The Ragged Heiress- Dolly Court Review

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We are going to dive into the historical side of things today with this great book. I'm going to leave your decision to my thoughts in the review section. Its worth checking out.

The Ragged Heiress

On a bitter winter's day, an unnamed girl lies dangerously ill in hospital. When two coarse, rough-speaking individuals come to claim her, she can remember nothing of the events that brought her to her present state, not even her name. According to the men, she is their young sister, Lucy. As her health improves and her memory gradually returns, she realizes she's been kidnapped. But she has no means of escaping the hideous confines of the filthy basement room in which they have imprisoned her in.

Review 4/5 stars 

Dilly Court's take on a trades daughter who is worth a small fortune is a truly interesting story, there is places where its so slow that you are 'get to the point' already. There is parts that are so alarmingly obviously that you want to scream. Her job is not just to tell a great historical romance story which she did, but also draw emotions out of the book and make you think about it when you finished. There are what I look for in a book and she provided me that. 

There was places that were rushed and that is what I would tell her. She has done a great job constructing the book and the world she wanted to create, however she fell apart in some areas. I will not go through the book picking it apart I just sharing my opinion. The characters were developed well except for some of them which I don't want to name to spoil it for you. 

Setting was perfect and she offered a great book to pass the time and I recommend it to alot of readers out there. 

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Beautiful Broken Things- Sara Barnard

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Well I'm back with a none series book that took my breath away and I can't wait to share with you the thoughts on such a thought provoking book. I was a bit iffy that it was a childrens book however this is something that children should understand in this ever changing world. 

I was brave
She was reckless
We were trouble

Best friends Caddy and Rosie are inseparable. Their differences have brought them closer, but as she turns sixteen Caddy begins to wish she could be a bit more like Rosie - confident, funny and interesting. Then Suzanne comes into their lives: beautiful, damaged, exciting and mysterious, and things get a whole lot more complicated. As Suzanne's past is revealed and her present begins to unravel, Caddy begins to see how much fun a little trouble can be. But the course of both friendship and recovery is rougher than either girl realizes, and Caddy is about to learn that downward spirals have a momentum of their own.

5 Star Review

This book I have to say is breath taking and the entire time your reading it your rooting for Suze to get the help she needs. This is a great children's book that will also speak to every parent and adult out there. It will also touch base with every teenager out there who is finding life hard and doesn't know what to do to make things better. I have to say that is what really made me think this was a five star book. 

The writing was perfection and was done to such a high standard that made me want to get nothing else done than reading about a world that doesn't seem to far away from what I grew up with. Living in Scotland and being in a small town we had a few Suzies and I was friends with one of them. I ended up being forced to take the route that Rosie took instead of Caddy. 

There is warning in here that must be understood by parents and I don't want to spell it out because it will ruin the book for all those of you considering it. I will say though, this is a must read for all. We could all use a lesson in understanding and being more aware of situations such as these. 

I hope that you will agree with my review and will be like myself, not only happy with my purchase but interested in seeing what other work this author comes up with. 

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Fall of The Night- Rachel Caine- Review

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I'm getting sad now that we are nearing the end of the Morganville Vampire series. I wish that we were gearing up for another great spread of stories but alas there is just two more to go now. Rachel I'm very, very sad.

Okay enough of my emotional ties to books lets get on with the review.

Fall of The Night

Thanks to its unique combination of human and vampire residents, Morganville, Texas, is a small college town with big time problems. When student Claire Danvers gets the chance to experience life on the outside, she takes it. But Morganville isn’t the only town with vampire trouble…

Claire never thought she’d get to leave Morganville, but she can’t pass up the chance to finally attend her dream school, MIT. After all, getting to invent anti-vamp devices with Professor Anderson—a Morganville exile herself—sounds like a dream come true…until Claire realizes that there are sinister forces in play, and she’s not the only one with a vampire-related agenda.

Without her friends Shane, Eve and Michael, surviving a killer schedule may be hard…but with them, it might turn out to be impossible.

5 Star review. 

This was short of nothing but five stars. From the very beginning the book cries out with heart pounding moments. There is this desire by Claire to go to MIT only things don't turn out the way she planned or anyone in Morganville thought. From the moment that Shane followed her out there and things went wrong for him too. It was not the sort of 'fix it' stunt that either of them thought it would be. 

