Reseña: BRYCE de Natalie Decker




Título: Bryce
Autor: Natalie Decker
Serie: Scandalous Boys #1
Fecha de publicación (inglés): 22 de febrero, 2016
Editorial: Swoon Romance | Entangled Publishing, LLC
SINOPSIS
Bryce Matthews no hace toda la cosa del novio bueno. Chocolates y flores, las chicas pueden olvidarse de eso. Y ciertamente no le importan los chismes y los rumores que lo siguen en la escuela y alrededor de la ciudad. Más bien al contrario, lo divierte. Tiene confianza en sí mismo. Se conoce bien y conoce sus limites. Uno de esos es Madison Isaac. Nunca podrá tenerla, y está perfectamente bien con ello. De todos modos, a veces la fantasía es mejor que la realidad.
Madison Isaac pensaba que era bastante buena juzgando el carácter de las personas. Pero se sorprende por cuán amable, tranquilizador y chico malo residente es Bryce Matthews, el vecino de al lado, cuando la encuentra llorando en el parque.
¿Quizás hay más en Bryce de lo que la gente cree? Entonces Madison comienza a preguntarse.
¿Alguna vez un chico como Bryce podrá cambiar sus hábitos?
¿Una chica como Madison de verdad saldría con un chico como Bryce?
Con los corazones y las reputaciones en juego, este tipo de amor puede ser escandaloso. 

RESEÑA
** Recibí una copia a cambio de una reseña honesta **

Bryce es una historia Young Adult o juvenil y el primer libro en la serie Scandalous Boys (Chicos escandalosos) de Natalie Decker. A su vez, es el primer libro que he leído de ella y me enamoré por completo. Por cierto, me encanta cuando hay chicos en las portadas, y sé que no tengo que juzgar un libro por su portada pero, ¿vieron al chico? Es guapo, y de verdad que tiene hermosos ojos, desde el comienzo, sinopsis incluida, me gustó. De todos modos, Bryce nos sumerge en una historia divertida y encantadora acerca de la vida de Bryce y Madison; el libro tiene la narración de ambos personajes, lo cual hizo más agradable mi lectura, debido a que tuve, y tendrás, la oportunidad de saber y entender todo lo que piensan, y lo que sientes de primera mano.

Comencemos.

Al principio, podemos ver que su relación está basada en un odio mutuo, todo esto por algunas cosas que ocurrieron cuando eran niños, nada malo, solo cosas normales de chicos; esas acciones del pasado los llevaron al punto de que no pueden estar alrededor del otro sin decir o hacer algo para molestarlo, pero son vecinos y hay una razón que hace más difícil para ella el mantenerse alejada, tiene un muy grande enamoramiento por el mejor amigo de él, Graham, así que sí, pasa mucho tiempo alrededor de Bryce; lo admito, eso hizo que mi lectura fuera más satisfactoria, todas las interacciones me sumergieron más y más en la trama y eso es algo bueno.

Mientras que Madison ha estado secretamente enamorada de un chico que solo la ve como su hermana pequeña, y siendo honesta, simplemente la utiliza porque es inteligente y todos lo saben; Bryce ha estado viviendo su vida como quiere, haciendo lo que quiere, lo cual a veces lo mete en problemas, y sin preocuparse por lo que los otros dicen.

Entonces, cuando la irritante prima de Madison viene a vivir con ella y su familia, Madi es puesta a un lado, viendo cómo su prima le quita casi todo, incluyendo a Graham. Aquí es cuando Bryce entra a su vida y todo comienza a cambiar entre ambos. Madison aprende que no tienes que juzgar a una persona por los rumores que oyes. Y Bryce se da cuenta que Madison no es la chica remilgada que pensó que era.

Bryce es atractivo, dulce, incluso aunque él no lo admita, malo, de una forma buena, divertido, cariñoso y tiene mucho amor para dar.
Bryce nunca podrá tenerla, y está perfectamente bien con ello. De todos modos, a veces la fantasía es mejor que la realidad.
Pero una buena historia de amor no puede ser tan fácil, ¿dónde está lo divertido en estar juntos sin un poco de drama? La historia de amor de Madison y Bryce demuestra que a pesar que el amor aparece cuando no lo esperas, y te hace atravesar varias cosas para conseguirlo, además que los secretos y las personas que intentan destruir lo que acabas de notar que puedes tener, todo eso lo vale si al final puedes estar con quien que te hace feliz y una mejor persona.

