Romance Reader (and Writer)

Sci-fi is not one of my favourite genres, unless it has a good, solid romance in it. This one didn't.

But I have this thing where if I have the paperback and the movie version is coming out soon that I have to read it first. This is probably something I'd enjoy more as a film than simply reading about because the continual changing of viewpoints without being told whose viewpoint it was got annoying after a while. The first time was a real head spinner since you had no warning but further on when it starts going between three or four people and you have to read so far in to figure it out...nightmare!

One thing I will say for the author though, is that he can write some really good action/fight scenes.

This really wasn't my sort of read but if you like alien invasions, then this'll be right up your street.

Love this series!

I've loved this series from the first one, it's fun, flirty, nuts at times but oh so enjoyable. I'm still impatiently waiting for a Marnie/Mark Batten intense love affair, like the bits in the first one--though I'm pretty sure it's more likely to be laugh out loud comedy than anything.

I'll definitely buy the next book at some point.

I finally got around to finishing this, and if I'm honest I can't decide if I'm happy about the end bit of this volume. I may have wanted it to happen but I don't feel happy about it now that it has. I feel sorry for Ren-kun. And as for Andou and his confession, I'm kinda torn about that too.

Oh, I need to read more to find out what happens next with this group.

I dunno anymore. It would kinda seem wrong for him to leave his girlfriend when she seems to be taking her parents divorce and her dad's remarrying so hard but at the same time it is VERY obvious that he cares for our girl...what to do, what to do?

Off to start Volume 5

These boys and girls fall in love quickly, that's one thing I will say, but... *sigh* I might be cheering her on to get with our main guy but that end bit was very sweet and self-sacrificing of the other guy (I'm not good with names until after the 5th volume or so) so I may have melted a little towards him. He deserves a nice girl and she is SUCH a nice girl. It's also obvious our main guy's girlfriend is insecure about their relationship.

Volume 4 will have to wait until later or tomorrow now.

I'm liking this manga, though the added extra of a nice girlfriend for our male lead is...irritating. It's always so much easier to want our lead girl to get the guy when the girlfriends a cruel person but she isn't, she's so nice. Nevertheless I am still rooting for them to get together, even if it takes a few volumes to get there.

Off to start Volume 3.

This is my second manga by this author and I really liked the other Ao Haru Ride.

One thing I have noticed is that the guy looks eerily similar to the guy from the other one. In fact, that something I've noticed having read a handful of different ones--a lot of the characters kinda look the same.

Anyway, I'm intrigued by this one. I want them to get together already but as always there are several obstacles in the way. Off to start Volume 2.

God, I really hope we don't suffer an alien take-over/destruction/invasion. It sounds horrific

Admittedly, it took me a while to get into this and then I wasn't altogether impressed but it got better the more I read and jeez, was I having a good old cry by the end.

I was truly thinking she'd lost everything she could by prom day and then it all kinda righted itself and the tears were flowing (and still were for long after I'd finished this). The emotions in that last bit...sniffle.

I may have to investigate book 2 in this series if we get more Zeke. I loved him!!

I loved the Vampire Academy series and held off reading this for ages thinking it might not have grabbed me as much as the other series but you know what? I got really into it! I always find Richelle's story quick and easy reads and this was no exception. If I could have, I'd have read this in one sitting but two long working days back to back ruined that idea and it's taken me four/five days instead.

I can't wait to read the rest of these books!!

I preferred the first one. This seemed like it was going great and then that end bit just seemed to appear out of nowhere. I didn't understand quite why she was so upset by it. Instant WTF? moment. And then later on, right before the end, the bar scene and her vow for revenge...also another WTF? moment. In my opinion Tate, what they'd done wasn't so bad, so now I'm debating whether to read the last one.

I'd love for Jameson and Tate to get together but if it's as much of a mind-f*ck as the first two books I'm not sure I wanna read it.

*I received a copy of this book via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review*

2.5 stars.

It was all rather dark and sexually violent--and not in the good way of dark romances.

