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I really wanted to love this story, but I think I ended up with more questions than answers, and I’m not sure that I am invested in the story enough to carry on with the series.
We first meet the MC Julia living with a very religious family, and also being very religious herself, up to the point where the first meeting with the Jonah was with her on her knees on a public boardwalk praying with her hands in the air praying out loud to God.
This would be fine, except for the fact that this religious aspect of Juliette's life sort of falls away throughout the book, does Instalove make you loose your religious beliefs?
The child (Sidney) that she goes to look after seems to range from little girl, to moody teenager.
She is portrayed as this awful child and called the Devils Spawn from other parents, and this is never really explained why, i'm assuming that it may be explained in book 2 ?
Jonas i did not like, Julia was a sweet little virgin, so being thrown into this situation and having Jonas seemingly emotionally abuse her felt a bit icky.
Narration was expertly done and i'm sure that i will get to read book 2 sometime in the future, but i won't rush out to get it just yet.
**I was very grateful to receive a free digital copy of His Secret in exchange for an honest review.
We first meet the MC Julia living with a very religious family, and also being very religious herself, up to the point where the first meeting with the Jonah was with her on her knees on a public boardwalk praying with her hands in the air praying out loud to God.
This would be fine, except for the fact that this religious aspect of Juliette's life sort of falls away throughout the book, does Instalove make you loose your religious beliefs?
The child (Sidney) that she goes to look after seems to range from little girl, to moody teenager.
She is portrayed as this awful child and called the Devils Spawn from other parents, and this is never really explained why, i'm assuming that it may be explained in book 2 ?
Jonas i did not like, Julia was a sweet little virgin, so being thrown into this situation and having Jonas seemingly emotionally abuse her felt a bit icky.
Narration was expertly done and i'm sure that i will get to read book 2 sometime in the future, but i won't rush out to get it just yet.
**I was very grateful to receive a free digital copy of His Secret in exchange for an honest review.
Ok, so i didn't hate this book, but i didn't love it either!
This is a story of Lola and Daire, they have known each other for years, he is a very successful businessman and she is a plain, pretty owner of a small business and unlucky in the love department.
Daire however is an expert in the bedroom department and Lola asks him for help.
The only thing about this story is that Daire was a dick, plain and simple, i usually like the whole douche to nice guy story, but he didn't seem to change at all throughout the book.
Lola was a walking doormat and took everything Daire said & did to her, until about the last 10% where she suddenly discovered her lady balls.
This takes Alpha-douche to a whole new level.
Audio narration was by Tracy Marks and Aaron Shedlock, it was OK but the male voices from Tracy were a bit odd.
This is a story of Lola and Daire, they have known each other for years, he is a very successful businessman and she is a plain, pretty owner of a small business and unlucky in the love department.
Daire however is an expert in the bedroom department and Lola asks him for help.
The only thing about this story is that Daire was a dick, plain and simple, i usually like the whole douche to nice guy story, but he didn't seem to change at all throughout the book.
Lola was a walking doormat and took everything Daire said & did to her, until about the last 10% where she suddenly discovered her lady balls.
This takes Alpha-douche to a whole new level.
Audio narration was by Tracy Marks and Aaron Shedlock, it was OK but the male voices from Tracy were a bit odd.
Book: Seduction And Snacks
Genre: Adult
Type: Audiobook.
Book rating: ♡♡♡♡♡
Narration rating: ♡♡♡♡♡
Review
So this book had me laughing out loud a lot.
It is I would possibly say american pie meet fifty shades.
Imagine if you will, you are 20 years old and still a virgin, you want to get rid of your v card and you will do this by any means, Claire does this by getting drunk and having sex with a random man and then getting pregnant on her first time how is that for ironic?
Claire doesn't see the father of her child (until later) and slowly gets back into normal life well as normal as normal can be.
Liz her best friend is amazing, I thought she was wonderful I really enjoyed her character, and also making Claire work selling sex toys is the funniest chapter I have ever read.
Claire is hilarious and Carter is just lovely. There is a lot of use of the word vagina however it's done in a humorous way and I personally I found it very very funny.
