Book Review: Rebellion by Siobhan Davis

Ah, don't you love when your favorite authors send you ARCs, but specially when now that you are on quarantine?  And that's just want happen to me, and it was amazing and I cannot wait to tell you all about this book, well...this is the second book on a series, so you you haven't started reading go and read the first book Resurrection and then come and back read this with me.  Let's do this.

Rebellion by Siobhan Davis

Everything changed the night he betrayed me, and now, the game has entered a new level.

Galen did me a favor, reminding me the only person I can count on is myself, and I’m more determined than ever to avenge my father’s death and avoid the destiny Sinner has mapped out for me.

Saint is used to calling the shots, but there are new rules, my rules, and if he wants me in his life, and in his bed, he’ll toe the line. They all will, because I can’t pull this off alone, and they owe me.

Sinner thinks he’s in control, but forcing me into initiation plays right into my hands. War has come to Lowell as rival gangs battle The Sainthood for ultimate power, and I enjoy rebelling from the inside, placing more obstacles in Sinner’s path while I exact my revenge.

But I’m not some innocent thirteen-year-old anymore—I have blood on my hands and lethal enemies on my tail.

I’m playing a dangerous game, especially where my heart is concerned, but there’s no turning back. I haven’t come this far to walk away empty-handed, and the more secrets we uncover, the more we realize how far-reaching the betrayal and corruption extend, and there’s no choice anymore.

The Sainthood must be taken down, and we’re the only ones who can do it. 

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The gang is back together and man if this book is not even hot and more dangerous that the first one.  The boys are hotter than ever and they want their girl more than ever too and let's not forget that they will do everything in their power to protect her.  We get to see how much they will do to protect Harlow in this book.  And Harlow, this girl is above and beyond what you are thinking, she is fearless and she is ready at any moment to protect those she loves and let's not forget that she is the ONE is CHARGE now, the boys are following her rules, specially now after everything she has gone through.

But we cannot forget out guys, Saint was already falling deep for his princess and in this book he is all in and he is not afraid to show it.  But just because he is all lovey dovey don't think he is too soft, he still a badass and you should still be afraid of him.

Cal, man where do I even start with him.  He is my funny, cute, hot and everything in between, but at the same time he is not afraid to shot whoever gets in his way, he is dangerously funny and hot at the same time and miss princess loves him for it.  And me too lol.

Theo, oh Theo...we all know he is our wicked smart guy and smart and hot is everything, right?  But in this book, Theo opened up so much and we got to find out a lot about him and I can't wait to see more of him, it's going to be hot, hot, hot!!!

Galen, man, where do I begin, I was mad at him so much, but by the end of this book, my heart is getting there.  I think Harlow is better than me, but with that much hotness who can blame her.  Makeup sexy time is everything, right?

Alright, all hotness aside, these five together have a lot on their plate and their plans are finally coming together, but it will not be easy and by the end of this book and I realized that there is a lot more that they need to go through in order win their battle and I cannot wait for the next book.  I need it now, like NOW.

I voluntarily reviewed an advance complimentary copy of this book.

5 out of 5 stars 

Bood Review: All The Ways We Said Goodbye by Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig, Karen White

One in a while I love to read some historical fiction about WWI or WWII, I keeps me grounded and I know it will give me a good cry, which is why I don't read too many of them, but I do like to get a few of them in, do you know what I mean?  I hope so.  Anyways, when I saw that  Beatriz Williams, who I read Summer Wives last year, which I loved, was coming up with a book about not only about WWII but also WWI, I knew I was going to read it, but the book was also cowritten, so it give me another change to introduce to other authors, win, win for me!  Let's jump in to the revivew:

All The Ways We Said Goodbye by Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig and Karen White

The heiress . . .
The Resistance fighter . . .
The widow . . .
Three women whose fates are joined by one splendid hotel

France, 1914. As war breaks out, Aurelie becomes trapped on the wrong side of the front with her father, Comte Sigismund de Courcelles. When the Germans move into their family’s ancestral estate, using it as their headquarters, Aurelie discovers she knows the German Major’s aide de camp, Maximilian Von Sternburg. She and the dashing young officer first met during Aurelie’s debutante days in Paris. Despite their conflicting loyalties, Aurelie and Max’s friendship soon deepens into love, but betrayal will shatter them both, driving Aurelie back to Paris and the Ritz— the home of her estranged American heiress mother, with unexpected consequences.

France, 1942. Raised by her indomitable, free-spirited American grandmother in the glamorous Hotel Ritz, Marguerite “Daisy” Villon remains in Paris with her daughter and husband, a Nazi collaborator, after France falls to Hitler. At first reluctant to put herself and her family at risk to assist her grandmother’s Resistance efforts, Daisy agrees to act as a courier for a skilled English forger known only as Legrand, who creates identity papers for Resistance members and Jewish refugees. But as Daisy is drawn ever deeper into Legrand’s underground network, committing increasingly audacious acts of resistance for the sake of the country—and the man—she holds dear, she uncovers a devastating secret . . . one that will force her to commit the ultimate betrayal, and to confront at last the shocking circumstances of her own family history.

