This book left me breathless
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After reading all the Rose Gardner series , this one was the best.  I could not put the book down.  Had Rose not actually become the Lady in black,  she would not have been able to save herself, Mason, Joe, Jed, and Sketter.  Only an amazing writer like Denise Grover Swank could tie up the loose ends of this story and at the same time leave me breathless to see what happens next.  After following all the books in this series, I cannot wait until Thirty six comes out.
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*Screams*Screams*Screams*Screams*
My goodness I felt my palpitations all the way to that last line in this book and I am still not knowing what to do with myself. This was my first book by S.L. Scott and I loved it so much. First, of all I just loved the passion and love the main characters, Alexander and Sara Jane have for each other. I love to read romance and this is what romance is for me. Two people who simply can't be without each other. They complete each other. But is love enough? Ha! This is where it gets tricky and you start to enter the suspenseful parts of this story. I even had eerie feelings at times. This author took me through some major plot twists I did not see coming and I just can't wait to read the conclusion of this duet.
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This book was amazing it just had me breathless. Ms. Hoover did an amazing job writing on a difficult subject matter. It's definitely one of the best of 2013.
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Just kill me because I'm dead....this book had me holding my breath and talking at the same damn time!!!!
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Gah! I don't even know how to start this review. This book ripped my heart out and then slowly put it back together. I'm not sure that I can express how much I loved this book, but I will do my best.

While reading Intertwined you will find the following things:

 Great characters
 A fantastic story
 A plot twist or two that made me be like "Say whaaaaaaaaat?"
 Hot sex
 Happy moments
 Sad moments
 Some very scary moments
 Moments that made me ugly cry and curse the author
 The desire to start drinking whiskey (if you don't already)

Sounds good, right?

Isla and Liam have known each other for years. They both have suffered tragedies that altered the course of their lives. Tragic, soul destroying things that have made them the people they are today. Up until now, they have been friends who sleep together and nothing else. Until one day, they're not just friends who sleep together. Here's the thing...neither of them really do relationships. They don't want the attachment, but when Liam decides to make a serious change in his life, he marches straight into Isla's and turns it upside down.

I loved Isla and I want to be best friends with her, but it took me a while to warm up to Liam. It's not that he is unlikable, he's just hard to read. When I started the book I was on the fence, but he truly cares for Isla and she trusts him. And the list of people she trusts is very tiny, so I gave the guy a chance. And I'm so glad I did.

I won't go into detail because you really should read this book knowing as little as possible, but I will say that all of the things I listed above, among others, make this an exceptional book. The author has poured so much heart and emotion into this story and it shows. Intertwined is an angsty, but gorgeous masterpiece that will give you a massive book hangover.
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I have to say that this is my favorite Jennifer Armentrout book to date and that's saying something because she has a lot of books. A LOT. But the feels in this were out of this world.

EVERY SINGLE PAGE WAS OVERFLOWING WITH EMOTION.

Rider and Mallory completely owned me. From start to finish they ruined me in the very best way. I don't think I've ever rooted for two characters as hard as I did them. They were so easy to love, so real and relatable. My heart ached for what they've been through and for where they were in their present lives.

The Problem with Forever is a YA contemporary Romance. It's well developed and intense. The subject matter, though sensitive in nature, is portrayed in a way that makes you ache yet hope at the very same time. The plot has an organic ebb and flow that didn't weight you down. Dark moments were tempered with light dialogue, a moment of swoon, or just a sweet smile. Mallory and Riders relationship felt so natural, so pure. So RIGHT.

To say everything in this book spoke to me would be an understatement. I really LOVED it.

"I inhaled sharply as I lowered my arms. My bag slipped off my shoulder, hitting the hot asphalt. Shock flowed through me, but in the back of my mind, I wasn't surprised that he caught up to me. He never ran. He never hid from anything. That had always been me. We have been ying and yang. My cowardice to his bravery. His strength to my weakness.
But that wasn't me anymore.
I wasn't mouse.
I wasn't a coward.
I wasn't weak."

Mallory is safe. Finally after years in an abusive foster home, she's been adopted and she's doing okay. She's had extensive therapy to deal with the trauma of her childhood. And after being home schooled, she's decided to start her Senior year of high school at an actual school.

THIS IS A HUGE.

Mallory has a hard time talking and deals with severe anxiety. I really felt that part of her story. Her panic, her need to conquer that panic, and prove she can do it. You can feel that when you're reading, her need to defeat her demons.

This book is alive with feels. Like a little movie in your mind, it's INTOXICATING. I literally ached for this girl. I wanted to smother her with love, tell her she was perfect the way she was. I wanted her to know that she wasn't the weird girl she felt she was. She was unique and wonderful, brave and courageous.

