Review: Maybe Someday

Title: Maybe Someday
Author: Colleen Hoover
Publisher: Atria Books
Release Date: March 18, 2014
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I have been binge reading all of Colleen's books lately, and I can say that I am so in love with Maybe Someday there were so many things that happened that I was not expecting and it made me ecstatic to read. I always love her books, and there is so many things that are brought to light that a lot of people don't ever think about, but Colleen's books really make you think about it. They push boundaries in the best possible ways!

Sydney; I think that she is one of my favorite characters that Colleen has written that I've read so far! I haven't read a bunch of Colleen's books (only the Never Never series, and the Hopeless series) She doesn't judge even in the slightest, she is so quick to be sure that Ridge isn't at fault. She would gladly take all the blame for everything than ever let him feel as though he's failed. She is strong and she is so selfless - Sydney is a strong woman and I admire that about her. She can love unconditionally, and she will always love unconditionally. It takes a lot to be in love with a person with a disability (I can speak from experience, my husband has epilepsy) and to overlook that disability and know there is so much more to them than a disability. I admire that about her because in that sense it really hit home for me, and I love knowing that it is possible for others to love people with disabilities to the fullest extent.

Ridge; he is a wonderful character, I admire his passion for music and I am so happy with his loyalty to his girlfriend regardless. I am proud of who Ridge is and what he stood for, he didn't let things get him down and he was willing to overcome all the hurdles in his life and that is truly beautiful to me. He didn't let things stop him from playing music didn't stop him from wanting to play the guitar. There was a lot of things that Ridge did that were courageous and I love him for that. I just wish that he was able to see past disabilities it's the saddest thing to know that relationships can't be saved because of an excuse of not being able to see someone for their worth and just seeing them as a disability and a need to save them.

Maggie; she is the sweetest character in this book I think. At first I really didn't like her because of the relationship she has with Ridge it and it made me really sad because naturally you root for Sydney. But once I met Maggie I fell in love with character she is the sweetest and she was definitely one of the characters that you couldn't not like. She was the most likeable character and I can't believe the life that she live - that's the roughest thing that I can think of, and I'm just pleased to know that she wanted to live the most of her life.

Warren and Bridgette; I really enjoyed both of their characters I think because Warren was just a sarcastic person and Bridgette was an obvious "B" word that it just made it that more comical when they were together and when they would speak with Sydney. For a while I did think that Warren was out of place when it came to being upset with Sydney. But when he became her best friend it was such an amazing thing to see him care about someone other than himself, his porn or Bridgette.

Overall - I fell in love with Maybe Someday and I hope that Maybe Not is just as good so that I can get a feel for so much of this story. I'm not quite ready for it to be over. This is definitely one of those novels that has touched every part of my heart, Colleen Hoover is slowly taking up all of my heart with all of the novels that I've been reading by her! I can't help but love her and the characters that she brings to life. 

Review: Reaper's Claim

Title: Reaper's Claim
Author: Simone Elise
Publisher: Inkitt
Release Date: February 15, 2017
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I was really surprised by how much I enjoyed this book. There were things that I wasn't too happy about, like all the back and forth between Reaper (Kade) and Abby. It eventually began to play like a broken record, one minute they loved each other, the next minute they weren't talking. I wanted them to be together so much because it shows that even though he is bad for her - they could make it work. But there was so much that I loved and so much that annoyed me about this book. I'm going to break it all down for you...

Abby Harrison; I really liked her character in the beginning I thought that she was sweet and that she was going to fall for the "bad guy" and that things were going to be rough. But that was all an understatement. When it comes to Abby she is a little bi-polar I feel like one minute she was in love with Kade and the next minute she didn't know what she wanted with him, because he looked at her the wrong way or something. I love how she was when she was with him, but with Drake it was different, I didn't like how you knew that she was just using him to avoid her feelings of being hurt and grieving from Kade. I feel like as special as losing her virginity to Kade was supposed to be, after she slept with him - that she kind of just became a hoe. Just because when things didn't go her way, she tended to kiss random boys, or sleep with random men, and I don't really like how that happened. It kind of did make her look like a club house whore. I understand that she was upset, but sleeping with a million people doesn't make less problems, it makes more. She is quick to jump to conclusions - and she is terrible at hearing people out, when she's mad or upset, and I think that she of all people would understand that to all the boys that she lives with the club will always come first, anything that Roach tells them they will do in a heartbeat - it's their family and it's their unspoken law.

Kim Harrison; in the beginning I was very confused with Kim, I didn't like her she was snobby nose brat who was used to getting what she wanted and I wasn't sure why she acted that way. I was annoyed with her in the beginning of the book and I didn't care for her much. But once they moved to Aunty Amanda's house, I was shocked to learn that she had become a goody-goody and was in university and what not. But it seems that as soon as Kim and Abby went back to the club house they were quick to go back to their old ways, Kim and Trigger as well - with no regrets, and without even holding onto a sliver or who they were back at Aunty Amanda's. I just feel as though neither Abby or Kim hadn't learned anything as they continue to do everything they did prior to the move without growing up - or without learning anything from their previous experiences.

