This book was good, but not my favorite. I enjoyed Josh's story, but there was a lot of other stuff going on at the same time. I felt like all the side story lines distracted from the main plot. I am not a fan of more than a few point of views. Anything over 3 or 4 point of views in a single book is too much.

The main idea of Bloodstone Heart is really interesting. I enjoyed the mystery aspect of the story. Josh is trying to find out who the vampires are that are after him and what they are seeking. It did really keep me guessing, and I appreciated the complexity that went into the plot. I liked all the different abilities and creatures that were involved in the story too. There were vampires and werewolves and mind readers, just to name a few. All things I really enjoy, I just felt like there were a bit too many of them in one story.

This series changes the main characters in each of the books. I feel like it could be really good if it just cut out some of the secondary storylines in each book. As it is, it tries to shift the focus, while still keeping all of the secondary characters involved in each book. The result is kind of confusing. I think Bloodstone Heart was a little more focused I would have enjoyed it a lot more. I am still going to keep reading the series though because I want to know how it is all going to turn out.

2.5/5 gavels.

There was a lot going on in this book! I enjoyed Deadman's Blood but it is an active read for sure. There are a lot of different point of views and characters to keep up with. That also means that there were a lot of different story lines going on. I really liked how everything came together in the story but a few times I thought it was a bit too much. It's strange because the book was a good length and there was a ton going on, but it still felt a bit rushed in parts. Things happened very quickly, and at a few points I just wanted everything to slow down so I could experience the story more fully.

I really like Josh. I think he is my favorite character from the series, so I was pleasantly surprised that this story still had him as one of the main characters. There are a lot of surprises in store for Josh in this book. He took everything that was thrown at him in stride. I will give him that. If it were me I would have freaked out a bit more. (maybe more than a bit)

I won't give anything away, but I will say that a few of the twists and turns caught me by surprise. That was my favorite part of the book- not knowing exactly what was going to happen or how the story lines would come together. I also really liked how many different elements Deadman's Blood incorporated. There are witches and vampires and the fey. Something for everyone!

Overall, Deadman's Blood was a good book. It is really interesting to see how everything fits together and I enjoyed all of the paranormal creatures in the book. I did think that there are a few too many main characters. It was a lot of effort to keep track of all their story lines and where they fit into the overall book. You would really enjoy this series if you like multiple plots going on in one book. Each of the books shift the focus to a few different characters, with all the others still hanging around in subplots. Let me know what you think of this series if you have read it.

I really liked the premise of this book. The story is split between the dreams and real life. Christine journals about her dreams and when she starts seeing her new co-worker Gabriel in her dreams as well as at work, she knows something strange is going on. I wanted so badly to like this book, but it just didn't work for me. It was hard for me to get through. The characters didn't seem believable and the insta love got on my nerves. I just didn’t feel Christine and Gabriel’s connection right away. I liked where the romance went but it was a rocky start for me.

I liked the spooky feeling of the dream world and her dreams freaked me out in a good way, but the book seemed jumpy and disjointed for me. It was moving way too fast and I couldn't get my footing with the story. If things would have just slowed down a bit, I feel like I would have forged a better connection with Christine, but I just couldn't get to know her. And I couldn't seem to like Gabriel at all.

I can really see people enjoying the cool feeling of the dream world. It was interesting. It was easily my favorite part of the story, but I couldn't just ease into enjoying this book. I liked how the plot was split between the dream world and the real world. I thought SJ Lomas did a good job making the two world feel different. The mystery and the danger aspect were fun and I can see people really getting into the high paced romance and adventure, but it wasn't for me. I needed a better connection with the characters, and a little bit of a smoother plot with more detail.

This book is so much fun. It is just the kind of cute romantic comedy that I needed. I instantly fell in love with the super chivalrous and teasingly funny Ryan. (Even though I figured out most of his secrets, he was so sweet that I was rooting for him from the first time we met him.) and Hollie was a trip. She was so funny. She has such a big personality, but she manages to make it come off as endearing and not brash, so you can't help but fall in love with her.

I loved the resort setting and I really, really loved Hollie's fascination with Otters. I myself think otters are adorable little furballs. And don't even get me started on when they hold hands- I lose it! Hollie likes them even more than I do. She watches all kind of documentaries about them and has figurines...the whole nine yards. Must love Otters starts out with a peak into Hollie's lackluster relationship with Keith. I have no idea how she put up with him for 2 years. Holy cow the last week or so was enough for me to be completely sick of him. But then she dumps him and takes a little break from everything and that is when the story really gets good.

