WRI Reviews: One Condition by Nova Raines

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One Condition by Nova Raines
Pages: 206
Publisher: NoMi Press
Source: Purchased from Kobo
Format: ePub
Rating: ☆

They're the world's sexiest bachelors. The men of ScandalLust mag's infamous Lust List are young, wealthy, and, oh, did we mention? HOT.

When scandal follows them everywhere, there's no hiding from the cameras. They're irresistible, insatiable--and talented in all the right ways. Every woman wants them. But these playboys won't be easy to catch...

Hayley Wade's rock star dad just partied himself into an early grave and left Hayley with a pile of dangerous debt. She plans to pay it off, but her drug-addled father wrote an impossible task into his will: to inherit his wealth, Hayley must steal back a family heirloom he lost to a gold digger.

Kaidan Stone grew up surrounded by the world's biggest stars, but never wanted to be in the limelight. When he makes The Lust List, he becomes America's newest celebrity obsession overnight.
After Kaidan saves Hayley from a run-in with the aggressive paparazzi, sparks fly, and she discovers the heirloom is in his California mansion. It's the answer to all her problems...but she'll have to betray Kaidan to get it. 

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My Review
Didn't do it for me. Hayley is whiney. Both her parents worried more about partying and doing drugs than they did about their kids. I will give her that but her attitude sucks. She turn her nose up at the industry & celebrity but wonders if Kaiden is "somebody". Her actions and thoughts contradicts who she think he is. Kaiden is supposed to be hot but I found him off putting. He can't stand up to daddy so he orders the woman in is life around. That is so not sexy or manly to me.

All the characters are not likable including the supporting ones. And on top if that nothing actually happens in this story besides Hayley realizing Kaiden is a jerk etch was obvious in the beginning.

About the Author
Nova Raines chased fame in her teen years as a member of a girl group in Los Angeles (which shall never be named.) She decided “pop tartlet” wasn’t her ideal career choice, so she became an author instead. But a naughty fascination with fame and showbiz remains, and The Lust List book series is the perfect way for her to explore it.

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Blog Tour: How Willa Got Her Groove Back by Emily McKay

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How Willa Got Her Groove Back by Emily McKay
Pages: 240
Publisher: Entangled: Crush
Source: Good Choice Promotions
Format: ePub
Rating: ☆ ☆ ☆

When your life feels like a bad movie, rewrite the script.

When Willa Schofer’s father comes home from a business trip with an über-famous new fiancée, Willa’s senior year blows up in paparazzi-fueled flames. Overnight, she has a new house, a new car, and a new soon-to-be stepbrother—the unbelievably hot, unbelievably arrogant, Finn McCain. Thank god he’s constantly pushing her buttons, or she might do something irresponsible. Like fall for the jerk.

Just when Willa’s decided to avoid him for, oh, ever, Finn lands in the center of her senior project team. Seriously—how hard is it to shake a guy? At least her work on the project snagged the attention of the (second) hottest guy in school. He might only be into her because of her famous stepmom, and he’s not quite as exciting as a certain annoying housemate, but at least she’s allowed to crush on the guy.

Because crushing on your annoying stepbrother? So not cool.

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My Review
This was ok. Willa is blindsided when she learns that her dad isn't only dating someone but engaged. The book is about her coming to terms with her dad's new relationship while letting go of the fear she has about how he handled the end of his last. She irrationally dislike Finn, the stepbrother to be but it's understandable.

What I don't like about her is that when someone gives you advice about a world you don't know much about you should take it or at least learn to put your guard up. Finn is my favorite. Even though he'd made a deal to get Willa to be cool about the wedding. He really tried to help her with her new fame by association.

Book doesn't end in a cliffhanger but it does seem like there's going to be a book two.

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Blog Tour: You're Still The One by Robin Harris

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You're Still The One by Robin Harris
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Source: Inkslinger PR
Format: ePub
Rating: ☆ ☆ ☆

Love is one dare neither of them can take...

Arabella Stone, Nashville's darling, is eager to shuck her prim-and-proper rep, and a few wild months spent checking items off her " summer bucket list" is the way to do it. First up: kiss the man she's crushed on since she wore a training bra, the bad boy of country himself, Blue bassist Charlie Tucker.

For Charlie, a beautiful woman flirting with him isn't out of the norm--but a beautiful woman bolting after the hottest kiss of his life sure is. And when he finds out his kiss-and-run Cinderella is none other than Arabella Stone, daughter of his label's CEO, he knows he's in trouble. Because not only is she a Stone, she's also his employee for the next few months at the recording studio he just bought.


Over the course of one thrilling summer, Arabella and Charlie chip away at her bucket list and fight the simmering attraction between them...knowing that once it's all over, so is their time together.

