Disclaimer: I received this book for free from the author. Thanks! All opinions are my own.

Rating: 3/5

Publication Date: February 27th, 2018

Genre: YA/NA Contemporary Romance

Recommended Age: 15+ (some mature scenes and romance)

Pages: 198

Author Website

Amazon Link

Synopsis: A standalone sweet romance that will make you believe in true love and starting over again.

Four years ago, Olivia Westland dropped out of college to take care of her grandmother in the tiny town of Mable Falls. Now that Grandma has passed, she finds herself friendless, jobless, and with nowhere to go. An unlikely friend at her favorite bakery sets her up with a place to sleep for the night. Only it’s not just a bedroom in some random person’s house—it’s a room at Mason Sharp’s mansion. The guy is just as gorgeous as he is unavailable.

Mason is a broody loner who prefers a small-town life away from the gold-digging women of his past, but when his cousin asks him to take in a friend who has nowhere to go, he can’t tell her no. It was just a favor and he never thought he’d find himself falling for Olivia, with her sweet smile and kind eyes. He promises to let her stay as long as she needs to get back on her feet, but the promise he makes himself—to stay away from her—will be harder to keep.

THE RIGHT MOVE is a standalone full-length romance and the first in the Mable Falls Series, where each book focuses on a different couple. There is a happy ending and romantic scenes that may not be suitable for all audiences, although this book is not erotica.

For the most part this book was pretty good. I felt that most of the characters were interesting and the plot was intriguing. I liked most of the side characters and I wanted to know more about them.

However, I feel that there were a lot of plot holes with this book and the main characters were unlikable in my opinion. The romance fell flat for me and I feel that the development for the main characters just wasn’t there. The pacing was also slower than what I would have liked for it.

Verdict: An okay romance, but worth a read for your opinion.

Disclaimer: I received this book for free from the author. Thanks! All opinions are my own.

Rating: 4/5

Publication Date: July 1, 2017

Genre: Mystery

Recommended Age: 18+ (violence, slight gore, mature content)

Pages: 342

Author Website

Amazon Link

Synopsis: After surviving a bullet, Angelina Bonaparte was certain she could handle any case that came her way. But when her next client walks through the door with an unexplainable seven-figure inheritance after the death of her parents, the private investigator wonders if she's in over her head. After all, when she visits her client's family attorney, Angelina discovers yet another bloody crime scene.
With the help of her new flame, Angelina follows the clues into an underworld of war-plundered artifacts, stolen treasures, and deadly consequences. As their last lead grows colder, the PI must catch the killer before an endless cycle of murderous greed gets her client killed.
Cash Kills is the second book in the suspenseful Angelina Bonaparte Mysteries series. If you like hard-as-painted-nails female detectives, historical mysteries, and twists and turns you won’t see coming, then you’ll love Nanci Rathbun’s loaded crime thriller.

Overall, I really like this mystery. I felt the characters were well developed, the mystery was really well done and while I guessed the ending I usually do in 99.9% of mysteries. I felt that the book was very well written overall and that the pacing and plot were well done and kept me intrigued throughout the entirety of the whole book.

However, I had some personal annoyances. I usually DNF books where the female character goes into depth describing her clothing and/or body, especially the intimate parts. I feel that has no place in books outside of romance or erotica novels and it personally irritates me when I read it. I feel that when a book is from a characters POV that the character shouldn’t be explaining how well they look in a mirror. It’s off-putting.

Verdict: Some off-putting elements didn’t deter me from reading this mystery book.

Disclaimer: I received a free copy of this book from the author and then I bought my own copy. Thanks! All opinions are my own.

