Review: Surviving Raine (Surviving Raine #1) by Shay Savage

Goodreads blurb:

As the captain of a schooner catering to the elite on the Caribbean Seas, Sebastian Stark does his best to avoid any human encounters. Interacting with people isn't his thing, and he prefers the company of a bottle of vodka, a shot glass, and maybe a whore. There's no doubt he's hiding from a checkered past, but he does well keeping everything to himself…

…until the night his schooner capsizes, and he’s stuck on a life raft with one of the passengers.

Raine's young, she's cute, and Bastian would probably be into her if he wasn't suffering from alcohol withdrawal. As the days pass, DTs, starvation, and dehydration become the norm. Even the most closed person starts to open up when he thinks he's going to die, but when she realizes their traumatic pasts are connected, it's no longer the elements that have Bastian concerned.

He has no idea how he’s going to Survive Raine.

I heard about this book one day before it was out. After I read the blurb I got so excited because it was so different from what I been reading. It was then that I saw that it wasn't out yet and that is the story of the worst day of my life (kidding).

So this book is about Bastian and Raine. Bastian is a really moody bastard, he yells a lot and his sarcasm is as big as the moon. He is a alcoholic and a man whore, but in the end, oh my God he is so cute. I wanted to hug him so bad, he just needs to be loved.

Bastian was abandoned by his mother when he was very little, he was on a bunch of foster homes, juvenile detention and all that led to a really messed up life.

He owns a ship and that ship capsizes, Bastian ends up stuck on a life raft with Raine.

Raine is really shy and very very sweet, the complete opposite to Bastian and that is what makes them perfect for each other. Bastian needs someone sweet, kind and especially someone who can love him because he never really had that and he doesn't believe that he will ever do.

The story is told completely from Bastian's POV. I never had read a book in just the hero's POV, but damn, this was a nice first.

Oh, I almost forgot, Bastian is HOT. He is tall, muscular. Overall he is just big! Yup, in those places too, I know that you were thinking about it. Let's just say that on top of that he is a very horny guy. You know those times when you don't have anything to do and you get really bored, well Raine could never say that she was bored.

Let's talk about the end now. I almost died in the end, I already knew that there was not a cliffhanger but I was scared anyway. And the epilogue, oh how I wanted to kill someone! Make it all nice so Bastian and Raine could be happy without anyone getting in the way.

There will be a sequel that there's not much information about but I will definitely read it. I am already preparing to read another book by Shay, she is just awesome! I am in love with male POVs.

Without any doubt you should read Surviving Raine, you will love Bastian, I promise.

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Review: The Selection (The Selection #1) by Kiera Cass

Goodreads blurb:

For thirty-five girls, the Selection is the chance of a lifetime. The opportunity to escape the life laid out for them since birth. To be swept up in a world of glittering gowns and priceless jewels. To live in the palace and compete for the heart of the gorgeous Prince Maxon.

But for America Singer, being Selected is a nightmare. It means turning her back on her secret love with Aspen, who is a caste below her. Leaving her home to enter a fierce competition for a crown she doesn't want. Living in a palace that is constantly threatened by violent rebel attacks.

Then America meets Prince Maxon. Gradually, she starts to question all the plans she's made for herself- and realizes that the life she's always dreamed of may not compare to a future she never imagined.

The Selection was a really different book from what I usually read, I was in a reading slump so I really wanted to read something different, I've read fairy tales but never dystopias in this case is the two together and I really liked it.

I stayed up all night not wanting to go to sleep before I finished the book. I am always curious about how the world will end up being and I really enjoyed reading about the caste system, the story of the country and I loved the characters.

In case you want to know more about the castes you can click here.

America is a Five, she is a musician as well as her mom, her father and her sister May are artists and she also has a seven year old brother named Gerald that hasn't found his talent yet.

Her mother wants her to fill out the form to enter The Selection but she doesn't want too. She is in love with Aspen and she wants to marry him not go compete for Prince Maxon, but Aspen is a Six and is very rare and difficult to a woman to marry down. When a person wants to marry someone from a different caste they have to fill out paperwork and wait ninety days before they could do any of the other legal things, and it costs money that they don't have.

