Review: Wallbanger by Alice Clayton

Goodreads blurb:

Caroline Reynolds has a fantastic new apartment in San Francisco, a KitchenAid mixer, and no O (and we’re not talking Oprah here, folks). She has a flourishing design career, an office overlooking the bay, a killer zucchini bread recipe, and no O. She has Clive (the best cat ever), great friends, a great rack, and no O.

Adding insult to O-less, since her move, she has an oversexed neighbor with the loudest late-night wallbanging she’s ever heard. Each moan, spank, and–was that a meow?–punctuates the fact that not only is she losing sleep, she still has, yep, you guessed it, no O.

Enter Simon Parker. (No, really, Simon, please enter.) When the wallbanging threatens to literally bounce her out of bed, Caroline, clad in sexual frustration and a pink baby-doll nightie, confronts her heard-but-never-seen neighbor. Their late-night hallway encounter has, well, mixed results. Ahem. With walls this thin, the tension’s gonna be thick…

In her third novel, Alice Clayton returns to dish her trademark mix of silly and steamy. Banter, barbs, and strutting pussycats, plus the sexiest apple pie ever made, are dunked in a hot tub and set against the gorgeous San Francisco skyline in this hot and hilarious tale of exasperation at first sight.

The most funny book I ever read!

Caroline has a successful career, is beautiful, confident and has a fantastic new apartment. To complete all that her best friends just gave her a kitchenaid stand mixer, what is a very important thing to her. But she is missing something, she is missing the O.

In her first night in her new apartment she is stunned to wake up to weird noises.

“OH, GOD.”
Thump.
“Oh, God.”
Thump thump.
What the…
“Oh, God, that's so good!”

But do you think that this is just one night? Oh, no! The Wallbanger, how Caroline calls him, has many night of this thump thump until she can’t bear hearing them again and goes knock on his door.

Simon is charming, sexy, confident. I loved him! He is that type of character that makes you want to fall on your knees in front of him. He is a photographer and travels a lot, so a serious relationship is not in his plans at least until Caroline appears on his door in a pink baby doll nightie.

“That’s Wallbanger?” Sophia screeched.
“Wait a minute, that’s Pink Nightie Girl?” Neil laughed, and Mimi and Ryan snorted.

I loved that this book was about two people who were successful and not the poor girl with the billionaire guy. They both have their careers, they routines and they like to spend time with each other. They start with hating each other to being good friends. They have fun together, like to be around each other, like to talk with each other. It’s so nice to see their friendship, little things that they do that make the other so happy. How they mess with each other. Is the type of friendship that everyone would like to have. To feel so comfortable around another person that you can truly be yourself. But there is also the attraction that they feel for each other, and at times it gets to the point that they can’t simply ignore it. Simon doesn't want to do anything that can change their friendship, he doesn't want to make things weird, he really likes Caroline and if he lets himself do something about the attraction things may never be the same again.

The book is in Caroline's POV but there is also text messages between Caroline, Simon and their friends what was really nice. One thing that was really funny was at a point where you could read what Caroline, Simon and two of their friends were thinking. It was the most funny thing that I ever read.

The book was hilarious, really easy to read because you get to the point where you don’t want to get up because you don’t want to stop reading even if you have to go to the bathroom really bad. It was well written and the characters were simply fantastic.

If you want a break from cliches, want a book without drama everywhere and want to have some fun, you should definitely read this book.

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Review: A Veil of Glass and Rain by Petra F. Bagnardi

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Brina and Eagan meet for the first time when she's nine and he's fourteen. They like each other from the very beginning, although their bond isn't immediate, but it grows over the years. What links them is the fact that their parents are photographers and are extremely devoted to their work and to each other; so much so that both Brina and Eagan have to learn how to take care of themselves from a very young age. Despite their differences, age, gender, nationality, Brina is Italian and Eagan is American, they find comfort in their growing friendship.
Then Brina becomes a teenager, and her feelings for her friend start changing and deepening. New desires stir within her. As soon as Brina realizes how those feelings complicate her friendship with Eagan, she runs away from him.
A few years later, Brina is twenty and Eagan is twenty-five, they find one another once again. Brina is studying cinema in Rome and she's also trying to become a musician. Eagan begins to work as an architect in the same city. Eagan wants to be a part of Brina's life anew. Brina, however, is still in love with him; she finds it difficult to act merely as a friend and she keeps pulling away.

