Books Bought in March

1.    Order of the Regent by Melle Amade £0

2.    Blue Oaks by Danielle Henfrey £0

3.    Convergence by Tara Ellis and Mike Kraus £3.82

4.    Mercy by Tara Ellis and Mike Kraus £3.84

5.    Evershade by Michelle Areaux £0

6.    My Dragon Lord by Alisa Woods £0

7.    Warrior Mage by Lindsay Buroker £0

8.    Frost by Kaitlyn Davis £0

9.    Mindtouch by M.C.A Hogarth £0

10. Captured by Erica Stevens and Leslie Mitchell £0

11. Made for Me by Kathryn R. Biel £0

12. Renegade by Erica Stevens and Leslie Mitchell £0

13. The Heretic by Joseph Nassise £0

14. Murder on the SS Rosa by Lee Strauss £0

15. My Day Trilogy by Mary Kelly Reed £0

16. Magenta Mine by Janet Elizabeth Henderson £0

17. Pure by Catherine Mesick £0

18. Once Blessed, Thrice Cursed by Coralie Moss £0

19. Coming Home by Holly Kerr £0

20. Empowerment: An Indie Love Anthology by Alice La Roux, Jade West, Anna Edwards, Laura Morgan, SK Clarke, Lizzie James and TA Andrews £0.99

