Twenty-Nine and a Half Reasons by Denise Grover Swank Review

So after a beautifull light show thanks to mother nature and some low cloud's, one that looked like this (See right), note the dragon flying out of the sky, I took it as a hint that it was a day for fantasy, I am finally able to turn the computer on and get this review up and running.
Sadly it is a day late thanks to the weather and the fiance playing skyrim, another thing to be wowed over the dragon, but none the less here it is.
I would like to apologize for the delay in the post and the fact that this is just a review, through some misscomunication, we were unable to get our question's answered so until then we will have to settle for a review. Once the questions are replied to I will definitely put them up the first chance I get.


Now, on to the review.

I think the biggest problem I had with this book was the fact that the format didn't have correct punctuation for the kindle. When someone was speaking there wasn't an indention, there wasn't even quotation marks and I found that I had to stop, drag myself out of a story I was trying to get into, and then figure out who said it and what was going on.
It really kept me from enjoying a book, and it quickly became a chore to read, as if struggling through mud to get to a reward on the other side.

I did enjoy the main character, Rose, though. She was spunky and full of action as she has to deal with her boyfriend and figure out what is going on in her life.

One of the better things about this book was not only was the mystery not one you automatically figured out, nor was it one you were completely stumped over, instead it was like solving a mystery in real life as the clues were revealed.

This book was given in exchange for an honest review, all opinions stated above about the book are all my own, the author in no way was compensated monetarily except for a review.
Thanks!

Rating:
2.5 (It was ok, just hard to get into.)

Darkness Rising by Elle Chardon

Synopsis:
A Pureblood...
Julien Gasquet belongs to the notorious Lycan clan, the Gasquet Pack based in New Orleans. After a vicious argument, he storms out of the compound and decides to spend the night with his sister, Jolie, in Baton Rouge.

A Half-breed...
Martina Beauchamp is considered an abomination to the Lycans as she isn't a pureblood and doesn't have a pack to call her own. She meets Julien after a horrifying incident forces her to flee her home and her car breaks down in the parking lot next to his truck.

Destined...
The attraction Julien and Martina experience from the moment they meet isn't about lust or a one night stand. However, when the pack is involved in every decision a werewolf makes, is a happy ending at all possible?

WARNING: This is paranormal romance novella with sexy good times, smokin' hot werewolves, toned bodies and explicit language. Blood, gore and closed door sex scenes? Not this time
Review:
I wasn't sure if I would make this deadline or not, I went to bed sicker then a dog and feeling as if I was standing in a raging inferno, and I woke up the same way. But a blogger's job is never done and even if this is a little late in the day I am going to keep it short and simple so I can crawl back into bed.

This book has a gorgeous cover, one you cannot help but devour, the steam practically rises from the pages as you watch the two in their embrace.

The same can be said for the main character's. Both of them hadn't had the best of lives, in fact it seemed as if fate was content to slam every obstacle in her arsenal at these two until they one day ran into one another.

In a world where the creatures that often haunted our nightmares, the things that go bump in the night are out in the open, can their love withstand the test?

Crack open the book and give it a try.
And today it can be yours.
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Rating:
3.5. It was ok, just not for me.

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Elle Chardou online:

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Riser by Becca C Smith

Synopsis:
Black swirling holes churning madly in the center of every corpse. This is how eighteen-year-old Chelsan Derée sees the deceased. Her ability to connect to the black spinning holes allows her to control every dead thing within a four-mile radius.

But that's the least of her problems. It's 2320 and Chelsan Derée has to survive another year of high school, which for her is pure and utter torture, mainly due to the fact that her schoolmate Jill Forester's favorite activity is making Chelsan's life a living hell. If that isn't enough, Chelsan's impossible crush on Ryan Vaughn makes her brain do somersaults on a regular basis, especially since she is positive he doesn't know she exists. And being eighteen Chelsan has to deal with the pressure of whether or not she should take a little pill called Age-pro, which cures aging, making the world eighteen forever and highly over-populated.

When Chelsan's mother, Janet, is brutally killed, along with everyone else in her trailer park, Chelsan finds out that she was the intended target. Chelsan must use her power to raise and control the dead to save herself, protect her friends and take down the man responsible for murdering her mother

Review:
OK, so there is one thing that pushed me into reading this, apparently there was some drama in an earlier addition where a guy punched a girl and a huge fuss was made over it. To the point that after reading the version where the guy does punch her, I honestly didn't find it a big deal. I felt bad for the author because she actually went back and changed it because of people being unable to take a book, that is obviously not real, and deal with it. I hate to say it but women get punched, more and more girls get punched. Girls go into war and fight guys, so why raise such a fuss?
I want to make it absolutely clear that I am in no way advocating it, I don't think violence is OK for anyone nor does it solve anything but I didn't see the huge problem that seemed to cause people to see red. I wanted to give the author props though, she handled it very delicately and professionally.

The book was fairly good, sure it was rough but that is how it starts out sometimes, obviously it is an ARC considering there was a re-write, but what grammatical error's I spotted, they didn't take away from the story at all.


I liked how shallow she made some of the rich girls, I know that some of you will read this in the future and think, how could they want to shop, or how could they be thinking about something as simple as a crush at an important time as running for their lives. But honestly, think back when you were young, back then, those things were more important then breathing sometimes, sad but true for the most part. I loved that the characters seemed realistic because of those flaw's.

The whole concept of the book was intriguing, the swirling black holes over, where I pictured, a major chakra point, didn't go unnoticed. I liked that by tapping into it and controlling it she was able to raise the dead, and it wasn't just humans either.

There isn't really much bad I could say about this book, it wasn't for me, but I didn't dislike it, I certainly would recommend it to someone who asked but it won't be a re-read for me.
It was just kinda simple, I don't really care what happens next.

Rating:
3 Raven's (It was ok.)



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