Ver cómo ambos aceptan y confiesan sus verdaderos sentimientos por el otro es una lectura que recomiendo bastante. No solo si te gusta el NA/YA, sino que también si buscas una buena historia. ¿No es un amor del chico de al lado original? Quizás, pero Bryce es uno de esos libros que debes darle una oportunidad porque no importa si no hay muchas diferencias originales de otros, te puede llevar más allá.

Libro: +4.5


Comprar (inglés): AMAZON

ACERCA DEL AUTOR

Natalie Decker es la autora de la serie Rival Love. Le encantan los océanos, las puestas de sol, la arena entre los dedos, y los días libres de preocupaciones. Su imaginación siempre está en funcionamiento, lo cual algunos encuentran extraño. Pero cree en ver al mundo con una luz diferente en todo momento. Su primera pasión por escribir comenzó a los doce años cuando tuvo que escribir un poema para la clase de inglés. Sin embargo, séptimo grado no fue su época favorita y los libros fueron su fuente de consuelo. En la secundaria, tomó todas las clases de preparación para la universidad, y asistió a la Universidad de Akron. A pesar de que estudió matemáticas, nunca perdió la pasión por la escritura o el consuelo en los libros. Es una mala cocinera, ama demasiado a su familia, amigos y a su increíble perro. Si no se encuentra escribiendo, leyendo, viajando, pasando el rato con la familia y los amigos, entonces está afuera teniendo una aventura. Porque Natalie cree en un dicho: ¡Tu vida es tu propio viaje, así que hazla increíble!


¿Qué les parece el libro? ¿Les gustaría que lo publicarán en español?

Blitz: SEXY BAD BOYS by Bella Love-Wins




Title: Sexy Bad Boys
Author: Bella Love-Wins
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Date Published: March 1, 2016

Meet some bad boys who are sexy, broody and ready to step up for their women...
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This bundle includes:

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BONUS: Get a sneak peek at The Bet: A Billionaire Bad Boy Romance, coming in early April, 2016 or sooner.

Purchase: Amazon

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Bella loves writing steamy, high-action romance stories about firefighters, billionaires, shifters, and alpha males who know what they want and aren't afraid of laying claim to the women who catch their interest. She loves a happy ever after ending. Bella enjoys reading, hiking the countryside, and traveling to destinations unspoiled by commercial tourism, like Las Vegas. :)

Like so many characters in her novels, she gets a kick out of action, romance and unexpected love connections that take your breath away. For the next while, you'll find her plotting and writing about her latest stories on her Macbook.



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Kindle Fire ($49 value plus US shipping, or $75 Gift card if winner is international)

Cover Reveal: HOUSE HOUNT by Jackie Keswick + Excerpt + Giveaway



Welcome to the cover reveal for 
HOUSE HUNT by Jackie Keswick


Title: House Hunt
Author: Jackie Keswick
Series: The Power of Zero, #3 
Publication Date: March 30, 2016 
Genre: Adult, MM Romance, Romantic Suspense

Jack Horwood hates owing favors. But when a simple day out to treat Gareth to the best oysters in England leads to a discovery of drugs and counterfeit money—things that neither Jack nor Gareth have the jurisdiction to handle—he has to call in help. Help that doesn’t come cheap, and that forces him to do something he promised himself he’d never do again—walk away from Gareth and the family he’s starting to make for himself.

Three months undercover is a long time. After missing Gareth’s birthday, Jack is determined not to miss their first anniversary. But coming home and being home are two very different things. So when he is asked to assist with a corporate espionage investigation, Jack can’t say no, despite knowing it will impact his already straining relationship.

Except, of course, he’s walking into a trap….


EXCERPT

A deep, throaty rumble broke the quiet of the morning and Gareth frowned. It didn’t sound like Jack’s beloved Gixxer, and anyway, he had been told they were not riding to… wherever it was they were going. The sound neared and settled outside his house, and when Gareth opened the front door and walked to the end of the drive, he came face-to-face with Jack Horwood—in a way he’d never seen or imagined him before.

He was used to Jack in skintight jeans and with a screwdriver between his teeth, bent over desks, or crawling into spaces rodents would have found restrictive. He was used to Jack in leather, astride his bike, and Jack in sleeveless tops and jogging bottoms moving through kata with grace and precision. He was even used to Jack the tease, meshing leather, music, and suggestive moves until Gareth thought his skin would catch on fire. Jack appealed to him whatever incarnation he chose, and this time around he had surpassed himself.

