Blog Tour: The Coupling by Cathrine Goldstein

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The Coupling by Cathrine Goldstein
Pages: 284
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press, Inc
Source: YA Bound Book Tour
Format: ePub
Rating: ☆ ☆ ☆


Synopsis:

In Ronnie Billings’ dystopian world, surviving the Letting and breaking free of a corrupt government is less of a surprise than falling in love with Phoenix Day, the leader of the Peaceful Revolution…

When the government sentences Ronnie to a Coupling under the guise of producing a coveted blood type, Ronnie discovers the one she’s slated to Couple with expects even more.

Prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice to save those she loves most, Ronnie devastates Phoenix with her impossible decision. Whisked away from her rebel life to another world ravaged by despair, Ronnie meets her greatest nemesis...her biological father.

Steeling her nerves against the dangers of escape, she embarks on the perilous journey back. She is convinced she belongs with Phoenix and his revolution, but will her friends, and especially Phoenix, be ready to accept her when she returns? Because this time, evil is in her blood...

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My Review
This wasn't the book for me. For the most part, I didn't like the dialogue. People don't talk like that. Like when Ronnie was explaining why Farnsworth had her in a bind. I mean so says that in front of the person who has you in the bind? It was too much telling at some points.

I didn't like Ronnie as a character though. She is strong willed and ready to protect those she cares about. Phoenix getting with Brooke I get but it was just stupid. Especially knowing how Brooke feels about Ronnie. The twists and turns try to keep you on your toes. The story is good. I think if the dialogue was written different I would have connected with the story more.

About the Author
Given my love for cities and all that is gritty, my new obsession with trees really has me stumped. (Sorry.) Maybe it's because trees are the inspiration behind my new YA/NA novel, THE LETTING.

Whatever the reason for my new infatuation, some things remain constant -- like my love for: coffee (although sadly, it's now decaf); yoga; Luna bars (I am petitioning for them to bring back Chocolate Raspberry!); running in my neighborhood; Hemingway; Bukowski... and, above all, my husband and my girls.


I am the author of the bestselling novel, Sleeping With Mortals: The Story of a New York Mistress, and I'm also a playwright. I have my B.A. in English and my M.A. in Theatre. 

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Love the Hurt Away - WRI Reviews: Stubborn Love by Wendy Owen

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Stubborn Love by Wendy Owen
Pages: 288
Publisher: Four Bean Publishing
Source: Purchased for Amazon
Format: mobi
Rating: ☆ ☆ 

Synopsis
I thought twenty-three would be the year I reclaimed my identity. Ashton decided to give me a new one. Widow. A woman so cold she could drive her husband to suicide. - Stubborn Love


When Emmie Hayes’ life is rocked by tragedy, she heads to New York City in hopes of finding herself again, but second chances aren’t easy for a Stubborn Heart. 

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My Review
This was an okay read for me. Clementine "Emmie" Hayes was a quiet artsy fade into the background type of girl. Ashton Striling was the bad boy hottie small town rich kid. She wanted the fairy tale and got a huge dose of reality. The relationship became abusive. She finally goes to art school in New York where she becomes roommates with Paige. Paige boyfriend happens to be her hot landlord brother. Emmie feels conflicted about living her life because there's something she hasn't told them. They don't know that she used to be married and the reason behind why she isn't anymore. Will she ever find peace? Do she even deserve it?

Okay so here's the thing I didn't care to much for Em. I found her stuck in adolescent mode. And maybe she was since she only dated and married the one guy from high school. Being in that relationship stunted her emotional growth. However, knowing that didn't help the annoyance I felt with her.

I think all the characters were one dimensional. The book had a storyline that could've dug deeper into the emotions of most of the characters involved. This book just missed the mark. The subject matter begs to be an emotional in depth tearjerker but ended up an awkward - middle of the road romance. Talk about a missed opportunity.

This is a fast pace summer read. I like that there isn't a cliffhanger as there's nothing in the book or about the characters that would make feel like I was missing out if I didn't read book 2.

About the Author
Wendy Owens is a writer, born in the small college town, Oxford Ohio. After attending Miami University, Wendy went onto a career in the visual arts. After several years of creating and selling her own artwork she gave her first love, writing, a try. It’s become a passion ever since. Wendy now happily spends her days writing the stories her characters guide her to tell, admitting even she doesn’t always know where that might lead. Her first series, The Guardians, is a YA fantasy series about angel and human hybrids.

Since then she has branched into NA Contemporary Romance and released titles to include Stubborn Love, Only In Dreams, and Do Anything. Her next romance, The Luckiest is scheduled to be released in July 2014.

When she’s not writing, this dog lover can be found spending time with her tech geek husband, their three amazing kids, and two pups. She loves to cook and is a film fanatic.

