Book Review: Wrecked by Priscilla West

Wrecked by Priscilla West
My rating: 4 of 5 stars


“There would be no happy ending for us. He was too damaged. I was too broken.”

Two years ago, Lorrie’s mother was murdered. But that wasn’t the end of it. Reeling from the tragedy, Lorrie’s father spiraled into alcohol, depression, and finally suicide.

The two most important people in Lorrie’s life are both gone but she’s still alive.

Trying to recover from the tragedy, Lorrie returns to campus, ready to pick up the pieces of her life. All Lorrie wants is to get back to “normal.”

Then she meets Hunter. The man, the legend, “the Hammer.”

Hunter is a cage fighter who takes on every fight like he’s got nothing to lose. His life is a tangled mess of girls, booze, and fist fights. And while it may seem like he’s got a devil-may-care attitude, he’s fighting a private cage-match with a monster he can’t defeat.

Lorrie knows that Hunter is the exact type of guy she should stay away from, especially in her fragile state, but Hunter has other ideas.

As Hunter and Lorrie grow closer together, will they be able to overcome their pain and heal each other? Or will they both end up wrecked?

Review:

I loved this! Both of the main characters are lovable, I loved the fact that they started as friends then their relationship blossoms into something better, I loved the that they gave each other the solace that they both badly needed.

Hunter just like most of the hero in any romance book is a hot, good looking and popular but I liked that unlike most of the hero he's not cocky and bossy in an alpha kind of way, instead he's patient with Lorrie and he offered friendship first when he realize that Lorrie is different from the other girls plus he rescued the kittens! how adorable is that?!

Lorrie, our girl even-though damaged is a fighter and not a pushover , she knows what's better for her and she tries hard to do that no matter how hard thus fighting her attraction to Hunter.

I enjoyed and loved and I might re-read this sooner than I planned. I recommend this to all romance book readers. Can't wait to read the book 2.

***received copy via netgalley.

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Leo: Leo 1 by Mia Sheridan

Leo: Leo 1 by Mia Sheridan
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Book Summary:
Evie and Leo met in foster care as children and formed a bond of friendship. As they grew, their bond turned to love, and they vowed to make a life together when they turned 18 and were no longer a part of the system.

When Leo unexpectedly gets adopted as a teen and he moves to another city, he promises Evie that he will contact her as soon as he gets there and come back for her in a few short years. She never hears from him again.

Now eight years later, in spite of the odds, Evie has made a life for herself. She has a job. She has friends. She's content. Then a man shows up out of the blue, claiming that her long lost love, Leo, sent him to check up on her. The attraction between them is undeniable. But, should she trust this sexy stranger? Or is he keeping a secret about what his connection to Leo is really all about and why Leo disappeared all those years ago?

New Adult Contemporary Romance: Due to strong language and sexual content, this book is not intended for readers under the age of 18.

My Thoughts:

I'm grateful that I've seen this book in my goodreads updates and decided to read it asap, this book is wonderful not only because it does have a good story but because it teaches life values that we do know but most of the time forget or take for granted.

Evie, I do love her..and honestly ..wishes to somehow adapt her point of view in life, she experience lots of painful things in life but instead of being bitter and mean..it made her stronger and appreciate simple joys in life. Most of us here have a decent job, a nice home and a bed where we can sleep but we're still sad and feel that life doesn't go our way and we deserve more (dramatics aren't we?) but our Evie here feels blessed with just having a bed to sleep and a job that will feed her.

Jake, our poor hunky jake did what he did in order to get the girl he truly wanted and I couldn't blame him..me wants my own jake *blush

Relationship between Evie and Jake started a little too fast for me but I can't blame them..why waste time? :P SO anyways what I'm trying to say is if you haven't read this yet..READ.THIS.NOW.

I'm excited to read more books by this author.