Long, low-slung, and roofless, with sexy, graceful curves, the deep green two-seater sparkled in the early morning sunlight. Jack sat snugly ensconced in magnolia leather, a dark green fleece top and matching ball cap complementing the color of the car. Fingerless driving gloves of soft black leather and aviator sunglasses added to his rakish look. He grinned from ear to ear, revving the engine, playing with the throaty sound.

“Come on, Flynn, the morning’s wasting.”

“What the fuck is that?”

“Transport. Get your gear and get in before I wake the neighborhood,” Jack sniped at Gareth’s question. “This isn’t a sound you can ignore for long.”

Gareth had to agree. The deep bass notes of the car’s engine rippled down the street and back again. He quickly ducked inside and reached for wallet, phone, and keys before he grabbed a jacket from the rack and sunglasses and a ball cap from a drawer. Moments later he stood beside the car’s passenger door and frowned at the lack of a visible door handle. Surely Jack wasn’t expecting him to vault over the door?

Jack’s laugh, carefree and enticing, bubbled up over the engine’s rumble, and without Gareth being able to see what he did, the passenger door popped open, ready for Gareth to climb in.

The seat was a surprisingly long way down. And once he sat, all he could see were acres of creamy hide and gleaming walnut trim, with a tiny slice of glittering green bonnet stretching out in front of him.

“Where did you get this monster?” he asked as he pulled the seat belt across his chest and Jack peeled away from the curb with a deep V-8 growl that was sure to rattle windowpanes along the quiet cul-de-sac.

“It’s mine. Well, half of it is.”


OTHER BOOKS IN THE POWER OF ZERO SERIES...

Title: Job Hunt 
Author: Jackie Keswick  
Series: The Power of Zero #1  
Publication Date: May 13, 2015 
Genres: Adult, Contemporary, LGBT, M/M, Romance, Suspense

You don’t greet your new boss dressed like an underage rent boy. But when Jack Horwood—ace hacker and ex-MI6 operative—opens the door to Gareth Flynn, he's too busy to worry over details like that. And anyway, his potential new boss is his former Commanding Officer – the same guy Jack has had a crush on since he was seventeen. So he should understand, right?

When he applied for the job in Nancarrow Mining's corporate security division, Jack had hoped for peaceful days repelling cyber attacks. Maybe a bit of corporate espionage on the side. His plans didn't include rescuing abused children, hunting pimps, or dealing with his overly protective and hot-as-hell boss, Gareth Flynn. Walking away is not an option. Jack never takes the easy way out. More than that, meeting Gareth raises old ghosts that Jack needs to put to rest. Rescuing kids. Taking risks. Saving the day. Jack can do all that – but deciding what to do about his attraction to Gareth isn’t the sort of cloak-and-dagger game Jack plays well. Yet Gareth, strong and smart and always on hand when needed, might be Jack’s salvation.  

Title: Ghosts  
Author: Jackie Keswick  
Series: The Power of Zero #2
Publication Date: February 10, 2016  
Genres: Adult,Contemporary, LGBT, M/M, Novella, Romance, Suspense
Jack Horwood doesn’t do families. Or Christmas. From the time his mother sold him to her pimp to the moment he walked out on the man he loved, Christmas has always been about change and painful choices. This year seems no different. Helping Daniel and Nico recover from their imprisonment and hunting down those responsible puts Jack in a frame of mind he doesn’t want to inflict on anyone. Least of all Gareth and the tentative relationship they’ve started to rebuild.
But Gareth, for whom Christmas is all about new beginnings, won’t let Jack take the easy way out. He makes him face his ghosts instead. Even when said ghosts invade their bedroom. When Daniel’s parents are found, Jack is determined to settle the matter without involving Daniel at all. But fate decrees otherwise, and it’s Gareth who helps him finally understand that the strongest bonds are those forged together. Once he gets that, Jack can step up and make a decision designed to lay his ghosts to rest—for good.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Jackie Keswick was born behind the Iron Curtain with itchy feet, a bent for rocks and a recurrent dream of stepping off a bus in the middle of nowhere to go home. She’s worked in a hospital and as the only girl with 52 men on an oil rig, spent a winter in Moscow and a summer in Iceland and finally settled in the country of her dreams with her dream team: a husband, a cat, a tandem, a hammer and a laptop. Jackie loves stories about unexpected reunions and second chances, and men who don’t follow the rules when those rules are stupid. She has a thing for green eyes and tight cyclist’s butts and is a great believer in making up soundtracks for everything, including her characters and the cat. And she still hasn’t found the place where the bus stops.



