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29 Jul

I Did a Little Damage | July Haul 2021

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I had another really good buying month in July. While I did do a little damage it wasn’t too bad. I do know that next month is going to be a little worse – but that is absolutely fine.

There is a range of different books this month, from some romance to lots more YA. Most of these are new releases though. There has been a lot that has come through at work – that I couldn’t help but buy. Anyway, let’s see what I bought this month and the little damage that I did do.

Blackout by Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk and Nicola Yoon: This just sounded fantastic. I’ve read so many of these authors books that I couldn’t help but want to pick this one up. I’m hoping that. I can get started with it soon.

Henry Hamlet’s Heart by Rhiannon Wilde: This is one of those books that I picked up on a whim. I had seen it floating around, but I never checked out what it was about. Then it came into work. I read the back and I had it get it. This just sounds fantastic and exactly what I want to read.

Flash Fire (The Extraordinaries #2) by T.J. Klune: I read the first book in this series earlier in the year and really did enjoy it, so book 2 has been on my tbr for some time. I do have an e-arc of it but just haven’t got to it yet. And then this came into work just before we headed into this 5th lockdown. So I grabbed it in case we are going to be here for some time.

We Can’t Keep Meeting Like This by Rachel Lynn Solomon: This is another one that came past me at work and I couldn’t help myself and pick it up. It just sounds like so much fun – and I think I need that at the moment. I need some fun, ya contemporary that is for sure.

Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo: I have heard so many good things about this one, that I couldn’t help but grab it as well. It sounds fantastic, heartbreaking but also beautiful and I am ready for that. I haven’t read a lot of historical fiction set in the US and that alone caught my eye.

With You Forever (Bergman Brothers #4) by Chloe Liese: I received an e-arc of this at the start of the month, and I’ve already it. I loved it so much, I think it’s one of my favourites in the series. It’s has everything that I love in a romance and I can’t wait to read even more in this series.

And there we go. I just did a little damage this month, but I expect next month will be much, much worse. But have you read any of these books? What did you think of them? What did you get this month?

27 Jul

Books I’d Want With Me While Stranded On a Deserted Island

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This week I’m sharing the books that I want with me while stranded on a deserted island. Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and Bookish and is hosted by The Artsy Reader Girl.

If I somehow become stranded on a deserted island I would want my favourite books with me. The ones that would make me happy, the ones that would take me away. Those books just make me feel good. So, today I’m sharing not only the books I that would want with me while stranded on a deserted island, but some of my favourite reads.

There are all different kinds of books on this list. From young adult to romance and everything in between. While I have been reading more romance over the last few years. YA still has a very big spot in my heart. And I mean if I could just have bind-up’s of all the series that I mention then I’ll be good. Anyway enough of this – let’s go.

Check, Please! Book 1: #Hockey (Check, Please! #1-2) by Ngozi Ukazu | The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune | This is How We Change the Ending by Vikki Wakefield | Only When It’s Us (Bergman Brothers #1) by Chloe Liese

The Duchess Deal (Girl Meets Duke #1) by Tessa Dare |With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo| The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians #1) by Rick Riordan | Slave to Sensation (Psy-Changeling #1) by Nalini Singh

Lady Midnight (The Dark Artifices #1) by Cassandra Clare | Eyes Turned Skyward (Flight & Glory #2) by Rebecca Yarros

And there we go, those are the books that I would want to have with me if I was stranded on a deserted island. Have you read any of these? What did you think of them? Are you planning on reading them? Nevertheless, what are some of the books that you would want with you? So, let’s chat!

25 Jul

Book Review: With You Forever by Chloe Liese

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With You Forever (Bergman Brothers #4) by Chloe Liese

Pages: –
Publish date: September 14th 2021
Publisher: –
ASIN: B092TJXSND
Purchase: Amazon UK – Amazon US – Amazon AU

Axel
Rooney Sullivan is sunshine incarnate. Warm, bright, always smiling, she’s everything I’m not and the last person I have any business desiring. Desperate to hide a hopeless attraction, I’ve done everything possible to keep my distance…until a charades game gone wrong brought that to a grinding halt.