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My Review
A cute romance. It flows a familiar storyline of girl sees the best in the bad boy. Bad boy is actually an undercover good guy. Still it is a good quick read. I like Arabella. Even though she was hard on herself she is actually a pretty strong willed person. Charlie is sexy but his whole I'm no good thing was a turn off. I didn't want to rescue him. I didn't want to stand by him. I wanted to smack him and say 'get the hell over yourself'. His storyline bordered on a pity party. The moments the characters share together were great. At the end, you're relieved it goes the way you wanted.

Chapter Four - "The air held a certain energy.' Umm no offense to those from New Orleans but I've been there in the middle of summer and it drained energy. The air us so thick with humidity and mugginess it can make an asthmatic fall out n seizures. okay not seizures but you'll damn sho' want some a/c.

About the Author
New York Times bestselling author Rachel Harris writes humorous love stories about sassy girls-next-door and the hot guys that make them swoon. Vibrant settings, witty banter, and strong relationships are a staple in each of her books…and kissing. Lots of kissing.

An admitted Diet Mountain Dew addict and homeschool mom, she gets through each day by laughing at herself, hugging her kids, and watching way too much Food Network with her husband. She writes young adult, new adult, and adult romances, and LOVES talking with readers!

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WRI Reviews: A Thousand Pieces Of You by Claudia Gray

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A Thousand Pieces Of You by Claudia Gray
Pages: 368
Publisher: Harper Teen
Source: Public Library
Format: ePub
Rating: ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆

Cloud Atlas meets Orphan Black in this epic dimension-bending trilogy by New York Times bestselling author Claudia Gray about a girl who must chase her father's killer through multiple dimensions.

Marguerite Caine's physicist parents are known for their groundbreaking achievements. Their most astonishing invention, called the Firebird, allows users to jump into multiple universes—and promises to revolutionize science forever. But then Marguerite's father is murdered, and the killer—her parent's handsome, enigmatic assistant Paul— escapes into another dimension before the law can touch him.

Marguerite refuses to let the man who destroyed her family go free. So she races after Paul through different universes, always leaping into another version of herself. But she also meets alternate versions of the people she knows—including Paul, whose life entangles with hers in increasingly familiar ways. Before long she begins to question Paul's guilt—as well as her own heart. And soon she discovers the truth behind her father's death is far more sinister than she expected.

A Thousand Pieces of You explores an amazingly intricate multi-universe where fate is unavoidable, the truth elusive, and love the greatest mystery of all.

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I love the idea of a multiverse so this was right up my alley. The idea that everything that can happen will happen and has happened. That there are an infinite number of possibilities and there's a you in most of them. Some times when I'm going through something I think somewhere in the multiverse I'm way worse off than in this one. I'm weird I know. Marguerite is a strong female character. She wears her emotions on her sleeve. Paul surprised me by being the sweetheart. Theo was an unlikely "bad guy".

This is a quick pace read. It did a good job of trying to keep you guessing. It's close to being a ya sci-fi whodunit thriller. I like how the tech part of the book does drag the pace of the book. It also brought good questions like kidnapping yourself. I'm not a fan of cliffhangers so that's a downer for me but I'm looking forward to book two.

I'm curious to know what Conley has up his sleeves. Will more Firebirds be made? Will they be destroyed? Are they more advance in other dimensions?

Notes while reading:
***it involves this whole story about a cat that's in a box and simultaneously alive and dead - thank you Sheldon & Leonard (The Big Bang Theory)

***Living beings can only travel to dimensions where they already exist - make sense if you are jumping into yourself

About the Author
Claudia Gray is not my real name. I didn't choose a pseudonym because my real name is unpleasant (it isn't), because I'd always dreamed of calling myself this (I haven't) or even because I'm hiding from the remnants of that international diamond-smuggling cartel I smashed in 2003 (Interpol has taken care of them). In short, I took a pseudonym for no real reason whatsoever. Sometimes this is actually the best reason to do things.

I live in New Orleans. So far, in life, I've been a disc jockey, a lawyer, a journalist and an extremely bad waitress, just to name a few. I especially like to spend time traveling, hiking, reading and listening to music. More than anything else, I enjoy writing. 

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WRI Reviews: Without You by Yesenia Vargas

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Without You by Yesenia Vargas
Pages: 312
Publisher: Author Self Published
Source: Purchased from Amazon
Format: mobi
Rating: ☆ ☆ ☆

Ariana can’t wait for life after high school...
Ariana is ready to finally graduate and get a new start at the University of Georgia. But she never expects to meet someone as perfect as Lucas at the beginning of senior year.

But she doesn’t realize how much she might be leaving behind.
Lucas is everything Ariana could have ever wanted in a guy, but he can’t be a part of Ariana’s new start, not when his family needs him at home.

