Melpomene

Emotional Cutter

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My Name is Melpomene and I’m an emotional cutter.

An emotional cutter is someone who likes to expose themselves to entertainment that will make them cry. That is me to a tee. I love to cry when reading books. The more crying and emotional I get, the more I like a book. I’m not talking about the sobbing and retching that happened during The Fault in our Stars. That was horrible and way too overwhelming and almost to the point of needing my happy pills. I could barely function after reading that one. I’m talking about the emotions that were flying in books like The Edge of Never, Hopeless and Sea of Tranquility. I absolutely love those type of books. I was overwhelmed and speechless when they were done, but emotionally satisfied. Those are the kid of books I crave.

I wish I didn’t need the release, that crying offers, but my body has a mind of its own. I feel a peace and calmness. I always get teased with how much I cry, but I can’t help it, I just need it. It’s hard to explain. Just nod and smile. 🙂

I never used to cry, until I started reading. Now I try to find books that purposely make me cry. But I have to save them for when I need a release. I can’t read them all the time or I’ll have to take a happy pill everyday. It could be as simple as a romance gone sour or more overwhelming like an unexpected death. As long as a book has emotions, I am a happy girl. I just have to remember not to read these at family functions anymore. Not a fan of the looks I get when I have to go to another room to collect myself. *sigh*

Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m off to Amazon to order a case of Kleenex. My stockpile is running low.

Do you like to cry??

~Melpomene

Review: Watch Over Me, by Tara Sivec

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This is another of those books that suck you in, break you in pieces and then slowly puts you back together. I am typing through tears, as I think of this book. I was fearful at reading this, but it’s been on my tbr list for sometime now, so I just had to bite the bullet and read it. I’m so glad I did.

When I read the Prologue, I realized this wasn’t gonna be the usual book about moving on.

“Death changes everyone”

Those are the first words in this book. And boy, were they right.

Addison was like your typical teenager. She was fun, outgoing, and just living life as normal as possible. Until her mom died unexpectedly. Her father and her choose very different and drastic ways to move on. But really, how does one move on after your best friend dies?

While trying to pick up the pieces of her life, alone, she is stuck with responsibilities she never wanted. She is just barely making it, until she meets Zander and reads the note he leaves her.

Can life really be filled with happiness and love and not just sorrow and pain??

“You don’t have to try and pick up all the pieces at once, sometimes you only need to use a few at a time.”

“…If it falls apart, it doesn’t mean it’s destroyed. It just means you have to pick up the pieces and start again…You can still pick up the pieces, Sugar. They fell apart for a while, but it doesn’t mean anything is damaged. Everything can be fixed. And you don’t have to fix it alone. There’s always someone who will help you rebuild.”

At that point I was sobbing.

Someone was watching over her and pointing her in the right direction. It will take her a while to get there, but she does. And you’ll feel everything right along with her.

“Everyone has at least one individual in their life that they know will always be there for them no matter what. They will be your rock, your shoulder to cry on, someone to laugh with and confide in, and someone who will call you on your bullshit and tell it to you straight.”

I hope all of you have one of those.

~Melpomene

Buy it now Watch Over Me

Review: Inescapable, by Amy Bartol

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I love angels!!!

I found this series after I read another angel series, and I’m so glad I did. I loved it even more after I realized the author is from my state. Gotta support the local authors, you know. 🙂

Anyways, this book is about Evie Claremont. She is starting the next chapter of her life as a freshman at Crestwood college. She is sad to leave her Uncle, who raised her, but she’s excited to see what’s in store.

That is, until she meets Reed Wellington.

Mr. Perfect.

More like Mr. Irritating. He wants her gone and she doesn’t understand why.

Then she meets Russell.

Mr. Cute southern boy who you can’t help but love. Who also turns out to be the best friend she’s ever had.

Strange things start happening to her and she can’t explain them. But Reed always seems to be there or know what’s happening. But he’s not telling her anything.

“So, since you know I’m not a fish, and I know you’re not a fish, what does that make us?”

“That makes us completely and utterly screwed.”

Well, that is, until the unthinkable happens and she is changed forever.

There was a love triangle, of course. Someone gets hurt. Someone gets really hurt and I get really mad. There is also a shocking ending. Lucky for us, books 2, 3 and 4 are out. There is a 5th coming soon. I’m DYING to read the 5th book!!

I can’t quite put my finger on why I love this series so much, but I just do. I’ll be rereading all four books before the fifth comes out. I can’t wait!!

~Melpomene

Buy it now Inescapable (The Premonition Series (Volume 1))
Buy it now Intuition (The Premonition Series (Volume 2))
Buy it now Indebted: The Premonition Series (The Premonition Series (Volume 3))
Buy it now Incendiary (The Premonition Series (Volume 4))

Review: One Week Girlfriend(Drew+Fable#1), by Monica Murphy

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This book completely caught me off guard. I saw NONE of this coming!!