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Cover Reveal: LIFE IN THE LUCKY ZONE by Patricia B. Tighe + Giveaway



Welcome to the cover reveal for 
LIFE IN THE LUCKY ZONE by Patricia B. Tighe 
presented by Swoon Romance!
Be sure to enter the giveaway found at the end of the post!



Title: Life in the Lucky Zone
Author: Patricia B. Tighe
Series: The Zone, #2
Genre: Young Adult
Publication Date: April 5, 2016
Publisher: Swoon Romance

Seventeen-year-old Lindsey Taylor has been living a charmed life—always the lead in school plays, possessor of a healthy entourage and a hot boyfriend. But halfway through her junior year, the unthinkable happens. Her boyfriend dumps her. She screws up her audition for the spring play. And to top it all off, her theater teacher wants her to run lines with Trey Berger, a gamer guy who irritates her practically every time he opens his mouth. Lindsey needs to find some better luck and quick.

Trey Berger can barely tolerate Lindsey Taylor. It’s bad enough that their best friends are dating and he has to see Lindsey at group hangouts. Now they have to rehearse together. Berger would rather do just about anything else, even chill with his grandmother, whose dementia has forced her to move in with his family.

But as the semester continues, Berger discovers there’s more to Lindsey than the drama queen persona she puts on for everyone else’s benefit. And the person behind the mask might be someone he cares about. A lot. So what exactly is he going to do about it?

And while Lindsey desperately tries to change her luck and heal from the breakup, she slowly realizes Berger has become her best friend. This video-game-playing boy makes her laugh. And holds her when she cries. Could he possibly become something more?

Pre-Order: AMAZON

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
The mother of two grown sons, Patricia B. Tighe lives in El Paso, Texas, with her husband and two dogs. Her love of the written word caused her to get a journalism degree from Texas A&M University in 1980 and an MA in Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University in 2008. When not writing or reading, she can be found walking the dogs or yelling at the TV during an NFL game. She's also a fan of British TV shows. Downton Abbey, anyone?



GIVEAWAY
Complete the Rafflecopter below for a chance to win!
One (1) winner will receive a $5 Amazon Gift Card and a digital copy of Life in the Lucky Zone by Patricia B. Tighe (INT) 

Blog Tour | Review: SPARKED by Sheena Snow



Welcome to my tour stop for 
SPARKED by Sheena Snow

Title: Sparked
Author: Sheena Snow
Series: Metal Bones
Genre:Young Adult, Light Sci-Fi
Date Published: December 16, 2015

They weren’t supposed to have feelings.

Metal will Clash

In a not-too-distance future, robots composed of metal for bones, electric cords for veins, and synthetics for skin are now available. For purchase. Eighteen-year-old Vienna Avery’s home is going to change forever, now that her mom purchased an Italian Chef Robot to cook and reside in their house.

Secrets will Unfold

The government claimed robots were indifferent, unthinking pieces of metal and elastic—assistance for the help of humans. Vienna never believed much of what the government said. The pieces didn’t always fit. And now Vienna knows why, because she’s uncovered the government’s secret: that robots have emotions, sucking Vienna into the underground world of feeling, thinking, and sovereign robots.

Sparks will Fly

Alec Cypher is everything a robot is not supposed to be: deep, dark, and dangerously human. And for some reason, he wants to save Vienna from the government’s prying, vindictive eyes. Going forward, Vienna will have to learn to trust robots and battle the growing feelings she never thought possible . . . feelings for the green-eyed, soul-searching robot named Alec.

REVIEW
** I received an ARC copy in exchange of an honest review **

Sparked is a light Science-Fiction Young Adult story written by Sheena Snow; since I read the synopsis it let me wanting to read the book so bad, but I have to confess, it kind of disappointed me, at first I wasn't too attracted for this book, because it was a slow beginning, but then it started to get more interesting and then I couldn’t stop reading! I tell you, this is the kind of book I like. However, the author’s writing wasn’t too good, I mean, it was good because it was simple, and for me —not being English native— it was a good plus to my read, but there were moments where it could be better.