Gavin the little boy is absolutely hillarious,and I found myself laughing out loud on the bus to work, getting very funny looks as I always listen to my bookson audio.
This book is crude, rude, and very very funny I would highly recommend it especially if you may be looking into the erotic book section and are not too sure about which one to start with.
I have recommended it to all of my friends.
Genre: Adult
Type: Audiobook.
Book rating: ♡♡♡♡♡
Narration rating: ♡♡♡♡♡
Review
So this book had me laughing out loud a lot.
It is I would possibly say american pie meet fifty shades.
Imagine if you will, you are 20 years old and still a virgin, you want to get rid of your v card and you will do this by any means, Claire does this by getting drunk and having sex with a random man and then getting pregnant on her first time how is that for ironic?
Claire doesn't see the father of her child (until later) and slowly gets back into normal life well as normal as normal can be.
Liz her best friend is amazing, I thought she was wonderful I really enjoyed her character, and also making Claire work selling sex toys is the funniest chapter I have ever read.
Claire is hilarious and Carter is just lovely. There is a lot of use of the word vagina however it's done in a humorous way and I personally I found it very very funny.
Gavin the little boy is absolutely hillarious,and I found myself laughing out loud on the bus to work, getting very funny looks as I always listen to my bookson audio.
This book is crude, rude, and very very funny I would highly recommend it especially if you may be looking into the erotic book section and are not too sure about which one to start with.
I have recommended it to all of my friends.
🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Brilliantly Dark and Funny Stars
I already knew after I had finished Chapter 3 that I would be giving this book 5 stars!
The main character Rhiannon is just perfect, I laughed out loud many MANY times, she is outrageous, crude, rude and definitely a psychopath, as she proudly tells us!
"Did a Buzzfeed quiz this morning - How Psychopathic Are You?
Turns out - Very. I scored 82 percent."
Look, one thing you need to know about this brilliant book, you are either going to absolutely love it, or hate it!
If you are not into inappropriate jokes, and classic put downs I would avoid this one like a dose of the clap, however if you like to have your sides split with laughter then add it straight to your TBR.
(I've been adding some of her put-downs in a little book to remember for when me and my husband argue)
The book is written in diary form at the beginning of every chapter, every day she makes a "Kill List" of all of the people that she wants to bump off, this can range from ALL of her work colleagues, to the bloke standing behind her in the supermarket, from her neighbour, to her boyfriend Craig.
The thing is, as funny as her kill list is, girl-next-door Rhiannon Lewis IS actually a killer, and a serial killer at that, something she is very proud of!
"Also, I'm officially as serial killer now, according to Google: "a person who murders three or more people with the murders taking place over a period of time with an extended cooling off period". I fit the bill almost perfectly.
Finally I've accomplished something. Finally I have a reason to go to school reunions.
'Me?' Pause for hair flick. 'I'm a serial killer. Yah, I take human heads to work in my lunchbox. I keep my mother's skull as a bedpost and use my father's nipples as light pulls, you're so sweet to notice!' "
She hates pretty much everyone and everything, except her dog Tink, and her Sylvanian Families doll house, and makes no bones about telling you what she would like to do to anyone that pisses her off.
There is VERY strong language in this book (the C word is used quite a few times) but it is usually done in a fun jokey way....usually!
She has a lot to say about people and their problems, well if you count things like having a baby a problem!
"Just had a text from Cleo - Anni had a baby boy called Samuel at 3.19 this morning. Nine pounds something and no drugs. her vagina must look like a lasagne dropped from a department store roof"
The only way i can describe this book is this, it's a cross between Dexter, YOU by Caroline Kepness, and a Sophie Kinsella / Bridget Jones book!
If those 3 types of book float your boat, and you don't mind the odd dismembered penis and F' bomb thrown in, with a little mix of graphic sexual descriptions, then this little gem is the book for you.
🎧🎧 Narrated by Georgia Maguire brilliantly, I laughed out loud multiple times and thought that she did an excellent job, i will certainly be looking out for her other books
There is a book 2 available now, and i have already got it because if that ending!
