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Review: Days of Blood & Starlight (Daughter of Smoke & Bone, #2) by Laini Taylor

January 4, 2013December 18, 2016 AJ 6 Star Reads

Buy:  Kindle Ebook | Paperback | Audible Review WOW… just… WOW! Absolutely incredible! I gushed like an idiot over Laini Taylor’s first installment in this series, Daughter of Smoke & Bone, and there’s literally nothing more I can say. This […]

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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: Forever My Girl (The Beaumont Series, #1) by Heidi McLaughlin

December 31, 2012August 22, 2017 AJ Drama

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review I love this book!!! Hot, sexy, bad boy rock star, Liam, returns to his home town for a funeral 10 years after disappearing, leaving behind his best friends, and […]

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Review: Grounded (Up In The Air, #3) by R.K. Lilley

December 31, 2012January 29, 2017 AJ Billionaire

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review Hooray for swoony HEAs!!!! The conclusion to the Up In The Air series, this book picks up at the same scene that ended Mile High, and we are thrown straight […]

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Review: Mile High (Up In The Air, #2) by R.K. Lilley

December 30, 2012January 29, 2017 AJ Angsty

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review OMG, James Cavendish, you continue to rock my world! Continuing on one month after the events of the first book, In Flight, this book picks up the drama straight away, […]

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Review: In Flight (Up In The Air, #1) by R.K. Lilley

December 29, 2012January 29, 2017 AJ Billionaire

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review I LOOOOOOOOVE THIS BOOK!!! I started it wanting to get swept away in an intense, emotional love story, and that’s exactly what I got. Yes, it’s similar to Fifty Shades, […]

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Review: Taken by Midnight (Midnight Breed, #8) by Lara Adrian

December 28, 2012May 31, 2016 AJ Action

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review Book 8 of the Midnight Breed series, and still going strong! Brock and Jenna’s story started at the end of the last book, Shades of Midnight, when Jenna was rescued […]

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Review: Take Me On (Ross Siblings, #4) by Cherrie Lynn

December 24, 2012March 8, 2017 AJ Romance

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  | Paperback Review Oh, how I loved being back with the Ross siblings! This book features Gabriella, the (never before mentioned) older sister to Evan and Brian, and we meet her on […]

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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: Ten Tiny Breaths (Ten Tiny Breaths, #1) by K.A. Tucker

December 16, 2012March 8, 2017 AJ Drama

Buy: Kindle Ebook | Paperback  | Audio Review This was a really intense and emotional read. Kacey is, self declared “seven layers of fucked up with a side of batshit crazy” following a horrific trauma that she suffered four […]

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Review: Shades of Midnight (Midnight Breed, #7) by Lara Adrian

December 12, 2012May 31, 2016 AJ Action

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review Another Midnight Breed book finished – and another one that I absolutely loved! I fear I am becoming a wee bit obsessed with this series! They have the perfect […]

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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: Light Me Up (Ross Siblings, #2.5) by Cherrie Lynn

December 11, 2012March 8, 2017 AJ Novella

Buy:  Kindle Ebook Review 4.5 stars! This is essentially an extended epilogue to Rock Me.  And oh my God, Brian Ross, you are absolute PERFECTION!!! I knew I loved that man, this just reinforced it. […]

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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: Obsession by Jennifer L. Armentrout

December 8, 2012December 18, 2016 AJ Action

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review HOLY FREAKING ARUM HOTNESS! Well, well, it appears that not all is as it seems! As a massive fan of Jennifer Armentrout’s Lux series, I thought I had a […]

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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 Secret of Ella and Micha (The Secret, #1) by Jessica Sorensen

December 4, 2012June 23, 2018 AJ Drama

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review “Micha pulls back and smooths my wet hair out of my eyes. “Don’t you ever do that to me again. I can’t do this without you.” But he needs […]

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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: Ashes of Midnight (Midnight Breed, #6) by Lara Adrian

November 30, 2012May 31, 2016 AJ Action

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review Another winner from the Midnight Breed! Book 6 in the series picks up three months after the tragic events at the last book, and Andreas Reichen is on a […]

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Review: Veil of Midnight (Midnight Breed, #5) by Lara Adrian

November 27, 2012May 31, 2016 AJ Paranormal/Urban Fantasy

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review Woohoo!! The ‘Midnight Breed’ Train continues! This time it’s Nikolai’s turn to be the hero. Niko is a fierce warrior, driven and determined, he loves his weapons and he […]

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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: With Everything I Am (The Three Series, #2) by Kristen Ashley

November 23, 2012January 29, 2017 AJ Epic Romance

Buy:  Kindle Ebook Review “You love me?” He answered without hesitation. “With everything I am … and everything I’m meant to be.” Three cheers for Kristen Ashley, she’s done it again! I knew it was […]

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Review: Elixir (Covenant, #3.5) by Jennifer L. Armentrout

November 22, 2012December 18, 2016 AJ Paranormal/Urban Fantasy

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review “Love is such a wild and reckless creature. It cannot be planned or threaded. It cannot be controlled. Love can coexist with Fate, or it can undo it. Love is […]

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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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