Showing posts with label Dark. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dark. Show all posts

Friday 1 January 2016

Breaking Love By B B Reid



She’s the girl who got away, but now she’s back… 

Four years was all it took. 
I told myself I didn’t need friends. I didn’t need family. I sure as fuck didn’t need him. 
And you know what? 
I was right. 
He had been inside of me, coursing through my veins. 
So I cut and bled Dash Chambers until I was free. 
But the day I returned to Six Forks and was thrown at his feet, I realized I would never forget how it felt to have every inch of him inside me. 

...and he’s waiting. 

Angel thought if she ran far enough, she’d be free. 
What’s mine will always be mine. 
This time I do things my way. 


I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review..... 

This story was one I was waiting for. I had thought it would be the best one. 
When Keenan and Sheldon's daughter gets kidnapped, the kidnappers mention having two girls. I thought Willow would be the second one. I was wrong. 

Don't get me wrong, I still love the series, but for me, Breaking Love wasn't as good as the others. 
It didn't have that depth that the others had. I think Willow and Dash needed more excitement. It wasn't until the end really that it got interesting.

Willow comes back to town a different person. Not only does she not dress the same, but her attitude is tougher than before too. She stands up for herself and against Keiran who had tortured her best friend for years. 

The part I did love was getting to know Willow's past. More secrets. 
But what I loved the most was Dash at the end. It was brilliant. 

I don't want to give too much away, but I will say I will be reading the rest in the series. 

3*

Unlawful Justice By KC Lynn & K Langston



Seek the truth and you will find justice. 

The peaceful town of Harmony Falls, Texas, has been rocked to its core by an unspeakable crime. 

One that harbors revenge and injustice. 

Schoolteacher Olivia Bradshaw can’t remember what happened that horrific night, but it’s easy to see the effect it’s had on those around her. All she wants is for peace to be restored to her beloved hometown, but Deputy Grayson Taylor is on a different mission. He seeks truth and justice, and he’ll do whatever it takes to find both for Olivia. 

Lines will be crossed. 

Secrets revealed. 

Can justice prevail, or will the citizens of Harmony Falls succumb to the corruption and hate that continues to plague their small town? 

K.C. Lynn and K. Langston have teamed up to bring you a story about hate, race, corruption, injustice, and above all, love. A story that may change the way you view the world. 


I'm finally able to upload this review. It's taken me a while to get the blog working again, and now it's up and running, I wanted this to be the first review I posted. 

2015 was a year of great book, but this one will always stick out for me. 

I received an ARC of Unlawful Justice in exchange for an honest review. 

The teasers for this novel did not do the book justice. From the very first page I know this book was going to be powerful. And boy, was it powerful. 

The is placed in a small town called Harmony Falls. The place has a lot of history. Some good, some dark and some really dark. It also has hidden secrets. 
The story begins on such a high. I was literally at the edge of my seat, and it kept me that way all the way through. 
Olivia, the town sweetheart is caught up in the middle. When she's used as retaliation, something seriously bad happens to her. 
My heart had literally broken at this point and I honestly didn't know if I'd be able to put it back together. She's such a loving, good, kind, and generous character. She holds no judgment on anyone and is always looking at the good in people. 
When she's attacked I thought she'd lose that. But if anything, it brought that strength out in her. 
All she wanted was to get her town back to how it was. But with what happened to her, it started something, that would be hard to finish. 

Grayson Taylor is called to Olivia's farm when there's a break in, there's instant connection. He's working on a case that involves farms being broken into, crops stolen and barns burnt down. 

Grayson is the one to find Olivia and save her when she's hurt and my God. I felt like I was standing above watching the whole scene. It felt so real. Just thinking about it now has my heart beating faster. 
Their relationship from there only grows. He's so sweet to her. Protective. But more, he's there for her in a way she needs him to be there. 

Their romance continues into a beautiful, raw, and so powerful that you won't want it to end. 

But more than that, this story is just so much more. It's based on the actions, an consequences of racism. The two authors have gone above and beyond to get this novel to where it is. 
I want to write so much more. Talk about how powerful and emotional the story is. But I want everyone to feel what I felt when I read the story. To get enraptured in the story and the romance. 

5* 

I wish I could give it more, because it honestly does deserve it. I've found it hard to find a book that made me feel what this book did when I read it. It was amazing. 


"Seek the truth and you will find justice."  

