Forever Her Hero- Belle Calhoune 5/5

Dear Readers

As I continue to wait for my hand surgery I hope to keep doing these reviews for people who have asked and for imprints I'm getting to know.

Forever Her Hero By Belle Calhoune- 5/5 

A Time to Heal  

Coast Guard officer Sawyer Trask left  Cape Cod with a big regret—never confessing his true feelings to his childhood friend Ava. Now a widow with two young children,  Ava needs him more than ever. He once promised to watch over her and the kids,  and he's going to honor that—even though he harbors a secret that could tear them apart. Ava could always count on Sawyer through thick and thin, so having him nearby is a huge comfort. But his presence is also stirring her heart in unexpected ways. Can Sawyer and Ava move beyond their past hurts to find  their happily ever after?

   About the Author

Belle Calhoune lives in Connecticut with her college sweetheart husband and two daughters. After a thirteen year career as a Federal Investigator, she chose to pursue a  writing career.  An avid lover of romance novels since she was a teen, she enjoys writing love stories and reading them. She loves spending summers in beautiful Cape Cod and traveling to new places. A dog lover, she has a mini poodle and a chocolate lab. More than anything, she believes in happily ever afters.

My thoughts on imprint of Harlequin's Love Inspired

I stumbled across Love Inspired as most readers or authors do by chats on a social media. I was pleasantly surprised by how wonderful they were to talk to. Being that I never visited or stayed in either America or Canada. The imprint was unheard of to me. Where I grew up in Scotland it was Mills & Boon  Modern and Historical Romances which had a rumble in the hay. I always wanted books that I could enjoy that were less focused on sex, out of the world and more on love, forgiveness. 

Love Inspired offers this in bucket loads. As an author as reader, they made a fan out of me. 

What I did like about Forever Hero

The story offers four solid elements true love, forgiveness, loss and second chances. Author Belle Calhoune balances all those four elements prefect, that is true talent. She offers the right amount of flawed parts and history about her leading characters. 

For me that what made her 224 pages book very enjoyable. She made the tiny town come alive and I think environment has a big impact on characters. 

What I didn't like about Forever Hero

To be honest their wasn't much I didn't like. I would have liked to see more interaction between Ava and her twins. I think I would have loved to have seen Ava leaning more on her sisters. Even an awkward and embarrassing moment with Swayer and her sisters would have made it perfectly.

Very enjoyable book 5/5

Allegiant by Veronica Roth

Dear Readers,

So its not often that I do this, however here is my thoughts of the book series. I took to reading recently due to my hand injury meaning I can't write much and I have other book reviews coming up after this series. I promised my fellow authors to do the same. If you want me to review your book then please be aware it takes me some time to review the book and I only do paperbacks.

Anyway onto the wonderful book by Veronica Roth.

Blurb:
What if your whole world was a lie?
What if a single revelation—like a single choice—changed everything?
What if love and loyalty made you do things you never expected?
The explosive conclusion to Veronica Roth's #1 New York Times bestselling Divergent trilogy reveals the secrets of the dystopian world that has captivated millions of readers in Divergent and Insurgent.

Now I'm not going to go into to much depth on this book I found so much that I liked about it that I have to say I understand why I love it. My husband not so much, he read the first few chapters and said it was to badly written for him to read. He's more into Warhammer books and things like that.

What I didn't like:

There was sentence on page 267 that bothered me and threw me right out of the story. I had to re-read the paragraph several times to get what it meant. Mistakes happen and I don't hold that against the author.

"Now why would the Bureau have this useless they had developed it?"

That is it copied from the book directly so that there is no grumbling from the fans of the book. I'm doing this completely honestly.

What I liked:

The entire book itself offered a well developed characters and wasn't to drawn out. There was a great voice, I like how she was true to the characters and ended the series on a positive note. The author did her characters proud by giving the series readers complete closure. I'm honestly glad that she didn't do what most authors do. Leave the series in a way that they can bring it back to life if they want too.

She deserves 5 Stars from me. 5/5 for those who are counting and I placed this review on Amazon for the author who we all knew need that for the ranking of her books. So congratulations to the author and I welcome a chit chat with any of her fans and herself if she would like to.

Thank you all for supporting by.

Kristal McKerrington 

Insurgent by Veronica Roth

Dear Readers

So I'm doing a series of reviews since my hands down for a little while. I'm waiting to see if the surgery is going ahead or not so please enjoy those reviews I have done. I'll be doing some reviews, I only review paperbacks and contact me directly on Facebook for more information.