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Deeper We Fall by Chelsea M. Cameron

My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Two years after her best friend was involved in a car accident that caused a traumatic brain injury, Lottie Anders is ready to start her freshman year of college. Ready to move on. Ready to start forgetting the night that ripped her life apart.

Her plans come to a screeching halt when not one, but both brothers responsible for the accident end up back in her life again.

Zack is cruel, selfish and constantly rubbing what happened to her friend in Lottie's face. 

Zan is different. He listens to her awkward ramblings. He loves "To Kill a Mockingbird" as much as she does, and his dark eyes are irresistible. His words are few and far between, but when he does speak, she can't help but listen. 

The trouble is, Zan was the driver in the accident, and now Lottie's discovered he lied to her about what happened that night. Now she must decide if trusting him again will lead to real forgiveness, or deeper heartache.


**I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review**


"Someday things might fall into place and you'll realize it was supposed to happen"


Sometimes bad things happens and all we can see are the negative effect it brings, but with bad comes good..we just need to look closer..there are lessons we only learn when we are in a bad situation.

I struggled reading the first half of the book because it's full of angst and drama, it revolves around Lottie's hate for both Zack and Zan, Will and Simon being supportive brother and friend. I can't bring myself to like Lottie during the first half because I feel that she's being mean with Zan, Yes.. it is irresponsible of Zan to get into the car drunk (People..Please do not drink then drive!!) ..but lets not forget that it's Lexie's decision to stay with Zack..leading to Zan drunk driving them..so what I am trying to say is that ..it was an accident (I bet I would say differently if it happens to my friend ). I totally get why she's being like that.. but I can't help myself wanting to scream at her to move on (easier said than done..why am I contradicting myself..><)

Why Lottie irritates me during the first half:

Lottie to Zan :"Why am I even talking to you? I hate you"

Lottie to Zan : "You don't talk to much"

Well duh, I won't be talking much too if you treat me like that.

Contrary to me not liking Lottie..I do like Zan..really, really like him. He's been through a lot of things and I keep on wishing that he'll eventually find happiness in the end, I badly wanted to be a book character then I'll befriend him..and yeah eventually falls for him..no more Lottie and Zan..it'll be me and Zan forever...lol. I think I just sounded creepier than usual.

The good thing is I find myself liking Lottie around 60% of the book and thankfully till the end, I loved that everything turns out to be okay for both Lottie and Zan in the end plus they got wonderful friends that cares for them.



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The Bet by Rachel Van Dyken

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Book Summary:

"I have a proposition for you..."
Kacey should have run the minute those words left Seattle millionaire Jake Titus's mouth. Instead, she made a deal with the devil in hopes of putting her past behind her once and for all.
Four days.
She could do four days!
But she wasn't counting on Jake’s older brother Travis being there to witness their farce of an engagement.
One thing is for certain.
One brother is right for her.
One wants a lifetime.
And one is in league with the devil.
She should have gotten Jake’s signature in blood.


My Review:

***I received a free copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

The Bet is a fun, cute, and sweet read. I have lots of laugh-out-loud moments with this book..it was a perfect stress reliever, I ended up having a goodnight after reading it..massive headache forgotten :).

Favorite line: (Kacey seeing a spider on Travis's butt) "Oh gosh, it's moving! It's so gross! Can't you just like, flex your butt or something?"

Honestly, I have my doubts about liking this book when Jake was first introduce into the story, I'm pretty scared I won't be able to like Travis, I mean Jake's a jerk, but he's a hot playboy jerk lol, and girls tend to fall in love with the bad guys in hope of being the one to change them right? But Travis is a guy every woman needs to have..a keeper. He's sweet and caring...totally lovable, and definitely sexier than Jake!

Kacey. She is the kind of heroine that you won't have a hard time liking but Grandma Nadine is the most lovable character here in the story totally outshining Kacey, I wish every grandmother in the world is as cool as her.

I'm giving this 4.5 stars. I totally loved and enjoyed reading The Bet and will recommend it to my friends.


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