Prepare yourself to fall in love with Rhiannon and her literal nutty ways.
P.s, Rights to the book have been bought by a TV company and a series will be on our screens soon.
Enjoy
Vicci
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⭐⭐⭐⭐·5 Out and Proud Stars
I loved this book, what a refreshing change for someone to say "Hey, i like sex, and as long as it is consensual, I'll have lots of it please!"
And gay sex too, oh the horror of it all!!
Jack is the person in this story shouting this, he is gay, and he is "out" loud, and abso-fu*king-lutely proud!
He is at high school, where unfortunately he has to deal with gay shaming, slut shaming, fat shaming, and any other type of shaming you can think of.
His best friends are Jenna, an outspoken blogger, and Ben, a gay, black, fat (his words) fabulous fashion designer.
Jenna talks Jack into writing for her blog, as she wants to help people who have questions about sexuality and sex in general, and are too afraid to ask, they are able to write in anonymously, and Jack answers them VERY truthfully.
Look this book is not going to be for everyone.
One, because is is a book about a gay man having no-strings sex, lots of it, but not as much as the rumour mill at school says.
Two, because Jack is not ashamed of who he is, he's glam, he wears make up, he's opinionated, and he doesn't give one sh*t about what people think about him....until the notes.
The notes that are left in his locker and taped to his door are a knockback for Jack, and we see how he becomes a different person when he trys to NOT be who he is.
I LOVED Jack and his friends, I loved the letters that he wrote to the people who were scared to ask them in public, I mean who *do* you speak to about being a virgin, and a gay virgin at that, who do you ask about how it felt the first time, who do you ask if it hurt? How do you admit that, actually you are not that interested in sex at all?
Jack was very truthful with his answers, and also followed them up with example stories of his own.
"My first time getting it in the butt was kind of weird. I think it’s going to be weird for everyone’s first time, though."
This book pulls no punches, there is sex in it (shock horror) and *GAY* sex at that (put away your pearls mother!) If this type of book offends you, then don't even bother trying to look for it.
I for one, wish that there was someone like Jack in my school, I'm so glad to have met him in this book, and I honestly would tell anyone that had questions about their sexuality or even if they are straight and wanted questions answered to read this book.
Be You & Be Epic
I loved this book, what a refreshing change for someone to say "Hey, i like sex, and as long as it is consensual, I'll have lots of it please!"
And gay sex too, oh the horror of it all!!
Jack is the person in this story shouting this, he is gay, and he is "out" loud, and abso-fu*king-lutely proud!
He is at high school, where unfortunately he has to deal with gay shaming, slut shaming, fat shaming, and any other type of shaming you can think of.
His best friends are Jenna, an outspoken blogger, and Ben, a gay, black, fat (his words) fabulous fashion designer.
Jenna talks Jack into writing for her blog, as she wants to help people who have questions about sexuality and sex in general, and are too afraid to ask, they are able to write in anonymously, and Jack answers them VERY truthfully.
Look this book is not going to be for everyone.
One, because is is a book about a gay man having no-strings sex, lots of it, but not as much as the rumour mill at school says.
Two, because Jack is not ashamed of who he is, he's glam, he wears make up, he's opinionated, and he doesn't give one sh*t about what people think about him....until the notes.
The notes that are left in his locker and taped to his door are a knockback for Jack, and we see how he becomes a different person when he trys to NOT be who he is.
I LOVED Jack and his friends, I loved the letters that he wrote to the people who were scared to ask them in public, I mean who *do* you speak to about being a virgin, and a gay virgin at that, who do you ask about how it felt the first time, who do you ask if it hurt? How do you admit that, actually you are not that interested in sex at all?
Jack was very truthful with his answers, and also followed them up with example stories of his own.
"My first time getting it in the butt was kind of weird. I think it’s going to be weird for everyone’s first time, though."
This book pulls no punches, there is sex in it (shock horror) and *GAY* sex at that (put away your pearls mother!) If this type of book offends you, then don't even bother trying to look for it.
