Mandi

Okay, so this was fairly predictable. I knew the “twist” as soon as we met Mack. And everything wrapped up WAY too neatly. It was just too perfect. But it's exactly the kind of perfect romance we all want.

swoon Nic can take me to the Keys anytime he wants!

This one was leaps and bounds better than the first one (which wasn't bad). I'm definitely getting involved in these folks' lives now.

LOVED THIS. It was like Practical Magic... only better. And minus an angry ghost.

Overall, I got the warm fuzzies that I want when I read a romance. But there were parts to the story that I didn't like because I didn't understand what was happening or why.

I got a little irritated with this book, but I got the HEA I was rooting for.

I finished it because... I wanted to see if there was a point to it all.

There wasn't.

I had forgotten how good this story was. I can't believe it took more than two years to read this! Now I have to wait for the last one to become available at the library. Argh!

This is, hands down, my new favorite book. There is absolutely nothing about it that I didn't love.

And I can't wait to try the cake recipe.

I just really didn't like this book. I'm so disappointed! I wanted to love it. But I couldn't relate to Franny at all. And then... there was no ending! It was basically a snapshot in the life of a character I couldn't relate to.

That doesn't make it a bad book. It just makes it not a book for me.

This book utterly broke my heart. But then, it gave me back hope.

While I did finish it, I found it really hard to suspend my disbelief. The science of what happened - of what drives the plot - is just way too far fetched. :/

This book made my heart so happy. Well, it made my heart angry a bit. But then so happy! I think taking a break between books is exactly what I needed to once again fully appreciate how amazing these books are.

And. They also help reinforce my ridiculous expectations when it comes to falling in love. And who can resist that?

I'm surprised I waited so long to read this. It was every bit as good as the hype surrounding it!

I expected another tragedy like TFioS. It wasn't that, but it was tragic in its own way. The story sets you up for this spectacular ending, and then it abruptly drops you miles from where you thought you were going.

Some of the recipes look absolutely delish! The only downside to using a cookbook to write a love story is that the story ends up much shorter than you want it to be.

But it still had that “Susan Mallery” feel to it.

Did not live up to the rest of the series.

Yep, it made me tear up in places! Ah, romance!

Meh.

This is, hands down, my favorite book of the series (so far). Charlie is amazing, and Clay is absolutely spectacular.

While I still love the town and all of the characters, these books are starting to have less conflict in them. Resolving conflict is part of what makes romance so appealing!

Cute novella. It was nice to see some new faces in Fool's Gold.

One of the most satisfying series enders I've read.

This was my first m/m story - and I was pleasantly surprised!

Devin and Jay's story was so sweet - exactly what I want in a romance.

I came very close to not finishing this book. But by this point, I was already very invested in the characters. But the world building? It just wasn't for me.

In this third installment of the BZRK trilogy, things are even crazier than in the second. In the aftermath of the destruction of “the Doll Ship” the Armstrong Twins are set on revenge. Sadie - “Plath” - has been elevated to leader of the BZRK group after Vincent lost most of his sanity after one of his biots was destroyed.

And suddenly, we're introduced to a new player - Lystra Read - and a seemingly new game.

It was hard to keep up with. I couldn't tell who was who (though I did figure out the big reveal before it was revealed) or what was happening in some instances.

And the ending? Well it was disappointing, to say the least.

I like my books where the bad guy is the bad guy and the good guy is the good guy. There may be some shades of gray mixed in, but in this series it's so mixed up it's grayer than gray.

I am so very frustrated right now.

I've been on a serious re-reading kick for the last several months. We Are the Goldens is the first new book I've picked up to read since I can remember. I was really hoping to be blown out of the water.

But I wasn't.

The book was interesting enough to keep me turning the page, but when I got to the final page it really felt as if there should be more pages. The story is one where Nell, the younger sister, keeps her older sister Layla's secret until she just can't do it anymore.

But we don't get to see the fall out from that secret. And let me tell you - it's the kind of secret that's a Big. Fucking. Deal. Even though you figure out the secret very early in the book, before it's confirmed.

The story I wanted to read was about how the secret - and its consequences - affected the sibling relationship.

The story I got was simply a younger sister complaining about how her sister is different until she can't hold onto the secret any longer. The end.

I needed more to really connect with the story and the characters. This book only scratched the surface, and it left me feeling disappointed and a little bit as if I wasted my time with it.