Obsession - Lisa Helen Grey Review

Name - Obsession

Author - Lisa Helen Grey

Series - Forgotten #2

Genre - New Adult 

Format - Kindle

My Copy - Purchased

Where you can find it - Goodreads - Amazon US - Amazon UK - Book Depository - Barnes & Noble  

 

Danni Carter has had an obsession with Nate Mathews ever since she could remember. But then one dreadful, drunken night, her obsession turned into rejection. She has spent years distancing herself from Nate, the one person she always wanted, and who never wanted her in return.

After Danni finds her boyfriend in bed with another woman, her life has turned upside down ….

Now a stalker is obsessed with her …

He’s always watching, never showing himself, and never talks to her. The only thing he has done is make her life a living hell.

When her stalker takes his fixation to the next level by vandalizing her apartment, Nate is there to pick up the pieces and offers Danni somewhere to stay.

How can she live with a man who rejected her all those years ago, and not be able to feel anything towards him? As the heat sizzles between the two, someone else’s blood is boiling into a rage.

His obsession will lead to a death, but whose death will it be? ….

This is the second book in the series is you ant to read the first book's review Click HERE 

So as i just said this is the second book in the series of Forgotten but you don't need to have read the first book, not much is referenced only a little bit, this book follows Danni and Nate who grew up together and have had secret feeling for a long time but there was always something in the way, mainly age and insecurities. 

I have a lot of feelings about this book, I enjoyed it a lot more than the first it felt more polished, and it felt more put together but I also just liked the storyline once more, I reviewed another book very similar to this in October, called Needing Arella by Terri Anne Browning, both females didn't want to worry their family's and they instead turned into the arms of the person who rejected them. So since I read them so close together it didn't feel unique to me anymore but that is more of a personal issue with the book rather than a problem all around. 

Danni was a good main character, and she was really easy to read, same as Nate, he wasn't as Alpha as Cage in the first book but there was some underlying tones of it, the one that creeped me out was chapter 10, there is no name and it's written in italics, it's the stalker's pov and I don't know it just gave me a funny feeling and I actually guessed two people and one of them turned out to be right, and that is a good thing, I like to be kept guessing. 

The story flowed perfectly, there wasn't anytime where I was bored or thought that I wanted to put the book down and at the minute that's quite rare, it also set up the final book in this series and I cant wait to get started on that as soon as possible.

 

Again the background characters really brought this book together for me, from Danni's family and her friends and co-workers it was just really well written for the topic, and it should definitely get more recognition. 

Best I've Ever Had - Abbi Glines Review

Title - Best I've Ever Had
Author - Abbi Glines
Genre - Romance
My Copy - ARC/Purchased
Format - Kindle
Where You Can Find It? - Goodreads - Amazon UK - Amazon US - Barnes & Noble - Indigo 

Summer had returned to the coastal town of Sea Breeze, Alabama. The nightlife lit up with scantily clad sun-kissed bodies, live music, the smell of freshly cooked seafood.

Taking it all in he wondered if coming back had been the best thing. He wasn’t the same man who had driven out of town a year ago on the motorcycle he’d spontaneously bought after his best friend’s wedding. From the messy blond curls he’d let grow out to the tattoos now covering his arms, part of his chest and even the side of his neck, it all represented a part of his journey.

Eli Hardy was back, but he didn’t plan on staying for long. 

The Best I've Ever Had is the third book in the Seabreeze meets Rosemary Beach series and like the other two books in this series it doesn't disappoint. This one follows Eli Hardy who we see quite a lot in the previous books, and Ophelia Finlay, who we only see briefly in the previous books, but they come together for this book and it is a truly amazing experience. 

Like most of Glines' books you find yourself loving and rooting for the characters, you find yourself having a connection, or relating to them. Writing a relatable character is a very difficult thing to do but Glines pulls it off every time. 

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WARNING *** I am going to go into the book, and if you don't want any spoilers then stop reading now, there aren't going to be many just the general plot but this is a warning anyway. But I will also spoil a little bit from the previous books, so if you still haven't read them then again, I would take caution.

