One Week Girlfriend by Monica Murphy

5 out of 5 Stars!

Honestly, I don't quite know how we got to this point. I hated him on sight. I did this only for the money. I thought he was a fucked up mess. I still think he's a fucked up mess. But so am I. 

I have to admit I had been undecided on this book for ages but when Amazon dropped the price to 99 cents I thought sure why not I may as well give it a go. This was a very short book and it surprised me, I wasn't expecting it to be so good. The characters were very likable and had this amazing realness to them and the story flowed nicely. It was very obvious from the start what Drew's big secret was but that didn't take away from the story at all. His struggle with dealing with his past and Fable dealing with her issues constantly had me in tears. I went into this not knowing who Monica Murphy was but I can guarantee I will now be keeping an eye out for her other books. Seriously, if you haven't read this yet it is so cheap on Amazon and definitely worth having a look at.

Fable hasn't had the easiest of lives, her mum is a drunk that likes to sleep around and her younger brother needing some authority in his life has started getting into trouble. Fable is trying to do the best that she can but definitely needs some help. Money is very scarce around their household and when hottie Drew Callahan comes to her needing a favour she tells hims where to go, until he mentions the $3,000 payment to be had. Drew can't believe the favour that he is asking Fable Maguire for but it needs to be done and he knew that the money would secure it. Drew is having to go home for thanksgiving for one week. His mum and sister died when he was younger and so now its just his dad and his stepmum who has been around since Drew was 2. Drew does not want to go home for the week, he definitely can't go back alone and that is why he has to take Fable. Something bad happened at that house and nobody can ever know and as long as Drew has Fable there for the week then he should be able to handle everything ok...... or not.

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My Life Next Door by Huntley Fitzpatrick

3 out of 5 Stars!

Why do all the hot girls want the jocks and the good boys? We losers are the ones that need you. 

After finishing Take This Regret I needed a story that was going to be cute and fun and this book definitely fit in with that. After the first few chapters the Garrett family had me captivated and laughing. Where was a family like that when I was younger. Samantha and Jase were both very refreshing character's, I loved their attitude's and loved reading about them. I have to admit that some of the attitudes that other people showed towards Jase and his whole family were quite horrible but I guess that we just live in a world where many people are very judgmental. I will admit that the things that happened in the last 30% annoyed me quite a bit and I did find myself not enjoying the book as much as I had been but overall it was an enjoyable read.

From the moment the Garrett's moved in next door Samantha's mum didn't like them and she told Samantha to stay far away from them. She believed them to be a messy noisy bunch that would lower the house values in the neighborhood definitely not the kind of people that Samantha should be mixing with. The Garrett's are a large family, consisting of the parents and 8 children. It is a lot different to Samantha's house where she lives with just her mum and her older sister Tracy. It has been 10 years now that the Garrett's have lived next door and it has been 10 years that Samantha has secretly watched them, fascinated by the way that they live. One moment, one hot summer night changes everything and Samantha soon finds herself secretly spending more and more time with the Garrett's. She has to keep her relationship with Jase a secret from so many but with her spending so much time with him the secret is becoming harder and harder to keep.

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Take This Regret by A.L. Jackson

4.5 out of 5 Stars!

Once again, I found myself on the edge looking down, wondering when I’d get so close that I’d fall. Or maybe I’d just jump. 

I loved Christian and Elizabeth's story in Lost To You so I was very keen to see what the hell Christian did to go and screw it all up and oh boy did he screw up. If you have read Lost to You then you know all the drama those two went through just to be together and then he did that, the horror! The desperation in this story from both sides was heartbreaking. I was nearly having panic attacks from about 35% onwards because I know every book about 75-80% in the bad boy does something wrong and I didn't want either of them to go through any more drama. I didn't want to continue reading on but I couldn't put the book down. This was one of the most emotional stories I have ever read and the only reason it wasn't a solid 5 stars was because the story dragged on just a little bit too long.

