Book: Throwaway

Heather Huffman
Romance
Lulu / 2010
Mass Market / 274 Pages

When society deemed Jessie a throwaway, she didn't let it stop her from finding the sunshine in her world...
But that world is threatened when she finds herself undeniably drawn to the mischievous glint in the eyes of a man unlike any she's ever met before.
What starts as a simple crush will lead them both on a journey they could never have anticipated. From a vibrant St. Louis neighborhood known as Cherokee Street to a cave in the Ozark Mountains with a 120-year-old mystery to hide, Jessie fights organized crime, corruption and her own fears to reclaim her life and leave her mark on this world.

I picked this book up because I like the cowboy boots on the cover
What I liked the Most? She saves herself

What I liked the Least? the watered down “sanitized” version of being a prostitute

Review: Continuing the “least section” this book seems to sanitize whoredom (kinda like Pretty Woman did) – there is no reality to it. I’m gonna get up, go do yoga, have lunch with my hooker roommate (who is like 18), then I’m gonna go party in the club, oops time to go home. That is pretty much her “daily” life. There is even a section on human trafficking and that was pretty much summed up into “her eyes told me she hated me” and that was it. Now that may sound like a major complaint, but it isn’t – I choose to look at it in the Pretty Woman way – hooker with a heart of gold makes good.

I enjoyed the fast pace of the book after all hell breaks loose in the city.

Recommended to: This is a hard call – it’s not a standard romance, it’s not a standard suspense, it’s not really standard anything – read it or not, it’s gonna depend on your view point.

Best Quote: “Rolling hills that had been vibrant green just weeks ago were now muted in tone, as if they were taking a deep breath before bursting into the song of fall.”

Book: Love's Magic

Traci E Hall
Medieval Paranormal Romances
Medallion Press / 2008
Mass Market / 461 Pages
Series Boadicea #1

While her sisters are tall and beautiful, Celestia Montehue is the misfit in a royal family—petite, with one green and one blue eye. The only thing she has in common with her ancestors is her magical healing ability. Fearing no one will ever accept her, she vows never to marry. Meanwhile, Nicholas Le Blanc, a haunted man, was trained as a knight but his childhood has convinced him he is a bastard. He is captured while on crusade and eventually forced to kill for his freedom. An arranged marriage between the two does not bode happiness, nor does Celestia's new home—a broken-down keep haunted by the ghost of Nicholas' mother. Soon a curse is set upon them, and they must decide if their love will save them or, ultimately, doom them.

I picked this book up because it looked interesting

What I liked the Most? Celestia (‘Tia) rocks

What I liked the Least?

Review:OMG – what a touching and interesting story. I love quirky romances and I enjoyed taking time out of reality to enjoy some quality me time. The story itself kept me reading because it moves along at quite a nice pace, and there are plenty of events to keep the reader busy.

Recommended to: Fans of “cutesy” romances

Best Quote: “I should have ridden faster, hell, I never should have gone. I was selfish, and couldn’t think past my own hurt. I cannot lose her now, not when I know how much she means to me.”

Book: Soul Search

Amber Scott
Paranormal Romance
Tholden / 2011
Kindle

Three years ago, one horrific night changed his life forever. And now the wolf soul that was invoked to save him is taking over his body, day by day.

Can he master his animal instincts in time to discover who is stealing children's souls before the delicate balance we all depend upon is shattered?

Or will he reject the one woman who can help heal his body and his soul?

I picked this book up because Kindle Freebie
What I liked the Most? Jacob and the guardian angel bit

What I liked the Least? The book

Review: This book is a relative mess - badly written with logic gaps, bad prose, and even worse a romance that makes no sense. Yeah yeah yeah – I get it, new twist on shifter mythos, mediums, and a really bad guy. But OMG this book drug on and on – should I tell him, I can’t tell him, I should tell him, I promised my imaginary friend I would never reveal him. *ARGH* Do yourself a favor and skip it.

You got to be freaking kidding me – 4 & 5 stars for this drivel? Shoot me now.

Recommended to: Fans of absurd

Best Quote: "We will find her. You deserve to know if you fathered a child with her, and if so, to know that child"

Book: Fantasy Lover

Sherrilyn Kenyon
Paranormal Romance
St Martin’s Press / 2002
Mass Market / 337 Pages
Series Dark Hunter #0 (that’s what the list said lol)

Dear Reader,

Being trapped in a bedroom with a woman is a grand thing. Being trapped in hundreds of bedrooms over two thousand years isn't. And being cursed into a book as a love-slave for eternity can ruin even a Spartan warrior's day.

As a love-slave, I know everything about women. How to touch them, how to savor them, and most of all, how to pleasure them. But when I was summoned to fulfill Grace Alexander's sexual fantasies, I found the first woman in history who saw me as a man with a tormented past. She alone bothered to take me out of the bedroom and onto the world. She taught me to love again.

But I was not born to love. I was cursed to walk eternity alone. As a general, I had long ago accepted my sentence. Yet now I have found Grace--the one thing my wounded heart cannot survive without. Sure, love can heal all wounds, but can it break a two-thousand-year-old curse?

Julian of Macedon

I picked this book up because Was trying to find someone new to read

What I liked the Most? Julian – I loved the concept of his character

What I liked the Least? Grace – successful sex therapist whose only had sex once and that was a total flop – really?

Review:This wasn’t a bad book it just lacked a certain level of maturity that I have come to expect from any of the books I read (and yes that includes the YA books lol). I enjoyed the characters and most of the interactions really I did. There were even several awww moments – I was especially touched when the library was replaced.

I’ll save the next book in the series for a sick day read.

Recommended to: Fans of this type of romance

Best Quote: “As for the age of electronics, Selena, I really don't want to get personal with something that comes with a warning label and batteries.”