January

Recommended Reads: January 2015

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It was a rocky start to my reading this year - some amazing read, some disappointments from favourite authors, some free short and extremely long reads. Quite a month!


I have two favourite books this month and they both happen to be romantic suspense stories - Evenfall by Santino and Ais and Lay It Down by Cara McKenna.

Genre/Themes: Dystopia, queer romance, agents
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I read the directors cut of the first book which is divided in two parts. This is an amazingly complex and enthralling series and I'm excited to continue with it. Fans of dystopian stories with lots of action, complex plot and touching (m/m) romance shouldn't hesitate trying this series. 

Genre/Themes: Romantic suspense, bikers, small town
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I also have two honourable mentions this week, books I enjoyed a lot but they didn't quite make it into the Best of the Best list. 

Genre/Themes: New Adult, Romance, College
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I love Ms Milan's historical romance but the words Billionaire CEO in the blurb of this contemporary made me hesitant to try it. I'm glad I gave it a chance since it turned out to be a great NA story and a good start of rather promising series. Great writing style, intriguing premise, witty dialogue and amazing characters. Even if you don't generally read NA romance, I think you should try this one!

Genre/Themes: Dystopia, M/M Romance
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I had great expectations for this book and all my friends loved it but I just liked it a lot. It's intriguing and unique, well written with strong, complex characters. Desmond was not easy to like but I ended rooting for things to work out for him. Not sure what was missing for me to make a 5-star read but I can recommend it to anyone looking for a different story - bleak and gloomy, somewhat desperate, yet ultimately, hopeful and romantic in its own way.


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January Blog Recap

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Here is how this year started on the blog - a lot of reading and a lot of blogging.

I read and reviewed 9 books.
Click on the cover to go to my review of the book.





 




I continued with Teaser Tuesday meme (41, 42, 43 and 44) and Top Ten Tuesday - Top Ten Bookish Goals/Resolutions for 2014, Top Ten Things On My Reading Wishlist (7 characters/plots I'd like to see more often in books) and Top Ten Worlds I'd Never Want to Live in and Characters I'd Never Want to Trade Places with

The best read for me this month was The Emperor's Blades by Brian Staveley- an amazing start to a new epic fantasy series. A close second is The Chocolate Temptation by Laura Florand

My biggest disappointment was Three Broken Promises by Monica Murphy - after loving the first two books on Drew and Fable and I had high hopes for this one but was bitterly disappointed. 

I did a Release event post for The Chocolate Temptation by Laura Florand which featured an excerpt from the book and a giveaway. I am ending the month with a Book Blitz for The Hardest Part by Heather London. It also features and excerpt and a giveaway open till 6 Feb.

I finally started Nalini Singh's Psy-Changeling series. I read Slave to Sensation and I really loved it. I am reading the second book at the moment - Visions of Heat, and it is just as good as the first on. I won't be reviewing these books on the blog but I will be posting mini reviews on Goodreads.

I also read ARC of Love Hacked by Penny Reid. It was an amazingly funny and hot read and will be reviewing it sometime before its release in March. I also read ARC of Once in a Lifetime by Jill Shalvis. I will be posting my review as part of the Blog Tour for it next month.

I have a few ARCs lined up for next month and some other books on my immediate TBR list. I hope to have the time to read and review them all.

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