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PtP - Beauties Without A Beast (7)
Week 8.
144 pages /GR
colors: red, yellow, white, black
Skandia wrote: "Thanks, Elizabeth!Oh boy ... Really don't like this rule :( I just can't force myself to waste my precious reading time for something I really don't like and have actually dnf'ed already.
I guess..."
Bummer :(
Week 8Option 1
244 pages/GR
Colors: White, Red, Green, Brown, Pink
Week 8
Date read: 10/30/16
4 stars
Its funny but when I read the blurb for some reason I didnt realize that this book was set in the 40s.
The romance between the 2 MCs and to be honest ther isn't very much takes a backseat to the murder mystery. It was fin to see our amateur sleuths so,ve the murders without the help of modern technology.
Disappointingly though there was no on the page sex and I do like a bit of sex in my bokks.
Week 8: completion post
Completed 10/30/16
Rating 5 stars
Review: This book was HOT! The characters had great chemistry. Lots of plot with a twist ending. I will definitely continue this series.
Week 8: How to Wish Upon a Star
10/30
3.5 stars
D'aawwwww! Eli Easton sure knows how to deliver the goods in the squishy feels department. Jason and Milo couldn't have been more cute. I just wish there was MORE time between them. I liked the whole "mysterious illness" plot line, but for me it took too much away from Milo and Jason.
Week 8 - COMPLETIONOption 1
244 pages/GR
Colors: White, Red, Green, Brown, Pink
4.5 stars
Loved this opposites attract, age gap romance. The end was a little too pat, though I did appreciate the HFN. Robert was perfectly lovable as the grumpy, set-in-his-way professor with a Scottish accent. And Chris was woeful as the young but mature percussionist.
Week 8: Option 1
The Rogue Not Taken
Finished 11/1/2016
2 stars
The blurb sounded promising but the execution was disappointing. There wasn't even a moment that I liked the hero and the story really dragged.
Week 8: colorful cover
by Beth Ehemann311 pages
Has 4+ colors on the cover: white, black, dark blue, beige, light blue ...
finished 11/1/2016
4 stars
This is actually a continuation to Beth Ehemann's Room for More series that I really liked and this book is about Brody's fellow hockey star /player friend Viper.
Viper is just the cynical badass player type of guy who makes romance book interesting. Loved him!
All in all an emotional story with a romantic twist I wasn't a biggest fan of but I love Beth Ehemann's writing style. Makes this generic NA'ish type of book a fast and entertaining read. She does the best dialogues and great banter.
Week 8: completion post: colorful cover
5 Sneaky Stars
Ahhhhhhh...... How much do I love Penny Reid? Let me count the ways. I started off with a deep, abiding love for Duane, then moved on to an eternal love for Jethro, and now, I've had to squeeze Cletus in to the mix. So many Winston brothers, all so ill behaved. What's not to love? And then Jennifer, the perfect foil to Cletus' sneaky ways; she holds her own. It was a perfect book. My only regret is the wait until I can read about the next Winston Brother. A re-read might be in order.
Week 9:Option 1
The Englor Affair
298 pages/GR
#13 on the Best Gay Virginal Characters list
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...
Week 9 Some Kind of Stranger
Date read: 11/5/16
4 stars
Derek back at a club to take revenge on a man who drugged him and abused him, he meets Blue a busboy. Later on in the evening he sees Blue having a drink with the man who abused him and eventually follows him outside where a drugged Blue is being forced into a car.
Derek beats the man up and ends up taking Blue home.
What follows is I guess some insta-love. Both men learn they like some pain and Blue is the submissive to Derek's Dominant.
This was a very easy to read book dealing with mild BDSM.
I might continue on reading the series but I am happy where the 2 men are now.
Week 9 ~ Option1: Lord of the White Hell, Book 1 353 pgs/GR
#324 on this list https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...
Week 9: Virginal Hero
Puddle Jumping by Amber L. Johnson
127 pages
#56 on Books with Virgin Heroes list https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Week 9: Option 1
The Englor Affair
Finished 11/5/2016
3.5 stars
I enjoyed this second instalment less than the first one, maybe because the crazy Townsent family and Trouble were absent. The setting was closer to a regency historical novel and the MCs Simon and Payton were hot together.
Week 9: Virginal Hero - COMPLETION POSTOption 1
298 pages/GR
#13 on the Best Gay Virginal Characters list
4 stars
Love this series. The blend of Regency along with the sci-fi brings me back to the days when I was reading Regency romance as well as sci-fi/fantasy. Payton is a very sympathetic character who I could almost picture from the great descriptions. Simon was more of an enigma, but luckily there wasn't too much angst.
