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Title: All Lined Up
Author: Cora Camack
Genre: New Adult
Rating: 3.5 | 5

Synopsis: Good Reads 

Review: 

Cora Carmack books are something I read no matter what it’s about. She’s just one of those Authors where I enjoy her writing, and I find every single book entertaining. I might not give them all glowing five star reviews, but they’re great reads. I’ve read every single one of her books and I completely adore them.

From reading the first page, I was complete intrigued I couldn’t stop reading once I picked it up. I love the football aspect in the book. The writing in this book is very different from her others ones. In the best way possible, it’s more detailed and vivid. I love the characters. Dallas: Not only is her name brilliant, but she’s just such a “firecracker” from her politeness, to her blunt out burst and red hair of course. She’s just a breathe of fresh air. Now Carson is just a damn heart throb. He’s sensitive, extremely caring and just hot. 

I wasn’t completely captivated. I find myself like this every time I read one of her books where I’m not completely into it and I’m just reading it to pass time or because I know it’ll be entertaining. And my biggest problem with the books is that they always fall in love so quickly. (And that’s my thoughts for this book) There’s rarely a build up or a chase. Once her characters meet, that’s it. It’s like they already know they’re soul mates. And don’t get me wrong. There isn’t anything wrong with that, if that’s what you’re into. For me, I’m not. I like the angst, and the books that pull at the heart. 
Over all, I do believe this has to be the best Cora Carmack book yet. And I’m excited to read the rest of the companion novels in the “Rusk University Series”. 
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Title: The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer
Author: Michelle Hodkin
Genre: Young Adult
Rating: 4.5/5

Synopsis: Good Reads 

Review: 


I know I like this book, no I love this book. It is phenomenal, I wasn’t completely captivated but I don’t have a single complaint at all. Everything flowed so beautifully. From the writing, the characters, and the plot twist you never see coming. I love Hodkins writing, it’s so vivid and clear, every sentence written perfectly. Words flying off the pages creating an image. 
I love the different murky vibe the book gave off. I didn’t find it creepy, just really intriguing and suspenseful. I loved that when I felt confused (because you will) she cleared it up. Left me with no questions expect in the end… And my god is that the most torturous way to end a book. I was so dumb founded for about an hour or so just staring. Not moving, blinking, or swallowing but just staring at the wall trying to soak in the last two pages. 


I’m in love with the characters! For some reason, “Mara”: I love it more that she’s mixed racially. I feel like in books our main protagonist are usually just White. You sort of don’t think about them being anything else because well that’s the norm and what we are accustomed to. I love how her friendship with Noah was built. They have such beautiful personalities, both so witty and sarcastic. (My two favorite characteristics!) I also really enjoyed their love, how strong and passionate they both are. Each one of them caring so much for each other and their families. 

Can I ask for a better book? Hell no. This book is beyond what I expected. Even though I wasn’t completely enthralled, I was in love. With everything, the characters, writing, and even the plot twist. The book is just a fast read, especially since the chapters are short. You’ll end up flying through the book! I suggest you buy both the first and second in the same day since you know cliff hanger, though I heard book two has a TERRIBLE cliff hanger. I can’t wait to share my thoughts to you all. I highly recommend this to everyone. Beware though, you’ll end up like me.. a bit delirious. 
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Title: Onyx
Author: Jennifer Armentrout
Genre: Young Adult, Sci-Fi
Rating: *****/5


Synopsis: Good Reads 

Review: 


I'm still reeling from the after math of this book. Because man, that was seriously so intense. This book is so different from the first and I highly suggest to stop reading this now if you haven't read the first book! (No spoilers, but still) ADVICE: GO BUY THE SERIES. Don't worry about not liking it because you will. So, you're welcome! ;)

Onyx, this book isn't fluffy, but still happy sort-of.. You will tear yourself apart because of all the emotions that get slapped to your face. I really like that the book picks up right where Obsidian left off, probably two days later or so. And knowing there wasn't this huge two year gap or so and they don't have to spend half the book telling me what happened.

