REVIEW: Point of Retreat by Colleen Hoover

Point of Retreat by Colleen Hoover
My rating: 4 of 5 stars







JUNE 12, 2013

I LOVE this book so far! The dynamics that Will and Lake have created is just beautiful. They are so in love and so happy!!




Which is why I'm PISSED at Lake right now!!

Stop being such a stupid bitch!!



And skank ho, you need to just GTFO!




I'll finish reviewing once I'm done with the book and I've had some Valium and a drink. ;-)


~*~*~*~ UPDATE: Finished Book 06/13/13 ~*~*~*~

I had many moments where I wanted to:

...



Where Lake was concerned, I spent most of the book going:

...



And Will... Whoa! DUDE!?? What the hell? You didn't do anything wrong! Why are you putting yourself through this?! I just wanna:





What Lake's mother did was incredibly wise and incredibly sweet.

...





While I think his groveling was unnecessary, because HE DID NOTHING WRONG, Will's effort at the end to win Lake back had me all:





And while I think there were just WAY too many insecurities and completely bullshit bitchiness on her part (view spoiler)[ reading the two of them working it out:

...

(hide spoiler)]



All said and done... I was put through the ringer and I FREAKING LOVED THIS BOOK!! GO! READ!! NOW!!!

View all my reviews

REVIEW: Reasons I Fell for the Funny Fat Friend by Cassie Mae

Reasons I Fell for the Funny Fat Friend by Cassie Mae
My rating: 4 of 5 stars










JUNE 14, 2013

Just finished the book... and it was just so damn SWEET!! :-)





There were parts of it where I was just thinking to myself:





I love the ending... It just made me go all, "Awwwww...".




And I determined that for them:




Should you read this book? Yes! Would an older age group enjoy it? I think so... it reminded me of when I was in middle school/high school. I think it applies to any time period! VERY good book! :-)






JUNE 12, 2013



Awwww... this book is just so:






And it just is so cute when he goes and:






View all my reviews

REVIEW: White Trash Beautiful by Teresa Mummert

TITLE: White Trash Beautiful
AUTHOR: Teresa Mummert
PRINT LENGTH: 240 Pages
MY RATING: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
PUBLISHED: July 9, 2013
LANGUAGE: English
RATING: New Adult
GENRE: Romance, Drama





SUMMARY: 
Cass Daniels isn’t waiting for her knight in shining armor. She knows that girls like her don’t get a happily ever after. Not if you live in a trailer with your mom, work at a greasy spoon diner, and get leered at by old men. Maybe that’s why she puts up with Jackson—her poor excuse for a boyfriend, who treats her like dirt. Cass has learned to accept her lot in life. That is, until he walks into her diner. . . .


His name is Tucker White, and he’s different from any man Cass has ever known. Tall, tattooed, and bad-ass gorgeous, he’s the lead singer of the rock band Damaged. From the moment they meet, Tucker sees something in Cass he just can’t shake. Something beautiful. Something haunted. Something special. And he’s determined to find out what it is—if only he can get her to open up and let him in. . . .


REVIEW:
This book reached in and ripped my guts out, one page at a time. The intensity and detail of the writing was amazing and I couldn't, literally, put the book down. I stayed up late, read on the way to work and finished it during my lunch break. The characters were beautifully flawed, the scene setting dirty and believable and most of all, REAL.

Cassie's life is spot-on for her situation. Desperate, broken and depressed; accepting of her (forced upon) fate. She wants more, but doesn't believe that she really deserves it and therefore takes what's given to her and rolls with the punches. Literally.

Tucker is exciting, gifted and broken in his own ways, but he adores Cassie from the instant he sees her. He wants her to have better and strives to show her that she deserves it. Their lives are polar opposite, but they are drawn together despite it. And of course, when you have this much difference... fires ignite and they are stripped apart.

But the end gives you so much hope, that it makes it all worth it. In short, I regret nothing when it comes to devouring this book!

Details/Disclaimer: 
I was provided this book via NetGalley.com for an honest review.