Christian finally has his girl but the happiness and relationship comes to an end after 4 years when Elizabeth drops the pregnancy bombshell. Christian tells Elizabeth she has to choose the baby or him and Elizabeth chooses the baby. It isn't long before the guilt and disgust creeps into Christian but by the time he realises what a mistake he made it is too late. Five years later and Christian is still living with the regret and disgust of what he did to Elizabeth. He keeps waiting to hear from her but he never does. Christian has just moved to continue his career in law, he knows that this is where Elizabeth's family live and some part of him wants to see her again. Then he spots a young girl at the grocery store and he feels a connection, he feels like he knows her and he wonders is this his daughter. 

Elizabeth has been doing fine the last 5 years. After a difficult pregnancy she has her little girl Lizzie and she has been able to provide her with a nice house. She works during the day at the bank to provide them with the money that they need and she always has Natalie and Matthew nearby when she needs someone. When Natalie tells her about a mysterious man at the shops that was chatting to Lizzie and then stalked them through the shops and car park, Elizabeth realises that it was Christian. If there is one thing that she is 100% certain about it is that Christian will not be getting anywhere near her or her little Lizzie.

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Fallen Too Far by Abbi Glines

4 out of 5 Stars!

 Everyone always said that love was enough. It wasn't. Not when your soul was shattered.

Oh how I enjoy reading Abbi Glines books, you know before even picking them up that the characters are going to be fantastic and that by the end of the book you would have fallen in love with them. Blaire and Rush were no exception. I loved Blair from the second she pulled that gun out and although I wanted to kick Rush in the balls a few times I did end out loving him. I also really liked Grant and normally I am all for the bad boy but in this case I have to admit I preferred Grant over Rush. That ending, my goodness! I stayed up late last night just because I had to see the book through til the end and when I finished it I couldn't sleep because I was still thinking about what happened.

Blaire is being forced to move to her dad's house after her mum lost her 3 year fight with cancer. Blaire can't stand her father but she doesn't have anywhere else to go and he is family so she has to make do. Blaire has only seen her father twice in over five years and when she get's to his house she discovers that him and her new stepmum have jetted off to Paris leaving Blaire to live with her new stepbrother Rush. Rush is not impressed that Blaire has just turned up but agrees that she can stay there, in the maid's room, in the pantry, under the stairs. Within a couple of days of living there Blaire see's Rush countless times wearing minimal clothing and also witnesses him with various women. Blaire has to admit that she is falling for Rush and Rush might just feel the same way. One small problem though, there is this huge secret between Rush and his sister Nan that everyone in the small rich community seems to know about, everyone but Blaire.

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Vain by Fisher Amelie

5 out of 5 Stars!

No one can know sincere happiness, Sophie, without first having known sorrow. One can never appreciate the enormity and rareness of such a fiery bliss without seeing misery, however unfair that may be. 

Oh hells bells, I don't even know where to begin with this book, I didn't want it to end. If you read the blurb you will go into this book expecting a story about a snotty queen bee but what you will get is a touching story of orphans in Uganda. The minute I found this book on Amazon I knew I had to get it and I knew it would be the next book on my to read list pushing it's way past 300+ other books. We often read about the soft, gentle, innocent girls and I needed a change from that. I did think that Sophie changed too early on in the book I wanted more of the spoilt bitchy queen Sophie but after reading the entire book my original complaint was completely forgotten. This book was so incredible and so emotional, my heart broke for those children and it really makes you want to do something to help other children in that position.

Sophie Price is that girl that all the guys love and all the girls hate. She get's away with anything and everything proving that for the rich and beautiful there are no limits. Sophie knows exactly how fabulous she is and she uses it to her advantage all the time, the world is a huge game to her and she is the queen. All queens have their faults though and Sophie's life is on the slide, her game which has always been flawless is now falling apart. First there is the cops busting her for drugs, then there is the embarrassing situation with her dad's potential partner's son. To avoid jail time Sophie is being forced to spend six months at an orphanage in Uganda. What Sophie see's there shocks her and to be honest shocked me as well. The big question now being will it change Sophie or once the six months are up will she come back the same spoilt bitch that she was when she left.

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Return to Paradise by Simone Elkeles

4 out of 5 Stars!

Doing something positive will help turn your mood around. When you smile, your body relaxes. When you experience human touch and interaction, it eases tension in your body. 

