I was super excited to open this book and begin reading - ...
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I was super excited to open this book and begin reading - and the foreword was amazing! It left me super excited to keep reading and dig deeper into the book - and the scripture behind it.

I was a little less excited after a week or so in, though. While each devotion is based on scripture and there are prayers included, the devotions sound very new age-y. There isn't anything that is contradictory to scripture, but some of the wording reads like a self-help book to me.

On the flip side, I love the doodles. With wide black lines, fun lettering, and creative doodles, they're fun to color. They're detailed enough to take some time to complete but simple enough that I'm not coloring all day. Since I want to finish my picture while thinking about and praying through the scripture, that works out well for me.

The majority of the devos seem to focus on young motherhood - the emotions and difficulties of being a mother to young children. While I can certainly relate to them, my season of motherhood is changing as we're solidly in the tween years, the issues are a bit different.

I am thoroughly enjoying the scripture that Humphrey pulls out, though, in addition to the doodles. If you have young children and enjoy the adult coloring craze, this book is definitely worth a look.

I received a free copy of this book from LitFuse Publicity. The included opinions are my own.
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Getting a chance to preview this book in facebook live I was eager to see the release of this book.
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Can't wait to start it ! Heard it was awesome !!
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Im always super excited when Im able to jump in on the ground floor of a new series, its intimidating when you really want to read a book and you realize its the eighth book already, right?! The Girls in the Water is an excellent beginning to an exciting new series, if you want to catch it from the beginning its out now!

Alex and Chloe are the two lead characters, they are partners and Alex is Chloes boss. Alex is in her forties and Chloe is in her twenties but despite their age difference, they make quite the team. The case they're working on is really intense, young women are being murdered and left in bodies of water. When a tie to Chloes past is uncovered the tension mounts as they realize she may be in danger as well.

The character development was strong here, both Alex and Chloe have interesting pasts. Alex has a complex relationship with her ex husband, Rob and Chloes brother died when she was younger. The dynamics of the team were also engaging, I quite liked all of them besides Alex and Chloe including Dan and their superintendent Harry.

The pacing is steady to start, I think this is partly because Jenkins is introducing the reader to a new cast of characters. Things do amp up as the book progresses and the climax was intense and got my pulse pounding. There were also quite a few surprising turns that caught me off guard, being shocked is always good! Im looking forward to the next book already and think fans of Patricia Gibney would enjoy this one.
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I saw that this was a preview, and got it anyway.  I'm looking forward to reading the rest of the story - 8 chapters was only enough to whet my appetite for the character and the interesting world she lives in.
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Only a few pages in but loving it already!
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I felt the hunger to read this book.  Could not wait to finish the book I was on and begin this one.  And so I started my journey and I enjoyed the book until I got 3/4 of the way into it.  It started to feel like I read this book before, it felt like I was pushing myself to end this book almost knowing what the out come was going to be.  Even with that all important twist you figured it out.  I wish that the romantic novels would switch up and the formula somewhat.
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I'm so glad that I gave this book a shot as it really paid off. A great debut, for fans of Dystopia and Romance. Admittedly the romance aspect does outweigh the Dysopian , but that didn't bother me.

What did bother me was the romantic interest. However, he did end up growing on me and I'm anticipating that some revelations in the future will help me to get behind the romantic interest more. I loved Willow and thought that she was a strong and (mostly) intelligent heroine.

The whole concept of abilities and genetic coding was pretty cool, I hope that the next book expands on this more, but for the first book it featured enough on it to whet my appetite.

Overall my paltry review doesn't do this book justice, but I shall blame that on my currently flu riddled brain. If not for this awesome book I think it likely that I would have gone crazy from being stuck in bed all day. I can't wait for the next one!

