eBOOK REVIEW: FATAL BEAUTY

"There is no drug quite like worship, no high as addictive as adoration."

Book Title: Fatal Beauty
Author: Nazarea Andrews
Series: Stand Alone
Genre: Adult, Mystery Thriller, Crazy Ass Chic-Lit
Publisher: A & A Literary
Source: Own on Kindle

Overall Rating 3.3/5 Stars

✧Breakdown of Rating✧

Plot: 3.8/5 As a whole it was interesting, raw, and unfettered, it just wasn't well executed. The twist at the end, I didn't see coming at all. I really can't go into it much more than that without giving too much away.

Characters: 4/5 Rich girls run amok…These girls are naughty and they don't apologize for it. Seriously damaged. Reminded me somewhat of Dangerous Girls.

The Feels: 3/5 It's hard to feel sorry for rich spoiled girls…

Theme: 2/5 

Flow: 5/5 Needs a ton more editing, from misused to misspelled words to missing altogether.
Originality: 5/5 ...maybe it has been done before, but I don't think quite like this.

Book Cover: 5/5

Sex Factor: Lots of explicit sex, including some bi-sexual healing of the F/F kind.

Ending: 3.8/5 To quote Disturbed "And get stupefied." Sort of explains my feelings at the end of this book. Stupify could be this book's theme song. Cliffhanger: No

My Thoughts:

This book is twisted and seriously has some WTF moments that blew my mind, especially that ending. But, the lack of editing really held it back for me. Ultimately, I did find it memorable.

#Triple X by Christine Zolendz and Angelisa Stone

SYNOPSIS: 

Does size really matter? 
Two women spin a tale of comedy and new beginnings after they wake up and find themselves in a jail cell over 3000 miles away from home. Rehashing their adventure in front of a less-than-sympathetic judge, they give a laugh-out-loud and extremely detailed story of a road trip that finds them in a ton of trouble. 
Battling age, weight, and their own personal demons, not only do they discover the open road and a life they misplaced somewhere in their 20s, they also find themselves. From breakups and stealing cars to blurry memories of something that might have happened in New Mexico, these two women will take you on a real journey, full of fun and, well, situations that people only write about and never really do….or do they? 
"My girl parts are aflame at the poetry falling from your lips. Pardon me while I fan my vagina."

MY RATING: 4.25 STARS

DETAILS:

Over-the-Top Funny
Road-Trip Thelma & Louise Style
Raunchy Girls Behaving Badly

●Plot: 4.3/5 
●Characters: 4.5/5
●Theme: 4.8/5 Ultimately, it's about finding yourself and loving yourself.
●Flow: 4/5 I would constantly forget whose head I was in.
●Originality: 5/5
●Book Cover: 5/5 Love it.
●The Feels: 4.3/5
●Ending: 4.5/5 Cliffhanger: No 

MY THOUGHTS:

This book was laugh-out-loud funny. When I was reading it on break at work, I got a lot of strange looks because I was laughing so much. It wasn't like I could tell them about it either because I would probably get even stranger looks then.

I didn't think this had any specific direction that the story was going in, but about halfway through, I realized that it did, and I really started liking it for the story then. At first, I just liked it for the humor. The scene with the "hot" yoga is freaking hilarious. I loved it.

AUDIOBOOK REVIEW DON'T LOOK BACK

 

BY JENNIFER L ARMENTROUT

NARRATED BY CARLA MERCER-MEYER

❐SYNOPSIS & BUY LINKS ON AUTHORS WEBSITE❐

THE DETAILS✎

❐ STAND-ALONE

❐ DECENT NARRATION

❐ HIGH-SCHOOL DRAMA

❐ YA MYSTERY

❐ UPDATED REVIEW

❐ LENGTH OF AUDIO ➯ 11 HOURS, 35 MINUTES

MY RATING➯ 4¼ STARS

This book was entertaining, it's not my usual kind of read (although it is now).  I've really got into this YA/Mystery genre lately. I don't think it's JLA's usual style to write in either, but she doesn't really stick to one particular genre, either. I like that about her.

I liked how I was constantly trying to figure out who is behind Samantha's and Cassie's disappearance, nobody is ruled out as a suspect. My only real qualm with is I didn't feel as connected with Samantha as I would like to have been. Still, it's quite a stellar read.

UPDATE 9/2020...I really wonder if what I would rate this now that I've read so many more mysteries...I'm not sure it would hold up...but it might.

BREAKDOWN✎

Narration ➯ 4 STARS

Plot ➯ 4/5

Characters ➯ 4.3/5

The Feels ➯ 4/5

Pacing ➯ 4.5/5

Addictiveness ➯ 4/5

Theme, Tone or Intensity ➯ 4/5

Originality/Believability ➯ 4/5

Flow (Writing Style/Ease of Listening) ➯ 4.5/5

Twisty-ness/Mystery ➯ 3.8/5

Ending ➯ 4/5

SUMMATION ➯ 4¼ STARS