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Brooke wrote: "Danielle (Danniegurl) wrote: "Tracy wrote: "Brooke wrote: "Ash wrote: "Tracy wrote: "Let us know how you like Wicked Heather. I am a little leary of reading JLA after the Lux series."Just over ha..."
And VA came out first lol.
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Brooke wrote: "Veronica wrote: "Reading 
"I've heard great things about this book!"
I really thought it was over-hyped and over-rated. I wasn't a fan.
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yes I knew this
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I ended up reading all the Lux books. After I read the fourth I thought for sure it would get good at the ending. And Obsession was good for me, very sexy but still good, i love Hunter. But nope.
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I ended up reading all the Lux books. After I read the fourth I thought f..."
I did love Hunter as well. Very sexy. I'm going to finish but just now right now. Maybe when I'm in the mood for some alien drama.
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"I've heard great things about this book!"
I really thought it was over-hyped and over-rated. I wasn't a fan."
Really Lynn, then I'll put it off a little longer.
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I ended up reading all the Lux books. After I read the fou..."
LOL! Alien drama...love that!
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I ended up reading all the Lux books. After ..."
Hehe.
So I ended up really enjoying
in spite of everything...great climax, looking forward to the next one...On our JLA debate...I'm a huge VA fan -like Huge, I've read all 11books several times and am devastated that it's going to end soon (I'm counting bloodlines in this) ....I was very skeptical about reading Covenant but after a while I just decided to go for it....there are definitely some parallels but it's not nearly as bad as I thought it would be...I think the worst thing JLA did here was making Aiden so similar to Dimitri...ive only read the first two covenant, cause even though they're okay books I find I need a break in between...not cause of the similarities to VA (the second one is completely different) but because I find Alex really annoying and aiden really boring and I don't really care that much about them
Anyway, I was thinking about it last night and I can't think of an author who's written so many different series in similar genres for similar age groups? It's no wonder some of her characters overlap
I read
last night as I'm interviewing the author for my magazine...very quick read, got through it in one night and enjoyed it....only annoying thing was all the Americanisms - it's fine when the book is set in the US but this is an Aussie book set in Canberra and it was just plain weird to see things like 'sneakers', 'jocks' (which in Aus is a word for men's undies lol) and 'gym class'....I was reading the kindle version so I'm assuming it had been 'translated' to avoid confusion, but man it was weird!! Lol
Tracy wrote: "Lynn wrote: "Brooke wrote: "Veronica wrote: "Reading "I've heard great things about this book!"
I really thought it was over-hyped and over-rated. I wasn't a fa..."
Lynn might be right here. There is too much hype over such a simple book. If not for my friend, I would not be reading it. I even snuck into the last page and was unaffected. The writing although is nice but the characters are cardboard cut outs. Some nice stories are also narrated but I probably Would never eat em up if I was not watching once upon a time tv show.its just another fault in star like book which I did not like at all.
They are soooo Similar its not even funny but the Covenant series eventually comes into its own and I ended up liking it but not loving it But I think thats because I am such a HUGE VA fan and couldnt get pass the first 3 or so books that were for me and many others exactly alike. Same scenes and so on I think I and so many other VA fans made lists that happened in the first 2 books. I think my review for the first book is up (I totally shut down my old account and started over because I was having so many problems with it) If you want to have a look at the list or just look at some of the top 1 star reviews and you will see lists of things far longer than mine.
But again on that same note a lot of VA fans enjoyed it (like me) because of the similarities. I think IF you can get past the first 2 books you would enjoy the series.
Danielle (Danniegurl) wrote: "Tracy wrote: "Brooke wrote: "Ash wrote: "Tracy wrote: "Let us know how you like Wicked Heather. I am a little leary of reading JLA after the Lux series."
Just over halfway in [bookcover:Wicked|228..."
Ive read all her books But her NA/Adult books and I agree I saw the characters as the same different names same character traits. But I have noticed this with a few other Authors. Like Abbi Glines Ive read all her work and have eventually stopped because of this reason I have all of her books but the last 2 releases and havent read them yet ...not sure if I will.Brooke wrote: "Tracy wrote: "Brooke wrote: "Ash wrote: "Tracy wrote: "Let us know how you like Wicked Heather. I am a little leary of reading JLA after the Lux series."
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Can someone please tell me what JLA means? So much talk about it has me curious lol
Jennifer L. ArmentroutKylie wrote: "Can someone please tell me what JLA means? So much talk about it has me curious lol"
Seriously??? More in the Covenant series ....Brooke I see you have read it and gave it 4 stars Im guessing it was good??
I'm bypassing the discussion on JLA since ... Well, I have a soft spot for her but am burnt out of her writing style. I hope my break from her is not indefinite. Anyhoo, I just finished
. Holy cow! It was freaking awesome! Bye bye reading slump! Starting
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I really have to read VA! I have been putting it off, but I know I'm gonna love it.
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Seriously??? More in the Covenant series ....Brooke I see you have read it and gave it 4 stars Im guessing it was good??"
Did I give it 4? I thought I gave it three. If it's 4 I must go back and change it. To be honest, it wasn't much different from the Covenant books. I was looking for it to kind of take its own spin, but it really didn't. Same stuff with the Titans and G-ds. And It's NA, but there's not much that goes on in the book to really put it there, to be honest. I do hope the second book is better. Let me go check that star rating now. I must have clicked the wrong thing.