Set in the beautiful Rome, this is a sensual and romantic story of friendship and love.


(Recommended for ages 17+, due to sexual content and language)

This is a story about love, loss, grief and forgiveness.

I love love stories between best friends, because most of the times, sooner or later best friends end up falling in love for each other. Most of the times that gets really complicated because if you tell about your feelings to the other person you are risking losing not just your best friend but the person that you are in love with. But if the other person feels that way toward you too, is totally worth the risk.

Brina and Eagan met when she was nine and he was fourteen, since then they are best friends. Their parents are always busy with their work, and they became each other family. Brina never lived for a long time in the same place, she doesn't have more family, it’s just her and her parents and sometimes she feels lonely.

Years later, Eagan goes to college in New York and they spend their summer vacations together but what was an simple friendship is now surrounded by drama. Eagan does things that Brina doesn't agree with and when she tells him how she feels about the things that he is doing, he hurts her.

“When my mum called and told me you were sick, I got so, so scared, kitty-cat." He nuzzled my neck. “Then, when I saw that you weren't just sick, you were crushed, I wanted to kick myself.”

Even with all the problems in their friendship they are still friends, he supports her music, takes care of her when she is sick and one day Brina kisses Eagan and sees that she has other kind of feelings for him and in her mind the best thing to do is run away. She leaves and goes to Rome to study cinema and she and Eagan barely talk to each other anymore.

After a tragedy Eagan decides to go to Rome because he want’s to rekindle his friendship with Brina, but things are not so easy as they seem. It hurts Brina when she isn't around him but it hurts even more when she is. She loves him but she just doesn't want to ruin their friendship by telling him about her feelings.

“I can't even feel my own tears. Damn it, Eagan! I'm a mess without you, and I'm a mess with you. I don't know what to do.”

After many failed attempts to rekindle their friendship, she decides to tell him and for her surprise he feels the same way. They decide to stay together but the drama that surrounds them doesn't go away and that ends up breaking them apart again. She asks him for six weeks to think about their relationship and he accepts.

They are both miserable but neither one of them wants to make the first move, Brina because she thinks that she is not good for him and Eagan because he wants to give her the space that she asked for. But a friend convinces Eagan to go to Brina and when they reunite again everything is how is supposed to be and they get their happy ending.

“Take control of the situation. Be an alpha guy. Instead of—Hell, I don't know which letter of the Greek alphabet you're now, but it's not a good one."

I liked the end, and really liked that the epilogue had how they were 18 months, 3 years and 5 years after they happy ending. Overall I liked the book, it was well written and the characters were well developed. The one negative point for me was the flashbacks because it was a little confusing, sometimes I didn't really know when it was the present and when it was in the past.

I recommend reading the book, it was a good read.


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Review: Big Sky by Kitty Thomas

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Veronica Cason lives in a small apartment with no clear view of the sky. It’s uncertain which might crush her first: her debt or the buildings squeezed in so tight that they surround her like ominous sentinels. She can’t breathe in the city. Her success is a lie, and her debt is coming to collect her—unless someone else gets there first.

When a stranger offers her a job at a ranch, it feels like salvation, but it could also mean her death if his motives aren't pure. Which door has the tiger behind it? The claustrophobia of the city or ranch life under an open sky?

NOTE: Big Sky is dark, literary erotica and is intended for a mature adult audience.

God, I don't even know what to say. This was all so crazy!

This book is about Veronica, she just lost her job, has no money to pay the bills and she soon will have to leave her apartment. Luke owns a ranch and offers her a job but she doesn't want to accept because she is scared of what he could do to her once she was there. Luke doesn't stop trying to convince her to go work for him and she keeps declining, until he kidnaps her.

Luke makes so many things to her, he shares her with the other men who work on the ranch and so many other crazy things that I didn't imagine ever reading about. But Veronica likes it, at least some things and even when she doesn't like one thing that he makes her do or wants her to do, she ends up liking it.

Luke wants her to be like his ex girlfriend Trish. He kidnapped her because she looks like Trish. He sometimes even calls her Trish. Veronica starts to think that she wants Luke to notice her, she wants to be different from is ex, wants to do things with him that he didn't do with Trish. She likes how she feels when he is around and she says that she is addicted to the way Luke and the other men touch her and too comfortable with a warm bed, food and shelter. She doesn't want to leave anymore.