Kade (Reaper); he's kind of a dick, I understand why and I know that he has a reputation and he doesn't know how to feel and that he isn't used to having a weakness and what not. But I just think he's so wishy-washy had I been Abby I would've bounced after the hundredth time he didn't know what he wanted. Reaper is definitely someone who is stuck between a rock and a hard place, and I think a lot of guys could relate to that, just because most of them don't think they're good for a girl - so they bounce, but they return because they miss them and it's just a big back and forth kind of game. I do understand why he would think that he was no good for Abby it makes complete sense, but once a girl usually says that she doesn't care how bad you are and that they love you and accept you, it's time that you accept that, and just be happy with that person.

There were a lot of things that I loved about this book - like the plot and the storyline, but I think that most of the situations that were going on could've been dragged out a little longer, instead of a rush in the story. I loved how much went on, but I felt like so much of it was rushed that you kind of get reader's whip lash because you're trying to remember the last ten things that happened in the last two chapters (I am totally over exaggerating but still it felt like that sometimes). I really did enjoy this book though it was a good read and it only took me three days which is an accomplishment when it comes to having two kids and a whole house to take care of. So I would say that was an accomplishment. I enjoyed it, but I hope that in the second books things slow down just a little bit because this book moved a little too fast for my liking.

Review: Finding Cinderella

Title: Finding Cinderella
Author: Colleen Hoover
Publisher: Atria Books
Release Date: October 14, 2013
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At first I wasn't quite sure how I was going to feel about this book because it's not about Dean and Sky after I became so connected to them in Hopeless and Losing Hope so I was a bit weary. But I am so happy that I did start the book and finished it because I just fell in love with Daniel. While we only got a glimpse of him through Dean's perspective it was nice to see what he was really all about. I loved how he was so blunt and how he had such a soft interior. This book has changed a part of my heart for the best but I don't think this is how the Hopeless books end. I need more answers of Daniel and Six.

Daniel - I thought that he was a total brat when we really met him in Losing Hope and I am just so happy that it's not the case. There was such an amazing person underneath all the blunt and crude comments and jokes that he would  make. It was the best to see who he really was. Once Daniel met Six it was the best thing just because you could tell that he was truly happy even though everything happened so quickly. I loved how Cinderella was mentioned in Losing Hope and that we have an answer in this wonderful novella. He has the biggest heart and it was amazing to see him feel such emotion at the end I was not expecting that ending and I just love how everything worked out, honestly, it was the best ending to a tragic situation.

Six - we all met Six in Hopeless as Sky's best friend and she is so adorable I thought that she was funny and was good for Sky because she was so blunt and honest and it was wonderful. She never wanted her best friend to feel out of the loop and you would have never thought that Six was going through such horrible things while she was in Italy, just because of the beautiful text messages that she was continuing to text Sky while she was away. That in itself shows what a caring person Six is regardless of what happened to her while she was away in Italy.

I don't want to give too much away from the novella, but it's just so hard not too. So, I should end my review here, before I scream at the rooftops what happened during this book. I just did not expect it to take the turn that it did, and I truly believe that the correct decision was made for them - especially because they did not know what the other one looked like, and that they had no clue about each other and what was going on after they hooked up in the janitors closet. I hope that Colleen actually continues at least one more story about Daniel and Six just because it would be amazing to see what happens and how their relationship evolves after being able to overcome such an obstacle that Six thought that she had to go through alone. That she never has to be alone about that, ever again.

Review: The Precious Ruby

Title: The Precious Ruby
Author: C. Renee
Publisher: Amazon Digital Services LLC
Release Date: January 10, 2017
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This was the first motorcycle club book that I've read and let me say that at first I was worried about how I was going to like it. I've never been into violence in books and I've never been one to want to read about MC gangs. To be 100% honest. But once I started reading The Precious Ruby it became very hard for me to put down. From all the twists and turns that were happening in Louise's life, I loved how things were evolving. This is the author's debut novel and for a debut I have to say that it was surprisingly good. There were tidbits of things that need to be worked on, such as typos (but that was due to her previous editor, which whom she is not working with anymore) and some of it seemed to move too fast. I loved how Lou happened to try and get over her abusive ex-boyfriend Matt, but I personally felt as though she got her life together too quickly... After three years of abuse I thought it would take longer than about a week for her to get back on her feet. More nightmares more fear, that kind of stuff.