Note: I received this book for free in exchange for an honest review.
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Just finished it and I loved it! Now i'm left with eager anticipation for the next book and a strong dissatisfaction with the other books waiting to be read on my Kindle...
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I REALLY loved this book beginning and middle of it, it gave me a good reading experience for the most part. I felt there were parts over explained but I felt and saw what she did and loved visualizing the colors. Be prepared for A LOT of cliffhangers and there isn't a date or a preview for book 2! I can't wait until it comes out!
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Hi, just read this opening and LOVED the writing style.  It did pull me in and wanted to buy this.  Maybe the author Dennis could upload this again to AMAZON.  COVER IS gorgeous too.  Amazon does have issues that shows up that i too as an author had a problem on one of my edits and i had to re upload again a new version... I HOPE the Author reads this and considers updating the availability of this BOOK.  I will purchase and want to READ MORE of MINA...Roshandra warmly sharing ...thank you..
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Mmmm, I feel very torn with this review and I will tell you why. Having never read any of the Thorne series of books by Mark Billingham, I decided to make a marathon catch up session and start with his debut novel Sleepyhead (released in 2001). The synopsis sounded pretty amazing and I started the book with anticipation. The reason I say I am torn is because I have really conflicting emotions. The story, writing and plot was flipping amazing and it took me no time to devour the book. On the other hand I am still undecided about how I feel about Tom Thorne.

As this is a debut, I know it takes time but for some reason I just didn't get to grips with him that much. He is a D.I who takes his job seriously and in this current book it seems we are getting to know Thorne and the demons that he is battling (due to an earlier case). When Alison Willetts is found alive, following three murders, Tom finally feels like this is the break they needed. Sadly, and one of the most interesting elements of this book, is that although Alison lived, she has been left with locked-in syndrome. Alison knows exactly what is going on and is fully functional, she just cant communicate. This in itself made a refreshing change to read about as its something that is scary and also something Ive not read about before.

The other thing I loved about this was that I spent literally the whole book questioning everything. Were my suspicions right? Was Throne wrong? Was he losing his marbles? Who else is shady? Yep, pretty much the standard thought process for many I would imagine. That alone is always a bonus as it feels like you are as in the dark as the D.I. I wouldnt say this book was particularly gruesome, but there is an element of fear about it. You know that shiver down your back type of fear you get? Yep, that one! Overall for the first in the series and his debut, it was a corker. The fact that I am 13 years behind everybody else means I have some serious catching up to do, and I have to say Im rather looking forward to it!
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So far so good! I'be only read the back cover since I just received it a few hours ago, but that alone had made me so excited to begin reading tomorrow.
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Have you ever been so excited to read something because the synopsis sounded so amazing and the cover was equally as enticing only to start reading what seems like something totally different? That is how Cover Him With Darkness by Janine Ashbless was for me. It was supposed to be about Milja, a young and sheltered village girl who fell in love with Azazel, the fallen angel. I went into the book thinking it was going to about one thing but boy did I get another.

The book opens with a prologue that gives us much needed history on how Azazel came to be a prisoner in the mountaintop prison and then progresses rather quickly. Miljas first encounter with the prisoner would be the defining moment that would change her life forever.

Miljas father, a priest, felt it was time for his 7 year old daughter to learn that it was her familys responsibility of making sure the prisoner never escaped or was caught. She too, would be expected to carry out that tradition once she grew into adulthood. However, I do not understand why her father did not think she could eventually fall in love with the fallen angel. The only reason he gave her for Azazel being imprisoned was he was a bad man. Really? Thats all you have to say to having what appears to be a wounded man in chains and ropes? I think most people would have a hard accepting that, especially a child.

As Milja grew up the prisoner was always on her mind and in her dreams. Which is not surprising. Had I been that 7 year old little girl and learned that my family was taking care of an immortal prisoner, I would never forget it either.  She began secretly taking him food when she was 11 and upon seeing him smile for the first time she silently gave her heart to him.

Initially I felt a little sorry for Azazel. A prisoner locked up with only the little food and milk the child of his captor snuck into him. But as I continued reading I learn that he is the worst kind of Alpha-male there is. Typically, I do not like many Alpha-males in novels because they are mean, ruthless and treat their women as possessions instead of partners, which is exactly how he was. Some of the things he did to Milja and made her do were so degrading that I grew to almost hate him.

