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Thursday, 4 February 2016

Review: Falling Completely (Starling Falls, #1) By Aidan Willows




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MALIYA
Falling in love is not for me. I don’t do relationships, they never end well.
I don’t believe in fate, soul mates or happy, fairy tale endings. I’m definitely not a sweet little princess in search of her prince. 
I have a plan to follow and falling in love is not part of that plan.
Nothing is going to change my mind.
Not even a domineering, gorgeous, blue-eyed firefighter who seems to be everywhere I go.

CALEB
The moment I saw her, I knew.
I knew the funny, curvy, raven haired beauty was supposed to be mine.
She may not agree with me at the moment, but I’m a patient man.
I’m not afraid to play dirty to get what I want.
And I want Maliya Abbott.



When her sister decides to move from London, across the Atlantic Ocean to Starling Falls to run an estranged relative’s bakery, Maliya Abbott is pretty sure her sister has lost her ever-loving mind. 

Not wanting to be separated from the only family she has left, Maliya goes with her, a move that was only supposed to last a year. After all, training to be a doctor at the same University her parents did had always been her goal. 
What she hadn’t planned on, was meeting Caleb Jameson. A man who is adamant they are destined to be together. That would be great, if she actually believed in any of that crap. 

She also hadn’t planned on his insane, lovable, meddling family trying to derail her plans.

Maliya is a smart girl. She knows what she wants and what she doesn’t want. She definitely wants to go to Oxford University and train to become a doctor. She definitely does NOT want anything to do with Caleb Jameson. 

Now, if only she could get her stupid heart to listen to her head.

Authors Note: 18+ For mature readers only. Book contains graphic language, scenes of a very sexual nature, a dirty-talking and determined alpha male, a sassy and food obsessed heroine who talks to herself far too much, a cynical and suspicious geriatric aunt, a meddlesome family, some very unhelpful friends, a mind controlling goldfish and a possibly cannibalistic cat…

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My Review

3 Stars!

This is book 1 in the Starling Falls series and the author Aidan Willow's debut novel. This one is about Caleb, one of the many hot Jameson brothers in the family and Maliya who has traveled with her sister to help her get settled into Starling Falls to run their estranged family members bakery.She is only going for a year and then has to return to carry on with her career plan.She never would have thought that in this strange little place she would find someone who made her feel the way Caleb does. There is no denying the connection and sexual chemistry between these two!

This book reminded me of Until series by ARR and I have been wanting to find more series like that one. I enjoyed this book, the funny moments, the sweet ones, the sizzling chemistry and much more. I liked how there wasn't unnecessary drama, no crazy ex or just all out annoying stuff happening apart from when Maliya annoyed me near the end with something I felt was not needed. I felt like it came out of nowhere and didn't feel like it was something she had throughout the book.Maybe if some part of it was mentioned at the start or throughout the book it would have been different. I guess I wasn't expecting it so it kind of put me off. I loved how determined and focused Caleb was, he never gave up and he made me laugh.

Also the brothers are awesome! I'm intrigued as to how Nate's story will go he is just so mysterious and aloof that it makes me want more of him. I'm looking forward to more from this author and to see how she grows and how the Jameson brothers stories progress!


*ARC provided by the author for an honest review*

Wednesday, 19 March 2014

Blog Tour/Review/Giveaway: Dominic (Slater Brothers #1) By L.A. Casey



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Title:Dominic (Slater Brothers, #1) 
Author: L.A. Casey 
Genre: New Adult, Romance, Contemporary 
Series:Slater Brothers 
Publication Date: March 17th, 2014
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After a car accident killed her parents when she was a child, Bronagh Murphy chose to box herself off from people in an effort to keep herself from future hurt. If she doesn't befriend people, talk to them or acknowledge them in any way they leave her alone just like she wants. . When Dominic Slater enters her life, ignoring him is all she has to do to get his attention. Dominic is used to attention, and when he and his brothers move to Dublin, Ireland for family business, he gets nothing but attention. Attention from everyone except the beautiful brunette with a sharp tongue. . Dominic wants Bronagh and the only way he can get to her, is by dragging her from the boxed off corner she has herself trapped in the only way he knows how...by force. Dominic wants her, and what Dominic wants, Dominic gets.
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My Review


3.5-4 Crazy Stars!!

I really wasn't expecting this! I went in thinking the main characters would be older, hot alpha male fighter and boxed off woman and blah blah.Oh how wrong I was, this book flipped everything I expected on its head. What you get is, 2 teenagers who have a shit load to deal with and too many hormones.The swearing, the bullying, the arguing and so on I thought crap I'm going to hate this.Wrong! I actually enjoyed it.


I prefer when the main characters are older but sometimes I come across books like this one and they are enjoyable if you take out the teenage drama.

Bronagh Murphy isn't your typical heroine, she was stubborn as hell, swears a lot, is quite violent and avoids most people.After her parents died she is left with her older sister who becomes her guardian.She is closed of and would love to just disappear, she is scared to have friends/relationships as she doesn't think she could cope with losing another loved one. So yeah she is pretty much a loner and is left alone until the new twins join her class everything begins to change.

At times Bronagh really annoyed me with some of the hurtful shit that came out of her mouth or just immature behaviour, the drama part.But other than that she was quite funny and I liked how she began to adjust and actually live her life rather than just merely survive.


Okay in my head I thought Dominic would be a certain way and well he was nothing like that.He was basically an OTT hormonal alpha male yeah sums him right up! He has a sweet, sensitive side when he opens up to Bronagh, he is funny and can be an idiot at times but yeah I liked him ;)


"I'm yours?" I mumbled, still in awe that this beautiful person wanted me when he could have any girl he wanted.

Dominic smiled at me and kissed the tip of my nose then winked as he said, "You've always been mine, pretty girl. You just didn't know it."



There were times where I wanted to punch him in the face because he was acting like such a prick but hey that happens right? I loved all the brothers and I see how everyone loved Damien and well so did I but I am really excited for Kane's book! GIVE ME KANE!!

**ARC provided by the author for an honest review**

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L.A. Casey was born, raised and currently resides in Dublin, Ireland. She is a twenty two year old stay at home mother to an almost 2 year old German Shepherd named Storm and of course, her 4 and half year old (the half is apparently vital) beautiful little hellion/angel depending on the hour of the day.
Her first novel, Dominic, will be self-published, on March 17th, 2014.

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