Anyway, this book tells us about an eighteen years old girl whose life is going to change. She lives in a time where robots are normal —not our kind of robots but ones more sophisticates and advanced. And here comes the main plot. Vienna hates —actually doesn't trust— robots, she thinks they're not what the government tells the world. That maybe someday they could rule the human race. So while she tries to have a normal life surrounded by them, and trying to discover the secret that government is keeping —she starts to investigate and search more about their creation, how all started. But when you try to uncover something like that —something related to persons that are more powerful than you, it doesn’t end well. When she meets Alec, she’s a little catch unawares by his warning —someone’s trying to hurt her. So here all starts…

While the story goes on —the romance starts to bloom, but when you’ve been against them since the beginning, fall in love with one of them is not easy to accept, and when it is strong, sexy, and has beautiful green eyes, that’s even more difficult.

Overall, Sparked is a great read, even when there were moments I didn’t like, most of the time I really enjoyed it. The main plot is really interesting and innovative. Although, I wanted to know more things —or that sometimes they were better explained. BUT I’m looking forward for the second book, to find out what happens with Vienna and Alec, because the end of this one, omg! Just let you wanting more.
Book: +4

Purchase: AMAZON 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Sheena Snow, contrary to her name, lives in South Florida and has only seen snow once. But she would love for it to land on her eyelashes and sparkle in her hair. She loves painting, candle making, orchid shows, tattoo conventions, hockey games and library book sales! After college she landed a full time job but kept serving pizza on the weekends and writing stories about characters she wished really existed, characters who never gave up no matter the obstacles life threw at them. At the age of twenty-six, she sold her first book and bought her very first puppy, a wonderful Yorkie named Aladdin.


Blog Tour | Review: HOLDING COURT by K.C. Held + Giveaway



Welcome to my tour stop for 
HOLDING COURT by K.C. Held


Title: Holding Court 
Author: K.C. Held 
Release Date: March. 1, 2016 
Genre: YA Mystery 

Sixteen-year-old Jules Verity knows exactly what's in store at her new job at castle-turned-dinner-theater Tudor Times. Some extra cash, wearing a fancy-pants dress, and plenty of time to secretly drool over the ever-so-tasty--and completely unavailable--Grayson Chandler. Except that it's not quite what she imagined.

For one, the costume Jules has to wear is awful. Then there's the dead body she finds that just kind of...well, disappears. Oh, and there's the small issue of Jules and her episodes of what her best friend calls "Psychic Tourette's Syndrome"--spontaneous and uncontrollable outbursts of seemingly absurd prophecies.

The only bright side? This whole dead body thing seems to have gotten Grayson's attention. Except that the more Jules investigates, the more she discovers that Grayson's interest might not be as courtly as she thought. In fact, it's starting to look suspicious...

REVIEW
** I received an ARC copy in exchange for an honest review **

Another first to my list, Holding Court is a Young Adult Mystery book written by K.C. Held, it’s been my first of this kind in this year —I think; and OMG let me tell you —it’s such a good book! By the way, I like the cover, it’s just perfect for this story. Also, other thing that made me wanted to read it was the synopsis, it completely drew me.

 Anyway, this time we plunge into a sixteen years old girl’s life, who has a hilarious-funny special “gift”; but it’s not just her —for example, her mother can know a lot of about something just by touching it. Jules’ best friend —Cami, is another great character—along with her grandmother; both of them had their moments, and made of Jules’ gift's more enjoyable and understandable. Even when at first, those random, nonsense, spontaneous and uncontrollable outbursts were —odds, to say the least— I found myself getting along them, because somehow they did are prophecies.

"Jules? Jules, are you okay? Please say something."
"You look really good in tights, "I say.

Grayson —the boy for whom Jules has had a crush on for years— he’s sexy, good abs, and look good in tights. Also, he’s the boyfriend of the only other girl who’s never treated her like a dumb, so yeah, I understand why there were moments where she felt a little bad due to had a crush on her boyfriend.

“Grayson laughs, and I don't want this moment to end. He looks so happy and being with him feels so... inconceivable.”