Rachel keeps you hanging onto the book not wanting to put it down and I know that for a fact. I often fell asleep on the book or it on my face for that matter. Hubby was starting to get a little annoyed at having to remove the thing from me every so often. It was a master piece in young adult suspense, the mending of a relationship and the warning of what any weapons can do in the wrong hands. 

Its perfect in the detail. The trails the plot leaves and the way that there is even more tension brewing or the next part in their destined tale. There isn't many books that could be fourteen in and still have the same grab and bite that the first two has. 

This is a must read for vampire readers and young adults a like. It even makes a reader a very happy reader if you get them the box set. Hint Hint..

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Bitter Blood By Rachel Caine (Morganville Book 13)

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Its freezing in Helensburgh today and soon I will be sipping coffee with Debz, gossiping about our lives. Discussing Marie's World: The Aftermath. Check side board of this blog for more information. Before I go try to not fall asleep on girls day, I wanted to give you my review on the book I finished late last night.

Bitter Blood By 

Rachel Caine

With the eradication of the draug, the vampires of Morganville have been freed of their usual constraints. With the vampires indulging their every whim, the town's human population is determined to hold on to their lives by taking up arms. But Claire Danvers isn't about to take sides, considering she has ties to both the humans and the vampires.

Review: 5 Stars out of 5. 

This book gave me everything I needed and the change of POV was done so well in each chapter change that it gave me a much fuller out look on the story. It allowed me to see all sides and gave me the much bigger picture earlier on. There were often times w

ith my hubby saying to me 'shhh!' as I groaned (trying to not to yell) at the book in order for the characters to see what was coming.

The break up, near deaths and of course the punishments of Morganvilles queen or new queen was just the twists this book needed to put it over the top. To make it awesome. The humor for Myrin (sorry if I spelt it wrong) was what the book needed to push it over the top in my opinion. 

For someone that has written thirteen books with another three to go I have to say Rachel Caine did more than surprise us. She wowed us. She took the series to a new level each time and adding a film crew, ghosts and a possible new resident really made this book just blow you away. She is a great best selling writer for a reason. 

Through out the end of the book she sneaky and creatively sets up the beginning of what will be book fourteen. She has done more than we can ask for and she keeps the series fresh with each piece of the Morganville puzzle that she puts together. I'm sure that there is hundreds of teenagers out there that is falling in love with this series over and over again. 

I can safely say that my series of Morganville books will be staying on my shelves for my teenage daughters to read when they are old enough. I love that she still uses physics at every turn. 

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Fatal Affair- Marie Force - Review

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I'm back from the hospital I just endured. 4 weeks and its not the easiest place to read in. I did however have some time to do edits as that is the easiest thing to do when your in there. I'm sure that is what headphones were invented for.

Now onto the review that you came here to read.

Marie Force's Fatal Affair. 

"Fans of Scandal and House of Cards will love the Fatal Series."  —New York Times bestselling author Cindy Gerard 

Includes a never-before-published prequel novella 

Walking the thin blue line… 

Detective Sergeant Sam Holland of the Washington, DC, Metro Police needs a big win to salvage her career—and her confidence—after a disastrous investigation. The perfect opportunity arises when Senator John O'Connor is found brutally murdered in his bed, and Sam is assigned to the case. Matters get complicated when Sam has to team up with Nick Cappuano, O'Connor's friend and chief of staff…and the man Sam had a memorable one-night stand with years earlier. Their sexual chemistry still sizzles, and Sam has to fight to stay focused on the case. Sleeping with a material witness is another mistake she can't afford—especially when the bodies keep piling up.

5 Stars 

Well I'm not into the suspense romance novels for the sex scenes tend to be to much and its that have struggled with. I didn't have that problem in this book as Marie Force balanced so many balls in the air at the same time. She didn't let anything get dropped during this great plot at all. I'm glad that the reading club I'm apart of suggested this novel. 

There is hot scenes, ones that are super emotional and there is a great deal of suspense that holds you from page one right through to the last one. Plus there is a few moments that I didn't see coming. This book will even suit authors who have a tenency to see how books tend to go. This is great book for someone starting the suspense romance experience with the Carina Publishing company or just the genre in gender. 