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Abbi Glines has done it again, honestly I don't think I have ever disliked one of her books, once I start reading them I can't seem to put them down, I haven't found another author who captures my attention with their characters as well as Glines does. 

This book is no different, it's the same sort of format for all of the books but it feels different, Eli's pain is evident from the start and normally the pain hits them towards the end of the book so watching him grow through the pain was a brilliant move.

I will say Eli's story did remind me a bit too much of Nate's story in the first book but I did overlook that in the end. I don't have much to say about Ophelia other than I liked her and she reminded me of Blaire, as I was reading, I just got a sense of Blaire and it defiantly put a smile on my face, but I will say the book was more about Eli's growth and there was a bit with Ophelia learning to love again but it was more about Eli. 

I love all the throwbacks, and the new information we get about the original series, like Bliss and Nate getting married on her families farm because that's where her parents got married, and in this one we get more of the original characters as well, and Cage is just as brash as ever and I do hope that in the future we get to see more of them as well. 

But I will say that I saw some mistakes, like when they were in Live bay there is a moment that says Marcus when I'm almost 100% sure it should say Micah, and I would've also liked some more interaction between more of the characters, Eli and Ophelia seemed to stick to the same few people and I don't think Cleo was even mentioned, it was always Crimson or 'my sisters', but other than that, I don't have any problems with it.

Unlike the last few times I actually don't have any idea who the next book could be about, maybe Phoenix Finlay, after that reveal at the end of the book but also maybe not, a lot of things are happening behind the scenes and it got a bit confusing till I sat and thought about it. This book takes place a good year and half since the last one and now Larissa and Micah are married, they were partially mentioned in the first book by Bliss, she only said that they were dating to get off the topic of something else, but they weren't mentioned in the second book, so it could have happened but I would have liked to see it, especially since they are two of the child characters that you saw in the original series, maybe we can have a novella down the line. 

Overall, it's a good addition to the series and I just hope that we don't have over a year for the next one, these books give me life. I recommend it to anyone who loves a good light-hearted, sweet book, it will not disappoint. 

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Until Next Time

Happy Reading 

Jade Louise

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Renaissance - The Fall and Rise of a King - Marla Skidmore

Title - Renaissance - The Fall and Rise of a King
Author - Marla Skidmore (Twitter)
ISBN - 9781912183296
Genre - Historical Fiction 
My Copy - Purchased
Format - Softcopy 
Where You Can Find It - Goodreads - Amazon UK - Amazon US - Amazon CA -  Barnes & Noble - Book Depository 

The Plain of Redemore, 22nd August 1485

Richard III - betrayed and defeated!
His gaze sweeps over the bloody carnage surrounding him. A cry goes up: "We have found the king!" He sees Henry Tudor standing triumphant over a mauled and battered corpse and hears him whisper, "It is done. England is mine."

How can this be, when he is not dead?

With the help of his celestial mentor Father Gilbert, a Franciscan monk, Richard will learn that malign Tudor propaganda has not reigned supreme and that history did not entirely paint him as the child-killer king.

Will he grasp the chance of renaissance and exit the spiritual purgatory that has held him hostage for more than half a millennium?

"After Tewkesbury I murdered Henry VI and his son Edward Lancaster. I executed my brother Clarence - drowning him in a butt of Malmsey. I usurped England's throne to which i had no right. I killed my nephews. I poisoned my wife in order to incestuously marry my niece. My place in history is amongst the most reviled and evil villain's that ever existed. How can someone whose reputation is so mired in infamy find peace in heaven?"

Quote from Chapter 6 page 42

So first off let me start by saying that i am not a huge fan of Richard III and my opinion of him isn't the greatest since Henry VII is my personal favourite King in England's history but this book made me like Richard, with the way this book is written Skidmore tells the tale of a new version with Richard looking back on the few years he was King. 

Richard in this book kind of reminds me of the Richard from horrible histories (If you don't know what i am talking about click here) he has compassion, and he is not the monster that is mostly portrayed in books and TV, don't get me wrong i still am a firm believer that the best person won on the day but now i can understand Richard a bit more than i did before. 