Simone Elkeles would have to be right up there as one of my favourite authors, her books never disappoint and always leave you wanting more. Leaving Paradise left me in tears and I was very eager to start Return to Paradise to see how Maggie and Caleb's story would finish. Once I started reading this I couldn't stop, everything that was happening was so powerful and frustrating. I lost count at how many times I wanted to slap Caleb my goodness what an infuriating bastard he was. I kinda wish there was a separate series for Leah and Julio, I would have loved to have read more about them.

It has been 8 months since Caleb left Paradise and the truth about the hit and run incident was revealed to Maggie. Caleb once again finds himself in trouble with the law and once again he hasn't actually done anything wrong. Caleb is thrown a lifeline when his old parole officer Damon comes in and helps him out. The only condition is that to avoid jail time Caleb will have to join the Re-Start group, a group for kids whose lives have been affected by reckless teen driving. Caleb not wanting to face any more time in jail takes Damon up on his offer but there was one thing he wasn't expecting, Maggie.

Maggie decided to join the Re-Start group after finding out that she would have a permanent limp for the rest of her life without any hope of a full recovery. The last person she expects to see standing there is Caleb. Maggie hasn't seen or heard from Caleb in over eight months and although she doesn't want to be anywhere near him there is no way that she is dropping out of this group. Maggie needs this group and figures it's only four months and then Caleb can walk out of her life again so it should all be a walk in the park. Then Caleb opens his mouth and Maggie realises that this is definitely not going to be easy.

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Lost to You by A.L. Jackson

3.5 out of 5 Stars!

 What I was opposed to was giving myself to someone like him. This man would own me with one passing touch, and I was certain that's exactly what it would be. Passing.

This was my first A.L Jackson book which is quite strange really considering that I have all of her books on my "to read" shelf and loaded up on my kindle ready to go. Lost To You was told in alternate points of view between Christian and Elizabeth and it worked really well. This was one of those books that had you smiling from the start and made you invest in the characters early on. I loved both of the characters and they both had a distinct voice. I can't wait to start on Take This Regret and I am scared to find out what Christian went and did to stuff it all up.

Christian wants Elizabeth and he wants her bad, she is everything that he has been looking for and everything that all the other girls haven't been. Elizabeth is beautiful and shy while also been sexy and knowing. She has Christian mesmerized and she also knows exactly what type of guy Christian is and that she should definitely keep their time together to studying and only studying. Months pass by and Christian and Elizabeth become best friends with the sexual tension always in the background but a line that is never crossed. Then Christian takes Elizabeth to a party one night and it is a night that changes everything.

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Leaving Paradise by Simone Elkeles

4 out of 5 Stars!

Being afraid to take chances is scarier than actually doing things that challenge you. 

Firstly, the tears my goodness were there tears. This was a very emotional book especially the last quarter. The beginning half of the story was very slow though and that was the major thing that stopped this from being a 5 star book. I was first introduced to Simone Elkeles when I discovered the Perfect Chemistry series and I loved the Fuentes brothers. Although I enjoyed Caleb and Maggie they didn't seem as dynamic as the characters/couples in the "Perfect Chemistry" series. I loved Mrs Reynolds and her philosophies, I thought she was a very interesting character who bought so much to the story. I can't wait for the second book and will now have to reorganise my planned reading for the week so that I can read the second book sooner.

Caleb is getting released from the juvenile detention centre after serving 310 days there for a drink driving hit and run incident. Caleb has served his time and now he wants to be free to start his life again. He isn't expecting things to be so different when he gets home though and he definitely isn't expecting Maggie's hate. Caleb just wants to move on and be given a chance but nobody is going to let him forget about what he did.

If there is one thing that Maggie is sure of it is that she hates Caleb and she will never ever forgive him for what he did to her. Caleb hit her with his car after a night of partying and drinking and because of him she has had to endure physical therapy and a mutated leg that even she is disgusted by. Maggie's parents have split, she has a deformed leg and she has no friends, it is a pretty miserable life for a teenager and that is before she finds out that Caleb is getting released from juvie six months early.

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I Hunt Killers by Barry Lyga

5 out of 5 Stars!

You won't even know you've crossed the line until it's way back in your rearview mirror. 