Luke is always gonna see her as Trish and Veronica knows that but she is ready to accept that and live the rest of her life in the ranch.

“She blinked back the tears before they could overwhelm her. If he couldn't love her, this had to be enough. The pleasure. The clean air and peace. The freedom from her debt. As she looked up, bright blue with dots of cotton candy clouds filled her vision. In the end, the sky was the only thing that was real.”

I felt so bad in the end because I always want a happy ending and Veronica simply accepts what happen to her and in her mind there is the best place to her but I don't want it to be like that. I want her to kill all those bastards and then try to have a good life, try to be happy, find someone that can love her and marry her and have a bunch of beautiful babies. Unfortunately that doesn't happen.

It was a very crazy book, but I still enjoyed it.

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Review: My Favorite Mistake (My Favorite Mistake #1) by Chelsea M. Cameron

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Taylor Caldwell can't decide if she wants to kiss her new college roommate or punch him.

On the one hand, Hunter Zaccadelli is a handsome, blue-eyed bundle of charm. On the other, he's a tattooed, guitar-playing bundle of bad boy. Maybe that's why Taylor's afraid of falling in love with him, or anyone else. She doesn't want to get burned, and even though her other roommates adore him, she wants him gone before it's too late.

Hunter himself has been been burned before, but the fact that Taylor calls him out on his crap and has the sexiest laugh ever make him decide maybe love isn't a lost cause. They make a bet: if she can convince him she truly loves or hates him, he'll leave the apartment--and leave her alone. The problem is, the more time they spend together, the less she hates him, and the more she moves toward love.

But when the man who holds the key to Taylor's fear of giving up her heart resurfaces and threatens to wreck everything, she has to decide: trust Hunter with her greatest secret, or do everything in her power to win that bet and drive him away forever.

“I can't promise not to make you mad. I can't promise that I won't hurt you. All I can promise is that I want you in my life, and I'll do anything to keep you there.”

When Taylor, Renee and Darah lost one of their roommates, they didn't expect that Hunter Zaccadelli was going to knock on their door telling them that he was going to be their new roommate. Taylor didn't like the idea. But is it because she doesn't like him or because she doesn't like that she can’t keep her eyes of him? Well, we know the answer.

Taylor is stubborn, tough and she doesn't like to take chances, she likes to have everything under control. But well in the end we get to know why she is like this.

“We were both broken, trying to become unbroken. Maybe we just needed a little help. Not to fix each other, but to help us fix ourselves.”

Taylor doesn't make Hunter’s life easy, but as the time goes by she starts to like him. She knows if she listens to her feelings that things can get difficult and she thinks that she is not ready for a relationship with him.

When you first look at Hunter, he is a bad boy, charming, tattooed and with blue eyes that you can get lost in. But there is so much more to him. He can cook, play guitar. He is sweet, romantic and just full of surprises. He is every girls dream.

Taylor doesn't want him there. Hunter doesn't have anywhere else to go. So Hunter decides to make a bet with her: if she can convince him she truly loves or hates him, he'll leave the apartment and leave her alone.

Taylor tries so many times to tell him that she hates him but he doesn't believe her.

Can you imagine sleeping in the same room with a hot guy that never loses a chance to mess with you?

“I'm going to take a shower," I said and prepared for the comment I knew was coming.
"You know what they say, conserve water and shower with a friend.”

They become friends. He plays guitar for her, cooks for her, they go out together. He is always trying to impress her. Hunter falls in love with Taylor and he want’s to prove that he is worthy of her trust. But how can two people be together if there is secrets between them that can ruin their relationship?

“I love you, Missy girl. Even if I can't be with you, know that I'm here. So, that's it. More than the stars, Taylor. More than the stars.”

After an argument Hunter tells her his secret and hopes that one day Taylor will tell him hers.
Taylor’s past comes back to haunt her and she tells Hunter her secret, but she is scared that things will change between them. She thought that he would leave her but he stays with her and supports her. He believes that she will face and overcome all her fears and that she will achieve her goals with him by her side.