I for one, wish that there was someone like Jack in my school, I'm so glad to have met him in this book, and I honestly would tell anyone that had questions about their sexuality or even if they are straight and wanted questions answered to read this book.
Be You & Be Epic
⭐⭐⭐·75 Tranquil Stars
If you've ever read a book by this author before your know that she is a slow burner, it's not going to jump into a fast paced story straight away she makes you work for it.
The same can be said for this book we meet the characters one by one starting with Frances.
A once famous now washed up author, who has menopausal symptons and a really bad papercut. She is going to Tranquillum House to get away from it all and especially from a really bad review.
Napoleon and Heather are there along with their daughter Zoe.
Young couple Jessica and Ben are also there.
Lars the divorce lawyer and Tony the ex-sportsman, and also Carmel who is trying to be her better self after being traded in for younger model by her husband.
Nine perfect strangers all there for 10 days to be "A better you"
Run by the Russian health freak Masha and her two side kicks, everyone is giving their own "special" personalised diets and are immediately put onto a vow of Silence.
They are taken for long walks and given massages and also one-to-one therapy with the Tranquillum House workers.
Very slowly you start to see different sides of all of the characters and why they are there, you hear their stories and take a peek into their worlds.
Masha was a fabulous character she was so cleverly written.
It's difficult to tell you a lot about this book without going into spoilers, and it's also really difficult to put this book into a specific genre, it is kinda Romance, kinda Thriller, kinda Who-Done-It kinda Contemporary!
It was a very clever story and getting all of these stories interwoven with each other is an art in itself, and again if you've read any of Liane Moriarty books before you know that she's a master at this.
I'm not sure what didn't really work for me in this book as I said before the characters and the story were brilliant, it just needed a little more oompf for me and unfortunately this time it didn't, but I have read all of her other books and loved them, and you should certainly check her out if you haven't done so far.
🎧🎧 Narration of course was done by Caroline Lee who narrates all of Liane Moriarty books, and she did it fantastically as usual.
I love the fact that the author uses the same narrator every for every single one of her books, she is a fantastic narrator and gives a stellar performance Every. Single. Time.
To see my other reviews follow me to www.audiokilledthebookmark.com
If you've ever read a book by this author before your know that she is a slow burner, it's not going to jump into a fast paced story straight away she makes you work for it.
The same can be said for this book we meet the characters one by one starting with Frances.
A once famous now washed up author, who has menopausal symptons and a really bad papercut. She is going to Tranquillum House to get away from it all and especially from a really bad review.
Napoleon and Heather are there along with their daughter Zoe.
Young couple Jessica and Ben are also there.
Lars the divorce lawyer and Tony the ex-sportsman, and also Carmel who is trying to be her better self after being traded in for younger model by her husband.
Nine perfect strangers all there for 10 days to be "A better you"
Run by the Russian health freak Masha and her two side kicks, everyone is giving their own "special" personalised diets and are immediately put onto a vow of Silence.
They are taken for long walks and given massages and also one-to-one therapy with the Tranquillum House workers.
Very slowly you start to see different sides of all of the characters and why they are there, you hear their stories and take a peek into their worlds.
Masha was a fabulous character she was so cleverly written.
It's difficult to tell you a lot about this book without going into spoilers, and it's also really difficult to put this book into a specific genre, it is kinda Romance, kinda Thriller, kinda Who-Done-It kinda Contemporary!
It was a very clever story and getting all of these stories interwoven with each other is an art in itself, and again if you've read any of Liane Moriarty books before you know that she's a master at this.
I'm not sure what didn't really work for me in this book as I said before the characters and the story were brilliant, it just needed a little more oompf for me and unfortunately this time it didn't, but I have read all of her other books and loved them, and you should certainly check her out if you haven't done so far.
🎧🎧 Narration of course was done by Caroline Lee who narrates all of Liane Moriarty books, and she did it fantastically as usual.
I love the fact that the author uses the same narrator every for every single one of her books, she is a fantastic narrator and gives a stellar performance Every. Single. Time.
To see my other reviews follow me to www.audiokilledthebookmark.com