The development of Richard's character was really good, he starts of this downtrodden, sad, and then he grows as he learns of his fate, i enjoyed this book immensely i love Marla Skidmore's writing she has a way with words that make you need to read more and more and not put the book down i was gripped from the very first page and it had me all the way to the end. 

This book is a true and wonderful Historical Fiction, it isn't filled with fairy tales, it isn't filled with boring facts and written like a biography, it is written in a way that is very hard to do, and my only complaint was that it is only 171 pages long, i wished it had been longer maybe to 250 pages but other than that i loved this book, and i cannot wait to read more of Skidmore's writing. I am so glad i went to the Bosworth Anniversary Weekend and found this Author and her book because it has become one of my favourites from this particular era and i can't wait for the next book which i believe is about Sir Francis Lovell, but for now if Historical fiction is something that you enjoy then you will enjoy this book completely and i highly recommend it. 

Until Next Time 

Happy Reading 

Jade 

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(there was no white roses)

Every Time We Fall In Love - Bella Andre

Title - Every Time We Fall In Love
Author - Bella Andre 
Series - The Sullivans #12
Genre - Contemporary / Romance 
ISBN - 9781945253746
My Copy - Purchased 
Format - Kindle
Where You Can Find It - Goodreads  - Amazon UK - Amazon US - Amazon CA - Barnes & Noble - Indigo - IBooks

Harry Sullivan has always put his family first, even when it meant losing Molly—his one true love. He’s never been able to forget her, even after fifteen years. Now that his siblings are all blissfully happy, Harry hopes it’s not too late for his own happily-ever-after. But then his doorbell rings…and one look at the teenage girl standing on his doorstep changes absolutely everything.

Molly never thought she’d see Harry Sullivan again, so she's beyond stunned when her fifteen-year-old daughter brings him back into her life. At eighteen, Harry was already strong, sexy, and honourable. And now that he's even more handsome, more brilliant, more loyal and caring? Molly can't stop herself from falling in love with him all over again. Especially when his kisses and the sizzling attraction between them are hotter than ever.

But with more at stake now than they ever thought possible, will they be able to move beyond the mistakes they both made in the past, and fall in love forever this time?

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So I have loved the Sullivan series for many years now and that hasn't changed at all, even with my reading slump I still managed to keep up with this series and it is a series that I can just read it isn't full of drama and angst that makes me want to put the book down it is light-hearted and the characters are written in a way that you end up letting them into your heart and you will never let them go.

This is the twelfth book all-round but it is in the New York Sullivans subcategory, we have had the San Francisco Sullivans, the Seattle Sullivans and this is the last book in the New York Sullivans next we have the Maine Sullivans and then I believe it will finish with the London Sullivans but I am not sure, I don't think I will ever get bored of these books they are such light quick reads and they never fail to put a smile on my face. 

Harry is someone I would connect to in real life he loves History and Books and jousts in his spare time he is literally my dream man and so I have been waiting for his book and it didn't disappoint. Harry and Molly's story starts 16 years before the book starts and they were collage sweethearts but things happened and they didn't see each other until Molly's daughter gets involved. We see some of the family and we hear about a few more but this was a very small character base compared to a lot of the other books in this series and for me it fit well with this book because everything was quaint from the little cottage to the beautiful dog, and the beautifully wrapped up storyline at the end of this book. That is another thing I love about this series is each family has its own problems and in the end they always come out stronger no matter how many years it takes. 

I cant say much about the character development in this book without spoiling too much because the biggest character development happened in the climax and it is such a moving part that I don't want to spoil it but I will say if you have read any of the other New York Sullivans books you will also love this development it wrapped this part of the saga perfectly. 

So overall, it is a very good addition to this amazing series and I would recommend these books to anyone who loves a light quick read and has time to become hooked to the Sullivans because it is very hard to resist them.

Until Next Time 

Happy Reading 

Jade

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Love Me Like This - Bella Andre Review

Title - Love Me Like This 
Author - Bella Andre
Series - The Morrison's #3
ISBN - 9781945253393
Genre - Contemporary Romance 
My Copy - Purchased
Format - Kindle
Where You Can Find It - Goodreads - Barnes & Noble - Indigo - Amazon UK - Amazon US - Amazon CA - IBooks

 Eight years have passed since Justin Morrison first laid eyes on Taylor and fell head over heels in love with her, even though he knew she could never be his. He's tried everything he can to get over her--including moving to another country--but she's still the only woman he'll ever want. 

