Review #40: Ransom- J. M. Zuniga

Title: Ransom
Author: J. M. Zuniga
Series: The Diamond Mini- Series
Rating: 5/5 Stars
Review: I received this book free from the author in exchange for an honest review.
OMG!!! Seriously?? J. M. Zuniga how do you do it? I think this is the best book yet! There is such a big, fat punch packed into so little pages. The books blend seamlessly together, each leaving off with a bigger cliff hanger then the previous. The mysteries keep unravelling, the secrets continue to grow. The characters are endlessly surprising me. The romances are growing, some relationships are destroyed and will never be repaired. New characters are introduced, and are disposed of just as quickly.  This book is over flowing with action, there is gun fights and knife fights, helicopters, get- away cars, kidnappings and rescuing. Everything that you read a book for is included in this short story. If you haven't read this series yet you need too! If I could recommend one series for someone to read this is it! Thank you J. M. Zuniga again for blowing my mind!! I hope this series goes on forever. Also love the acknowledgements! *wink* 

Review #39: Two Equals- Marta Szemik

Title: Two Equals
Author: Marta Szemik
Pages: 203
Series: Two Halves
Rating: 4/5 Stars
Review: I received this book free from the author in exchange for an honest review. 

This is the third book by Marta Szemik that I have had the pleasure of reviewing. This book is definitely new adult, verging on adult. This novel takes place more in the future then the last book. 

*Spoiler Alert*

Sarah and William have children. Twins to be exact. But they are no ordinary twins. This book has quite a few secrets and mysteries that play out by the end of the book. This is a quick read, but it progresses a bit slow for me. 

All the old characters make appearances in this book, plus a few new faces. There is definite growth for the characters in this book from the second one. I found Sarah to have matured the most. Probably due to the fact that she is now a mother. You can feel the love that she has for the twins. William has also grown a lot. They are both willing to risk their lives for their children and for each other. I'm glad that Xander and Xela can finally be together and that everyone is happy for them. No one judges Xela for having the sphere tattoo. Eric has shown his worth quite a few times thought this book. I am actually starting to like him, not feel like he is a snake in the grass. Mira played more of a low key role in this book, hopefully we can see more of her in the next one. I also loved the twins but I don't want to give too much away. 

Overall a great read. Two Halves is still my favourite of the series. This one was just a bit slow. Otherwise I love where the series is going and the way the characters are maturing. 

Thanks again Marta for the opportunity to read and review another great book.

Review #38: Runaway Girl- Carissa Phelps

Title: Runaway Girl: Escaping Life on the Streets, One Helping Hand at a Time
Author: Carissa Phelps
Pages: 320
Rating: 4/5 Stars
Review: This is a heart breaking story of a young girl who has overcame great heart ships in order to get an education and amount to something. 

Carissa's life starts out hard and poor. She runs away at age twelve, experiencing things that most people can only imagine: Sex, Rape, Pimps, Drugs, Alcohol...etc.. For me this is hard to imagine that people live like this. This is why I like reading non- fiction and biographies, I like to learn how different people live. 

This book had me gasping at horrors right from the very beginning. I cried tears of joy and teats of sadness. I am happy that Carissa could overcome everything that she went through and go and get an education and make a name for herself. 

Thank you so much Carissa for being brave enough to share your story. Thank you for helping others to get over situations that you have been through, or getting them out of one bad situations. You are such a brave human being.

Review #37: Wanderers if the Night- Tempest C. Avery

Title: Wanderers of the Night
Author: Tempest C. Avery
Series: The Dreamer Trilogy
Pages: 317
Rating: 4/5 Stars
Review: I received this book in a read 2 review in exchange for and honest review.

This is the second book in the series about Lily Bryg. This book continues right where the first one left off. For the most part the prophecy has been fulfilled. Now the four friends are struggling to find themselves and still grasp lost memories from before. 

*Spoiler Alert*

Lily falls for Conall, Larkin's cousin who I salsa a werewolf. Grid goes over to Ronan's side. While Caer was kidnapped by Ronan and held captive in order to lure Lily to him. 