Anyway... on the first day of her senior year, Mallory runs into a boy she hasn't seen in 4 years. Ah! **INTENSE!** A boy she never thought she would see again. A boy who has saved her one too many times. One who read to her when she was scared. One who soothed her when she was hungry. One who was there for her, who protected her to his own detriment. A boy who was her hero. A boy called Rider.

When Rider and Mallory meet again, it's beautiful. Time may have changed them individually but their friendship picks up right where they left off. It's easy in a way.

The dialogue between these two, the new awareness of each other (after all, they're now almost adults), the chemistry... it's all PERFECTION.

Rider makes your heart flutter. He's everything that's good in the world, yet he doesn't see that. He made me feel deep. He had me melting all over the place. I loved him the same way I did Mallory; intensely.

I don't want to give you a million more things on the plot line, but this book is so special. It's so GOOD. It's about second chances, about rising above and not letting your past dictate your future. It's about wanting more for yourself and feeling worth it at the end of the day. It's about hope!

Jennifer Armentrout delivers a well written, full of heart, and highly emotional romance that speaks out loud on so many levels. I highly recommended it.
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I wanted to hurl my kindle across the room from page one to finish (but because it's my precious I settled for shaking my fist in the air and cursing at the book). I loved and hated this three part book. The enitrety of this book was an epic battle, leading up to an explosive reveal. There were no quiet moments in this book, it took the characters from an opressive existance to one of redemption and love. Roen and Liv were strong characters throughout. They were thrown into an inexplicable situatuion and prevailed because they believed in eachother, and because they knew the others heart. I don't want to get into the plot of the book because I don't want to ruin anything. But know that if you choose to read you won't be sorry for the journey it will take you on. A book has never made me feel so passionately angry and then come the end so damn glad there was a resolution I could get behind. Choose to go on this journey with the characters that will make you run the gamut of emotions from each page you read.
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Occasionally a book comes along that will have me completely consumed, no just hooked to the point that I will not put it down. I mean it consumes every waking thought, dreams, and it is all I think of for a few days after finishing it leaving me with a severe book hangover. This was one of those books. There was danger, twist, a who is responsible that I never saw coming, and scorching heat. The chemistry between Ivan and Crimsyn is so hot that I swear the pages would have caught fire if they could. This is book two in the Brute Force series and I would recommend reading book one first or there will be pieces missing that will make you go huh. Just my opinion.

So many secrets that it is tough to talk about this book without spoilers.

I voluntarily reviewed an advanced copy of this book.
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This book was filled with suspense, heat, hope, passion, and love. The author had me biting my nails and on the edge of my seat for most of this book. The heart break that both Trace and Ember went through had me shedding tears; knowing that they were able to both save and heal each other gave me all the good feels.

Can't wait to find out Lucien's story in Beautifully Forgotten.
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Wow wow wow!!!

I stuck for words how amazing this book was!

I need the next one like I need my next breath! so many unanswered questions I NEED answers to!

that ending as well?! what's up with that? !
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If Lyrik didn't already have my heart, Ash would have stolen it.
This book crushed me so many times. All of the Bleeding Stars novels were emotional but this one hit me hard. So many emotions that had me at my breaking point where I would literally have to stop and take a breath and dive right back in. Two people, one who does not think hes worthy of loving someone else and another who just wants to be loved, are brought together by fate and almost death.  There were serious parts of the book that were offset by the loveable Ash we have fallen in love with from the first four books. Just AMAZING.
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This book grabs you from moment one, then leaves you breathless and waiting for the next installment. I'm not really ya a reader much anymore but holy wow this book had me the whole way through. Well done.
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This is going to sound overtly corny, but I must say it: Breathless left me BREATHLESS! I love that Scott Prussing was brave enough to write about vampirism in the midst of a crowded genre. Even more so, he made Twilight seem like a sappy Chick Lit. Over the past year, as I've been meeting new authors, I've realized that not every vampire story is, for lack of harsher words, horrible. Prussing added mystery and originality to the mix, creating a story not just about love, but family and friends and the tribulations of life itself.

What made Breathless stand out for me was the contemporariness of Prussing's writing. Leesa, the main character, acts and talks like any college freshman would. I can't tell you enough how much I hate Bella from Twilight, I just can't. Besides her urge to act stupid and ignorant all the time, she has no real problems that make her seem like a poignant character, she comes off as fake. With Leesa, she has both physical and emotional issues that she has to work and, seeing as everyone has their demons to battle, I think she handles them appropriately.

