Month: September 2016

Weight of the World by Riley Hart

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

As the tears flow and the emotions roll through me, I try to come up with the words that can adequately describe how this book made me feel. So many things come to mind: pain, sadness, darkness, confusion, sorrow, beauty, survival, love, acceptance, growth and always remember to grab whoever you love and dance. When the tears flow hours later, mourning for the life that could’ve been, grieving for the loss, feeling the pain but also the strength of the two men still not only here but thriving, loving, living…that’s when I know that a story has truly touched me. Years from now when I’m asked what books impacted my life – this book will definitely be on that list.

View all my reviews

From the Ashes by Sierra Riley

My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I was given an ARC in exchange for an honest review and while I liked the story and I liked the characters and felt like they had decent chemistry together it was the fact that they barely seemed to communicate yet worked out all of their issues so easily that threw me off. I get the ‘it was meant to be’ sensation but it still takes some work.

View all my reviews

What Remains by Garrett Leigh

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Wow. Just wow. Talk about tough. Talk about heart wrenching. Talk about brutal. And in the same breath talk about beautiful. Talk about something so amazing it will change you, it will stay with you long after the last page is turned. A love filled with so much patience and heart you will feel it….and you’ll never let it go.

View all my reviews

The Misadventures of Doc and Dirk Vol. 2 by Dan Skinner

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

It’s kind of hard to write a review when I’m still laughing so hard my hands are shaking but I’ll give it my best. I actually read this twice. Yes twice. Once to myself and then out loud to my hubby when I kept busting out the snort-laughs so he’d say ‘okay, what did Dirk do now?’ I think I might put that on a t-shirt. For Dirk. Oh. And I have a new favorite color. Butt skin. Snort. Yep. Oh heck. I’m going back in. This one is just that freaking good.

View all my reviews

Steady Stroke by A.M. Arthur

My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Okay – this was a struggle. At times it was great, hot, emotional, intense. But then it delved into the ‘are you freaking kidding me?’ and ‘there’s no freaking way’ realms that just made it tough. I mean if you find out something huge, a big piece of news that could potentially blow your relationship to bits it just seems to me that it should take more than a few pages to work though it. I don’t know, maybe that’s just me. I’m glad these guys got their HEA but it just felt too perfect.

View all my reviews

Body Rocks by A.M. Arthur

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This was a roller coaster of a love story that’s for sure. With enough ups and downs, twists and turns, highs and lows to leave you dizzy, soaring, nauseous and sometimes all three. Was it tough? Absolutely. Was it worth the ride? Definitely.

View all my reviews

Unf;nished by J.R. Barten

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Intense, emotional, sometime brutal, honest, real and incredibly beautiful. I just had so many ‘feels’ roiling through me after I finished this that I couldn’t get words to coagulate into sentences that would make sense for a review but just know that this book, while emotional and hard, was amazing and so worth it in the end.

View all my reviews