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My TBR List February 2016 - And The Winner Is

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The Winner

It was a clear winner this month. Thank y'all for stopping by and voting. 

Wedding planner Tyler Warren left heartbreak behind when she ran away from her small Southern hometown and started a new life in a big city. Years later, she wants to believe in the fairy-tale endings her job promotes, but the clients she meets day after day seem to be more “Crazily Ever After” than “Happily Ever After.” 

Meanwhile, her own attempts at romance play out as bizarre comedies rather than love stories, and she’s starting to think Prince Charming either fell off his horse or got eaten by a dragon. When unresolved issues from Tyler’s past complicate things even further, she discovers she may yet have some things to figure out before she can find her own happy ending. 

This delightful first book in the Tales Behind the Veils series chronicles Tyler’s wacky misadventures, both personal and professional. Whether she’s getting insane requests from brides or outlandish requests on dates, you’re sure to be charmed and entertained by the Diary of a Single Wedding Planner.

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The Runners Up

In this romantic comedy, Marin Johns is San Francisco’s Pollyanna couples therapist. She’s months away from wedded bliss when she discovers her fiancé is having an affair. After nursing her broken heart with Kleenex and break-up songs, she adopts a new brand of thinking when she uncovers a tell-all book that proves all men are liars and cheaters who will do and say anything so they’re not found out. No exceptions. 

In an attempt to convince her friends of her newfound truth, she begins a fictitious relationship with James, a do-gooder from Montana. Marin seeks any means necessary to catch him cheating from hiring a PI to enlisting the help of a fidelity tester. Will her new "boyfriend" beat the statistic or will Marin regret the satisfaction of being right?

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The year is 1999 and Elly Palmer and Kent Lytle are embarking on their senior year of high school. Their lives change forever when a stranger comes into town riding in her candy apple red Audi Cabriolet.

Jen Derby wants one thing: Kent. And no one is going to stand in her way, not even his best friend "Elly-phant." When winning Kent's complete attention isn't as easy as she thought it would be, Jen fights back with a vengeance.

The poison-laced smiles Jen threw her way made one thing clear to Elly: Jen isn't the one for Kent. How long would it be before Kent saw Jen for who she really was? And when he did would he turn his attentions in Elly's hopeful direction?

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Like to join the fun? Here's how it works.

Each month you will make a post with three books from your TBR List (these books can be already on your kindle or shelf or books you might want to purchase) and add your link on the linky that will be provided on Because Reading post. Click here to go to this month sign up

Your followers and the people on the linky will help you choose which book you will read next.

The following Saturday you will announce the book that won. Then read the book.

On the last Saturday of the month post a review (with an optional giveaway, Michelle at Because Reading does this sometimes just for fun but you don’t have to).

The Rules

Ex. Lets say its September…
The first Saturday is the 6th – your post will go up with the 3 books you choose (as stated above these books can be already on your kindle or shelf or books you might want to purchase) and then link it to the linky on Because Reading blog.
     Her post will go up at 5am est. Make sure your link your post back to it in order to have your followers        visit other people’s blogs to help vote if they want.

     You can do the Polling however you would like. Survey Monkey, it has a good one and it’s free (here is        an EXAMPLE of Michelle's post). You can set it up and say whatever you would like – it’s totally up to        you. All this is asked is that you link back to Because Reading.

The second Saturday is the 13th – this is the day you announce which book won and whatever else you would like.
     (here is an EXAMPLE of Michelle's post). Her post will have a linky, so we can all easily see what                everyone will be reading.

The third Saturday is the 20th– you don’t have to post anything

The fourth (and/or last) Saturday is the 27th– this is when your review will go up regardless of how you liked the book.
     Please note even if you didn’t finished it just write a small post about how you felt about the book.                Michelle don’t write DNF reviews, but she does for this feature so followers can see what she thought          about the book they picked.

Some months have 4 weeks and some have five so a post always has to go up the First and Second Saturday and the last Saturday of the month

The final review post will also have a linky on it so you can link up your reviews and we can see what you thought of the book that was picked. This will draw some views to your blog and maybe find some new friends along the way.

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Bun in the Oven -WRI Reviews: The Best Man's Baby by Tasha Blue

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The Best Man's Baby by Tasha Blue
Pages: 143
Publisher: Author Self Publish
Source: Purchased from Amazon
Format: mobi (Kindle app)
Rating: ☆☆

It was meant to be one hot steamy night but it became much, much more...

Carla has focused all her adult life on her career rather then relationships and it is not something she usually regrets. However, now she is maid of honor at her best friends wedding and she is beginning to wonder when her future husband will ever arrive.