21. The Wonkiest Witch by Jeannie Wycherley £0

22. Spin by K. J Farnham £0

23. One-Eyed Eben and the Planet Jumping Giant from Outer Space by Jeffrey Hall £0

24. Hexes and Handcuffs Anthology Tabitha Barrett, Emma Cole et el £0

25. Wickedest Witch by Eva Langlais £0

26. The Hidden Wizard by Vaughan W. Smith £0

27. Child Of Mist: Red Dawn by Lola StVil £0

28. Dragon Fire Academy by Rachel Jonas £0

29. Magical Creatures Academy by Lucia Ashta £0

30. The Fire Within by D.K. Holmberg £0

31. Hold Back the Tide by Melinda Salisbury £0.98

32. Humpty Bumpkin by Sam Cheever £0

33. Transmission by Morgan Rice £0

34. Raven by Rachel Morgan £0

35. Forgotten Kingdom by Stephany Wallace £0

36. A Tale of Mer-der by Morgana Best £0

37. Wicked Good Witches Books 1-3 by Ruby Raine £0

38. We Witches Three Books 1-3 by Humphrey Quinn £0

39. Ink by Jobie Baldwin £0

40. Witching World by Lucia Ashta £0

41. Oasis by Dima Zales and Anna Zaires £0

42. Dragon Force by Lucia Ashta £0

43. Beast of Shadow and Light by Stephany Wallace £0

44. Vampire Lies by RaShelle Workman £0

45. Paranormal Huntress Books 1-3 by W.J. May £0

46. Sullivan’s Secret by Robin Murphy £0

47. Secret of the Big Easy by Robin Murphy £0

48. Federal City’s Secret by Robin Murphy £0

49. Secret of Coffin Island by Robin Murphy £0

50. Savannah’s Secret by Robin Murphy £0

51. The Siren Song Books 1-3 by S.K Munt and Donella Brown £0

52. Unseen by Stephanie Erickson £0

53. Ascension by Sam Ferguson and Bob Kehl £0

54. BASE Status: Online by E. Engberts £0

55. The Genesis of Evangeline by Rachel Jonas £0

56. Trouble by R.J. Price £0

57. Sit Pretty by R.J. Price £0

58. Dark Spirits by R.J. Price £0

59. Highest Lord by R.J. Price £0

60. Landscape Magic by R.J. Price £0

61. Dark Descent by Nicole R Taylor £0

62. Discipline by W.J. May £0

63. Whill of Agora by Michael Ploof and Trevor Smith £0

64. Malice in Wonderland Bundle 1 by Lotus Rose £0

65. Isle of Bones by Starla Silver and Humphrey Quinn £0

66. Isle of Wolves by Starla Silver and Humphrey Quinn £0

67. Gray Magic by Jennifer Snyder £0

68. Storykiller by Kelly Thompson £0

69. Shadow Magic Anthology by Aimee Easterling, Pippa DaCosta et el £0

70. The Tarot Witches Complete Collection by SM Reine £0

71. Zodiac Guardians: Prequel by Tamar Sloan and Tricia Barr £0

72. Returning by A.L Knorr £0

73. Fated by Regan Ure £0

74. Keeper by Regan Ure £0

75. Ultraxenopia by M.A. Phipps £0

76. Skyborn: Ignite by Hannah Parker £0

77. A Lonely Magic by S.J Wynde £0

78. Dying Ember, Golden Ash by River K. Scott £0

79. Salt and Silver by River K. Scott £0

80. A Soulmark Book 1-3 by Rebecca Main £0

81. The Necklace of Goddess Athena by Effrosyni Moschoudi £0

82. Silken Scales by Alex Hayes £0

83. The New World by Patrick Ness £0

84. Wicked Academy by Nissa Leder £0

85. Sorcery and Warlocks Anthology by Patty Jensen, Tara Saunders et el £0

86. Frost Legacy: The Inheritance by Jennifer Ann Reed £0

87. Frost Legacy: Crossroads by Jennifer Ann Reed £0

88. Gifted by Jenny Phillips and Jaimie Hope £0

89. Unbroken by Jenny Phillips and Jaimie Hope £0

90. Exposed by Jenny Phillips and Jaimie Hope £0

91. Alien Pets by Trisha McNary £0

92. Alpha by Regan Ure £0

93. The Ides by A. N. Myers £0

94. Moonburner by Claire Luana £0

95. Autumn Unlocked by Amy Sparling £0

96. A Healer’s Gift by Tao Wong £0

97. Burning: Prequal by Heidi Catherine and Tamar Sloan £0

98. Cyber’s Change by Jamie Davis £0

99. The Aviary by Emily Shore £0

100.              Mind Secrets by Jane Killick £0

101.              Kilenya Chronicles Book 1-3 by Andrea Pearson £0

102.              Alone by Kate L. Mary and Emily Teng £0

103.              Undertow by K.R. Conway

104.              Seventh Mark (Part 1 & 2) by W.J. May, Patrick Griffith and Regina Mitchell £0

105.              Savant, Feral & Seer Books 1-3 by Richard Denoncourt £0

106.              Highland Stranger by Kerrigan Byrne £0

107.              Hidden Gems by Hagop Kane Boughazian, Joel Sigua, Bea Castillo and J.L Lockwood £0

108.              The Obituary Society by Jessica L. Randall £0

109.              Netherworld by K.N. Lee £0

110.              City of Wishes by Rachel Morgan £0

111.              We, The Lucky Few by P.S. Lurie £0

112.              3004 by Natasha Murray £0

113.              The Duchess Inheritance by C.K Brooke £0

114.              The Duchess Revival by C.K Brooke £0

115.              The Duchess’s Descendants by C.K Brooke £0

116.              The Emperor’s Daughters by C.K Brookes £0

117.              Jessamay Hammel and the Black Dust by Nina Phillips £0

118.              Nightmares by Erica Stevens £0

119.              Dragon’s Awakening by Sean Fletcher £0

120.              The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness £0

121.              Lady Greensleeves by C.K Brooke £0

122.              Unveiled by Lysa Daley £0

123.              Kingdom Cold by Brittni Chenelle £0

124.              Dying to Meet You by Rich Amooi £0

125.              War of the Black Tower by Jack Conner £0

126.              A Dance of Silver and Shadow by Melanie Cellier £0

127.              Lost Wolf by Stacy Claflin £0

128.              Dead at Twilight by E.J King £0

129.              Shifting by D’aigle Rachel and Humphrey Quinn £0

130.              Sellbound by Thalia Blake £0

131.              A Captive Heart by Thalia Blake £0

132.              The Heir of Windacre by Thalia Blake £0

133.              #TheRealCinderella by Yesenia Vargas £0

134.              Skeleton in the Closet by Jennifer L. Hart £0

135.              Raina Sun Mystery Box Set Books 1-3 by Anne R. Tan £0

 Total Paid: £9.63

This month I spent a few hours just searching Amazon for free books.

His Little Pyro Blog Release Blitz by V. Kelly

His Little Pyro by V. Kelly
SYNOPSIS:

I’m walking a thin line between revenge and insanity here.
I gave my boyfriend the last three years of my life, only to find out that he’s been banging my best friend Haysleigh behind my back for at least two of them.
I was mad at him.
I’m furious with her.
Men will come and go, but best friends are supposed to be forever. Haysleigh crossed a line I would never cross, and now that she has, it’s time to even the score.
I have to get my revenge.
But, there’s only one thing I know of that I can do that will hurt Haysleigh as much as she hurt me. I need to seduce the only man in her life that she has ever really loved. It’s the man that I’ve been obsessed with since I started realizing boys were a thing. The man I fantasized about taking my virginity, even though I knew he couldn’t. The man who has always been off limits but has always held a special place in my heart. The man who I have feelings for that I can no longer ignore.
He’s sexy.
He’s a firefighter.
He’s also her dad . . .
That’s right, I’m gonna seduce my best friend’s dad.
My only problem . . . I’m going to have to start a fire to do it.  

