Showing posts with label romantic suspense. Show all posts
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Tuesday, April 8, 2014

Review: One Ride

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One Ride (The Hellions Ride, #1)One Ride by Chelsea Camaron

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


5 stars contemporary romance, series



Biker Graphics


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cover 3 stars

I like the scenery, I could guess they maybe going on a trip. I would also have guessed they were bikers. But I don't think they resemble the characters at all, and when you post a picture with all the details showing like this, I usually expect similarities.

characters 5 stars

Doll: I really enjoyed her. She was a little princess, but as a biker's princess should be, she had spunk. She was not certain what she wanted from life, but she was not afraid to grab it, when it were presented for her.

Tripp: Tall, dark and hot (not handsome, he doesn't like it). A legitimate bad boy with a good heart. He was loyal, hot, responsible and hot! Yeah he was really HOT.

secondary characters: I've enjoyed several of them. I can see the authors has many future good stories to tell.

plot 5 stars

It was a fast-paced can't-put-it-down book.

The author painted a great biker's world. Family style, a bit shady, rough-tattoo guys, but still with their own code of honor. It was not too degenerated as in some bikers story, and it was not really mushy either. It really had the perfect balance.
The author was able to give a lot of information about the biker's world without loosing the pace of the story.
The story was easy to follow, with the POV switching in each chapter between both main characters. It kept me guessing for what would come next and the building intensity of the flow was perfect.

sex heat 5 stars

Wet-panties hot! Favorite scene... there were many, but I guess the scene a the pool table was HOTHOTHOT.
One thing, I wish the scenes with princess were as dirty and hot as with the hoes. Not because she is a princess that she can't play it dirty.

originality 4 stars

There is nothing really new. I knew how this would end it, but I did enjoy the detours along the way. It brought that freshness feel to the story.

editing 5 stars

I don't remember mistakes.

Impressions and opinion

I'm a crazy reader. Each time I start a book, I usually start 2 or 3 books at the same time. I read each until 50% and alternate between the three until I finished the stories.
Not with this one.
I couldn't let go! I didn't stop. That was how good it felt.

If you enjoy a hot bikers's story, this is your book.

I would read the next one today!


Anything less than a biker won't do. You crave the vibration of a bike, your arms around your man and the wind in your hair as the miles of pavement move below you.



If you're too much of a pussy to go under the needle for the opportunity to be completely creative with the canvas known as your body, then you're definitely too pussy to be with me.




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Thursday, March 27, 2014

Review: Breeding Cycle

Breeding Cycle (The Kategan Alphas, #1)Breeding Cycle by T.A. Grey

My rating: 2 of 5 stars


2.5 stars PNR, were-wolves, EROTICA, series, novella



Wolf Graphics & Comments


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Cover 3.5 stars

It's hot! We can see it's going to be sexy and that has a m/f couple in it.
What am I missing? Anything that tells me this is a PNR book of were-wolves. (That would be 1 star, but I took out 1.5, because something else is missing for me, just don't know what)

characters 3.5 stars

Hero: He is a good one. Hot, dominant male. (he would be a 4 stars)
Heroine: She was ok. I don't know, she was a bit annoying. I don't know why exactly but she wasn't the type of heroine that I fall in love with. (she would be between 2.5 and 3 stars)
secondary characters: I think his sibling maybe interesting. I really like his sister.
EVIL: Everything was suppose to make me hate her dad, not that I didn't but it just really made me dislike the heroine a little bit. Really, that are limits of being clueless (that's me trying to be nice here).

plot 2 stars

This is a hard one. I like erotica and I like PNR. Shifters are my favorite PNR, but I think this book was had a bit too much sex and not enough story.

Yeah, some scenes were HOT HOT HOT. But the story was chopped, very one-dimensional, the author didn't give me a real link for me to connect with the characters. I would like to know more how the packs work and so on.

It's a novella I know, but it needed a thicker plot.

sex heat 4.5 stars

It was a HOT HOT HOT book. I didn't personally like the first scene, I want a book to offer me something first, then sex. But the second one, she inside the cabin and he outside the cabin, that was GREAT!

originality 3 stars

I love shifters and I've read many many many books with them. I like the cabin scene and that made me read the book until the end. Was it knew, I don't know, but it was a good hook for me.

editing 1 star

This was horrible! I'm sorry I know I can be picky with this. But not only I found too many typo mistakes, but I also I found a couple sentences that I had to stop and re-read it a few times to understand.
I guess, this was one of the reasons I couldn't connect with the characters.

