Review: Surrendering to Always by Chelsea M. Cameron

Surrendering to Always by Chelsea M. Cameron
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I'm very glad I got a chance to read this entire series! I don't think I've smiled so much at the ending of this book and I may or may not have had tears building up in my eyes. All of these characters have had obstacles to overcome, and they did so in a very realistic way that wasn't too cheesy or unreal.

I am intrigued to see if Chloe was able to get her story, yet? I can't seem to find it, but maybe I didn't look hard enough.

I have more books by Cameron waiting in my reading queue, so I'll be excited to dive into the next one soon!

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Review: Dark Surrendering by Chelsea M. Cameron

Dark Surrendering by Chelsea M. Cameron
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Okay, so I thought I would really like Sloane and Ryders novel, but in the end it was just okay for me. Sadly. They both had issues to get past and it basically took the whole book to get through them. I was expecting more sexy scenes with the amount of sexual tension between these two in Rorys book.

Overall it was okay. I'm actually kinda glad that there is only 1 more book left in this series since I haven't loved it as much as I wanted to.

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Review: Surrendering to Us by Chelsea M. Cameron

Surrendering to Us by Chelsea M. Cameron
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I like reading about Rory and Lucah's story, but I feel like this novel could have been cut shorter. There was a lot of repetition and just extra stuff that I don't feel like was needed.

I'm super excited about book 3 because it's Sloane and Ryder's story, which I've been anxiously waiting for!

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Review: Sweet Surrendering by Chelsea M. Cameron

Sweet Surrendering by Chelsea M. Cameron
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I'm glad I am going to read the other side characters of this world that Cameron created. Rory is pretty badass - more so than Marisol I have to say. She's amazing at her job and she's a great friend. The struggle that she went through with her attraction with Lucah was intense and I don't blame her for giving into temptation. But it also made her pretty juvenile, honestly. I think she should have just told her parents and made a clean break of it instead of keeping it a secret.

I'm excited that there is more and I'm REALLY excited about Sloane and Ryder's book!!

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Review: Deep Surrendering: Episode 12 by Chelsea M. Cameron

Deep Surrendering: Episode 12 by Chelsea M. Cameron
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

So glad I was able to finish this serial series and get to know these characters and side characters. While I had my ups and downs through these books, I'm glad to see the characters finally work through their issues and communicate to one another.

I'm also excited cause I realized that I have all 4 books of the side characters series, so I'm about to dive into those now!

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Review: Deep Surrendering: Episode 11 by Chelsea M. Cameron

Deep Surrendering: Episode 11 by Chelsea M. Cameron
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Things are finally get back into the swing of things for Fin and Marisol. I can see a few more issues happen in the last episode of this series, but so far I'm enjoying it. This book was nice. I liked that they are trying to learn from past mistakes but in the end they are creatures of habit and went back to their tendencies.

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Review: Deep Surrendering: Episode 10 by Chelsea M. Cameron

Deep Surrendering: Episode 10 by Chelsea M. Cameron
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

This was a long, drawn out section of the story. It was nice to see Marisol find other things to do in her life besides obsess over Fin, but nothing of relevance really happened in this section, to be honest. I'm not surprised at the ending, and sad to say, but I'm glad there are only 2 more serials to go. I think this story could have already been completed, but I'm almost there, so I'm going to finish it to see what happens.

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Review: Deep Surrendering: Episode 9 by Chelsea M. Cameron

Deep Surrendering: Episode 9 by Chelsea M. Cameron
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I actually enjoyed this one, even though it was a bit of a downer when it comes to subjects. But I feel like Marisol finally took charge of her life and made the hard decision, and she stuck with it. When she's with Fin, or obsessing over Fin, she's not herself and she's just a fraction of what she could be doing. Women who focus their whole lives around men make me sad, and that's what Marisol was starting to do.

And the ending? Yeah, now I'm intrigued with this series. I'm excited to see what happens next.

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Review: Deep Surrendering: Episode 8 by Chelsea M. Cameron

Deep Surrendering: Episode 8 by Chelsea M. Cameron
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Slowly. We are slowly getting there. I feel like these characters are not understanding how communication works or how a relationship should go...

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Review: Deep Surrendering: Episode 7 by Chelsea M. Cameron

Deep Surrendering: Episode 7 by Chelsea M. Cameron
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I appreciate that Marisol is trying to figure out her relationship with Fin. She is putting some hard rules down for them and she's giving ultimatums that may not give her what she wants, but she's determined to figure out what is going on and how they can move past those issues. And Fin is really trying, I'll give him that.

