Reseña de ARC: Her Turn by Allison Jones

Her Turn 

by 

Allison Jones

 

 288 pages

Published January 21st 2021 by BooksGoSocial

ISBN: 139781647042622

Edition Language: English 

 

SINOPSIS: Addie Snyder's first novel is becoming an overnight sensation. Unprepared for being thrusted in the limelight, she is desperate to shelter her brother, Owen, who has Down syndrome. After her father abandoned them when Owen was just a baby, she is his sole guardian after her mother passed away. She must protect him from the harsh world, but how can she do that with public events coming up? An unlikely ally in her cold and emotionless publicist, Jameson Ford. As a former Navy Seal, Jameson has his own demons, but there is something about Addie that defrosts his icy wall. Together, they navigate the twists and turns as her book becomes a world-wide phenomenon.

My rating: 1.5 stars

Good idea, bad development.

I don't know what to say, other than to agree with a good part of the reviews of this book. A pity, because I wanted to like the book, especially for the addition of a brother with Down Syndrome, which is not something very common that appears. I think no one could even come close to the fantastic tv series "Life Goes On".

Reseña de ARC: Kissing Lessons

Kissing Lessons 

by 

Stefanie London

 

312 pages

Published November 9th 2020 by Entangled Publishing LLC (Amara)

ASIN: B08LC64T26

Edition Language: English

My rating: 3.5 stars de 5

Good start, get a bit draggy in the middle.

Kissing Creek is a small town with thematic shops about romance, where Audrey Miller works at the Café near the college and in another shop; she is 26 years old, dropped the school at 15 to take charge of her 4 younger siblings. Her mother died and her father has been unemployed ever since. So she is determined to get her siblings out there regardless of the cost.

Ronan Walsh is a professor who has just arrived from Harvard to teach a course at the local university, being the closest place to Boston and his sick grandmother who brought him back. He is 34 years old and has lived fleeing from any relationship or attachment, always independent.

Reseña de ARC: Spoiler Alert

Spoiler Alert 

by 

Olivia Dade

 

416 pages

Expected publication: October 6th 2020 by Avon

ASIN: B083SN82NQ

Edition Language: English

 

BLURB:  Marcus Caster-Rupp has a secret. While the world knows him as Aeneas, the star of the biggest show on TV, Gods of the Gates, he's known to fanfiction readers as Book!AeneasWouldNever, an anonymous and popular poster. But if anyone ever found out about his online persona, he’d be fired. Immediately. April Whittier has secrets of her own. A hardcore Lavinia fan, she’s hidden her fanfiction and cosplay hobby from her “real life” for years—but not anymore. When she decides to post her latest Lavinia creation on Twitter, her photo goes viral. Trolls and supporters alike are commenting on her plus-size take, but when Marcus, one half of her OTP, sees her pic and asks her out on a date to spite her critics, she realizes life is really stranger than fanfiction.

My rating: 3 of 5 stars

{Y ahora en Castellano:}

Primero que nada: Me encanta la portada de esta novela :)

Bueno, no sé de dónde vienen esas etiquetas de algunos de este libro como YA, porque los protagonistas tienen uno 39 y la otra 36. Además, hay mucho sexo. Por si acaso.

April es una geóloga de 36 años, fanática de una serie de televisión llamada "Gods of the Gates" (una versión bastarda de Eneas tirada a Game of Thrones ); ella escribe fanfiction de la pareja Eneas/Lavinia y hace cosplay en secreto. Después de 7 años, el programa está en la última temporada, aumenta la especulación, y ella decide publicar una foto suya de cosplay , mientras tomaba la decisión de dejar de esconder su yo de talla grande, además del cambio de trabajo y de ciudad.

Cuando Marcus Caster-Rupp, Eneas en el programa, ve algunos comentarios negativos en Twitter, decide invitarla a una cita. Por supuesto, Marcus también tiene un par de secretos propios.

Reseña: Girl Gone Viral (Modern Love #2)

 {Review in English | Reseña en Castellano}

Girl Gone Viral (Modern Love #2)

by 

Alisha Rai

400 pages: Published April 21st 2020 by Avon

ISBN: 0062877887 (ISBN13: 9780062877888)

Edition Language: English

Series: Modern Love #2

 

Se puede leer como stand-alone. Yo no lei el anterior.