I was super keen to start this book. I really just can not put into words how much I have wanted to read this. I knew it was going to be a dark book and knew that there would probably be some detailed, horrific things in there. That is the one and only reason why I had held off on reading this. I wanted to make sure I would be in the right frame of mind to truly appreciate it. I wasn't however expecting the hilarious antics of Howie, my goodness how I love that guy and he just bought a wonderful helping of humour to the book. I also loved that within the first quarter of the book Locard's Exchange Principle was thrown in there. This book is quite descriptive and for a person who loves watching shows and reading books on forensics I enjoyed all the bits of information that was thrown in there. This book truly is a great look into what goes on in a killers mind. I could honestly go on forever about why this book is so fantastic but if this is your kind of thing don't hesitate just go buy the book now, you will love it.

Jasper Dent who is more commonly knows as Jazz has had a very messed up life. He is the son of Billy Dent one of the most notorious serial killers ever known to mankind. A man who's murder count was into triple figures when he was captured. A man who was nicknamed "Butcher Billy" for the horrific way that he murdered his victims. A man who committed the murders in front of his son and taught his son everything he knows from picking the correct victims, carrying out the murder and making sure that no trace of evidence is ever left behind. Jazz is probably more capable then any police officer because of his life surrounded by murders. Jazz continuously hears his fathers voice in his head, always reminding him of details from the past, reminding him that he is the son and he should be continuing on the work that his father left unfinished.

A body of an unknown female then turns up naked, murdered and missing a few fingers. Jazz wants in on the case, he believes that this is a serial killers work and that the knowledge he can bring to the case would be very valuable. What Jazz doesn't realise though is that the killer is following him and is intrigued by him because of who his dad is. The killer also has a plan for Jazz, a plan to bring out the murderer that hides within Jazz.

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This Is Not A Test by Courtney Summers

3.5 out of 5 Stars

We eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner to the soundtrack of our own impending death. 

ZOMBIES!!!!! I am a huge fan of Courtney Summers and when I saw that she had done a zombie book I got very excited. To say that I had high expectations would be an understatement. This book was nonstop action from the get go, the action, the killing and the blood was all there from the very first few pages. When you have a book like this where there is so much action going on you don't want to put it down for even a second afraid that something important is about to go down. My only complaint would be that the five other students locked in the school with Sloane didn't really have their own voices. Sometimes I found myself having to go back and read who was saying what because the five characters were just way too similar. Otherwise this was a great read. Once again, Courtney Summers has released a great book.

Sloane hasn't led a great life, she is a punching bag for her dad and her sister Lily escaped and got away from it all not too long ago leaving Sloane behind. Things have always been hard but with Lily gone it is much, much harder for Sloane. She debates often if life is even worth living and is thinking about that when the zombies arrive. Seven days later and she is holed up in the school with 5 other students, blocking the doors and working together to stay alive. Sloane still doesn't know if she even wants to be alive and finds it crazy that while she is still contemplating how great it would be to be dead those around her are doing everything they can to keep her, themselves and each other safe and alive. Tempers are starting to flare between the small group and rations are running low and then someone breaks through their barricades. Many die and only few will survive, the question is who dies and who lives.

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Burn For Burn by Jenny Han & Siobhan Vivian

3 out of 5 Stars!

I'm sick of waiting for karma. Karma can suck it. 

I have had this book on my wishlist for a very long time so I was super excited when I finally got it. I did enjoy it but I don't know I guess it didn't quite live up to my expectations. Some of the pranks that they came up with were very clever and I definitely wouldn't have thought of them. My favourite of the three girls was Kat but there were bits that I loved and hated about each of the girls. I didn't like the ending and for some silly reason hadn't realised that this was going to be a trilogy. Hard to say if I will pick up the next book in the series. I would love to see where they go next and what happens with Reeve but I dunno, i'm not 100% convinced.

Burn for Burn is the story of 3 different girls all after one thing, revenge. All three girls live on Jar Island a small island made up of 4 small towns and only one high school. The holiday's have just finished and it is time for the girls to start their senior year. Each of the girls has a secret though, something that has happened to each of them that has dramatically changed them. The three girls first meet in one of the school's bathrooms with two of them crying and the third girl trying to figure out what is wrong with them. Not long after that Kat brings the three girls together again and says that she believes the three of them should make a secret group and get back at the people who wronged them. They start off small and the pranks escalate from there in the end becoming quite dangerous.

