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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Hard Edit by Andrea Smith

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I’m not going to sugarcoat this. This one was rough for me, at times brutal, but for reasons that are purely my own that I’ll get to in a minute. The story picks up where Black Balled left off with Troy and Larson’s relationship on seemingly solid footing but we soon learn that a solid foundation can turn into a muddy mess at the drop of a hat and here is where Troy’s – and my – inner struggle begin. And I say mine too because I AM Troy. I have been my entire life. Not from any childhood trauma or a horrible event in my life. It’s just who I’ve always been. I don’t know why that voice of doubt that always tells me ‘you’re not good enough’ is always there. It just is and always has been and it’s my daily struggle to tell it to shut the fuck up. So when Troy went there, I got it, I felt it…deeply. And it was rough. But I powered through and I’m so glad I did because this book and their story was so worth it.

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Comfort Food by Sierra Riley

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I liked this one but it didn’t grab me like some of her others. The characters were sweet but not developed enough that they really grabbed me. It was good but left me feeling a little wanting, like there should’ve been more.

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Again by Sierra Riley

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I was given an ARC in exchange for an honest review and I can truly say that each book in this series becomes my favorite when I read them and this was no exception. We have seen glimpses of Cash in several of the books and I, for one, adored him and was pulling for him to find his ‘something’ And to finally learn his backstory, to find out about his heartbreak, wow, it just made me admire the man even more for finding the strength to go on. And Robbie, sweet Robbie, what a pillar of kindness and love. Such a beautiful story that had me cringing, hoping, cheering, sighing, tearing up and smiling…..and yearning for the next one.

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