The Best Damn book I have read in a long time!
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I was too tired to finish in one night! I LOVED every minute of this book. I cannot say anymore than it exceeded my expectations so much so I had to buy the series. Dahlia West is now one of my TOP author's. Will be watching for future books. Thank You!
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Ok, I don't know where to start! I loved this freakin' book! It had everything I ever want in a story. I ordered it last week and it got to my house really quick. It's like 530 pages and I finished it in two days because I COULD NOT STOP READING IT! The way that Sutton writes wil keep you guessing and leave you wanting more page by page. I read alot of sci-fi, but I've never read anything like this. The characters are so life like, I found myself believing they were real. It is a really funny story, someone below said that, I was laughing so much. But its also really dark, intense, and creepy. Its like the author tricks you into laughing with the characters one second then the next your crying with them.

I swear I'm not going to leave any spoilers, but I just need to talk about the characters a minute. Jet is the main character and he's really crazy but brilliant! The whole time he acts like such a jerk but by the end of the book you love him, he's the absolute definition of an anti-hero that you rarely see today. A lot of times there are characters that are supposed to be anti-heroes, but they're really not. The villain is a woman named Mioko that's really creepy. The entire time your left to decide whether MIoko is actually in Jet's imagination or if she's real. You will never guess the ending! The whole story is set in the late sixties so when the characters talk they use sixties dialect. It reminds me of those old cheesy sci-fi movies but with a modern themes and realistic tones. The book ends with a huge cliffhanger and to be honest its driving me nuts. I've not seen hardly anything about this book or the Advent Saga on the internet yet so I'm guessing the author's new. J. Sutton, if you're reading this...HURRY UP AND PUBLISH THE SEQUEL!!! I NEED TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS TO JACK, LOL!
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Let me just say this is the best book I've read in a long time. So often I start a book and I just can't get into it. I end up putting it down, and then  putting it away. But this book grabbed my attention from the very beginning! There is an event ( I won't say what it is) that grabs at your emotions and really makes you root for Sarah, the main character. Personally I just wanted to punch someone! That's good writing! Jennifer Rodewald has such a unique and "real" style to her story telling. I felt like I knew Sarah Sharpe. And when we meet Jesse, we might be frustrated with some of his choices, his hesitancy, but we can totally understand why he is holding back. I really respected the guy, and he's not even real! I will recommend this book to everyone I know!
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Just wow. So much yes.

I don't have the words to describe the awesomeness of this book. I loved it from the beggining, and was obsessed (tiny spoiler alert) once Labyrinth was referenced! Very well written, and the grammar police would be proud! I laughed way too obnoxiously. I cheered. I am in awe. It's not often that a book has my full attention from the first chapter. I don't usually read paranormal books often because a lot are poorly written and just frustrate me. But I'm about to binge read ALL THE BOOKS by this author.

Read this! You will be grateful you did.
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Could not put it down until I completely read the book from cover to cover!
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THis is one of the strangest books I have read, and seriously, coming from me, that is quite a statement! I loved it, I fell completely head over heels for this book. If it was a person, I think it might have been my soul mate! The writing is beautiful, graphic, lyrical. It takes you to Heaven and Hell and everywhere in between. I have never been so sad to say goodbye to a book. Do yourself a favour, if you only read one book this year, make it this one.
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Wow.  This book was freakin' awesome!  I loved it!!  The HUGE twist towards the end floored me..holy frak!  But how ironic and right it turned out to be.  TWO HUGE THUMBS UP!!!!
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Holy hot damn. These Things About Us caught me majorly by surprise. Im going to be honest, the cover didn't scream out at me, and the synopsis didn't grab me by the jugular and demand I read it, but I was asked to read it, and read it I did. No, thats wrong, I didn't read it. I DEVOURED IT. Basically in one sitting. At the end I wanted to punch myself in the face for procrastinating for days! This was a book that I spoonfed my toddler dinner with one hand, and had my kindle in the other hand reading it. (Dont judge!), I sat in the car reading all anti-social at my daughters dance class instead of chatting to other mums. It was THAT good. Beege drew me in and kept me for the duration. I highlighted 39 pages of passages I want to mention here. Moments that I know I will want to read over again. God, the story, the romance, the sizzle, the background. This book checked all the boxes. This story, Trace, Tony, is all one-click worthy. Go do it!!!

18 year old Tony Ainsley, aka Kitty, aka Ninja, is on the run from her past. Her father, his associates. His drama. She is working everyday to escape from the Antonia she used to be. Before she changed and became the girl she wants to be, Tony. She is searching for the mother that would never have abandoned her by choice & once she does, everything will be ok. Wont it? She strikes some luck and ends up at the last glimmer of hope, The Dirty Dungeon. Fortunately she is taken in by some do-gooders where she sets up base and makes a day-to-day plan to find her mum. What she didn't expect was for her room mate to despise her on sight, his brother to become a close friend, and her co-worker a shoulder to cry on. With clues being crossed off every day, an attraction she definitely shouldnt feel and her past closing in on her things don't go as smooth as she hoped.

