Genre: Contemporary

Review: Rush – Nyrae Dawn

Review: Rush – Nyrae Dawn

*I received a free ARC of Rush from Forever (Grand Central Publishing) via Netgalley in exchange of an honest review* Rush is a very apt new adult romance about two boys who have been in love for ages, but both of them are scared about coming out. Brandon is afraid he won’t be able to play college football if his team-mates know he’s gay, and Alec has been listening to his dad’s gay-slurs for as long he can remember. Even if they haven’t seen each other in a long time, they are both really attached to each other, and when Charlotte, Alec’s best friend, calls him to let him know Brandon has been seriously hurt in an accident a while […]

Posted 16 April, 2014 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 12 Comments
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Review: Frenemy of the People – Nora Olsen

Review: Frenemy of the People – Nora Olsen

*I received a free ARC of Frenemy of the People from Bold Strokes Books, Inc via Netgalley in exchange of an honest review* Frenemy of the People is a really interesting and tender story, both because of the LGBT angle but also because the two main characters are both well done, fleshed out and manage to see behind the façade they are both keeping up. I also enjoyed that Clarissa’s sister has Downs syndrome, because it was a way to tell a beautiful story, and also to show at the same time how hurt people can be from words others throw around without really thinking about what they are saying. And especially Lexie is always willing to educate herself, and […]

Posted 15 April, 2014 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 18 Comments
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#COYER Review: Broken Hearts, Fences, and Other Things to Mend – Katie Finn

#COYER Review: Broken Hearts, Fences, and Other Things to Mend – Katie Finn

*I received a free ARC of Broken Hearts, Fences and Other Things to Mend from Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group via Netgalley in exchange of an honest review* Broken Hearts, Fences, and Other Things to Mend really did not hit my fancy in any way. I’m sure a lot of readers will enjoy the story, though, as it has revenge, deceit and some romance going on. To me, it was pretty juvenile, more than a little predictable and I didn’t connect with any of the characters. The one reason why I didn’t stop reading was that I wanted to find out if I was right about everything or not. Gemma didn’t seem all that heartbroken to me, even when her boyfriend […]

Posted 5 April, 2014 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 10 Comments
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#COYER Review: One Man Guy – Michael Barakiva

#COYER Review: One Man Guy – Michael Barakiva

*I received a free ARC of One Man Guy from Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group via Netgalley in exchange of an honest review* What can I say? One Man Guy blew me away! Alek is a very young protagonist, but he is a great one all the same, as are the other characters in this story. I loved it all! From sibling rivalry to being confused about his sexuality, to living up to his parents expectations while at the same time wanting to be himself, I was taken on a beautiful journey with this book. Told with such tenderness, One Man Guy is a coming of age novel, in which the main character, Alek, has to deal with what starts out […]

Posted 4 April, 2014 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 22 Comments
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#COYER Review: The Room on the Second Floor – T.A. Williams

#COYER Review: The Room on the Second Floor – T.A. Williams

*I received a free ARC of The Room on the Second Floor from Carina UK via Netgalley in exchange of an honest review* The Room on the Second Floor is the second book by T.A. Williams that I’ve read, and while it was full of fun, quirky characters, and even some nice medieval historical facts, I didn’t enjoy it as much as I enjoyed Dirty Minds. I think the main reason for this less enjoyment, is that the plot was more than a little confused. And I don’t mean confusing – it was confused – because there were too many plot-lines going on at once in this relatively short story. And while those plot-lines were all good, I think my […]

Posted 3 April, 2014 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 5 Comments
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Giveaway, Blogtour and Review: GUNS: The Spencer Book (Rook and Ronin spinoff) – J.A. Huss

Giveaway, Blogtour and Review: GUNS: The Spencer Book (Rook and Ronin spinoff) – J.A. Huss

*I received a free ARC of GUNS from Xpresso Book Tours in exchange of an honest review* Holy freaking amazeballs, Batman! GUNS pushed a lot of buttons, and for almost the first half, I was so mad at Spencer! The way he treated Ronnie just wasn’t right, even if he thought he was doing it for all the right reasons! And even if GUNS is called The Spencer Book, it was just as much Ronnie’s book, as it is written in dual point of views. And I loved getting to know Ronnie better, because underneath her beautiful exterior and seemingly capable and strong actions, she is pretty insecure, especially when it comes to Spencer. And that brings me back to […]

Posted 2 April, 2014 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Blog Tour, Reviews / 10 Comments
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Review: Fire Inside (Chaos #2) – Kristen Ashley

Review: Fire Inside (Chaos #2) – Kristen Ashley

*I received a free ARC of Fire Inside from Forever (Grand Central Publishing) via Netgalley in exhange of an honest review* Fire Inside is a hot story, and at the very beginning, I was wondering if maybe it was actually *gasp* too hot for me. It starts out very strong, with Hop and Lainie being very  hot and heavy! And while I truly enjoy some steamy scenes, it was a little shocking to have such an opening scene of the story. It also took a little while before there was more to the plot than Lainie and Hop having sex, and since I hadn’t met either of them before, it was a little bit awkward. However, as I continued to […]

Posted 1 April, 2014 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 12 Comments
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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 […]

Posted 31 March, 2014 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 21 Comments
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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 […]

Posted 29 March, 2014 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 8 Comments
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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 […]

Posted 27 March, 2014 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 9 Comments
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