Tagline:

Her thirst for revenge will destroy everything in her path, including him. 

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His Little Pyro is available for Pre-order.

You can find it currently on Amazon for .99 cents, and it will be available on KU after it launches on 3/27/2020.

You can add it to your TBR list on Goodreads

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Don't Check Out This Book by Kate Klise and M. Sarah Klise

 

Praise for Kate Klise & M. Sarah Klise’s Three Ring Rascal Series:

“The Klise sisters are no newcomers to the world of children’s fiction. Their work is cute and fun with a great message”

–New Orleans Advocate (The Show Must Go On!)

“Entertaining [and] ‘smafunderful’ (smart + fun + wonderful).”
–Kirkus Reviews (The Show Must Go On!)

“True to form, sisters Kate Klise (author) and M. Sarah Klise (illustrator) use clever jokes, wordplay, and adorable illustrations to guide their readers.”

–BookPage (The Show Must Go On!)

In the fully illustrated epistolary novel Don’t Check Out This Book!, fifth-grade reporters follow a trail of phone messages, emails, articles, texts, letters, reports, receipts, and more to clear the name of their beloved librarian and clear the local school board of bad apples with criminal intentions. Behind text and images ripe with laugh-out-loud humor and abundant wordplay, including too many puns to count, lies an important message about censorship and readers’ rights to choose their own books. Sisters and collaborators Kate Klise (writer) and M. Sarah Klise (illustrator) have been publishing visual novels for middle-grade readers since long before the current graphic novel explosion. Together, they’ve created more than twenty award-winning books for young readers, including Regarding the Fountain, the 43 Old Cemetery Road series, and most recently the Three-Ring Rascals series. 

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In Don’t Check Out This Book!, Appleton Elementary School has a new librarian, Rita B Danjerous. Not everyone in Appleton likes her unconventional methods or her infamous Green Dot Collection, which allows students to borrow books discreetly, without actually checking them out. Under Rita’s influence, students like Reid Durr and Ben Thinken, and even the absent-minded principal, Noah Memree, are staying up way too late reading. While Rita inspires the students and faculty alike, the new school board president and impeccably mannered shop owner Ivana Beprawpa is busy working to shut down the library and force students into uniforms available only at Beprawpa Attire. But what’s behind Ivana’s school uniform policy? A team of fifth-grade sleuths is determined to get to the bottom of Appleton’s juiciest scandal ever. 

Author Kate Klise’s books are “fresh, funny, and a delight to read” (School Library Journal). Here she uses her skill and wit to introduce kids to serious topics, such as censorship and abuse of power. “I was really motivated to cook up a book-banning character who could embody all the pettiness and corruption we see in the world today,” Klise says. “I also wanted to create some book-loving characters who could prevail in the end.” 

Beneath Appleton’s mystery, there is a pure, unabashed celebration of words, and the rights of all readers to choose their own books. Hilarious, empowering, and exciting, Don’t Check Out This Book! is filled with clever winks to the audience, as if to say “You’re a reader. You get it.” And by the end, we do. 

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Kate Klise is the award-winning author of more than 30 books for young readers, many of which are illustrated by her sister, M. Sarah Klise. On her way to becoming an author, Kate Klise worked as a babysitter, waitress, ice-skating instructor, and rosebush pruner. She was also a journalist and spent 15 years reporting for People magazine. When she’s not working on a new book, she enjoys traveling around the country, sharing her best writing tips and tricks with aspiring authors of all ages.

M. Sarah Klise has always had a fondness for creating colorful book reports, which began in elementary school with yarn-bound volumes on states and countries. In college, she enjoyed writing heavily illustrated letters home to her mother. Years later, she still does variations of all that when she illustrates books for young readers. She also teaches art classes in Berkley, CA.

DON’T CHECK OUT THIS BOOK! by Kate Klise / Illustrated by M. Sarah Klise Algonquin Young Readers / Publication Date: March 10, 2020 Price: $16.95; Paperback; 160 pages; ISBN: 9781616209766 Age Range: 8-12; Grade Range: 3-7 www.algonquinyoungreaders.com Follow Algonquin Young Readers on Twitter @AlgonquinYR and on Instagram at @AlgonquinYR

Review - Smolder by Tara Ellis and Mike Kraus

Title: Smolder

Author: Tara Ellis and Mike Kraus

Series: Flashpoint

Pages: 146

Release Date: October 25^th 2019

Format: eBook

Buy it: Amazon

Add it: Goodreads

Synopsis: World governments fall apart as their populations die off en masse, and the few survivors left work to find a way to survive in Flashpoint Book 2....

