Review: Foreplay by Sophie Jordan

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Foreplay
Author:  Sophie Jordan
Series: The Ivy Chronicles #1
Source: Publisher

SUMMARY
From Goodreads

Before she goes after the life she’s always wanted, she’s about to find the one she needs.

Pepper has been hopelessly in love with her best friend’s brother, Hunter, for like ever. He’s the key to everything she’s always craved: security, stability, family. But she needs Hunter to notice her as more than just a friend. Even though she’s kissed exactly one guy, she has just the plan to go from novice to rock star in the bedroom—take a few pointers from someone who knows what he’s doing.

Her college roommates have the perfect teacher in mind. But bartender Reece is nothing like the player Pepper expects. Yes, he’s beyond gorgeous, but he’s also dangerous, deep—with a troubled past. Soon what started as lessons in attraction are turning both their worlds around, and showing just what can happen when you go past foreplay and get to what’s real…

MY THOUGHTS

Foreplay is the first book in a new series by author Sophie Jordan.  Sophie Jordan is well known in the young adult genre for her Firelight Series.  Foreplay is the first book in The Ivy Chronicles geared for the New Adult genre.  The main characters are Reece and Pepper.

Pepper has always had a crush on her best friends brother, Hunter.  He is reliable, safe and cute.  With her life planned out in her head, Pepper is determined to have Hunter now that he is single.  Since Pepper has no experience with dating or with men, her friends decide to find her a man that would be able to help in that department with no strings attached.  They decide to use the town playboy that everyone has been talking about from the local bar/club.  This is where Reece enters the scene and ladies, pick your chin up and wipe the drool.  Not only is he sexy and hot, he is sweet and charming too!  He has manners and is an all around good guy.  I will say that Reece is not what you expect while reading this book.  There is a curve ball thrown in to make you rethink the mysterious aura that is surrounding Reece.  By the end of the book you will have a hard time choosing between Hunter and Reece just like Pepper.

The only reason I didn’t give this book the highest rating is because it did drag in some parts of the story.  There were a few times I just wanted the author to get on with the story already and get rid of some of the ‘filler’ pages. This is one series though that I am excited to read more of in the future!

FAVORITE QUOTE

“You can’t even see it. I’m the safest thing you’ll ever find.”

MY RATING

[sc:rate4 ]

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Review: Mercy Thompson Homecoming (Graphic Novel)

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Mercy Thompson: Homecoming
(Graphic Novel)
Author: Patricia Briggs and various Illustrators
Series: Mercedes Thompson Graphic Novels

SUMMARY
(From Goodreads)

Mercy Thompson is a walker, a magical being with the power to transform into a coyote. She lives on the fine line dividing the everyday world from a darker dimension, observing the supernatural community while standing apart.

When Mercy travels to the Tri-Cities of Washington for a job interview, she quickly finds herself smack-dab in the middle of a gang war between rival packs of werewolves. And as if fangs and fur weren’t bad enough, Mercy must deal with the scariest creature of all: her mother, who is convinced that Mercy is making a mess of her life and determined to set her daughter on the right course.

MY THOUGHTS

Since I have not read the entire original novel series, I am going to give a review as an outsider to this series starting with a graphic novel.

Confusion.  That is the one word that sums up my experience with this graphic novel.  I truly believe that if I had read the original series first, than this graphic novel probably would have made much more sense.  Yes it is easy to follow along with, but as a new reader to this author, it did lack answers to some questions.  I still have no idea about Mercy’s life growing up and what she was doing living with Bran.  The other part that left it confusing, was the illustrations.  As other reviewers have mentioned, they are beautiful.  The downfall of them though is that they change.  Mercy will look one way and then change to a different look on the following page.  One moment she is thin and graceful, the next she is muscular and stocky.  Graphic novels are suppose to tell the story through the pictures and less text, but it makes it difficult for the reader if the looks are constantly changing.

Overall it was an okay and quick read for a Graphic Novel.  It is not one of my favorites, but it still made me want to read the original novels.

MY RATING

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Review: Because You Are Mine by Beth Kery

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Because You Are Mine
Series: Because You Are Mine 1-8
Author: Beth Kery

SUMMARY
(From Goodreads)

When they met, the instant attraction was unmistakable…a purely, exquisitely physical charge. Succumbing to their desires is the easy part. But when passion opens the door to an intimacy neither has known, can a man known for being unbendable learn to love?