BLURB: One minute, Katrina King’s enjoying an innocent conversation with a hot guy at a coffee shop; the next, a stranger has live-tweeted the entire episode with a romantic meet-cute spin and #CafeBae is the new hashtag-du-jour. The problem? Katrina craves a low-profile life, and going viral threatens the peaceful world she’s painstakingly built. Besides, #CafeBae isn’t the man she’s hungry for...

With the internet on the hunt for the identity of #CuteCafeGirl, Jas Singh, bodyguard, friend, and possessor of the most beautiful eyebrows Katrina’s ever seen, comes to the rescue and whisks her away to his family’s home. Alone in a remote setting with the object of her affections? It’s a recipe for romance. But after a long dating dry spell, Katrina isn’t sure she can trust her instincts when it comes to love—even if Jas’ every look says he wants to be more than just her bodyguard…

4.5 stars

Life rarely made narrative sense, but sometimes it could take something away and give something else right back.

Trigger Warning: Panic attacks. PTSD. Parental psychological abuse.

Lovely couple. Both with problems from the past. They have known each other for more than ten years as boss and employee (he is in charge of security)

She is half-Thai. He is Punjabi Sikh-Mexican descendant.

Reseña. The Unidentified Redhead (Redhead 1)

The Unidentified Redhead 

by  

Alice Clayton

252 pages

(first published January 1st 2010)

ISBN: 1936305070 (ISBN13: 9781936305070)

Edition Language: English

Series: Redhead #1

BLURB: When Grace Sheridan returns to Los Angeles to become a working actor, it's a second shot at a life-long dream. With some help from her best friend and agent, that dream could become a reality, but at thirty-three, has Grace missed her chance at the big time? Will an unexpected sizzling romance with the entertainment industry's newest 'it' boy shine an uncomfortable spotlight on her life?

My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Mis problemas con este libro por cosas que me molestan : humor grosero, conduccion irresponsable y mmm no me convencio. 

Reseña de ARC:Blossoms in Autumn

 +Digital ARC gently provided by Netgalley and publishers. My thanks and my thoughts all mine+

 

Blossoms in Autumn 

by 

Zidrou

Aimée de Jongh (Illustrator)

 141 pages

Published March 20th 2019 by Europe Comics

Original Title: L'obsolescence programmée de nos sentiments

ISBN13: 9791032805862

Edition Language: English

BLURB:  Ulysses, a widower for several years, loses his job as a mover at age 59 and loses his sense of being. Mediterranea, 62 and never married, loses her mother and officially becomes the oldest member of her family. Fate brings them together and helps them to much more than just heal

My rating: 2 of 5 stars

Graphic novel. Literatura francesa.

Art - 3.5 / 5

Story - 1 / 5

There are many things in the story that rubs me the wrong way, so... it's not of my liking. And since this is just my personal taste, well, that.

Blossoms in Autumn, -which in French is called "The programmed obsolescence of our sentiments"- is about two aging people who know each other and get together. Ullyses with 59 years old is lay off from a moving company, the loneliness and emptiness of his days is well told. While Mediterranea, with 62 years, still works in a cheese factory, she is going through her own crisis of loneliness after the death of her mother whom she cared for.

Newsflash - Life does not end at 50, or at 60. And I must say (coming from a family that mostly lives after the 90s and a hundred years) not even after that. And yes, they still have sex in some cases. I mean, my maternal grandfather was a hardworking , mean, and lecherous man until the day he died at 96 years old.

But it is Ulysses wich bother me. He repeats again and again that 'he hate reading'. STRIKE ONE. I don't know if that hints at problems like dyslexia? but srly? not good.

Second Act (Second Glances, #2)

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Nota: A pesar de que forma parte de una serie de Segundas Oportunidades, se puede leer como una novela autonclusiva, no veo que se necesario conocer lo anterior.