Half of the earth's population has been wiped out. Impossible to predict or stop, the Gamma Ray Burst tore through the Earth like a bullet, its radiation wave killing hundreds of millions and the aftereffects ensuring the deaths of billions more.

Now, as the world crumbles around them, a ragtag group of survivors make for the only home they know - the small town of Mercy. Spared the worst of the GRB's effects, the town is isolated, safe and self-sufficient - for now. The flash hasn't just decimated the Earth's population, though. It's brought out the worst in many of those who are still alive.

Survival in this new world doesn't just depend on preparedness - it depends on strength.

*****

It's the one disaster no one can plan for. A rogue cosmic event called a Gamma Ray Burst, sending a spike of radiation through the earth like a .50 caliber bullet through a ripe watermelon. It's speculated that such an event hit the Earth at some point in the past, causing a mass extinction event. With two potential sources for a GRB pointed directly at our heads, the chances of another one happening in our lifetime is remote... but still possible.

In Flashpoint, we explore such an event and the havoc it would wreak across the entire planet. From destroying our atmosphere to millions dying from incredibly painful radiation exposure, a GRB would be unpredictable and unavoidable for everyone, rich and poor, prepared and unprepared alike.

Flashpoint is a six-book miniseries-like event, written by Tara Ellis and #1 best-selling post-apocalyptic author Mike Kraus. This thrilling post-apocalyptic survival series will have you second-guessing the very nature of post-apocalyptic disaster scenarios and leave you breathless with every turn of the page.

My Review: Smolder is the second book in the series and it follows on from where book one left off. This story is easy to read and follow

The survivors are on their way to Mercy as this is where their family are.

The second story introduces some new characters who are a part of the military and they are now trying to get some semblance of control so that they can start setting up camps to save people.

Danny and Sam are making their way closer to Mercy and along the way encounter trouble but also end up inviting someone to join them.

Tom is injured but he goes looking for his son Ethan.

Ethan is still with his captors but manages to leave a note for his father to help find him, will Ethan and Tom be reunited?

Russell decides to take shelter in people’s houses, eating their food and drinking their water luckily for them they are not home and on his way to Mercy runs into some military, will he get found out or will they let him pass them by?

The one thing I like about this multi perspective series is that each time it goes back to the next character it continues their story and does not repeat anything from the last time we read from their point of view.

I’m really looking forward to reading #3

Currently Reading: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K Rowling

Read in 2020: 6/35

Books Bought in February

1. The Mia Kazmaroff Mysteries Book 1-3 by Susan Kiernan-Lewis £0
2. Sky Without Stars by Jessica Brody £6.47
3. The Geography of Lost Things by Jessica Brody £10.08
4. Titanic by ID Johnson and Sienna Morrow £0
5. Prelude ID Johnson and Sienna Morrow £2.28
6. Some Lucky Woman by Carmen DeSousa £0
7. One Black Rose Omnibus Book 1-3 by Maddy Edwards £0
8. Death on the Diversion by Patricia McLinn £0
9. 1996 by Kristy McManus £0
10. The Problem with Pugs by A.G Henley £0
11. Half-Blood Dragon by K.N. Lee, Cait Reynolds and Genevieve Stutz £0
12. Tales of Feyland and Faerie by Anthea Sharp £0.99
13. The Faerie Girl and Other Stories by Anthea Sharp £0
14. Blush For Me by M.K Moore £0.99
15. Trolling for Trouble by Olivia Harding and Kristin Leigh £0
16. Best Murder in Show by Debbie Young £0
17. Reservation with Death by Diane Capri £0
18. The Bad Boy’s Girl by Blair Holden £0
19. Fate of Dragons by Alisha Klapheke £0
20. No Right to Kill by M.A. Comley £0
21. Forgotten by Neven Carr £0
22. The Actuary by K.T Bowes £0
23. Deadly Dancing by Nicolette Pierce £0
24. Aerisia by Sarah Ashwood £0
25. A Single Step by Georgia Rose £0
26. Immortal Ops Books 1-4 by Mandy M. Roth £0
27. Continue Online Part One by Stephan Morse £0
28. Silicon Valley Girls by Shearling Coats £0
29. AlterWorld by D. Rus £0
30. Let’s Eat: Elly Pear’s Home Fridge Deli by Elly Curshen £0
31. The Long Paw Of The Law by Laurie Anne Marie £0
32. An Uncollected Death by Meg Wolfe £0
33. False Memory by Meli Raine £0
34. Dead and Bone To Bell by Jeremy Waldron £0
35. Finding Home by Jackie Weger £0
36. The Hunted by Rachel Blackledge £0
37. Shoplift by Claire Sheehy £0
38. Alas, She Drowned by Monica Knightley £0
39. Tea & Croakies by Sam Cleever £0
40. Unleashed by Emily Kimelman £0
41. The Horse Mistress by R.A Steffan £0
42. Driving Miss Crazy by D.J Van Oss £0
43. Never Trust a Skinny Cupcake Baker by D.E Haggerty £0
44. Call it Chemistry by D.J Van Oss £0
45. Christmas on the Anvil by Michael Penmore £0
46. Is Murder by Candlestick Still a Thing? By Anni Jayde £0
47. Curse the Dark by Leonie Gant £0
48. What Lies Beneath by David Archer £0
49. Logan Du Rose by K.T. Bowes £0.99
50. About Hana by K.T. Bowes £0
51. The Extra by Megan Walker and Janci Patterson £0
52. The Secret of Sanctuary by Tara Ellis £0
53. Wizard’s Chance by Eve Langlais £0
54. A Distant Echo by Tara Meyers £0
55. The Bane by Keary Taylor £0
56. Dark Resurrection by Angelo Licata and Leila Myftija £0

