Deal Breakers by Laura Lee

This Advanced Reading Copy was provided to me by the publishers in exchange for an honest review. 

Laura Lee writes fun, sexy, and humorous books that are good to read when you just seem to have too much time on your hands. That being said, this is her first contemporary romance so I wasn't sure what to expect going in. I have read her paranormal books, the Karli Lane series and I enjoyed those. Lucky enough, it seems like she knows what she is doing because I also liked this book, and I may just read the other books in the Dealing With Love series when they hit the shelves. You see when I think of authors switching genres I think of music. To me it can either go as good as Taylor Swift switching from country to pop, or as bad as Steven Tyler going from rock to country. Stick with Aerosmith. Me likey Aerosmith.



Deal Breakers starts out with two characters Riley and Devyn, Riley being the male and Devyn the female, and the book gives a few brief chapters on when they were in college together so we have an idea of what happened, how it happened, who went where, and so on. I would have really liked more on this time. I feel like it would really take the book to the next level if the readers could be able to further understand the strength of the bond Riley and Devyn had when they were in collegs even more. I did however like the charaters themselves. They were real people with real lifes. It's nice when you can feel like the charaters aren't perfect. My favorite character was Nathan! You just have to love a kid with a potty-mouth! Now that my friends, is real.

Overall I was left with a sense that the story could have been better developed. I feel like a lot got left out, especially in those college years. However the story was still enjoyable, and a good book to read when you have a few hours of down time. I love a good love triangle, so that made me super happy. What can I say? There are worse things than being adored by more that one man. Suck up the attention while you're still young and beautiful honey!

3 Stars. 

A Girls Guide to Moving on by Debbie Macomber

This Advanced Reading Copy was provided to me by the publishers in exchange for an honest review. 

Debbie Macomber is a good author. A great author. My sole warning about reading her books is that you have to be aware of the fact that her material seems to be aimed toward an older audience. Not OLD, old. Just like the 30+ crowd. What with me being 19 that's older to me. I read it and enjoyed it but I grew up stealing books like this out of my mother bedroom. I've been reading Debbie Macomber since I was 13 years old.
The book itself was good, although I will admit I have read better by this author. But all authors have works that stand out more than the others to me so it's no big surprise that I would think something like that. One thing I will say is...Leanne annoyed me. You can't be all "poor me" all the time if you know he's cheating but you stay. At that point you're just bringing on yourself. I hate to blame her for her own pain but if you had just left him when you found out like Nichole does when she finds out her husband Jake cheated on her, that is a lot less years of misery and them you can't blame yourself. It's simple really.



Other than the massive amounts of self-loathing going on in the book it was alright. I wouldn't read it a second time but then again I rarely ever reread books.

3 Stars. 

All Broke Down by Cora Carmack

So previously I reviewed the first book in the Rusk University series and I really loved All Lined Up and it's characters. That being said that book sort of painted the male protagonist in this story in a bad light. He sounded like a douche bag. So me being me, that of course just made me curious. I'm a glutton for punishment. The bad boys are usually the ones that call to me. I'm THAT girl.

Silas is a frat boy with seemingly little regard for other people and their feelings. Or at least that's how he comes across. Have you ever seen Shrek? The first movie? Well, there is a chapter where Shrek is talking to Donkey about how ogres are like onions because they both have layers. Silas is like an onion too. All Broke Down shows us that under it all Silas has feelings. The man has layers.



Dylan is a new character that we did not meet in the last book but she takes it upon herself to peel back some of Silas' layers and take a little looksie. Dylan is a very...politically correct human being. Very big into protesting and doing things for the cause! Nothing wrong with that. I actually really liked her character. Silas and Dylan meet in a jail cell, hit it off, and I guess things just morphed from there.

The problem occurs when the two characters can't put aside the fact that they grew up differently and had totally different childhoods. The whole "being from two different worlds" thing comes into play. But you will just have to read it for yourself! I really recommend this series I am throughly enjoying it and can't wait to read more.

4.5 Stars.