Wednesday 21 October 2015

Transparent (Luminous Duet #2) By Erin Noelle



Her elusive past didn't worry me, 
Her heartbreaking scars never made me cringe, 
And her haunting demons only made me a stronger man, 
But the day Blake Martin was stolen from me, 
I was scared to death. 
Prepared to do anything necessary to get her back, 
Little did I know it just might cost me my life. 
My name is Madden Decker, and this is my story.


This is book two in the duet series. I loved the first book and was so gutted when it ended. I remember screaming at the phone because of the huge cliffhanger it leaves us on. 
So you can believe it when I say I was excited to read this one.

Only to find it disappointing. I don't know whether it's because the author left a huge time gap between the two books been released or what, but the story just wasn't what I expected. I had built up so much high hopes only to have them shot down. 
It took me ages to get into the book, and I found it predictable. 
I knew what was going to happen before it even happened, and some parts seemed like they were just written to pass time, or for the author make the story longer. I don't know. 

I will say, near the ending it had me in tears. We meet new characters, and questions are answered. We meet Raze, the one person has can finally help Blake, but at what cost? 

They expect Blake to do the unthinkable, to cover their own backs,  but what will happen to her when she follows out their orders? The only one that can answer that question is also the person who kidnapped her, and saving her. 

I think the author should have given us more action, it's mentioning the mafia after all, and no one crosses the mafia. The whole ending should have been more exciting. After everything we read in the first book this one should have outdone it, but for me, it was really disappointing. 

However, I will rate the book a 3* because in some way, the two still managed to get an ending. 

Thursday 10 September 2015

Fear Us (Broken Love Book Three) By B.B. Reid



KEENAN 

It’s been four years since I ran away—from home, my brother, and my maybe father. I created a life free of expectations while pretending I wasn’t being hunted by all of the above. I managed to stay under the radar all this time… or so I thought. When big brother shows up and saves my ass, I’m forced to face everything I left behind, including her. 

SHELDON 

It’s been four years since I became another statistic. I made a lot of mistakes when it came to Keenan Masters. The first was loving him at all. He took something from me the night he left, and when I told him I still loved him, he told me he’d always hate me. After that, I learned how to be okay… until he came back. Gone was the boy who always knew how to make me laugh, and in his place was a cold, arrogant monster. 



Firstly, I received Fear us as an ARC in exchange for an honest review. Please note, that everything that is about to spill out into my review is not from hate, but from everything the book has made me feel. Which is what an author looks for when publishing a book. They want you to get angry, get upset, get annoyed etc. 

Secondly, when reading this book and the other two, I always here EMINEM FT RIHANA ~ LOVE THE WAY YOU LIE. Anyone else think the song is perfect for this series? 

Keenan, Keenan, Keenan. 
What can I say? Well, for one he's not the fucked up lovable character I was rooting for in the first two series. He's cold, calculated and a complete jerk. I always found it hard to understand Lake's love for Keiran, but during the second book I got it. 
But with Keenan, I didn't feel it, nor did I understand it. 

To understand what I mean more, you need to read it for yourself, but this book, as much as I loved it, made me furious. It's where the Eminem song came in. LOL 
Sheldon, four years on, is a single mother to Keenan's daughter, Kennedy. She's a lovable, forward three year old, and is so freaking cute it's untrue. I loved Keiran's interactions with her, he played the uncle pretty freaking well, and I loved seeing that side to him. 
Then he goes and finds Keenan, who has run off to do god knows what with god knows who ;) ;) 

When Kennedy is taken, Keenan is forced back and has the shock of his life. But instead of stepping up, taking responsibility, he blamed it all on Sheldon. Her kidnapping, her getting ********* and everything. It made my blood boil when they all accused her for being a bad mother because she couldn't protect her. I'm sorry, but crossed the line for me. It made me furious. 
And although I'm writing this and it may come across as negative, it's coming from a good place. This is what BB Reid brought out of me. 
Fear us isn't a fairy romance novel. It's raw, it's gritty, it's sickening, and its dark. It's not a boy meets girl and lives happily ever after. 

Keenan, in the four years away seemed to have changed when we see the book in his POV, but it soon turns out it's all an act. 

The story will have you on your toes, gripping your kindle, book, ebook, etc in a tight grasp and shouting until your throat hurts. 
Keenan is damaged, not only by neglectful parents, but from broken promises, broken love, and Keiran drilling it into his head hurting people is for his best interest. 

Sheldon, bless her heart is a strong woman. Not only is she in full time education, but she's also a single, full time mother who lives on her own. She tried to find Keenan at one point in the four years, but as time passed she resented him even more. He cheated, he lied, he manipulated her, then had the audacity to accuse her and treat her like she's the one in the wrong. I wanted to smack that boys head up the wall and tell him to wake up. He had a girl that loved him, forgave him time and time again, but then treated her like she was the one who had been unfaithful. 