Lillia has always had it all, the pretty popular best friend and a spot on the cheerleading squad. Her sister Nadia is set to become everything that Lillia is at the school but Lillia isn't so sure that she wants her sister to be just like her anymore. In fact she is thinking that she needs to do everything that she can to protect her sister from making the same mistakes that she has. 

Kat has just turned 18 and although she presents herself as a hard ass she hasn't always been that way and she still has her moments. Kat thought that she had something going on with Alex but now she isn't so sure and it's made hard by the fact that Alex hangs out with Rennie. Rennie, Lillia and Kat used to all be best friends but now Kat and Rennie are the worst of enemies and Lillia and Kat never spoke after the group separated. 

Mary was forced to leave the island all because of one boy but now she has come back to the island for her senior year. Her family isn't with her so she is staying with her Aunt Bette. The first day of school she spots Reeve and she goes into panic mode and to make matters worst Reeve doesn't even notice her. It's hard to get back at him when he doesn't even know that she exists or is back on Jar Island.

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Career Day by Barry Lyga

3 out of 5 Stars!

Career Day is a free 17 page prequel to I Hunt Killers. I didn't even know that there was a prequel to I Hunt Killers so I am very happy that I found it before I started reading the main book. The very second Howie was bought into the story I just sat there grinning like a moron and thinking oh yeah here we go this is going to be awesome, can you say instalove! Getting back to the serious side though, this short prequel was fantastic it hooked me right in and when it ended I was left feeling lost. I need to read more of this and now. 

Jasper has a rather depressing life, and a very disturbing one. Jasper was bought up learning how to kill people and how to clean crime scenes so that there is no evidence left behind. He now lives with his gramma who is losing the plot and is quite crazy. Jasper takes pretty good care of her though and wouldn't dare tell anyone that he looks after her more than she looks after him. His father the person who taught him all about killing is locked away in prison, one of the worst serial killer's in the world. That doesn't stop Jasper from hearing his dad's voice in his head though, he hears it all the time and it is urging him to kill and to take over where his dad left off. Luckily it isn't all doom and gloom for Jasper because he has a fantastic, crazy friend called Howie and this girl that he has just started casually dating, Connie. 

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Inbetween by Tara Fuller

2 out of 5 Stars!

Rule one as a reaper: Death doesn't wait for anyone. 

Oh my goodness thank god I am done with that book. Whenever I see a book about reapers I automatically think of the "Soul Screamers" series by Rachel Vincent. I haven't read a great deal of reaper books besides that series so I always get excited when I come across one. Inbetween had me confused from the first page, like really confused but I slowly worked everything out and it all started to make sense. Inbetween is told in alternating point of views between Finn and Emma. This worked well enough and both characters had a distinct voice. The problem though is that this story just really didn't grip me at all. Finn annoyed me most of the time and Emma was just a so so character, in fact the whole book could be summarized as so so. I spent most of this book arguing with myself and the fact that I really should finish it, let's not DNF it just yet. I did finish it but I can safely say that nothing really happened to interest me which is a shame cos I had really been looking forward to this book.

Two years ago Finn saved Emma's life breaking all the rules and giving her another chance at living. Finn has made some mistakes and some enemies during the course of his career as a reaper and one enemy in particular Maeve is coming for Emma and won't stop until she gets her revenge. Finn is trying to juggle his career as a reaper and then protecting Emma from Maeve who is rapidly escalating in her torture techniques. It hasn't been easy for him and it is made harder by the fact that he can't touch Emma at all. The other reapers are getting tired of covering for him and his selfish attitude and his boss Balthazar is on to him and is punishing him. Finn keeps making mistakes when it comes to Emma and he is on his last warning, one more mess up and he will be sent to hell.

A couple of years ago Emma lost her dad in a car accident. She should have died as well but somehow she lived. Ever since the death of her Dad, Emma has had these dreams/nightmares that feel so real that they feel like memories. There has also been a lot of crazy stuff happening, stuff that has previously sent her crazy and straight to a mental institution. Her best friend Cash wants to help her but Emma is scared of telling anyone else the things that have been happening, they will just think she is crazy again. 

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