Week 9: Virginal Hero
Puddle Jumping by Amber L. Johnson
127 pages
#56 on Books with Virgin Heroes list https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Finished 11/6/2016
4 stars
Not your typical YA romance. Emotional and sweet but not sugary sweet and touches a topic rarely discussed in romance books.
Lilly and Colton are probably one of my favorite YA couples.
Pure love, even as difficult to handle as theirs, is beautiful.
Well written book and looks like author really knows what she's talking about.
All up-to-date except the current week's books, and Skandia's dreaded week 4 book...
Wee 9: Completion Post
289 pages
Rating: 4stars
review: This was a sweet romance read. For being a book about two virgins, the romance and love scenes were hot. The characters had great chemistry. It was a predictable book, but a good read.
Week 9: Lord of the White Hell, Book 1
11/10
3 stars
I usually love fantasy, especially YA fantasy. This really had everything I enjoy... interesting world-building, great characters... I just think I wasn't in the mood for this. I wanted more romance between Kiram and Javier and things moved a little too slowly in the love department. After this week, I needed light and fluffy and that's not what I got. When I read book 2 I'll probably reread this one because I think under different circumstances I would really like it.
Week 9: Virginal hero
4 stars
As the title implies, this one is a take on Beauty and the Beast. Classic story and when done well, interesting. Hunter and Gretchen had great chemistry throughout the book. Hunter is broken and scarred, both physically and emotionally. Gretchen, obviously the beauty here, brings him out of his solitude.
Neato! All up to date :)Remember, next week is the last week. (I promise to remember to post the theme on time ;)
Week 10.
238 pages / GR
Set in UK 243,610
Week 10/ Option 2
Out in the Open
281 pgs/GR
Wax read it at 5/30/2016 and rated it 4 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Week 10:option 2
381pages
From Krista's read list
Read on September 7,2016
She rated it 5stars
Week 10: Option 1. Set in Italy 
by Alice Clayton336 pages
Nicole wrote: "Week 10:option 2381pages
From Krista's read list
Read on September 7,2016
She rated it 5stars"
I really liked this one!
Week 10/ Option 2
Out in the Open
4 stars
I really enjoyed this story, set in college. It was sexy and fun. I liked both MCs and the secondary characters. I also liked the writing and although is much different than the second book in the series, which I read a few days ago, A.J. Truman is an author I'll be reading again.
Week 10As You Wish
Date read: 11/13/16
4 stars
I had read book 2 earlier on in the year and thought that I had missed out on something by not reading book 1.
This is the story of Sam and Declan who are the 2 Best Men at the wedding of a brother and a sister.
Sam is out but Declan identifies as straight until Sam sets his heart a flutter.
The story takes place over a week or so surrounding the wedding where the guys get to know each other and then one morning Sam is whisked away on assignment.
Week 10 - Small Country - COMPLETION POST
Finished 11/14/16
The Magpie Lord
200 pages/GR
Set in UK
5 stars
I love this series and re-reading the first book reminded me why I was heartbroken that it finished at 3 books (and a spinoff). I could read Stephen/Lucien stories all day. They are so great together. The first book definitely has an enemies to lovers vibe, but the author makes it work. Highly recommended to those who love paranormal elements in a historical romance.
Week 10 completion post
381pages
Rating: 5 stars
Review: This book was amazing. I couldn't put it down and I didn't want it to end. The chemistry between the characters and their story was amazing. I will definitely read more by this author.
Week 10
Paris For One by Jojo Moyes
112 pages
Set in France
Finished 11/13/2016
3 stars
A short story about a young British girl who is forced to spend her romantic weekend trip to Paris alone when her boyfriend doesn't turn up.
Typical light British chick lit but too short for really feel like it's set in Paris and the ending was very abrupt.
Skandia - I realised your week 4 book is still outstanding... Is that right? I don't think I've seen a completion post.
Yes, Jane, that's right.Sadly, it's a DNF and stays that way. I did try to pick it up again but can't force myself through it. I would have gladly read another book for that task but rules are rules :(
OK. Just so long as I didn't miss a post.
Week 10 completion post
336 pages
4.5 stars.
Ok, so a confession to start off with. I love Alice Clayton. She cracks me up. So, I loved this book, too. Really different sort of book though. We have a woman who's been through a devastating event in her marriage and is now working through a divorce. Flying off to her beloved Italy with a friend brings up painful reminders of who she was supposed to be. I loved the journey through Rome with the characters. Marcello was yum :). I do recommend this one.
Week 11/Option 1
Sleigh Ride by Heidi Cullinan
192 pgs/GR
#169 in the list: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/6...
It appears that team 5, Frozen In Fantasyland, have finished reading their books!!
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Oh boy ... Really don't like this rule :( I just can't force myself to waste my precious reading time for something I really don't like and have actually dnf'ed already.
I guess I have to now.