Faithful by S.A. Wolfe

An advanced readers copy was provided to me by the publishers in exchange for a honest review. This has in no was effected my rating on this book or the overall review.

This is a first time author for me, and I always get so excited to read books from new authors. The reason I first wanted to read this book is because the description of the novel caught my attention. In short this book is about a woman named Imogene and a man named Cooper. Imogene is sarcastic, defensive, brash, and has been scorned by one too many men. In her mind, they're all the same these days. Forgettable. Cooper is a former FBI agent who is new in town and seems to have all the girls attention. Except it would seem the one he really wants is Imogene. Kind of typical huh?

 

You get the gist of it yeah? Well, to me this book was just OK. Nothing to write home about. It took me a little longer to read this book than normal because it couldn't keep my attention, it just got a little boring in places. I think the chemistry between Cooper and Imogene was also...mediocre. That's my way of nicely saying the sex scenes were a little boring. Some of the charaters, Imogene for example, just seemed immature and slightly annoying. That doesn't mean the book was bad. It was an OK read and I might try to read the rest of the Fearless series, I just don't think it's off the charts or anything. It had a good storyline, and it was sweet. I'm not ready to give up on the author just yet.

2.5/3 Stars.

The Girl's Got Secrets by Linda Kage

"How many fake cocks did one pretend dude need?"

Linda Kage is a genius. The Forbidden Men series is pure greatness. When I first heard of this book I was a little worried because a girl pretending to be a man? Definitely going to be a horrible rip off of She's The Man. Oh...but I had faith in Linda Kage. I knew if anyone could pull it off it would be her. And pull it off she did! I loved it!

So why does a woman pretend to be a man you ask? Well it all starts when Remy goes to audition to be the new drummer in a popular local band called Non-Castro. Sounds female friendly right? Ha. No. They wouldn't even let her play. Hell, they barely let her speak. So she decided to try out as a man, rip off her mask, and be all HA IN YOUR FACE!!! The only problem is, she makes the band. So, she doesn't tell them she's a girl. At the first practice Gally, the bass player, see's her checking out Ashers (the lead singers) chest, and now everyone thinks Remy is not only a guy, but also gay. A gay guy instead of a girl. How nice huh? As a female I can assure you that even though in my opinion there is nothing wrong with being gay, I would not like to be mistaken for a gay man.



So that is just the basics of how this book gets started and I can honestly say I really enjoyed this book. It was funny as hell, sexy, the characters were awesome, Remy was sassy, and the book was super sweet and it was really engaging. So much so that I didn't even pay attention to Greys Anatomy...and I always pay attention to Greys. Always. George O'Malley apparently died while I was reading.



4.5 Stars. 
I would really recommend this book to Lyla Payne fans. If you like a good laugh, this is a good read. Next review Sweet Ruin by Kresley Cole! Something to look forward to. I'm super excited to read it myself.
An advanced readers copy was provided to me by the publishers in exchange for a honest review. This has in no was effected my rating on this book or the overall review.

Before You Go by Clare James

Have you ever noticed that if you read a book and in your head the male love interest has the same voice as John Mayer, everything is just so much better? Or even better picture the guy as John Mayer altogether.



I have a thing for the dark broody musicians. You know what they say about guys that play guitar right? Good with their hands. Noah the male protagonist in this book plays the guitar. Ooolala. Although the more broody character in this books is definitely Tabby in my opinion. Noah has some mysteriousness to him and I feel like we should have learned more about him by the end of the book. I still have a lot of questions. Then there is this whole thing with Tabby and her bad experience with being drugged and all the stuff she went through, so we definitely learn more about her then we do about Noah and I think that's why I wish we had read some of the book from his point of view. It is all from Tabbys POV and I have no problems with that normally...if I get a clear understanding of both charaters but I didn't get that from this book. The other thing is...there was no real high point of the book. I feel like it needed something bigger. It was a bit anticlimactic. I thought for sure Noah's ex would try to chop Tabby into tiny pieces and hide them under her bed or at least something! But nope. What actually does happen for the climax I find lackluster. Almost boring. No one wants a boring climax guys. Or a lackluster one at that. It's depressing.



There were things I liked about both charaters. I like that Tabby is a dancer. I use dance as an outlet too so I connected with her on that level. I found Noah's religious beliefs intriguing. All of them. Like, every religion he has. The actual story/plot is good. I just think there needs to be more to the story, more to Noah, and a better high point to the book. The book has been compared to Colleen Hoover and Tammara Webber, and I unfortunately cannot second that because I feel that this book is merely a shadow of something those two authors are capable of. I do feel the writing is similar to the style both authors use and with some work Clare James could get on their level. It's not far off she just need something more.

3 Stars.
An advanced readers copy was provided to me by the publishers in exchange for a honest review. This has in no was effected my rating on this book or the overall review.