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I guess I haven't read a lot of authors who have a ton of work in the same genre. I actually read one of Glines books (The Vincent Boys) and I didn't really enjoy it. Made me sad as everyone seems to love her books. I was told to give one of the Sea Breeze or Rosemary Beach books a try. I might if I have some extra time *rolls eyes*. I can understand if an author writes a lot in one genre that the characters might take on similarities, but there are authors who are also able to make their characters totally different (Cora Carmack, Colleen Hoover). It's just frustrating to see the same character traits, same colloquialisms, same descriptions of what the guy looks like, same descriptions of how the guy makes the girl feel. It's getting annoying. To the point I want to highlight it in the book and then list them in my review (which I won't do b/c who has time for that?)! LOL!
Read
last night and it is just all kinds of cute! I really recommend it. It short, but so worth it. I already went and got her full length story
and I am gonna read it today. Its another YA M/M and I hope it is just as cute!
Tracy wrote: "Eboni wrote: "currently reading 
"I love horror Eboni but not so into zombies. Let us know how it is."
So far this book is a page turner. From the first line we have horror. I love movies and books that show the realistic sides to what happens if zombies actually existed. Men, women, children, dogs lol everything goes.
Donna wrote: "I'm bypassing the discussion on JLA since ... Well, I have a soft spot for her but am burnt out of her writing style. I hope my break from her is not indefinite. Anyhoo, I just finished [bookcover:..."WooHoo!!! See Donna, another fan for the Fever series and Mr. Barrons aka HOTTNESS!! So happy you loved it :D
Ash wrote: "Tracy wrote: "Let us know how you like Wicked Heather. I am a little leary of reading JLA after the Lux series."Just over halfway in
- absolutely flying through it, it..."I have this lined up to read. I do love JLA, so I'll prob like it no matter what.
Still reading KA. Now I'm onto book 2
. I think I might be liking this better than the first.
I haven't read anything by JLA. I refused to read anything by her for years because I mistakenly confused her with a blogger/author that I didn't care for with a similar name. I may start with that Luxe series.
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So glad you loved it Donna! I can't get enough of Barron's and V'Lane is a hotty as well.
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"I love horror Eboni but not so into zombies. Let us know how it is."
So far this book is a page turner. From the..."
That's good to know Eboni. I may need to locate that one.
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. I think I might be liking this better than the first."I have the first one Bridgett. I need to read it.
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and talk about a tortured soul. I'm also listening to
and it is quirky and fun. Haven't had much reading time though.
Brooke wrote: "Laura wrote: "Ive read all her books But her NA/Adult books and I agree I saw the characters as the same different names same character traits. But I have noticed this with a few other Authors. Lik..."What I also find annoying is when a different side character or the love interest in a book has the same mannerisms as the main character. They are not the same person they should not be talking the same.
Tracy wrote: "Bridget wrote: "Still reading KA. Now I'm onto book 2 . I think I might be liking this better than the first."I have the first one Bridgett. I need to rea..."
Bridget & Tracy- I have it too but need to read it. In fact, I have
and
and
. All waiting to be started. I still am one of the few that haven't read any KA before . I've been told I'm missing out on a great author. For the KA lovers... which series should I start with?
Finally finished
which was an okay read for me. There were some things I liked and some things I didn't. I just started
and it's already breaking my heart. I have the movie DVR'd so I'll have to check it out after I finish the book.
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. I think I might be liking this better than the first."I have the first one Bridgett...."
I have only read The Gamble Heather and loved it.
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which was an okay read for me. There were some things I liked and some things I didn't. I just started [bookcover:The Lovely Bones|1223293..."I haven't heard of Lovely Bones Teresa. I will have to check it out.
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which was an okay read for me. There were some things I liked and some things I didn't. I just started [bookcover:The Lovely Bones|1223293..."The Lovely Bones is SO good!
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which was an okay read for me. There were some things I liked and some things I didn't. I just started [bookcover:The Lovel..."I have to find this.
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I love Lovely Bones!
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Oh good! It's a really great book. It's also a movie.
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Oh good! It's a really great book. It's also a movie."
Is it like
because I have listened to a little and that's what its reminding me of.
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Oh good! It's a really great book. It's also a ..."
Hmmm...not really.
Reading
and can tell it will be a giant emotional upset.
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, Yarros' newest, and it's awesome so far. I can tell the sh*t is about to hit the fan, though, so I'm bracing myself for some pain! Definitely another great read by Yarros though, if you haven't read her debut
you must!!
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and can tell it will be a giant emotional upset."Oooooh, well it's getting an add to my list, then! ;-)
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...ho hum. It usually takes me a day to read one of her books, but I've been reading this since Monday.
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, Yarros' newest, and it's awesome so far. I can tell the sh*t is about to hit the fan, though, so I'm bracing myself for some pain! Defi..."I've not read anything by her Erin. Maybe I should check it out.
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...ho hum. It usually takes me a day to read one of her books, but I've been reading this since Monday."Glad I didn't get it then. To many others to read.
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I read Covenant but not VA, so I have no idea if the similarities exist. It's only from what I have heard. I do want to read VA though. But now all her stories are bleeding together for me, as are her characters.