Obsidian (Lux #1) by Jennifer L. Armentrout

4/5 Stars

Goodreads:

Starting over sucks.

When we moved to West Virginia right before my senior year, I'd pretty much resigned myself to thick accents, dodgy internet access, and a whole lot of boring.... until I spotted my hot neighbor, with his looming height and eerie green eyes. Things were looking up.

And then he opened his mouth.

Daemon is infuriating. Arrogant. Stab-worthy. We do not get along. At all. But when a stranger attacks me and Daemon literally freezes time with a wave of his hand, well, something...unexpected happens.

The hot alien living next door marks me.

You heard me. Alien. Turns out Daemon and his sister have a galaxy of enemies wanting to steal their abilities, and Daemon's touch has me lit up like the Vegas Strip. The only way I'm getting out of this alive is by sticking close to Daemon until my alien mojo fades.

If I don't kill him first, that is.

My Unfortunately QUICK QUICK QUICK Review:

I am so sad that I didn't write a review for this book. I love this series. I remember loving the dialogue and the banter between Daemon and Kat. It was all just so real and fresh. I remember not wanting to stop reading. I've only read the first 2.5 books because the cliffhangers drive me insane! I need all the books in the series to be out before I continue. So, the author needs to write faster.

Love the series!

4/5 Stars

This is actually the #.5 of the series. I read it after I read Lux #1.

5/5 Stars

#2 in the series

Twisted Perfection (Perfection #1) by Abbi Glines

4/5 Stars

Goodreads:

Life outside of her house was a new experience for Della Sloane. The dark secrets of her past weren’t something she ever intended to share with anyone. They would never understand. No one would ever get close enough to find out. There was always a chance she’d go crazy sooner than they expected…

Woods Kerrington had never been one to be attracted to fragile females. They seemed like too much work. He wasn’t in it for the work just the pleasure. A night full of naughty fun had been exactly what was on his mind when he’d laid eyes on the hot little number that didn’t know how to pump gas and needed some help.

What he didn’t know was she was as fragile as they came. The carefree girl who spoke her mind and didn’t care what the world thought of her was more breakable than he could ever imagine…

My QUICK Review:

I read this book in 5 hours. I just didn't want to stop reading. I don't know what it was that kept me needing to know the ending when most romance books are predictable. But this did have another element to it besides just the romance. (Side note- HOLY HECK hot sex scenes!!!)

I think I would have liked more about Woods. Just felt it was missing a little something hence the 4 stars instead of 5.

Existence (Existence Trilogy #1) by Abbi Glines

5/5 Stars

Goodreads:

What happens when you're stalked by Death? You fall in love with him, of course.

Pagan Moore doesn't cheat Death, but instead, falls in love with him.

Seventeen year old Pagan Moore has seen souls her entire life. Once she realized the strangers she often saw walking through walls were not visible to anyone else, she started ignoring them. If she didn't let them know she could see them, then they left her alone. Until she stepped out of her car the first day of school and saw an incredibly sexy guy lounging on a picnic table, watching her with an amused smirk on his face. Problem is, she knows he's dead.

Not only does he not go away when she ignores him, but he does something none of the others have ever done. He speaks. Pagan is fascinated by the soul. What she doesn't realize is that her appointed time to die is drawing near and the wickedly beautiful soul she is falling in love with is not a soul at all.

He is Death and he's about to break all the rules

My unfortunately QUICK QUICK QUICK Review:

I really wish I actually wrote a real review when I read this book because this is not going to do the book justice at all. All I can say is that don't judge the book by thinking, "It's about a girl falling in love with "death". Lame. I'm not reading this." Don't do that!!! Just give it a try. I am so glad I did because I feel in love with the series. I read all 3 books in 3 days. It was so good. The characters were amazing, the little twists here and there were amazing, and the whole plot itself was just great.

Honestly, read it!

5/5 Stars

5/5 Stars

These are the other two books in the series. I am not going to put what the two other books in the series are about because it just ruins the first book. But trust me, you'll want to read them.

Losing It (Losing It #1) by Cora Carmack

4/5 Stars

Goodreads:

Virginity.