Eight years is a heck of a long time to secretly love someone. Taylor knows all too well how impossible it is to forget a man as sexy, sweet, and brilliant as Justin Morrison. So when he turns up on the doorstep of her Napa Valley bed and breakfast, she can't help but long for the happily-ever-after of her dreams.

As Taylor and Justin spend beautifully romantic mornings together watching the sun rise over the vineyards--and can't help but fall into each other's arms on wickedly sexy nights--it looks like they might finally get their chance at the love they've been waiting for. But will the secret Taylor has been keeping shatter everything in the end?

DISCLAIMER ******* THIS REVIEW MIGHT CONTAIN SPOILERS FOR THE PREVIOUS BOOKS IN THE SERIES.

It  has been a long time since a book from this series was released the previous book was released in 2015 so it took me a few chapters to reacquaint myself with the characters but even when i did it did not matter too much since we don't really see much of the rest of the the Morrison family. 

Remembering the other books you could tell from those that this was going to be one of the books but after i finished reading it i didn't get the same feeling as i normally do reading one of Andre's books, it was still good but it felt different. 

If you have read any of this type of genre before you know how these books go, it is pretty much a given that you will know what normally happens, boy and girl fall in love, then something happens to tear them apart, then at the end of the book they end up together. This book is different from that and i actually really appreciate that, i feel as if every new adult/adult romance book has the same story lay out and it has gotten boring in recent months. The characters are your typical romance characters, but you can overlook it, when the story is a bit different you don't feel as if you have read this book before. 

Taylor and Justin are nice characters and they carry the story and since for most of it, it is just them and some background characters you really do get to know them and get invested in them and if you have read the Sullivan Series from Andre then you will recognise the Napa Valley area from that series, and some of the characters.

Bella Andre is one of my Auto-buy Authors and so even though i didn't enjoy this book as most if her others it doesn't mean it was not worth the read, Andre has such a way with words that it doesn't really matter in any case, and even though i did not particularly enjoy this book i do recommend Andre as an Author and you should check her books out they are rather addictive to read.  

Until Next Time

Happy Reading

Always and Forever - Sian O'Gorman

Title - Always and Forever

Author - Sian O'Gorman

Genre - Adult > Romance

Format - Kindle

My Copy - E-Arc Netgalley

Where You Can Find It - Goodreads - Barnes & Noble - Indigo - Amazon UK - Amazon US

How can you find yourself again, when you can’t face what you’ve lost?

Joanna Woulfe is looking to get her life back on track after her husband John leaves their family home. Once a high-flying PR Director, Jo now looks after her son Harry and seeks support only from her mother Marietta and her best friend Nicole. But Nicole’s own marriage is facing its greatest ever crisis, and Marietta, too, is distracted by the reappearance of an old flame, ex-Showband-singer and lothario Patrick Realta.

Soon Jo enrols with a colourful local amateur dramatics group and begins a flirtation with the handsome young Ronan Forest. But is she really ready to move on from her old life – and from her years of marriage to John? And what was it that happened three years ago that sent the couple into free-fall?

Before long Jo will realise that is only by looking back that she will ever truly be able to move forward...

The first thing that drew me in was the cover, i was scrolling through Netgalley and found this then i read the synopsis and it drew me in even further. I have been in a reading slump for well over a year now and i am very late getting this review up. 

Always and Forever was a wonderful feel good, bittersweet novel and one i fell very deeply in love with. It reminded me of Cecilia Ahern's novels and so i will say if you love her books you will most certainly love this one as well. 

The main character Jo went on such a journey throughout this book and you feel yourself rooting for her because she is one of those underdog characters, one that every reader seems to love. 

I don't want to say too much about the love interest or interest's what ever way you want to put it because i feel that that would spoil a lot of the novel. and i don't want that because it was wonderful to read it without knowing what was going to happen, but i will say it is wonderfully written and dealt with in a excellent way. 