MY THOUGHTS

When this series was introduced as a serial novel and released a section at a time on Amazon, I anxiously awaited the final installment to be released.  I refuse to purchase a small section at a time and have to wait a week before we get the next one.  I want all of my story at once.  I am bad when it comes to serial novels.

I had heard that this series was hot, sexy and worth the Buy Now click on Amazon.  Sadly, I can honestly say that I wish I would have forgotten about this book.  I had to force myself to even finish reading this book.  That is a sad thing when you love to read and you have to force yourself to make it to that final page.  I could not bring myself to enjoy the dominant ways of Ian Noble.  He could be sweet at times, but overall he was a pushy prick.  Yes, I went there.  He was cold and nothing about him appealed to my romantic side.   When it came to Francesca Arno, she was the naive virgin that had so many conflicts in her character that I was getting whiplash trying to keep up with them.  One minute she is the sweet virgin unsure of herself, then the next page she is all of a sudden the sexy temptress teasing the men.  I think my eyes rolled more at the stupidity of her actions than it did in boredom.

While many people enjoyed this series, I will not be one to read it again or any future stories involving these characters.  If I had to force it the first time, I certainly won’t force it again.

MY RATING

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Review: One Lucky Vampire by Lynsay Sands

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One Lucky Vampire
Series: Argeneau #19
Author: Lynsay Sands

SUMMARY
(From Goodreads)

Luck be a vampire tonight . . .

When Nicole Phillips agreed to hire a housekeeper, she pictured someone a little frumpy and almost certainly female. Instead, she gets gorgeous, unmistakably male Jake Colson. The man is proving indispensable in the kitchen—and everywhere else. Except Jake might not be a mortal man at all.

. . . and every night

Who wouldn’t want to be a tall, dark, powerful vampire? Jake, for one. He’s barely had time to adjust to his new state before he’s roped into a family favor. Still, secretly playing bodyguard to sweet, sexy Nicole is turning out to be the wildest ride of his life. First he’ll put a stop to whoever’s targeting her. Then he’ll prove that this kind of love, and luck, happens only once in an eternity.

MY THOUGHTS

When it comes to author Lynsay Sands, I am a sucker for the story!  I absolutely adore her writing, characters and plot lines.  You would think after 19 books in a series I would grow bored with it.  Sadly, it just makes me crave more from her!

With One Lucky Vampire we get to read about Jake Colson and Nicole Phillips.  Jake you might remember as Stephano Notte from A Bite To Remember.  He was turned by Vincent in that book in order to save his life.  To say that he isn’t happy with being turned is an understatement. While he is glad to be alive, he did end up leaving his family behind to try and adjust on his own and in his own way.  When Marguerite asks Jake to help protect a friend of the family, Jake is nudged back into the family unit and accepts the job as a housekeeper/cook while actually being a bodyguard for Nicole.

Nicole has been through the ringer. Her previous husband was  guy who would rather spend her money than spend time with his wife.  He has made attempts on her life trying to get her money instead of losing it in a divorce.  She hires Jake as a housekeeper/cook to help her out while she finishes up her work in the art world.

With everything that takes place in this book between Jake and Nicole, I found the side characters of Dante and Tomasso to be my favorite.  They had some of the best lines in this book that left me laughing each time they opened their mouths!

“Nina’s gone,” Tomasso rumbled.

“What?” Nicole glanced around with amazement at that.  The woman had been standing guard over Jake like a German drill sergeant since arriving.   She hadn’t even allowed Nicole to peek into his room just to see for herself that Jake was alive and well.  “Then who’s watching over Jake?”

“Pinocchio doesn’t need watching.  He’s not sick anymore,” Dante informed her.

“Yeah, he’s walking and talking like a real boy now,” Tomasso added dryly.

…..”Right, so he was on his death bed the day before yesterday and now he’s up and moving around?”  She shook her head. “What if he passes out or just falls down and hist his head?”

“IT’s okay, it couldn’t hurt anything,” Tomasso assured her.

“Of course it could,” she snapped.  “People have been known to die from head wounds.”

“People have,” Dante agreed.  “But not Pinocchio.  His head is full of wood.”

I loved how they always called him Pinocchio in the story.  There is a reason why they call him this and it is one of the main reasons why Jake was unhappy about being turned and why he ran from his family.  Even with the jokes they throw Jake’s way, Dante and Tomasso truly love Jake and would love to have him back into the family fold.  I love how they end up having Nicole be the one person who saves Jake instead of the other way around.

If you are a fan of the Argeneau series, then this book should be a must buy book for you.  It brings back the feel of earlier books but also keeps it progressing for the entire series.  Keep them coming!

MY RATING

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