It's a rocky relationship between everyone and Keenan, and the stress levels are high in the book. 

What really got to me though was Keenan's behavior towards Sheldon, the mother of his child. He hurt her. And I don't mean spanked her ass, and made her scream. 
I mean the sort of hurt that could get him arrested. He physically abused her, nearly killing her more than once, and she still slept with him. She didn't even like him. It wasn't the sort of torture Keiran inflicted on Lake. His was pleasurable to her, and he only hurt her emotionally. Whereas Keenan really wanted to kill her. It was wrong, and with a child in the picture no less. I just thought this was wrong. Really wrong and it made my blood boil. I wanted Sheldon to run away, to escape. She was willing to put her daughter in the line of fire with him. That is the only time I found her to be a bad mother. I wanted her to step up and tell him, I don't want you near our daughter. If you could hurt me so easily, be so callous and cruel, what is stopping you from touching our daughter like that when she steps out of line. 

That was the only sore subject for me. 
But like I said, the book isn't about happily ever afters and although he doesn't redeem himself, we do see a tiny glimpse of the old Keenan towards the end. 

The story line is well written and very well thought out. I can't wait to read the next one in the series. B.B.Reid really knows how to get your heart pumping. 

5*

Sunday 30 August 2015

Slammer By Tabatha Vargo



The last place Christopher Jacobs, aka X, thought he’d find himself was behind bars. Ten years later, the boy he used to be is gone. In his place is the shell of a man with murder under his belt. Any emotion he once had was left under the gavel when he was given life in prison. That is until the new nurse in the infirmary joins the block. 
Putting your hands on a prison employee will get you the hole, but some things are worth their punishment, and something tells him Lyla will be worth more than he bargained for. 

Lyla Evans isn’t sure about her new job at a maximum security prison, but showing uncertainty and weakness isn’t an option. Taking care of murders and rapist isn’t ideal, but survival is key. She’s warned ahead of time about a prisoner named X, but when she’s attacked, it’s the dangerous X that saves her. Fraternizing with the prisoners is forbidden, but sometimes the most forbidden things are the sweetest. 


Warning, this is a VERY DARK read and does have rape in it, so I strongly suggest you have a strong stomach. Although I didn't read the scene, and moved past it once I realized what was happening, it still made me feel sick reading about the after affects on the incident. 

This book is NOTHING like I thought it would be. I'd been hoping it would be a strong case of wrongly excused. And without giving anything away, the books is so much more. There are so many hidden turns, so many hidden twists that I didn't see the ending coming. No matter how much you tried to work your mind around what was going on, it still fucks with your head. 

I'm not going to go into what happens through the book, or describe each character to you, or what I enjoyed most about the book. This is one book you can't review like that. It needs to be read going in blind. A must read.

It's brilliantly written and you can tell Tabatha has put a lot of work into this book, you can see that with every page you turn. 

4*

Wednesday 5 August 2015

Among the Echoes (Wrecked and Ruined #2.5) By Ali Martinez



My name was Dr. Erica Hill. I was a victim, then a witness, and then I ceased to exist altogether. 

I may still be breathing, but stripped of my identity, I have long since stopped living. I am invisible, and my life depends on my ability to stay in the shadows. 

But he sees me. 

Slate Andrews is the embodiment of everything I have been taught to avoid. He’s rich and famous, and one image of him with a woman would earn millions for any paparazzi lucky enough to snap it. He has vowed to protect me with his life, yet he exposes me with his every breath. I should be stronger and walk away. I should disappear. But I’m terrified he would come after me. 

I’m on the run, determined not to take him down with me but absolutely unable to let him go. 

My name is Riley Peterson…at least for today.


I honestly don't know how Riley aka Erica was able to live with Leo for as long as she did. I know she felt some kind of thanks for saving her, but he also stood by and watched, in fact, he stood guard while they attacked her viciously. 

That said, I could also feel her love towards him, and the need to protect each other. 
This is a darker read, and has to do with Erica witnessing a murder, then been kidnapped, raped repeatedly, before she was able to escape them killing her. 
They have been looking for her ever since, and she has been running from town to town, city to city with different identities each time. So many in fact, she's forgotten who she is. That is until she meets Slate. 

Not only does her scare away her demons, but he helps her move forward. In the coming end, he is the hero in her story. 