 Total Paid: £21.80

This month I also got some cookbooks, they were free on Amazon but I didn’t add them to the list and I spent a few hours just searching Amazon for free books.

Books Bought in January

1. Her SEAL Rescuer by Katie Knight and Leslie North £0
2. The Maggie Newberry Mystery Series Box Set 1 by Susan Kiernan-Lewis £0
3. Murder at Mistletoe Manor by Holly Tierney-Bedord £0
4. Frost by Kate Avery Ellison £0.99
5. Covenant College: The Complete Series by Amanda M. Lee £0
6. Feyland Series Collection Book 1 by Anthea Sharp £0
7. Blackbird Fly by Lise McClendon £0
8. Dead of Night by Emily Goodwin £0
9. Crown of Frost by Isabella August £0.99
10. The Azure Kingdom by Michelle Dare £0
11. The Wedding Catch by Susan Hatler £0
12. Soulless at Sunset by Deanna Chase £0
13. Ravenite by Alicia Rades £0
14. An Event to Remember…or Forget by Melissa Baldwin £0
15. Pandomus by Carissa Andrews £0
16. A Shot in the Bark by C.A Newsome £0
17. Echo Saga Books 1&2 by Skye Genaro £0
18. More From Life by S.J Crabb £0
19. Gray Wolf by J.W Webb, Roger Garland and Susanne Lakin £0
20. After the End by Jamie Campbell £0
21. Divorced, Desperate and Delicious by Christie Craig £0

 Total Paid: £1.98

Books, Book, Books

So I'm trying to save to move house but I like buying books, I used to post monthly of the books that I've bought and I stopped doing it but I've decided that I'm going to start posting them again and at the end of the list the amount I paid overall.

Review - Lady and the Biker by Glenna Maynard

Title: Lady and the Biker

Author: Glenna Maynard

Series: N/A

Release Date: February 11^th 2020

Format: eBook

Buy it: Amazon

Add it: Goodreads

Synopsis: She’s an angel thrust into the chaos of the devil’s playground.

I’m a Royal Bastard who doesn’t deserve her. She’s too young for me. Too pure and too good. I’m going to ruin her and break her heart. I know it and she knows it and yet neither of us can stay away. I watched Wylla Mae transform from a girl into a lady. She’s forbidden and tempting with her soft curves and big doe eyes. Everything I crave and all that I deny myself until a moment of weakness forces me to break.

An enemy is on the move and when he sets his sights on her, all bets are off. I’ll move heaven and hell to keep her safe in my arms.

My Review: I received this book as an ARC for an honest review.

I liked the story, it is told from two points of view Easton and Wylla Mae.

We first meet Wylla Mae when she is 8 and Easton is made to babysit her while her mother gets herself sorted out. At first East feels sorry for her as her house is a mess - dirty dishes and over flowing bins plus an empty fridge. East isn’t happy about having to babysit her but he soon warms up to her and will do anything to look after her.

The story develops by jumping through years but it gives a little backstory in the first few paragraphs in each new chapter on what happened in those years.