Most of the story takes place over her one week stay in Canada at a spa resort out in the middle of nature. Concierge Ryan is kind of the go to guy there. He seems to do everything. But there is also Miss Betty to fall in love with. That lady is super sweet, and darn it, I want to try some of her jam! There are plenty of hi-jinks fun that add to the comedy element of the romcom. Hollie is hilarious. She seems to think almost solely in stereotypes. When she first got to Canada she was surprised that she wasn't just handed a cup of maple syrup, for example. Plus, there is plenty of hockey talk in this story, which is also right up my alley.

The real magic of the story is watching Hollie find herself and find something special in her life. She is such a cool woman that you just want her to find that missing piece and happy. The romance is nice, slow and perfectly developed, and it doesn't even start out with Ryan as the main interest. Everything works out in the end, and there isn't even really a love triangle. Just some bumps along the road. I loved Must Love Otters. And don't worry- there are otters in this story for your coo-ing and awh-ing pleasure. Fans of Romantic Comedies and contemporary romance need to check this book out.

The best werewolf/hunter series I have ever read! I am already itching to start the third book. If you liked Dirty Blood, you will love Cold Blood. Tara is sent off to Boarding School and the kids are pretty awful, but Tara finds a couple of good ones in the bunch. I really enjoyed meeting some of the new characters in this story like Logan and Cambria (Cambria Hebert that is, ha ha I see what you did there Heather ;) )And of course, Alex. More on Alex later.

Tara was great in Cold Blood. She is still impulsive as ever, but honestly I don't think I would like her any other way. A few times, I wish she would have given her friends a little more credit, but I get why she was hesitant. Cambria is hilarious. I instantly liked her, just like she instantly liked Tara. I loved it when she said that they were future BFFs on her first day after everyone else was so awful. And Logan is such a sweetie. I just wanted to hug him.

We don't get to see too many of the original characters from the first book because they are still all back at home and still working on Cause things. New setting, new people, but the story was just as great. I was instantly absorbed back into the lives of Tara, Wes, and now Alex. Ok, now lets talk about Alex. Alex is Tara's new trainer at school. We saw him in the warehouse fight very briefly at the end of the first book, but he plays a huge role in this story. He is a new potential love interest for Tara. Making this story officially a love triangle. And just so you know something about me, I am almost ALWAYS team guy #1, which would be Wes. I don't know why. I get to know them first and form attachments to them and then I am loyal to the first guy. But with this story, I found myself liking Alex more and more. I don't think I have ever been as conflicted in a love triangle! Darn you Alex for being so great! I still love Wes, but we didn't get to see too much of him in this book and Alex is a really great guy. And I think he might just be a little better for Tara. Ahh! I don't know. I will have to leave my decision until the next book.

Tara goes through new hunter training and she also goes through some changes. I was just as curious as Tara was about her new temper, and what her "gift" might be. We still don't know, but we are left with a crazy glimpse into it at the end of the book. Book three is going to be nuts. Heather Hildenbrand does a fabulous job writing excellent characters and she keeps the plot moving at a perfect speed. You will not be able to put this book down. This is now my go to series for werewolf or hunter recommendations.

March has been the month of epic contemporaries for me so far. Best Kind of Broken is emotional and sad and completely beautiful. It is a story of tragedy and guilt, healing and love. But the love comes very slowly. There is no insta love in this book. In fact if you are anything like me you will be smacking Pixie and Levi in your head over and over again just telling them to open their eyes and go to each other already! It is so easy to see their chemistry. But their past has kept them apart. And a huge part of the story is just figuring out what exactly happened to them in the past. I loved the set up of the book. It was split between Pixie and Levi's point of views, with some flashes into their past scattered throughout to help you get an even deeper understanding of the two of them.

Pixie and Levi are both so sad and bogged down with over something that has happened in the past. It takes a good bit of the book to figure out just what that something is, but right away there is this big past hinted at. And you know it must have been something big because it puts both of them completely on edge around the other one. But even though there is this big unspoken thing sitting between them, it is so easy to see their chemistry. The book takes place at Pixie's aunt inn, where Pixie is working for the summer and Levi is the live in handiman. They stay in rooms next to each other so they can't avoid each other for long. I loved watching them each push the other's buttons. When Levi uses all the hot water on Pixie, she in turn retaliates by plugging in all of her appliances and shutting off his power while he is in the middle of shaving. The two of them just cracked me up.

