Book Review: Lover Eternal by J. R. Ward (Black Dagger Brotherhood Book 2)

     Rage is the playboy "Hollywood" of the Black Dagger Brotherhood, but there is more to him than meets the eye. Yes, he sleeps with multiple women consistently to the point he is a legend among men of his kind, but he does it to keep the beast at bay. That is until he meets Mary. Mary is a human woman who happens into his life while helping John meet the brothers, while acting as a translator. What starts as just another meeting with a conquest soon spirals into so much more. The only question is how does this sick human female play into his destiny and just how far is he willing to go to keep her?
     While procrastinating the books that I should be reading I downloaded an audio-book from audible of The Black Dagger Brotherhood. In my defense I started this book in September of last year, got halfway through it, then got distracted. I am good at that. Anyways, as a result when I downloaded this book I completely restarted the book. Just a warning: Do not listen to the end of this book while pregnant. Seriously. All of the feels. I honestly looked at my male and told him "Baaaabe I am having struggles. This book is one that I need the end to. I have 23 minutes left and there are things that are unresolved. Things I need to know and need fixed. They can't end things like this, but there isn't enough time to fix the things. No I don't need sleep right now. It does not matter that it is 3am. I need answers." Male took phone from me and I had to deal with that torture until the next morning, but answers were gotten.
      I don't normally ramble like this I promise. On to what anyone reading this is actually here for: The Book Review. This book is amazing. As of yet I have not read a single thing by J. R. Ward that I have not absolutely loved so I have nothing but positive things to say about this. The female is wonderful and she has her reasons for not wanting him around because she is sick. When you watch someone you love die in front of you it is hard and you don't want to put anyone else through that. It makes sense. Didn't stop my heart from breaking for them both when it happened. Nor did it stop me from wanting to hurt Rage for his little drama queen moment, but you will find out all about this.
    Rage is macho and yet, like I mentioned, a drama queen. He is very melodramatic at times. I don't really know how else to describe it. Like he gets his feels hurt over the silliest of things and just poofs. That being said he is wonderful and adorable and so trustworthy. He may be a little stray dog, but the good kind that you want to adopt and give all of the love. That is something you will understand a bit more when you read the book.
     This book is available on Amazon for $5.99 at https://amzn.to/3hi7Dhw.

Books by this author:

Lover Awakened (Black Dagger Brotherhood Book 3)

Book Review: Gladiator Steel by Cara Devlin

     When Valentina is sold from the slave home she was born into to another location in Rome she is excited, as she hopes to reunite with her lost love, Marcellus. However, what she finds is that she has been sold to a brothel and must "service" the gladiators who win. The question is, just how far will she go to get back her love? How far would you go?
     Anyone who has read my reviews knows that I do not do books that are broken into parts, unless by some unfortunate happenstance I fall upon them and do not realize until it is too late. This is one such book. You pay $0.99 for the book and get what is essentially a couple of chapters in a book. As always, I do understand that this is a thing that some people enjoy. For me it is a turn off and once I read one book from an author like this I will not read the rest of the book nor will I continue this series.
     The story itself, what little there was of it, is nice. Gladiators are hot. There is naughty elements of taboo mixed in and you wonder just what this woman will do and if in the end she will decide Marcellus is worth it or maybe something a little different is more up her alley. That being said I do not give spoilers, so if this book is something that you are interested in it is available on Amazon for $0.99 or Kindle Unlimited at https://amzn.to/2ZCXOVa.

Book Review: Eight Perfect Murders by Peter Swanson

     Malcolm is the book-keep and co-owner of Old Devils, which sells a fair amount of books both in store and online. They also have a blog where they post book favorites. Before Mal became co-owner of the store he worked in the shop under the old owner and actually wrote the first blog post, titled Eight Perfect Murders. This post was a result of some intense pouring-over of all crime novels Mal had read, and some he hadn't, to find eight perfect murders in fiction. Now, many years after the post was written someone seems to be recreating these murders, which has brought FBI agent, Quinn, to his door. Together the find that the more they learn about these murders the more it has to do with Mal. With his dreams of being chased is he committing all of these crimes or is it someone else?
     I downloaded this book on impulse through the app Libby, which is where you can use your library card and check out audio-books from the comfort of your home or wherever you happen to be at that moment. Within minutes I was hooked on the book. It is narrated by the main character, and he tells the story as he is writing it down in a journal of sorts. He even points out his own flaws, such as his dreams; how his nickname is Mal-which could be interpreted as with malicious intent; and that he is not completely innocent in all of this.
      I will not give away all of the details, as anyone who has read any of my reviews knows. If you love any crime fiction novels then you should pick this one up. I trusted the murderer up until the end, which is uncommon, so I tip my hat to the author for that.
     This book is available on Amazon for $14.99 at https://amzn.to/38OU3ix.

Book Review: The Alpha Prince and his Bride by LaurG

     Lucy was given to the royal family as a baby and was used as a glorified maid ever since. That is until now when she is told that she is to be married off to the Prince of another kingdom, Austin. Although she knows nothing of him, directly before the wedding she goes in search of the washroom only to find him with another woman wrapped in his arms and is instantly filled with jealousy. Austin is being forced to marry some human from another Kingdom in order to help his family even though he is a werewolf who has already found his true mate. Although, for some reason he is drawn towards Lucy and doesn't want anyone else to touch her.
     I started reading this book on a post on Facebook then ended up downloading some weird app called Dreame in order to read the rest. What can I say I am a sucker for a paranormal romance. That being said the hassle you have to go through in order to read this book is really not worth it. You pay for credits to read chapters at a time instead of purchasing the entire book at once. Also, as a blogger I like to give credit where credit is due. The author's name is more of a profile handle than anything else. I know that her full first name is Laura due to research and finding her wattpad account. Other than that nothing.
     The book itself, due largely, I believe, to the fact that this book is like blog posts where the author types something up and then just posts it is in desperate need of editing. In many places you have to guess what word the author was intending to type instead of what actually came out. I get it, typing is a pain and when something is trying to come out of your brain spell-check isn't always the first thing on your brain. This is why rereading and editing is important. All in all this is a good paranormal romance, but I won't be looking for others in the series only because of how annoying it is to be able to read the book.
     Normally I would post a link to the book for purchase, but as it was an app I don't know that it is even available for online reading. Hopefully the author explores other avenues at some point to release their books.

Book Review: Lost Boy by Rawiri James

     When Mike looses his mother due to her obesity he begins dealing with his feelings towards her weight in an unhealthy way. The weight loss he is experiencing is not the only change in him, however. In fact, there are things that seem to just get stranger around him since that day, including a news clipping from another country with a picture of a boy that looks just like him in it as missing. However, what is happening to him is soon put on the back burner as the girl he cheated on his girlfriend with once is now missing and she was supposed to be meeting with him at the time of the disappearance. Is it possible that the two things are connected?
      This book took a different turn than what I was expecting, but all in all it was a good book. I did not expect the protagonist to be quite the way he was, although I did suspect who he was from the first time the issues began. That being said the book itself has some minor typing and grammatical errors, however nothing major. The book is a teen paranormal fiction to say the least, but we all know this is something that I enjoy. If you are in the mood for a different Young Adult novel this should be one that you check out.
     This book is available on Amazon for $4.99 at https://amzn.to/2Z2yckd.