Although Wylla Mae spent two years wanting East it isn’t until she turns 18 and graduates high school that anything happens between them.

At times I thought that it could maybe end after another chapter which told the reader what happened next after they got together but there is still another 50% to go with twists and turns and some highs and lows.

Currently Reading: Smolder by Tara Ellis and Mike Kraus

Read in 2020: 4/35

Review - Flashpoint by Tara Ellis and Mike Kraus

Title: Flashpoint

Author: Tara Ellis and Mike Kraus

Series: Flashpoint

Pages: 162

Release Date: October 9^th 2019

Format: Paperback

Buy it: Amazon

Add it: Goodreads

Synopsis: A heart-pounding new series from the #1 best-selling post-apocalyptic author

If your life dissolved in a flash, would you be strong enough to survive?

Half of the earth's population has been wiped out. Impossible to predict or stop, the Gamma Ray Burst tore through the Earth like a bullet, its radiation wave killing hundreds of millions and the aftereffects ensuring the deaths of billions more.

Now, as the world crumbles around them, a ragtag group of survivors make for the only home they know - the small town of Mercy. Spared the worst of the GRB's effects, the town is isolated, safe and self-sufficient - for now. The flash hasn't just decimated the Earth's population, though. It's brought out the worst in many of those who are still alive.

Survival in this new world doesn't just depend on preparedness - it depends on strength.

*****

It's the one disaster no one can plan for. A rogue cosmic event called a Gamma Ray Burst, sending a spike of radiation through the earth like a .50 caliber bullet through a ripe watermelon. It's speculated that such an event hit the Earth at some point in the past, causing a mass extinction event. With two potential sources for a GRB pointed directly at our heads, the chances of another one happening in our lifetime is remote... but still possible.

In Flashpoint, we explore such an event and the havoc it would wreak across the entire planet. From destroying our atmosphere to millions dying from incredibly painful radiation exposure, a GRB would be unpredictable and unavoidable for everyone, rich and poor, prepared and unprepared alike.

Flashpoint is a six-book miniseries-like event, written by Tara Ellis and #1 best-selling post-apocalyptic author Mike Kraus. This thrilling post-apocalyptic survival series will have you second-guessing the very nature of post-apocalyptic disaster scenarios and leave you breathless with every turn of the page.

My Review: For those of you who read my blog will know that I am a huge fan of Tara’s and I’ve read all her books. Tara and I have a really good friendship, so when she told me about Flashpoint I knew I had to read it as I had nothing left of hers to read.

Flashpoint is about a worldwide radiation exposure from a Gamma Ray Burst killing millions and knocking out all technology, electricity, clean water and communication.

The story of the GRB is told by several different people some on their own others with family or someone they just met all trying to get to the town of Mercy as the world around them turns into a free for all. The only problem is some of these people are good others are not so good.

Mercy has lost power and vehicles but the Mayor gets everyone to help out in one way or another wither it being getting water to put out fires or distributing food and essential supplies.

This was a great read and I cannot wait to start on book 2.

Currently Reading: Smolder by Tara Ellis and Mike Kraus

Read in 2020: 4/35

Review - Because of You by Eve Ainsworth

Title: Because of You

Author: Eve Ainsworth

Series: N/A

Pages: 99

Release Date: July 15^th 2019

Format: Paperback

Buy it: Amazon

Add it: Goodreads

Synopsis:  Poppy's life has turned into a nightmare. Mum's new boyfriend is moving in, along with his daughter, Kayleigh - the most popular girl in school. Poppy's dad is never around and appears to be drifting further and further away. And when it seems like things can't get any worse, Poppy becomes the target of the spiteful school bullies. As the vicious online comments and humiliating pranks escalate, with even her friends joining in, it looks like Poppy has no one left to turn to. Particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant or dyslexic readers aged 12+

My Review: I found this one in my local library and I had to read it as it just jumped out to me.

Poppy’s mum and dad have split up and her mum’s new partner and his daughter are moving in and she’s not happy.

Poppy’s mums boyfriend tries to get along with Poppy but she doesn’t want to get to know him and keeps pushing him away and asks her dad if she can go and stay with him, unfortunately her dad doesn’t show up when he was meant to and Poppy’s family get worried when they find a note saying she wasn’t coming home.

I found that I related to Poppy’s story somewhat as my parents broke up at the same age as Poppy and my mum moved her partner in, the only difference is I saw my dad all the time and we were super close and I still don’t get along with my mums partner and it’s been 19ish years.