Louise, I adored her character she was different and spunky and you could tell that she had a lot to offer. How a woman like her ended up with a bastard like Matt I have no idea, although I read the backstory of their love and what not, I still can't believe it. She is way too good for him. Although I have to say that she can be a little dense sometimes, I love that she wanted a new life, I love that she worked hard and got herself up on her feet and I was proud of that. But what I mean by dense is that she made the choice to go back, she made the wrong choice. There were lots of things that I was unsure of why she was doing such things, why she was going out - why she felt the need to go back when she could've ran with Jax. There were a lot of things that I wondered throughout the book. But Louise is a kind character and although I have never been in those types of situations she was easy to connect with - which is a huge thing for me when it comes to reading a book. I need to find a character that I can connect with. I felt for her - I wanted to cry when she was in pain, she was one of the characters that you could build a relationship with - in some aspect because I have had friends in similar situations.

Matt - now onto the bastard that I cannot stand. I feel as though his character was written well - he was the president of a biker gang and obviously he has to be a hardass but sometimes he just pushed it too far, which I'm sure that men in those situations can. He just seemed ever so bi-polar and that she wasn't sure what he wanted. If he didn't want Lou anymore then why keep her around? If he wanted other women why was it the end of the world that she was talking to someone else? I just don't understand him, and you do get the backstory on why Matt turned from sweet caring guy to an asshole but it's like, "did a switch just flip?" because personally I want to know more. I want to know how his brain was thinking what he thought he was doing, how he possibly thought that it was okay to do those things? Regardless of his status with the MC (Bleeding Eagles) if he truly ever loved Lou, why not just let her go?

Alex, the handsome and sweet mystery man with the green eyes. He sounds delicious, he is caring and he's just such a wonderful person. I don't have much to say about Alex, although I got to read his point of view throughout the book I just think that he's the right choice for Louise. I think that Alex is a kind heart - and although he's a manwhore, you can tell once he admits his feelings for Lou that he's going to try his best to change that. Especially, knowing that she doesn't deserve everything after what she had been through.

This was one of those books that makes you so thankful that the main characters of Louise and Alex have best friends like Steph and Reece. I feel as though both of them complete the other, Steph is the best friend that Louise needs. She is confident and a little cocky in the best possible way which is exactly what Louise needs to help her especially after leaving Matt in the beginning of the book. As for Reece and Alex, they are wonderful together as best friends just because you can tell they have one of those friendships that is totally a bromance, and it's adorable how much they can depend on each other and count on each other.

Overall this book was fabulous a four star rating from me. It had it's moments that I wondered what C was doing, and why she was taking the book in the direction that she was taking it - but everything happened for a reason and now I sit here and anxiously away for the second book to release hopefully soon...

Review: Losing Hope

Title: Losing Hope
Author: Colleen Hoover
Publisher: Atria Books
Release Date: July 8, 2013
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It took me a while to read Losing Hope after reading Hopeless because I didn't have it but I just received it and let me say that I could not be happier. I knew going into the book that it was going to be the same storyline as Hopeless but from Dean Holder's side, and honestly so much has been explained for me. I didn't know exactly what Dean was thinking during Hopeless so to be able to understand him more and see his side of everything when he left Sky, and when he went back and how much Les' death really affected him.

Dean Holder - I loved him in the first book, but I can say now that I truly love him now. He is so strong, we didn't see how much Holder actually went through in the first book just because it was all Sky's side and what she was going through which was a lot. But we knew that Holder had gone through things, but we didn't know how far they really went and how much he had to work through and live with. I can say that I am so proud of Holder because he overcame a lot and people may say that he reacted badly a lot of the time - but I have to say that he reacted better than I think most people would react after losing a twin, and having all kinds of rumors spread about you. He handled it well - but I didn't know that Holder had fallen in love with Sky first so that's so awesome to watch him fall in love with her, because we know how Sky feels and we know how she reacts to things, so we get to watch him dwell and love and do everything and it's just so amazing, I think that Colleen had the BEST idea when she thought to write Losing Hope.

Sky, we already knew who Sky was we knew who she really was it wasn't a surprise to us while reading this novel but how closely Holder pays attention to her is something else. To see Sky through Holder's eyes is like seeing Sky for the first time. It's truly remarkable how different a person can look just by the point of view of a novel.

There was so much for me to love about this novel, especially because I knew what was going to happen, but to see why Holder reacts the way he does, the feelings he feels - and what goes through his head just makes it so much easier to understand the all around picture of the story. Sky and Holder were made for each other - I just can't wait to see what's going on when it comes to Daniel in Finding Cinderella.

Review: Never Never (Parts 1, 2 & 3)

Title: Never Never
Author(s): Colleen Hoover & Tarryn Fisher

Publisher: Hoover Ink
Release Date(s): Part 1 - January 7, 2015
Part 2 - May 17, 2015

Part 3 - January 19, 2016
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Now, I'm not usually one to write a review for all three parts at once, but since I haven't been updating in a long time, I figured that it would be best if I just wrote my review for all three since it's been forever since I've written one at all.

