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Review: One Night with a Cowboy – Elizabeth Otto

Review: One Night with a Cowboy – Elizabeth Otto

*I received a free ARC of One Night with a Cowboy from Entangled: Indulgence via Netgalley in exchange of an honest review* Stubborn, hot cowboy… Hot, sweet city chick… One Night with a Cowboy is a reluctant romance that got me crying huge, fat tears in the end. My One Night with a Cowboy review: One Night with a Cowboy is hot, sweet and filled with both romance and heartache. And because – cowboy! – it’s also the kind of contemporary story I just love to read. I don’t know what it is about cowboys, apart from the fact that there are none in Switzerland, but I just find them hot, funny and charismatic in my books. Tucker is no […]

Posted 15 July, 2014 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 13 Comments
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Review: Shadowmaster – Susan Krinard

Review: Shadowmaster – Susan Krinard

*I received a free ARC of Shadowmaster from Harlequin via Netgalley in exchange of an honest review* Shadowmaster is an exciting and well executed dystopian / paranormal story where the female lead is a dhampir who knows how to fight dirty! My Shadowmaster review: Phoenix has been part of a more or less secret government organization since she was a child. She is neither totally human, nor totally vampire, thus those around her see her as different, and maybe a threat. She has one good friend at the Aegis, though, but when she’s sent on an important mission, she has to go on her own. She needs to find Drakon in the outskirts of the city, and she has to […]

Posted 14 July, 2014 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 16 Comments
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Review: The Navy SEAL’s E-Mail Order Bride – Cora Seton

Review: The Navy SEAL’s E-Mail Order Bride – Cora Seton

*I received a free ARC of The Navy SEAL’s E-Mail Order Bride from One Acre Press via Netgalley in exchange of an honest review* The Navy SEAL’s E-Mail Order Bride is a modern-day romance, in which family pressure makes Mason realize he needs to get married, and fast. Humorous, romantic and cute – I enjoyed reading the story, and getting to know Mason and Reagan. My The Navy SEAL’s E-Mail Order Bride review: Mason is never one to back down from a challenge, even while in Afghanistan, he starts looking for a wife both for himself and for his three brothers. It’s the only way for them to keep the family ranch. And they all get a lot of responses […]

Posted 11 July, 2014 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 9 Comments
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Review: Dead Beautiful – Yvonne Woon

Review: Dead Beautiful – Yvonne Woon

*I received a free ARC of Dead Beautiful from Disney-Hyperion via Netgalley in exchange of an honest review* Dead Beautiful is a pretty predictable YA story, where not that many things happen, the mystery isn’t really mysterious, and the characters and the story never managed to truly draw me in. My Dead Beautiful review: Dead Beautiful didn’t really take off for me, the mystery wasn’t mysterious enough, Renée wasn’t engaging enough, and Dante wasn’t enigmatic enough. I didn’t feel invested in the characters, especially because Renée seemed to change completely from when she was home to when she arrived at her new and expensive boarding school. All of the YA tropes I can do without are a part of Dead […]

Posted 10 July, 2014 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 12 Comments
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Review: Then Came You – Jill Shalvis

Review: Then Came You – Jill Shalvis

*I received a free ARC of Then Came You from Penguin Group Berkley via Netgalley in exchange of an honest review* Then Came You hit exactly the right spot, a perfect balance of romance, friendship, hotness and cute animals – I loved how this story unfolded from start to finish. My Then Came You review: Then Came You has everything I look for in a contemporary romance story: likable characters, something that makes one of them think their relationship won’t or shouldn’t work, some very hot romantic tension and a great story where I want to go back and read all of the prior Animal Magnetism stories that came before it. There is, of course, also an underlying humor following […]

Posted 9 July, 2014 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 5 Comments
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Review: Dirty Wings – Sarah McCarry

Review: Dirty Wings – Sarah McCarry

*I received a free ARC of Dirty Wings from St. Martin’s Press / St. Martin’s Griffin via Netgalley in exchange of an honest review* Dirty Wings is one of the strangest stories I have read in a very long time! No real plot, no real explanation, but a wonderful friendship between two girls who seemingly have nothing in common. My Dirty Wings review: Dirty Wings is kind of a non-story in some ways. Let me explain what I mean: we meet Maia who is a prodigy piano player, she is playing, then chatting with her teacher Oscar after finishing her lesson. Her whole life is centered around the piano, and her life goal (or at least her parents’ life goal […]

Posted 8 July, 2014 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 11 Comments
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Review: Lockstep – Karl Schroeder

Review: Lockstep – Karl Schroeder

*I received a free ARC of Lockstep from Tor Books via Netgalley in exchange of an honest review* Lockstep started out fairly slow, but once I got into the story, I was totally hooked! My Lockstep review: In a multi-planetary society, where humans have almost destroyed Earth and all its resources, Lockstep shows a way to maybe save everybody. It starts when Toby’s family and some friends are able to finally move from Earth and go to Sedna, a small planet that needs a lot of work in order to be viable. One day, Toby leaves on a small spaceship to put his family flag on a small moon called Rockette – only he disappears and only wakes up after […]

Posted 7 July, 2014 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 14 Comments
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Blogtour Review: Division Zero (Division Zero #1) – Matthew S. Cox

Blogtour Review: Division Zero (Division Zero #1) – Matthew S. Cox

*I received a free ARC of Division Zero from Xpresso Booktours in exchange of an honest review* Welcome to my stop on the Blogtour for Divison Zero! I am sharing my review, some of my favorite quotes, and there’s also a giveaway! Don’t be too shy to enter 🙂 My Division Zero review: Division Zero is totally my kind  of Sci-Fi! There is a very strong female protagonist, she has been through hell but survived anyway. Her mom was her worst opponent up until now, as she tried to beat the devil out of Kirsten because of her gift. The fact that her gift is being able to see and talk to ghosts in no way excused the mother’s treatment […]

Posted 2 July, 2014 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Blog Tour, Reviews / 13 Comments
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Blogtour and Giveaway: Marry Me For Money – Mia Kayla

Blogtour and Giveaway: Marry Me For Money – Mia Kayla

Welcome to my stop on the Marry me for Money blogtour! I have a fabulous excerpt to share with you, and there is also a tour-wide giveaway, open for US and Canadian participants. My Marry me for Money excerpt:  Trance music dragged me closer and closer to the other room. I glanced up at the bouncer who was guarding the roped area separating the rooms. When he sidestepped to let me pass, I wondered if I could get back in again later. Music filled my ears, and my body started to move to the rhythm. I made my way toward the exterior of the dance circle. Scantily clad bodies moved and swayed against each other. When I felt small hands […]

Posted 1 July, 2014 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Blog Tour, Giveaways, Reviews / 5 Comments
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Blogtour Review: Carrier (The Line #1) – Anne Tibbets

Blogtour Review: Carrier (The Line #1) – Anne Tibbets

*I received a free ARC of Carrier from Xpresso Booktours in exchange of an honest review* Welcome to my stop on the Carrier blogtour! I have several things to share with you, my review, some of my favorite quotes, and an international giveaway. My Carrier Review: The Carrier is set in a dark, mysterious futuristic world, and the dystopian society is very creepy. The story is relevant, and it points out what is not going so well in our current society as well. Naya is a very strong female protagonist, she has been through hell, working from a very young age, then sold to The Line once she hit puberty, she has been forced to be a prostitute for the […]

Posted 30 June, 2014 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Blog Tour, Giveaways, Reviews / 13 Comments
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