DNF @ page 144 — Yeah, I know…50 pages left, but I was like forcing myself to read. It wasn’t even a terrible book, but I wasn’t captured and we were getting into only the second steamy scene of the whole book, and I was playing sudoku instead. And I thought, why? So I put […]
2.5 stars — I think I’m going to have to just dump the rest of Ms. Marinelli’s books. She used to be a favourite of mine, but what I’ve noticed is that they start strong and get me really excited…and then the second half gets worse and worse until I’m a cranky motherfucker by the […]
2 stars — I only read this whole thing because I thought it might be like those Harlequins where there’s a payoff of growth and misunderstanding at the end. As you can see by my rating, that was not the case. The characters were both pretty shitty IMO. I started getting icky feelings right from […]
2.5 stars — I mean…it was easy reading. But wow, I’m really not the reader I was 10-15 years ago. Emma was okay. I appreciated that she did try to stand up for herself on occasion, and even succeeded. I wish we’d gotten to see more of her life, her painting, her passions. I did […]
3 stars — Wow, I really have changed. I know I read this, and kept it last time. It wasn’t bad, and I’m wavering about going with 3.5 stars, but I’m in a bad mood, so this is what you get. In some ways it was a very typical Presents. Arrogant, kind of a dick […]
3.5 stars — There were parts of this story that I loved, but I will admit I became frustrated with both Emma and Jake for holding on to preconceptions for so long. But at the same time, they felt pretty real — their flaws were easy to see, easy to connect with, and while I wanted […]
3.5 stars — Well bummer. Honestly, this one started off GREAT! I had super high hopes. I’d say the first half (maybe more) was solid 4 stars, maybe even 4.5. But…*sigh* The climb to the end was frustrating, and the wrap up was too convenient. And as I told my hubby, a great book without […]
3 stars — Hmmm…this one was okay, but the characters were frustrating. At the front of the book it said it was Ms. Greer’s debut, so I definitely think her writing and characters have improved over time. I’m going to keep going on this series, b/c at this point I’m curious. But I can’t wait […]
4.5 stars — Well that was a delightfully cute and sexy Christmas read. We got a bit of an enemies to lovers feel, but the kind that I like where they just push and pull against each other, but part of it stems from their attraction, and the fighting doesn’t last. You know, enemies light. […]
3.5 stars — Well, huh. I started off this one and could totally see what 2010’s Lenore was attracted to, but I just don’t have patience for that anymore. So I was annoyed by the book, but still couldn’t put it down. I expected it to end very meh. But then, despite the persistent toxic […]