If you love chick lit, and romance i really suggest this book it is charming and a wonderful book to curl up with on a rainy Sunday afternoon, and i really want to read more from this author and i suspect you will too.

Until Next Time

Happy Reading

Lord of Shadows - Cassandra Clare - Spoiler Free Review

Title - Lord of Shadows
Author - Cassandra Clare
Series - The Dark Artifices #2
ISBN - 9781471116650
Genre - YA > Fantasy
My Copy - Purchased
Format - Trade Paperback
Where You Can Find It - Goodreads - Waterstones - Barnes & Noble - Indigo - Book Depository - Amazon UK - Amazon US

Would you trade your soul mate for your soul?

A Shadowhunter’s life is bound by duty. Constrained by honour. The word of a Shadowhunter is a solemn pledge, and no vow is more sacred than the vow that binds parabatai, warrior partners—sworn to fight together, die together, but never to fall in love.

Emma Carstairs has learned that the love she shares with her parabatai, Julian Blackthorn, isn’t just forbidden—it could destroy them both. She knows she should run from Julian. But how can she when the Blackthorns are threatened by enemies on all sides?

Their only hope is the Black Volume of the Dead, a spell book of terrible power. Everyone wants it. Only the Blackthorns can find it. Spurred on by a dark bargain with the Seelie Queen, Emma; her best friend, Cristina; and Mark and Julian Blackthorn journey into the Courts of Faerie, where glittering revels hide bloody danger and no promise can be trusted. Meanwhile, rising tension between Shadowhunters and Downworlders has produced the Cohort, an extremist group of Shadowhunters dedicated to registering Downworlders and “unsuitable” Nephilim. They’ll do anything in their power to expose Julian’s secrets and take the Los Angeles Institute for their own.

When Downworlders turn against the Clave, a new threat rises in the form of the Lord of Shadows—the Unseelie King, who sends his greatest warriors to slaughter those with Blackthorn blood and seize the Black Volume. As dangers close in, Julian devises a risky scheme that depends on the cooperation of an unpredictable enemy. But success may come with a price he and Emma cannot even imagine, one that will bring with it a reckoning of blood that could have repercussions for everyone and everything they hold dear.

I finished this book about an hour ago, and i am still trying to put my thoughts straight and actually regretting reading the book so quickly purely because we will not be getting another for quite some time.

I have been in a reading slump since reading Lady Midnight last year and i didn't even know if i was going to be able to read this book but once i started i couldn't stop and i read far into the night. 

Going to the start of this book, i was worried i wouldn't remember what had happened previously but it all came flooding back when i opened the book. 

I may mention spoilers from Lady Midnight or any of the other previous books in the shadow hunter world. So if you haven't read them i don't suggest you should read this.

Now onto the review, I am still not sure what to think of this book, my initial reaction is to give it 5 stars but i am so confused about things and all of those things cannot be discussed here but it will be in my spoiler review. 

The relationships in this book were everywhere and we finally know why Clary refused to marry Jase but then it was never mentioned again, that is one of the things that confused me, why didn't Emma question it when Clary told her. The Relationships going on, well you need a map to remember them all. I don't remember any other Shadow hunter series being like that. 

The story flowed to an extent but i felt like it could have been shorter, there were so many parts that were really unnecessary. It felt like the book wrapped up about halfway through then there was something else that they had to deal with. 

I could see the set up for the Last Hours series with the picture of Lucie, Tessa, Cordelia and James. Then we have all of the Herondale brilliance with Kit even calling Will and Idiot. I really wanted a bit more though but that is just because the Infernal Devices is my favourite in the chronicles, and i have a feeling the Last Hours will be just as loved. 

I don't believe this is as good as Lady Midnight or any of their predecessors so for that reason my rating changed from 5 to 4 as i still loved it and it made me smile, laugh and cry. I think that is the problem when you love a series that has so many books, every new book has a very high standard and sometimes it cannot live up to it. 