Second Act (Second Glances, #2)

by 

Nancy Herkness

320 pages

Expected publication: April 2nd 2019 by Montlake Romance

ASIN: B07H7HWB2K

Edition Language: English

Series: Second Glances

BLURB: Lights. Camera. Romance.
Jessica Quillen, veterinarian for the charitable K-9 Angelz program, didn’t mean to stumble into the middle of a New York movie shoot. She just wanted to rescue the stray dog she’d been chasing. Instead, she’s playing catch-up with her ex-fiancé—and the screen’s hottest action hero, Hugh Baker. The only man she ever loved. The dream that disappeared. The heartthrob who’s now hoping for a “take two.”
Seeing Jessica triggers emotions Hugh has tried to forget. Abandoned by his mother to foster care, he still struggles to feel worthy of love and to open his heart to a woman. His biggest mistake was not trusting Jessica. It was his fault she left. All he wants now is to make up for lost time. But he has to prove that she can trust him.

My rating: 2.8 stars de 5

This is a second chance story. Hugh and Jessica broke their engagement 8 years ago; a rising actor and a commited veterinarian that were separated for their life choices. But now when Hugh, a successful action movie star, sees her in N.Y. still helping animals start to think that perhaps this time will be different. Or maybe not.

I like this kind of stories where couples give themselves a second chance. Especially because there were no betrayals here. Only those misunderstandings that are the epitome of all these romance stories. However, many of the things that are said are very valid and understandable. That is, because he does what he does and because she lets it 'flow'.

Reseña: Million Dollar Devil

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Million Dollar Devil 

by 

Katy Evans

 319 pages

Expected publication: May 28th 2019 by Montlake Romance

ISBN: 1542043808 (ISBN13: 9781542043809)

Edition Language: English

 

BLURB: Heir apparent to her father’s company, Lizzy Banks needs a man. The perfect man. But when the rich “fundbabies” she usually rubs shoulders with prove impossible to hire, she takes a chance on a raw beast of a man salvaged from the wreckage of a bar brawl.
James Rowan earns a modest income as a YouTube daredevil, but he can’t refuse Lizzy’s million dollar deal. As she polishes his rough edges, creating a sophisticated gentleman fit for the highest circles of society, not only does she bring out the perfect man—it’s like she’s making the man of her dreams. How can she resist?

My rating: 1.5 stars

Elizabeth Banks lives to please her father, so she does not want to disappoint him when she decides to look for a model for the new line of formal menswear. But instead of getting a millionaire, Elizabeth gets James Rowan who is dedicated to performing risky physical challenges on YouTube in exchange for money.

The story starts well, and I liked it at first, but then she continues playing up with her zero self-esteem and becomes an unbearable character.

Reseña: Faking It (Dempseys #2)

 Popsugar challenge #4: libro que involucre un robo.

Faking It (Dempseys #2)

by 

Jennifer Crusie

 448 pages

(first published January 1st 2002)

ISBN: 0312932782 (ISBN13: 9780312932787)

Edition Language: English

 LOVE AND DECEPTION HAVE A LOT IN COMMON.
Meet the Goodnights, a respectable family who run a respectable art gallery-and have for generations. Matilda, the youngest daughter, has inherited the secret locked down in the basement of the Goodnight Gallery, the secret she's willing to do almost anything to keep, even break into a house in the dead of night to steal back her past.
THE RISKS ARE INTOXICATING.
Meet the Dempseys, or at least meet Davy, a reformed con man who's just been ripped off for a cool three million by his financial manager, who then gallantly turned it over to Clea Lewis, the most beautiful sociopath Davy ever slept with. Davy wants the money back, but more than that he'll do anything to keep Clea from winning, including break into her house in the dead of night to steal back his future.
AND IF YOU'RE REALLY GOOD AT THEM, THEY BOTH PAY OFF.
One collision in a closet later, Tilda and Davy reluctantly join forces to combat Clea, suspicious art collectors, a disgruntled heir, and an exasperated hitman, all the while coping with a mutant dachshund, a juke box stuck in the sixties, questionable sex, and the growing realization that they can't turn their backs on the people they were meant to be...or the people they were born to love.

My rating: 3.5 flashy painted stars

My bookshelves: contemporary-fiction, romantic-comedy, w_painter-artist, w_con-man-or-grifter, romance-contemporaneo, multiple-awards-winner

“Everybody’s crooked,” Davy said. “The trick is to find out how they’re bent. Then you make sure the consequences are so great they stay straight anyway.”