I loved the romance aspect of it, the one between Lila/Lily and Aleksy. It was so sweet at times! The other bits just seemed too much for me after a while. The way she wanted to not be the V-Girl but how she was determined it was to be taken by someone she cared about--Rey--only he wasn't entirely receptive to the idea. And then having that same thought process again and again. I kinda wanted to hit her a little when she couldn't make her mind up between the two guys.

It was the rest of the storyline I didn't really gel with. There was always a lot going on, most of it dark and violent. Some of it was political, most of it sex-related. Lots of sex related things happening in this.

Anyway, the reason I requested this book was down to the cover and the description. That is one amazing cover! And the description was pretty promising but at the risk of repeating myself, it was a little too dark for my tastes in its topics.

It's taken me almost two months to read this, on and off because it was taking far too long to get anywhere interesting. I'd read every page up until about the 40% mark and then because it was taking forever for anything even remotely interesting to happen I just couldn't muster the want to read it.

It was only a couple of days ago when I was re-viewing my to-read list that I saw how many paperbacks I still had left to read and just decided to skim the remaining pages. It still didn't grab me as something amazing happening so I was a little disappointed. I loved the last book I read by her, The Witness, and really enjoy her J.D. Robb In Death series but this failed to get any good response out of me.

To put it bluntly, I was bored. So freaking bored!

Even the romance aspect of it didn't bring me any joy, though good for Abra for going after what she wanted.

I'm not in any hurry to return to a Nora Roberts book for a while after this.

Hmm

I have no idea how to rate this. It was so f*cked up in places...but I couldn't stop reading it. I've never understood the whole BDSm thing, or really wanted to, but I don't mind reading a lighter one every so often.

This was just strange in the wind each other up, call each other names and then have some proper wild sex that wasn't pain free. They were so right for each other but also so wrong in many ways, needing to win points over each other with everything.

The ending has really made me want to read the rest of the series, just because it was so bleak--and because I read the preview for the next book and I need to know what Jamesons reaction is going to be.

I'm off to buy it so I can read it after the one I've already got l lined up

*I received a copy of this book via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review*

The beginning was a little rocky, I didn’t know what was happening and the style of how it was written felt a little awkward. By the quarter point it had smoothed out a little and I could read it easily and quickly.

Being the sucker that I am for romance books, the first hint of something, even the slightest hint of something, gets me excited. So that meeting of gazes had me smiling like a loony. I like my paranormal romances. From then I was scouring every page for more interactions between Bianka and Phillip. I quickly fell into their story. I was kind of on tenterhooks near the end wondering what she was going to choose.

The other part of the storyline; the fights, was an interesting take. It reminded me of The Hunger Games in the sort of “kill or be killed” way but this is with vampires so it’s all a little more intense. It was also filled with political undercurrents of the vampire society.

I loved the names the author came up with for the fiefdoms: Twilight Falls, Dawn Hold, Nightfall Keep…they just make me think of dark places but at the same time they sound pretty cool, right?

I liked some bits a lot more than others, but I do think I’d be interested in continuing the story at some point in the future when they’re released.

If you like paranormal romances or vampires or dystopian, maybe all three, then you’ll probably like this.

*I received a copy of this book via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review*

4.5 stars.

Well, what can I say other than I really enjoyed this. I was definitely thinking it was going to be a possible five star read. And it might have been…but I didn’t cry. I know, stupid reason. But if I cry over characters it means they’ve dug under my skin and made me care about them. Strangely this didn’t, despite me rooting for them from pretty much the first chapter. Nevertheless I really liked it. If I could have, I would probably have read this in one sitting, I was that into it.

I loved the characters, pretty much all of them, apart from Nate’s dad—and maybe his mum too. Oh and a certain friend that I will not name as it might spoilt the story.

If you like contemporary romances with a girl who doesn’t have a filter and a guy who always wants to win then this will be right up your street.

P.S. I haven’t read the first book in this series but I wouldn’t mind doing now!