I love Katy, and I'm sure you're all aware of that if you've read my last blog post. But damn did I want to hurt her. So many times I wanted to just smack the back of her head and say "Shut up, get over it, and go kiss him" but I refrained and tried my hardest to see the meaning behind her stupidity. Later rather than sooner, I did. I began to understand what she did and why. And I personally applaud her for that. She's a great person for it. She means well (Just remember that while you're on the verge of insanity.) 

I didn't think this was even possible but, I think our beloved Daemon Black got hotter in this book.. Like damn, him and all his beautiful witty words. So hot, I swear I thought my ovaries exploded. 

"You bookish people love teasers, don't you?"  and "Resistence is futile, Kitten."

Over all, I am completely happy with this second book. It isn't a heart wrenching emotional roller coaster of a book. It has it's moments, but when I tell you those moments in the book hurt, it pulls at the heart. Everything in the book is still the same as the first. Jennifer's sarcastic, witty, sexy writing still remains the same. I hope you enjoy this book just as much as I did! I don't even think I have to say "I recommend this" Jennifer Armentrout wrote it, there's no need for me to say it.
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Title: Obsidian
Author: Jennifer Armentrout
Genre: Young Adult, Sci-Fi
Rating: *****/5

Synopsis: Good Reads

Review: 


I don’t think I could contain my excitement about this anymore. I’m so freaking in love with this book. But then again I’m in love with anything Jennifer Armentrout writes. I am such a huge fan with every single one of her books. I can’t believe I even questioned reading this book.. The alien factor sort of turned me off, and then I thought why not give it a try, you know you might like it.. 

And damn, did I swallow my words because I freaking love this book! Everything from her witty sarcastic, funny addictive writing to the sexy main characters.. I love everything! After reading the first page I knew I was done for. I was hooked, I wouldn’t stop reading after the first paragraph.. Seconds turned to minutes, and minutes turned to hours.. Little did I know it was already six am.. 

Katy our main Protagonist is my favorite. She reminds me so much of myself with her anger, potty mouth, and bluntness. She just can’t keep herself contained around him.. Daemon, who is sexy with dark raven hair, emerald green eyes, and a body of a rock god. His voice and everything about is just so damn alluring. If you aren’t familiar Jennifer’s writing most of the men always have nicknames for the girls. In this one Daemons nickname for Katy is Kitten. And oh hot damn is it just so sensual when he says it. I swear you’re going to shiver from the sheer sensuality behind it.. 

There was so many “What the f and What just happened moments” Such great twist and turns that keep you on edge and make you keep reading until you can no longer see straight. I love the angst between the characters and there “hatred” towards one another, soon you’ll find it as hilarious as I do. 

Over all, this book is nothing more than a damn drug. Jennifer will make you laugh, swoon, and keep you on edge due to the wonderful action scenes. The book is magnificent. I totally give it a five! But then again what did you expect? All of Jennifer Armentrout's books are brilliant. And sweet lord, daemon black is infuriatingly sexy..
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Title: Rush Too Far 
Author: Abbi Glines 
Genre: New Adult
Rating: ****/5

Synopsis: Good Reads 

Mini Review: 

There’s just something so different and amazing about rereading a book in the guys POV. Like everything is finally complete. Because you know both sides to the story and there aren’t anymore question to be answered. I love being able to get into Rush Finlays head. He’s such a complex character. So being able to read his thoughts and feel his emotions felt like an honor. I liked knowing that the badass/asshole side of him was just a facade. 
Over all, I couldn’t have asked for a better better book. I had no problem with any part of it. I fell in love with Rush and Blaire, my hate for Nan just grew. And man oh man am I excited to get some more Grant in September! Abbi Glines is astounding, everything she writes never disappoints. The story flowed well, and I loved that she added little scenes from Rush. The moment you read from rush, you’ll never want to stop. 

