White Trash Beautiful

3.75 Stars
By Teresa Mummert

From the back cover: 

“I’m not naive. I know I don’t get the happily ever after. My knight in shining armor took the highway detour around this god forsaken shit hole. I’ve made peace with that. That doesn’t mean I’m going to lay down like a doormat and let every cocky prick in the trailer park have his way with me.”

Cass lives a depressing life in a small trailer park in Eddington, Georgia, with her mother and abusive boyfriend Jackson. She works hard to barely make ends meet. But everything changes when Tucker White, the lead singer in the band Damaged, walks into her diner. He tries to show her that there is more to life than the hand she has been dealt, but Cass soon learns that being with Tucker will come at a high price.

My thoughts: 

Almost a 4 star book. I have read quite a few rock stars falling for “normal” girls lately and this story line was different from those. Cass’s dad left her family when she was young. After her dad left her mom gave up on life and became a drug addict. Her one saving grace was Jackson; he protected her, loved her, and looked out for her.

When he started doing drugs Cass now needed protecting from him but there was no one there to do that for her. The trailer they all lived in belonged to Jackson, so she couldn’t kick him out and she leave because she had her mother to take care of. Her mom was getting high with Jackson on a daily basis and Cass had to financially support them. She didn’t make much money as a waitress at a hole in the wall restaurant.

Enter Tucker, good looking, tattooed, cocky, bad boy with a good heart. While in town for a couple of days they meet at the diner Cass works at. He tries to show her that she needs to stop lying down and accepting her life as it is.

The only issues I had with Cass’s character, is she keeps running from Tucker back to her crappy abusive life even though he Tucker has proved over and over that she can trust him and that he is willing to help her and her mom out. I don’t want to spoil the book but at the climax of the story it was frustrating that Cass walked back into the trailer knowing what would happen if Jackson was home and that Tucker let her.

Overall good book, I look forward to the next one.

One Tiny Lie

4 Stars

K.A. Tucker

Published June 11th 2013 by Atria Books

From the back cover: 

In this follow-up novel to the top-selling Ten Tiny Breaths, Livie Cleary faces a new set of challenges as she navigates freshman year at Princeton, wild parties, and the gorgeous rowing team captain who is everything she doesn’t want in a guy, or so she thinks…

“Make me proud.” These were the last words Livie’s father ever spoke to her. In the seven years since her parents’ tragic death, Livie has done her best to keep this promise through her every choice, word, and action, while looking after her sister with strength and maturity. But with college right around the corner, unexpected challenges will test her resilience—and her heart.

Livie walks into Princeton with a solid plan, and she’s dead set on delivering on it: Rock her classes, set herself up for medical school, and meet a good, respectable guy to marry someday. What isn’t part of her plan are Jell-O shots; a lovable, party animal roommate she can’t say “no” to; and Ashton, the arrogant—and extremely attractive—captain of the men’s rowing team who makes Livie’s usually non-existent temper flare. Worse, he’s best friends and roommates with Connor, who fits Livie’s criteria perfectly.

So why does she keep thinking about Ashton? As Livie finds herself facing mediocre grades, career aspirations she no longer thinks she can handle, and feelings for Ashton that she shouldn’t have, she’s forced to let go of her last promise to her father and, with it, the only identity that she knows.

My Thoughts: 

This is the same story you will read in a thousand different books. Naive girl goes to college, has wild roommate the breaks her in. Falls for bad boy, bad boy loves naive girl but wants to stay away from her because he will hurt her, naive girl starts dating bad boy's BF....in the end naive girl ends up with bad boy... BUT WHAT IS DIFFERENT is that I love K.A. Tuckers writing style. I was laughing out loud and could not put this book down. I read K.A.'s first book Ten Tiny Breaths and fell in love with her writing style, great book :)

Purchase here: http://amzn.com/147674047X

Chosen at Nightfall - Shadow Falls Final Book

5 Stars for Shadow Falls Series

Chosen at Nightfall
C.C. Hunter
http://amzn.com/B009LRWJIE

From the back cover:

Kylie Galen's life hasn't been the same since her world was turned upside-down in Born at Midnight, Shadow Falls #1, and now an epic conclusion to her journey—not to mention a tough choice between two guys!—is brewing in Chosen at Nightfall:

When Kylie Galen left Shadow Falls, she thought it was the hardest decision of her life. Heartbroken and separated from everyone she loves, she has to embrace her abilities and what it means to be a chameleon. But as Kylie's journey comes to a close, she must return to the camp that started it all...and she must finally chose between the two boys who love her. The werewolf who broke her heart when he chose his pack over her, and the half-fae who ran from their intense attraction before they ever really had a chance. For Kylie, everything will finally be revealed and nothing will ever be the same.

