Month: February 2020

Review: Finding Him by Rachel VanDyken

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Ever since I finished Stealing Her, book one, I’ve been wanting Julian’s story. This did not disappoint.

Waking up from a coma, and finding out the world kept on spinning without you, has a way of changing a person. Julian thought his life would have more of an impact but sadly it didn’t. And then to lose his mom in the way he did, he feels left out and alone now.

Keaton was trying to move on from the death of her true love and somehow found herself in the path of Julian. Definitely not what she was expecting from a quiet week in the mountains.

The chemistry between these two was so very hot. It’s like something clicked and, no matter what they did, their hearts wouldn’t let go. They were each other’s missing piece.

I loved seeing the progression Julian made with Bridge and Isobel also. Waking up the way he did had to have hurt but he grew to realize the mistakes he made and hurt he caused. I am so happy with how these books ended. I’m typing with a big smile on my face.

If you like a romance filled with swoony scenes and so many feels, then I highly recommend you pick up this book and the one before it.

~Melpomene

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Review: Wild at Heart(Wild #2) by K.A. Tucker

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I am in the happiest of book fogs now. What a wonderful story. Please don’t read book unless you read The Simple Wild first. This book is a continuation.

I’ll admit I was a wee bit nervous after the beauty that was The Simple Wild. I wanted nothing bad to happen to Jonah and Calla. In my eyes they lived happily ever after. But that’s now how life works now is it?

Wild at Heart was about finding that balance of creating happiness for you and not just with that special someone. Calls learns there’s more to Alaska than just Jonah. I gotta think that many of us would have the same reactions. She loves Jonah so much but she feels like something is missing and until she finds what that is, she won’t find contentment.

I am so happy we got a little bit more form these two. I loved watching them grow together and create their piece of heaven. I loved the new faces and was so happy to see some old ones. I can honestly say that I hope we get more from them. There’s a couple of HEAs I wouldn’t mind reading about.

K.A. Tucker makes Alaska sound so beautiful that I wish I was there. The small town setting where everyone looks out for each other, like a family. *sigh* I loved this book. I hope we get more from these characters and perhaps the side ones as well.

~Melpomene

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Quick Review: The Shadows Between Us by Tricia Levenseller

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It’s been said that this book is a Slytherin romance. At first I didn’t understand that. I’m a Slytherin, you see, and I’m a nice girl. So I went in this with an open mind. It didn’t take me long realize why it was called such.

Alessandra isn’t your typical lady. She’s ready to get married and she has her sights set on the king. Too bad she plans on killing him once she has him.

Honestly, I spent most of book hating her on one hand and hoping she changes on the other. It was rather stressful. I loved the king. I wanted nothing more than to see him happy but at what cost?

This book wasn’t over the top fantastic but it was good. The women’s empowerment message was practically drilled into our heads, so that was a bit much and there were a few predictable moments, but all in all it was enjoyable. I would add it to my teen rec list.

~Melpomene

Release day Feb 25

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Review: Chasing Cassandra by Lisa Kleypas

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Ya’ll. You know I love me some historical romances. And I definitely love historical romances written by Lisa Kleypas. Her Ravenel series is one of my favorites. The family of characters are so much fun to watch! Chasing Cassandra was probably the sweetest by far.

After the wedding of her sister, Cassandra starts to worry that she’ll never have a marriage based on love, which is what she wants. She’s received numerous proposals but no one gave her butteries in her belly. That is until she set her eye upon Tom Severin.

Tom is a peculiar fellow. I loved him. His scenes were some of the sweetest one from the book. Practically every scenes with Bazzle/Basil had me melting. He claims that he doesn’t feel love but the more he sees Cassandra the more he realizes he might be wrong. She makes him think of things he never would’ve before. She brings ideas about his life that he didn’t think would happen to him.

When she’s caught up in a scandal, that was not her fault, Tom steps in in the hopes that he can help her by being a friend. But he has no idea what’s headed his way. Friendship is only the beginning.

I loved watching these two together. She was a bit self conscious and he made her feel beautiful inside and out. He truly was the best man for her.

While their connection was explosive and it would catch both of them off guard, it was a bit of a slow burn as well. Lisa made us wait til we were chomping at the bit. And honestly, I wouldn’t have it any other way.

~Melpomene

Release day Feb 18, 2020
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