Title: Lapvona
Author: Ottessa Moshfegh
Pages: 300
Rating: 2
Published: June 21, 2022
This book was super disappointing. You couldn't feel for any of the characters and weren't really sure what was the point of anything that was happening. A lot happened, but at the same time, nothing happened.
Title: The Roughest Draft
Author: Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka
Hours: 10
Rating: 15
Published: January 25, 2022
15/10 for me. I absolutely loved this audiobook! Probably one of my top 5 for 2022. This book has a lot of mixed reviews, but for some reason it really struck a chord with me and I couldn't get enough of it.
One of the criticisms of this book was that it was marketed as a romance; I wouldn't necessarily categorize it as a romance novel, I would say it's more about loss and refinding out who you are and who you love. It's a book about forgiveness, for yourself and for those that hurt you: on accident or on purpose.
The narrators for the audiobook were spot on. Dan Bittner's voice made you really fall in love with Nathan's character.
Title: The Other Woman
Author: Sandie Jones
Pages: 299
Rating: 3
Published: August 21, 2018
Nice fast-paced domestic thriller.
Emily fell in love with Adam, and not with his mother - Pammie. Pammie will do whatever it takes to break Adam and Emily up. She will go to any length to make sure that Emily disappears from Adam's life, forever.
I enjoyed this book! You could see the writing on the wall about the twist, but it was still a good twist and executed nicely! The ending was very abrupt though. You find out the twist and BAM, the book is over.
Title: Hidden Pictures
Author: Jason Rekulak
Pages: 373
Rating: 5
Published: May 10, 2022
This has been the fastest I've read a book this year! I finished this in 2 days! This was definitely a 5/5 ⭐ for me!
Mallory Quinn is a young woman who gets the job of a lifetime - becoming a nanny for an affluent family in the New Jersey suburbs. Their son Teddy is everything Mallory loves in children: inquisitive and has an active imagination. The only issue that Teddy has is his imaginary friend named 'Anya'.
Teddy has a sketchbook in his hands 24/7 and his drawings start becoming more and more peculiar and more specific to violent events that happened to an anonymous woman.
Mallory needs to discover who this woman that is being attacked in the drawings is and help Teddy become free of this entity.
With the help of the sexy landscaper and the drugged-out neighbor- the three of them discover the truth before it became too late.
The pictures, in my opinion, were the best part of the novel. It was neat to see when Teddy would be possessed and the drawings would get more and more intricate - something a 5-year-old absolutely couldn't do.
I honestly did not see the ending coming. It caught me off guard and it was a great way to wrap everything up in the story.
Definitely recommend this book!!
Title: Spoiler Alert
Author: Olivia Dade
Hours: 12
Rating: 5
Published: October 6, 2020
April is a curvy girl that loves her body and who she is, and is a popular fanfiction author of her favorite show - Gods of the Gates. Her OTP (one true pair) was Aeneas and Lavinia.
Marcus, who plays Aeneas in Gods of the Gates, hates how Aeneas was portrayed in the show and takes his frustrations out in his fanfictions - the same website that April posts hers on.
One fateful night on Twitter, people were fat-shaming April in her Lavinia costume and Marcus decides to ask her out on a date. One date turns into another, then another, then another, eventually Marcus is practically living with April in her apartment. Can their love survive the constant paparazzi and the huge secret that Marcus is hiding?
I truly loved this book! I listened to it and the narrator was phenomenal. The story has an amazing message: no matter what you look like, what matters most is what is on the inside. As a curvy girl, it's nice to read a story that has a very fit, handsome celebrity falling in love with the curvy "fat" girl. I just can't rave enough about this book!
Title: The Never King (Vicious Lost Boys #1)
Author: Nikki St. Crowe
Pages: 192
Rating: 4
Published: February 20, 2022
This was my first reverse harem book and I wasn't sure if it was going to be my thing, but goddamn was it ever!
It is a dark retelling of Peter Pan and Wendy and I didn't know I needed this in my life.
It's a trilogy and honestly, the 3 books could have been combined into one story, but the sex parts of the story are great and that's all that matters.
Title: The Dark One (Vicious Lost Boys #2)
Author: Nikki St. Crowe
Pages: 219
Rating: 2.5
Published: April 24, 2022
If it weren't for the sex scenes, I wouldn't have finished this book.
Title: It Happened One Summer
Author: Tessa Bailey
Hours: 11
Rating: 5
Published: July 13, 2021
This book was amazing!
Pretty much if Schitt's Creek was a book! Alexis is Piper's character and Ted is Brendan!
Run, don't walk, to read this book!
Title: Bunny
Author: Mona Awad
Pages: 302
Rating: 2.5
Published: June 11, 2019
What the fuck did I just read... that was a fever dream that didn't make a lot of sense and wasn't very good.
Title: The Bodyguard
Author: Katherine Center
Hours: 10
Rating: 5
Published: July 19, 2022
Hannah Brooks is your average 5'5" woman who looks like she could be your fancy librarian, but she is far better, she is an Executive Protection Agent (aka a bodyguard). She protects everybody from oil executives to royalty. She gets to travel the world, and get to disappear into the background.
Everything in his life is going well, a boyfriend who has the same job as her, and the opportunity to open a new branch in London! A couple of hiccups occur, she has to bury her mom, and her perfect boyfriend dumps her a day after her mom's funeral.
Hannah spirals and is in survival mode when she is given the assignment of a lifetime: protecting Jack Stapleton, Hollywood's dream boy. The only problem is that she has to pretend to be his girlfriend so the protection agency can get cameras placed on his family's ranch.
Hannah is constantly struggling with her feelings of rejection and her blossoming feelings towards Jack. Is Jack feeling the same way towards Hannah; or is he acting?
I listened to the book and the narrator did a wonderful job! I really enjoyed this book! Another book that is worth the hype!
I absolutely love Jack Stapleton, he fits every farm boy dream, and I even married a farm boy!
Another book where you need to run, not walk, to read/listen to this book!
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