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Review: The Final Piece by Maggi Myers

February 20, 2013March 31, 2016 AJ Drama

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review “We are all broken in one way or another. It’s how we put those pieces back together that matters.” I LOVE THIS BOOK!!! It is fairly short (unliked this review… […]

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Review: Into the Hollow (Experiment in Terror, #6) by Karina Halle

February 13, 2013November 25, 2024 AJ 6 Star Reads

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 6 phenomenal stars! HOLY FREAKING PERFECTION!! LOVE, LOVE, LOVE!!  OH.MY.GOD!! Karina Halle has completely and utterly blown me away. The emotion and angst in this book is out of control! […]

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Review: The Dex-Files (Experiment in Terror #5.7) by Karina Halle

February 11, 2013May 11, 2016 AJ 6 Star Reads

Buy: Kindle Ebook  | Paperback (available in the ‘Perception’ EIT novella collection) Review 6 stars! GAH! THIS BOOK IS PURE AND ABSOLUTE, DEX FORAY PERFECTION!!! Is there anything better than a book written in the long-awaited POV […]

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Review: Vain (The Seven Deadly, #1) by Fisher Amelie

January 30, 2013January 29, 2017 AJ Drama

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review Wow! What an amazing story, and something so very different from your standard YA romance. I absolutely ADORED it! When we first meet Sophie she is a rich, bitchy, spoiled […]

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Review: Insurgent (Divergent, #2) by Veronica Roth

January 22, 2013May 8, 2017 AJ Action

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review OMG! Mind… blown! I can’t believe she did it, but this was even better than Divergent!!! I really can’t say much without giving away massive spoilers for the series, so […]

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Review: The Sea of Tranquility by Katja Millay

January 7, 2013April 11, 2016 AJ Drama

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review SO MUCH EMOTION!! But, God, I loved it! 5 incredible stars Nastya and Josh are two incredible complex characters, both having suffered extreme tragedy in their lives. Initially drawn together […]

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Review: Daughter of Smoke & Bone (Daughter of Smoke & Bone, #1) by Laini Taylor

January 1, 2013December 18, 2016 AJ 6 Star Reads

Buy:  Kindle Ebook | Paperback | Audible Review ABSOLUTELY FREAKING INCREDIBLE!!!  Utterly and absolutely spellbounding, this isn’t a book, it’s an experience. And after I finished it, I sat clutching it to my chest, my heart pounding and just […]

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Review: Hopeless (Hopeless, #1) by Colleen Hoover

December 22, 2012March 30, 2016 AJ 6 Star Reads

Buy:   Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 6 Stars!!! Utterly, utterly amazing! OMG, what an incredible book! I am absolutely in love with Sky and Holder. Their story made me laugh, cry, squee and swoon, and […]

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Review: Avow (Archers of Avalon, #3) by Chelsea Fine

December 12, 2012December 18, 2016 AJ Action

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review OH HELL YEAH!! What an ending! I absolutely loved it! I have really enjoyed this trilogy, and must confess I was worried about how it would all end, but […]

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Review: Opal (Lux, #3) by Jennifer L. Armentrout

December 8, 2012December 18, 2016 AJ Favourite

Buy: Kindle Ebook | Paperback Review ABSOLUTELY, FREAKING SENSATIONAL! “It sucked – sucked worse that people who pirated books, sucked more than waiting a year for the next book in a beloved series, and sucked more than […]

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Review: Wallbanger (Cocktail, #1) by Alice Clayton

December 5, 2012February 24, 2017 AJ Favourite

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 5 HUGE STARS Essential elements of a sensational romantic comedy novel: Strong, sarcastically hilarious heroine – Check Gorgeously sexy, hot hero – OMG, check, check and CHECK!!!! Sizzling chemistry […]

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Review: The Edge of Never (The Edge of Never, #1) by J.A. Redmerski

December 2, 2012January 1, 2018 AJ Drama

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review Wow. What an amazing read! This is a beautifully written, highly emotional story about the importance of friendship, love, being yourself and living in the moment. I loved every moment […]

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Review: Charade (Games, #1) by Nyrae Dawn