I really hope this was a first time edition type of thing, and that the next book of the series won't have this problem.

Impressions and Opinion

Sometimes I ask myself why I use this kind of organization into my reviews, this book is a great example for it. I had no idea what rating would I give this book. I had no idea if the sex had been enough to carry me on for the next book of the series or if this was it for me. So, my steps helped me organize my thoughts and get a clear picture of the whole book.

(my crazy Math: the cover I just add there for people like me, that would buy a book by it's cover or not buy because of horrible cover.
3.5 characters + 2 plot = 2.75, I will always go higher = 3
3 above sum + 4.5 sex heat = 4
4 above sum + 3 originality = 3.5
3.5 above sum + 1 editing = 2.25 = 2.5)

GR doesn't have the half, so depending of the cover I will go higher or lower for the ratings. (only 4 and 5 covers takes it higher)

I guess, after my crazy math and my indecision, I would rate this book average and will probably give the series a second chance. But that wouldn't be right now.
One of these days, I will try and read the second book and I hope the typo mistakes won't be there.


Sorry about the crazy Math, but I like to be fair with myself and what I think about a book, so I needed to brainstorm for this book.






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Review: Breaking the Nexus

Breaking the Nexus (Mythrian Realm, #1)Breaking the Nexus by Lindsay Avalon

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


4 stars PNR, romance, urban fantasy, series, witches, mages, elves



Witchy Comments


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Summary: A totally new world to be explore. This world is getting mixed with Earth. A human and an "alien". Cops (I personally love stories with cops). Mythology. Romance. Hero, heroine, helpers against evil.

You will see a bit of everything in the mix of this really great, promising series.

cover 3.5 stars

I can see the guy and maybe guess he is a cop or military. I can see New York. I could maybe guess the fantasy in the mix. I don't see a woman and I would never guess this is a romance.

So minus one star for the lack of romance, minus 1/2 star for the not sure paranormal of the book.

characters 5 stars

Hero: A human cop. Mouthwatering. I love them good, but rough on the edges. Hot! Not afraid of letting his woman shine.
Heroine: Magical. Kick-ass, but impulsive which makes her imperfect and because of it, perfect.
secondary characters: some good ones to be explored. Luca, Alex, Ian.

plot 4.5 stars
It starts in this totally new world that I haven't ever read before. I'm the detail kind of person and the author didn't disappoint me. She tried to add lots of details about this "mythical world".
Since this book is mostly played on Earth, I guess I still have a lot more to learn from it, but I got a general idea.
Lots of different species, it can get a bit confusing sometimes. I'm ok with mixed-pnr, but I'm used to read PNR.
It was a fast-paced book, not very hard to follow and it keep me guessing along the story.The real evil did not show at first, which added for a great intensity growth along the book. I have ended the book wanting to know more.

sex heat 3.5 stars

Not erotica, but good sex vybe. It doesn't have lots of scenes, but you feel the atraction and the sex drive on the characters along the whole book. Maybe, some would say, "who would be thinking about sex in such a dangerous situation?", well this is fiction and I like sex in my books. :)

originality 5 stars

I think it's a very original book. Lots of facts of our mythology, with great twists into it.
We can see the author took her time to create this world and it seems she will take us into a great new journey.

editing 3 stars

I know this is sort of like first edition, and a new author, but I found some typo mistakes. Not that many to make me give up on the read, but enough for me to post a warning.

Impressions and opinion

I love to read new authors for the fresh ideas and the totally new concept and style. What makes me afraid for a new author series is that I will end up not having the series to read after all.

I really hope Ms. Avalon can continue this one, because I find her world very creative and appealing.
I can see many promising characters and I believe this "world" could offer endless directions to go.

I love PNR and have been reading it for a long time. If you are a first time PNR reader, I think a mixed-PNR plot maybe hard and a bit overwhelming for you to read.

I recommend it a lot for the PNR's lovers. I'm really looking forward to the next one!









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