Or that her dreams might be out of reach anyway...
To make matters worse, Ariana’s not sure she can afford to go to UGA herself.

Or if she’ll be able to get in.

Ariana will have to choose...
Because she knows she can’t have it all.

Ariana quickly realizes Lucas’s ex would love to see her gone, but she’s ready to fight for what they have.

But at what price?

Will she have to live with the regret of giving up on her dream school? Or will she sacrifice the guy that’s captured her heart?


A Young Adult Contemporary Romance 

Please note: this book is intended for readers aged 14+ due to some cursing/sexual situations. 

Previously published as Unending Love

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Ariana is a honor student hoping to get into her dream college. She has gone through something horrible the previous year. She meets Lucas and eventually they become a couple. It's bittersweet since it's their senior year and she's hoping to go away to college while his family responsibilties will certainly keep him close to home.

Ariana is the type of student I wish I were in high school. Focused and determined to get into college. I like how Lucas realize the strain and did what he knew she wouldn't do even. It was for the best at the time.

What I didn't like was all this talk about Carlos and what happened the previous year. The whole time you're reading you know you are missing something. Also I thought it was weird to have a book about teenage girls in their senior year and only give a couple of sentences about prom.

About the Author
I’m pretty much a writer. I've published two YA romances, Unbreakable Love and Unending Love. I’m working on my third book, Unfailing Love, (coming soon!) with plans for many more.

For almost as long as I can remember, I've wanted to write stories. In 2011, I finally started actually doing so. I don't plan on stopping ever.

I'm also an editor. I specialize in copyediting and proofreading books for self-published or indie writers. My clients include bestselling authors.

Some more stuff about me: I'm a proud Mexican American. I have a young daughter and fiance. I adore reading, binge-watching Netflix, and playing sports in my free time. I’m also an alumni of the University of Georgia. Find out more at yeseniavargas.com

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Book Blitz: Revolution by Jessica Frances

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Revolution
Jessica Frances
Publication date: January 26th 2016
Genres: Dystopia, New Adult

I was raised in a world where humans no longer rule.
In the past, we made a terrible mistake by creating a new species we thought would serve us as our army, which led to our downfall.
There was a war, we lost, and many lives were massacred. It was the end of life as we knew it and the beginning of a hell we were now trapped in. We became enslaved to what we now called Superiors, becoming pets to them, simply there to entertain.
In a world so miserable, I managed to do the unthinkable: I fell in love. But even that was doomed, because to love a Superior was forbidden.
What the rest of the Superiors didn’t know was how deeply a human could love or how resilient we became when we were hurt.
The Superiors never could have imagined an uprising, which was why they never saw it coming.
Humans deserved to be free, and I would stop at nothing to deliver that promise.
My name is Tilly, and I am still alive with one sole purpose: to begin a revolution.
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I had been raised to believe humans were worthless. We owned them and controlled them, and when we were done with them, we threw them away. Therefore, I never thought I would ever feel more for Tilly than disinterest. I never expected to want to save her.
It was forbidden for a Superior to love a human. No one had ever crossed that line, but I did. I fell madly in love with her, so it was no surprise how we ended up.
I was raised to be a soldier, and that was what I was always going to be. However, I was not a soldier for the Superiors, not anymore.
I became a soldier for humans, and I would stop at nothing to help them. They deserved to be free, and I would die protecting them.
My name is Johnny, and I am here with one sole purpose: to finish a revolution.

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“How can you do that to these humans? This is beyond cruel!” I demand of her, not as afraid of her as I am of Jax.

She saunters over to me, her expression one of someone feeling carefree. “Many reasons, one being I make a lot of money doing this. Another is it is great entertainment.” She shrugs. “You humans are beneath us. I think it is disgusting that you are allowed into Superiors’ homes. You deserve to be in cages and in gutters. You are genetic mistakes that I would love to completely wipe out.”
“You wouldn’t even exist without us!” I yell, angry at her words.
“You humans stupidly created a species superior to you in every way, and then you tried to exterminate us when you realized you were no longer at the top of the food chain. You failed, and now you are forever destined be our slaves, our pets, our playthings. You are weak, disgusting, disease-ridden beings who deserve every ounce of pain I give you.”
Without warning, she shoves one of the sticks at me, zapping me with an electric shock powerful enough to send pain coursing through my entire body, forcing me against the back of the cage.
I scream, shocked and scared at how painful the experience is.
She doesn’t stop, and I swear my heart gives out. But then she pulls back, her laughter slowly filtering through my ears as I begin to calm down.
“Pathetic,” she mutters to me, turning around and moving past the cages, randomly choosing humans to zap.

Author Bio:
Jessica lives in Adelaide, South Australia. When she is not writing, you can find her reading, napping or watching excessive amounts of TV. Connect with her on Facebook and Goodreads.

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