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Katherine is 25% done with Blue-Eyed Devil: I want to smack the narrator and tell her to STFU! OMG so annoying I don't know if I can stand listening to this audiobook!

Blue-Eyed Devil (Travises, #2)
by Lisa Kleypas (Goodreads Author)

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Against the Dark (Associates, #1)
by Carolyn Crane (Goodreads Author)

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I received an ARC copy of Against the Dark. I have not been compensated for my review.

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Carolyn Crane’s Against the Dark is a fun read and a good start for what likely will be a great series. I am always drawn to Carolyn’s b...more I received an ARC copy of Against the Dark. I have not been compensated for my review.

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Carolyn Crane’s Against the Dark is a fun read and a good start for what likely will be a great series. I am always drawn to Carolyn’s books, particularly because she usually come up with really original plot concepts, plus, she tends to create really amazing characters - especially her heros who aren’t that typical, tired alpha-male type. With Cole, our Against the Dark hero, she continues to deliver by creating a sexy “nerdy” guy, one who has some of those alpha qualities - he’s strong and a skilled fighter - but tends to use his brain over brawn (or at least the two in combination) whenever possible. He’s commanding, but knows when to make the orders and when to take them. He’s also “tortured” with a tragic past...he’s this hybrid hero that combines the best of all those typical hero types, but doesn’t come across being (literally) unbelievably complex. He charmed me from the beginning and left me wanting more by the end.

I was less impressed with the heroine, Angel. She’s not bad, but there isn’t anything amazing about her either. It’s almost hard for me to put into words what it was that was wrong about her, but whatever it was, it made the book a bit less enjoyable because she didn’t help to draw me in. Not a big deal, just a little thing that made the book lean more towards average...in all of Carolyn’s other books I’ve LOVED the female leads. They’re funny, real and completely relatable. Unfortunately Angel missed the mark.

I did love how their relationship progressed, though I wish there had been a little more follow through when all “the secrets” each of them had were revealed. (view spoiler) The sex scenes were hot. I love “romance” because I love the relationship building but rarely do I find that I really love reading the sex scenes. They’re often the literary equivalent to most porn - unnatural and unfeeling with way too much emphasis on the ins and outs (sorry I can't help myself LOL) and way too little emphasis on the emotional aspect of the act. I don’t want every sex scene to be lovey-dovey (actually, lovey-dovey is usually just as bad as no emotion at all), but whatever the characters are feeling in the moment, I want to believe it, I want to be able to relate to it, otherwise all I want to do is skip over it. Carolyn does this very well in all her books, this one included. She conveys passion so well that her books have been known to give me butterflies. I love that Cole and Angel are playful, that their “dirty talk” doesn’t make me want to vomit and that Cole is dominant without being a rapist (seriously, the number of rapist or would-be-rapists in the romance genre is appalling...).

Another thing that I couldn’t help but notice is that some of the themes from other books were “recycled” in this one. How Cole sees the world reminds me of how the high-caps from the Disillusionists series would see the world in their special way, even though their way was “supernatural” and Cole’s was just a result of the way his normal (though intelligent) mind works. Also the themes in the relationship between Angel and Cole seemed remarkably similar to Fawna and Simon from the Disillusionists...This wasn’t terrible since I loved the Disillusionists, but it does irk me a bit when the whole time I was reading Against the Dark I was noticing these similarities instead of being completely drawn into the book.

Overall it was an enjoyable read and I look forward to reading the next in the series. It looks like the next hero has the potential to be just as amazing as Cole!!(less)

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by Bec McMaster (Goodreads Author)

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by Lisa Kleypas (Goodreads Author)

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Sugar Daddy (Travises, #1)
by Lisa Kleypas (Goodreads Author)

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Everything about the description of this book, even the title, is completely misleading. Don't get me wrong, you will find that all the things in the description do happen, but I'd argue they are hardly the focus of the book. I'd also argue that this...more Everything about the description of this book, even the title, is completely misleading. Don't get me wrong, you will find that all the things in the description do happen, but I'd argue they are hardly the focus of the book. I'd also argue that this book could barely be categorized as a "Romance" (view spoiler) and is really more like a bildungsroman in that it is far more about Liberty's self discovery and the progression of her life from childhood to adulthood than it is about romantic relationships.

There is also an implication that she will have a "sugar daddy", and while she does in some sense, it's VERY far from what most people would consider this relationship to be. The love triangle is very well done(view spoiler) because the section in the novel that features the love triangle is very brief and there isn't a clear "winner" until the very end and that is only after the decision between the two has been made (I find it annoying when a woman can't decide between two men when one is clearly inferior to the other - it just makes her look stupid - so this love triangle really worked for me). This is a great start to the series and I'm hoping the rest of the books are just as well done.

4-4.5 stars. I can't decide. I don't know why it wasn't 5 full stars for me because, really, the book was very well done...maybe because I felt so mislead by the title and the book description?? I spent most of the book wondering if some sort of mistake had been made and I was listening to the wrong book. Also, I "read" this by audio book, and the narrator was not my favorite and I can't help but like a book a little bit less when I listen to it vs. read it.(less)

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Married By Morning (The Hathaways, #4)
by Lisa Kleypas (Goodreads Author)

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Jekyll, an Urban Fantasy by Lauren Stewart

Jekyll, an Urban Fantasy (Hyde, #2)
by Lauren Stewart (Goodreads Author)

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I really love the premise of this series and really loved the first book, so I was sad to be a bit disappointed with the second installment. I think the big problem was that much of the book was spent reiterating certain points so many times I was re...more

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Katherine is 25% done with Blue-Eyed Devil: I want to smack the narrator and tell her to STFU! OMG so annoying I don't know if I can stand listening to this audiobook! Blue-Eyed Devil (Travises, #2) by Lisa Kleypas (Goodreads Author) progress:	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Katherine rated a book 4 of 5 stars Against the Dark (Associates, #1) by Carolyn Crane (Goodreads Author)	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I received an ARC copy of Against the Dark. I have not been compensated for my review. may contain minor spoilers Carolyn Crane’s Against the Dark is a fun read and a good start for what likely will be a great series. I am always drawn to Carolyn’s b...more
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Katherine rated a book 4 of 5 stars Sugar Daddy (Travises, #1) by Lisa Kleypas (Goodreads Author)	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Everything about the description of this book, even the title, is completely misleading. Don't get me wrong, you will find that all the things in the description do happen, but I'd argue they are hardly the focus of the book. I'd also argue that this...more
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Katherine wants to read Dreaming of You (Gamblers of Craven's, #2) by Lisa Kleypas (Goodreads Author)	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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I really love the premise of this series and really loved the first book, so I was sad to be a bit disappointed with the second installment. I think the big problem was that much of the book was spent reiterating certain points so many times I was re...more
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