Personal Foul by Jerica MacMillan

Thank you for Grey's Promotions and the author for letting me to read and review this book.

Personal Foul is fake-dating, enemies-to-lovers kind of book. I usually love those, but I had some issues with this book. I truly believe it's because of me. If I would have actually read the blurb before reading the book I would have some hints that there might be something on this book I won't enjoy. 

I am not spoiling anything, because it all can be read in blurb. But I had an issue with Dylan blackmailing Charity. I kind of get the point, but these two characters are supposed to be adults. You just don't go around blackmailing people, even if it's just for the show. 

On the other hand, I liked how things turned out. Dylan did grow up after the messy start of the book and the second half of the book I actually enjoyed a lot. I think there were some character development with both characters. The whole book were kind of spinning around the main characters relationship. There were few sublplots, but nothing major. I would like to have known the end result of them, though. Not many side characters in this book. 

Over all, an okay read. Lots of spicy scenes with an HEA. I can recommend this to you, if the idea of blackmailing doesn't offend you.

⭐⭐⭐

Personal Foul by Jerica MacMillan

2022

 

A Little Too Close by Rebecca Yarros

Thank you for Candi Kane PR and Rebecca Yarros for giving me an ARC to read and review. 

Clearly this was not my first Rebecca Yarros book. I do love her books. I know that I get a good book whenever I pick up a book by her. Her writing is always solid and story always moves forward. I am guaranteed to get a great read, always. 

I have few favorites by her, you can find them in here and in here. I also love her Flight and Glory -series, those books made my cry so much. Some of her books are really emotional. However, A Little Too Close is not one of those books. Sure it has some spins and turns that can make you heart beat a bit faster (and I don't mean those spicy scenes now 😂). 

A Little Too Close is a story about two people who are forced to live together. One of those people have a kid that is important part of their love story. I do love my helicopter pilots and I really liked Weston. There was nothing wrong with Callie, either. Sutton was great, I adored her. (I actually had to read blurb right now, so I wouldn't spoil anything. That's how much I trust Rebecca Yarros, I don't read blurbs on her books.)

I think this book is solid, it gave me feels, but maybe this is not a five star book. I'll give four and half stars to this book. I liked the characters, I liked the plot, I liked the chemistry, I even liked the spicy scenes. I liked the flow of the book. The writing was flawless once again. The book made me want to learn more about the characters. I hoped for deeper connection to characters. 

This is a great book and I believe that you should give this book a shot if you like forced proximity -romances. Thank you for a yet another good read!

⭐⭐⭐⭐½

A Little Too Close by Rebecca Yarros

Unexpected by Elizabeth Aton

I received an opportunity to read and review a debut novel by Elizabeth Aton and I jumped on board. I certainly do not regret it.

(Side note: It still feels funny that people give me an ARC to read when I ask it or sometimes even offers me an ARC to read. Like why would they ask me, the not-at-all important person from different side of the world to read their book. The work that one book requires is insane and I get to read that book is a huge blessing. Most of the time I feel like I am not worth these ARC's. But I am eternally grateful for all the authors who trust me enough to let me read their books.)

But now, back to business.

Elizabeth Aton wrote her debut novel, which I find hard to believe. I've read worse books by authors who have published tons of book. And I don't mean the plot or characters. I mean the writing. Writing and the flow of the story are important to me. Sometimes you read a book with great characters, but the writing or flow isn't as great. But it wasn't a problem with Unexpected. 

Unexpected is well-written story that flows most of the time easily. Sure, for me, there were few moments that it felt like story stayed put, but those were small moments. Characters were easy to connect with. 

Unexpected is a story about a waiter and a rock star, who happens to be a single dad. This book is contemporary romance with some steam. I really can't say much more, because it really would spoil the experience for you. But I'll say that if you're a person who cries, like I am, you will cry so keep tissues nearby. The twists and turns keep coming. 

The things I liked. The cover, have you seen it? It's amazing! The characters, I liked the bandmates and Ava a lot. Whit and secondary characters were great, too. I liked the writing. I liked the flow, if you don't count few slow moments. The author, she's funny.

So, why I don't give five stars to this book? For me there were few loose ends. I would have liked to know what happened with certain things. There were few slow moments, which was sad, because other than those, the book was very capturing.  

I liked the promise that we get to see more of these characters in the next book of the series, which is about Whit's bandmate. 

Over all, this was a great debut novel and I really hope that Elizabeth Aton keeps writing!

⭐⭐⭐⭐

Unexpected by Elizabeth Aton

2022

Between Hello & Goodbye by Emma Scott

Hi all. It has been a while, but I am slowly getting back there. Here's a review from, yet once again, great Emma Scott book. 

Thank you for Valentine PR and Emma Scott for giving me an ARC to read and review!