Currently Reading: Lady and the Biker by Glenna Maynard

Read in 2020: 3/35

Review - The Child Bride by Cathy Glass

Title: The Child Bride

Author: Cathy Glass

Series: N/A

Pages: 336

Release Date: September 25^th 2014

Format: Paperback

Buy it: Amazon

Add it: Goodreads

Synopsis: The story of Zeena, a young Asian girl desperate to escape from her family. When 14 -year-old Zeena begs to be taken into care with a non-Asian family, she is clearly petrified. But of what?

Placed in the home of experienced foster carer Cathy and her family, Zeena gradually settles into her new life, but misses her little brothers and sisters terribly. Prevented from having any contact with them by her family who insist she has brought shame and dishonour on the whole community, Zeena tries to see them at school. But when her father and uncle find out, they bundle her into a car and threaten to set fire to her if she makes anymore trouble. Zeena is too frightened to press charges against them despite being offered police protection in a safe house.

Eventually, Cathy discovers the devastating truth from Zeena, and with devastation she believes there is little she can do to help her.

My Review: I don’t normally read this kind of books but I read another book by Cathy Glass and I found this one in my local library so I had to read it.

Cathy Glass writes stories about the children she fosters, these children have all been through something terrible and are all struggling with different things, which can make reading them difficult.

Zeena’s story was truly heart-breaking and she is a remarkable young lady who had been through hell by the hands of her own family. Zeena was 14 and married off to a man so much older than her so that he could come to England. It is so horrible to hear that things like this still happen today in England.

I'm glad that Zeena was able to get herself help by putting herself into care and finally tell the whole story of her abuse and I hope that other children who are in the same situation have the same courage she had to do something about it.

I like that you can go online and see how the children that Cathy Glass has looked after.

Currently Reading: Lady and the Biker by Glenna Maynard

Read in 2020: 3/35

Review - The Council of Seven by Alice La Roux

Title: The Council of Seven

Author: Alice La Roux

Series: N/A

Release Date: March 24^th 2020

Format: eBook

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Synopsis: In The Dark Kingdom, villains reign supreme.
Fourteen authors come together to turn your childhood stories into dark and sinful pleasures.
Step into a world where everything you loved just got a lot darker.
Where the line between love and taboo crosses without a second thought.
Are you prepared to enter The Dark Kingdom?

Join authors Alice La Roux, Anna Edwards, Brooke Summers, Gemini Jensen, Isabel Lucero, Karen Frances, Krissy V, Leah Negron, Logan Fox, P.T. Macias, Raven Amor, Samantha Fontien, Sean Azinsalt, and Taylor Porter as they take you on this dark and delicious journey through The Dark Kingdom.

My Review: This is just a review of The Council of Seven by Alice La Roux

This anthology piece for The Dark Kingdom is based on Snow White. It is dark and very, very steamy.

The characters are great, the story is great, it kept me reading even if I did have to put it down a few times to recover but there is a satisfying ending.

Currently Reading: Lady and the Biker by Glenna Maynard

Read in 2020: 3/35

Review - Stardust by Neil Gaiman

Title: Stardust

Author: Neil Gaiman

Series: N/A

Pages: 224

Release Date: September 19^th 2005

Format: Paperback

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Synopsis: Stardust is an utterly charming fairy tale in the tradition of The Princess Bride and The Neverending Story. Neil Gaiman, creator of the darkly elegant Sandman comics and author of The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish, tells the story of young Tristran Thorn and his adventures in the land of Faerie. One fateful night, Tristran promises his beloved that he will retrieve a fallen star for her from beyond the Wall that stands between their rural English town (called, appropriately, Wall) and the Faerie realm. No one ever ventures beyond the Wall except to attend an enchanted flea market that is held every nine years (and during which, unbeknownst to him, Tristran was conceived). But Tristran bravely sets out to fetch the fallen star and thus win the hand of his love.

My Review: I found this one in my local library and I had to read it as I enjoyed the movie.

I might be 32 but love fairy tales and like to read them whenever I get the chance, this book only took me a few hours to read as I did not want to put it down where normally a book this size would take me 2 days to read.

The story is an easy read but the characters and everything else have so much depth to them that you get to escape into a new world.

The story is about a boy Tristran, a witch and some brothers in search of a fallen star all for different reasons. Tristran wants the star to give to Victoria a girl he likes so she will marry him, the witch wants it for herself and her sisters so they can become young again and the brothers are after the star because she has an amulet that their father told them one of them needed to become the next King.