November 26, 2012March 8, 2017 AJ Drama

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review WOW! JUST…. WOW. SUCH A BEAUTIFUL BOOK!!! I’m such a sucker for the fake relationship set up, so this was a winner for me before I even started. But it […]

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Review: Back to You by Priscilla Glenn

November 24, 2012March 31, 2016 AJ 6 Star Reads

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review OMG, LOVE, LOVE LOVE!!! THIS BOOK IS ABSOLUTE PERFECTION! Every now and then a little indie book pops up that is a total surprise and just completely takes your breath […]

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Review: Deity (Covenant, #3) by Jennifer L. Armentrout

November 22, 2012December 18, 2016 AJ Action

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 5 sensational stars!!! God, I love this series!!! When I started it I will admit that I was upset about the Vampire Academy rip-off aspect, but it’s taken a definite […]

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Review: Undeniable (Undeniable, #1) by Madeline Sheehan

October 28, 2012December 21, 2016 AJ Bikers

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review ABSOLUTELY FREAKING INCREDIBLE! There are weak men; men who run and hide when life slaps them in the ass. Then there are men; men who have a backbone yet […]

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Review: Saving Grace (Mad World, #2) by Christine Zolendz

October 21, 2012March 8, 2017 AJ Angsty

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review So, after finishing book 1 Fall From Grace at 2.45am this morning, and absolutely loving it, I got 5 hours sleep and was then straight into this one. Was it […]

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Review: Fall From Grace (Mad World, #1) by Christine Zolendz

October 21, 2012March 8, 2017 AJ Angsty

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review OH MY GOD, THIS BOOK IS AMAZING!!!!! It’s 2.45am and I’ve just finished this book after reading it in one sitting. I absolutely could not put it down. Fantastic banter, […]

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Review: The Golden Dynasty (Fantasyland, #2) by Kristen Ashley

October 16, 2012January 29, 2017 AJ Epic Romance

Buy:  Kindle Ebook | Paperback Review ABSOLUTELY, UTTERLY SENSATIONAL. WHAT AN INCREDIBLE READ! 6 STARS!!!  (Because 5 just isn’t enough!) Just when I think I have read the best of Kristen Ashley she comes along with something […]

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Review: Creed (Unfinished Heroes, #2) by Kristen Ashley

September 18, 2012January 29, 2017 AJ Epic Romance

Buy:  Kindle Ebook | Paperback Review 6 MASSIVE STARS I went into this one a little unsure. Although I am obsessed with all things KA, I wasn’t a huge fan of Knight, and had seen mixed reviews […]

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Review: Games of the Heart (The ‘Burg, #4) by Kristen Ashley

September 16, 2012January 29, 2017 AJ Drama

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review  Stand by for major swooning…. Ready…. Here it comes…. SWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON!!!! Another amazing book from Kristen Ashley that firmly plants The ‘Burg series right next to the Rock Chicks as my favourite KA series. […]

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Review: Seduced in the Dark (The Dark Duet, #2) by C.J. Roberts

September 10, 2012March 8, 2017 AJ 6 Star Reads

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review ABSOLUTE F*CKING PERFECTION! I have been absolutely blown away by this book. It exceeded my expectations in every way. There was more of everything that I loved from the first […]

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Review: Pleasure Unbound (Demonica, #1) by Larissa Ione

September 4, 2012August 19, 2016 AJ Action

Buy: Kindle Ebook | Paperback Review This book is seriously Hard Core PNR.  And I absolutely, freaking LOVED IT! The world is so all-encompassing – humans, demons, vampires and werewolves, all inter-breeding, creating an underworld […]

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Review: On Dublin Street (On Dublin Street, #1) by Samantha Young

September 2, 2012December 26, 2016 AJ Angsty

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review Absolutely, freaking LOVED IT!!! I read this in a day, unable to put it down. And I don’t think any review I write can fully represent how much I loved […]

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Review: The Mighty Storm (The Storm, #1) by Samantha Towle

August 31, 2012December 26, 2016 AJ Angsty

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  | Paperback Review So awesome, ridiculously swoony and heaps of emotion. I FREAKING LOVED THIS BOOK! Jake Wethers is a heavily tattooed, uber-hot, Alpha rock God, and I absolutely adored him! Tru is […]

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