When the time comes, and Riley's past catches up with, she needs to be strong enough to fight back, to fight for her life back, because she might be alive, but she wasn't living.

It was a gripping story, and have read it a few times by now. I'm also glad we got Leo's book, because it made me look on him completely different. 

Tuesday 4 August 2015

321 Three Two One By J.A.Huss




ONE GIRL
Battered, barefoot, and huddled under a bookstore awning in the pouring rain, Blue only knows one thing. After fifteen months of captivity, finally... she is free.

TWO FRIENDS
Self-made millionaires JD and Ark are not out to save anyone when they stumble upon a wet and shivering girl one early Sunday morning. But when you sell sex for a living and salvation rings your bell... you answer the call.

THREE SOULMATES

After years of searching, love lifts the veil of darkness, and three people--with three very big secrets--find themselves bound together in a relationship that defies the odds.

Or does it?
Love. Lust. Sex.
This trinity might be perfection... but not everything should come in 3's.



WOW!!! is all I can say. 
And not in a good way. 

JD and Arc find Blue in the rain, soaking wet, and looking worse for wear. Does it stop them from pushing a desperate girl to have sex with them. Some might not say this is what they did, that it's not classed as rape, but in some way YES IT IS. 
They knew she was in no right mind, drugged, obviously hurt and desperate to get home to her family, rather than go back to where she had just escaped from. So, normal human beings would call the police, help her, no they basically push her to do sexual acts in front of a camera. 

The book goes on to the same, and I will admit, I couldn't get into it and found myself skimming through most of it. 

Blue is broken, she enjoys being hurt during sex so that she can get off, but she also loves the softer side of it. Which is where Ark and JD come in. JD loves to hurt her, be rough with her, where as Ark wants to make love to her and just LOVE her. 
Both of them have their secrets, their hidden personalities, but one thing JD doesn't hide is his need to hurt his women, to be forceful, to mark them. I don't think Blue actually wanted to be hurt, I just think been in the place she was before had made her feel like that is what she liked. 

Anyway, the book goes on and certain things are revealed, but this book is not something I enjoyed, liked or recommend. It's defo not my thing. Nothing wrong with the writing, and I'm not saying the book is crap, because it probably isn't to some people, I just didn't ENJOY the story line. 

1*

Wednesday 13 May 2015

Fading (The Fading series #1) By E.K.Blair



Can a guilty conscience keep wounds from healing? 

Fine arts major, Candace Parker, grew up with a mother who thinks image is everything, and her daughter’s perfection will never be good enough. About to graduate college and pursue her dreams of becoming a professional ballerina, Candace decides it’s time to let go and have a little fun. But fun is short-lived when a brutal attack leaves her completely shattered. 

The memories that consume and torment Candace are starting to destroy her when she meets Ryan Campbell, a successful bar owner. He feels instantly connected and tries to show her that hope is worth fighting for. But is Ryan harboring his own demons? As walls slowly begin to chip away, the secrets that are held within start to become painful burdens. 

At what point do secrets become lies? 


Fading was recommended by a friend of mine and I'm glad I got a chance to read it. 
The book starts of in Ryan's point of view. He's in his office, fed up with nameless girls when he hears a girl outside screaming. When he goes outside to check he's shocked by what awaits him. 

The story then continues in Candace POV. Her character is strong, funny, sweet and kind. It shows her meeting up with a guy she knows through her parents club called Jack, who she goes on a date with. When she admits she doesn't feel a connection to him she goes out with him one last time to break it off with him. 
What should have been an easy let down turns into something horrific for Candace. She runs from the party scared out of her mind, to be chased down by said Jack and raped brutally. 
This part of the story I skipped, as I couldn't read it, so I have no idea what happened here, but I skipped to the hospital and from there on out I cried. I cried for the girl she was, for the hell she was living and for what happened to her. The story is so emotionally bang on E.K.Blair couldn't have written it any better. It brings out everything and I honestly felt like I was sitting beside Candace and involved with her story. 
She shuts everyone out apart from one of her best friends who is gay. Their relationship is what gets her through the worst part, but it's meeting Ryan that helps her move on. 

The story continues with her fears, her lack of social life and what have you. It really brings out the emotions when reading it.

Candace has a bad relationship with her parents because she wants to become a dancer. But when her dancing career is jepodized because of her lack of emotions after her attack, things start to feel worse for her. I really admired her strength to get through it but there were time I screamed in my head at the book and wished she would press charges. She had so much evidence to prove it was him that attacked her, who hurt her, yet she let him roam free to move on with his life. I don't know what I would have done in her situation, I could see her point at not wanting to press charges, but she could have erased her fear of him. She was so scared about seeing him, about him popping up out of nowhere that she could have prevented that. 