Let me start off with - what the hell did I just read? I cannot say that it was a bad trilogy it was the complete opposite. I had no idea what I was getting myself into. I had been looking at reviews prior to reading the trilogy and just let me say I wasn't too excited to get into the books. But once I got into them and I started my relationship with Silas and Charlie I just couldn't back out of it. These books were so catching and were well written that I just couldn't put them down.

My best friend and I had thought that we were going to read them together, we would see how many chapters and then guessimate how much we wanted to read by the end of the week... for both of us - it didn't take us a week to finish the books. We were done in days sometimes a day.

Colleen and Tarryn did such a wonderful job at writing characters that you are able to fall in love with. That you are able to connect with and want to know more about. There is just so much character and life to them, that you have to know what's going to happen. You fall in love with who they are, even if they don't know who they are. We remember what happens to them - so we want so badly for them to find themselves and figure it all out.

Silas Nash - at first I wasn't so sure how I felt about him. I had mixed emotions the more that we found out him. That he was cheating on Charlie that he was emotionally over invested in Charlie - and that he just seemed so confused in the life that he was living before everything happened. But it didn't last long before I became a Silas lover. I wanted him and Charlie to figure everything out so quickly. I was thankful that I didn't have to wait for parts to be released and that I was able to just read through all three parts to know what was going to happen.

Charlie Wynwood - this girl drove me completely and utter bonkers. I couldn't stand the way that behaved, I didn't like the things that I was learning about her. I surely didn't like how she felt that her father walked on water after everything that he did. But looking back at the books I'm glad that, that was who Charlie was. Because it showed her throughout the novels that it wasn't who she wanted to be. It made her want to become a better person which is something that I was thankful for at the end of everything.

The whole story was wonderful that concept was amazing, it was something that you don't read all the time. But the ending was anti-climatic for me - I was waiting for something more... more of an ending something that was worth it ultimately. But this ending just didn't cut it for me. I was upset by it because of the simple fact that it was so simple, there was no voodoo by the Gypsy woman - there was no relationship formed between The Shrimp (Cora) and Charlie even though the truth was out. Nothing was really answered for me besides they are able to remember who they are and everything they had forgotten.

I was very upset that I never got an answer as to why there was mud and blood in Silas' bed from the first book - I was not pleased with all the questions that I still have about the book. Did the files ever get turned in against Brett Wynwood? Did Jeanette and Charlie ever become better sisters? And the ending... I need to know more still. Will there be a sequel series to follow Never Never so we know what happens with Jessa and her boyfriend?

I loved this trilogy I did and do not love all the questions I'm still aching to know...

Review: Hopeless

Title: Hopeless
Author: Colleen Hoover
Publisher: Atria Books
Release Date: May 7, 2013
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I fell in love with this book, I love everything about it. I loved the concept, (which I might add I was not expecting) and it was just a great story! This was the first book I've read by Colleen Hoover - and it's definitely not going to be my last. I loved how in depth her writing was, and how developed the characters were, and I really loved that it was written in the days, almost like a journal - but with more details. I loved it!

Sky, she is something else. So much has happened to her, and she is so strong. She is such a great rolemodel for girls that terrible things happen to. I will admit to that. I was so pleased with the writing and her past - that I just loved how everything fell together so perfectly. She is stronger than she even knew, and she had been through more than anyone in the book, from being molested as a child, to being "kidnapped" and then watching her father die in front of her... that's a lot and she still had no problem (with the help of Holder) getting over those roads bumps and continuing on with her life. I feel as though she made all the right decisions, to the best of her ability at the times.

Dean Holder - I am going to refer to as Holder during this review, just as Colleen had referred to him throughout the novel. Well, just let me say that at first I thought that Holder was VERY schizophrenic up until the point that he actually explains everything. I knew that he had not acted out in a while, and I thought possibly he was on his medication again - perhaps he had been off them at the times of his outbursts. But I love how much he loves Sky - I love how he protects her at all costs, how he's not scared to be there with her. To break down in front of her - and to give his all to her and be not only her lover, but her best friend (besides Six of course).  Holder is someone I feel as lot of girls will want in a guy that they meet. Someone who is mysterious and charming, and is will to do anything for you, and that's is right.

I loved this book more than I can explain, so many twists and turns happened and I was hooked instantly, because I never knew what was happening. There were things that I was so taken aback that I would have to read it again - and make sure that it was really happening, because I didn't imagine half of the things that happened, to happen! I loved the way that Colleen wrote and I love how much detail and how much story there was. And I cannot wait to pick up another Colleen Hoover book - because I am hooked and I will be reading and purchasing more of her novels.