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Wednesday 25 November 2015
Monday 23 November 2015
Jesse's Diner by Cardeno C.(LGBT) - Review
On the whole if an author is doing his/her job, not only
will they tell a story that enthralls you but also induce a reaction, be it
anxiety, anger, joy, tears, satisfaction…
Jesse’s Diner by Cardeno C. was so just one of those
books. It’s short, and mild, and
sweet. It’s about desire and love and
relationships and the whole time I was reading I felt content and happy. No big plot twists, no over the top violence,
no lies and deceit…
You may think then what was it?
It’s a love story, and it’s family.
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Sydney Whyte
Rating Chart
«……………….A no goer
««……………Alright, but not a re-read
«««………..Liked it
««««…….Loved it
«««««…Amaze-balls – ticks all the boxes!!!
Saturday 21 November 2015
Friday 20 November 2015
Prick Tease (Tangled Desires Book 1) by Misti Murphy - Review
Gosh, it’s been a minute or two since I read this book –
life gets in the way of doing a review sometimes, but here goes…
Claire, after receiving a rather sordid shock – her fiancé,
another woman (you get the picture) – heads home to her family. - We’ll call
them the band of brothers. - To hide from the possible media ramifications of
her leaving the swine. She’s not sad – perhaps
relieved. I would be too. The commitment she was making was little more
than an obligation to expectation both from society and the charitable
organisation she was promoting (all the wrong reasons for marrying anyone, I
might add).
Anyway – enter stage right – Razer Bennington, honorary
brother – unofficially adopted by her parents in his youth due to the less than
desirable state of his own family life - and her long time crush.
Now that she’s back, an adult, unattached and rebelling,
Claire decides it’s time to get what she’s wanted forever – him.
He’s older than her – he thinks it means something. He’s obligated to her family for taking him
in and treating him like one of them.
He’s hesitant, worried about her brother’s reactions, but really when
she goes for it, he finds he can’t resist.
And so it goes.
It was fun. I liked
Claire, I liked her go get it attitude.
I liked her girlfriend, her brothers and will definitely read their stories
which will undoubtedly be in the offing in the future. They were human, loyal, flawed, you could say
a bit mental in some of their behaviour or is that just because they were male? You decide.
Razer tried to be honourable, not to give in to her ‘teasing’. He didn’t want to offend the family that had
made his youth more than just bearable, but also happy. Such an annoying trait, I might add, but only
because you wanted him to recognise that what he felt for Claire was genuine.
The characters and storyline were engaging. While my favourite style of writing is third
person, varying POV, first person in this case was acceptable because it came
from both Claire and Razer. You got to
know them, what they thought, what they felt and you could definitely empathise
with their struggle.
The only misstep in the writing I feel was near the
end. An encounter that happened between
the two protagonists was I think a little disingenuous, and perhaps, dare I
suggest it, a bit manipulative but the grand finale begged it. So, mwah, I guess you have to go with that... or not ;-)
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Sydney Whyte
Rating Chart
«……………….A no goer
««……………Alright, but not a re-read
«««………..Liked it
««««…….Loved it
«««««…Amaze-balls – ticks all the boxes!!!
Monday 2 November 2015
Reckless by Nicole Edwards - Review
Yay, she’s back just the way I like her. None of this intrigue, bad-boy bullshit, just
a plain and simple, normal people kind of love story. Well as normal as you can call it when one of
the people is supposed to be a million - (billion – who knows) – aire. He came across as human. Nerd be damned - he was brave and gritty,
take the bull-by-the-horns confident, but not an entitled jerk.
It’s a polished offering, lacking unnecessary repetition.
Reminiscent of the quality of her older series; and my favourite book of hers
ever – Ethan.
Like that book it was back to the basics. People I felt I could relate to. I liked them. I rooted for them to come through for each
other. To get over their fears and their
phobia’s, and found myself hoping others with their own issues weren’t going to
fuck it up for them too. That means
Nicole succeeded. I was an invested
reader.
By the way, I loved Milly! (Sorry - my favourite character,
actually). Go her – she was a hero.
Dare I say it though; I do have one gripe, however.
The name of the book is 'Reckless'. I’m sorry, I just didn’t see it. Cam is apparently reckless but being told that
he is, isn’t as good as actually living it.
I got to feel Gannon’s fear loud and clear because we got to experience
it with him, but not Cam. I wanted to
know why he was ‘reckless’, how he was ‘reckless’, there with him when he was
being ‘reckless’. It just didn’t
happen. Was he reckless with his
life? Was he reckless with other
people? Was he reckless with his
emotions or his friends feelings?
The feeling I got was that he was meant to be a daredevil,
but, sorry, flying through the water on a jet ski doesn’t cut the mustard – hundreds
of people do it and don’t get that title.
Even implying that there is going to be skydiving at some future time didn't convince me that the man takes his life in his hands enough to earn such a
moniker. One actual scene of 'reckless daredeviling' where I got to feel his rush of adrenaline or whatever, and that would
probably have been enough to make it more believable.
Other than that it was a perfect start to the series. As I said, I’m invested; in the people, their
families, their friends. I’m definitely looking
forward to catching up with them again.
««««1/2
Sydney Whyte
Rating Chart
«……………….A no goer
««……………Alright, but not a re-read
«««………..Liked it
««««…….Loved it
«««««…Amaze-balls – ticks all the boxes!!!
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