“Loving you was the best mistake I ever made”

This book is full of surprises, romance and is not full of drama. The story was well written, is easy to read, the characters are perfect and even the other characters that are not so important we know a lot about them.

One of things that I really liked on the book was the songs that Hunter played. While I was reading about Hunter playing them I had to hear them and they were fantastic.

I fell in love with the characters, for all of them. Chelsea made a amazing work. It has a great ending and is a good example that everything happens for a reason because if it was a girl on the door on that day, Taylor would have never learned how to trust another person.

I love the cover, the title. Overall I love the book, it is now one of my favorites. And to think that I almost didn't read it, I was going to make a really really big mistake.

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Review: Up to Me (The Bad Boys #2) by M. Leighton

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Happily ever after doesn't come easy. But for love, it’s always worth the fight.

Olivia finds bliss unlike any she’s ever known in Cash’s arms. He sets her skin on fire and melts her heart right inside her chest. Unfortunately, their happily ever after is short-lived when a shadow from Cash’s past threatens to turn their world upside down.

Dangerous people from his father’s world have discovered that Cash holds information that could put them away for a very long time. And they’re willing to do anything—and hurt anybody—to get it back. Giving it up means Cash must choose between the life of his father and the life of Olivia.

Having nearly overcome her wariness of bad boys, Olivia’s trust is shaken when this new threat arises. Now she finds that Cash is not only a danger to her heart, but his family has associations that are a danger to her life as well. She soon discovers that there are some situations in life where trust is a girl’s only option. And this is one of them. If she’s to live, she must trust Cash with her life. But to Olivia, that’s much, much easier than letting go and trusting him with her heart.

I was very excited to read this book, I couldn't stop thinking about the twist that so many people were talking about in reviews. My imagination started working and I got even more excited, I had to read it.

I was a little disappointed because the twist was kinda what I expected but it didn't happen how I expected. I'm not saying that it was a bad twist, not at all, it was a fantastic. I just imagined it happening in a different way.

Olivia is still a little insecure and having a hard time trusting Cash. After all the bad boys that broke her heart, all the lies. But now she has to trust Cash, but Cash is more dangerous that she thought he was.

"What in the world have I done? Not only did I do exactly what I knew I shouldn't-get involved with another bad boy-but I went and picked one that actually has a dangerous past. He's not just dangerous to my heart; he's dangerous period!"

Cash would do everything to keep Olivia safe. But things are not easy, he starts to see that behind all that is happening are a lot more secrets that he didn't know about.

Up to me has a good story, a fantastic twist but I didn't really liked the characters. I think Cash is a little girlie. I like alpha males and Cash was a little too nice, too sweet. Sometimes it didn't look like a guy was talking...

I still liked the book and I will read the third book in the series. I recommend reading it. Maybe for you Cash will not look so girlie and maybe you will love him.

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

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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

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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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Review: The Coincidence of Callie and Kayden (The Coincidence #1) by Jessica Sorensen

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There are those who don’t get luck handed to them on a shiny platter, who end up in the wrong place at the wrong time, who don’t get saved.

Luck was not on Callie’s side the day of her twelfth birthday when everything was stolen from her. After it’s all over, she locks up her feelings and vows never to tell anyone what happened. Six years later her painful past consumes her life and most days it’s a struggle just to breathe.

For as long as Kayden can remember, suffering in silence was the only way to survive life. As long as he did what he was told, everything was okay. One night, after making a terrible mistake, it seems like his life might be over. Luck was on his side, though, when Callie coincidentally is in the right place at the right time and saves him.

Now he can’t stop thinking about the girl he saw at school, but never really knew. When he ends up at the same college as Callie, he does everything he can to try to get to know her. But Callie is reserved and closed off. The more he tries to be part of her life, the more he realizes Callie might need to be saved.

“There are those who don’t get luck handed to them on a shiny platter, who end up in the wrong place at the wrong time, who don’t get saved.”

I started reading this book completely randomly, I couldn't sleep so I picked my phone up opened my kindle app and chose a book without even knowing what it was about.

This is the story of Callie and Kayden. They have known each other for a long time, they have gone to school together since they were in kindergarten and their families have dinners together, but Kayden always pretended like he didn't know Callie.

I can't even tell you how great Callie is, she is one of those characters that really touched me, I understood her so well.