Drew has to go home for Thanksgiving and he doesn’t want too. He hasn’t been home in two years and he likes it that way. So he decides he needs a buffer and asks Fable to act like his girlfriend for the week. There is no way he’s going back there on his own!!

Fable lives with her useless mom and 13 yr old brother. She works two jobs just to take care of her bother, since her mom doesn’t care about anyone but herself. She hates her jobs and feel alone. She hates being alone. So when Drew offers her money, in exchange for one week of pretending, she jumps on it. How hard can it be?? Little did she know…

The secrets and lies that surround Drew are so horrible, I felt awful. No wonder he never goes home.

Fable didn’t understand why he didn’t wanna go home every chance he got. After one week, she knew why. And things will never be the same again.

Word of warning, this ends in a minor cliffy. But at least the second one is out, so you can jump right to it. So no worries.

~Melpomene

Buy it now One Week Girlfriend: A Novel

Review: Covet, by Tracey Garvis-Graves

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Let me start out by saying a few things. This is my first book by Ms. Garvis-Graves. I have On the Island, but haven’t read it yet. I figured if everyone raves about it, I should, but I haven’t gotten around to it. So when I saw this book, I assumed if everyone likes the other ones, this would probably be similar and I’d like it also. Know what they say about assuming??

I know what the word covet means. I just never read the description or reviews. I just assumed I knew what it was gonna be like. And plus I really liked the cover. I mean, with a gorgeous cover like that, it can’t be bad, right?

I think I may have jumped the gun a bit.

Chris and Claire were struggling in their marriage and they didn’t know what to do. He spent more time away from his house than he did living in it. He misses his wife and kids, but after a year of unemployment, this job is the only thing keeping them afloat. He’s willing to do anything to support his family, but he doesn’t realize the cost of being away.

Claire loves her husband, but is lonely. She meets Daniel, a local cop, and starts a friendship with him. At first, it was all innocent, but after a while lines were getting fuzzy and that was hard to read. She finds herself thinking about Daniel and spending lots of time with him.

I’m not a fan of any kinds of cheating, emotional or physical. So I almost didn’t finish it. I had to take a break for a while.

The intermingling stories of their friends and neighbors were a nice touch. You saw a glimpse into the lives of others that you realize could be your neighbors or friends. It was very believable. I think that’s why it was difficult to read. It’s something that happens more times that we even realize.

I will say this, it does have a HEA, but you have to get through some hard situations to get there.

I received this ARC for an honest review.

~Melpomene

Buy it now Covet

Author love

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Do you ever notice that the author’s attitude influence you and your opinion on their books? I find that they do. Strike that, sometimes I like or love a book, even if the author’s a snot. But mostly I love it even more if they are friendly. If they interact, with us little people, on Facebook or Twitter, that makes a HUGE difference. What’s even better, is if they actually take time to answer their emails. That’s more personal, I think.

For example, I have a book that I am completely in love with, but the author seems kinda snotty. I won’t say her name, but she never interacts with us. I think it’s rude. I don’t love her book any less, but it’s hard to encourage others to buy it, if she doesn’t seem to appreciate the praise she gets. How hard is it to interact with us on Facebook really?? Not that hard.

On the opposite end, I have another book, which I will read over and over and love to the depths of my soul, and the author is amazing. She responds to emails and completely interacts with us on Facebook. She is a riot!! I even sent her a book to sign. But she didn’t just sign it, she made swag to go with it.

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How amazing is that?!?! I mean, truly, she is awesome!! I love her to death and I’ve never even met her. However, that is on my bucket list. *crossing fingers*

I understand that authors are busy writing. I mean, we don’t expect them to chat with us all day long, but we’re the ones that take the time out to buy their books. The least you can do is respond to us when we give you praise or ask a question.

~Melpomene

Review: The Redemption of Callie and Kayden, by Jessica Sorensen

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OK. Let me start out by saying that I have been dying for this book to come out. I read The Coincidence back in December and no one told me it was a cliffy!! A super duper horrible cliffy!!! I was so upset. Seven months is a long time to wait, but I did. So if you haven’t read it, stop right now and go grab it. This review will spoil it for ya.

This book takes place a few days after the last one ended. Kayden is in the hospital and Callie is trying to figure out how to survive without him. She doesn’t wanna leave him. She knows he’s hurting and wants to help, but he wants her to stay away from him. He thinks he’ll drag her down. But he doesn’t realize that she needs him.

He’s one of two people who knows why she’s broken and she needs him.

“You’re the only person who I can ever feel whole with.”

Callie, with the help of Seth and Luke, bring him on a road trip, in the hope that it will help him to open up and break free. She learns his secret and tries to help him with it. But it’s something he has to wanna do. Callie can’t do anything but love and support him. Kayden has been so broken for so long, he doesn’t know how to live a normal life. He doesn’t think he’s even worthy of it.

