Emotional Turmoil.

So. It seems I have a wee bit of a problem. What is that problem you may ask? Oh! Well, I get way too emotionally invested in my books. Which you wouldn't think would be a problem right? Wrong. How is this a problem? Apparently, when you get as emotionally invested in words on a page as I do...you start to take things a bit too personally. Someone dies? Endless tears. Someone gets engaged? I am practically checking my mail for an invitation to a fictitious wedding between two characters from a book that's aren't real but feel totally real to me. Also, not only do they feel like real people, but they also feel like my friends. So why wouldn't they invite me to their wedding??? One character cheated on the other character? All hell breaks loose. Hell hath no fury. It's funny because you'd think I was the woman scorned. I am really starting to wonder if this is healthy. If I went to a therapist I'm sure they would ask me how this makes me feel. EMOTIONAL!!! IT MAKE ME FEEL EMOTIONAL!!!
Another question a therapist might ask is: Does this affect your daily life? Hmmm. Well...let me just think. YES.
How does it affect your daily life you may wonder? Well, I get angry at people for things that characters in my book do. Like when a guy cheats on a girl in a book, I get mad at my boyfriend because it feels like I was cheated on. I ignore people, my phone, and even meals all because I'm in the middle of a book I can't put down. Oh and when something happens in a story I laugh, cry, and slam things around in public as a reaction. Which makes the people around think I'm schizophrenic.

This what emotional turmoil feels like.

Sweet Ruin by Kresley Cole

" Vampirism did have benefits. No running out of toilet tissue, no flu, no periods."

Where do I sign up? So Kresley Cole is a favorite author of mine and she is one of the few authors I have found that writes Paranormal Romance like she herself is a goddess. I kid you not. I absolutely love her books and I was super excited to have the opportunity to read this book for review. I literally happy-danced. 

My first compliment is...this is a stunning cover. Absolutely breathtaking. Simply gorgeous. Second...Kresley Cole knows how to torch the words right off of the pages in every book of hers I've read to date. It is some seriously hot reading. It really makes you wish otherworldly beings like that existed because let me tell you mmm mmm mmm. Yummy. One thing I look for in books are good charaters. It's important for me that I like the charaters, or at least a few, that I'm reading about. No one wants to know about people that don't even like. Some of my favorite characters come from these very books. Nucking Futs Nix the Ever-knowing Soothsayer is definitely one of them. She is a reaccuring character in just about all of the Immortals After Dark series, I can't wait for her book. The male protagonist in this book Rune was not my favorite at times (and if you read this book you'll know exactly what times I'm talking about, trust me) but he still had something about him that made you want to understand him. His initial role in this bool is to kill Nix, which I was not pleased with. Josie on the other hand, was kick-ass! And sassy. And sarcastic. And I loved her spunk. If she were a real person I would definitely force her to be my friend. She reminds me of me!




The story itself was engaging and interesting but it was a little slow at times, but nothing too alarming. Honestly I read it in less than half a day, while doing laundry, cooking dinner, and cleaning house. So obviously it was good or there is no way it would have kept my interest through all that. I love Thad, Jo's brother. He does appear in other books so I guess as you read on in the series the characters that appear in more that one book, you tend to form more of an attachment to. His is another book I'm excited to read when it comes out. The book starts with him and Josie both in being homeless at a young age and Jo caring for the both of them with a little help from MizB a local librarian that sometimes feeds them and looks after Thad for an hour or so. Then one day Josie is shot and killed while Thad is with MizB. After that things get rough for Jo and she's forced to leave her brother behind. Not knowing anything of The Lore she grows up confused and alone, not even knowing what she is. Then she meets Rune...while he's having a Nymph orgy. Interesting, no? Obviously this is something Nix has to meddle in! Nix just can't help herself. After Josie and Rune team up (something Josie insisted on...in a unique way), Nix leads them on a rather extensive wild goose chase. And the rest, as they say, is history. Nix is probably the best matchmaker I know.

My overall rating is 4 Stars! I left a lot out so read on minions, read on!!!
This Advanced Reading Copy was provided to me by the publishers in exchange for an honest review. 

All I Ever Wanted by Kristan Higgins

Kristan Higgins is normally one of my go to authors. Normally. But for some reason this book just didn't leave me feeling all warm and fuzzy inside like her books usually do. And that is super strange because I love a good love triangle and All I Ever Wanted fits that description to a T! Overall, I felt like I could give this book to a 14 year old girl and she would have probably liked it more than I did. I almost feel like someone kidnapped my author and took her place. I don't like replacement Kristan. I want the old Kristan back!!!



The other thing that's very un-Kristan Higgins like for me is I honestly didn't like her characters. And almost always I find the characters she writes about charming human beings. Just..not this time. Callie Grey is our female protagonist...and to me she's annoying, clingy, and kind of immature. Oh, and let's not forget she's got to be like a level 9 stalker! Please, someone explain that it is not even a little bit okay to sit outside someone's home in your car looking into their bedroom window. Nor is it okay to drive past someone's house purposefully over five times a day. I mean, lets be honest three times a day is stretching things. I think the thing that annoys me the most about this stuff is that because we read it through a females point of view, we see it as a crush or even a minor infatuation. Tell me...what would you do if this were seen from a mans eyes? If it were a man looking into a woman's home, driving by ten times a day, obsessing over everything you do. How would you feel about it then? Stalking is stalking. No matter the gender.
Then there is Ian. Ian the frosty russian assassin. Well, actually he's a grumpy veterinarian that can't get over his ex-wife after two years. Two. Friggin. Years. I mean...you'd think that by now that ship has sailed. But nah. Then the thing that really makes me go hmm about this book is that both charaters are hung up on someone and then POOF!! Someone flips a switch and suddenly they love eachother. Erm. Call me crazy but I don't really think that it works like that.
There were a few things a did like about the story though. I loved Callies relationship with her grandfather Noah. They really had that sarcastic kind of love that makes me think of my own grandpa. It's not everyday that you find another grandfather/granddaughter duo that feels insults are like hugs. I also really liked the role that the "Happily Ever After" chair played in the whole book. It was a really sweet idea. I also really loved how things ended with Callies parents and her sister. They gave me some laughs while I was reading this book. Actually, Callies sister Hes was probably my favorite character.

3 Stars.