Until Next Time

Happy Reading

Victoria - Daisy Goodwin

Title - Victoria
Author - Daisy Goodwin
ISBN - 9781250045461
My Copy - Purchased
Format - Paperback
Genre - Historical Fiction
Where You Can Find It - Goodreads - Waterstones - Barnes & Noble - Indigo - Book Depository - Amazon UK - Amazon US

In 1837, less than a month after her eighteenth birthday, Alexandrina Victoria – sheltered, small in stature, and female – became Queen of Great Britain and Ireland. Many thought it was preposterous: Alexandrina — Drina to her family — had always been tightly controlled by her mother and her household, and was surely too unprepossessing to hold the throne. Yet from the moment William IV died, the young Queen startled everyone: abandoning her hated first name in favor of Victoria; insisting, for the first time in her life, on sleeping in a room apart from her mother; resolute about meeting with her ministers alone.

One of those ministers, Lord Melbourne, became Victoria’s private secretary. Perhaps he might have become more than that, except everyone argued she was destined to marry her cousin, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. But Victoria had met Albert as a child and found him stiff and critical: surely the last man she would want for a husband….

So even if this review is technically spoiler free it is a book based off of a TV show and so i am going to try to talk about the actual storyline as little as possible. 

I loved the TV show and pre ordered this book but then i didn't read it right away, i read it about three months later, i did that for a specific reason and that was to actually distance myself from the TV show and read it as a book alone, but that was pretty much impossible even after the three months so i would say if you have seen the show then you are going to feel like you have deja vu a lot. I do however recommend reading the book before watching the show just because then you are not anticipating everything that is going to happen. 

Historically, there isn't much stock in most of the 'love' storyline and that was brought up vehemently among Historical fanatic's and that puts me on the back foot because i personally didn't like that 'Love' story when i saw it played out on screen because for me Albert and Victoria's marriage and happiness and he was not a second choice.  

There is a lot more detail in the book, but it ends before the series does, so that annoyed me and it was the main reason i gave it 4 instead of 5, i feel like it ends so prematurely. It just needed some more to finish it off properly.   

On the other hand Goodwin's writing was truly brilliant, and i do want to read more from her in the future just nothing based off of a real person.

** This should have gone up on Wednesday, but i was ill so it is going up now along with another post. 

Until Next Time

Happy Reading

He Said/She Said - Erin Kelly

Title - He Said/She Said
Author - Erin Kelly
ISBN - 9781444797152
My Copy - E-Arc
Format - Kindle
Release Date - UK/ 20th April 2017 -- US/ 6th June 2017
Genre - Adult >Mystery > Thriller
Where You Can Find It - Goodreads - Waterstones - Barnes & Noble - Indigo - Book Depository - Amazon UK - Amazon US

Who do you believe? 

In the hushed aftermath of a total eclipse, Laura witnesses a brutal attack.

She and her boyfriend Kit call the police, and in that moment, it is not only the victim's life that is changed forever.

Fifteen years on, Laura and Kit live in fear. 

And while Laura knows she was right to speak out, the events that follow have taught her that you can never see the whole picture: something - and someone - is always in the dark...

Even though i requested this i wasn't sure i was going to enjoy this book since i have never read anything like it before but once i started i couldn't stop reading it had me hooked and i honestly didn't see anything coming. 

There are two Narrators in this book Kit and Laura and we go from the past to the present, Kit and Laura are Totality people they go around the world watching Eclipses and on one fateful trip in Cornwall they stumble on a crime. But that is the only thing we know for certain because like the blurb says someone is always in the dark. 

I loved Laura's character she was strong and,even if she didn't always do the right thing she did it for the right reasons apart from maybe one thing that i cannot talk about. 

Kit annoyed me at times, because who leave their pregnant with twins wife alone, and run off to some island to watch an Eclipse that is just one of many reason i personally didn't take to Kit but again there are a lot more because nothing is ever as it seems. 

There are two other characters Beth and Jamie, the two people who the Crime involves. I have never read a consent/rape topic book where it made me question what really happened normally it is cut and dry in these types of books but it the truth seemed to be covered in layers and we only really know the real story by accident. 

I really don't want to say much about the story, for i think if you read this you should go into it blind because i did and it was the most enjoyable/ draining way to read it. 

I am not going to lie this was a huge mind f**k and i feel exhausted after reading it but at the same time i would read it again and again. 

Until Next Time

Happy Reading