This is like one of those old movies of screwball comedy... made me feel nostalgic; I really miss them. Lot of crooked faulty charming characters, and it made me chuckle sometimes too :)

Davy Dempsey quiere sus 3 millones de vuelta. Su ex- le sustrajo su dinero con ayuda de otro ex-amigo. Que él primero le robara el dinero a su ex, pues eso apenas registra en su radar. 

Tilda Goodnight anda detrás de un cuadro. La reputación y el bienestar de su familia, de su madre, hermana y sobrina depende de ello. 

Ambos colisionan en una armario y besos más tarde parece que ella no podrá quitarselo de encima, y que tal vez ambos puedan beneficiarse y conseguir dinero y cuadro. 

Bueno las cosas no funcionan exactamente de acuerdo al plan.

Reseña: Just One of the Boys

Just One of the Boys 

by 

Leah Rooper

Kate Rooper 

241 pages

Published October 2nd 2017 by Entangled Teen

ISBN:1640633421 (ISBN13: 9781640633421)

Edition Language:English

BLURB: Alice Bell has one goal: to play for the elite junior hockey team the Chicago Falcons. But when she’s passed over at tryouts for being a girl, she’ll do anything to make her dream a reality…even disguising herself as her twin brother. With her amazing skills on the ice, Alice is sure she’ll fit in easily. That is, until she starts falling for one of her teammates…  Hayden Tremblay, star of the Falcons, can’t keep himself out of the penalty box. Constantly living in the shadow of his older brother, Hayden’s losing his passion for hockey. But when he gets shown up on the ice by the Falcons’ new rookie, Hayden’s determined to teach the kid a thing or two. Little does he guess that “Al’s” surprises on the ice are just the beginning...

Disclaimer: This Entangled Teen Crush title proves that wonderful things can happen when you’re brave enough to go after your dream. Dream hockey player, that is! Warning--a few locker room scenes are included...

My rating: 2 of 5 stars

nope. nope. nope.

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fwi - there is drunkards and mention of sex (not explicit)

muchas cosas tontas, si la chica adora tanto el hockey, ¿por que no lucho porque el coach reconociera que fue ella quien gano el puesto y no el hermano?

sigue perpetuando la idea de no pensar como niña por hablar de sentimientos o siquiera el tener sentimientos.

Reseña: A SEAL for Christmas (All I want for Christmas is...#2)

+Digital ARC gently provided by Netgalley in exchange for an honest review+

A SEAL for Christmas

by

Leslie North

 144 pages

Published December 11th 2017

ASIN:B07878WDCY

Series: All I want for Christmas is... #2

Language: English

From the BLURB: It’s Christmas in New York, and the lone wolf is about to go AWOL for love…
Navy SEAL Murphy Coen should be celebrating the upcoming holidays with friends and family, but with his sister Aileen missing, there’s not much for Murph to feel thankful for. To find Aileen, he’s fully prepared to use force, until an unexpected encounter has him rethinking his tactics. Shayma, his friend Daveed’s former fiancée, is sexy as hell, and something about her soothes his wayward soul. The brunette bombshell claims she can help, but Murph’s never been known for his patience. The clock is ticking, and he isn’t sure Shayma won’t get in the way of doing what he needs to do.
After ending her engagement to the man chosen by her father, Shayma bint Amr Kahlan has been enjoying the sights of New York City…and her ex’s best friend Murphy. The menacing military man has the dark, brooding thing down, but Shayma is certain his temper will lead to trouble—trouble his friends don’t want him in. When Daveed offers to promote her father if she can keep Murph in check while he and Heath secretly search for Aileen, Shayma sees a chance to help…and get back in her father’s good graces. She’s happy to prevent Murphy from getting out of hand. Besides, sometimes it takes a softer touch to get what you want.
Shayma and Murphy’s chemistry may be undeniable, but as the stakes get higher, can Murphy open himself up to love? Or will he be forced to choose between Shayma and finding his sister?

My rating: 1.5 don't care stars

bookshelves: contemporary-fiction, romance, netgalley, w_military, adult-mature

The plot: Murphy Coen, SEAL was looking for the holidays instead he is looking for his missing sister. His friends want to help, and so Shayma his friend's ex.

There are some single scene in a party and bedroom scenes and oh he can't and she I am in luuuv.

This i my second chance with this author, and I don't want to give her the third one. I had to push myself to finish this. Is so full of tropes that maybe could be better try it as a parody; not even a single sentence is original. Guys, I found more originality in fanfiction even reading over and over the same theme. Okay I'm not talking here in looking for Nobel's material, but come on!