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Review: Deep Surrendering: Episode 6 by Chelsea M. Cameron

Deep Surrendering: Episode 6 by Chelsea M. Cameron
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Another rocky story of Marisol and Fin's relationship. I'm hoping they can find some way to make things work because they are both good for each other. I am now halfway through this serial of books and I'm sure there will be another dramatic event or two before they figure things out.

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Review: Deep Surrendering: Episode 5 by Chelsea M. Cameron

Deep Surrendering: Episode 5 by Chelsea M. Cameron
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Oh lots of drama in this one. Fin and Marisol are thousands of miles away from each other when Fin has to go to work overseas and the distance is a bit trying and straining for them - as I predicted. But the fight they had at the end? They fight about the stupidist things really. It's because Fin is so closed off, but I don't see what all of the fuss is about.

I'm intrigued to see what other mishaps will happen to these two characters.

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Review: Deep Surrendering: Episode 4 by Chelsea M. Cameron

Deep Surrendering: Episode 4 by Chelsea M. Cameron
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I'm glad that Fin is trusting Marisol more and more throughout these novellas. I think their biggest challenge is yet to come, but I do have to say that Marisol is the best thing that could have happened to Fin. And Fin is opening up Marisol's world more and more, teaching her things about herself and the world that she didn't know about beforehand.

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Review: Deep Surrendering: Episode 3 by Chelsea M. Cameron

Deep Surrendering: Episode 3 by Chelsea M. Cameron
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I love how Fin is opening up more and more with Marisol. He's a very complicated man and Marisol is ever so patient with him. I'm curious how things will pan out when Fin leaves and if he will go back to his old ways or not. And I'm sure Marisol will not handle the departure well either since they have been with each other every free second they have.

I feel like their relationship isn't that healthy, but then again, how many relationships are really healthy now-a-days anyway?

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Review: Deep Surrendering: Episode 2 by Chelsea M. Cameron

Deep Surrendering: Episode 2 by Chelsea M. Cameron
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

This second installment of the series was a bit better. I'm glad that Marisol and Fin are finally - somewhat - talking to each other and discovering what makes the other tick. I get the feeling that not everything is going to be smooth sailing for them, but they seem to be getting into a pattern of understanding and familiarity.

I'm just waiting until we find out what REALLY makes Fin tick!

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Review: Deep Surrendering: Episode 1 by Chelsea M. Cameron

Deep Surrendering: Episode 1 by Chelsea M. Cameron
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

So this serial had its ups and downs for me. Because it's so short, we get a lot of drama in a very small story, and boy did these two characters have a lot of it. Actually, it was really just Fin that was dramatic. He is very much bipolar and cannot make up his mind AT ALL, which is really frustrating. And then Marisol keeps giving him another chance. Over. And over. And over again which that isn't making this situation any better.

This is going to be a toxic relationship - I can already tell. I am curious to see how things pan out, but I think I am going to get annoyed with them before I love these characters throughout this entire relationship.

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Review: Harmony by Addison Jane

Harmony by Addison Jane
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I am surprised at how much I enjoyed this book. It was free on Amazon so I thought I would give it a try. I really loved Harmony and how she handled herself. She wasn't ashamed at being a Club Girl and she really loved the club - not because she had to but because she respected it. But she also didn't let anyone walk all over her and she said her peace of mind when she needed to. And I loved how much she struggled with her attraction toward Kit. She's had a bad past of men leaving, so I'm glad she wasn't one of those characters that automatically changed her viewpoint when a hot guy came into the picture.

And Kit. He was a goner when he met Harmony. I loved how he didn't play games with her and told her straight that he wanted her as more than a club girl. And he was so loyal and patient with Harmony, waiting for her to realize that he is not like the men in her past who is going to use and leave her afterward.

The mystery and suspense that came with this novel was also nice and original. It added suspense and danger to an already dangerous lifestyle.

I'm very glad I got a chance to read this and I might actually get the other books in the series to see what happens next!

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Review: Falling for the Bad Boy by Kennedy Fox

Falling for the Bad Boy by Kennedy Fox
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

This novel surprised me. I thought it was just going to be able a romance author shying away from a bad boy, but the bad boy was a convoluted character. There are so many layers of Ethan and his past is just heartbreaking. But he was by far my favorite character of the two. Vada was skittish and shy, yet wrote heavy passionate romance novels. And what she did to Ethan? Yeah, he doesn't deserve her. But Ethan might be a very high contender for a great book boyfriend.

Because of Vada, I gave this a lower star review quality than I thought I would, but if I was rating Ethan's character alone, I would give this book 5 stars :)

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Review: Together We Caught Fire by Eva V. Gibson

Together We Caught Fire by Eva V. Gibson
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

I received this free eARC novel from Edelweiss. This is my honest review.

I really wanted to like this book, but it just fell short for me, sadly. Thankfully I'm in the few who feel this way, so I'm hoping that all of the readers will feel different than me.

