know, it is a typical plot and a little rushed for my liking (which is why I gave it 4.5 out of 5 stars), but for what it is worth, the layers and complexity of the characters did it for me. And Marie Skye is climbing up to be a top 5 favorite author. Yes, that is pretty big, I know. And it kind of sounds weird that I gave this book a 4.5 and it is sealing her standing on my list, right? Well, I'm not to be understood. 

I just wanted a little more. What that is? I am not too sure. It took me a day to read it. So, that means I didn't want to put it down. (And NOT because my review was due!) I actually finished last night, but was too tired to type this out and needed a moment to process. Enough about me.

My new hashtag for this book is #canihaveaHawkinsplease 

Oh, layers...I love when authors write more about minor characters from other books (but only when I have read those books ha!). And I am getting the weird idea that we will see more of these folks. 

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Set Me Free by M.R. Leahy

Rating: 5 out of 5
Recommend: Yes (adult audience only)
Book one of a series not released yet

Blurb:
Set Me Free is a dark romance
I do not advise anyone who is sensitive to certain subjects or sexual situations to read it as it does contain certain situations.

Set Me Free
Torn and betrayed by her family, Emmalyn is taken and forced to live with her mother and stepfather, who happens to be the leader of one of the biggest sex trafficking rings around.

Thrown into a world of sex and slavery, Emmalyn is roomed with Kodah. A hot-headed boy, whose only weakness is her.

Both lost and tortured in this endless hell, they cling to the hope that one day they will make it out, that one day they will be set free.

Let me just say...whoa. And if you don't like to read about sex trafficking of children, this is not for you. At all. 

My general take on this book:

It was really interesting to read. I could not put it down...Wait, let me back up. I received this book as a giveaway and I am so glad I did. So, I could not put this book down. My eyes were heavy and I kept thinking, "just one more chapter." Well, one more turned into two...you know how that story goes. If not, what are you reading? This book was sexy, dark, interesting, action packed, heart breaking and left me with a cliff hanger. I was so upset when I learned that there wasn't a book 2 yet. Oh MY GOODNESS! Why didn't anyone tell me. I was caught up in the storyline so heavily that I almost cried when I figured this out. But you should read it. I swear. 

Bad Mommy by Tarryn Fisher

Rating: 4.5 out of 5
Recommendation : yes, but have your anxiety pills handy
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Series: as of right now, since it was released in December 2016, it is standalone. But there's possibilities.
Genre: I don't know...mindf*ck? Psychological Thriller? Nut-job?

Before we get started, here's a blurb from Goodreads in case you wish to not read my review because...spoilers:


"When Fig Coxbury buys a house on West Barrett Street, it's not because she likes the neighborhood, or even because she likes the house. It's because everything she desires is next door: The husband, the child, and the life that belongs to someone else."


***SPOILERS BELOW***


Well, well, well...Tarryn, you slayed me with this one. And I am not sure in a good way. The entire first part of the book I was on edge with anxiety. Is she going to kidnap this kid? The book cover shows someone falling on train tracks!! Is she going to jump? Is she going to push Jolene? WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON??? This trick is crazy. And that husband, ooh boy. I could not put this one down.

I do have a few questions as to George. I am guessing Fig left George out because of her craziness, but to find out he was there all along was pure genius. I really can't believe that someone would be so crazy. This story is so crazy it makes you feel like it is so real. Honestly, I felt like all three of the main characters were a few french fries short of a happy meal. But let me get back on track.

Thank you Tarryn Fisher for Jolene. Jolene is very strong willed, but compassionate to our crazy friend Fig (more on her later). She is who Fig labels as "Bad Mommy", but once we read more of the story, we learn that she is actually a great mom. A super mom. She has a bit of a drinking problem (and I use that term loosely because who doesn't like a glass of wine to cool their jets after a long day of mom-ing?) and immerses herself in other's issues and her writing. Some would see this as a character flaw, just like her husband pointed out time and time again.

Speaking of her husband. Ugh. What a douche. What was his name? Darius. Right. Darius? Ugh. User. Womanizer. Cheater. Whore. Nasty. Shall I go on? On the outside looking in he is a great father, husband, friend. But when you take a gander at this piece of work..he's ugh.

Fig, Fig, Fig.

Boy oh boy. Single White Female to the max. B*tch is crazy. I can't really even say more than that. She wants everything that Jolene has and then some. You can't help but feel bad for her.

Read it. Seriously.

Next up: The Gender Game by Bella Forrest

It Ends With Us By Colleen Hoover

Well, it's been over a week since I have read It Ends With Us. And I am not going to do the traditional blog like I always do because...Colleen...And if any one out there knows me or have read a previous blog, I have explained that she is truly one of my favorites. Have I met her? Yes. During her book tour of November 9. She probably won't remember me, but that day was one of the best days of my life. I got to meet not only her, but my "book lady",(she sells Usborne books and if you've never heard of it, I recommend you checking it out) Danielle. She's the one who introduced me to Colleen Hoover. And I instantly gobbled up each and every one of her books.

Confess is my favorite if you're wondering.