On her twelfth birthday something really bad happened to her and since then everything changed. She has locked up her feelings and vowed to never tell anyone what happened on that day.

Callie has problems with people touching her, so everything social related is a problem to her.

When she moves to college everything starts to get better, she meets Seth, her first friend since her twelfth birthday and he is the first person to know about her secret and he helps her getting better. Together they make a list of things that they would normally never do and each week they have to cross off at least one thing, even if they are scared they have to do it.

Callie thought of telling what happened to her to her mom, but because her mom leaves in a bubble and doesn't want nor care about the bad things that happen in the world she doesn't.

Kayden always had a hard life, beaten by his father since he was little, he does everything that his father wants him to do, including playing football.

One day, luckily for Kayden, Callie is in the right place at the right time and saves him.

“In the existence of our lives, there is a single coincidence that brings us together and for a moment, our hearts beat as one.”

Coincidentally Callie and Kayden end up in the same college, Callie trying to stay away from everything that makes her remember that horrible night and Kayden trying to stay away from his father.

Kayden becomes interested in Callie, the girl that did what he thought no one would ever do, the girl that he really never paid attention to but that now he can’t stop thinking about.

Callie trusts Seth, and she doesn't really trust other people so when Callie and Kayden start to go out together, Kayden starts to wonder how would be like for someone like her to trust him but he thinks that he has too many twisted secrets for that to ever happen.

“There is something about someone trusting you enough with their secrets that it makes it easier to trust them. It’s like they’re opening their heart and in return yours should open up to them, too.”

The book switches between both characters POV's. Is very interesting learning about the characters from their point of view, since there are things about one another that they don't know about the entire book.

Towards the end I was getting so nervous, I couldn't be still, I didn't have any idea about what was about to happen. It was the best end that I ever read.

It completely broke my heart, I couldn't stop crying, and I was already crying during most parts of the book. I couldn't believe that it was ending that way, I switched pages over and over again to make sure that it was it. I was really not expecting a cliffhanger.

The Coincidence of Callie and Kayden became one of my favorite books.

I loved the characters, really connected with them and loved how Callie changed so well, it wasn't rushed, like one minute she had problems and then minutes later everything just went away, it made the character look much more real.

The book made me believe that even if you are in a really dark place in your life it can get better, to never give up on happiness.

Jessica is a really amazing writer, I really look forward to read more of her books.

You should definitely read this book, I guarantee that it will not let you down.

There will be a second book to this series, The Redemption of Callie and Kayden that is coming out on August 6th, 2013. I'm super excited to read it.

I just have to add one more quote that I really loved and that really made me think.

“I often wonder what drives people to do things. Whether it’s put into their minds at birth, or if it is learned as they grow. Maybe is even forced upon them by circumstances that are out of their hands. Does anyone have control over their lives or are we all helpless?”

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Review: On Dublin Street (On Dublin Street #1) by Samantha Young

Goodreads blurb:

Jocelyn Butler has been hiding from her past for years. But all her secrets are about to be laid bare…
Four years ago, Jocelyn left her tragic past behind in the States and started over in Scotland, burying her grief, ignoring her demons, and forging ahead without attachments. Her solitary life is working well—until she moves into a new apartment on Dublin Street where she meets a man who shakes her carefully guarded world to its core.

Braden Carmichael is used to getting what he wants, and he’s determined to get Jocelyn into his bed. Knowing how skittish she is about entering a relationship, Braden proposes an arrangement that will satisfy their intense attraction without any strings attached.

But after an intrigued Jocelyn accepts, she realizes that Braden won’t be satisfied with just mind-blowing passion. The stubborn Scotsman is intent on truly knowing her… down to the very soul.

When I finished reading this book I was only certain of one thing, this was one of the best books I ever read. I couldn't stop reading it, I felt so connected with Jocelyn that during the entire book my heart was just a mess.

Jocelyn had the perfect life until she lost everything, her home, her family and everything she ever knew. This book is the proof that you should enjoy every moment in your life like it was the last one, because everything can change in one simple second.

Jocelyn is a very special person but she is very hurt. After leaving Virginia she focus on college and in her only two friends, Rich and James who she shares an apartment with. When the time comes for her friends to start a life together in a new place, Jocelyn has to find a new apartment for her. She finds the perfect place on Dublin Street where she meets Braden.