All of these characters are unstable, they are dealing with A LOT and this is a heavy subject to deal with. My issue was that I felt very apart from the characters. I couldn't connect with them, Lane was an emotional wreck (with good reason) and it felt like she was on paper. I couldn't keep up with what she was thinking and feeling and who was the guy for her and how she was just dealing with life. But even the secondary characters were having their own issues and I just feel like it might have been an overload on how troubled the characters were. Though in today's society, this may be how teens feel and what they are going through, so it could be very relevant to today's teen readers - I'm not sure.

The Connor and Grayson situation was very confusing for me. I couldn't figure out what was going on until it was already over and then another issue was happening.

Overall, I'm glad I got a chance to read this book, but it just wasn't right for me. I hope other readers will enjoy it though!

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Review: Maybe This Time by Kasie West

Maybe This Time by Kasie West
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Kasie West is an author that I instantly want to read her new books because they always have a great message and they are feel good novels by the time you finished them. So I was extremely excited to get this book from my library and dive into it :)

Overall I enjoyed this book. The tension and animosity between Sophie and Andrew started off quickly and I loved the idea of only seeing each other at big events. Though I'm not sure why they wouldn't have seen more if each other in the small town they were at, but I'll stop pondering about that.

Sophie had low self esteem and it was starting to really darken her personality which is partially why this is one of my lower star reviews for a Kasie West novel. She was becoming pretty nasty to everyone she was interacting with which was making her a dislikeable character for me.

However things picked up and changed drastically at the end of the novel, so that was good.

I'm glad I got a chance to read this novel and I love forward to future novels by this author!

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Review: Slumber by Becky Bird

Slumber by Becky Bird
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I received this free eARC novel from BookSirens and the author. This is my honest review.

This was a cute, fast read of a retelling of Sleeping Beauty. I loved Lucy so much. She is a fish out of water, a girl born in the wrong era. She doesn't want to wear dresses or learn how to sew, but she does want to wear pants, hunt, fish, and be useful. That's how her dad raised her, and that's how she wants to be. But society is forcing her to be a "lady"... So much so that she decides to leave.

When she runs into the future king, Prince Thomas, he has a rude awakening on how this "commoner" treats him. Lucy doesn't care that he's royalty or the proper way she's supposed to act. She tells him like it is and how nasty he treats everyone.

Thomas is a little brat at the beginning of the novel. Enough to make me want to slap some sense into him. So I'm glad that Lucy gave it to him straight and he actually grew into a person who deserves respect and love from the people that he will eventually rule.

Overall, I'm really glad I got a chance to read this book. Lucy and Thomas both matured during this novel and they learned a lot of things in their adventure. It is also an unique view of the Sleeping Beauty story.

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Review: Flawed by Becky Bird

Flawed by Becky Bird
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I received this free eARC novel from BookSirens and the author. This is my honest review.

I've always adored Pride and Prejudice, so i was very happy to see a YA book based on this novel :) Mia is a great character. She is a little angry and a lot judgmental most of the time, so she is always jumping to conclusions and thinking the worst of everything. I loved the way Mia and Finn met and had this insane attraction, and then the insults and sarcasm started - on both ends.

This is a very good depiction of Austen's book, and I thoroughly enjoyed the fact that they were reading the original novel during this book. I really wanted Mia to realize that her life IS Pride and Prejudice, but she only thought part of it was similar.

I also loved Jade and how creative she was with designing clothes. Camilia was a nasty girl and I'm glad she got what happened in the end, though I feel like she could have gotten a worse ending it still would have left her off the hook.

I'm really glad I got a chance to read this and I'll definitely be looking out for more novels by this author!

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Review: The Bet by Alexia Chase

The Bet by Alexia Chase
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

Meh, this was an okay novel. I got frustrated with the characters because they just wouldn't TALK to each other. They were talking around what they wanted to say and making everything 10x worse than if they would have just fessed up their feelings and made their lives so much easier. And the most frustrating part is that Chloe had no problem telling it like it was to Tabitha, but when it came to Rich she was a mime majority of the time.

This was a short, to the point novella that is a fast read, but I just got so frustrated at the characters that I don't think I truly enjoyed it as much as I would have liked.

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Review: Flirting with Maybe by Wendy Higgins

Flirting with Maybe by Wendy Higgins
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I'm glad I found this eBook at my public library because I was finally able to read it! This novella was cute and fast, but it was actually about a serious topic. Many people miss out on great relationships because of the age gap in school. Just because a guy is younger than you does not mean that he is not the one. I know it's hard to deal with the struggles of being in high school already, and then you have to deal with immature classmates and friends who bully and tease about this subject, but I feel like if you like someone and he happens to be younger, it shouldn't be a big deal.

