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Showing posts with label 10 stars. Show all posts
I
feel like we have waited for freaking ever for this book, with all of these
little teases about how amazing it is. And when it landed on my kindle, I
really wanted to wait for the perfect time to read it and I just couldn't. So,
I started reading it around the chaos of kids and pets and family and it ruined
my ability to adult. I literally struggled to put it down and when I managed to,
I couldn't pull my head from the pages.
Xaden
and Violet were such easy to love characters and the more I got of each of them
the more I wanted. But the two of them together was just beyond awesome. The
chemistry, the slow build, and the tension between them was everything.
I
really want to gush about every little detail of this book, but this is one of
those stories that you HAVE to read. Because you don't just read a book like
this, you live in it and never want to return. The twists and turns along the
way had me holding my breath and gasping and crying and having a good number of
oh shit moments.
I
have no idea how I'm going to wait until November for the next one. But I do
know that I'm going to be grabbing this on audible and listening to it sooner
than later because I want to pick it up again and read it slower so I can
luxuriate in all the small details I didn't appreciate because I was too busy
flipping through the pages to see what was going to happen next.
THE REALITY OF EVERYTHING
(Flight & Glory #5)
by Rebecca Yarros
Release Date: August 24th
MY REVIEW
AVAILABLE NOW!!
Blurb
Two years after the man she loved was killed in Afghanistan, Morgan Bartley is trying to put the pieces of her life back together. The reno on her dilapidated beach house in the Outer Banks might be just the distraction she needs to keep her debilitating anxiety attacks at bay and begin to heal her heart...if she can ignore the ridiculously handsome guy next door.
At twenty-eight, single-dad Jackson Montgomery’s life revolves around his five-year-old daughter and his job as a search-and-rescue pilot for the coast guard. He’s no stranger to saving a damsel in distress, and though his gorgeous new neighbor is clearly in distress, she’s no damsel. She’s stubborn as hell with walls a mile thick, and the dog tags hanging from her rearview mirror give him a pretty good clue as to why.
It doesn’t matter that their attraction is undeniable—she swore she’d never fall for another pilot, let alone a military man. There are some wounds time can’t heal, and some fears too consuming to conquer.
She’s a barely breathing heartbreak on the edge of recovery.
He’s a crash waiting to happen.
Together they could have it all...if they can endure the coming storm.
At twenty-eight, single-dad Jackson Montgomery’s life revolves around his five-year-old daughter and his job as a search-and-rescue pilot for the coast guard. He’s no stranger to saving a damsel in distress, and though his gorgeous new neighbor is clearly in distress, she’s no damsel. She’s stubborn as hell with walls a mile thick, and the dog tags hanging from her rearview mirror give him a pretty good clue as to why.
It doesn’t matter that their attraction is undeniable—she swore she’d never fall for another pilot, let alone a military man. There are some wounds time can’t heal, and some fears too consuming to conquer.
She’s a barely breathing heartbreak on the edge of recovery.
He’s a crash waiting to happen.
Together they could have it all...if they can endure the coming storm.
About the Author
Rebecca is a Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author of over fifteen novels, and is always ready to bring on the emotions. She's also the recipient of the Colorado Romance Writer’s Award of Excellence for Eyes Turned Skyward from her Flight and Glory series.
She loves military heroes and has been blissfully married to hers for eighteen years. She’s the mother of six children, ranging from kindergarten to law school, and is currently surviving the teenage years with two of her four hockey-playing sons. When she’s not writing, you can find her at the hockey rink or sneaking in some guitar time. She lives in Colorado with her family, their stubborn English bulldog, and a feisty chinchilla. Having fostered then adopted their youngest daughter, Rebecca is passionate about helping children in the foster system through her nonprofit, One October.
She loves military heroes and has been blissfully married to hers for eighteen years. She’s the mother of six children, ranging from kindergarten to law school, and is currently surviving the teenage years with two of her four hockey-playing sons. When she’s not writing, you can find her at the hockey rink or sneaking in some guitar time. She lives in Colorado with her family, their stubborn English bulldog, and a feisty chinchilla. Having fostered then adopted their youngest daughter, Rebecca is passionate about helping children in the foster system through her nonprofit, One October.