Pixie has a boyfriend when the story starts out, but she just never seemed like she was into him. I felt kind of bad for him because he seemed like a decent enough guy but he got the short end of the stick.( He isn't in the book too much though, so you won't feel too bad for him.)I did like seeing Levi's reaction to him though. I just like seeing a guy get slightly protective and jealous- as long as they don't over do it. On Levi, jealous looked pretty hot.

Best Kind of Broken is the perfect new adult novel. It has plenty of unresolved sexual tension, a great and steamy romance, fantastic fleshed out characters, and a moving plot. You will laugh, you will be sad, you will be happy. This was my first book by Chelsea Fine, but I am super impressed. I loved her writing. I can't wait for the next book in the Finding Fate series and I am going to check out her other books pronto.

Escape in You is the first book by Rachel Schurig that I have had the pleasure of reading. It is an emotional new adult contemporary that deals with some darker themes. Escape in your is told in a dual narrative, split between Zoe and Taylor's point of views. Zoe and Taylor both have a lot to deal with on their plates, both at home and personally. After reading the book, I realized how similar the two of them were. It was eerily how similar they were. They were both closed off and dealing with sick mothers, even though the sicknesses stemmed from different things and manifested itself in different ways, the result was still the same. They each had to take on too much, too young. My favorite part of Escape in You was watching these Iron, bullet proof walls that Zoe and Taylor maintain around them at all times, come down. Escape in You is really about two people trying to find their way, and trying to see if they can find something safe and real in someone else. It ended up being a really sweet romance.

Zoe and Taylor's moms both treated them awful. For different reasons, and I felt like Zoe's mom didn't really mean it. It was easier for me to tell myself it was because of her sickness, than it was with Taylor's mom. I know she was going through a lot too, but she just seemed crueler to me. I felt so bad for Taylor, some of the things that she said to him just made my heart break. I felt bad for Zoe too. She is left to try and balance her life with a full time job of taking care of her mom. And on top of all of that when Zoe meets Taylor, they both know pretty quickly that the other person is someone special. Zoe denies it for so long, I thought it was cute that Taylor was the one that realized what his feelings were for Zoe way before Zoe admitted it to herself. She just wanted to keep it light and fun, but it was clear to everyone that they were way past that. I just wanted Zoe to admit it to herself.

But, like I said, the two of them are so similar that neither of them wants to admit anything or really let the other person in because they are afraid of getting hurt. And they are both embarrassed about what was going on in their home. I just wanted them take a chance on the other person, because I liked the growth and the people they were when they were together. This book is not all sunshine and roses. There are real, tough issues discussed and there are some ugly parts of people that come out to play, but the end result is so worth it. The romance is broken and beautiful. I really enjoyed Escape in You.

No Turning Back starts off crazy. There was no introductory get to know the characters part. There was just a very intense start to the story and right off the bat we have someone to hate- Dylan. Most of the book is about how Charley deals with the fallout of what Dylan did to her. Dylan isn't even in most of the book, Charley dumps him and never talks to him again, but it's like his presence is everywhere, affecting everything that she does. It's hard for me to sum up my feelings about No Turning Back because it wasn't that I disliked the book. I thought it was a well written and interesting story, there were just some aspects of it that didn't work for me. The tough part is that I can see where this would be a great book for so many people.

Charley was the main problem for me in this story. And I hated that. I am such a character driven reader that when I encounter a main character that I want to like so bad and then I just can't seem to mesh with, it makes me a little sad. The book is told in first person through Charley's eyes and sometimes I was a little confused as to her motivations and what she was doing. It seemed choppy in parts, but the weird thing was I didn't think the writing was choppy, it seemed like Charley herself was. She would make these decisions and I didn't know why she did. She would just kind of skip some of the steps, which made for a confusing read at times. But I wanted to like her so much. I felt bad for what happened to her before college and I wanted to see so much growth with her as a person. Charley is a sweet southern girl, and I loved the way she was with her friends. I just couldn't seem to get past the way she was with Cash and Joe. She jumped back and forth between the two of them so many times that I lost count. She would swear up and down that she couldn't be with Cash but then whenever she saw him she was kissing him and telling him she loved him. And then the next day she would be back at school and with Joe 24/7. Charley started to grow on me as the book went on. I ended up liking her, but I never quite grew to love her. I am holding out hope for her in the second book though.