Most of the story takes place in the Village of Faerie just beyond the town of Wall, the residents of Wall only ever cross into Faerie once every few years for the fair and Tristran’s father went when he was a young man and met a nice girl and this resulted in Tristran.

Tristran ends up finding the star and realises that it is actually a human girl named Yvaine who does not want anything to do with Tristran she even calls him an idiot.

Will Tristran get Victoria the star? Will the Witch find her and kill her or will one of the brothers find her and get the amulet back so he can become king?

Currently Reading: Lady and the Biker by Glenna Maynard

Read in 2020: 3/35

Review - The Vamps: Our Story by The Vamps

Title: The Vamps: Our Story

Author: The Vamps

Series: N/A

Pages: 210

Release Date: October 20^th 2016

Format: Hardback

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Synopsis: Since forming on YouTube in 2012, The Vamps have become one of the biggest bands in the UK. They have travelled the world with massive arena tours, sold hundreds of thousands of records, and gained legions of amazing and devoted fans. They have gone from schoolboys to superstardom in just a few years, and for the first time Connor, Brad, Tristan and James tell their story. From life on the road to dealing with their new-found fame, nothing is off-limits.

Featuring exclusive behind-the-scenes photography, this is a fully-illustrated joint autobiography: the perfect book for any Vamps fan.

My Review: This is one of the books I got from my library.

I enjoyed reading about The Vamps as I love their music so some people might not like the book as they do not listen to their music but it was nice seeing their opinions about everything in their own words.

The Vamps’ story is told in separate parts, how they became The Vamps, then a separate chapter for each member of the band about themselves and how they enjoyed being in the band and then a summery chapter on where they are now and what they want next.

They talk about touring, recording, becoming friends and how much they get along with the people who look after them and their record label.

Currently Reading: Lady and the Biker by Glenna Maynard

Read in 2020: 3/35

Review - Web of Lies by Various Authors

Title: Web of Lies

Author: Various Authors

Series: N/A

Release Date: January 4^th 2020

Format: eBook

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Synopsis: Lust.
Deception.
Admiration.
Love.

The four things all of our characters have in common. They'll do anything for love, including lying to the person they're with.
In this anthology you'll see a wide range of stories written by multiple authors.

Take a dive in to see the lengths they'll go to keep their happiness aflame.

My Review:
All the stories revolve around the theme of someone telling lies or someone being lied to. I enjoyed this anthology, some of the stories ended on cliffhangers, a couple of them ended just as I was getting into them which was annoying lol I hate cliffhangers.

I would really like to read more of Raven by A.C. Williams as it ended too soon.

The Thong Diaries by Taylor Dawn had a satisfying ending that I kinda guessed at but I would love to read more about these characters.

Elizabeth York’s Little White Lies was really good and it would have been nice to have another chapter or two.

Summer at the Cipriani by Alice La Roux was great but I need more, I need to know what happens next.

Overall I loved each story but these four were my favourite.

Currently Reading: Lady and the Biker by Glenna Maynard

Read in 2020: 3/35

Read in 2019

Below is the list of books I read in 2019.

Read in 2019:

1. Haven: Revenge of the Viper by D. C. Akers
2. Chef-A-Rella by Marie Agerton
3. TAG by AJ Everheart
4. Heritage by Tara Ellis
5. Return to Hollow Inn by Tara Ellis
6. Art Geeks and Prom Queens by Alyson Noel
7. Drusilla by Melissa Frost
8. Anastasia by Melissa Frost
9. Sleepless by Melissa Frost
10. To the Room of Dark Souls by David McMullen-Sullivan
11. The Secrets of Sanctuary by Tara Ellis
12. Descent by Tara Ellis
13. Laguna Cove by Alyson Noel
14. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J. K. Rowling
15. Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
16. In Some Other Life by Jessica Brody
17. The Great Summer Sewing Bee by Alexandra Brown
18. A Witch’s Blood by Cheri Winters
19. The Transfer by Veronica Roth
20. The Initiate by Veronica Roth
21. The Son by Veronica Roth
22. The Traitor by Veronica Roth
23. Sinclair by Alice La Roux
24. TAG by AJ Everheart
25. A New Witch in Town (Not to Mention the Cat) by Dani Corlee
26. A New Witch in Town (the Other Side of the Moon) by Dani Corlee
27.  Pixie and the Green Book Mystery by Coraline Grace
28. Stardust by Neil Gaiman
29. The Child Bride by Cathy Glass
30. The Vamps: Our Story: 100% Official by The Vamps
31. Because of You by Eve Ainsworth

Happy New Year

I would just like to wish everyone a very happy New Year

Have a great New Year love Annamarie