Anyway, her story doesn't end there. It turns out Ryan is hiding his own secret, one he didn't know for sure about until things happen to get heated between the two. 
I felt the booked dragged a third of the way through and I just wanted it to end, but I enjoyed the ending. I'm glad I didn't give up with it because I really did enjoy it and it's the beautiful, heartbreaking story around. It's not all about doom and gloom, but about strength and moving on. It really was a brilliant read. 

4*

Friday 1 May 2015

Fear you (Broken Love #2) By B.B.Reid



What happens when she’s had enough? 

Lake Monroe has given in to her childhood tormentor too many times. She knows it, he knows it, and even their enemies know it. When he returned after being found guilty of a crime he didn't commit—a crime he thought she set him up for, he returned darker than ever, demanding her body and her submission. To survive him, she knew she had to give in to fear once more or suffer the deadly consequences... 

But Lake experienced what it was like to submit to the dark and demanding boy who invaded her dreams. Now she’ll experience what it’s like to fight him. 

What happens when he wants more? 

Keiran Masters has a past that is both shocking and dark. Once enslaved, he now has demons he can’t escape—demons that have followed him for ten years, demons he blames his beautiful obsession for. He promised to make her pay. He promised to make her break... 

But when Keiran conquered her body and tasted her submission, he found a new addiction instead—one he has no intentions of giving up. 

As secrets unfold, 
Identities are revealed, 
Danger closes in, 
And they both discover what it really means to fear...


I was given an ARC for an honest review.... 

So glad I got the chance to read and review this book. After the first one left us hanging I was excited to see how this would play out and if Lake had finally grew some balls. 
A lot of things are explained in the book, a lot of twists unfolded and it was great. The suspense keeps you on your toes, and has you gripping the edge of your seat. 

Keiran is a hard character for me to explain. He's so dark, so angry, so controlling that you have to hate him, but there is just something about him that you can't help but be drawn too and it kills you for liking him even a little. 

Lake on the other hand gave me whiplash in this book. Sometimes I felt like she needed the spanking just to get through to her because it was like she could hear him, but she wasn't actually listening and at times even I wanted to smack her LOL 
I still don't think his obsession with her is a healthy one, I can never understand the way he wants to kill her but keep her at the same time, but in this book it's finally all brought to life. 

Speaking of..... Keiran's past is brought up a lot and we go back in time to certain scenes that shaped who he became and it was so hard to read. I ended up in tears more times than I like to count, the scenes were so perfectly written you couldn't help it. Especially when I have an eight year old daughter and thinking of how tiny she is and how tiny Keiran must have been I just couldn't fantom how someone could do that to a child, never mind one actually going through what he did.

I did feel like it dragged a lot towards the end and wished it would finish. Then when a certain piece isn't explained or finished I got really annoyed. But then..... I read the third book is going to be Keenan's and Sheridan's. I love this too but I can't help but feel that Keenan is going to turn into something I'm not gonna like, and I really like who he is now.

4*

Wednesday 29 April 2015

Crimson Desert (Bittersweet Duet #2) By Melissa Jane



Now back across the border, Laila realizes that all had not been as it seemed at the Florez mansion. Learning to trust the man she wanted dead was going to take time. Time was not on her side. 
For Aiden, the damage was done. There was no going back. Except for one thing… revenge. 
Giving up was never an option for Juan. Not even now when everything had changed. He lived and breathed the thrill of the chase and this time the end prize was too great to lose. 
This is a dark story where the taste for love and revenge clash in the most unforgiving ways. 


After the way the first book ended I was really excited about where this one was going and it didn't disappoint. There were so many times I thought it was going to end badly, and although it wasn't perfect I loved it. I don't think a book this dark, this gritty and raw is meant to have a perfect happily ever after with a house, white picket fence stuff. 

Her brother, Aiden and his hired help move across the country escaping Juan and their father's men. There are so many bloody moments, moments you hold your breath and think SHIT, this is over. 

The book is a good way to finish the duet, it was entertaining from the get go. 

4*

Monday 20 April 2015

Little Doll (Bittersweet duet #1) By Melissa Jane



Little Doll is a dark, gritty story not for the faint hearted. It’s not all bad. Redemption, forgiveness and trust are central themes that are weaved amongst the character’s interactions. If you are easily offended by most things violent, this tale of survival may not be for you. 