But what story would be complete without the Beta-male? None. Cover Him With Darkness does not disappoint here. Egan is the resident Beta. He appeared at the right time offering Milja some much needed friendship and I was rooting for him until we get close to the end of the book. Ummmm.no. I took my vote back once everything was revealed (but I shall not give away any spoilers) and I found myself disliking each of the male characters in the book. But don't misunderstand me, they were well-crafted characters, but they were still jerks. The author did an amazing job in every area of this book minus the back cover.

All in all Cover Him With Darkness was really a good book if erotica is your thing. I wanted to love it so much because, wellI just wanted to love it. But I didnt. Mainly because I do not read erotica and that is what I felt this book was. Jane Ashbless is an amazing writer but it just is not my cup of tea. Also, I have to be honest but I felt a little tricked because the back cover and the book just didn't add up. Had I known this was an erotica book I would have never read it. I can honestly say that I could not wait to finish this book because it was just a tad bit too hot for me. But I will not take away points for that because the writing was really just THAT good.  I actually give Cover Him With Darkness 3.5 Stars.
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I went into this book pretty excited. I mean time travelers coming to the past to stop a future war that going to ruin the world. Anyone should be excited about that.

Lacey has made some bad choices in life and her father sends her to a detention center called Clear Waters. While there she meets Taylor and he introduces her to time travel and her own special powers. Together they break out to try and stop certain events before they can cause a war that will destroy everything.

So I told you I was excited, I went in with my hopes high. . .like real high. I got crushed. The concept of the book is great. Everything else not so much. Everything just seemed so forced to me or to easy. I imagined a hard struggle to accomplish their goals when in reality they pretty much just hung around until D-day and kinda took everything on the fly. The filler just wasn't exciting at all, they robbed a bank. . .a freaking bank! And I still wanted to yawn the entire time.

Lacey, I did not like her at all. She reacted wrong to everything. She gets attacked in what I imagine would have turned into rape if it didn't get stopped and there is one sentence were she gets a little teary eyed over it. It has no affect on her at all. Taylor leaves her in the woods by herself and she spends an entire night stuck out there in the rain and he says "I'm sorry" twice and suddenly its okay. I wanted to jump in the book smack her around a little and tell her to grow a pair and stick up for herself.

I didn't really like Taylor either, mainly because I never got a chance to know him. It was like he was just there for the romantic interest and to give Lacey a few training sessions to unlock her mind. Other then that I didn't get the feeling he ever cared for her at all. Honestly I thought there was going to be some major plot twist where he turned out to really be the bad guy (which would have made this book much more enjoyable).

Everyone else in the book is the same way. I can't even remember their names, all very forgettable characters.

The ending didn't work for me at all. I can admit I was a little shocked, but not enough to get excited over everything. The fact the everything just works itself out so nicely was disappointing, I wanted to see Lacey struggle a little more.

Even though I didn't like a lot about this book I really really liked the concept. It was just so awesome, and it was explained well. I didn't just have to accept that these people could travel through time, I learned how it was done and it was easy to understand. I would have liked to learn a little more about future Earth.

Would I recommend this book? No, it just didn't work for me. I found myself more disappointed then happy at the end.

**Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book from the author in exchange for a honest review.**

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First book?!  This author is dynamite! I lucked up on this while browsing in the library--love historical novels and the time travel idea appealed to me.  Busyness left this little gem sitting for a week and after an action  packed weekend, I thought I'd read a little to unwind.  HA!  This book kept  me on the edge of my seat and I literally had to force myself to put this  fascinating work down at 2:45 a.m., knowing I had to drag myself out of bed  at 6:30!  I plan to run, not walk to the nearest bookstore to buy my own  copy for future re-reads, as well as the next two installments.  All I can  say is keep writing Ms. Frank, and when will the next sequel appear?!
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I have never read it bit it looks good! I am soooo excited! I am going to like this book!!