I really loved the concept, but the one thing I must complain about is the fact that the climax was a bit of a let down. I feel like Breathless is like a really good prologue to the beginning of a legendary story. It definitely left me wanting more, so I will be awaiting my read of Deathless. All in all, if you want a butt-kicking vampire read, Scott's your guy.
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I have no idea where to start bc I haven't stopped thinking about this book since I started it here I am hours, days after finishing it and I'm still lost in the scenes, the characters, the words.
I fell. Deep. Hard. Fast. Easton has hit a homerun, page after page. I was left breathless. Whispering, panting, and begging for more!
K. Bromberg, has delivered another heart pounding, pulse racing, mind blowing book that is scarred in my heart, running wild in my mind, and pulsing in my blood. *Sigh*  So this is why book boyfriends were created!!!
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She started out fighting to die. Love made her fight to SURVIVE.

My heart is beating rapidly in my chest as I fight to write this review. This book shocked me and managed to take me on a roller coaster ride in the span of a mere 250 pages. Despite its short length, it caused me to feel so many emotions. I went from a depression, to fear, to determination, love, heartbreak, and graciousness. And by the end of the book, Morel easily had me shedding tears. This was one hell of a journey.

The beginning of the book focuses on Jane's Plan. Jane's Plan is to kill herself on the plane ride home to her mother. She's been recovering from a suicide attempt. Suicide is built into her family after all. At least one person from every generation on her father's side of the family has taken their own life. And ever since Jane's father killed himself four years ago on Christmas Eve, Jane's been the next in line. She's been empty. All of her fake tears and helpful tendencies while she was supposed to get better in Life House were for this moment: to get on the plane and OD on pills so the angels can take her away and she can join her father. Then the plane crashes and she is only one of two survivors.

Jane is not likable in the beginning, but I adored her in the second half of the book. She's slightly insane and so determined to take her life because she doesn't see the point in living. But when the plane crashes, she suddenly wants to live because she is stuck with someone who wants to live so badly: Paul Hart. I really loved Paul. In the face of danger and death, he would crack stupid jokes because he was nervous and had no idea how to react. He was fearless and strong and kept Jane going on their survivalist journey when she thought she couldn't do anything anymore. He didn't let her give up.

The romance in this novel was perfectly placed. After surviving together, in one sleeping bag, trying so hard not to allow the other to die on them, you build this special bond with someone. That's just what happened with Jane and Paul. They told each other the tragedies of their pasts and lived through their horrendous present together. They fought for each other because they wanted to survive. They truly, truly loved each other. A bond like theirs is strong and special.

The really unique aspect of this novel was the survivalist ways. Both characters had to make do with whatever they could scrounge up from the wreckage of the crash. They climbed mountains, scaled cliffs, overcame injury and lack of food and water, and managed to miraculously kill a rabbit. It was all very unique. And the ending! Ah! It tugged on my heartstrings and made the tears flow freely. All I can say is that this book is powerful.

My one problem with this book is its length. While it was an incredibly quick read that I knocked out in a single sitting, I wish it were longer. I wouldn't change the plot at all, though my heart wishes that I could change a few aspects of the ending, but I would add a lot more detail. The reason so many tumultuous events were able to fit in a mere 250 pages was because there wasn't much detail to a lot of what happened. I was left wanting more even though I was more than satisfied by the tale that Morel weaved for us.

This book isn't for everybody. It tackles several heavy topics gracefully. None of it is overboard, but it is a sad story. This is not a book for someone who can't handle heavy themes and it's not a book for those in search of a happy ending full of cliches. This romance is real, the events in the story are catastrophic but real. There's no cliches, it's all raw. If you're in the mood for a heavier, powerful book that happens to be a quick read, I definitely recommend this one. Be warned, it will undoubtedly make you shed some tears. 3.5 stars to this tumultuous tale.
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As I read this story, it had such an profound affect on me that this pain built up in my chest, causing my throat to hurt and my nose to run. And the tears. I was completely unable to stop the tears. Im not sure I am capable of describing how I felt so that you will truly get it. But basically by the time I finished Cruel and Beautiful, I was a freaking hot mess.

To get the entire story, the authors had to take me through every moment of the main characters lives together. To find out the truth for Cate and Drew, I had relive the past. I had to fall in love. I had to hurt. I had to heal. I was so entranced in this story that I feel like I actually lived through it all.

It was such an incredibly intense story.  I felt so much emotion. Passion. Romance. Lust. Anger. Grief.

I want to make sure I share a spoiler free review so Im going to leave you with this. I literally ended up in my bath room crying in the middle of the night so that I didn't wake my husband up. Its a book that will affect you that much and one that I doubt Ill ever forget.

Thats what make Cruel and Beautiful a must read recommendation from me.
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This book was one hell of a crazy ride that will leave you gasping and begging for more. I loved Lexi, but I hated her obsession with Jack. I hated Jack, he was such a jack ass towards Lexi,and I was always hoping he would redeem himself.
I loved the secondary characters: Ramsey and Chyna. I hate Bekah, she is a conniving hussy that in my eyes totally deserves Jack.