Okay, it’s a mystery book, so of course, there are mysteries and secrets —but, OMG! There’s this one big secret that was most incredible and surprising to know than the main one —however, I’m not telling it. That secret amazed me most than know who was the killer —and it was kind of disappointed, because I was like so that's the killer, eh? I didn't have idea. 

"An opening appears in the wall behind me and I give a yelp of surprise and panic when I realize I've triggered some sort of secret entranceway"

The dead body thing was what started all —and also it was the main plot—, the plot in this book was really good and was well organized —I mean, it can attract you and you won’t know the true until the end, you can suspect about, but the true true is well hidden from us.

In conclusion, this was a book I read de pe’ a pa’, one that made me laugh, smile, and of course I had a good moment reading, so I highly recommended it, not just if you like the Young Adult. Also. I want a second part, but I don't see where it can come from, so my imagination is all what I have now.

Book: +4.5



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About the Author
K.C. HELD was born and raised in California with stopovers in Honduras, Mexico, and France. Married to her high school sweetheart, and mom to two avid bookworms, she holds an MFA in costume design and is an accomplished seamstress with a background in opera, theater, film, and television. Although she once spent a summer working in a castle, there were no dead bodies involved.


GIVEAWAY
One (1) winner will receive Holding Court swag pack containing a magnetic prophecy kit, signed bookplate, coloring postcard with stacked coloring pencil, and a bookmark.

Cover Reveal: PINPOINT by Olivia Luck


Welcome to the cover reveal for 
PINPOINT by Olivia Luck


Title: Pinpoint 
Author: Olivia Luck 
Series: The Point
Genre: New Adult 
Release Date: Hosted by: Book Enthusiast Promotions
Blurb
All my life I followed the rules. I lived under the iron rule of my father and did what was expected of me.
Until now.
I want to live in the big city. Make new friends. Get a great job. Meet a man that makes me swoon. Fall in love.
Sounds straightforward enough, but making my way in a city of six million isn’t as seamless as I'd hoped. And the man is more sour than sweet.
Something’s got to give. And this time it won’t be me. 


TEASERS



About the Author
Author Olivia Luck calls Chicago home. She loves traveling with her husband, baking for her parents, and taking walks with her dog. Olivia started writing when she was eight and paused to dabble in various other pursuits like dance and piano. In the end, she always came back to her pen and notebook.

Get in touch with Olivia, she adores emails: olivialuckauthor@gmail.com

Blog Tour | Review: LOVE ME, LOVE ME NOT by Alyxandra Harvey + Giveaway



Welcome to my tour stop for 
LOVE ME, LOVE ME NOT by Alyxandra Harvey


Title: Love Me, Love Me Not
Author: Alyxandra Harvey
Publication Date: February 22, 2016
Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy

Dating isn’t easy when you’re in the middle of a blood feud.
Anastasia Vila’s family can turn into swans, but just once she’d like them to turn into responsible adults.
After hundreds of years, they still cling to the blood feud with the Renard family. No one remembers how it started in the first place—but foxes and swans just don’t get along.
Vilas can only transform into their swan shape after they have fallen in love for the first time, but between balancing schoolwork, family obligations, and the escalating blood feud, Ana’s got no time for love. The only thing keeping her sane is her best friend, Pierce Kent.
But when Pierce kisses Ana, everything changes.
Is what Pierce feels for her real, or a byproduct of her magic? Can she risk everything for her best friend? And when the family feud spirals out of control, Ana must stop the fight before it takes away everything she loves.
Including, maybe...Pierce.

This Entangled Teen Crave book contains language, violence, and lots of kissing. Warning: it might induce strong feelings of undeniable attraction for your best friend.

REVIEW
** I received an ARC copy in exchange to an honest review **
As you may know —or not—, lately, I’ve read a lot of new authors, and Alyxandra Harvey was not the exception; LOVE ME, LOVE ME NOT is my first read for an Alyxandra’s book —she has others, of course— and I wanted to read this book since the day I saw the cover, then I read the synopsis and I just wanted to read it more; I made the right choice, because I don’t think I’ve read something like this before —I read fantasy, but this book is something else. Fantasy is not my common genre, so I had to stop a few times to search some words or something, due to there was new vocabulary —English is not my first language, so, yep, it wasn’t a non-stop read.

Anyway, LMLMN is a book about swans —no any swans, girls who can turn into swans —omg, first time I’ve read about girls changing into swans! However, for them to become swans they have to… FALL IN LOVE —for the first time, or true love, not something forced.

