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13 Oct

ARC Book Review: Seven Day Fiancé (Love and Games #2) by Rachel Harris

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First Published: October 14th 2013

Pages: 211 (ebook)
Publisher: Entangled: Bliss

ISBN: 1622662385

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Synopsis

Angelle Prejean is in a pickle. Her family is expecting her to come home with a fiancé—a fiancé who doesn’t exist. Well, he exists, but he definitely has no idea Angelle told her mama they were engaged. Tattooed, muscled, and hotter than sin, Cane can reduce Angelle to a hot mess with one look—and leave her heart a mess if she falls for him. But when she ends up winning Cane at a charity bachelor auction, she knows just how to solve her fiancé problem.Cane Robicheaux is no one’s prince. He doesn’t do relationships and he doesn’t fall in love. When sweet, sultry-voiced Angelle propositions him, he hopes their little game can finally get her out of his head. He doesn’t expect her to break through all his barriers. But even as Angelle burrows deeper into his heart, he knows once their seven days are up, so is their ruse.

Review

I received an ARC of Seven Day Fiancé and in return a honest review. I am so glad I received this book as I adored it. It was a fun, entertaining read.

I had not read a Rachel Harris book going into reading Seven Day Fiancé including the first in the series but you don’t need to read the first book to be able to read this one. I really didn’t get confused, and I didn’t even realise it was the second in a series. But now that I know I have to pick the first book up.

The way that Rachel Harris writes in this book was very intriguing and the word choice was very advance which was pleasant refreshment from reading YA novels. Everything was very detailed and it made me visualize everything happening, where it was happening and what was happening so much more. I also found there were a fair few metaphors in the book and I quite enjoyed it. It made it quite different to what I have read before.

I really loved most of the characters. They were quite enjoyable to read about and see them slowly develop. I love that Angelle is not that annoying main character we sometimes get in books that always complain. She is like this innocent girl and it takes her ages to admit what she is really thinking, but once she does oh my. I like her I normally read characters that are very confident in themselves.

Cane, Cane, Cane. What can I say about Cane, not is he hot and sexy, he is amazing and sweet. The way he talks about Angelle about her is just so cute yet so hot. He talks to her so sweetly but then steamy. I love the contrast of both. That he can be this beautiful man that talks about his love like she is a queen but then talks like she is the sexiest human in the world.

They both have these barriers up, but once they get to know each other they let them down. I love the development of this in the book and how they slowly start to fall for each other even though it is only 7 days it seems so much more, I kind of forgot it’s was only 7 Days. The Chemistry between Angelle and Cane was so well done. Watching both of them slowly get to know each other and in due course have nearly everyone believing that there in a relationship expect themselves, was perfect. I wanted to scream so many times and tell them just to get together already.

Pretty much, the whole book but a smile on my face. It was funny, and steamy and I loved it. The Scene where Cane meets Angelle’s family was hilarious, it remained me of My Big Fat Greek Wedding where he meets her family, I have no idea why but it did. And if you have not seen that movie Shame on you! But there were some moments when I felt like I wanted to cry, especially when Angelle tells Cane what happen to her sister, It was such a powerful scene and so emotional. Also when Cane realizes her loves Angelle, I just felt so bad for him, but then I didn’t but my feelings. And the letter oh my, they letter. I loved all the clique scene, I love romance so, they made me melt.

The only thing I wanted more of was character development I just felt it lacked a little bit. Not alot, but I felt like I need more. I really liked the story line, yes there is probably many of these type of stories around, but I don’t know why this book stands out to me.

I Give this book a 4 out of 5 Stars.

Have you read Seven Day Fiancé? What did you think of yet? If you haven’t would you read it

12 Oct

Book Review: Percy Jackson: The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians #4) by Rick Riordan

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First Published: April 7^th 2009

Pages: 361 (paperback)

Publisher: Disney Hyperion Books, Puffin Books

ISBN: 1423101499

Book Depository – Amazon UK – Amazon US

Synopsis

Percy Jackson isn’t expecting freshman orientation to be any fun. But when a mysterious mortal acquaintance appears on campus, followed by demon cheerleaders, things quickly move from bad to diabolical.

In this latest installment of the blockbuster series, time is running out as war between the Olympians and the evil Titan lord Kronos draws near. Even the safe haven of Camp Half-Blood grows more vulnerable by the minute as Kronos’s army prepares to invade its once impenetrable borders. To stop them, Percy and his demigod friends must set out on a quest through the Labyrinth-a sprawling underground world with stunning surprises at every turn.

Full of humor and heart-pounding action, this fourth book promises to be their most thrilling adventure yet.

Review

Rick Riordan has done it again. Each Book seems to get better and better and I don’t even know how. Each book lives up to the expectations that the Percy Jackson series holds. I never got bored reading The Battle of the Labyrinth. There was always something that got me interested and pulled me in. I never wanted to put the book down when a book makes me feel like this, I loved it.

The signature humour of Rick Riordan still is very much present in this book but I also feel that The Battle of the Labyrinth had this serious tone to it. I think it’s because Percy and the rest of the character are becoming older and that the prophecy is impending. I also think it could a metaphor in such sense of Greek Mythology stories in the terms of tragedy and consequence. As well the characters are maturing and changing realistically from year to year so The Battle of the Labyrinth is also richer in romance and the dark elements increase as the characters age up.