I absolutely recommend this, if you like New Adult and if you've read all three books in Blaire's POV.  
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Title: The Darkest Minds 
Author: Alexandra Bracken 
Genre: YA, Dystopian 
Rating: 4.5 /5

Synopsis: Good reads

Review: 

Perfect, just pure love for this book. I’ll be honest, it took me a couple chapter to be completely captivated but I’m perfectly okay with that. There are some books out there that you’ll read from dedication to acknowledgement and not feel a single emotion about just.. “Oh it was alright..” No, this book wasn’t like that. Not a bit, I understood why the first couple chapters were a bit of a snore.. She was introducing the world, letting us live it, and get a feel, a sense of it even. After you pass that part though, I highly suggest you buckle up. Everything from a certain point in the book will change. EVERYTHING. 

Like I said earlier, I found the beginning to be boring, but it’s written so detailed. You didn’t have to create your own world while reading. She created it for you, every scene every sentence was drawn out as you read. Every emotion, tugged at the heart. And every heart ache felt in the core. It is beautiful. 

I love that the book didn’t didn’t really focus on the love interest. It was such a slow friendly subtle love that the characters had for one another. They were completely selfless and cared for the others besides themselves. Every character in this book has so much depth. They’re all so different and wonderful in their own way. And reading Ruby go from a scared weak girl, to a strong independent woman was so wonderful. I don’t appreciate anything more in the world than a characters growth. As for Liam, this guy was perfect from the moment we met him. He had me swooning in ever part he was in. He’s fearless, intelligent, and sexy as hell.

Overall, this was honestly such a beautiful book! The ending tore me apart, inside out and I can’t help but wish it ended differently. I completely understand the choices that were made, and I guess it’s for the best. I highly recommend this book to everyone, but before you buy it make sure you have the second one! Believe me you’re gonna wanna jump straight into it! 


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Hi Everyone! 

I am so ecstatic to announce the 'Bookish Beauties Book Club' I'll be hosting along with nine other lovely ladies! 

Become a member, and join us for our first book club read along in August! <3 

Link:  
Bookish Beauties Book Club 

If you go on our group page, you'll also be able to learn more about all of us, so go on over to the page and introduce yourself! <3
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Title: Forget You
Author: Jennifer Echols
Genre: YA, Contemporary
Rating: ***/5

Synopsis: Good Reads 

Review:
I’ve heard a lot of people love this book which is why I decided on picking it up! I’ve have quite different feelings from those people. While I highly enjoyed the book and found it very entertaining. I didn’t love it. The beginning was great. It reeled me in easily but also turned me off fast! I have a few complaints about the writing, characters, and etc.. 

The pace of the book is completely stationary. There wasn’t a high or low of the book, yes there were bits that were more interesting than the others but that’s it. Nothing really exciting. I found myself WANTING to finish the book. 

The writing.. It’s really different from other books I’ve read. Echols doesn’t visualize it for you, she just tells you. The book isn’t as descriptive and detailed as I think it should be. And it could have been great if it was! 

Now for our main character Zoey.. She’s not that great of a character, extremely simple with bad things happening for her. I believe the whole book was a span of about two weeks? The girl has a busy life. And the way she just gave away certain things like they were candy and isn’t important really annoys me. Actions really tell you what type of person someone is and boy do I know who she is..

I enjoyed Doug's character the most out of everyone in the books. I think a lot of the characters were lacking. I found a lot of them to be annoying, rude, or just plain clueless and insensitive. The book wasn’t unbearable. It was entertaining, I liked it to a certain extent. I will definitely try more of her books. 

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Title: The Coincidence of Callie and Kayden || The Redemption of Callie and Kayden
Author: Jessica Sorensen 
Genre: New Adult 
Ratings: ****/5 each || together *****/5 

Synopsis: Book #1 || Book #2 

Mini Review:  



      I don’t have much to say besides the fact that: I love these book. Everything about them from beginning to end. I love the progression of the characters.. How you feel them grow and blossom into strong people together. And how you can feel the chains and restrains that were once holding them back crack and break away. How they’re now free and able to breathe. 



