How to Kill a Rock Star by Tiffanie DeBartolo

My rating: 5 of 5 stars



"It sounds silly, I know. But for me, the power of music rests in its ability to reach inside and touch the places where the deepest cuts lie.”


That quote can dually explain how I feel about music AND how I feel about this book. It has been days since I finished this book and still don’t have the words to properly pay homage to this story with a review.

How to Kill a Rock Star was suggested to me by a friend. A buddy read was set up and off I went. I knew the book would be good but I didn’t realize it would be gorgeous.

The author uses words like poetry; they wrap around you like a warm blanket on a cold day and seep into your soul where they will live forever.


"His arms dangled like a puppet and he seemed to skim the ground when he walked, as if suspended over the edge of the world by a hundred invisible strings.”


That folks is how you use words. Words are supposed to conjure up an image in your head so you see what the author wants you to see. Words are not filler to make a book longer; they are there to guide the reader. When you read those words you don’t imagine a physical marionette on strings; you visualize the way this man would stand there across the tracks in the subway.

This book is amazing, absolutely stunning. I broke my highlighting record while reading it. There is such emotion throughout the book; the writing is dramatic, poetic, comedic and romantic.

It is one of those books that you want to rush through to find out what happens yet take your time so it doesn't end.

I don’t want to write too much and give anything away. JUST READ IT! This is a must read if there ever was one.


"What I love, what it’s about for me, and what it’s always been about, is the music. Everything else I can use to wipe my ass. I’ve got my girl and my guitar, and for me that’s enough. The rest is yesterday’s news."




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Moving on up...

I have migrated over to Wordpress and changed my name. if anyone was wondering about the crickets lately. Anyone, anyone? Bueller? Bueller?

Nothing like a good kick in the ass...

So I have been reading a lot, like a lot, a lot and today something really great has come out of it. Not that my experiences of reading, getting to know new people, making friends and writing reviews aren't a great experience but now I have been invited to to a blog tour with an author of an ARC I recently read and reviewed. A few weeks ago I got my first ARC, Risking it All by Jennifer Schmidt and I fell in love with the characters and the story. Memphis and Kennedy have such chemistry, history and flat out passion that their story sucked me in immediately.

So now I have the chance to participate in this Virtual Blog Tour of Risking it All, I can do an author interview, a character interview or have Jennifer do a guest blog. I SO want to interview Memphis...oh this is exciting for me!

I totally feel like this today...



So I guess stay tuned for me actually blogging since I got this sweet kick in the ass and stay tuned for my participation in the Virtual Blog Tour of Risking it All by Jennifer Schmidt!

Book Review - Seven Day Loan by Tiffany Reisz

Seven Day Loan by Tiffany Reisz

My rating: 4 of 5 stars




"So you, are a librarian. What does that make me then? A seven-day loan?"


What a great short read!

I am glad I read this after reading The Siren. It holds so much more to know where Nora is now and where Eleanor was during this time. I loved that she would not give him a name as she was so mad at him he did not deserve one.

I absolutely loved Daniel and his being a hermit. The poor sweet Dom that he is was so lost without his wife. The fact that now Eleanor is there for seven days with Daniel, seven days that could change everything if they let it.


"I've grieved in this jailhouse every day for three years and he thinks I'll be in love with you in a week?"


To see Nora/Eleanor this way was insightful. She was still, sassy, snakry
"He warned me you were smart. He neglected to mention you were a smart-ass as well."
and just plain herself but there was a softer side we got to see with Daniel. The want of the days, the mornings and the time.


"She forgot her name, forgot where she was...and most dangerously forgot momentarily who she belonged to."


I recommend this to read after reading The Siren. It nicely falls in place with the prequels on the authors website.

*I received this via Netgalley and Harlequin UK.



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Book Review - Pushing the Limits by Katie McGarry

Pushing the Limits by Katie McGarry

My rating: 5 of 5 stars



"Touching Echo felt like home…"


"Noah makes me feel safe."


Another YA book sucks me in and I absolutely love it.


"We’d read about sirens in English this fall; Greek mythology bullshit about women so beautiful, their voices so enchanting, that men did anything for them. Turned out that mythology crap was real because every time I saw her, I lost my mind."


Noah Hutchins is the bad boy; the stoner who loves to question authority and show that he can handle himself. But Noah is a foster kid who has been through numerous homes and whose life has changed since the death of his parents and the separation from his brothers.


"My insides had melted when Noah produced his wicked grin and gazed at me like I was naked. Luke used to give me butterflies. Noah spawned mutant pterodactyls."


Echo Emerson was the popular girl; she had the boyfriend, was on the dance team and had all the right friends until something happened to her to change it all and turn her world upside down. The sad part of this; she can’t remember what that something is yet has the physical proof and pain of it daily.

I LOVED this story. I find myself stumbling across some really good YA books that leave me speechless. As a hopeless romantic Pushing the Limits fed that part of me completely. What surprised me most was the depth and character development in this story. It did not read like a YA novel to me, it was more than I could have hoped for.

