Reclaiming The Sand by A. Meredith Walters 4.5/5

Reclaiming the Sand by A. Meredith Walters

Genre: Young Adult Contemporary Romance

Sensuality: 8

This one had me on an emotional roller-coaster. One second I'm smiling, , next I'm pissed off, next I'm crying and next I'm at the edge of my seat.

If you are not comfortable reading about mental disorders, then leave this one on the shelf. I find the drastic differences in human interaction fascinating personally. This book will honestly bring tears to your eyes though.

You can only pray that your child will never go through the mess that the hero and heroine experienced. What made me cry is that children and adults are more than likely experiencing the abuse that sometimes goes hand in hand with ignorance and fear.

Reading this book felt like inhaling a breath of fresh air. I can't even explain why I enjoyed it so much. It is by far NOT an easy read, but a completely riveting one.

The chemistry between the main characters is beautiful. This book gave me hope for human kind.

I feel absolutely no buyers remorse after reading this one. The issues highlighted in this story can open so many relevant and stimulating discussions. It get's you thinking... I hope you read this book with a reading partner that enjoys discussions afterwards.

4.5/5

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Broken and Screwed by Tijan

Broken and Screwed by Tijan

Genre: Young Adult Contemporary Romance

Sensuality: 6

This book read so strangely. It felt like a second  point of view to another story. But I do not think that this particular story line was written before by this author. 

The story did not have much depth at all. No conflict. Not much of anything going on really. Just two extremely moody, hurting and horny  teenagers, attempting to cope with a tragedy.

The story line has been done a million times to date. After you've read this book, the message behind it that the author unknowingly is spreading might bother you too.

You can let a handsome, crazily popular male use you and spit you out afterwards if you love him. He may not have to give a rat's a** about you, but you love him. And after all that heart ache, maybe, just maybe he will actually realize he loves you in the end. (And never apologize for his bad treatment!) Get real! I hope the young kids reading books like these know it should not happen this way in the real world.

2/5

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Sweet Fall (Sweet Home Series #3) by Tillie Cole 3/5

Sweet Fall (Sweet Home Series #3) by Tillie Cole

Genre: Young Adult Contemporary Romance

Sensuality: 8

I really enjoyed book 2 in this series (Romeo's story), so I hoped that this one was just as enjoyable. It was okay. The issues this story highlights are quite serious, but I am not that drawn to the characters in this book compared to the other book's.

How can I say no to a football YA romance novel though? That's never going to happen my friend.

The hero is painted as a physically beautiful male, with some serious dark baggage. The heroine brings  her just as serious baggage to the table to create one moderately depressing-yet interesting- story.

Try this one out if you can. It will not leave you completely  bored. Just  a little, unfortunately.

3/5

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It Ain't Me, Babe (Hades Hangmen #1) By Tillie Cole

It Ain't Me, Babe (Hades Hangmen #1) By Tillie Cole

Genre: MC (this needs to be a whole new genre now!) Contemporary Romance

Sensuality: 9

I am not sure why these MC books are getting such high ratings. These rating are in a way false advertising for the readers that don't have the patience to check out book reviews. 

The basic plot of this book is interesting...but waaaaaaay too gory. It is not an easy read by far. The story explores child sexual abuse, physical abuse and mental abuse. It's pretty heavy.

With that being said, I do not understand how the heroine could jump so quickly into the sack with the hero after experiencing many years of such abuse. That was not realistic at all. Lots of little things like this was not adding up in the story, and left me puzzled while I read. And the way she spoke! It drove me insane.  I tried to imagine her accent in my head, but I couldn't imagine anyone except someone whose mother tongue is not English speaking in that kind of English. It may irk you too.

This was such a gory book. The author does warn readers though. Most authors with such heavy content gives fair warning. The general reviews and ratings are too high! False advertising. This is apart of a series that I do not feel at all compelled to get into.

And am I the only person wondering what the title of the book is all about? Why Tillie? Why?

2/5

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Rain Falling (Hell Saints Motor Cycle Club) by Paula Marinaro

Rain Falling (Hell Saints Motor Cycle Club) By Paula Marinaro

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Sensuality: 8

I am not sure exactly why  I am still reading these motor cycle club books. It must be the book covers, because I am generally not impressed by them.

Rain Falling was a strange read. I did not enjoy reading the book primarily because of how it was written. It felt like the author's first book ever. I did not understand having all of the chapters in it either. It made the book feel extremely long!

The plot started of interesting, then fizzled out to nothing at all. No real conflict. Just the average stuff that authors write about for MC books. Club whores, club old ladies, going to church! I got so tired reading about these stupid MC terms.

The hero and heroine seemed weak to me. As strong and buff as the hero was painted, he just didn't do it for me. And not because of his personal struggles either. And the heroine's American Indian background is so interesting. I would love to read a book exploring that one day.

In conclusion, I would not buy it. Having a bunch of sex and crude sex talk is not enough to sell books. It feels as if some authors are trying to do this.

1/5

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Sweet Rome (Sweet Home #2) by Tillie Cole 4/5

Sweet Rome by Tillie Cole

Genre: Young Adult Contemporary Romance

Sensuality: 9

I enjoyed this one. Other reviewers mentioned that the only way to describe the hero's point of view is 'raw'. They were exactly right. I could believe that he had the exact thought processes that the author gave him. This book deals with physical abuse, which is never easy to read about. It is pretty depressing at times to be honest, but this s*** happens.

The couple did not have an easy road to happily ever after, which was refreshing for me. The author convinced me that Rome really exists. Him being a football player was an added bonus!

Give it a shot. I couldn't put it down, but I did feel like the author left some situations out. She may have assumed that book #1 was read before, so the reader knows what happened. That is my sole complaint.  It is not a stand alone book. I kind of want to read the heroines point of view now.

4/5

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