Reseña: On the Chase (Rocky Mountain K9 Unit 2)

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On the Chase (Rocky Mountain K9, #2)

by  

Katie Ruggle

416 pages

Published September 5th 2017 by Sourcebooks Casablanca

ISBN:1492643076 (ISBN13: 9781492643074)

Edition Language:English

Series:Rocky Mountain K9 Unit #2

BLURB: After witnessing a horrifying crime, Kaylee is forced to flee to a small Colorado mountain town and take on a new identity. There she becomes Grace, a dog kennel worker trying to avoid the dangerously attractive K-9 Officer Hugh Murdoch. When an accident leaves Hugh and his K-9 partner, Lexi, on desk duty, both are anxious for Hugh to heal. Until then, the highlight of his day is teasing the beautiful but mysterious new kennel employee. Their simmering attraction fuels a passionate kiss—interrupted by a sniper’s bullet. With targets on both of their backs, Grace and Hugh will do whatever it takes to stay alive…not realizing the most dangerous threat of all is hiding right in front of their noses.

Rocky Mountain K9 Unit Series:
Run to Ground (Book 1)
On the Chase (Book 2)

My rating: 2.8 running stars

My bookshelves: netgalley, w_police-detective, contemporary-fiction,  romance, insta-lust-or-luv, accion

I do not read the previous book, but the plot is understood without any problem.

Kaylee has her dream life in California, great job, nice home, good clothes, and maybe a dream boyfriend , but then her dream come crushing down with awful reality when she sees something horrible in a party and feel that is more safe to flee frightened for her life.

I really wanted to like this book, that is, a hot cop that works with dogs, and a girl who runs away who ends up working in a kennel? Pasapacá. But the story differs somewhat from that. Unlike other readers, I would have complained a great deal more -internally- in case I had to leave behind all that had been achieved with so much effort in a matter that was not my fault. (And in my case, I would have even regretted having helped those strangers, in fact. Although the latter really were lip service.) So, I like Grace. Yes, she is not a wall flower, and acts when it count.

Reseña: The Sheikh's Christmas Baby (Shadid Sheikhs Series #3)

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The Sheikh's Christmas Baby 

by  

Leslie North

126 pages

Published December 19th 2016

ASIN:B01NCO0BDN

Edition Language:English

Series:Shadid Sheikhs Series #3

 

  BLURB: Their passionate affair ended in heartbreak when he left without warning. When he returns unexpectedly, can their heat melt away the hurt of the past?Kashif Shadid has always craved adventure. With one last chance to win the Iditarod dog sled race before assuming his role as Sheikh, he’s returned to the Alaskan wilderness to train at a legendary sled dog farm. But returning means coming face to face with Kristy Cohen, the woman who captured his attention years ago. He’s thrilled once again by her icy beauty, but her farm is facing financial ruin. Kashif’s eager to take control, however, getting her to agree with his plans may be a challenge. Kristy Cohen works hard to keep her sled dog farm afloat while raising her young daughter. Faced with declining revenues and a changing climate, Kristy’s struggling, but she’s not willing to turn her back on her business model. When Kashif Shadid shows up out of the blue pushing her to make changes, Kristy’s response is as cold as the Alaskan snow. She fell for tall, handsome Kashif once before. After four years without a word from him, she won’t be making that mistake again.

My rating: 2 of 5 stars

My bookshelves: contemporary-fiction, romance, netgalley,  w_dog-trainer, adult-mature

In a nutshell: She wanted nothing more than to cling to him while he had four years of hurt and loneliness, but she could not.

This is what happens when you take books on impulse. I liked the cover of the book -I must admit-; and there was some nostalgia for old magazines like Bianca; But the plot is incredibly trite. And had some rare language turns: He's always been his country and his family first. (?) It even sounds strange to me.

There are several phrases that cut the impulse, it lacks fluency to the story. And ... well, I did not feel connected to the characters. It's all tremendously predictable, the two are good, there are reasons and blahblah.

Not even the dog-slege could save this.

-The salvageable: various comments about climate change in Alaska, the lack of cold in the winters and disappearance of snow, which is representing a short-term change of life.