I loved Cash and Joe. They were both great guys. I didn't even know which one I wanted Charley to choose because they were both so awesome. I just didn't want her stringing both of them along until she made her choice. I thought that the two of them and Charley's school friends, "the Kluf girls", made the story. They were my favorite part of the book. The girls were hilarious and the guys were always there for Charley. They never let her go through anything alone. They were a bit overprotective at parts, but it was cute. The secondary characters outshone Charley for me in No Turning Back.

No Turning Back is very conversational and an easy read. The language is very informal and I can see a lot of people appreciating that. I thought it was more of a young adult feel than new adult though. While I didn't love No Turning Back, I can see where it is a book that a lot of people will love. There are two great guys in the story and an interesting plot. And I didn't see the ending coming at all. It completely took me by surprised and I really liked that. I was kind of just coasting along reading this book liking it, but also feeling kind of meh about it and then that ending came out of nowhere. It made me interested in the second book. I want to know just what everyone is going to go from here with this twist thrown in.

Kissing Eden is a quick and fun spring break story. It manages to be both the perfect beach read, with a super sweet and hot romance, while managing to stay more realistic by infusing bumps in the road along the way. T.A. Foster writes great New Adult novels. The romance is sweet and her books are always a great, fun read.

Eden is off to spend spring break on her own. I wasn't sure if she was crazy brave, or just plain crazy at first. She had planned the trip her jerk- I mean boyfriend- and he dumped her a couple of days before the trip. He was a class A you know what. Holy cow I just wanted to constantly punch him everytime I saw him or heard his name mentioned. I was so glad that once he was history, he stayed history. Eden deserves so much better than him. The book was off to a really rocky start for poor Eden. She was in Texas for the first time ever, and her ex took her hotel room, the airlines lost her luggage and someone spilled rum and coke all over her now only pair of jeans. I think I would have gotten out of there in 2.5 seconds. But Eden stuck it out. And she met Grey.

Grey is intense. He has some communication issues and he can come off gruff, but there is just something about Grey. Some kind of quite gentleman- ness about him. You can tell he is a good guy. I thought it was kind of funny how moody he got sometimes. Even though, it wouldn't have been funny if I was Eden. There were a couple of times where I wanted to smack Grey upside the head and tell him what to do. But watching him and Eden fumble about and try and figure out what was going on with the two of them was half of the fun. I loved that Eden forced her help on Grey. He was way too stubborn to get help on his own, and I loved that Eden went out of her way to help him with the Palm. She is such a sweet girl.

Kissing Eden is a cute and fun sexy new adult romance that felt fresh and real to me. It is great as a standalone book, but the ending left a possible follow up open. Please T.A. Foster! Please bring me more Grey and Eden. I have to hear him say Darlin' some more! Fans of beach read new adults will love Kissing Eden.

If Only is a study abroad romance that will be lots of fun for literature lovers. Jordan hasn't had a boyfriend in a long time, and her best friend makes her promise that on her study abroad experience that she will just let loose and let herself have some fun for once. Insert two other american guys also doing study abroad and you know that they will spice things up for Jordan. There is Griffin, the fun loving and no commitment type of guy that has charm to spare. And then there is Noah, who has so much in common with Jordan but does have a few strings attached. So who will she pick?

I really liked how Authors E.M Forester and Shakespeare played a big role in this book. The classes she takes are very interactive and we get to see the literature interwoven into the storyline. I think that was my favorite part of the book. The writing is great and the characters are all very engaging.

I had a lot of ups and downs with this book. I absolutely loved Griffin and I was disappointed that he didn't play a bigger role in the story. I would love to see him get a follow up story of his own. I liked If Only, but with A.J. Pine's writing and Griffin's personality, I think that would be a story that I would LOVE.

I just wasn't sure about Noah. I went back and forth with him so much. A few of his decisions rubbed me the wrong way. I loved the chemistry that him and Jordan shared, but there were so so so many ups and downs between the two of them. It was tiring. I think the ending of the book was great, and I like the way it ended up working out. I think it was best for the characters. I loved the international setting of the book. I think a lot of people that weren't as attached to Griffin as I was, would really fall in love with this book. It is so well written and very cute.