Rating: 4/5

Publication Date: July 2nd, 2018

Genre: YA Sci-Fi Fantasy

Recommended Age: 15+ (some violence, some mature content)

Pages: 340

Author Website

Amazon Link

Synopsis: Imara’s life is finally going the way she’s always dreamed. Until her sister is taken hostage by crazed fanatics, forcing her into a fight she wants no part of.
A hundred years in the future, Imara’s evolved senses as a truth seer give her an advantage over the obstacles ahead. But her gift is also a curse: years of baggage weigh heavily on her shoulders.
Imara descends into the catacombs, leading a rescue mission for her sister and the other hostages. Secrets are uncovered at every turn that threaten to tear the group apart and soon it’s not just the lives of the hostages that are at stake.
When Imara finally understands what the fanatic kidnappers are planning, she’s forced to make a choice that will change her life forever.


I really loved this book! I felt that it was a fun fantasy sci-fi book that kept my interest throughout the novel! The characters were intriguing, the plot was well developed and interesting, and the pacing was on point! The world building was also amazing and I really feel like I was immersed in this world!

However, I do feel that there were some issues with the book. I felt that the characters didn’t really develop that much and the reader was told stuff about them rather than shown. I also felt that the Imara had it unusually easy throughout the book. She doubted she would be able to see past illusions, but seemed to have no issue at all. I feel that if the character had some issue or struggled it would have been more relatable to the reader.

Verdict: I can’t lie, I love this book.

Disclaimer: I received a free copy of this book from JKS Communications. Thanks! All opinions are my own.

Rating: 4.5/5

Publication Date: April 1st, 2018

Genre: Mystery/Thriller

Recommended Age: 16+ (some violence, some mature content, some scary moments)

Pages: 288

Author Website

Amazon Link

Synopsis: Private investigator Eddie Shoes heads to a resort outside Leavenworth, Washington, for a mother-daughter getaway weekend. Eddie’s mother Chava wants to celebrate her new job at a casino by footing the bill for the two of them, and who is Eddie to say no? On the first morning, Eddie goes on an easy solo hike, and a few hours later, stumbles upon a makeshift campsite and a gravely injured man. A forest fire breaks out and she struggles to save him before the flames overcome them both. Before succumbing to his injuries, the man hands her a valuable rosary. He tells her his daughter is missing and begs for her help. Is Eddie now working for a dead man? Barely escaping the fire, Eddie wakes in the hospital to find both her parents have arrived on the scene. Will Eddie’s card-counting mother and mob-connected father help or hinder the investigation? The police search in vain for a body. How will Eddie find the missing girl with only Eddie’s memory of the man’s face and a photo of his daughter to go on? Book 3 in the Eddie Shoes Mystery Series, which began with One Dead, Two to Go.

I always find myself jumping into the middle of series lol. This time I found myself in the third book of the Eddie Shoes Mystery series and for the most part I thought it was really good. I thought the mystery/thriller aspect of it was good and the characters were well developed. I felt I could follow along even though I jumped into the series in the middle. I felt the writing was also well done and overall I felt it was a book any reader could enjoy over and over again.

However, I felt that there was more romance than thriller at times and this kind of saddened me. I’m not a huge mystery fan and I’m going through a non-romance period, so it might just be me personally.

Verdict: A thriller you can jump into at any point and enjoy.

Disclaimer: I received a free copy of the book from the author. Thanks! All opinions are my own.

Rating: 4/5

Publication Date: April 13, 2018

Genre: Poetry

Recommended Age: 16+ (some mature themes)

Pages: 110

Author Website

Amazon Link

Synopsis: Prepare to be swept away into a unique collection of imaginative adult short stories expressed in poetic form. Told directly from the mind of an eccentric millennial poet, they are divided into five important chapters: Love, Rebellion, Heartache, Life, and Passion. Each contains five expressive stories and poems from the authors up-close and personal experiences filled with dramatic controversy, philosophy, and dreams untold. These intricate tales are certainly for reading aloud and beginning deeper conversations!

I’m not a big poetry reader, but I felt these poems were very easy to read and follow along with, even for beginners. I felt they flowed really well and they were very inspiring. The poems dealt with love and heartache and life. All of them poems could be appropriate for anyone at any point in their lives. I felt that the writing was really well done.

My only con was that I couldn’t get into the poetry. That’s just a “me thing” as they were well done overall.

