A fun and enlightening listen about two brothers' decision to travel the Oregon Trail the way it was supposed to be done - by covered wagon. Thoughtfully researched, honest about both the good and horrible aspects of pioneer travel, and humorous, The Oregon Trail made me want to look at maps and plan my own epic cross-country journey.

The author narrated the audiobook and did a wonderful job. Great pronunciation, clarity, and I loved when he read his brother's dialogue.

Norra, Sinjir, Jas, and Temmin have formed a team assigned to hunting down top Imperial officers and bringing them back for prosecution by the New Republic. Noticing their huge success rate, Princess Leia asks the team to take on a similar, but slightly less orthodox mission, finding her husband Han Solo who has gone missing after attempting to help Chewbacca free his home planet. This mission may be a bit too much to ask, even for this team.

Lots of fun, but a bit choppily written. I also appreciated the big increase in the amount of smooching as well as Wendig's obvious pokes at his horrid critics. Yeah Star Wars!

Interesting urban fantasy, with gargoyles, demons, and Layla who has both in her heritage. I enjoyed the banter and the sexy stuff with the hot demon who Layla didn't have to worry about sucking out his soul (because he doesn't have one), but everything else was fairly formulaic and cheesy. A fun, light read for fans of the genre.

What did I just read? Not my first V.C. Andrews (and this it the REAL Andrews, not a ghostwriter), and while [b:Flowers in the Attic|43448|Flowers in the Attic (Dollanganger, #1)|V.C. Andrews|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1327880853s/43448.jpg|3311885] is definitely f'ed up, My Sweet Audrina is one hundred times crazier.

Child rape, amputees, a magic rocking chair, three separate deaths on the same damn staircase (get carpet people), and oh let's not forget the charater who has a miscarriage and is subsequently forced to clean it all up by herself because it may stain the carpet.

Despite all the crazy events, there wasn't really a plot...or a point? I don't know. I finished it, but man, what a creep show.

Starting with a pretty significant time jump, we find Hazel is now attending Kindergarten while imprisoned with her grandmother. Alana and Marko have reconnected and are on the search for their missing family, and it just breaks your heart. I cried actual tears at one set of panels. So great.

Of course, it wouldn't be Saga if it didn't leave me gasping out loud at the damn cliffhanger. Can't wait until the series picks back up this August 2016!

Oh my. Hot indeed. Actor Molly Cade spent a week having an anonymous fling with former Marine Wyatt Fox. Names not included. Five years later, when Molly's production company decides to film a female-led firefighter movie, she is shocked to find out Wyatt is the film's consultant from the Chicago Fire Department.

Molly is trying to keep her life scandal free after a devastating year of betrayal by her ex-husband who released nude photos of her, without her permission, and Wyatt is trying to earn his niece's mother's trust by keeping his family out of the spotlight, but both can't help their attraction. Can Molly and Wyatt both overcome their hesitation at bringing their relationship into the open?

Super duper sexy. I love a good reunited lovers romance, and this one doesn't disappoint. I also enjoyed how mature both characters were. This wasn't a plot revolving around lies and misconstrued feelings, just realistic issues a Hollywood star could possibly face. Molly had a ton of license, and she is a wonderfully strong lead.

Thank you to Netgalley for the ARC!

A fantastically meaty series ender, with smooching, battles, and tensions galore! Pearson does justice to her main trio of characters (Lia, Rafe, and Kaden), although I still get a bit confused with the characters' various names. I was often frustrated (in a great way) by various decisions made by the characters, but they all were suited to their personalities and their sense of duty.

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I adored that Rafe and Lia went ahead and had sex way in the beginning of the book. For all the effort they went to be together, it just felt right, and was wonderfully written for a YA audience. It also made their subsequent parting (and reuniting) all the better (and hotter). I love that Pearson is not afraid of the smoochies. I was also glad that Kaden found his way, but was little less impressed with his relationship with Pauline and her baby that seemed to develop a bit out of nowhere and more as a consolation for not having Lia choose him.

Also, for the entire series I enjoyed the addition of the different ancient texts Lia was translating, but I found them a bit confusing and not quite as well explained in the end as I would have liked. Maybe a re-read without a year in between each book will tie it together a bit better for me.

My last question deals with "the Remnant." Does anyone else feel like Pearson was subtly hinting that her world is the leftovers after some apocalyptic event in OUR world, a la The Shannara Chronicles? I only really started to get this feeling in Book 3, so maybe I'm wrong.

I'm happy I wasn't reading this arc issue to issue, because not a whole lot happens and there was way too much jumping around between characters. Still a fun read, but I'm hoping the plot will come together a bit more in Volume 4.

Meh. I am not the target demographic for this book. I think an actual young adult would really enjoy this summer romance, but I was a bit turned off by the premise of a young girl becoming more sexually aware during her annual summer vacation with two brothers. I get the hormones, but I felt the two mothers were a bit too encouraging/complacent to the sexual tension between their teens. Again, I'm too old :)

Prince meets sassy highland miss when they have to work together to rescue the Prince's feisty grandmother from a kidnapping. A fun caper, but the overall story arc wasn't my favorite. The dilemmas holding back the couple from their HEA weren't the ones that I thought should really matter. Also, Mairi's Scottish accent was stuck on just a few key vocabulary words, which took me out of the story at times.