Connect w/Rebecca
It
feels like a lifetime ago that I picked up the first Flight and Glory series
and fell in love with Rebecca Yarros's writing. And I have read every book as
she has written them. She is right at the top of my one click authors list. But for some weird, me, reason I wasn't able
to read Hallowed Ground. It had been so long since I had read the first book
and I felt like I would need to do a series re-read and I just haven't had the
emotional fortitude or alone time to do it.
But
when I found out this one was being released and I ascertained it could be read
as a standalone I was all in. And a stay in a 5 star resort with no kids and a
few cocktails absolutely helped. First I need to say that I adore Rebecca Yarros, I truly
believe that there isn't another author who gives every word the weight she
does. But oh my god does it take her long enough to write them. Seriously.
Although, now I need to do a series re-read because I HAVE to read Hallowed Ground even though I am already destroyed from the events that occurred in it
to form this one.
I guess for now I should actually address Morgan and Jackson and how absolute
beautiful, painful, devastating and awe inspiring their story was. I am lying
here at 4am after not having been able to put the book down from the second I
started it. The book gave me all the feels and then some. I am still feeling
Morgan's pain and the strength it took to put herself back together. Jackson
was beyond perfect.
The
whole story was amazing and I am so glad that I had the opportunity to read it
when I could lie in bed sobbing like a baby with no distractions. And now I
have to try get some sleep with a book hangover I'm going to be feeling for
days. This book is one of my 2020 favourite reads but I highly recommend going in with a full box of tissues and an emotional support animal.
Oh my god that book was completely unputdownable (shut up that's a word now). That was absolutely one of my favourite reads this year, which isn't really a surprise since I adore everything Sarina Bowen and Elle Kennedy have written but I went into this so completely blind I had no idea what to expect except that it was M/M.
And when it started and I met Keaton and Annika my stomach may have formed nervous knots. Especially since I liked them both immediately and naturally my brain started trying to figure out how this book was going to play out. I was so nervous but so completely spellbound I couldn't put it down if the house was on fire.
Then it just got hot. I mean damn the chemistry between these guys literally had me blushing and fanning myself. Then I was completely laughing out loud. And I even had a moment where I shed a few tears. Because this book has amazing writing and the story was awesome and I feel like I lived it right along with them. I was that invested in these characters.
Luke broke my heart for him. I loved him and I wanted the world for him but I did have some serious doubts that he could get past his own baggage to be good enough for Keaton. I just loved them as a couple so much.
But seriously this book is THE SHIT! And I say that as a reader who very rarely reads M/M romance. Sarina and Elle as a duo just completely ruined me in the very best of ways. The only way this could be better is if I could read it again for the first time.
ONE STORY. TWO COUPLES.
The Retrieval Duet by
Aly Martinez is a two part series.
TRANSFER (Part 2) is NOW AVAILABLE!
Amazon UK: http://amzn.to/2aW0WAf
iBooks: http://apple.co/2beFszd
Nook: http://bit.ly/2c6BYR9
Kobo: http://bit.ly/2aW1So5
Blurb
One story. Two couples.
I fell in love with a man who didn’t exist.
What started out as romance ended in hell.
His words turned to razor blades.
His kisses converted to fists.
His embrace became my cage.
His body transformed into a weapon, stealing
parts of me until ultimately….
I broke.
I hated him.
My sole job in life became to protect our
daughter.
I wasn’t sure I’d ever escape the prison he’d
skillfully crafted from my fears.
Until the day our savior arrived.
This is the story of how I escaped the man who
thought he owned me.
The transfer of my life and my family.
My Review
RETRIEVAL is available and brings readers the
first part of this emotional second chance romance.
