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Review: Love Letters to the Dead – Ava Dellaira

Review: Love Letters to the Dead – Ava Dellaira

*I received a free ARC of Love Letters to the Dead from Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group via Netgalley in exchange of an honest review* Love Letters to the Dead is a beautifully written story about fifteen-year-old Laurel, and all her guilt and grief after her sister’s death. When her English teacher in High School asks the class to write a letter to a dead personality in the first class, Laurel promptly starts writing to Kurt Cobain, but she never hands the assignment in. Instead, she keeps that one notebook and writes letters to other deceased people who feel familiar to her as well. And her letters are extremely personal, filled with emotions, soul-searching, and a way to cope with not […]

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#COYER Review: Mad About You – Joan Kilby

#COYER Review: Mad About You – Joan Kilby

*I received a free ARC of Mad About You from Entangled Publishing via Netgalley in exchange of an honest review* Mad About You has one of the tropes I enjoy the most in contemporary romances – the friends to lovers trope. Cassy and Scott have been friends since they were kids, best friends, even, and that shows in their early interactions of the story. However, as they both start to admit to their feelings – if only to themselves – their relationship becomes a little stilted and weird. Of course, there is plenty of fun and hotness in Mad About You, but I never really got all that attached to the characters, and that made me a little sad, especially […]

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#COYER Review: The Wicked We Have Done (Chaos Theory #1) – Sarah Harian

#COYER Review: The Wicked We Have Done (Chaos Theory #1) – Sarah Harian

*I received a free ARC of The Wicked We Have Done from Penguin via Netgalley in exchange of an honest review* The Wicked We Have Done is a chilling and mesmerizing story, taking humanity to the very limit of morality and ethics, filled with uneasy friendships and wrapped up in a pretty ugly and messy parcel. The parcel itself is the story, the relationships, the way the characters are forced together, and the sheer terror of their situation. Five young women and five young men, who would possible have been sentenced to death are rather sent to a the Compass Room, where their moral compass is supposed to be assessed by way of illusions and how the triggers make them […]

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#COYER Review: A SEAL’s Salvation (Uniformly Hot SEALs #3) – Tawny Weber

#COYER Review: A SEAL’s Salvation (Uniformly Hot SEALs #3) – Tawny Weber

*I received a free ARC of A SEAL’s Salvation from Harlequin Blaze via Netgalley in exchange of an honest review* A SEAL’s Salvation has just the right amount of hotness, doubts, love, lust and cookies! And, of course, for me to fully enjoy all that goodness, there was a nice dose of humor as well. Genna’s infatuation with Brody started when she was a teenager, and it lasted for long after her father forced him to join the navy. After her brother’s death, she writes him to let him know his friend has passed away. His answer was so succinct and teasing I couldn’t help but both laugh and wonder how Genna would deal with it. After a few weeks […]

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#COYER Reveiw: Waking Up Pregnant – Mira Lyn Kelly

#COYER Reveiw: Waking Up Pregnant – Mira Lyn Kelly

*I received a free ARC of Waking Up Pregnant from Harlequin KISS via Netgalley in exchange of an honest review* Waking Up Pregnant is kind of like a mix between a modern fairy-tale and a quirky contemporary romance, and it is fun, sweet, hot and romantic packed in a neat wrapping. The characters are really well fleshed out, too, and as Darcy and Jeff fall in love, they are both hiding their true feelings – from themselves and each other. Starting in the middle of the story, Waking Up Pregnant gets right into the difficulty of the subject – Darcy has come to Jeff’s office, three months after their one night together in Vegas, and before she can even say […]

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#COYER Review: Once in a Lifetime (Lucky Harbor #9) – Jill Shalvis

#COYER Review: Once in a Lifetime (Lucky Harbor #9) – Jill Shalvis

*I received a free ARC of Once in a Lifetime from Forever (Grand Central Publishing) via Netgalley in exchange of an honest review* There is something so familiar and utterly satisfying about Lucky Harbor – and Once in a Lifetime hit exactly the right spot! Aubrey and Ben are both very attaching characters, I could relate to them, and I could like them – even if neither of them are perfect! Aubrey is not exactly satisfied with the way her life is going at the beginning of Once in  a Lifetime, and when she accidentally throws her drink in Ben’s face, before running away, she has an uncomfortable run-in with her ex. When she leaves, Aubrey somehow finds herself in […]

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#COYER Review: The Forever Song (Blood of Eden #3) – Julie Kagawa

#COYER Review: The Forever Song (Blood of Eden #3) – Julie Kagawa

*I received a free ARC of The Forever Song from Harlequin TEEN via Netgalley in exchange of an honest review* The Forever Song is devastating, gripping, epic, strong and dark. The perfect ending to the Blood of Eden series, it made me cry (yes I love to feed Ms. Kagawa’s muse – I’m wondering where I should send my tears!) and cheer, it made my heart almost beat all the way out of my chest, and I believe my eyes almost fell out as well. Beware – tissues are needed in plenty, but my oh my, what a ride! Some of the most amazing plot-twists I have ever had the pleasure to read appeared in The Forever Song, and I […]

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#COYER Review: All Fired Up (Hot in the Kitchen #2) – Kate Meader

#COYER Review: All Fired Up (Hot in the Kitchen #2) – Kate Meader

*I received a free ARC of All Fired Up from Forever (Grand Central Publishing) via Netgalley in exchange of an honest review* Oh, WOW! All Fired Up is an awesome contemporary romance, with characters that are worth to get to know, some of them a past the readers will need tissues to read about, and some wonderful hotness. All the necessary ingredients for a great story are included in All Fired Up. There are some very hot men, some wonderful, but outwardly bitchy women, food, romance, friendship and Italian family members. Cara seems to be quite off-putting and cold to everyone around her, whereas Shane is open, smiling and warm. Nobody thinks they have anything in common – not even […]

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#COYER Review: Reprisal (The Time Weaver Chronicles #3) – Thomas A. Knight

#COYER Review: Reprisal (The Time Weaver Chronicles #3) – Thomas A. Knight

*I received a free ARC of Reprisal from the author in exchange of an honest review* Reprisal is an epic ending to The Time Weaver Chronicles, battles, dragons, parallel worlds, time travel, love, and strong world building with even stronger characters. Krycin, Seth, Malia, the bard and the other characters are all still there, and now, the fight has to be fought both on Earth and in Galador. The new king of Findoor might just be the most powerful magician yet, and everybody is looking to Seth for salvation. There are a lot of different story lines that are wrapped up in Reprisal, and it is definitely a necessity to read The Time Weaver and Legacy before starting Reprisal. As […]

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#COYER Review: Sweet Revenge (Sin Brothers #2) – Rebecca Zanetti

#COYER Review: Sweet Revenge (Sin Brothers #2) – Rebecca Zanetti

*I received a free ARC of Sweet Revenge from Forever – Grand Central Publishing via Netgalley in exchange of an honest review* Sweet Revenge is an amazing romance / thriller / suspense novel. There is a little bit of everything, there is romance, of course, a serial killer, a man who thought he’d never find love nor freedom, and a woman who is trying to make amends for her past. The only reason why I didn’t give Sweet Revenge five stars is that I guessed who a culprit was very early on – however, this did not make the story less interesting. Matt has been searching for the surgeon for five years, he knows he needs to find her quickly […]

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