At the reception, while everyone is full of joy, Carla is feeling more lonely then ever. She is surprised to discover that the incredibly dashing best man Daniel is still single himself. And lonely too.

One drink turns into more then a few and the sexual tension between the two of them reaches its peak once they hit the hotel bedroom.

It was supposed to be a one night stand but 2 months later and Carla finds out she is pregnant and now she has some huge decisions to make. Daniel might have been the best man at the wedding but is he the best man for her baby? 

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My Review
This was an okay quick read. A cute romance with the typical characters. There aren't going to be any surprises in the read. This is a book for romance lovers who want to read something familiar.

Daniel is basically in denial. He kinda wants to settle down but not really. He wants easy. Someone who is just like him so he doesn't have to feel bad about working as much as he does. The thing is he makes no emotional connection to women who are like him. Carla is a baker who has all but given up on love. Her parents divorce when she was young. She has had relationships that ended in break ups. The one thing that she can count on is her baking. The two meet at a wedding. Not being able to ignore their obvious physical attraction they have one hot and heavy night together. But one night isn't what fate has in mind.

That's pretty much the story. I leave the middle end and ending for you to discover. I wasn't invested in either character. I didn't hate them nor love them. Carla was actually quite annoying. She was meant to be portrayed as a bit innocent, sweet, and selfless. She read to me as a woman willing to be a doormat not to Daniel but when faced with confrontation. I mean who in their right mind has their livelihood attacked and wants to take it easy of the attacker? Please, that not selfless it a person with not survival skills.

This is not exactly insta-love. Things move fast but not so fast to make it unbelievable. That is until the middle end. This pick up even more and by the end everything is tied up in a nice and neat little bow. I expected an happy ending but the way it was done was definitely rushed. Like the author met her word count so it was time to end the book as fast as possible. ijs

So there you have it. If you are looking for a predictable quick romance novel this is the read for you. Until next time...Happy Reading!

About the Author
Unknown. I could not find any information about this author. I find that weird and honestly, off putting.

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WRI Reviews: Breaking Sky by Cori McCarthy

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Breaking Sky by Cori McCarthy
Pages: 417
Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire
Source: Purchased from Kobo
Format: ePub
Rating: ☆ ☆ ☆ 

Fly to the last drop of fuel. Fight to the last drop of blood.

Showoff. Reckless. Maverick. Chase Harcourt, call sign "Nyx", isn't one to play it safe. In the year 2048, America is locked in a cold war – and the country's best hope is the elite teen fighter pilots of the United Star Academy. Chase is one of only two daredevil pilots chosen to fly an experimental "Streaker" jet. But few know the pain and loneliness of her past. All anyone cares about is that Chase aces the upcoming Streaker trials, proving the prototype jet can knock the enemy out of the sky.

But as the world tilts toward war, Chase cracks open a military secret. There's a third Streaker, whose young hotshot pilot, Tristan, can match her on the ground and in the clouds. And Chase doesn't play well with others. But to save her country, she may just have to put her life in the hands of the competition.

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My Review
Chase is a pain in the butt. She is set on being angry that she determined to do the opposite of whatever anyone says. Born to two parents who seems not to want her. Her father is a hard ass military General. Her mother is a junkie. Basically, she's an emotional mess.

She's made quite the reputation for herself. Everything she does is to keep people at an arms length. The only person she is somewhat close to is her RIO Pippin. Pippin is a genius with his own issues. He and Chase have a form of a friendship but they don't go deep into emotions. They bond over their flights together.

Speaking of flying. Chase is part of a teenage military program. Teens are the only ones who have flight an experimental jet. She takes a lot of risks. Sometimes she is in control but when she gets into blind rages her risks can endanger lives. She is cocky and demanding. Her and Pippin begin to drift apart and it's becomes an emotional rollercoaster for her. Emotions she not comfortable showing or dealing with.

In the end, Chase became a better person. She fought her demons and she grew up though it took death for her to get it together.

About the Author
Cori is the author of several YA books. Kirkus called her debut novel, THE COLOR OF RAIN, “[an] elegantly written and emotionally cathartic page-turner.” Her second novel, BREAKING SKY, received starred reviews from School Library Journal and the Bulletin for the Center of Children’s Books and is currently in development to become a film by Sony Pictures. Kirkus reviewed it as “smart, exciting, confident–and quite possibly the next Big Thing.” Her third YA novel, YOU WERE HERE, is a contemporary story, forthcoming in March 2016.

Cori’s novel in verse, Name Me America, won the Middle Grade category for the 2014 Katherine Paterson Prize. Cori is also the co-founder of Rainbow Boxes, a charitable initiative aiming to bring LGBTQIA fiction to community libraries and GSAs across America. Tweet @RainbowBoxesYA or watch a three minute commercial for the initiative.

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