Rebound by Nicole Dykes

3.5 Stars!

Wow. This Ryan is a really stand up guy. Too bad he's fictional.

I loved Ryan. He's sensitive and really mature for his age. I was waiting for him to mess up. To say or do something that would make him the typical teenage boy but that's not him. He thinks before he makes a decision and doesn't jump head first into situations. He really thinks about his actions and doesn't use his little head as his leader. He respects women having grown up with only his mother and grandmother raising him. He cared more about schoolwork and keeping his scholarships through football than parties and girls. He was just a level headed dude. He was perfect.

I'm pretty sure it was the POV but i couldn't stand Maddy. Ryan and her relationship was a total bore. She didn't seem to be putting any effort into it. I just hated recounting their relationship because it hardly was one. That whole part could have been left out of the book because there wasn't any vital information in those pages. He should have just summarized his relationship with her when he got to college and then had their falling out.

Lindsay was nice. Well, not at first. She was very judgemental of Ryan because he's a jock and good-looking. All because of her past and family. I liked her backstory. She was interesting and a definite upgrade from Maddy.

I really liked Ryan's take on college. He was really all business and focused. You dont see that in NA very much, if at all. It was very refreshing.

One thing i wondered about was Corey. He just disappeared and Ryan didn't mention him again after stopping by his mom's.

Overall, this was a light, quick read. And very cute.

This book is part of a series but it can be read as a standalone.

HEX (Saxton Academy series) by Mackenzie L. McGuire

I love the cover!

3.5 stars!


Reece is being thrown for one loop after another. You can't help but feel bad for the girl. She lost her two best friends in an accident that almost took her life, too. Survivor's guilt is just the tip of the iceberg of this girl's problems. Life's become confusing and too much to take under the spotlight since her dad is a big time movie director. A new scene is exactly what she needs. At her new school, things seem too good to be true. She's already made new friends and garnered a crush. But classes are harder than her last school and her new friends have secrets that just might have everything to do with her.

I got a Gossip Girl vibe at the start of Hex. Reece seemed like a mix of Jenny Humphrey and Serena van Der Woodson. The best of both girl's qualities, I promise. She wasn't annoying. Her voice is of a troubled and confused adolescent trying to figure out how to get back to normal after a tragedy. She's sweet with a light sense of humor. I liked her jokes about her big butt. Her honesty was refreshing.

There were things I felt that weren't explained as much as they could have been to have me more invested into the story. I felt like I was being told the story and I missed the feeling of living in the world and knowing the characters. I don't feel as if I know them yet. I want to know Eli, Carden, and Tuesday better. I want to see Reece come into her powers and I want to feel the connection between the lovebirds. I want it to be beyond the mystical pull they feel and that's where I'm hanging. Wanting more and getting it, but not feeling it. I needed to experience them getting to know each other romantically. I just need MORE.

But there were definitely things that were unique and that were fun and made this book stand out from all the other witchy YA out there. That's what the author was trying to achieve and she did. It was well done and had a nice flow. There wasn't filler drama or garbage. Everything was in the book for a reason, a part of the plot. You're always trying to fit the puzzle pieces together. I'm still missing a few that I hope to place in the next book.


My favorite moment? Playing Tuesday's video game.

Maybe Someday by Colleen Hoover

Holy little bo bleep.

My chest is literally aching. Possibly the strongest emotional attachment i've ever had to a pair of characters. My heart just feels so achingly overwhelmed.

I cant say much of anything without spilling my guts and spoiling it for you. I just need you to read it for yourself. It's original and it's realistic. You wont be able to tear yourself away. 


Promises, promises, right?

 But I'm serious. 

 Simply a beautiful one of a kind New Adult love story that will leave your chest aching, like I said.

White Hot Kiss by Jennifer L. Armentrout

         GEEZ. I should know better. I should of had a shot of whiskey, a couple pairs of fresh

panties, and a towel for a cold shower on stand by for when I finished this. I didn't know about the ending, so a pretty little Xanax would be nice right about now, too.

Crap on a cracker. This is just...GRR. I'm drug into another series by Armentrout. The plot, that's like the cake part of a cupcake. I like mine chocolate, so this is definitely chocolate. It's that good. Layla, she's the icing. So sweet and fulfilling. I love her. And then there's Roth. He's the cupcake as a whole. HE MAKES THE CUPCAKE. He's just...*falls off the couch in a daydream*

I love him like a fat kid loves cake. And he's a sexy cake with an extra helping of BAD. But he's so gooooooooooooooood.

There's talking and then there's kissing and touching and it just comes OUT of NOWHERE and you feel like a teenager falling in love and WAAAAAHHHHHHH I want this. :(

5 freaking stars. And not because of my crush! This shit is amazing and there's Roth...

5 STARS!!!

Tragic by J.A. Huss

Chapter 13 is as far as I could get. I started reading it and was bored out of mind and put off by the cheesiness. I figured I was just tired so I played it through audiobook.

And unbelievable, I know, it got worse.

If I thought it was cheesy in my mind it was horribly cheesy spoken out loud. The beginning was fine, after getting into the apartment, shit went sour fast. Ronin locks her in so he don't have to watch her in the shitty neighborhood and so he can go out and have his fun. She has to put herself in danger to exit so she doesn't pass out from hunger. At the diner, Ronin just happens to be behind her where he cavemans her from hell and orders for her and acts like a complete controlling ass. And for some reason this gives her reason to moon over him all night after he calms down and gives her a push on the swing. She giggles to herself awkwardly and just thinks the dumbest shit.

Example: I giggle at my private swooning.

That whole I'LL ORDER FOR YOU thing is cute the first time they do it, maybe. It's not for me, but if I was another girl, it might be cute.


Yeah, that Ronin. He's one cute guy and all. But he's not for me. Even if he is tall and has those amazing blue eyes. I bet if we had babies our kids would have the most cornflower blue eyes ever. And dark Raven hair. Oh God, we'd make little model babies. They'd need agents at birth.
I am Crazy!


Did any of that make much sense to you?

Ronin was just a creepy creeper. He watches her lights and shadows from his terrace. Then he creeps over to her place, enters, gazes upon her naked and glorious beauty, startles her awake then gropes her and takes a picture of her with his phone. THIS IS FUCKING WEIRD, RIGHT? They were instantly infatuated with one another. Just....no words for it. I cant stomach this. I just want to laugh at how unbelievable it is and I just cant get into it for the life of me. Sucks because I liked idea of the story but the characters just aren't for me. Period.

I'm obviously the only one who feels this way with the amazing reviews. Sigh...