Amazon US: http://amzn.to/2aMnW74
Amazon UK: http://amzn.to/2aW07Yb
iBooks: http://apple.co/2aH2bFb
Nook: http://bit.ly/2cOYcsK
Kobo: http://bit.ly/2aFOVxB
BLURB
I proposed on our first date.
She laughed and told me I was insane. Less than a day later,
she said yes.
It was a whirlwind, but we were happy…
Until we got greedy and wanted a family.
It was a life I couldn’t give her, not for lack of trying.
Fertility just wasn’t on our side. We sought out doctors and treatments. Spent
money we didn’t have. Lied to our families. Smiled for our friends. Put on a
brave face for a world that didn’t understand.
Finally, we were successful…
We were left broken, battered, and destroyed.
They say love is in the details, but it was the details that
ruined us.
This is the story of how I took back what had always been
mine.
The retrieval of my wife and our family.
My Review
Meet Aly Martinez
Born and raised in Savannah, Georgia, Aly
Martinez is a stay-at-home mom to four crazy kids under the age of five,
including a set of twins. Currently living in South Carolina, she passes what
little free time she has reading anything and everything she can get her hands
on, preferably with a glass of wine at her side.
After some encouragement from her friends, Aly
decided to add “Author” to her ever-growing list of job titles. Five books
later, she shows no signs of slowing. So grab a glass of Chardonnay, or a
bottle if you’re hanging out with Aly, and join her aboard the crazy train she
calls life.
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Oh my god! Best. Duet. Ever!!!!!!!!!!!!! I feel like I can’t even take a full breath
yet from all the emotions still flooding through my system. Like I need to just
sit back down and start them all over again because I am not ready to leave the
beauty and heartbreak of Aly Martinez’s Retrieval Duet.
Firstly, I can’t explain how epic Retrieval was and I was so devastated to get to that ending and hit the cliff hanger without having Transfer loaded on my kindle but thankfully I only had an hours wait before I could get into full meltdown mode. Sadly, it was 11pm and there was no way I could have gone to sleep without just reading the first few chapters to get passed the cliff hanger.
Umm yup hello 1am and 50% before I remembered I
had to get up in 5 hours. So then I spent the whole day trying to adult and not
obsess over Clare and Roman and Elisabeth. I did however think I was going to
go insane when I had to put the book down at the 70% mark with everything up in
the air.
The depth of emotion is indescribable and I know
this book will stay with me for ever. Hands down the best characters, the
infinite love and heart stopping drama had my heart stopping before it pounded
out of my chest with tears streaming down my face. But of course you always
know you are going to get perfection from Aly Martinez.
Fuck, Walter Noir was insane. That man had had it all. An amazing wife. A gorgeous daughter. A beautiful life. But, for some reason, he hadn’t been able to get his shit together enough to hold on to it. And thank God for that. Because, now, she was my woman. My girl. My life.
So I am not going to go into the story at all
because if you haven’t read the first one yet you need to one click them both
right now, seriously there is no excuse not to. And if you have read the first
one you would already be finished with this one before you could stop to look
at reviews. So I will simply tell you this is without a doubt the absolute must
read of the year.
I
don’t think I have read an Aly Martinez book that hasn’t stolen part of my
soul. So when I was awarded an ARC of Retrieval I was so excited and so
apprehensive. You see these are not books you can read for an hour here and 20
minutes there as you shuttle the kids to basketball and football and school and
soccer. These are books you need to clear a few hours of your day and find a
quiet room to hide out in as you become fully immersed in the story.
So
I had a plan. I was going to read it Saturday afternoon but then I slowly
watched the day dwindle away and when I sat down at 9pm I knew I had missed my
opportunity so I bitched to hubby and he cleared me a Sunday arvo. And now I am
sitting here with tears streaming down my face NEEDING to get my grabby hands
on Transfer.
Elisabeth
was so sweet and I loved that she was so filled with attitude and spirit, she didn’t
once do something stupid or try to punish Roman she just knew how she felt and
what she wanted and she went after it. I absolutely fell head over heels for
her. I loved knowing where she was coming from and how she got where she got in
her life and emotions.