REVIEW: Slammed (Slammed #1)

TITLE: Slammed (Slammed #1)
AUTHOR: Colleen Hoover
PRINT LENGTH: 214 Pages
MY RATING: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
PUBLISHED: January 5, 2012
LANGUAGE: English
RATING: New Adult
GENRE: Romance, Drama
PURCHASE LINKS: Barnes & Noble



SUMMARY:
Following the unexpected death of her father, 18-year-old Layken is forced to be the rock for both her mother and younger brother. Outwardly, she appears resilient and tenacious, but inwardly, she's losing hope.

Enter Will Cooper: The attractive, 21-year-old new neighbor with an intriguing passion for slam poetry and a unique sense of humor. Within days of their introduction, Will and Layken form an intense emotional connection, leaving Layken with a renewed sense of hope.

Not long after an intense, heart-stopping first date, they are slammed to the core when a shocking revelation forces their new relationship to a sudden halt. Daily interactions become impossibly painful as they struggle to find a balance between the feelings that pull them together, and the secret that keeps them apart.



REVIEW:
I put off reading this book...for a WHILE. But I got desperate Monday night (the 10th) and figured, "What the hell! I don't have anything else loaded up that I feel like reading." ...I couldn't put it down. I was done the next morning!

The following GIFs only come SOMEWHAT close to how I feel about this book:


     


The characters and dialogue are just so well written... and I never cared for Slam Poetry before; I made fun of it to be honest. But after reading some of it in this book, it's opened me up to new possibilities.

Now, yes, some of the plot is cliche, some of it you see coming from miles away. There are times you see the train wreck coming, but you JUST CAN'T NOT READ!!! You HAVE to see what's going to happen! 

Would I recommend this book? HELL and most definitely YES!!!

I'm now gleefully inhaling Point of Retreat which is the sequel to the book and the second in the Slammed Series. I'm every bit as pleased with this one. And again, I see some of it coming... but I HAVE to know how it ends! Wish me luck!

GO READ THIS BOOK!!! NOW!!!

REVIEW: A Moment

TITLE: A Moment
AUTHOR: Marie Hall
PRINT LENGTH: 320 Pages
MY RATING: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
PUBLISHED: March 12, 2013
LANGUAGE: English
RATING: New Adult
GENRE: Romance, Drama
PURCHASE LINKS: Smashwords // Barnes & Noble



SUMMARY:
Ryan Cosgrove and Liliana Delgado are on a collision course with destiny. They don’t know it yet, but before the night is over their lives will be forever changed.

Spending Valentine’s Day at a burlesque bar, hadn’t been Liliana’s ideal way of spending a Friday night. She’d much rather be back on campus doing homework… until she meets Ryan. Tall, athletic, and gorgeous, Lili can’t keep her eyes off him, and despite his gruff manners and drunken disposition she’s intrigued.

Ryan’s got demons, and they’re deep, dark, and eating him alive. Regardless of his attraction to the petite brunette he’s tired of fighting, of pretending the last fifteen years haven’t been a daily struggle just to get out of bed every morning. That night he decides to end his pain, to leave it all behind and float away into the blessed darkness of oblivion.

But fate has other plans for him, Lily finds and rescues Ryan, determined she’ll not only save his body, but his soul too. This is their moment…


REVIEW:
I can honestly say that this book was not what I was expecting. Ryan has demons... Whoa boy! - does he have demons. And they are one hell of a way for him to first meet Liliana and they make one hell of an impression. It's best to be warned that if sexual abuse of any kind affects you, then this is not the story for you to read. But if you can get past that, then this is an amazingly well-told piece of fiction that had me deeply effected.

The fact that this man, this amazing, beautiful man is able to pick up and with Liliana's help move on is astounding. And that he is able to accept her and her own past is every bit as amazing. These two people are compassionate and caring to others, but painful to themselves and you get wrapped up into them and pray for a Happily Ever After. Be warned, there are scenes that are misleading and throw you off, however.


Details/Disclaimer:
I was provided this book via NetGalley.com for an honest review.