Anywho, Danielle and I got to talking one night and we just clicked. I told her that I needed someone book recommendations and the rest is history. So back to book signing. I had just found out I was pregnant with my youngest,  so maybe I was just being an emotional pregnant lady. I thought she was the coolest down to earth person I had ever met. I was going to share my news with her but I got so nervous when it was my turn, that I didn't even bother. I would never have done anything like this by myself, but I had to meet her. I drove an hour or so to New York and I did it. I'm quite proud of myself.

Oh, the book...right. so, this is really one of those books you shouldn't give anything away. I went in blind and I think you should to.

When I was asked one line to describe it, i said, "Devastatingly beautiful." I do have a love/hate relationship with the book. I wanted it to be longer. I wanted it to be more. I wanted one of the characters to get his happily ever after. But I loved the message. And even though I wanted different, I was happy about a character's choice.

The content is heavy. But I think you should read it. I really think everyone should. Go buy a copy. Heck, I will buy someone a digital copy if they want to read it. It took me a couple of days to wrap my head around it and I was waiting for my laptop to write it, but I decided to do it via phone. If you need a blurb, then look it up. I don't want my readers to, so I won't post it here. I won't even tell you the characters' names. I just want you to read it and enjoy it for what it is. Be book hungover like me.

Just keep swimming.

I'm currently reading Loraine Moriarty's Truly Madly Guilty.

And after I'm done, I will be reading Confess again.

The One I Gave My Heart by Mercedes G

Rating: 3.5 out of 5
Recommend: if you need something to read to pass the time. It is a part of a series and the second part is being released on the 15th, I will be reading it. So, I guess it wasn't too bad, right?

Soooo...I love me a good hood book. But I want a hood book that I'm not cringing at every other curse word and "n" word. It's just not for me. So if that bothers you to the point where you can't read it, don't read this book. It was entertaining to read, but there are plenty of grammatical errors (I hope that Mercedes G's career takes off so she can hire her a good editor). But that's my warning to you all.

If you want to be entertained, you will be. About a quarter into the book, I found myself interested in what was going to happen with the rest of the characters. It took me a minute to see past the curse words and actually enjoy the book.

But here's a rundown of the characters:

Mia- she's independent, hardworking and the main character of the book. Even though the book is told from the perspective of different people, it is clear that she is the main focus and everyone else revolves around her. She quickly falls for Dola- he's good looking and everyone knows who he is because...drugs...sigh. *side note mind thought* Can I get you all who write Urban Novels to figure something out and give us more character and substance...thank you... Anyway, Dola. The entire time reading the book I pronounced it Dolla. Shame on me. Doe-la is the correct way. He's a drug dealer. All the ladies want him. He is fine as hell. Blah, blah, blah. Typical mumbo jumbo.

Then there's Mia's friends Terri and Kelsi. Terri is battling with whether or not she wants to be a lesbian, knock her baby daddy in the head, and/or fall for Dola's boy Sy. Meanwhile, Kelsi gives it up to his boy Ruth the morning after meeting him...and...well...drama ensues shortly after. I won't give it away.

I think Mercedes G could do a little better with giving her characters more depth to them. She doesn't describe them all but for Dola's darker member and Mia's thickness and bob. Maybe she calls one of them a linebacker with dreads. I don't know. But yeah. Give me more substance and a little less drama.

Why do I wish to read book 2 if I didn't really care for this one you ask?

Because the cliffhangers at the end of the book need to be answered for me. So now I wait 3 days. Ugh.

First Grave on the Right By Darynda Jones

Rating 3.5 out of 5
Recommend: sure, why not?

You can read it free on the wattpad app HERE.

So...this was a book club read for the month of May. There were two picks this month and the other was Game of Thrones. Right now I have a few ARCs I have to read and review so I can not commit to reading that series at the moment. Little did I know there are several more books to this series. HA! Shame on you, Dot!

I gave this book a 3.5 because I can't stand the many cliches that are flowing through this book. Yes, I can get over it, but one of my favorite professors told us to try to stay away from your reader being able to finish your sentence. I guess that stuck with me.

This is the story of Charley Davidson (I cringed when the joke on the Harley was finally made). Charley was born with the ability to see the dead. She is, in fact, a Grim reaper and a Private Investigator. Charley uses her powers to help her cop uncle (and before that her cop dad) solve crimes. She does not let many in on her secret -- I mean, would you?  But those who do know either think she's crazy or the best thing since sliced bread. *CRINGE* I did that on purpose! Charley is pretty much hated by her stepmother and sister. The hatred from her stepmother is clear, but from her sister, Gemma, it is really not too clear. Maybe it will be discussed further in "Second Grave to the Left"? I sure hope so. I have a lot of questions.

At any rate, in this book, Charley is helping her uncle solve the mystery as to who killed three lawyers. She is also trying to come to terms with her own powers and what this mysterious entity that has followed her since the day she was born.

Oh! Charley has some scandalous "love" scenes, so I wouldn't recommend this for a younger audience.

Read it. Love it. Read more of it. I have a whiny 18 month old who needs my attention, so I have to end this here.

Currently reading:
to catch up so I can read my ARC of