Anyway lets get back to Veronica Roth, this is her second book in the series. Her third book review will be up tomorrow. So please enjoy.

Blurb:

Fighting for survival in a shattered world… the truth is her only hope.

The thrillingly dark sequel to No. 1 New York Times bestseller, DIVERGENT.

I have done bad things. I can’t take them back, and they are part of who I am.

Tris has survived a brutal attack on her former home and family. But she has paid a terrible price. Wracked by grief and guilt, she becomes ever more reckless as she struggles to accept her new future.

Yet if Tris wants to uncover the truth about her world, she must be stronger than ever… because more shocking choices and sacrifices lie ahead.

My thoughts: 

Most second books don't hold a handle to the first book however Veronica sped up the pace and allowed it to be all round amazing, delighted read. Well worth the five stars that she is getting on all bookstores. She has proved herself to be a serously good Romance/Teen/Thriller/Action writer of the future and I think that she knows it. 

Well done. 

5/5 

I have posted this review on Amazon to help her ranking. This is what you should do for all the authors that you read. It helps. 

I hope that you enjoyed this review. Don't forget that I'll be back tomorrow with an update on the third book of the series. 

Kristal McKerrington  

Divergent By Veronica Roth

Dear Readers

So this is the first review of the Divergent's series. You'll find the reviews honest and short, because I'm not really use to doing this, but with my hand being out of action I thought it was time to do some reviews of books I enjoy. I love the publisher of this series Katherine Tegen. She has an eye for talent and glad that she is a friend to me on Facebook.

Anyway enjoy the book review from the talented Veronica Roth,

Blurb:

The explosive debut by No. 1 New York Times bestselling author Veronica Roth.

DIVERGENT – a major motion picture in 2014.

For sixteen-year-old Tris, the world changes in a heartbeat when she is forced to make a terrible choice. Turning her back on her family, Tris ventures out, alone, determined to find out where she truly belongs.

Shocked by the brutality of her new life, Tris can trust no one. And yet she is drawn to a boy who seems to both threaten and protect her. The hardest choices may yet lie ahead….

A debut novel that will leave you breathless.

SPOILERS!!!:

A Short Outline:

Beatrice "Tris" grew up in a world where people are split into factions and each one serves a purpose including a group called the fractionless. They are also known in our world as the homeless. 

Tris has now come of age where she has to take a test and choose a fraction. Staying with her parents or to follow her own path. Their entire lives have come to this point. 

Going through a simulation test and her results reveal a dangerous secret which she must keep hidden to protect her life. The secret of being Divergent will ultimately protect her. 

Training in the fraction known as the fighting fraction. Dauntless. Beatrice goes into the most dangerous imitative program. Where one of the students loses an eye. She finds herself at the back of the ranking list while living in constant fear of being fractionless. 

Tris makes friends with Al, Will and Christina who are other transfers to the fraction. Peter another transfers proves to be a living threat to them all there. The more Tris finds her feet the mores she ends up being betrayed by her friend Al. When Peter and AL threaten to throw her over the railing into the chasm below. 

Tobas "Four" saves Tris as they fall in love when they find themselves in the middle of a war. Tris loses everything but she finds her way through it. 

My thoughts:

In my person opinion the book deserves 5 stars for a list of reasons. I did look forward to reading the rest of her series and did.

The author created strong characters within an even stronger plot. She put alot of imagination into her idea. She goes have a great sense of humour to only her agent, publishers and editors have something to be proud of. They should have a round of drinks for the success this book has created. Veronica has done something most authors search for and never find. She does something amazing for the readers. 

To sum up in one sentence 

"Outstanding, creative and enthralling. A landmark book in the Young Adult genre."

I hope that you enjoyed the blog and will come back more for my thoughts, interviews with authors and other great things we have going on here. 

Kristal McKerrington 

Written In My Own Heart's Blood By Diana Gabaldon's Review

Dear Readers,

As an author who is publishing and writes full time I find it a very rare thing to do a review of any book. Especially one that hasn't been released, however today while I celebrated 6 years with my partner. I find myself delighted to say I found a sampler called Written In My Own Blood for the book release of Diana Gabaldon.

I openly admit that I saw her name around but never knew any of her work. So when I picked up the sampler I found myself sucked into her eight book of a series I haven't read. The sampler was very interesting.