France, 1964. For Barbara “Babs” Langford, her husband, Kit, was the love of her life. Yet their marriage was haunted by a mysterious woman known only as La Fleur. On Kit’s death, American lawyer Andrew “Drew” Bowdoin appears at her door. Hired to find a Resistance fighter turned traitor known as “La Fleur,” the investigation has led to Kit Langford. Curious to know more about the enigmatic La Fleur, Babs joins Drew in his search, a journey of discovery that that takes them to Paris and the Ritz—and to unexpected places of the heart. . . .

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The story follows three different woman, on three different time lines.  One woman during WWI, one woman during WWI and the last woman during the 60s.  What do these woman have in common?  Everything and nothing and the same time.

During WWI, we meet Aurelie, who is the daughter of Comte Courcelles and the American heiress.  She finds herself on the wrong side of the war and trapped with her father int he front of the war.  When the Germans move in to her family's estate, she discovers that Max Von Sternburg is among them, a German she first met during her debutante days in Paris.  Max and Aurelie find themselves falling in love despite all the wrongness going on around them, but much too soon Aurelie finds herself in Paris and the Ritz with her heiress mother with unexpected consequences.

During WWII, Daisy was raised by her American grandmother in the glamorous Hotel Ritz, she now has two kids and married to a Nazi collaborator after France falls to Hitler.  Daisy finds herself in a very difficult position between her grandmother and her husband.  After much thought she agrees to assist her grandmother's Resistance efforts and becomes a courier for a skilled forger.  What she didn't realized was by agreeing to it was that she would fall in love with the English forger named Legrand.  When Daisy and Legrand's lives are at risk, she will find out more than she wanted about her family history and lose more than she ever wanted at the same time.

France, 1964 we meet Babs, her husband has been dead for one year.  She receives a letter from an American lawyer, Drew, who's father served with her husband during the war.  He wants her help to find, Le Fleur.  She joins Drew, because she has heard that name coming from her husband before.  And together they will go on a journey to find not only Le Fleur but much more than they were looking for.

This book was amazing, it's love, war and everything in between.  I loved the going back and forth in the time frame.  I loved getting to know these three woman, getting to know what happen during WWI and WWII and what each of those two woman did, but also what different things people had to go through during those times.  And the different love stories, that was so touching and wonderful.   Just a warning, the beginning of the book may be a little slow but once you get through the first quarter of it, you will not be able to put it down. 

Totally recommend it, I also got an eARC from Netgalley.

5 out of 5 stars.

XOXO,

Nelia

Book Review: The Wrong Mr. Darcy by Evelyn Lozada and Holly Lorincz

Alright people, time for another book review...who's ready?  Let's do this!!!!

The Wrong Mr. Darcy by Evelyn Lozada and Holly Lorincz

From GoodReads:

The Wrong Mr. Darcy is a charming, multicultural, Pride and Prejudice--inspired romantic comedy from celebrity Evelyn Lozada and Holly Lorincz...

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Hara is a small town journalist who is looking to become a big city sports journalist but because she is young and she is a woman, those two things makes her job much too difficult for her.  Never mind, that her dad is in jail that wronging the sports industry, that makes her pursuing her dream job even more harder.  But she is not one to quick and she will do anything to accomplish it.  When an opportunity comes to her to interview the big and quiet Boston NBA star, she jumps at it right away and when she is the one to win that competition, she packs her bags and goes to Boston to do the interview.

There she meets not only the main star but his best friend and side kick, Derek Darcy, who she hits off right away, but things are not what they seem like it and as the days go by Hara starts to find out things that she shouldn't and she decides to stay a few more days to find out what really is going on.  

Alright, I'm going to say, the mystery was good, I was intrigued and I wanted Hara to go and figure all of that out.  Derek, he was more of a side kick and anything else for me, who else thinks like this?

And most importantly, I'm from Boston and I just couldn't let it pass everything that was wrong about MA...uh I just can't. 

The romance was just meh for me too.

I got an eARC from Netgalley. 

2 starts out of 5 for me.

XOXO,

Nelia

Book Review: The Love Scam by Mary Janice Davidson

Good Morning, happy to report that I am out of my reading slump and I have been reading lots of books.. YEAH!!! How are you all doing? What are some of the things that you are doing to get through your days?