Again it’s an action packed, cliff hanging book that you don’t want to put down. I love action and the action in The Battle of the Labyrinth is pretty awesome. Practically from the first few pages we have action. You have no idea when danger is near and you want to scream at those characters that go straight into the danger. And then you have those moments when the ends of chapters leave you on the edge of your seat wanting more.

I love Greek Mythology and one of my favourite myths is Thesues and the Minotaur. So having a whole book based on the setting of the Labyrinth is pretty epic. In the book we get more in depth of some of the well-known Greek Characters, like Daedalus, the father of Icarus. I think that Rick’s take on Daedalus about his life after the fall was very original and intriguing.

There is trouble again forming in Camp Half Blood. There is another way to get into camp and that’s through the Labyrinth (I don’t think this is too much of a spoiler as it is said in the title that they are going into a Labyrinth) So the Gang set off to try and find a way to stop this from happening.

There is trouble again forming in Camp Half Blood. There is another way to get into camp and that through the Labyrinth (I don’t think this is too much of a spoiler as it is said in the title that they are going into a Labyrinth) So the Gang go down to try and find a way to stop this from happening.

As I read the journey through the Labyrinth I was captivated and so into the story as the Labyrinth is believed to be one of the only architecture that constantly changes. So you don’t know what was going to happen next, what tunnels would change, new tunnels pop up, traps are in the most unexpected places and monsters could be anywhere.

I love how we get to see new and old characters. Percy is growing and maturing. He is finding more about himself and others. Annabeth is finding it hard to let go of her past and how much Luke really means to her. We also get to see Tyson again and I just love him alot. The way that Rick writes him, makes me put a smile onto my face.

I also believe that in all the Percy Jackson books the young characters are always faced with difficult decisions that affect more than just their individual lives. You can change your actions but the impact of your choices can sometimes be everlasting. This is shown alot through The Battle of the Labyrinth and I think that is something that everyone can get out of reading the books.

Some Quotes that I liked;

“Be careful of love. It’ll twist your brain around and leave you thinking up is down and right is wrong.”

“People are more difficult to work with than machines. And when you break a person, he can’t be fixed.”

So I Give Percy Jackson: The Battle of the Labyrinth 5 stars out of 5.

Have you read The Battle of the Labyrinth? What did you think of it? If you haven’t do you want to read it?

01 Oct

Top Ten Book Turn-Offs

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Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish. Each week they post a new Top Ten list that one of the bloggers at The Broke and the Bookish will answer. All Bloogers are then welcomed to join. This week’s Top Ten Tuesday is: Top Ten Book Turn-Offs you know when..you are reading and then something happens to completely turn you off — cheating, absent parents, multiple POVS etc.

This is my Top Ten Book Turn-Offs that I have encountered of if I do encounter while reading a book it turns me off from the book. Again like I say every week, these are in no particular order.

1.Instant Love – Arggg I just get so angry and frustrated when the main characters just met and they are saying ‘I love you’ this does not happen in real like you don’t just met someone and became in love, it takes time, to form a relationship.

2.Love triangles – I dislike love triangles with a passion, they get me so angry and aggravated, again it is very unrealistic yes sometimes things like this happens but not in every damn YA novel. I just feel that a romance can feel more real when it is between two people not when two guys are fighting are fighting over the one girl and she has feelings for both. Just gets me adfakjfskjhdsdh words that I cannot say. They don’t put me off the book fully but they do make me dislike it a little less.

3.When the main character is up themselves – I hate with a passion when out main characters thinks so highly of themselves and they just think they are the best in the world, the most gorgeous. It makes me angry reading it especially when it is in their in perspective. I dislike people in real life whom are like this, and I just cannot connect to them at all.

4.Excessive swearing – I can handle swearing but when it is every second word, I just cannot read it. It makes me cringe and flinch. You cannot have a normal conversation when all there is, is swearing

5.Cheating – I cannot stand when someone in a relationship cheats on their partner; it just angers me so much to the bone. I just want to scream and rip the book apart, especially when they get back together as the one that cheat say ‘ it was an accident, I didn’t mean it, you know I love you’ etc

6.Multiple Point of Views – I can handle up to 2 different POV but when there is more I just get confused and the story just doesn’t flow right, I end up reading the book multiple times each in a different person’s perceptive, so I can actually understand what is going on.

7. Bitchy Best friend- Gosh when the Best Friend just complains, bitches about everything. They think they are the best in the world, they only think about themselves and when our main characters has a problem they only think about themselves

8. Controlling Partner – When the other half of a relationship mainly the male is controlling, tells the other what to do, what not to do. Even if it’s not in a ‘controlling voice.’ It just wants me to scream at partner and tell them to get out of that bloody relationship.

9. Females that always rely on the knight in shining armor – I just cannot stand when the female main character just stands back and wait for someone to save her. It’s like no, stand up for your self.

10. Over Explaining – I dislike and get turn-off when an authors takes pages to explain what something looks like, who someone is. Yes you do need to explain in detail but it does not take pages and pages of it. It becomes boring and I forget what I am reading.

So these are my Top Ten, do you agree with any of these? What are some of your Turn-Off’s?