Laila had already overcome many heartbreaking obstacles in her twenty-five years… but none compared to this. With her brother missing and no other family to speak of, Laila has no idea of the evil that shadows her every move. Now in the hands of a notorious cartel family, she quickly learns that trust and betrayal are a deadly mix. 

Aiden had a plan. One that was operating smoothly until Laila surfaced in his father’s mansion. With time against him, he must work night and day to right the wrongs that threaten to expose his ultimate betrayal. 

Juan and Aiden share many differences, but the one thing that threatens to tear their family apart is the one thing they want to claim as their own, no matter what the costs. 



This is a very, dark, gritty story with a lot of story lines not meant for the faint hearted. I will admit, I don't usually like this kind of novel, the gritty, sickening, disturbing story's really get to me, but I found myself lulled into this story for some reason. 

From the very beginning I found myself really wanting to find out where her brother was, who was this AIDEN??? WHY did she have an affect on him. 

Laila fly's across the country to find her brother who hasn't been in touch for weeks. Any other person wouldn't care. What's a few weeks right? 
Wrong. 
Her brother usually rings her dead on time on the exact same day's, so when he still hasn't gotten in touch she heads off in search for him, only telling her only friend where she's going. 
It's how she ends up meet Juan, a stranger in a cafe where she looks for her brother. 
Laila is then captured, exposed, beaten, raped, and has to work with one of the notorious cartel familes sons to survive. 
One is as dangerous as any of the men she had come in contact with since arriving at their mansion, but something about Aiden tells her she's safe. 
For now 
Juan on the other hand I completely hated from the get go. Even when she explained him to be this dark, rugged, handsome man with evil eyes did I really wish she would have ran away, but she didn't. 
Her smart mouth and her unsubmisive attitude is what gets her into the world of trouble, heartache, pain, and left to face with what they do for the rest of her life. 
I felt so sorry for her. I really wanted Aiden to do something, to save her, but when Juan is out for something he really does get it. What they did to her was brutal, cruel and uncalled for, but I suppose in life that is how things are. 
I found her spirit, her strength, her need to stay sane compelling. I was so in awe of this girl, this woman, that I really ended up liking her. 

5*

The Nines By Dakota Madison



Vengeance is mine not the Lord's. It's what I breathe for. It's what I'm still living for. I live for the moment when I will literally have his eye for mine. It's been two years. Two long and difficult years, but my plan is nearly complete. When I'm not in a hospital having doctors try to repair my ravaged body I spend my time on the computer, doing hacking jobs for large corporations and governments who don't want to get their hands dirty or be associated with a job if things go sideways. But they don't have any reason to worry. I'm meticulous, so I'll never get caught. Just one thing stands in my way: The mysterious young woman without a past who desperately wants to be part of my future. I just need to figure out why...




This book was so different to anything I've ever read. Yes I've read about rich SOB that think they can get away with murder, but not the way this was written. 
Although I didn't really connect to the main two characters as a couple, as I thought it happened rather awkwardly and far too quickly when they knew nothing about one another, I just didn't feel it, but that doesn't mean to say I didn't love them together, because I did.

Basically, she moves away from her home town where her brother did the unthinkable. Destroying and killing most of her school. 
So when she has her knew identity, she doesn't expect to bump into her past. When Roxie goes out with her roommate and her boyfriend and his friend she doesn't expect to be intrigued by the going-on's around the school campus. Not only is there a bunch of girls queuing to be taken to a band frat party, that can only be taken if they are picked by one of the frat brothers passing in one of their cars, but there's also a stranger who lives alone, only comes out in the dark and where's a mask. 

Are you intrigued???

You should be, because this is where it gets really interesting. 

Worlds collide, tear apart and lives are destroyed. 

I honestly didn't think I'd enjoy the book or rate it a five star when I read it was to do with rape, a sore subject for most people. Although some parts still made me really sick to my stomach, the story still had me gripped, wanting to know how it all ends. 

I can't wait to read the rest of the books. I'm unsure whether it's a series, or what, or if it's going to be based on the rape fraternity. 

When Roxie's roommate doesn't come home one night, Roxie can't understand the why or the how. It's not like her. So, going to the only other person she knows for help, she finds herself in the middle of something bigger than she ever imagined. 

The book to me shows that no matter where in the world you escape, evil will always be there. This book shows some of the true meanings of evil and I was glad some of the victims got some justice. 
There is one story I cannot wait to read and I hope there will be a story to and that's to one of Roxie's online friends that she talks to in an online chatroom. or whatever it's called.
Anyway, when you get to that part and know who the mystery girl (chatroom friend) is then you'll know why I want her to have a story. 