I enjoyed this book more then the first one because now I am familiar with the characters and its not so hard to tell them apart. I liked the love triangle between Lily, Conall and Larkin. Only because I want to see what happened in the past with Lily and Conall and see who she ends up with. Plus I want to know what happened between Lily and Ronan in the past, obviously it was something juicy!!

Hopefully the series continues to get better with each book. There were still a few spelling mistakes, but an improvement from the last book.

Review #36: Charity Rising- DeAnna Kinney

Title: Charity Rising
Author: DeAnna Kinney
Pages: 300
Rating: 5/5 Stars
Review: I received this book for free from the author in exchange for an honest review. 

Usually I'm scared to read sequels because a lot of the time they don't live up to the first book.but that was not the case with Charity Rising. the sequel was just as good if not better then the first. 

In this novel Charity and Levi are married and eventually get to live together. Ashley and josh also eventually get married. In this book we get to see how the pack lives together and deal with issues that arise. The characters haven't changed. I find Charity and Levi to be a hilarious couple, especially when Levi trades in Charity's mustang for a old, slow Buick so she can't speed around. I'm glad that Raven and Rose found each other and I hope to find out more about them in another book. Also I hope that Eli will find a mate and hopefully we also get a book about that. And I want to find out more about what happens with the triplets and about Ashley and Joshes baby. 

DeAnna Kinney is a great writer. She keeps you interested and gives you a great read at the same time. The romance is the perfect amount. There is just enough action and suspense. DeAnna you have definitely made an impression on me and I will continue to read books by you in the future. You are definitely on my radar of must read/ favourite authors. 

Thanks for the great opportunity to read your books!!

Review #35: The Pact- Jodi Picoult

Title: The Pact
Author: Jodi Picoult
Pages: 496
Rating: 5/5 Stars
Review: My friend lent me this book to read because she loved it and said that I would too. Usually I don't read this type of book, you know adult and all haha.but I thought what the hell I'd give it a try. And I needed a book to read on my flit to Mexico. I read the first few pages and thought to myself I am going to hate this book but I kept reading and I'm glad I did. This is an excellent book that pulls at your heart strings while telling an amazing story. Jodi Picoult has you guessing what actually happened until the very end. After reading this book I will be reading a lot more books by this great author. 

I liked how to book flipped back and forth between past and present, which I usually don't care for but in this novel it worked. As I stated before, I was reading this on the airplane and not gonna lie, I had to control myself, because through most of the novel tears were threatening to flow down my face.

All the characters were well put together and each brought their own flare to the story. I only wish the Emily had written something letting everyone know about the abuse, so that they didn't know the who,e reason why and what was troubling her. My heart goes out to poor Chris. I feel like her had the greatest burden and still does because he couldn't save Em, then he was blamed for her death and even went to jail. It was selfish of Emily to do that to Chris, break his soul in two, rip out a part of him.

Anyways, this is a great read. I would recommend it to anyone. It's quick and has a little bit of an underlying message. It's good to the last page.

Review #34: Compulsion- K. B. Miller

Title: Compulsion
Author: K. B. Miller
Series: A Moon Coven
Pages: 180
Rating: 5/5 Stars
Review: I received this book for free from the author in exchange for an honest review.

Ever since reading the novella "Haunted Moon" I want to jump right into Compulsion. This book takes place in the present day following around Lily Moon, who recently found out that she is a witch and must lead her coven against an evil gang of vampires. Also Lily is trying to keep her relationship going with a good vampire. 

I enjoyed the character seven though there were a lot of them. I hope that in the next few books that we learn more about each character. I really liked Lily. I found her to be a great leader and even when she had no idea what she was getting herself into, she gave it her all. Mason seems like a very swoon worthy love interest. I can't wait to see where that leads. I really want to find out more about Lily's best friend Camden, and I wan to know if her baby will be able to see ghosts too. 

Needless to say, this was a great book. I can't wait for the next instalment. I want to see if Dax gets his dead, clammy hands on Lily.

Thanks K. B. Miller for the chance to read and review such a great book.