  • Callie is a wonderful Heroine. Strong, determined, and too serious for her age in the first book. But she’s trusting and a fast learner. She doesn’t give up on those she loves. I’m happy she is able to accept the need for help and that she doesn’t deny it. FINALLY.
  • Kayden is one of the most stubborn boys I’ve ever read about. But I guess they’re all like that anyway.. And he’s also the sweetest and I’m just happy they have one another to lean on.. 
  • Seth we know his dark secret but not too much and I’m happy Callie has him. With out seth, I think she would have continued to be the same depressed girl she was in high school. She wouldn’t have tried and put effort into things.. 

Over all, I’m in awe with this duo. I can’t wait for the third and final book in their story and I hope it ends well for them. They’ve both been through so much and don’t deserve anymore pain. The progression of the characters was amazing. The writing was beautiful and flowed well. I highly recommend everyone to pick this up! :) 
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Before you continue and read on, you should know this is two reviews in one.. 
I am reviewing a series, but only read two out of the four books. 
And I am not interested in continuing the series. 
BEWARE OF SPOILERS 

Title: Between the lines (#1) Where you are (#2) 
Author: Tammara Webber 
Rating: ***/5 || ***/5
Genre: Young Adult 

Synopsis: Between the lines || Where you are 

Mini Review: 

BOOK #1

I’ve liked the books enough to continue them with out stopping. I didn’t love them, and I really want to say I do, but I do not. And I wish I enjoyed it the way others. I just thought at some points it was a bit dull. There wasn’t any real dilemmas in the story just small teeny tiny ones. The book seemed a little too perfect and happy for me. The only dilemma through out the book was “Emma didn’t want to be too famous; she would lose her privacy and she wanted to be a normal girl” The book was really cute and I loved the ending! :) I thought it could have been better. 



BOOK #2 

I felt the exact same way about book two. It was still a little perfect and too happy for me. But this time there was an actual Dilemma through out the whole book. And it did keep me interested and on my toes. I would have to say I enjoyed this book a lot more than the first one. ‘Between the lines’ was just missing something. BUT I did love something in this book and it’s the love between Graham and Emma. If there’s something Tammara Webber can do it’s convince you that two people are in love through her beautiful words. AND LET ME TELL YOU. I was rooting for them in book one! Because the WHOLE time in book one I wanted to hit Emma upside the head for being so naive and stupid.. Reid was telling her all these lies to get into her pants and THANK the lord she didn’t believe him. I was SHIPPING Graham and Emma the whole time. F-Reid and uncontrollable horny-ness, though he did do a good thing in the end. So maybe there’s some good in him. MAYBE . And brooke you suck as well. 

Emma: I like you, but I was a little annoyed in book one; that you couldn’t see Reid was only going to use you for sex. But you prove me wrong, when you break it off and he begs for your forgiveness you turn him down. I’m just so happy she’s one of those girls that don’t forgive a guy she knows who has bad intentions but things they are going to change. La di la di da Thank you Ms. Webber for giving Emma a freaking brain. Because there’s nothing more annoying than a girl who thinks she can change a man whore into a one woman man.. 
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Title: Breakable
Author: Tammara Webber
Genre: New Adult
Rating: ***/5

Synopsis: Good Reads 

Review: 

I'm not sure how I feel at the moment. I like it, I just feel like there are too much "flash back" parts that are unnecessary. Though, I guess in a way we know why she explains and tells us these parts. For us to be able to truly love Lucas, we must know all his deep dark secrets. Understandable. Don’t get me wrong, I love knowing what Lucas is thinking, and learning about his past. But the past bits just feel like boring fillers.. 

I really want to love this book just as much as I love 'Easy' but I can’t.. Don’t get me wrong it was a thrill to get into his head.. Feel and see everything through his eyes, but his “Landon” parts were just tolerable. Not enjoyable but tolerable. I understand it’s important to see him go from his lowest to his highest.. But it just wasn’t for me. As much as I loved the storyline when I read it for the first time, I didn’t enjoy this one as much. Breakable is a little boring and dragged on.. My love for Lucas doesn’t falter. He’s still my favorite book boyfriend. I just didn’t feel that same giddiness I did two years ago. The magic and euphoria I felt while reading 'Easy' didn't happen during 'Breakable'. The quote “Less is more” pertains to this the less I knew about his past the better it was for me.. 