What did I like about the sampler?

Well simply put I like the Scottish words which are from what we Scottish people call the Highlanders dialect. She did with grace and it didn't distract from her story. She created interesting characters that I could see the readers would get sucked into it.

What didn't I like?

Sometimes I found it hard to read all the different characters point of view. I did find some words which weren't correct, however it never took away from the story. I managed to keep my place in the story well and think that the book itself will be just as interesting as the sampler.

All in all the book shows like it will be another best seller for the talented author and delighted to have the chance to read the sampler.

Thank you all for stopping my to read my thoughts on the wonderful sampler and hope that you will all stop by soon as I may do one of these again.

Kristal McKerrington 

Welcome Another Wonderful Guest To Our Blog

Hello Readers,

I've got the great honour of introducing this awesome book to you all.

Title: Stealing Time

Series: Waiting For Dusk #3

Author: Nancy Pennick

Genre: Young Adult

Publisher: Ice & Fire

Formats Available In: Kindle, Nook and Print

Release Date: 24th February 2014

Blurb: Drew from the past…

Kate from the present…

Two worlds collided.

As senior year comes to a close, a promise of new beginnings is on the horizon. Kate longs to head to Arizona and college until her former friend, Tyson, does the unimaginable forcing her to stay in Ohio. Her family has to pull together to keep their secrets safe. Anna wishes to return to the canyon in 1927 once more and Kate’s determined to make that a reality. Summer’s filled with wonderful memories and little warning of things to come. Kate’s world grows darker and she must be the one to conquer the demons and save the world that is most precious to her.

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About Nancy Pennick:

After a great career in teaching, Nancy found a second calling as a writer. Ohio is her home but she loves to travel the U.S. Her debut young adult novel, Waiting for Dusk, was a surprise to her as much as it was to her family. Watching a PBS series on National Parks, her mind wandered to another place and that is where the characters of Katie and Andrew were born. Call of the Canyon and Stealing Time continue their story. The Swedish influences found in the books came from her mother whose parents emigrated from Sweden.

Nancy currently resides in Mentor, Ohio with her husband and their college-age son.

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Welcoming Kate Roberts To The Blog.

Hello All My Wonderful Readers,

Please welcome my character guest at this time Kate Roberts, please have a seat and let us get this shin dig started.

1. Please tell us a little about yourself.

Hi, my name is Kate Roberts.  In Waiting for Dusk, I’m a sixteen year old girl who’s on her own for summer break. I’m an only child and most of my friends weren't in town for the summer. I was totally bored. Little did I know life was about to change and take a surprising turn all because of a book! I kept dreaming I was at the Grand Canyon, over and over again. Strange thing…it was always 1927.

2. How/where did you first meet your love interest?

I met Drew at the Grand Canyon. I was climbing a fence, not too gracefully I might add, and fell to the ground. I heard someone laughing right along with me. When I looked up, he was leaning against the back of El Tovar Restaurant enjoying the view.

3. Was it love (or attraction) at first sight?

Instant attraction for sure. Being sixteen at the time, I doubted love at first sight. It took awhile to realize it was. Drew tells me it was love at first sight for him.

4. When did you know for certain that you were in love?

I was home, in the present, and my mom supposedly lent the book to one of her students. (Not really, but that’s another story.) Even though I thought it was a dream, I was desperate to get that book back. I had finally figured out it was the link to 1927.  I loved Drew and that world meant more than the real one.

5. Have you done anything to compromise your love (or vice versa)?

Sure, doesn't everyone? After all, I’m a teenage girl who’s trying to find herself. My best friend from childhood decided we should get together. I went along with it. Pretty dumb but I saw it as casual dating, a way to not think about Drew. Tyson saw it as something much more than that.

6. Has anyone ever come between you?

Oh, yeah. My friend, Tyson, more than once. He’s practically a stalker now. In Call of the Canyon he does something very dark to get my attention. Drew has a jealous streak when it comes to him. 

7. What's the biggest challenge you've faced together as a couple?

In Stealing Time we face our biggest challenge in New York City. We've gone back in time to visit Drew’s family. All’s not as it seems.

8. Is there a happily ever after in store for you?

Drew is an old-fashioned guy in a futuristic world, if that makes sense.  I've done some growing up and don’t think life’s a fairy tale anymore. Once you realistically face life as a couple, you definitely have a fighting chance. Most YA stories have happy endings. I think mine does, too.