Verdict: Amazing poems for the poetry lover in your life.

Disclaimer: I received a free copy of this book from the author. Thanks! All opinions are my own.

Rating: 3/5

Publication Date: July 17, 2018

Genre: YA Contemporary

Recommended Age: 13+ (some mature scenes, questionable relationships that might be somewhat immoral)

Pages: 352

Author Website

Amazon Link

Synopsis: Emma’s life has always gone according to her very careful plans. But things take a turn toward the unexpected when she falls in love for the first time with the one person in the world who’s off-limits: her new foster brother, the gorgeous and tormented Dylan McAndrews.
Meanwhile, Emma’s AP English class is reading Wuthering Heights, and she’s been assigned to echo Emily Bronte’s style in an epistolary format. With irrepressible feelings and no one to confide in, she’s got a lot to write about. Distraught by the escalating intensity of their mutual attraction, Emma and Dylan try to constrain their romance to the page―for fear of threatening Dylan’s chances at being adopted into a loving home. But the strength of first love is all-consuming, and they soon get enveloped in a passionate, secretive relationship with a very uncertain outcome.
Tiffany Brownlee's Wrong in All the Right Ways marks the exciting debut of a fresh voice in contemporary teen fiction.

I’d never read Wuthering Heights, but I decided I could read this book without reading the classic. Maybe I was wrong in the end? Who knows. Anyways, I loved the writing of the book and I thought that for the most part the characters were really well developed. I also felt the pacing was really well done.

However, I do feel that the book has some flaws for my own reading. I felt that there was too much instalove and the relationship between Emma and Dylan gave me the creeps. I felt that Dylan and Emma were too cliché and I did not enjoy the male objectification at all. The ending was confusing and it felt like too much was happening. I also didn’t really enjoy the plot twist, but that’s just my opinion.

Verdict: If you like Wuthering Heights, you might like this one!

Disclaimer: I received a free copy of this book from the author. Thanks! All opinions are my own.

Rating: 3/5

Publication Date: May 15, 2018

Genre: Mystery/Thriller

Recommended Age: 15+ (violence, abuse, dying parents, some mature themes)

Pages: 340

Author Website

Amazon Link

Synopsis: When Randle Marks buried his abusive father three years ago, he thought he had escaped the gravitational pull of his dysfunctional family. Living in Florida, Randle was convicted of a crime he didn’t commit, served his time, wrote a book about his scientific work, and laid plans to marry his college sweetheart. Then his new beginnings were interrupted by his mother’s medical emergency. He is summoned to his boyhood home of Augusta, Georgia to face long-suppressed memories, contemptuous siblings, and his dying mother’s desperate attempts to conceal her secrets and preserve her dignity. He battles dispassionate doctors who are reluctant to waste resources on a terminal patient and discovers that his mother’s fate may not be an act of God. While investigating her medical situation, he uncovers conspiracies to hijack two estates―his mother’s modest estate, and that of a wealthy man who claims to be his birth father. To bury the past, he will have to learn the truth about the past. Randle embarks on a journey through contemporary end-of-life rituals juxtaposed with Old South traditions and the fading mores of his mother’s generation to untangle the layers of lies that enshroud his family’s history. As he learns truth after truth, Randle is challenged to solve a murder no one knew had been committed, prevent the embezzlement of a stranger’s wealth, and solve the riddle of his own identity. He is challenged to choose between greed, revenge, and reconciliation.

For the most part I thought this was an interesting story. The writing was pretty well done and the pacing was perfection. The characters were also well developed. I think that if I read more books from the author I would be satisfied overall.

However, I feel that I missed some backstory. I felt really confused and lost in this book. I feel that this book could have been better, but the holes in the story and plot made me really wonder what was going on behind the scenes.

Verdict: A thriller to prove every family has skeletons in their closets.

Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book for free. Thanks! All opinions are my own.