Braden, what to say about him? He is the guy who can take your breath away. He is captivating, provocative and sexy as hell. He never gives up what he wants and he wants Jocelyn. But he is also adorable, sweet, kind and he helps Jocelyn like anyone ever did.

Braden tries to make Jocelyn trust him, but she built too many walls to protect herself and thinking about loving another person again is too hard for her because she doesn't want to lose a person that she loves again. She believes that everyone that she loves ends up dying and is better if she just stays away from everyone.

I loved every bit of this book. It was so frustrating, I couldn't stop reading. I could say so many things about this book, just writing about it brings so many emotions. Anger, frustration, sadness, happiness. Because everything ended up well but they had to go through so many things to get to their happy ending.

This book deserves five big hearts. I recommend reading it, you will not be disappointed. This is one of my favorite books and I can’t way to read Down London Road.

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Review: Never Too Far (Too Far #2) by Abbi Glines

Goodreads blurb:

He had held a secret that destroyed her world.

Everything she had known was no longer true.

Blaire couldn’t stop loving him but she knew she could never forgive him.

Now, she was back home and learning to live again. Moving on with life… until something happened to send her world spinning once again.

What do you do when the one person you can never trust again is the one that you need to trust so desperately?

You lie, hide, avoid, and pray that your sins never find you out.

“No man has ever loved a woman as much as I love you. Nothing will ever come before you. I don't know what else I have to do to prove to you that I won't let you down again. I won't hurt you. You don't have to be alone anymore. I need you.”

Never too Far is the second book in the Too Far series, you should read Fallen too far before you read this book.

I'm addicted to Abbi Glines books, the first book that I read from her was Fallen too Far and since then I am a huge fan.

Never too Far starts three weeks after the cliffhanger at the end of the first book.

The story is told from Rush and Blaire's POV alternating in every chapter so you could understand both sides of the story.

Rush is amazing, I loved how he just didn't want to give up, his love for Blaire is so strong that he simply didn't care about the costs of being with her, he just wanted to be with her for the rest of his life.

“No. One. Comes. Before You.”

Blaire is a really insecure girl and in some parts of the book it was a little too much for me because Rush was really trying his best to prove to her that he didn't want anyone but her. But in other parts I understood her insecurities because she is completely different from his friends and family, she doesn't fit in his world and she doesn't understand why he would want to be with her.

“But I don't fit. Your family hates me. I make your life difficult."
That's where she was wrong. "No, You're my family. And as for making my life difficult, you, Blaire Wynn, make my life complete.”

Rush was really sweet with her but he kept making mistakes and hurting Blaire and in those times I just wanted to slap him. The first bad thing that happens and he starts being a jerk to her and thinking that the best thing that she could do was leaving him. I was so disappointed at him. And poor Blaire didn't know what to do, she became even more insecure, thinking that now he was going to see that it was a mistake to be with her.

The best part of the book was definitely Woods, I just fell in love with him, he is so sweet, always ready to help and he really likes Blaire. I wanted to grab him take him to Blaire and tell her that he was the perfect guy for her. I'm really excited to read Woods book, he is perfect, he deserves a happy ending.

The end of the book definitely left me wanting for more, I expected a little more about how Nan was dealing with all that was happening, but I'm fine with it because we are gonna have a third book and I can't wait to read it.

I really recommend reading this book, it has a great story, amazing characters and Abbi it's a spectacular writer.

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Review: White Trash Beautiful (White Trash Trilogy #1) by Teresa Mummert

Goodreads blurb: 

A word-of-mouth bestseller that’s captivating readers with its honesty, grit, and headstrong heroine, White Trash Beautiful is a story for anyone who has ever felt trapped in life, cheated by love—and longed for something more . . .

Cass Daniels isn’t waiting for her knight in shining armor. She knows that girls like her don’t get a happily ever after. Not if you live in a trailer with your mom, work at a greasy spoon diner, and get leered at by old men. Maybe that’s why she puts up with Jackson—her poor excuse for a boyfriend, who treats her like dirt. Cass has learned to accept her lot in life. That is, until he walks into her diner. . . .

