Abso-freaking-lutely brilliant....
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This is what I want out of a book.  This book had angst, love, sex, and more ANGST.
Alana was such a wonderful character.  The heartbreaking situations she endured was heartwrenching.  Just NO words to what she went through.  Just WOW!!
Jax absolutely loved his character too.  The sexy ass alpha male biker and what he done for Alana and the sacrifices.  I want a Jax for myself.
Cannot wait for Deuce's story next.  I love his character too.  Such wisdom and beliefs for someone so young.
Thank you Kira Johns for another awesome read.  Wish more stars were available, because I would give them to you!!!!
Thanks Jamie Nibarger Ellis
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Absolutely, fantabulous, a must read for all ages!!!
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Sheer perfection... My favorite books of all time!
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HOLY JESUS!  YES.  YES.  YES.  I loved this book even MORE than Taking Turns!  I didn't think that was bloody well possible!
Here's why...
Twists and turns.
Sex.
Banter.
Sex.
Bromance.
Sex.
Heart warming moments with a baby.  Got me in the feels to see Bric with pumpkin.
Sex.
Visuals.  Huss is SO AMAZING at making you see everything you are reading.
More sex, and the menage moments had me squirming so bad in my bed I needed a lot of alone time.
But in all seriousness, this book was so much more than the sex.  I laughed, I gasped and I swear I felt everything that the characters felt.  I love all of these guys so much!  I never want this series to end!
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WHAT. EVEN. WAS. THIS. BOOK????

I am taken aback by how much I loved it. During this Gallagher Girls binge reading I have been updating some of my friends in group texts and I didn't have any time to update them during this book, because I was too busy crying over EVERYTHING.

The friendships, plot, characters, family dynamics--everything gets bigger and better and I JUST COULDN'T GET ENOUGH. It was amazing and I am very eager to get to the final book.

I did guess some things beforehand though [i.e. that the necklace was the key, that this song was maybe used for a hypnosis (especially after Catherine started humming it in the caves); I had guessed earlier in book 2 that Dr. Steve was the bad guy and lmao he truly showed his colours in this book. I MEAN??? NO ONE WHO LETS AND WANTS THEMSELVES TO BE CALLED DR. STEVE CAN BE DECENT, RIGHT? Also, I guessed about Preston's dad, because it was just to "convenient"] but idk all of these things didn't take away from the book, it was actually hella lot fun to get confirmation about some of my theories.

One more thing: WHY HAVEN'T THESE BOOKS BEEN MADE INTO MOVIES YET??????
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I'm in complete awe of this story...

I am going to do my best to try to explain what this book has captured without giving any spoilers. After all we are all trying to #keepthesecret and I am happy to see that so far the reviews on here have given nothing away.

The first time this book was brought to my attention was from my blogging friend when she showed me the trailer. I was instantly captivated. I knew as soon as this book came out I was going to devour it. What I didn't expect was too be consumed by it. I have never read anything by Walters before and considering the secrecy about the book this was taking a chance for me, a shot in the dark if you will. One that I do not regret.

This book is beautifully sadistic, brilliantly twisted and illuminatingly dark. Walters creates a world shrouded in lies, mystery, death, hatred, insanity, acceptance and love in its basest of forms. Her characters are complex, desperate, unimaginably unbalanced, malicious, and will slink their way under your very skin. They will make you question your own normality and morals. They will enchant and fascinate you even in their depravity.

Walters digs deep into the heart of the human psyche in this novel. What makes them tick, what experiences shape a person's soul and if we can ever truly runaway from our past or is it something that grips and grabs hold, anchoring us forever in our madness.

Walters is a master with words.

The world she built in this novel is unlike any other I have ever read.

