Getting Lucky number seven Review

Title: Getting lucky number seven
Author: Cindi Madsen
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC
Publication date:  April 28, 2015
Genre: Contemporary, romance (New Adult)

My rating: ✰✰✰✰ 

*ARC provided by Netgalley in exchange for a honest review.*

Summary: What's your lucky number?

Lyla Wilder is done being the shy, chemistry nerd extraordinaire. While every other college student is out having fun, Lyla is studying. With her cat. Well, she's played it "safe" quite enough, thank you. So she creates a "College Bucket List"―with item #7 being a night of uninhibited, mind-blowing sex...

But she needs some help from her man-whore best friend.

Hockey player Beck Davenport thought Lyla's transformation would be subtle. Man, was he wrong. With every item she ticks off, Beck finds himself growing seriously hot for his sweet, brainiac best friend. And if he's not careful, he'll end up risking their friendship in order to convince Lyla that he might just be her lucky #7...

My thoughts:


Strengths : It was super cute. If you're looking for a steamy romance, then I definitely recommend this book. The story will make you swoon and the main character is quite relatable. It's a really addicting story and a very quick read. I can see this being a great book to get out of a reading slump or a book hangover.

Weaknesses : The story is very predictable. It was my first new adult novel so it was quite different from what I usually read, but I feel like when I'll read more of this genre, this is gonna be the kind of story that I'll often see. It didn't feel unique. (Also, the end is extremely cheesy so if cheesy bothers you then this is not for you, but I like cheesy romance so it worked for me.)

Overall: Like I said, this was my first new adult novel so it was a different read, but from what I've heard about new adult, this doesn't seem like a unique story to me. "Girl falls in love with best friend even if she knows she shouldn't" : typical. It was still very fun to read it, I read it in a day. It gave me lots of feels and it was perfect since I was craving romance. I do recommend that you pick it up if it seems interesting to you.

Southern perfection by Casey Peeler Review

Title: Southern perfection
Author: Casey Peeler
Publisher: The Hype PR
Publication date:  January 13, 2015
Genre: Contemporary (YA)

My rating: ✰ 

*I requested this book on netgalley and have been sent an e-book copy of it in exchange of an honest review*

**Before you read this review, I want to point out that I really didn't enjoy this book. If you think you may be offended by this, I suggest that you don't read it.

***I didn't finish this book. Keep in mind that this review will be based on the 35% that I read.

Summary: Life is full of choices: good, bad, and ones you can’t control. 

Raegan strives to be perfect in every way. Varsity cheerleader, honor student, and proud granddaughter of Dover Lowery. By day, Raegan is an over-achieving high school student, but at three o’clock, her real work begins. 

What happens when appearances are not what they seem? Will Raegan be able to hold on to her life as she knows it, or will she be left all alone? All of these questions are answered with one night, one song, one story, and one boy.

My thoughts:

It is extremely rare for me to quit reading a book, even if I don't like it. It is also extremely rare that I give 1 star out of five to a book. Unfortunately, it is what happened with southern perfection. No matter how hard I tried, I just couldn't find anything in this book that was worth reading it. I read 35% of it and I just had to quit because I hated it. 

Firstly, I feel like the characters didn't even have personalities. They were boring to read about and I didn't care about what would happen to them at all. 

Secondly, this is a case of insta-love, which is not my favorite thing to read about, but I usually don't mind if the love story is well written. In this case, the love just kind of comes out of nowhere. They see each other and then almost 3 seconds later they're kissing and are deeply in love with each other. If this book was too cheesy for me, then it says a lot because I'm usually all about the cheesy scenes. 

Thirdly, you have the writing which just didn't do it for me. I understand that they're southern, but the "ya" and "outta" and "gotcha" just annoyed me so freaking much. I cringed A LOT while I was reading!

Fourthly, southern perfection was written in a duo point of view, but I feel like it didn't work. The book could have been a little better if the book was focused on Reagan's point of view if you ask me.

And lastly, I feel like this book needed to be worked on a little more. I was reading it and I kept thinking that the book didn't seem to be finished. Everything happens way too fast and nothing is really developed.

Overall, I didn't enjoy this book at all and would personally not recommend it.

Winterborne by Augusta Blythe Review

Title: Winterborne
Series: Universe Unbound (Book #1)
Author: Augusta Blythe
Publisher: Augusta Blythe
Publication date:  April 24, 2011
Genre: Fantasy (YA)

My rating: ✰✰✰ 

*I requested this book on netgalley and have been sent an e-book copy of it in exchange of an honest review*

Summary: Mia Winterborne knows she is destined to be special. Her upcoming seventeenth birthday promises more than just a driver’s license. Details are sketchy, though, as her dad disappeared with all the answers when she was five. By Mia’s side is Loie Bryce, her best friend and eternal sidekick extraordinaire. The girls’ intense friendship has never wavered until now, when Andreas arrives in Salcey Ridge. They both fall hard for the hot Brit, who quickly becomes a fixture in their lives. When they discover that Andreas is not who he appears to be, the frightening reality of Mia’s abilities finally hits home. The nearer Mia’s birthday draws, the more the danger escalates and long-buried lies are exposed, putting the girls on a path that they never expected.

My thoughts:


Strengths : Something that I really liked about this book was that it was different from a lot of the YA fantasy books/series. It wasn't about your typical teenage girl falling in love with a vampire or a werewolf. The fantastic creatures included in this novel were creature that I hadn't really read about before. It did include humans with powers (evolved humans), which is not unusual in YA fantasy, but it also included pixies and leprechauns, which I thought was very interesting. Something else that I appreciated was that even though there was obviously a romance, the story revolved a lot more around the friendship between Mia and Loie. I also quite liked the writing style of the author. It wasn't exceptional, but it was good. The overall plot was very enjoyable.

Weaknesses : Even though the plot was very interesting, it was also very predictable. I often knew what was going to happen, so the anticipation that keeps you on edge wasn't really there. The most important thing for me in books is the characters. You can have a boring plot, but if your characters are amazing, I'll keep on reading. The problem in this book was the opposite. The plot was good, but I didn't really like the characters. I didn't hate them, but I also didn't care about them. The only character that I really liked was Georgia (the mom) and we didn't see her that much. 

Overall: I gave three out of five stars to Winterborne, which means that it was good, but not great. I enjoyed this book, it was a very quick read and I do recommend that you give it a try. I may pick up the sequel in the future.

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