Meanwhile, he faces battery charges from the beating he put on Caleb. His parents are trying to do everything they can to get him out of it. But he doesn’t want anything to do with them. The only way out of it would be if Callie came forward with her secret, but he can’t ask her to do that.

“Callie, tell me what you need.”

“I need the world to stop being such an ugly place full of hurt.” Tears slip out of her eyes. “I need to wake up and really believe everything will be okay instead of hoping it will be. I want to be one of the lucky ones who has a good life.”

My heart was breaking from these two. So much hurt and pain. I wanted to reach in and hug them both. And perhaps beat up one a few people also. I’m a scrapper, I could take them. 😉

Seth and Luke were very good friends to them. They brought a bit of the necessary comedic breaks the book needed. You see a small glimpse into Luke’s life also, and you know there is more to him than what he’s showing. BTW, his book is next.

I was glad when they faced their fears and told someone. That was hard to read though. People’s reactions to horrible situations like theirs, are very difficult to read. I didn’t know if they were going to believe them. I’m glad they did.But they are able to move past them and slowly put their lives back together.

“I think the leaves made it back to the trees.”

~Melpomene

Buy it now The Coincidence of Callie & Kayden

Buy it now The Redemption of Callie & Kayden

Review: Thief, by Tarryn Fisher

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OK. I really wanted to like this book. I really truly did. But sadly, I didn’t. This was the last in the trilogy and I had high hopes of angst and emotion. But all I got was frustration and anger.

The first book, The Opportunist, had me in knots. I was a wreck!! The angst almost got the better of me. The lies put me over the edge. It was CRAZY!!

The second book, Dirty Red, filled me with hate. Red was so mean, I wanted to reach in and smack her. She was a HORRIBLE mother. I mean horrible. I had to take breaks after reading what she was doing and how she didn’t even care. It made me sick. But I liked the book, even though it ended on a semi cliffy. I was shocked!

This book made me mad, just plain mad. I don’t like reading books with this theme. the “I love her, even though she’s married, and I will do everything I can to show her I still want her.” And let’s not forget the “I’m married, but he’s not here right now…” See where this is going?? I’m not even gonna right more. There is nothing I agree with in here.

OK, if you can handle that, then this book is for you. So disappointed.

~Melpomene

Buy it now Thief (Love Me With Lies #3)

Review: The Master Undone, by Lisa Renee Jones

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Warning!!! SPOILER ALERT!!!You must not read this unless you read Being Me. This is a novella that takes place a day after Being Me ends.

I positively LOVED seeing Mark, Mr. In control all the time, not in control. 🙂

When he meets Crystal, the new sales rep for Riptide, she give him a run for his money. She doesn’t back down at all. He doesn’t know how to deal with that and he is OK with that. Part of him wants her to take control, but the other 95% doesn’t.

It’s a very quick read, 40 pages, so there’s not much to say. Mark is one tough cookie and doesn’t wanna show weakness, but somehow Crystal creeps in and slowly shows him that the loss of control isn’t weakness.

It ends quite suddenly and now I’m dying to see what comes next!!!

I received this ARC, for an honest review.

~Melpomene

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Review: A Different Blue, by Amy Harmon

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“Once upon a time there was a little blackbird, pushed out of the nest, unwanted.”

WOW!!! This was an amazing book! I kept hearing about this book and that people were crying and emotionally drained afterwards. So I knew this was right up my alley.

Blue Echohawk has no idea who she is or where she came from. She doesn’t even know her real name or how old she is.

What she knows is that the man, Jimmy Echohawk, who raised her, from age 2 til 10 wasn’t her father. She was left in his truck, by her mother, and he was afraid to turn her in, after finding out her mother was killed in the motel he was parked outside of. So he took her and cared for her, until one day he went out and never came back. She was then raised with her step aunt and put into school for the first time.

The story takes place during her senior year of high school, where she is forced to revisit her past, what she knows of it, by her 22yr old good looking, British, cello playing, History teacher, Mr Darcy Wilson. Poor guy had a P&P lovin’ mom. 🙂 He forces her to think about who she thinks she is.

“You may not be a work of art, but you are definitely a piece of work.”

What she discovers is more than she bargained for.

This entire book is about her quest to find out who she really is. Mr. Wilson helps her in ways no one else ever could. As they grow closer, Blue is faced with a difficult decision and He is there to get her through it. It was one of the hardest scenes I’ve ever had to read. Ugly tears were falling. Love in the most beautiful and purest form, was shown here. I had such a hard time getting through it.

“I keep wishing you had had a better life…a different life. But a different life would have made you a different Blue.” He looked at me then. “And that would be the biggest tragedy of all.”

This is a sweet romance with a happy ending, if you can get past the crying and the emotions. 🙂

~Melpomene

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