5* it was written to give you the best experience with such a powerful story line, one that must have been really hard for the author to write. So I give Dakota a pat on the back because it was hard reading at times, let alone reaching somewhere inside you to try and get the story line perfect the way she did.  

Wednesday 4 February 2015

Fear me By B.B.Reid




A story that will make you question everything you thought you knew about LOVE and HATE. 

I don't believe in fairy-tales and Prince Charming. 

I believe in fear. 

He taught me how to be afraid. 

We first met on a playground during a wonderful summer day. It was the first time he hurt me and it wasn't the last. For ten years he's been my tormentor and I've been his forbidden. But then he went away and yet I was still afraid. 

Now he's back and wants more than just my tears. You see...he thinks I sent him away so now he wants revenge...and he knows just how to get it. 


Fear me Is B.B.Reid's debut novel and although there were a lot of errors and grammar was poor the story was consuming. I had been so addicted from the very beginning wondering why he was so mean to her. 

Keiran scared the ever-loving-shit into me. Seriously scared me. I understood why she was afraid of him, but never why she would want him. He's pure evil. Keiran has had a troubled past, when it's revealed what he's hiding and why he's the way he is I could understand more, but from the beginning I just kept asking myself why he wasn't in jail. For what he did to that poor girl for ten plus years and no one helping is sick. 
The first time I read him threatening to kill her and she believed him I disliked Lake, I thought what an idiot, but not long after his threat do you realize it wasn't a threat but a promise. It had me completely on edge not knowing what he would make her do next. 

Lake is in such a sticky situation. It's horrifying. And there is a part in this book that I do feel needs to be mentioned to others. In the description it does warn you about certain scenes. But there is one in the book where he takes her virginity and she told him no she wasn't ready. She lusts for him and does enjoy certain things that he makes her feel, but to me, no means NO. That's rape. No matter what she is feeling towards him, because they are mixed feelings, she said no. Plus, if she didn't Keiran would kill her Aunt Clarissa. 

Towards the end of the book we see a different side to Keiran and at this time Lake decides she wants to grow a backbone. I couldn't believe it. During the book I had a hard time wondering why she didn't just end things or run away. Then all of a sudden she starts fighting back once he's stopped been a complete nob. Kind of. 

Anyway, certain events in the book lead to what has to be the most excruciating endings of all time. Not only did I not see it coming, I'm actually scared as to what is to come in book two. 

I read a few reviews before reading it and one stood out to be and now, after reading the book I agree whole heartedly. Here is the statement from Twisted sisters book reviews

"My final answer is Dark Romantic Suspense. I'm using romantic loosely here. There's isn't a real clear answer, I see why she struggled with labeling the book. The book needs a warning, that in itself is dark. Vanilla readers might have a hard time swallowing, dark readers may call this light in some ways. I call it a perfect balance and I loved every bit. "

I really enjoyed the book and had a hard time putting it down. I even went without dinner yesterday so I could finish it off. 

The only problem I had was the poor grammar skills and typos. I think with some Beta readers or an editor these could have been picked up easily. B.B.Reid will go far with this series and want to say well done for writing such a fantastic debut novel. 

5*

Tuesday 6 January 2015

Push By Claire Wallis



I feel like I am wrapped in a cyclone. Everything is whirling around me, drawing the air out of my lungs and filling me with the best kind of turmoil. Every time his tongue slides against mine, a prickle in my gut tells me how right we are together. How much I need David. How much I need us.
I hope the cyclone never stops.
Emma Searfoss has spent a lifetime trying to escape her abusive stepfather. It's why she moved far away from home. It's why she's kept no ties with her remaining family. And it's why she's got a major rage problem. When her neighbor shows up to fix the kitchen in her new apartment, his enigmatic charm calms the fire in her. David is cool and collected, and he makes Emma feel safe for the first time ever. But David has his own chilling past—his six previous girlfriends have all disappeared without a trace. Emma's walking a dangerous line, but David's pull is intoxicating. And impossible to resist…


The beginning of Push completely ruins the book. How is starts gives EVERYTHING away. I was highly recommended this book, but I knew how it was all going to end, and that there wasn't going to be a mistake, that he really didn't kill all the other girls etc. Unless he didn't, but then, I think he did. 