But
damn was she one strong willed woman to walk away from the amazeballs of Roman.
Holy shit was he all that you could ever want in a book boyfriend and then just
a whole heap more. In fact I think he transcends book boyfriend by far. I just
could not get enough of him ever.
But I’d never, not once, seen Elisabeth with just my eyes. My heart was just as much a part of the way I viewed her as my retinas.
To
be completely honest, the concept of infertility is a hard one for me to grasp and
reading the absolute heartbreak Roman and Elisabeth went through in their
struggle my heart broke for them. But to continue the honesty I think most of
those emotions were pulled out of me by the amazing talent of Aly more so than
the subject. But damn did I feel their pain like a knife to my stomach.
I
can never get enough of the way Aly Martinez writes and I honestly think she
must have the map to my heart for the men that she writes have all got a piece
of it locked away. And now I am off to beg, borrow or steal to get my hands on Transfer
before I have a nervous breakdown waiting to see what is going to happen next.
This is absolutely one of the best books I have read this year, I honestly don’t
know how to put it down and continue functioning without knowing what happens
next but if you will excuse me for a bit I think I may start by going to cry in
the shower for Claire. Until I focus on the many assets of Roman to cheer
myself up that is.
Well it’s no surprise this book is amazing. The whole series
has been nothing but perfection and Levi was without doubt the sweetest and
most deserving of all the Carillo brothers.
I think going into this one, after having seen him go
through so much pain and heartache in his brothers books and knowing how pure
and innocent he was and the gentleness and pureness of his heart I knew he was
going to need to find extraordinary.
But of course after she made us like the previously hated
Axel I knew she would not disappoint me but damn did she blow it right out of
the park with this story. Add to that the continuation of the Carillo brother’s
reunion and Molly and Rome it couldn’t have been better.
In each of the books we have had not just amazing
characters but also an incredible story to accompany them all and getting to
see it from every one of their individual perspectives has been nothing short
of brilliant. How Tillie has not just brought each character to life but has
also made each of their struggles or issues so real and individual is awe
inspiring.
If like me, you started this series at the beginning you
know who Levi is and everything he has faced in his too short and way too sad
life and you want him to find a perfect angel. Instead he finds Elsie, and she
is far from perfect, she is even more broken than Levi is but she is such a
truly beautiful soul she compliments him perfectly.
As with every book in this series I needed to read it in a
safe place with a box of tissues handy and despite the fact I had to stop often
to clear the tears from my eyes so I could make out the words on my kindle I
loved every single word. I couldn’t put it down and this story will be with me
for a long time as each of the previous characters has.
If you haven’t yet started this series you seriously have
to race out and one click them all right now they are all 10 plus star reads.
I have been
dying for this book since I finished Eyes Turned Skyward. I fell in love with this
series from the start and I swear it just keeps getting better with every book.
I knew
Grayson’s story was going to be a hard one but I didn’t expect it to be so completely
soul destroying. I made the mistake of starting this book after dinner and then
I couldn’t put it down. I have honestly woken up with a book hangover after
crying until 4am.
It was
obviously going to be an emotional read based on what little we knew of Grayson.
He was such a closed off arsehole, I just knew he was going to have the mother
of all reasons and Damn if Rebecca didn’t completely deliver.
What would
you do if you waited 5 years for a miracle you spent every minute praying for and
living for only to have a new miracle drop into your arms when you least expect
it.
And how
would you choose if the miracle you always wanted came true and the miracle you
never asked for were both yours for the taking?
Ordinarily
this would be a theme that wouldn’t work for me but it was so beautifully
written and told with such honesty and love that I was so completely invested
in the story I never had a chance to feel anything but heartbroken for the amazing,
perfectly broken characters and all they went through and were going through.
Sam was so
strong and beautiful inside and out and I wanted her to get all that she
deserved and more.
This series
is my absolute favourite ugly cry of the year and if you haven’t started it yet
you need to get on it right now.
Check out
my reviews for them here
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