Rating: 3/5

Publication Date: March 30, 2018

Genre: Fantasy

Recommended Age: 15+ (violence, gore, some mature themes)

Pages: 268

Author Website

Amazon Link

Synopsis: In the gang-ridden Wormpile District, 16-year-old Larin shouts nonsense words into the decaying alleyways, a magical tourette’s syndrome that has brought him grief from every neighborhood thug. Protected from the worst beatings by his drug-addicted warrior-uncle, Larin’s life is one of loneliness, trapped in his uncle’s four block safe zone where no gang member dares tread. But when he learns his words have marked him as servant to Lord of Demons, things go from bad to worse. For that phrase has shoved him into the middle of an ancient war between his Master and the Six-Legged gods, both of whom regard humanity as mere playthings.

With his home facing threats from every direction, Larin will have to tread the narrow path between two evils, his only allies his drug-addicted uncle, a permanently drunk priestess, and a high-born wizardress who must hold her nose and work with the street rabble she despises. For as bad as Larin's Master is, refusing to follow him will only plunge his empire into a greater darkness—an abyss so deep, it will turn mankind’s soul to ash.

I felt that this book had some really good writing and the characters are really really really well developed. The plot is also interesting and overall it’s a good book. I felt like it could be an awesome epic fantasy for a lot of people like LOTR is.

However, for me it just wasn’t something I felt drawn to. The backstory is so daunting. The book spans several thousand years and honestly it made me a tiny bit anxious reading it because that’s a lot of information to retain for one book. The book is heavily character driven and it’s really slow in parts. The time jumps are discomforting and when the plot picks up, I just couldn’t get into it at all. The pacing, in my opinion, is too slow.

Verdict: An epic high fantasy novel that would be perfect for LOTR fans!

Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book from Netgalley. Thanks! All opinions are my own.

Rating: 3/5

Publication Date: July 5, 2018

Genre: Fantasy

Recommended Age: n/a as DNFed

Pages: 400

Author Website

Amazon Link

Synopsis: When Mage Alex Verus ends up with a position on the Light Council, no one is happy, least of all him. But Alex is starting to realize that if he wants to protect his friends, he'll need to become a power player himself. His first order of business is to track down dangerous magical items unleashed into the world by Dark Mages.

But when the Council decides they need his help in negotiating with the perpetrators, Alex will have to use all his cunning and magic to strike a deal--and stop the rising tension between the Council, the Dark Mages, and the adept community from turning into a bloodbath.

So I blame NetGalley for me requesting this book. They don’t do well at stating if a book is part of a series. I’ve never read this series before and thus I didn’t know until after I start it that it was the 9th in a series. I DNFed the book about halfway through when it felt like nothing made sense for me. I felt that while the story seemed okay, without the rest of the books I didn’t understand the motives and actions of anyone involved.

Verdict: Netgalley did it again -_-

Disclaimer: I received a free copy of this book from the author. Thanks! All opinions are my own.

Rating: 3/5

Publication Date: October 8th, 2017

Genre: Romance

Recommended Age: 16+ (some mature themes)

Pages: 315

Author Website

Amazon Link

Synopsis: Anissa is ready to put the drama and disappointments of high school behind her and begin her first semester of college. But when she accidentally hits "Reply All" and confesses a crush on her hot classmate to her entire Physics class, her college life takes a whole new turn.

Soon she is juggling her hot-but-shy crush, a jealous ex-boyfriend, and an email chain full of nosy classmates.

But when Anissa begins receiving mysterious emails from a secret admirer and realizes she's falling for him, there's a new problem: she only has 31 days to figure out his identity or he's gone for good.

A comedic love-story-mystery told through emails and texts.

Overall, I felt that the main story was really well done. The writing is great, the story is good, and the characters are developed. I felt that the pacing was also really well done.

However, I felt that it was weird that the first half of the book was the main story, then the last half was just a bunch of bonus material. It felt odd to the reader. The last half of the book was really random and didn’t flow with the rest of the book. I feel that if the bonus material and the book were interlinked somehow it would be better.

Verdict: An interesting story and bonus stories!