“Anastasia Vila’s family can turn into swans, but just once she’d like them to turn into responsible adults.”

Ana’s family has a mystic history, BUT, she’s not like the other women in her family —she wants to be successful and have good studies, of course she wants fall in love and have her wings— but there’s the problem, between her strict, traditionalist family and her studies, she doesn’t have enough time to go out in a date.

Pierce is Ana’s best friend, and who keeps her sane. He’s… sweet, lovely, adorable, a good big brother, and so on! The moments when I had the chance to read in his POV was fantastic —I wanted more. For quite some time, Pierce has realized that his feelings for Ana are not just friendlies, but she doesn’t feel the same —what a shame.

“No one remembers how it started in the first place—but foxes and swans just don’t get along.”

Ana’s swan family has always had an enemy —foxes, or Renard clan. They’ve been in an eternal war —at first, I thought Pierce was one of the Renard family, but not, for a little moment that kind of disappointed me, but I got over it easily. In general, there were many characters, all them different from each other, sometimes it made a little more enjoyable my reading —by the way, she has a big family!

All in all, I liked, and enjoyed reading it, a really good book from cover to cover —even when I had to stop a few times. Also, I think it’s an only one book —or at least for Pierce and Ana’s story. Anyway, I want more of this crazy family, maybe about one of Ana’s cousins —or a book for someone in the Renard’s family, actually, it would be great, because we would know more of their story in all this foxes vs swans’ endless war. 

A book with a lot of magic, for those who love fantasy, it a good opportunity to read something new —and there are a few aspects that remind of Romeo and Juliet, so, for those who like romance, and not just the normal best friend love thing —give it a chance!

Books: +4



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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Alyxandra Harvey lives in a stone Victorian house in Ontario, Canada with a few resident ghosts who are allowed to stay as long as they keep company manners. She loves medieval dresses, used to be able to recite all of The Lady of Shalott by Tennyson, and has been accused, more than once, of being born in the wrong century. She believes this to be mostly true except for the fact that she really likes running water, women’s rights, and ice cream. Aside from the ghosts, she also lives with her husband and their dogs. She likes cinnamon lattes, tattoos and books.



GIVEAWAY
$200 Amazon Gift Card + Feather Pendant Necklace inspired by the one that Ana, from Love Me, Love Me Not wears.

Top 5: LOS MEJORES LIBROS DE ROMANCE por Claudia & Nicole



¡Bienvenidos a todos!
Por primera vez en la historia del blog [la cual no es mucha] haré una entrada completamente en español y que en un futuro no tendrá versión en español.

Como ya saben o quizás no, participo en varias iniciativas, y como parte de una de ellas, hoy haré un TOP 5: LOS MEJORES LIBROS DE ROMANCE en conjunto con Claudia de Claudia Treinta del Uno. Nunca antes había realizado un top, por lo cual veamos como resulta.

ADVERTENCIA: POR MI PARTE, EL TOP 5 SERÁ CON RESPECTO A MIS ÚLTIMAS LECTURAS, YA QUE ME COSTÓ MUCHO DECIDIRME ENTRE TANTO LIBRO.

TOP 5: LOS MEJORES LIBROS DE ROMANCE

Claudia

Nicole

#5

Química perfecta de Simone Elkeles

Este libro es un cliché total. Si, no lo niego: chica rica + chico malo, pero fue uno de los primeros que leí y he de admitir que me encantó. Logró atraparme desde la primera hasta la última palabra. Quizá si lo releyera le encontraría más de un fallo, sin embargo con trece años (la edad que tenía cuando lo leí) una solo quiere ver historias de amores imposibles y dramáticas. Dudo que lo vuelva a leer, por tanto se quedará en mi memoria como un bonito y preciado recuerdo.

Heart-Shaped Hack de Tracey Garvis-Graves

No es el primer libro que leo con esta temática, pero de las últimas lecturas que he tenido ha sido uno de los mejores, a pesar de que varias veces tuve que buscar términos [dado que lo leí en inglés], eso no hizo que mi lectura fuera menos amena. Un libro que me cautivó completamente desde el comienzo.

#4

Vampire Academy de Richelle Mead

Fue una de las primeras sagas que leí por gusto, y a pesar de lo estereotipados que están los vampiros en ciertas escenas, la historia de amor entre Rose y Dimitri logró sumergirme por completo en el mundo de los Strigoi y Moroi. A pesar del batacazo que fue la adaptación cinematográfica... ¡Me encanta la película! El cast me pareció muy acertado y es más que fiel al libro. I like it.

