Not a Children's Bedtime Story!

Just thought I'd share a little 'Adult' Humor - such a cute and 'accurate' story

Cheers

Sydney

Luke: A Westbend Saints Romance by Sabrina Paige - Review

Included with this version of the above book which was number three in the Westbend Saints series was the first ‘Elias’ and the second ‘Silas’, Luke’s younger identical twin brothers.

While I enjoyed each read, bar from a few variations, each book seemed to follow a similar pattern.  Boy meets girl or the other way around if you like.  They are either newly acquainted or reacquainting depending on the variation for that book.  They have an overpowering desire for each other, despite rubbing each other up the wrong way for many and varying reasons, that though they might fight it, they obviously can’t.  They spend a number of weeks hiding out and forgetting reality which soon comes to bite them in the bum and they inevitably fall apart.  But also inevitably (it is a romance after all), they get back together for that romantic happy ending.  Throw in the guys’ bad-boy status’s, a judgmental small town, a murder mystery, a scheming corporation and scammers (in this case, the good guys) and wholla, you have the series in a nutshell.

Despite there being a few annoying editing errors, eg forgetting which brother was under the microscope at the time and using the wrong name (very annoying), on the whole it was inoffensive and a pleasant enough experience.  I found I liked the brothers, though they were all relatively similar (that could happen, they are brothers after all, and there were enough differences to make it okay - I especially liked the dirty talk that they all got into), and I liked their prospective others, they were interesting, and sharp-witted, intelligent and kind of believable.

This might go in the ‘read again’ pile depending on my mood and what else is available.  And just for shits and giggles, I might even try another of this author’s books from a different series.

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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!!!

Dream of You: A Wait For You Novella by Jennifer L. Armentrout - Review

Compared to what I have recently been reading, this little novella was very tame and very sweet despite it being one of the 1001 DARK Nights monthly novella releases.  Supposedly, kind of dark, kind of edgy little romances with a bit of spicy bedroom action.

Yes there was a murder, witnessed by our reluctant heroine which of course led her into the sights of our dashing hero and long ago acquaintance of Abby Erickson’s, Colton Anders - Detective.  They had been at High School together, not unnoticed by each other but certainly untouched.  Abby was with her childhood sweetheart who she later married.

But then tragedy struck several blows and Abby, an editor of naughty novels, found herself alone.

After her harrowing episode with said murderer, Abby finds herself being seduced by various forms of pastry and one persistent detective, taking ‘protecting the witness’ to new levels.

This novella was peopled with refreshingly normal characters, a woman with a self-esteem issue – a little overweight, but really nothing out of the ordinary; and a very nice, handsome, gentlemanly man who was trying very hard to woo her.

As I said, it was sweet and sometimes that’s what you need.  Of course there were bumps in the rocky road to true love, misunderstandings etc as well as the (not really unexpected) return of said murderer at a moment when she was alone and vulnerable, but she proved to herself that she was brave and courageous, a modern woman that deserved what she wanted.

Jennifer Armentrout showed a deep understanding of female insecurities with body image and created characters easy to like and relate to.  In those moments when I need a nice, light look at romance I think I’d definitely reach for another one of her novels.

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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!!!