Simply riveting...
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Wow, i  mean seriously wow, i have just finished this book and i am just speachless... My brain cant quite cpme up with a way to describe how utterly amazing this book is, its the best book i have read this year if not longer, my heart is still pounding from the experience of reading this!
The first thing i need to say about this book is that it is not what i thought it was going to be, not in the slightest. Reading from the start i was hooked but it went to many different directions that surprised and shocked me every time but kept me smiling at the change of pace and direction, i like to be kept guessing and this book certainly delivered, right up until the end. The storyline in this book is so creative and imaginative, i am in awe of the imagination that this comes from so its now my mission to read ALL of Lindsey Louck's book, especially if they effect me like this one did, there comes a time when you read a book and when it finishes you cant get it out of your mind, scenes are still replaying in your mind and you just know that they will for a long time to come, well this is one of those... i don't want to leave the amazing world that is contruction in this book. It is filled with so many emotions, from all the characters and you can easily see yourself in their shoes making the same decisions. There is fear of discovery and loss of something that you don't realise how much you want until its nearly too late, the heart pounding feeling of discovery of another kind, care and love for those around you.... i could talk about this book all frickin day and still be able to say so much about it but i don't want to give anything away in this adrenaline rushing book.
Absidy...OMG i love her so so much! She is such a brave strong woman, one that we could all take something from. She always does things with the biggest of hearts and every decision she makes, she does what she believes is right to keep those she loves safe. She grows so much throughout this book and you live it with her, making you feel like you kow who she really is inside, her aims, her loves, the things that mean so much to her and the struggle she has had to live with her whole life and the fact she is still standing and fighting for what she believes in! I definately have a soft spot for Mace, he has also been through so much in his life, having the mental and physical scars to prove it but he also keeps on fighting every day to be the man that he wants to be not the man his experiences have made him, he loves freely with his whole heart when he gives it and will always do what he believes is right. These two characters are just two out of many in this book but they are all as well thought out and as passionate as these two, the love the author has put into these characters and this storyline comes across in every sentence.
I am so glad that i  voluntarily reviewed an advanced reader copy of this book and found this author, i cannot express how much of a must read this book is, this is a book you must have in your library, its outstanding!!!
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Absolutely fabulous, just keeps getting better and better.
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I am not sure where to start...I am just absolutely in awe at this book. There are so many words to describe how utterly amazing this book was..here are just a few that come to mind:
phenomenal, incredible, touching, emotional, real, stunning....perfect.

I read the synopsis of this book after seeing lots of reviewers raving about it on goodreads and it immediately grabbed my attention. I just had this "feeling" that it was going to be great. Well great was an understatement. This is one of those books that stays with you long after you read the last page.

"Faking normal is a skill I learned seventy-seven days ago. but tonight it's going to require everything I have."

The cover of the book portrays the main character, Alexi, perfectly. The cover model looks sullen, sad, and yet poignant. Alexi has a secret. A secret that no one knows. A secret that she has kept hidden away for a while and it is slowly eating away at her. She wakes up each day with one purpose...to keep her ugly secret hidden and "fake normal." Alexi's character is so easy to love and admire. I felt so much for her with each turn of the page. She is so strong and yet so weak. Something terrible happens to her one summer night and she has told no one about it. She suffers so much each and every day because of what happened on that tragic night. She doesn't sleep, she hurts herself, and yet she gets up every morning and pretends like everything is ok. No one in her family even notices how much she is suffering and hiding deep inside.

Ah...Bodee Lennox, the young boy whose father murdered his mother as he watched is invited into Alexi's home by her parents. They want to take him in and try to help him cope with the horrible tragedy that is his life. Bodee is an incredible character. He immediately sees in Alexi what no one else does. He knows she is hurting and they slowly develop an deep friendship that will eventually change their lives. I love how they "see" each other when no one else does. Their friendship is so beautiful and I found myself rooting for them during the entire book.

"I've lived all but two weeks of my life without Bodee. But now, sitting with him in my fort, I know these two weeks have been God walking right into mu life like he has flesh and Kool-Aid-colored hair. The gospel according to Bodee Lennox. His safety. His protection. And love."

This is such an emotionally riveting book about truth and consequences. It touched me in so many ways. The characters and the plot were so beautifully written and I wish I could just read it all over again. Yes...it was that good. Courtney Stevens has entered into the YA industry with a bang. She will have a permanent spot on my "Authors To Watch" list.

If you love a book about truth, love, friendships, heartache, and surviving tragedy then this book is for you. Please..please..read this book. I promise you will not regret it.
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Marvellous, magnificent, mind-blowing... words will not do justice to this book, at least not mine. Everything about it is heartbreakingly superb. The characters, the backstory, the plot, the dialogue, everything was perfect.
I received an ARC of the book and this is my honest review.
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Freaking Hell, this book is just BRILLIANT. Its written so well, as always!

When the story starts, I thought it was going towards one direction, but soon enough, I started to come accross twists and turns. The read was brilliant and captivating; with her unique and amazing writing style, and without retelling the story (as some "author" do to fill the pages), Nora Flite has outdone herself once more.