I take my hat off to Angela James who did well with this great novel and it just shows how well Carina Press are doing. I look forward to reading more of the series. I know that book 2 is on its way to me as I write this. 

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Secrets of a Summer Night (Wallflowers #1) by Lisa Kleypas - Review

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I'm sorry that it has taken me two days to write this review since I have finished reading the book. Its just I was in hospital and I just got home. Anyway I'm making sure that your getting a great review that you deserve when it comes to this book.

Secrets of a Summer Night (Wallflowers #1) by Lisa Kleypas

Annabelle Peyton, determined to save her family from disaster, decides to use her beauty and wit to tempt a suitable nobleman into making an offer of marriage. But Annabelle's most intriguing - and persistent - admirer, wealthy, powerful Simon Hunt, has made it clear that while he will introduce her to irresistible pleasure he will not offer marriage. Annabelle is determined to resist his unthinkable proposition... but it is impossible in the face of such skillful seduction.

Her friends, looking to help, conspire to entice a more suitable gentleman to offer for Annabelle, for only then will she be safe from Simon - and her own longings. But on one summer night, Annabelle succumbs to Simon's passionate embrace and tempting kisses... and she discovers that love is the most dangerous game of all.

5/5 Review:

When it comes to historical romance I'm usually very picky and I don't normally fall for those more Mills and Boons style history books. This though was just the right mix of danger, love, scandal and a woman who is so lost she has no idea what she is doing. I also like that Annabelle is a strong woman through out the book and has to worm herself into the heart of the man who she ends up with. 

The sense of danger starts from right at the beginning of the book. I also like the darker side to this story that you don't expect when it was release Avon first. Now its being relauched with awesome covers. This is a great first book to a series and its got a happy ever after feel to the ending. There is no cliff hanger to the book and it will suit all romance readers over the age of 16 in the UK and 18 in the US. 

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Winter By Marissa Meyer- Review

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Welcome back to the Lunar Chronicales reviews that I have been doing. I'm doing Winter today and I hope to wrap the last book up fairly soon after I pluck up some contemporary reads while I do Calling You Home's relaunch.

Winter: Marrisa Meyer Blurb: 

Princess Winter is admired by the Lunar people for her grace and kindness, and despite the scars that mar her face, her beauty is said to be even more breathtaking than that of her stepmother, Queen Levana.

Winter despises her stepmother, and knows Levana won't approve of her feelings for her childhood friend--the handsome palace guard, Jacin. But Winter isn't as weak as Levana believes her to be and she's been undermining her stepmother's wishes for years. Together with the cyborg mechanic, Cinder, and her allies, Winter might even have the power to launch a revolution and win a war that's been raging for far too long.

Can Cinder, Scarlet, Cress, and Winter defeat Levana and find their happily ever afters? Fans will not want to miss this thrilling conclusion to Marissa Meyer's national bestselling Lunar Chronicles series.

5/5 Review: 

We get to meet a new character in this book and the perfect partner to Jacin from the earlier books if you recall. Winter was the prefect balance of suspense, tension, 'oh no' moments and fear as you waited to see if Levanna was going to pin Cinder's group down and remain the fear filled queen that she was. 

I loved the detail from the start and it makes sense why this is an 832 page book. The twists and turns was done well. Keeping up with the other characters was balanced as well as following Cinder who was bumping her way through this story. We learn alot about what Luna gift does to those who were not using their gift and that is a huge part of this story. The other parts are looking into what happens to the group who are set on dethroning the queen. 

Most of the time I wanted them to be okay. For everything to work out in the end which is exactly what the rest of the readers out there am sure wanted too. The author the ever talented Marissa Marr was able to pull these emotions out of her audience effortlessly. She takes you on a ride that makes you not want to forget. You don't want to put this book down and get back to life. Its addictive as a good book should be. 

I couldn't get enough of Cinder's story and wanted to see what it would take for her to make it through. To be honest am glad I did. The ending was perfect and other the character jumps feeling a bit smoother, I would have recommended telling us with a small name under the chapter which characters tale was being picked up again and pleated into this wonderful story. 

Its a must read for all YA readers. A little gross in places but there is a war going on so what else do you expect? 

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