 Let's get to today's review:

The Love Scam by Mary Janice Davidson

Rake Tarbell is in trouble. When the fabulously wealthy and carefree bachelor wakes up horribly hungover in Venice, it’s not something that would normally be a problem...except he has no idea how he got there from California. Or who stole his wallet. Or who emptied his bank account of millions. Or who in the world is Lillith, the charming little girl claiming to be his long lost daughter. For the first time in his life, Rake is on his own and throwing Benjamins around aren’t going to solve his problem. Now if only the gorgeous, fun, and free-spirited woman who brought Lillith into his life was willing to help the situation…

Claire Delaney finds Rake’s problems hilarious and is not in the least bit sorry of adding to them by bringing Lillith into the mix. A pretty Midwestern girl with a streak for mischief, Rake is not the kind of man Claire hangs around with. Even if he is drop-dead handsome and charming as all get-out. Even if he needs help and she has all the answers. But if this helps Lillith, she will go out of her way. And with a guy like Rake, she’s willing to bend her rules a bit for some fun. But when adventure-filled days turn to romantic nights as they search for answers, and someone starts following them through the streets of Venice, Claire realizes she's playing more than just a game. And maybe, just maybe, she isn't willing to let go of Rake or Lillith just yet.

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This book had so much promise, first of all it takes place in Venice, Italy and that's one of the main reasons I picked it up, I love Venice and when I saw this book and saw that it took place in Venice and it was a romance with a mystery, I knew that I wanted to read.  But, it just felt short in my opinion.

Rake is our main character, who is a millionaire, but he wakes up in Venice one day with no idea on how he got there, and he has no wallet and worst of all he his bank account has been emptied.  And then enters Claire, who brings Lillith to Rake claiming that she is his long lost daughter. 

Well, so far the story was great, but them it got weird, Rake doesn't do anything to solve his problem, he just does whatever Claire tells him to do, he has to "work" in order to get a new cell phone and sleep in the hotel room where she is living, and while he is working for her he can help her figure out what happened to Lillith's mother and she will also get a DNA test to confirm the paternity.  Things just went too fast for me, I love so meet cute, but this one just fell a little too fast and not real for me.

I really loved the little girl, Lillith, she was my favorite character, she was wicked smart and I wish there was more of her throughout the book. lol

Overall 2.5 out of 5 stars.

XOXO,

Nelia  

Book Review: A Sweet Mess by Jaci Lee

Okay, I have to finally admit, since this year started I have been on a reading slump...I think I'm kind of getting off of it now, hopefully, fingers crossed :)

Being at home these couple weeks I have gotten to read a few books and getting myself back on my reading goals.  Let's get to some of the books I have read this past couple weeks...first up:

A Sweet Mess by Jayci Lee

   Aubrey Choi loves living in her small town nestled in the foothills of California, running her highly successful bakery away from the watch of her strict Korean parents. When a cake mix-up and a harsh review threaten all of her hard work and her livelihood, she never thought the jaded food critic would turn out to be her one-night stand. And she sure as hell never thought she’d see her gorgeous Korean unicorn again. But when Landon Kim waltzes into her bakery trying to clean up the mess he had a huge hand in making, Aubrey is torn between throwing and hearing him out.

When she hears his plan to help save her business, Aubrey knows that spending three weeks in California wine country working with Landon is a sure recipe for disaster. Her head is telling her to take the chance to save her bakery while her heart—and her hormones—are at war on whether to give him a second chance. And it just so happens that Landon’s meddling friends want them to spend those three weeks as close as possible...by sharing a villa.

When things start heating up, both in and out of the kitchen, Aubrey will have to make a choice—to stick it out or risk her heart.

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Confession time first; a couple months ago I discovered K-dramas and now I am addicted to them and if you haven't started watching them, please go, go and start watching them so I'm it's not only me spending countless hours of my day on them.  And if you have been watching them, aren't they amazing?

Now back to this book, when I saw that this story was about Koren-American characters, I mean I had to read about it; first because of my obsession with kdramas and because the story line just sounded just too cute to pass up; and it mention food and who doesn't like to read about FOOD? 

Aubrey Choi has small but successful bakery in California and she is saving up to expand and open a bigger location and everything is going well until she gets a bad review and everything goes down the drain.  What's worse is that the review came from the man she had a one-night stand, a perfect one-night stand.  He is one of the most popular food critics in California, Landon Kim.

When Landon shows up at her bakery with a plan to save her business, Aubrey knows that she shouldn't accept it but saving her business is what her life is all about so she goes along with it and along with Landon she goes. 

Spending three weeks with Landon didn't seem that bad of a deal with Aubrey said yes, but the more time they spend together the more they realize their feelings are more than they realized.  But will they act on it or deny how they feel. 

Let's talk about much I loved the food mention in this book, loved it.  The love story was just a sweet too, even though it was a little too quick at times but it was still cute, I loved Aubrey, she was funny and wasn't afraid to just go out of her way and say what she wanted.  Landon was hottie, and loved to get his POV so we could understand him a little better.

Overall, such a cute love story and I totally recommend it.

Got an early eARC from Netgalley.

4 out 5 stars!

XOXO,

Nelia