His name is Tucker White, and he’s different from any man Cass has ever known. Tall, tattooed, and bad-ass gorgeous, he’s the lead singer of the rock band Damaged. From the moment they meet, Tucker sees something in Cass he just can’t shake. Something beautiful. Something haunted. Something special. And he’s determined to find out what it is—if only he can get her to open up and let him in. . . .

“Never. You are all I want, Cass. I feel like I have been waiting my whole life for you and I will wait longer if that’s what you need, but I am not going anywhere.”

When I first saw this book I never expected to like it so much, then I start reading it and just couldn't stop.

Cass lives in a trailer park with her mom and her abusive boyfriend, they are both drug addicts.
She works in a diner near her home, one day she meets Tucker a lead singer of a famous band, he’s charming, beautiful, kind and threats her the way no one else does. He does everything to prove to her that she is beautiful and that he cares about her. But how would someone that never had a person that cared for her react to that?

When Cass and Tucker start to get close to each other more and more she starts to feel bad that she is betraying her boyfriend Jackson, the one that was always there for her.

Tucker gave her reasons to smile, he made her believe that she could trust him and because she is tired of her life she decides to give it a try, but things are never that easy.

White trash beautiful is the most realist book that I ever read. I felt like I was there with the characters, I felt so frustrated because I wanted to help Cass and make everything better but I couldn't. I was so mad at Jackson and her mom that I wanted to kill them.

I highly recommend reading this book, I look forward to read the second book of the White Trash series and I will definitely read more books by this author.

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Review: The Vincent Boys (The Vincent Boys #1) by Abbi Glines

Goodreads blurb: 

Ashton is getting tired of being good, of impressing her parents and playing ideal girlfriend to Sawyer Vincent. Sawyer is perfect, a regular Prince Charming, but when he leaves town for the summer, it's his cousin Beau who catches Ashton's eye. Beau is the sexiest guy she's ever seen, and even though he’s dangerous, Ashton is drawn to him.

Beau loves his cousin like a brother, so the last thing he wants to do is make a move on Sawyer's girl. Ashton is off-limits, absolutely. That's why he does his best to keep his distance, even though he's been in love with her forever. When Ashton wants to rekindle their childhood friendship in Sawyer’s absence, Beau knows he should say no.

Ashton and Beau don't want to hurt Sawyer. But the more they try to stay away from each other, the more intense their urges become. It's getting way too hard to resist....

This is a story about Ashton, Beau and Sawyer, the three of them have been friends since childhood, Ashton and Beau were the trouble makers and Sawyer was the one who took them out of trouble. The years start to pass and the boys begin to notice different things about Ashton, Sawyer is the first to make a move and ask her out on a date and because Ash thinks that Beau doesn't see her that way she accepts, so now Ash and Sawyer have been dating for three years.

Beau always had feelings for Ash but because he loves his cousin like a brother he backs off until that one summer when Sawyer leaves town.

“I was very aware that you were a girl, Ash. I was just scared because the one person in the world who knew every secret I'd ever had also happened to be the most beautiful girl I'd ever known. My feelings for you were scary as Hell.”

Ash always try to be the perfect daughter and the perfect girlfriend, she believes that she is not good enough for Sawyer so she tries her best to be a good girl, the only person that sees her and accepts her how she really is is her Grandma, but she is getting tired of pretending to be something that she isn't.

“... no one expected the preacher's daughter to sin, but they sure would love to catch me at it.”

With Sawyer being out of town Ash sees a great opportunity to rekindle her childhood friendship with Beau, soon she finds out that with him she doesn't have to pretend, she can be herself. They start to spend more and more time with each other the feelings start to get stronger and they can't stay away from each other, but when Sawyer comes back to town that's when the problems begin, Ash has to decide what she is going to do, she doesn't want to hurt neither of them much less ruin Beau and Sawyer's friendship.

In some parts of the book I thought that she should stay with Sawyer and others that Beau was the one, I sincerely tell you that if I was in her place I would be even more confused than her. Sawyer is this beautiful and sweet guy who is planning to spend the rest of his life with you and on the other end there is Beau, beautiful, sexy, sweet, who just makes your knees fail from being near him.

“Good because I want you too. Now. Forever. Just you”

Abbi is one of my favorite authors, she writes great books with amazing characters that you can't help but fall in love with. I highly recommend her books, this was a great read and I can't wait to read the second book.

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