Since then, steering clear of Rooney has been impossible. In a matter of months, she’s kissed me speechless, commandeered my art career, and infiltrated not only my dreams but my home. The woman who was once avoidable has become the last thing I needed: temptingly within reach.

Rooney
Axel Bergman is a gorgeous grump who doesn’t have the time of day for me. Thankfully, I’ve kept my crush under wraps…well, until I kissed him. Charades got away from me, okay? It was an accident! I haven’t seen him since, which is for the best. My life is a mess, and the last thing I need is to embarrass myself further with the man who avoids me like that’s his job rather than painting modern masterpieces.

It seems the universe, however, has a different plan. When Axel and I unexpectedly find our paths—and problems—converging, a marriage of convenience proves the perfect solution. At least, until I’m facing my most serious problem yet: a once-loveless marriage of convenience that’s inconveniently become a love match, after all.

With You Forever:

I received an earc of With You Forever by Chloe Liese via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. This has in no way influenced my thoughts and feelings about the book.

It’s shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone that I love this series. I picked it up for the first time last year and each time there has been a book out since I jump on it. As soon as I heard who this book was going to be about, I knew that I needed it even more. And let me tell you, it’s fantastic and I wasn’t disappointed.

With You Forever by Chloe Liese follows Axel Bergman, a brother that I feel we don’t know too much about till this point. But we know how the last book ended and I have been hanging to know what happens next. Rooney’s life isn’t what she thought it would be. It’s a mess. And after the charades game that leads to the kiss between Axel and Rooney, she doesn’t want to see him any time soon. But that doesn’t go to plan. Then one thing leads to another and now a marriage of conveniences is where Axel and Rooney find themselves landing.

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Axel is a grumpy pants and I love it. He has a lot going on in his life as well, and sadly, he cannot deal with it all. I have always found Axel really interesting throughout the series, but we never knew too much about him for me to get to really know him. But throughout the whole of With You Forever, the reader gets to slowly see him. Axel likes the quiet, he likes to be alone. So when Rooney breaks this quiet life he lives, it shakes him up. But it’s in a good way. While he doesn’t change who he is, he comes out of his shell a little and lets those around him help a little. I adore that he is an artist and the reader gets to see him not only struggle to create but also get to see him live through his art.

Rooney, I would say, is quite the opposite to Axel and I think that is why they fit perfectly with one another. But her life has currently been shaken and she doesn’t know who she is anymore or where she wants to go. After life-changing health news not only does Rooney need time to recover, but also figure out what she wants to do with her life now. I really enjoyed seeing Rooney grow throughout the novel. At the start, she feels weak and like she doesn’t know herself. But after spending some time with herself, Axel and just relaxing – we see that she can find herself again.

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I adored the romance in this one. I mean I’ve loved the romances in all the series but there is something about Axel and Rooney that just makes me so happy. When Axel finds out that it’s going to cost way more money than he has to fix his families getaway house he knows that there is only one way. But it comes with a cost – and then Rooney just happens to rock up. And a marriage of convenience is born. It’s one of my favourite romance tropes and it’s done so well here. Both Axel and Rooney have a history with one another and we get to see this tension. It’s fantastic. We get to see them go from friends to lovers and gosh it hits.

Another reason I adored this book so much, is the conversations about consent. It was just so fantastic and made me smile even more. They both cared about one another just so much, but not only that they cared about each others health and the limits that they both had.

This whole series has been fantastic in regards to disabilities and it hits the spot again here. But characters are living with different disabilities and health issues, some new ones and some older. I always find it so interesting to see how both the author and then therefore the character deal with health news that changes the way someone lives. And I think the way that Rooney dealt with it was fantastic.

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Overall, With You Forever by Chloe Liese is the perfect addition to the Bergman Brothers series. I absolutely adore the romance, the plot was fantastic and the writing was just as great as always. This is a fantastic marriage of convenience, grumpy hero, friends to lovers romance. It just made me smile so much. If you haven’t picked up any books in this series please do. Each book explores disability in many forms as well as having sweet a spicy romances.

Have you read With You Forever by Chloe Liese yet? What did you think of it? Are you planning on reading it? Have you read any of the books in this series? Let’s Chat!