Brooke has a lot of personal issues to deal with, and while I don't agree on how she dealt with them, I am glad that she had Ryan to talk to. The way she treated Ryan wasn't fair, but most teenagers aren't at that age. They use and abuse so many good things around them, and that's kinda what Brooke did to Ryan.

I was impressed on how mature Ryan was, though. At the age of 15, he knew that Brooke was it for him and he never lost that notion. He was also so nice to his mother, and that shows how he is going to treat his future wife - with love and respect.

I'm so glad I got a chance to read this! Wendy Higgins is one of my favorite authors and I'm well on my way to reading all of her books :)

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Review: Taking Control by Jen Frederick

Taking Control by Jen Frederick
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

This was a good sequel to Losing Control. I'm really glad that we got Ian's viewpoint in some of the chapters because it's nice to see what the other main character is thinking and feeling. I feel like these two are definitely going to have their ups and downs, but I really love the fact that as long as they are together forever, neither one cares if they are rich or poor. Though I do have to say that I don't think Ian could be poor, but he thinks so, so we'll give him the benefit of the doubt.

I'm glad I got a chance to read these books in the series. I doubt I'm going to read the 3rd book since it's not about Ian and Tiny, but about Jake. He was an alright character in this book, but not enough that I want to read his story right now.

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Review: Losing Control by Jen Frederick

Losing Control by Jen Frederick
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Victoria, Tiny, has had a rough few years. After her mom got and beat cancer 3 years ago, Tiny has been trying to stay above water to make ends meet. And because she's dyslexic, finding a job she can manage hasn't been the easiest. Thankfully she found a job biking packages throughout the area, which requires very little reading and writing. But when her mom gets cancer again, she has to work for her stepbrother delivering...not so legal packages to places for extra money.

When she meets Ian Kerr, Tiny is stunned. The connection and attraction between them is undeniable and Tiny is very tempted to let him take care of her. But that is not her nature and she is always the one to take care of everything - especially since her mom got sick.

Ian is not a man to deny, however, as it only intrigues him more and makes him more determined to get what he wants. And right now he wants Tiny. Since he is rich - stinking rich - he is able to find a way to see and get to know Tiny by hiring her, because Tiny will not take presents of any kind.

The longer Tiny is with Ian, the more she knows her heart is going to break once he leaves her. But one thing she didn't see coming was how intense the connection is between the two of them, and what that could mean for her future...

This was a really good novel! I really admire Tiny and how determined and independent she is. She did not want to be flourished with lavish gifts without earning them, and that shows a very mature and reliable personality. And the way she took care of her mother? And found a job that she was able to execute without having to read or write? I seriously love her and I'm glad she finally got a break from a hard life when she met Ian. I don't know how she resisted him for so long, but that shows that she was really serious about how she wanted a relationship with him.

And Ian. He is an odd person. Has money coming out of his ears, and thinks that it will sway Tiny to his corner, but he has another thing coming. Ian is very serious and powerful, but to see him crumble at Tiny's feet is stunning. He has a vendetta that he needs to execute, but when it comes to Tiny, everything is on the backburner.

I'm so glad I got a chance to read this and I'm intrigued to see what book #2 will bring!

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Review: Outmatched by Kristen Callihan and Samantha Young

Outmatched by Kristen Callihan
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I received this free eARC novel from the author. This is my honest review.

Parker is making her own life and working hard for it, so she feels disgusted that she has to hire a fake boyfriend to get a permanent position at her dream job. One of the sponsors won't hire employees unless they show they have strong commitment goals... like being in a serious relationship. It's completely wrong, but Parker is desperate to keep this job.

Rhys had it all as a professional boxer, but after witnessing a match gone wrong, he stopped instantly. Now he's struggling to keep his parents gym they started and he's trying to find a solution that doesn't involve selling it. When he interferes with his brother's plan to get paid to date a rich girl, Rhys finds himself dating her instead.

The longer Rhys and Parker are around each other, the more their attraction grows and grows. But they are just acting, right? Both are going to have to face their past and decide if they want to discover what may be in store for them.

I'm so so glad I got a chance to read this eARC!!! I loved it so much! Both characters are strong minded and so stubborn it was really entertaining to watch them go head to head.

Rhys had a lot of self discovery to get through during this novel. He had a lot of guilt and anger and healing to do, but Parker was good for him. She pushed him and challenged him.

And Parker... I feel really bad about how Fairchild treated her. He's a jerk and a snob and I think it's terrible what Parker went through. She's such a strong, independent person and to have to lower herself to that standard was hard to witness.

This was such a great book and I'm glad I got a chance to read this early! Looking forward to future books by Samantha Young and now I'll go discover some books by Kristen Callihan!

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