It was captivating, heart wrenching, amazing, brilliant, dark and WOW, more much more.
All the twists, suspense, danger, darkness, romance and the sizzle as the dark affair develops kept me at the edge of my seat the whole entire time. JUST AMAZING.
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...I can only say buy it, have your funnybones well-oiled, set back and ENJOY!!!!
This is a book that might easly fall through the cracks for I don't think they have invented the perfect catagory for it. PLEASE don't let the stop you. This is one of the Best books I have ever read.
Shannon Parker, 35 year old School teacher from Oklahoma buys an ancient Celtic death vase, and suddenly her life is not the same - actually, is NOT her life. She awakens in a strange fantasy life where ancient Celtic mythology is very much real. Rhinnanon the High Priest of the Goddess Epona, has traded places with Shannon. And this presents her with all sorts of problems. Like having to fill the shoes of someone no so nice, like finding her people under the threat of the vampire race of Formorians - and most perplexing, she is wed to a cenatur!!!!
Okay, all that is fine and thrilling premise, but is it Shannon's first person overview of all that is happening to her that makes this more than fantasy, more than romance. It is down right, belly-laughing funny the WHOLE Way!!!
I will not spoil the rest of the story, for it is there for you to thoroughly enjoy.
PC Cast...you are brilliant!!!!!!
WISE WRITERS AND READERS Book of the Month for April 2002
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This book is just so freaking compellingly fantastic. If you know me well, you'll know that I don't read fiction. Poetry and philosophy, yes; non-fiction, voraciously; art, everything and anything, as much as I can get my hands on; but fiction - I abhor. I'm a snobby pretentious pseudo-intellectual that thinks fiction is a waste of time.. a very few exceptions, yes, but mostly a waste... until I picked up this book one Saturday morning. This is so ($&?'ing) good that from the moment I picked it up I was sucked into a story that I could not put down. Literally read it end to end in one sitting. At the end my shoulders and neck were so tight from the emotional roller coaster it took me on that all I could do was sit there with tears running down my face. It wasn't like reading, the visuals were so intense it wasn't even like watching a movie, more like living and feeling every moment throughout the story. It is so intense that I am still totally blown away and can remember every scene as though I lived this myself.
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...but PTerry has topped himself again. This book was a fabulous, inventive, gripping, belly-laugh inducing, sharp-witted, must-read-in-one-sitting-even-if-it's-three-in-the-morning masterpiece. The fact that he pulled this off with a nearly entirely new cast of characters (with some cameos from earlier favorites) makes it all the more astounding. Congratulations to him on bringing this wonderful series to a new height.
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This book far exceeds anything I could have imagined!!! I love it
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I.
I cant.
I cant even begin to tell you how much I loved this book. This book opened me up, ripped me apart, confused the heck out of me, and then blew my mind.  It was nothing like I was expecting and that is what made me love it so.

I found myself getting sucked into Callas world.  Immediately her world breaks apart and you just sit there, reading how she struggles to pick up all the pieces and keep the pile in her arms without dropping them (which is quite impossible given the load she bears.)

I don't want to say too much because I don't want to spoil the reading pleasure that I had but I really do encourage you to read this book.  I promise that you will not be disappointed.

I will say that I am so excited that I read this book so close to the release day to the second book so I don't have to wait too long to find out what else is going to happen and you know it is going to be crazy.  Less than 24 hours until I have access to it!!!
~Miranda
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Man oh man! I'm just so blown away! I don't know how I feelangry, happy, frustrated, anxious and hopeful?? I was hooked from the very first page to the last... and man, I wasn't expecting that twist... friggin brilliant!

This... this is why I love to read. This, right here is a great story. It's gripping... and exciting... and each page just kept on getting juicier... each page just kept on getting better and better.

It's been a long couple of months since I really gushed about a book... Sure, I've read some pretty awesome books, and I've given some of them 5-stars... but if could give this one more than that, I definitely would.

I couldn't put the book down to save my life... My heart and my head kept on saying, "Just one more chapter"and then bam! The next thing I know, it's already 3am and I've already finished it... pulled an all nighter with this one. Sure, I look like the walking dead right now, but who cares?? It was all worth it!

The blurb alone is enticing... and would definitely get you curious... and of course, anxious at the same time. I told myself to keep an open-mind.

I don't condone cheating or stepping-out in a relationship. I've been there... I've been cheated on... It's devastating not only to your mental, physical and emotional health but to your whole humanity... That being said and put out there, I'd like ya'll to reserve judgment on the all the characters in this book until the end. There is more to Charlie, Cameron and Reese...

Gaaaah! This book made me tear up. I didn't want to, but it was written so vividly... I felt the heartbreak, the longing, the disappointment, the regret, the passion... I felt the resentment... the stregth and I felt the love... I felt everything.

Reading this reminded me of those pretty epic modern love-triangles I came across through-out the years... there was Cathy, Ben and Arsen from Mia Asher; there was Kellan, Kiera and Denny from S.C. Stephens; then there was Emily, Gavin and Dillon from Gail McHugh... and of course, who could forget Dahlia, River and Ben from Kim Karr?? Everyone loves to read a good drama...

This is by far Ms. Steiner's best work as of date, and I cant wait to get some answers to my questions and read the conclusion to this epic love story.