There was so much to love about These Things About Us. I giggled all the way through & even shed some tears. Seeing London for the first time through Tonys eyes, the British-isms  I loved them because I experience translation issues all the time being an Australian, while reading, often set in America, a Yank learning Brit speak. The fake sex was gold. Hahahahahaha & of course the bickering and banter. Tough Tony that didn't lay down and take no s&@% from no one. Every moment of every day she made conscious decisions to make better choices. And of course we have Trace the hug-aholic. Now, I know there will be people that don't get him til closer to the end, but I had him pegged from day dot. Hes a big hot, tattooed, scary teddy bear that is sexy as all get out. Totally caring & cuddly. The perfect partner for his perfectly imperfect Kitty.

Much of the story is a mystery but the journey we are taken on was the fun part. Playing in the rain, sculling coffee, waitressing for drunk prats, dealing with stolen phones, putting up with noisy sex all night long, meeting Jesus, finding our way around London on public transport and mostly getting to know Tony and her daily internal struggles. When you read this and meet Trace, I know you will fall head over heels in love like I did. There is drama but I don't want to give anything away. This is a book you need to sit down and read until the last page. Its a book that you need to read.

The story was touching and engaging, the characters were well developed and had real personality & the prose was smooth with perfect flow. I couldn't put in down. I still cant stop thinking about it. Im ready for more. Book 2? Pleassssssse, Im begging!!!
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5 STARS!!!

Remembering Joy was SUCH a pleasant surprise!!! Id had this book on my kindle forever and I finally had time to read it. IF YOUVE DONE THIS TOO  SERIOUSLY, READ THIS BOOK!!! I kicked myself for waiting so long and I HATE when I do this!

I absolutely love smart angst. Did you hear me? SMART angst. This book gave me a stomach ache in the best way. I couldn't stop flipping to the next page to see what would happen next. I know that sounds weird, but I seriously could not put it down because there was just so much going on. Jenni did such a great job at keeping the story interesting and fast paced.

Highly, highly recommend this book. I cannot wait to start the next book!
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Holy Shamoly!! This book was awesome. The hype really is deserved when it comes to The Hating Game. The characters, the storyline, the sizzling tension and the banter makes this one of the best books of 2016. I even did one of those giddy sit up straight, clap my hands and look around for someone to smile at, goofy faces. Come on, don't deny it you do something similar...don't you? I finished it ran to my computer and now Im trying to be smart and witty at nearly 11:00pm. There is ABSOLUTELY NO WAY I can even come close to doing this story justice.

So, all Im going to say about it is thisHappy dances, hearts aflutter, a few chuckles, maybe a sniffle, is it getting hot in here, the heroine is quirky without being silly AND the hero is tall, good looking with dark hair. You guessed it - Hello Mr Gandy, welcome to your casting call.

Honestly, I went into reading this one completely blind and being led by my book world friends. It really worked for me. I can even admit that at first, I thought, bugger, their silly banter could get old. But soon, I was dying to know what Mr GandyI mean Joshua, is really thinking. Could they really hate each other this much? If they really hate each other, why would they step into the line of fire to save each other? Nope, Im not going to say anymore.

Joshua is going onto my favourite book boyfriends shelveright near the top. He does the brooding, dark and gloomy so well and yet he also does the sweet, completely bamboozled by love, just as well.

Considering this is Sally Thornes debut novel she has done an outstanding job. Lets hope shes got a backlog of books that shes been waiting to get published. Fingers crossed.
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This is the best book I have read in a long time and I read probably an average of six books a week.  Megan and Kevin agree to a marriage of convenience because each has something the other needs.  However, as they get to know each other they discover that although he was raised in a very wealthy family and she was raised by a family who didn't have much, they have one thing in common...overbearing and bullying fathers.  Megan decides that Kevin wins in the debate of whose father is worse because his father will stoop to any depths to get what he wants and what he wants most is to destroy the relationship between Kevin and Megan.

I loved Kevin's little brother (who couldn't get his nose out of his iPad) and his sister (who ran around in full vampire dress and makeup).  I also loved the way Megan interacted with these children who were damaged by the despicable acts of their father.  I literally could not put it down because I HAD to know what was going to happen next!  As I was reading this book I kept thinking that this really should be made into a movie!  I would love to watch it!  I highly recommend this book.
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I couldn't put it down! One of the best books I have read in a long time!
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The best book I have read in 10 years.  Mesmerizing and heartbreaking!
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This was such a great book - I cannot wait to read it again!!  While I loved the Stranger, I think I loved the Bastard a little more!!  At any rate - READ IT!!!
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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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This book is easily the best book I have read in a long time. The first time I read it as a borrowed copy from a friend, and then I had to go out and buy my own. Everyone I know who has read it cried while reading it. That's one of the reasons I like this book so much. It causes you to feel very strobgly about the characters, and it does have real world connectiong to it. I also really like that the part you cry it can be your own. There isn't a specific part of this book that you're supposed to cry at. You cry when you cry and you laugh when you laugh, so when you read this book you can make it your own. It's also a thinking book, once you put it down or finish it, it causes you to think afterwards. I love this book so much (present tense)!! If you are considering this book I highly reccomend you go for it! You will not be dissapointed!!
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This has to be one of the best books I have read in years!!!! This book builds you up shreds you to pieces and then tiny piece by tiny piece puts you back together!  This is one of those books you will read over and over again!