There are few things you know before you start reading a new book by Emma Scott. One, you know that the book is going to make you cry. Two, you know that when you start reading you can not stop the reading before the book ends. That's why I needed to wait for a weekend to start reading. Three, you know that you get to read a great story with great writing. 

Between Hello & Goodbye is a story about Faith. Story about Faith, the girl and faith for the new beginnings. Faith for the power inside you. Faith for the other people. Faith for that you can find the strength when it isn't anywhere to be seen. 

I loved Someday, Someday and that's a book where we first met Faith. But I didn't love Faith in that book. It would be stretch to say that I even liked her. I felt indifferent towards her. She wasn't my main focus while reading Someday, Someday. 

But this time Faith became my main focus and not just because she was supposed to come being one of the two main characters. She has many great qualities, but she doesn't have faith in herself. She sails through the life without bothering to look anything meaningful. She meets Asher, the hot fire fighter with so many people to care in his life and something starts to change in Faith. 

It's a cliche to say that love changes people, but maybe it really does or at least maybe love makes you think things differently and therefore makes you to make changes. I really don't know. But Faith certainly makes some changes in her life as does Asher. 

But love isn't easy and certainly not when you're living 2700 miles from each other. These people struggle with theirselves and their beliefs, wants and needs. They still have faith and certainty for their love. They want what's best for the other one and sometimes it means that you're losing. You are giving something great to someone, but at the same time you lose a piece of yourself. 

So, really. This book is about Faith. Faith for yourself, faith for the ones you love, faith for the future and faith for the fact that you're enough and capable. The faith in that life is not a competition. We all are here and we all are different, we all struggle and we all thrive. We are meant to be ourselves and we are meant to have faith. In this book we get to see that sometimes loving hurts, sometimes being in love is hard and still it's all worth it. 

Emma's writing was once again solid, flawless and heart breakingly beautiful. (I did cry while reading and my spouse just asked if the book was good.) The world is built beautifully, the characters are just right, they are real people with real feelings and actions. 

Can I say anything more? Not likely. Maybe I just share one of my favorite lines from the book, the one I can connect with "We all have our stuff. It's all valid."

Thank you, Emma, for once again great book. I really appreciate that I got to read this book. 

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Between Hello & Goodbye by Emma Scott

2022

Reason to Believe by Rebecca Yarros

Thank you for the Candi Kane PR and Rebecca Yarros for giving me an ARC to read and review! 

I have read Rebecca Yarros' books before and I have loved them. I had really high hopes for this book. Reason to Believe is the first novel of Legacy -series. I have read the two novellas, Point Of Origin and Ignite, before, but I didn't remember much from them. Luckily this didn't matter, because you can read Reason to Believe as a stand-alone. 

In this book we get to meet Harper and Knox who have loved each other for years without telling it to each other. Harper decides to foster two boys and asks help from Knox. He agrees to help and as we can predict they both fall in love with the boys. I don't want to spoil this book so I won't say much more about this book. 

I enjoy reading Mrs. Yarros' books, because I always know that she has done her research and everything in book will be correct. This book has some heavy subjects that might trigger some readers. I found this book incredibly well written. I liked a lot of the fact that there's matter of fostering and adopting brought up in this book. 

This book is full of joy and love. There's also some hard and negative feelings. Some hard stuff happens and how it's dealt in this book is amazing. I love how I could see the overflow of Harper's and Knox's feelings. I loved their relationship and how it was portrait in the book.

I am once again amazed how beautifully Mrs. Yarros writes. Her words are powerful and when you pick up one of her books you know you have a great read ahead of you. I hope she continues to write about Legacy. 

⭐⭐⭐⭐½

Reason to Believe by Rebecca Yarros

Everafter Romance

2022

Blind Pass by Teagan Hunter

Thank you for Valentine PR and Teagan Hunter for giving me an ARC to read and review.

Sometimes I have problems with these kind of series, where it's about a new couple in every book. I feel so invested in the first books couple that it's hard to switch for a second couple. But this time I managed to do just that. Maybe that's because Collin and Harper are a big part of this book, too. 

Rhodes and Ryan get married in Vegas, but the marriage doesn't just stay in Vegas. They decide to stay married, because they both benefit from the marriage. I won't tell much more, because I don't want to spoil anything.

I liked Rhodes, he was the strong, silent type. Ryan felt more outgoing. They both had their own insecurities which stay struggled with. I liked how they had this connection from early on. I liked side characters. Would have loved to know more about some of them, maybe we get a book about them some day?

This is fast and easy read without much drama. I like hockey romances that actually have some hockey action and this book has hockey action. There was a twist I didn't see coming, it was nice. This is a solid read and leaves you with happy thoughts. Writing is good. Will read the next book of the series, too!

⭐⭐⭐⭐

Blind Pass by Teagan Hunter

2022