Category: Reviews

Review: Portraits of Celina – Sue Whiting

Review: Portraits of Celina – Sue Whiting

Portraits of Celina is a fantastic ghost story, eerily creepy, and filled with angst! My Portraits of Celina review: There are many very different things going on in Portraits of Celina. Bailey, her sister and their mom moved across the country after Bailey’s dad died in an accident. As soon as they arrive, strange things start to happen. Both because Bailey has some very vivid dreams that seem extremely realistic, and because she finds Celina’s trunk of clothes – from that last summer before she disappeared. Written in past and present tense, first person point of view from Bailey’s perspective, Portraits of Celina manages to get right into the story from the start. Moving to a new place in January […]

Posted 24 March, 2015 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 6 Comments
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Review: Cinder – Marissa Meyer

Review: Cinder – Marissa Meyer

Cinder was up for a slow start, but after a while, things were happening more quickly, and while I was able to guess pretty early on who exactly Cinder was, I was still amazed at the way the story unfolded. My Cinder review: Cinder is part cyborg, and her adoptive mother treats her as a servant, so much so that all the money Cinder earns is deposited into Adri’s account rather than Cinder’s. As a gifted mechanic, with a stall at the market, she meets Crown Prince Kai when he needs help to repair his android. Meeting Kai is like a dream to her, but she knows he would be disgusted if he knew she was a cyborg, so rather […]

Posted 23 March, 2015 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 20 Comments
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Review: Dead Heat – Patricia Briggs

Review: Dead Heat – Patricia Briggs

Dead Heat showed a different side to Charles that was very welcome, seeing how he interacted with a human friend who had grown old and was dying made Charles seem more human as well. My Dead Heat review: I really enjoyed this other side to Charles, it made it easier to see exactly what Anna has seen in him from the very beginning as well. Dead Heat had quite a bit of excitement, but the pacing was still pretty slow, because the moments between Charles and Joseph kind of had to be – reminiscing of the past, and having known Joseph in all the different stages of his life made the story a little melancholy as well. And it certainly […]

Posted 18 March, 2015 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 7 Comments
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Review: Confess – Colleen Hoover

Review: Confess – Colleen Hoover

While Confess was sometimes heartbreaking and always well written, I found the ending to be a little bit ‘too easy’ after everything that was going on… My Confess review: Colleen Hoover is an expert at tugging at my heartstrings, I always feel all the feels when I read one of her books, and Confess was no exception to the rule! Auburn and Owen were great characters to follow, but they didn’t touch me as deeply as other characters have done. And I have to admit that I felt anger both towards Auburn’s parents, and towards Lydia! As always, the story started out a little mysterious, as a reader, I had no idea why Auburn would have ever wanted to move […]

Posted 17 March, 2015 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 17 Comments
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Review: Archangel’s Legion – Nalini Singh

Review: Archangel’s Legion – Nalini Singh

In Archangel’s Legion, the love between Raphael and Elena became an epiphany! I knew there was love with them, but here, that love was just so strong and beautiful it made the story epic in a very different way. My Archangel’s Legion review: Between the undeniable love and respect between Elena and Raphael, and all the troubles bestowed upon them, Archangel’s Legion was a thrilling read from start to finish. Thrilling both because of the incredible chemistry between the main characters, and because of the fights they had to engage in on many different levels. The story is fast paced, and all my favorite characters from the Guild Hunter series – both those I love and those I love to […]

Posted 16 March, 2015 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 12 Comments
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Review: Biting Bad – Chloe Neill

Review: Biting Bad – Chloe Neill

Biting Bad is not lacking in humor, nor excitement or even romance, however, I’m still having a little trouble with trust when it comes to Chicagoland… My Biting Bad review: One of the things I really enjoyed in Biting Bad is that Merit and Ethan’s relationship finally seemed a little more balanced, and Ethan was less heavy-handed than usual. I also had fun with the riots investigations, even if the culprit didn’t surprise me in the least. Full of feelings of both love and fear, the story moved along at a nice pace, and the overall plot was well done. I really hope my enjoyment for the Chicagoland series will build back up, but it’s really difficult for me to […]

Posted 11 March, 2015 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 6 Comments
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Review: Fair Game – Patricia Briggs

Review: Fair Game – Patricia Briggs

Fair game is a fast-paced mystery in which Charles has to fight on several fronts at the same time, and Anna needs all of her diplomacy in order to make sure there is good PR for the wolves… My Fair Game review: I had almost forgotten how much I loved Charles and Anna before I finally picked up Fair Game! Anna is an omega wolf, one who can temper an alpha, and she is very, very good at it. Charles has been Bran’s enforcer for a very long time, and at the beginning of the story, it shows that it is really wearing him down to have to go out for a kill the local alphas aren’t capable of taking […]

Posted 10 March, 2015 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 7 Comments
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Review: Holding Strong – Lori Foster

Review: Holding Strong – Lori Foster

Lori Foster has done it again! Holding Strong is a beautiful contemporary romance with tough fighters, women who can hold their own, friendship, loyalty, smexiness and lots of suspense! My Holding Strong review: I fell in love with both Denver and Cherry, strong characters with difficult pasts, they were a great match in every way. Strong, stubborn, loyal, they both had some qualities that made me want to be friends with them. While Denver was was a little brooding sometimes, and quite the fighter, Cherry was more lighthearted, always laughing and dancing when they were out with friends. There was danger looming in the not so far distance, though, and Cherry wanted her past to be her past, something for […]

Posted 9 March, 2015 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 6 Comments
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Review: Rock Hard – Nalini Singh

Review: Rock Hard – Nalini Singh

Holy hotness, Batman! Rock Hard is the most deliciously slow-building romance I’ve had the pleasure to read in a very long time. Six stars!! My Rock Hard review: Slow-burning romances are among my favorite, because the anticipation is just so darned sweet! Wanting, needing, waiting for the heroine and the hero to get their shit together so they can really start their relationship is like delicious torture to me. And oh my goodness how well that was done in Rock Hard! If you have read Rock Addiction, you’ve heard of both Charlotte and Gabriel aka T-Rex mentioned before, and their story made my toes curl with delightful pleasure. Molly who is the main character in Rock Addiction plays an important […]

Posted 5 March, 2015 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 13 Comments
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