Bliss Edwards is about to graduate from college and still has hers. Sick of being the only virgin among her friends, she decides the best way to deal with the problem is to lose it as quickly and simply as possible-- a one-night stand. But her plan turns out to be anything but simple when she freaks out and leaves a gorgeous guy alone and naked in her bed with an excuse that no one with half-a-brain would ever believe. And as if that weren't embarrassing enough, when she arrives for her first class of her last college semester, she recognizes her new theatre professor. She'd left him naked in her bed about 8 hours earlier.

My QUICK QUICK review:

I really really enjoyed this book. It was almost a 5 star for me. It would have been a full 5 stars if there was more Garrick.

The character of Bliss was great. I loved how awkward she was at times. And the scene of her leaving the guy in bed... her excuse was hilarious. The writing was strong. The dialogue, the secondary characters, all the different scenes worked perfectly together. Great read.

Wallbanger by Alice Clayton

5/5 Stars

Goodreads:

Caroline Reynolds has a fantastic new apartment in San Francisco, a KitchenAid mixer, and no O (and we’re not talking Oprah here, folks). She has a flourishing design career, an office overlooking the bay, a killer zucchini bread recipe, and no O. She has Clive (the best cat ever), great friends, a great rack, and no O.

Adding insult to O-less, since her move, she has an oversexed neighbor with the loudest late-night wallbanging she’s ever heard. Each moan, spank, and–was that a meow?–punctuates the fact that not only is she losing sleep, she still has, yep, you guessed it, no O.

Enter Simon Parker. (No, really, Simon, please enter.) When the wallbanging threatens to literally bounce her out of bed, Caroline, clad in sexual frustration and a pink baby-doll nightie, confronts her heard-but-never-seen neighbor. Their late-night hallway encounter has, well, mixed results. Ahem. With walls this thin, the tension’s gonna be thick…

In her third novel, Alice Clayton returns to dish her trademark mix of silly and steamy. Banter, barbs, and strutting pussycats, plus the sexiest apple pie ever made, are dunked in a hot tub and set against the gorgeous San Francisco skyline in this hot and hilarious tale of exasperation at first sight.

My Review:

I loved loved loved this book. The banter between the two were just perfect. I loved it so much that I was nervous it would end once they got together. It did lessen, but it was still there.

The characters were amazing. I loved how they had constant banter back and forth for so much of the book. That was really my favorite part. I loved how quick they were with each other. There were definitely parts that had me laughing out loud. This is one I will definitely read again because of how much I loved the characters, dialogue, and just the plot itself.

The only change I would make was that the last part with the cat wasn't in the book. I'm ignoring it which is why it's still a 5 star for me.

Amazing amazing read.

Rule (Marked Men #1) by Jay Crownover

4/5 Stars

Goodreads:

Opposites in every way . . . except the one that matters

Shaw Landon loved Rule Archer from the moment she laid eyes on him. Rule is everything a straight--A pre-med student like Shaw shouldn’t want--and the only person she’s never tried to please. She isn’t afraid of his scary piercings and tattoos or his wild attitude. Though she knows that Rule is wrong for her, her heart just won’t listen.

To a rebel like Rule Archer, Shaw Landon is a stuck-up, perfect princess-and his dead twin brother’s girl. She lives by other people’s rules; he makes his own. He doesn’t have time for a good girl like Shaw-even if she’s the only one who can see the person he truly is.

But a short skirt, too many birthday cocktails, and spilled secrets lead to a night neither can forget. Now, Shaw and Rule have to figure out how a girl like her and a guy like him are supposed to be together without destroying their love . . . or each other.

My QUICK review:

I read this a bit ago, or this review would be longer because of how much I enjoyed the book. Rule has made it into my fictional boyfriend group. Great story with great, strong characters. Yes, there were definitely predictable parts, but that stuff in "romance" books doesn't bother me. The relationship between the family and Shaw was great. I loved Rule as a character. He with his best friend did remind me a bit like Travis from Beautiful Disaster but not as desperate. This was definitely a great read.