America doesn't want to fill the form but Aspen tells her to do it because if she has a chance to have a better life, he doesn't want her to miss that because of him. America is sure she will not be chosen to be one of the thirty-five girls and Aspen just wants her to enter and if she isn't chosen at least he will not feel bad for holding her back.

Life as a Five is very difficult, being a Six like Aspen is even more, many times he doesn't have anything to eat because he doesn't have enough money so America keeps food to give to him when he visits her but Aspen is a really proud guy and thinks that he should be the one giving her things not the other way around.

America ends up being chosen to be in The Selection, but she is not really there to compete for the Prince, she is there because of the money that her family is receiving while she is in the competition.

Prince Maxon is not so bad as America thinks and soon she starts to see it and starts to enjoy spending time with him. Maxon is really sweet, polite and kind, the complete opposite to what America thought he was and she starts to get confused because she still loves Aspen but she can't deny that she is feeling something towards Maxon.

There is a thing that I really don't like and that is love triangles, I get so confused sometimes I think I am even more confused than the character that should be confused.

America didn't know what to do, didn't know with whom she wanted to be with and to make it even harder Aspen comes back.

I was not disappointed with the end, it was very simple, nothing dramatic, it makes you want to read the next book to see what America will do. I'm not sure when I will be reading The Elite because book number three is only coming out on May 6th, 2014 and I don't know if I can wait that long after I finish the second book, but I will definitely read both of them.

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Review: Rock Hard (Sinners on Tour #2) by Olivia Cunning

Goodreads blurb:

An ultimatum can break your heart....

Every night lead singer, Sed Lionheart whips thousands of women into a frenzy with his voice alone. But the stage is the only place Sed feels any passion since he lost Jessica...

If you’re not willing to break all the rules...

It shattered her heart, but law student Jessica broke off her engagement to Sed, determined to be successful on her own terms. But no other man can ever hold a candle to Sed...

Then a chance meeting and tortuously close quarters lead to uncontrollable flares of passion and rediscovery of their unique penchant for public encounters. Now, in addition to the risk of mutual heartbreak every time they get together, they’re in danger of truly scandalous public exposure...

After reading Backstage Pass, Olivia became one of my favorite authors. I never thought Sed's book was going to be bad but it was Sed, I didn't really know what to expect. So I start reading Rock Hard and it surprised me.

Rock Hard is the book about Sed and Jessica, his ex fiance that we heard about in the first book. In that moment I thought she was a bitch, because she was the reason Sed was like that but it really wasn't how I thought it was.

Jessica loved Sed but she wanted to follow her dreams and Sed wanted her just for him. She had to choose between her dream of becoming a lawyer and the man she was going to marry with.

After years of not seeing each other, they meet again. Sed is furious and Jessica doesn't want to be around him but at the same time they can’t deny the attraction between them.

“He’s really sweet, actually.
I don’t think we’re talking about the same Sed. Sedric Lionheart. Tall guy. Broad shoulders. Blue eyes. Short black hair. Body befitting a Greek god. Sings. La la la la.”

As the times goes by, Jessica starts to see that Sed is different. He is very protective over the people that he loves and when a tragedy that can break the band apart happens she stays by his side even if she is always being judged, especially by Brian. She doesn't leave Sed and supports him when everyone doesn't believe in him.

Sed and Jessica are made for each other, they complete each other. Without the support from Jessica everything would have been much more difficult for Sed. She has a lot to lose because of being involved with Sed but she loves him and every time it gets even more harder to leave.

“If I didn't already love you, Jessica Chase, I’d fall in love with you all over again, every minute of every day.”

Sed loves Jessica like he never loved anyone else and seeing her again was the best thing that could happen to him but when he sees her giving up her dreams because of him, he decides that he should let her go.

This book made me feel so angry because of the way he treat her, the way everyone treated her. They blamed her because of what Sed became after she left him. And poor Jessica didn't do anything wrong, Sed made her do that. He didn't want her to follow her dreams just wanted her in his bed available for him after his concerts and that made me so mad, made me hate him so bad!

It was a good read, easy to read and I recommend everyone reading it, it was great. And i’m excited to read Jace's book.

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