Breaking Him de R.K. Lilley

Si bien decidí leer el libro debido a que esta autora me encanta, al igual que los demás trabajos de ella, este no me decepcionó; aunque en algunas escenas me trajo recuerdos de libros anteriores, eso no me importó y sigo siendo una amante de los hombres atractivos. Puede que una historia de amor/odio sea un cliché; creo que lo que más me gustó fueron las escenas donde se es fácil de ver toda la química y la atracción que siempre existió a lo largo de la vida entre los personajes. Y por supuesto, la continuación es una de las más esperadas por mi parte.


#3

Romeo y Julieta de Shakespeare

Leí la historia con once años, y además de no comprender la mitad de las frases, la odié. No me gustó nada de nada. Sin embargo, hace apenas un año decidí releerla (no me fiaba mucho de mis gustos infantiles). Y ¿a que no adivinais?... ¡Me encantó! Ví todo desde otra perspectiva, fue como una pequeña revelación. Y como ya había leído el libro pude deleitarme con Romeo + Juliet, la adaptación que cuenta con el actor Leonardo DiCaprio (amo a ese hombre...¡Al fin ganó el oscar!).

F*ck Love de Tarryn Fisher

Confesión: lo leí porque todos hablaban de él.
Tarryn no es de mis autoras favoritas, tampoco me gusta mucho su escritura, pero este libro me enamoró de principio a fin. Lo que más me encantó fue que podía sentir la frustración de los personajes, y eso es muy genial, para mí, los mejores libros son aquellos donde me olvido completamente de todo lo demás y me sumerjo de lleno. El final me encantó, los finales felices pero de esos que cuesta conseguir, son los mejores. Si bien quiero más de Helena y Kit, creo que una segunda parte lo arruinaría.

#2

El cuaderno de Noah de Nicholas Sparks

Este es de los pocos casos en el que he visto la película y luego he leído el libro (no suelo leerlos después ya que me resulta absurdo), y madre mía... Lloré a mares. Sin duda se convirtió en uno de mis favoritos al instante. Lo malo fue que no pude dejar de ver a Ryan Gosling en mi cabeza durante un mes entero.

Worth It de Linda Kage


Es el último libro de la serie Forbidden Men que me he leído —no es el último en la serie. De todas formas, este libro me llenó de sensaciones, buenas y malas; puede que Linda sea una de mis favoritas, pero dejando ese hecho de lado, el libro es INCREIBLE por sí solo. Las segundas oportunidades no son mi fuerte, pero ambos personajes se lo merecían, todo lo que tuvieron que vivir para conseguir su final feliz fue lo que más me encantó.

#1

Rompiendo las reglas de Katie McGarry

Este libro ocupa mi numero uno por varios motivos:
Recuerdo que me costó muchísimo leerlo porque no tenía dinero para comprarlo y me pasé meses buscando la forma de conseguir money. Al final una persona muy importante para mi terminó regalándomelo. Exacto, aunque el libro hubiera sido una basura (que no es el caso), seguiría teniendo un gran apego emocional por él. Luego también está el hecho de que me sentí muy identificada con la protagonista y el romance que mantiene a lo largo del libro con Noah. La historia es preciosa.

November 9 de Colleen Hoover


No puedo no amar un libro de Colleen, por más que lo intente, y esperé tanto tiempo por este que cuando por fin tuve la oportunidad de leerlo, tuve que esperar porque no podía dejar de lado la universidad y sacrificar tiempo de estudio, pero entonces, cuando al fin pude, lo leí y OMG, lo amé. Nunca había leído un libro tan genial y el hecho de que estuviera lleno de tan buenos momentos, risas, llanto, frustración —de mi parte—, y ¡mucho más! Me cuesta describir en tan pocas palabras el cómo me siento por él, si ya lo leíste puede que me entiendas y si no lo has hecho, te lo recomiendo por completo.

¿Qué les pareció nuestro TOP 5 de los MEJORES LIBROS DE ROMANCE que hemos leído?
Si quieres conocer el lado oscuro de este TOP, lee Claudia Treinta del Uno para leer el top 5 de LOS PEORES LIBROS ROMÁNTICOS.
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