My Thoughts: I loved this entire series. While I didn't think Chosen at Nightfall, which is the final book of the series wasn't the best out of the series, I enjoyed it all the same. It tied up all the lose ends and doesn't leave you wondering about anything. Kylie you will be missed!!!

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The Iron Knight

The Iron Knight
By: Julie Kagawa
4 Stars

From the back cover...Ash, former prince of the Winter Court, gave up everything. His title, his home, even his vow of loyalty. All for a girl… and all for nothing.

Unless he can earn a soul.

To cold, emotionless faery prince Ash, love was a weakness for mortals and fools. His own love had died a horrible death, killing any gentler feelings the Winter prince might have had. Or so he thought.

Then Meghan Chase—a half human, half fey slip of a girl— smashed through his barricades, binding him to her irrevocably with his oath to be her knight. And when all of Faery nearly fell to the Iron fey, she severed their bond to save his life. Meghan is now the Iron Queen, ruler of a realm where no Winter or Summer fey can survive.

With the (unwelcome) company of his archrival, Summer Court prankster Puck, and the infuriating cait sith Grimalkin, Ash begins a journey he is bound to see through to its end— a quest to find a way to honor his solemn vow to stand by Meghan’s side.

To survive in the Iron realm, Ash must have a soul and a mortal body. But the tests he must face to earn these things are impossible. At least, no one has ever passed to tell the tale.

And then Ash learns something that changes everything. A truth that turns reality upside down, challenges his darkest beliefs and shows him that, sometimes, it takes more than courage to make the ultimate sacrifice.

My Thoughts...While this book was a great ending to a great series, it did not suck me into the story as did the other two books. I didn't object that they story's point of view was written by or told by Ash, but I did miss how much the story lacked Meghan. That is why I fell in love with this series, it was becasue of Ash & Meghan's relationship. While this book was about Ash becoming a human so that he could be with Meghan I missed Ash & Meghan's interactions with each other.

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Day 21

So my husband has been gone for 21 day. Only 161 more days until he will be home. Ugh. Ugh. Ugh. This week he is Kabul, I am not sure he might be back to Bagram by now. I miss him tons.

The Liar Society

The Liar Society
By Lisa & Laura Roeckel
3.5 Stars

From the back cover...Kate Lowry didn’t think dead best friends could send e-mails. But when she gets an e-mail from Grace, who died mysteriously a year before, she’s not so sure. When the emails continue, Kate is forced to confront her school’s resident druggie, a sketchy administrator, and even her own demons.

As Kate moves closer and closer to the truth, she teams up with a couple of knights-in-(not so)shining armor–the dangerously attractive, bad boy, Liam and her love-struck neighbor, Seth. The three uncover an ancient secret lurking in the halls of their elite private school with the power to destroy them all.

But the truth doesn’t always set you free. Sometimes it’s only the beginning.

My thoughts...the ending bothered me! There are great cliffhangers and then there are not so great ones and this book falls into that catorgy. I need to be left wanting more, but all I felt with this ending was disapointed. Review to come.

Desires of the Dead

Desires of the Dead
By: Kimberly Derting
4.5 Stars

From the back cover...Voilet can sense the echoes of those who've been murdered—and the matching imprint that clings to their killers. Only those closest to her know what she is capable of, but when she discovers the body of a young boy she also draws the attention of the FBI, threatening her entire way of life.

As Violet works to keep her morbid ability a secret, she unwittingly becomes the object of a dangerous obsession. Normally she'd turn to her best friend, Jay, except now that they are officially a couple, the rules of their relationship seem to have changed. And with Jay spending more and more time with his new friend Mike, Violet is left with too much time on her hands as she wonders where things went wrong. But when she fills the void by digging into Mike's tragic family history, she stumbles upon a dark truth that could put everyone in danger.

My thoughts...Wow, could not put this book down. Finished in less then 24 hours. Review to come.

Demon Glass

Demon Glass
By Rachel Hawkins
4.5 Stars

From the back cover...SophieMercer thought she was a witch.

That was the whole reason she was sent to Hex Hall, a reform school for delinquent Prodigium (aka witches, shapeshifters, and fairies). But that was before she discovered the family secret, and that her hot crush, Archer Cross, is an agent for The Eye, a group bent on wiping Prodigium off the face of the earth.

Turns out, Sophie’s a demon, one of only two in the world—the other being her father. What’s worse, she has powers that threaten the lives of everyone she loves. Which is precisely why Sophie decides she must go to London for the Removal, a dangerous procedure that will destroy her powers.

But once Sophie arrives she makes a shocking discovery. Her new friends? They’re demons too. Meaning someone is raising them in secret with creepy plans to use their powers, and probably not for good. Meanwhile, The Eye is set on hunting Sophie down, and they’re using Archer to do it. But it’s not like she has feelings for him anymore. Does she?

My thoughts...Ugh cliffhanger big time, can't wait for the next book. Review to come.