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Review: Breaking Him (Love is War, #1) by R.K. Lilley

April 3, 2016January 29, 2017 AJ Angsty

Buy:  Kindle Ebook |  Paperback Review “I do believe in love … I believe it’s the most destructive force on earth.” 4 bitter, twisted and angsty stars I love R.K. Lilley! She writes brilliantly angsty, […]

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ARC Review: Ginger’s Heart (a modern fairytale) by Katy Regnery

March 24, 2016July 24, 2017 Mel Angsty

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 3.5 stars! Once upon a time there were two cousins: one golden like the sun, one dark like midnight, one a protector, one a predator, one a Woodsman and one […]

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Review: Beholden (Belonging Duet, #2) (Salvation, #2)

January 24, 2016December 26, 2016 AJ Angsty

Buy: Kindle Ebook | Paperback Review 2.5 angsty, overly dramatic stars Mixed feelings again for this book. Picking up immediately after the nasty cliffy of Beloved, I was right into the story and really enjoyed the emotion and […]

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Review: You Were Mine (Rosemary Beach, #9) by Abbi Glines

December 7, 2015March 8, 2017 AJ Angsty

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review “You still love her.” “More than my next breath.” 4 second-chance stars This was always going to be a tricky book to write. With so many conflicting emotions about events […]

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Review: Beyond What is Given (Flight & Glory, #3) by Rebecca Yarros

December 6, 2015August 7, 2024 AJ Angsty

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review Such a beautiful story! 4.5 stars. The third book in the Flight & Glory series, these books are focussed around a group of friends who are training to be military […]

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Review: November 9 by Colleen Hoover

November 11, 2015January 14, 2017 Mel Angsty

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback  |  Audio  Review 5 stars! It seems so complicated, when in fact, it’s very simple. Everything relates. Everything is connected. And it all begins on November 9th. How can anyone write […]

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Review: Walk Through Fire (Chaos, #4) by Kristen Ashley

October 8, 2015January 29, 2017 AJ Angsty

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review “Are you saying we should start up where we left off?” … “Did it ever end for you?” 4.5 SECOND-CHANCE, FULL. OF. FEELS STARS OMG, this book took me on […]

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Review: Worth It (Forbidden Men, #6) by Linda Kage

September 9, 2015March 8, 2017 AJ Angsty

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review “Love doesn’t understand time. It doesn’t care if people change. It just grows where it grows.” Knox Parker you own me! 4.5 stars I love, love, loved this book! A […]

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Review: With Every Heartbeat (Forbidden Men, #4) by Linda Kage

June 24, 2015March 8, 2017 AJ Angsty

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review A slow build up to 4 stars I’m a huge fan of this series. I have loved each and every book so far, but after seeing mixed reviews for this […]

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ARC Review: Never Let You Go (a modern fairytale) by Katy Regnery

June 12, 2015September 4, 2017 AJ Angsty

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 4.5 “I love you forever” stars I loved this book. A spin on the fairytale of Hansel and Gretel, this book tells the story of Holden and Griselda. Both children of […]

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Review: Here’s to Falling by Christine Zolendz

May 4, 2015April 3, 2016 AJ Angsty

Buy: Kindle Ebook | Paperback Review “It was you from the beginning … you were my horizon. Everything I could ever see.”  Stunning, emotional and an epically beautiful love story. 5 HUGE STARS I read this book […]

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Review: Inappropriate (Bristol Island, #2) by Elizabeth Finn

March 12, 2015March 8, 2017 AJ Angsty

Buy:  Kindle Ebook Review 4.5 hot, angsty and Inappropriate stars And OMG, I loved it! The second book in the Bristol Island series takes us back to the isolated community of Bristol, and an all-consuming yet forbidden […]

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Review: Love, in English (Love, in English, #1) by Karina Halle

February 10, 2015April 3, 2016 AJ Angsty

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review “Love is like a thief, it robs you of all thought and logic, and all you have left is a heart that you can only pray is strong enough to […]

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Review: Kyland by Mia Sheridan

January 26, 2015April 3, 2016 AJ Angsty

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review “Half agony, half hope. Half pain, half ecstasy. Half grief, half joy. Half my downfall, half my saviour.” 5 heartbreakingly beautiful stars Mia Sheridan does it again! OMG, this woman […]

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Review: Full Measures (Flight & Glory, #1) by Rebecca Yarros

November 27, 2014August 7, 2024 AJ Angsty

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review “The fire you have within you is impossible to kill. The first breath you take when you’re free of all this, it will come roaring back. That’s what is so […]

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ARC Review: Broken Juliet (Starcrossed, #2) by Leisa Rayven

November 14, 2014March 2, 2017 AJ Angsty

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review “Despite all the things I would have changed about our journey, I’d never want a different destination. It’s always been you.” OMG, what an epic romance!!!! The follow on from the […]

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Review: Nine Minutes (Nine Minutes, #1) by Beth Flynn

November 12, 2014May 8, 2017 AJ Angsty

Buy: Kindle Ebook | Paperback Review 4.5 ‘HOLY SHIT what did I just read?’ stars This is a raw and gritty read which is shockingly brutal and totally addictive. I was intrigued by the synopsis, […]

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ARC Review: Bad Romeo (Starcrossed, #1) by Leisa Rayven

November 5, 2014March 2, 2017 AJ Angsty

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review Emotionally stunning, full of chemistry and absolutely beautiful! Wow. What a book! Leisa Rayven has made me a fan for life with her debut novel. Her writing is addictive, her storytelling […]

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Review: The Rules Regarding Gray by Elizabeth Finn

September 17, 2014April 3, 2016 AJ Angsty

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 4.5 unexpected stars. Wow! Not your conventional romance, but I wanted something gritty with a bit of angst, and I certainly got it. But this book also took me by […]

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Review: To Professor, With Love (Forbidden Men, #2) by Linda Kage

April 30, 2014April 11, 2024 AJ Age Gap

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review “Do you feel that? Do you feel what we do together? This isn’t normal, Aspen. We are a force of fucking nature.” Hell yeah, you are! And I loved it! […]

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Review: Lovely Trigger (Tristan & Danika, #3) by R.K. Lilley

March 11, 2014January 13, 2017 AJ Angsty

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful! 4.5 ‘my heart is healed’ stars I have been desperately waiting for the finale to Tristan and Danika’s story and, thank God, RK Lilley has given us […]

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Review: It Ain’t Me, Babe (Hades Hangmen, #1) by Tillie Cole

March 4, 2014April 26, 2017 AJ Angsty

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 4.5 hard core biker-lovin’ stars I love me a good biker book, and this is a fantastic biker book! Gritty, raw, and full of emotion, it’s a fantastic combination […]

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Review: Rock Bottom (Tristan & Danika, #2) by R.K. Lilley

February 22, 2014January 13, 2017 AJ Angsty

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review “There was an anchor, tied around both of his ankles, and it was taking him deep, into black fathomless depths, drowning him slowly but surely. I didn’t tell him that […]

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Review: The Dark Light of Day (The Dark Light of Day, #1) by T.M. Frazier

January 23, 2014December 26, 2016 AJ Angsty

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review “We’re all a little damaged … Some of us more than others.” 4.5 ‘HOLY SHIT THAT WAS INTENSE’ stars. Well, I wanted a ‘darker’ read, and I dove into this book […]

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Review: Fighting Redemption by Kate McCarthy

December 7, 2013August 19, 2016 AJ Angsty

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review “You’re all I see. Nothing holds more beauty in my eyes than you do. No one will ever love you the way I do.” Oh. My. God. What an incredible, […]

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