Echo and Noah are wonderful characters. They both have pasts that have led them to where they are and have to be dealt with. Only knowing one another from opposite sides of the cafeteria and rumors, they are thrown together by their shared school counselor. They need understanding and find it in each other where they least expect it.
Echo becomes Noah’s tutor with encouragement and a paycheck. These two opposites begin to attract and the magnetism is strong and undeniable. The suggestion to “just do normal” was a great way to get them to be together on a level they could handle but like all good romances; a level that gets blurred.


"Echo, I can’t tell you what’s going to happen because I don’t know. But I swear…on my brothers that you’ll never be a joke to me and you’ll be much more than a girl in the backseat of my car."


This is an emotional read for sure. It sucks you in from the start wanting to know the secrets and just wanting everyone to be okay. You will have strong feelings towards Echo’s dad and step mom, some of her friends and Noah’s but it is those feelings that add so much to this story.

Pushing the Limits is a stellar debut from Katie McGarry. This is a story that takes risks, that deal with painful subjects and does not disappoint the reader. Full of passion, loss, love, angst, betrayal, hope and the belief that one person out there can change you for the better, this is a must read.

*I received this as an ARC from Netgalley and Harlequin Teen.



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Book Review - Seducing Cinderella by Gina Maxwell

Seducing Cinderella by Gina L. Maxwell

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


This was just a fun read. Thanks to the girls from my Smut Monday group for reading it with me even though I jumped the gun on it. It was that good!

Reid is an MMA champion who needs to get back into shape to take back his title. Lucie just happens to be a kick butt Physical Therapist who he is sent to and is his best friends little sister. You can tell where this will go right? When Reid and Lucie realize they are in a interesting position; him needing to get better fast and Lucie wanting to land the doctor of and for her dreams Reid gives an offer she can't refuse.


"I'll teach you how to get your doctor if you do this for me."


The sparks fly immediately with these two and it just put a smile on my face. The teasing was adorable and sexy at the same time, a perfect combination. The way Reid speaks was just perfect, it was perfect for his character, completely believable. He was protective of Lucie from the beginning and it just got deeper for him as their story progressed.


"Reid wanted to choke every person who'd ever made this woman feel less than the incredible creature she was. Everything about her -humor, awkwardness, klutziness, compassion, dedication-all of it, made her far superior to any woman he'd known.



I loved that the majority of the steamy scenes were from Reid's POV, a nice change for this reader. You get some hot lines from him, one of my favorites: (view spoiler)[
Goddamn it, Luce," he said gruffly. "I love that you're always so wet for me. I've never felt anything so tight and hot. I want to live inside you and never leave."

(hide spoiler)] There are so many great sexy and smutty lines that come from Reid, the man is pretty vocal in this book.

Was the plot predictable, pretty much but it follows the standard lay out of a romance. Did that make this any less fun to read, heck no. It is always wonderful to watch the big strong macho man with the heart of gold fall for the slip of a girl in a way that knocks him off his feet. I love the opposites attract vibe and the makeover business with Lucie.

I recommend this to anyone who likes their romance steamy, funny, adorable and last but not least including a hot tattooed bad boy with a romantic heart.




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Book Review - The Siren by Tiffany Reisz

The Siren by Tiffany Reisz

My rating: 5 of 5 stars



"God said let there be light and there was light…God created the world with words, Eleanor. Words are the thread in the fabric of the universe."


The Siren has me lost in a world of vivid visualization even a full 24hrs after reading it. I will honestly say that going into this book I had a prejudgment that soon had me on my ass after the first chapter.


"It’s not pornography. It’s erotica. Very good erotica."


I could not agree with that quote any more had I wrote it myself. Tiffany Reisz has created a world that sucks you in quickly, deeply and violently. Nora writes erotica, Nora lives what she writes and Nora is so much more than that. To think you have any of the characters or story line pegged in this book would be a great disservice to both you and the author.

Zachary Easton is known as the London Fog of editing, it is what he does but again, it’s not who he is. His secrets are deeply hidden and it will take nothing short of beating to rid himself of the guilt, but who beats whom is the question.


"Zach paused in his reading as he felt a shadow of something old and familiar whisper across his shoulder. He brushed the sensation off and read the line again. Then the next one and the next one.. "


I don’t think I could do this book justice with a review but I feel the need to write one to exorcise myself of the story to be able to move on. It affected me that much. To have a book make me cry, scream, yell and forget to breathe is worthy of more than the 5 stars I am given to rate it. My emotions were all over the place and it was amazing.

The cast of characters are so complex and layered. Usually in a book when you have so many people in it you can get lost your Mistress cracks the whip and keeps you focused that you have nowhere to go, no place to be but reading her words on the page. I just want to hug Wesley and tuck him in to bed and okay I will admit, crawl in there with him. What can I say about Griffin other than seeing this handsome man in certain positions was a mind blowing experience. Søren is a polarizing character; one you want to hate but I found myself having a soft spot for him. Nora I am sure would agree with that. Another man I will say I have developed a collar fetish for…

The Siren is more than a story about an erotica writer trying to get published or the underground world she lives in. The Siren is a story of love, loss, sacrifice, lust, hurt, harm and power.


"What is the purpose?” “For salvation, of course. For love."





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