I have mixed feelings. I HIGHLY enjoyed his thoughts, the way he processed and did things. Just not his past stories.. Some of them I did, but most I didn't. The over lapping parts with ‘Easy’ have to be my favorite!! I just thought the mystery of not know much about his past and just what was necessary is better. Even though I didn’t cry during ‘Easy’ I did three times during this. Other than those things, EVERYTHING else was perfect. The love between Lucas and Jacqueline couldn’t be more perfect. I couldn’t be happier/satisfied with the way the story ends. I loved and dislike certain parts! Over all, I KIND OF really like the book!! Both characters will be profoundly missed<3
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Do not read this if you haven't read 'Anna and The French Kiss' 

Title: Lola and the Boy Next Door
Author: Stephanie Perkins
Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary
Ratings: ****/5

Synopsis: Good Reads 

Review: 
This book is honestly so good. I really liked it, just not how the characters acted sometimes.. I REALLY REALLY enjoyed Lola.. She may have been immature, a bit annoying, but she is different. And Cricket who is wonderful, sweet, and patient. Didn’t fight for what he wanted.. He just waited.. I guess that’s good but he should have a bit of a backbone.. This book is both similar and different to ‘Anna and the French Kiss’.. This is more about being true to your self, what you want and who you are.. ‘Anna and the French Kiss’ is about finding yourself, being content, and happy.. I also like how the story ties in with Anna and Etienne. After their France life, and show how they are. It’s just amazing to watch them to happy and their relationship is FINALLY easy. I really felt so bad when they couldn’t be happy. 
This book isn’t perfect, but it’s really good! I wasn’t completely captivated the way I was with AATFK. I love how the moon and stars tie in, that part is so beautiful. I love that Lola isn’t afraid to be different, and that she doesn’t care what others think. She makes bad choices.. But that’s part of who she is.. She is the type to learn from her OWN mistakes and not lectures. Everything about this novel is beautifully written. Everything just flows so wonderfully well that you don’t ever put the book down.. Until you realize its 5am, and you have work in two hours.. (Like me) Over all, I’m happy Lola is finally being HONEST with herself, and finds happiness in a love that never faded. 
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Title: Anna and the French Kiss
Author: Stephanie Perkins
Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary 
Ratings: *****/5

Synopsis: Good reads 

Review: 

I don’t know why, but I always found it difficult to talk about books REALLY love and this is one of them. I don’t know what to say besides that it was purely beautiful. The love and story between Etienne and Anna was just heart warming and heart felt.  It feels so real and raw, different from anything I’ve read in a long time. Right when you believe the story is too perfect and that nothing goes wrong.. Some thing happens that YOU do not see coming. And those parts add a lot of realism. I’m so very happy, that they both found their home.. Anna has to be one of my favorite female characters, she’s freaking hilarious and very mature for her age. She’s different in the quiet yet quirky sort of way.. And Etienne St. Clair my god, a boy with a french name, english accent, and native born american. Such a beautiful short boy ;) He’s perfect.. My #1 book boyfriend. I’ve never read about a love that was so real and beautiful. I’m completely in awe with this book and I love it! This is a very innocent love, that filled with passion, and takes place in the most beautiful and romantic city Paris! I’m so speechless.. What I do need to say is that I HIGHLY recommend this book to EVERYONE. <333 

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Title: This is What Happy Looks Like
Author: Jennifer E. Smith
Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary
Ratings: ***/5

Synopsis: Good Reads

Mini Review: I was not impressed at all. I wouldn’t go as far as saying as it was a bad book, because it wasn’t. I liked the plot, I just didn’t think the writing was great. It was lacking a lot of depth. The book is cute but felt a bit dull. I honestly thought this was going to be so cute and a great summer read but it just wasn’t for me. The characters were as simple as could be, they weren’t complex or had any real depth to them. The “Big” problems they had were really just bumps in the road.. Overall, the book was okay. I liked it, enough to finish it and I just wasn’t happy with the ending. 


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