Anyway, Push wasn't really doing anything for me. I stayed with it till the end, but felt like I had wasted money, and time reading it as I never enjoyed it. 
They sleep together straight off. She moves in, he fixes her kitchen and tells her stepfather to get out. Later on that night when she wakes up she goes upstairs and let me remind you, she met him the day before and was wary of him, and walks in to his apartment without looking. She then continues to walk down to his bedroom where he's sat with a group of friends he doesn't like or trust and sits down on his lap. She then ignores everyone in the room while starting the nasty. If he didn't tell everyone to get out, I still think she'd have done it there in front of them all. 

Emma has also had a really shit childhood, there were parts I couldn't even stomach that made me cry for her, but she plays it off as if it was no big deal that her brother let two of his mates rape her, or that her mom watched her stepdad degrade her over and over again. To me, she should of had some serious counselling. I disliked her whole family. Every single one. 

Then we have David's past in the POV of all his ex-girlfriends and although I guessed why he did it as such, I'm still unsure why he did it to all his ex's. I just feel as lost as I did when I first read the book and even more confused now I'm writing the review down LOL. 

2*  

Raze By Tillie Cole



TO TAKE BACK LIFE, ONE MUST FIRST FACE DEATH… 

One man stripped of his freedom, his morals… his life. 

Conditioned in captivity to maim, to kill and to slaughter, prisoner 818 becomes an unremorseful, unrivaled and unstoppable fighter in the ring. Violence is all he knows. Death and brutality are the masters of his fate. 

After years of incarceration in an underground hell, only one thought occupies his mind: revenge… bloody, slow and violent revenge. 

Revenge on the man who lied. 

Revenge on the man who wronged him. 

Revenge on the man who condemned him and turned him into… this: a rage-fueled killing machine. A monster void of humanity; a monster filled with hate. 

And no one will stand in the way of getting what he wants. 


One woman stripped of her freedom, her morals… her life. 

Kisa Volkova is the only daughter of Kirill ‘The Silencer’ Volkov, head of the infamous ‘Red’ bosses of New York's Russian Bratva. Her life is protected. In reality, it’s a virtual prison. Her father’s savage treatment of his rivals and his lucrative and coveted underground gambling ring—The Dungeon—ensures too many enemies lurk at their door. 

She dreams to be set free. 

Kisa has known only cruelty and loss in her short life. As manager of her father’s death match enterprise, only grief and pain fill her days. Her mafiya boss father, in her world, rules absolute. And her fiancĂ©, Alik Durov, is no better: The Dungeon’s five-time champion, a stone-cold killer, the treasured son of her father’s best friend, and her very own—and much resented—personal guard. Unrivaled in both strength and social standing, Alik controls every facet of Kisa’s life, dominates her every move; keeps her subdued and dead inside… then one night changes everything.

While working for her church—the only reprieve in her constant surveillance—Kisa stumbles across a tattooed, scarred, but stunningly beautiful homeless man on the streets. Something about him stirs feelings deep within her; familiar yet impossibly forbidden desires. He doesn’t talk. Doesn’t communicate with anyone. He’s a man beyond saving, and a man she must quickly forget… for both their sakes. 

But when days later, out of the blue and to her complete surprise, he’s announced as the replacement fighter in The Dungeon, Kisa knows she’s in a whole lot of trouble. He’s built, ripped and lethally unforgiving to his opponents, leaving fear in his wake and the look of death in his eyes. 

Kisa becomes obsessed with him. Yearns for him. Craves his touch. Needs to possess this mysterious man... 

… this man they call Raze. 


Another Dark read, but unlike the rest of them this one really had me captured. I couldn't put the blooming thing down. The whole book was well planned out, and must have taken some time to plan out what was what. 
It's a Russian mob, fighter novel, dark romance. 

Kisa, is the daughter to the mafia boss and fiance to one of the heirs. She hates him and always has. It's no secret he forces himself on her and obvious to other people he does, which is why I never understood why her father would want her to be with a man like that. I always saw Mafia loyal to their daughters, I don't know why. 
Then again, this book was so different to other mafia books I've read, it's in a league of its own. 
The book goes from Kisa and Raze's POV, showing bits and pieces from their past life. Raze doesn't remember his life after spending the past twelve years being tortured, beaten and other things done to him. 
When he finally escapes his hell, he goes back to where he came from for his revenge. On Alik, the one now marrying Kisa. 

You have to read the book to understand the bond, and friendship each of them have, but to me,  I erased all the dark gritty stuff out, and looked to the fact that even though he couldn't remember anything from his life before his hell, he still felt drawn to Kisa. Even Kisa, who had presumed he was dead the past twelves years was drawn to him, she knew they were meant to be together. I really did like how that part was written. 

Tillie Cole has yet again released another amazing novel. 

4*