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Review: Art & Soul by Brittainy C. Cherry

January 11, 2016March 30, 2016 AJ Drama

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review “Sometimes the most beautiful pieces of art were created from the darkest of souls.” 4 stars This is an intense and emotional story of two teenagers who are facing life-altering […]

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Review: Louder Than Love (Love & Steel, #1) by Jessica Topper

December 28, 2015September 20, 2023 AJ Drama

Buy: Amazon  |  Paperback Review Absolutely beautiful! 4.5 stars This book has been on my tbr forever, and I’m so glad I finally got around to reading it. The story of a grieving widow and […]

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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: Long Way Down (Calloway Sisters, #4; Addicted, #3.2) by Krista and Becca Ritchie

November 28, 2015December 11, 2016 AJ Celebrities

Buy:  Kindle Ebook Review 5 “You’re my favorite fucking wild thing” stars Yes, yes, yes! The Ritchie sisters have nailed it with this one! There’s nothing I can say about this book that I haven’t said about […]

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Review: Fuel the Fire (Calloway Sisters, #3; Addicted, #3.1) by Krista and Becca Ritchie

November 24, 2015December 11, 2016 AJ Celebrities

Buy:  Kindle Ebook Review #RCCThisIsLove 4.5 stars This is the third of the Calloway Sisters books, but it’s actually the eighth book in the Addicted series, and OMG, it’s amazing. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again […]

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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: Surviving Ice (Burying Water, #4) by K.A. Tucker

November 5, 2015February 18, 2020 AJ Drama

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review 4 uniquely edgy stars This is the fourth and final book in KA Tucker’s Burying Water series, and it brings something really different. While it does fit […]

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Review: Crave by B.J. Harvey

October 24, 2015October 24, 2016 AJ Drama

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review A smart and super sexy romance written entirely from the male POV with great characters, a bit of darkness, and an absolutely beautiful love story. 3.5 stars For someone […]

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Review: Semper Fi (The Education Of…, #3) by Jane Harvey-Berrick

October 23, 2015March 8, 2017 AJ Drama

Buy:  Kindle Ebook |  Paperback Review “I was looking at her. I felt grateful to be here: this woman, this time, this place. Second chances didn’t come any better.” 3.5 stars. The Education of Sebastian / The […]

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Review: Sugar Baby Beautiful by J.J. McAvoy

October 11, 2015June 10, 2016 AJ Drama

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 4.5 ‘My mind is blown!’ stars Wow! I’ve just been blown away by this book! It’s my first by this author, and I love her storytelling. She wrote an […]

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Review: Until Friday Night (Field Party, #1) by Abbi Glines

October 10, 2015March 8, 2017 AJ Drama

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback  |  Audio  Review 4 stars I love Abbi Glines, and this book feels like Abbi Glines – if you’ve read her books before then you’ll know what I mean, if you haven’t, […]

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Review: Wrong (Wrong, #1) by Jana Aston

October 5, 2015September 18, 2017 Mel Drama

Buy: Kindle Ebook | Paperback | Audible Review 4 stars! Wrong is the first book I have read by Jana Aston and it won’t be my last. Funny, sexy, swoony, and sweet, this book is an great addition to […]

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ARC Review: After You (Me Before You, #2) by Jojo Moyes

September 28, 2015August 22, 2017 AJ Drama

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review “You never know what will happen, when you fall from a great height.” 4 stars After Me Before You completely blew me away last year, I have been eagerly anticipating this […]

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Review: The Air He Breathes (Elements, #1) by Brittainy C. Cherry

September 25, 2015January 4, 2017 AJ Drama

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 5 EMOTIONALLY STUNNING STARS! OMG I love this book! I freaking LOVE this book! I saw all of my friends raving over it on GR, and sceptical me went into it […]

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Review: The Space in Between by Brittainy C. Cherry

September 25, 2015July 29, 2016 Mel Drama

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 4.5 “Soda pop” stars! I can basically assume that I will love everything that Brittainy Cherry puts on paper and the Space in Between is no exception. It’s a […]

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Review: The Strongest Steel (Second Circle Tattoos, #1) by Scarlett Cole

September 22, 2015December 26, 2016 AJ Drama

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review Fun, sweet and sexy but still intense and emotional, this book had me glued to my kindle from start to finish. I absolutely loved it! 4.5 stars Harper survived […]

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Review: Mr Beautiful (Up In The Air, #4) by R.K. Lilley

September 12, 2015January 29, 2017 AJ Billionaire

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review “I saved her life. She saved my soul.” 4 beautiful stars In my experience, alternate POV books are hugely hit or miss. Authors either get it totally right, or they […]

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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: Kick Push (Kick Push, #1) by Jay McLean

August 5, 2015December 17, 2019 AJ Drama

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 3.5 conflicted stars I loved it… but I also didn’t. Honestly, I still don’t really know how I feel about this book, so apologies but this review could be a […]

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Review: Loving the White Liar by Kate Stewart

July 26, 2015April 30, 2016 AJ Drama

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review “The perfect marriage is just two imperfect people who refuse to give up on each other” 4.5 ‘against the odds stars This is an absolutely beautiful story of a […]

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ARC Review: Shattered by You (Tear Assunder, #3) by Nashoda Rose

July 17, 2015January 10, 2017 AJ Drama

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 4.5 Heartachingly beautiful stars I have had such mixed feelings about this series. I liked the previous books, but I haven’t loved them. I’ve struggled with the excessive drama, […]

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Review: Fighting Silence (On The Ropes, #1) by Aly Martinez

June 30, 2015March 16, 2018 AJ Drama

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  | Paperback Review You’re okay. I’m okay. We’re okay. Nothing else matters. 5 ‘OMG, the feeeeeels’ stars Emotional, beautiful, funny, heartbreaking and romantic, this book took me on an emotional rollercoaster and I […]

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Review: Chasing River (Burying Water, #3) by K.A. Tucker

June 29, 2015February 18, 2020 AJ Drama

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review 4.5 “Please stay” stars I loved this book! A great romance with some crime drama and a touch of history, it was really well put together and […]

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Review: Maybe in Another Life by Taylor Jenkins Reid

June 28, 2015March 31, 2016 AJ Drama

Buy Now: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review “There is a larger plan out there. Everything happens for a reason. Isn’t that what they say?” OMG, I love this book!  It’s unique, surprising, engaging from start to […]

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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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