AUDIOBOOK REVIEW: 3:59 by Gretchen McNeill

DETAILS:

Parallel Dimensions
Creepy Bird-Like Creatures
Teen Drama Thriller
Tween Romance
Futuristic Techy
Narration: Tavia Gilbert

SYNOPSIS & BUY LINKS ON AUTHORS WEBSITE

BOOK THEME SONG:

Disturbia

☆3.5/5 STARS☆

MY THOUGHTS:

First Impressions: The title and the cover are super awesome…and the synopsis is too. I have a thing for parallel universes…  

This didn't exactly live up to my first impressions. While mostly entertaining, you just have to not think too deeply about it all, otherwise, it's sort of unbelievable or just off kilter-ish. The science of it wasn't always easy to follow, but I comprehended well enough most of the time. The Nox…those monsters were freaky crazy, maybe too crazy…

 

The narration wasn't bad it's just narrated by the same girl as The Firebird Trilogy by Claudia Gray and it threw me off because they have similar plot lines.

Sex Factor: While mentioned, there is no actual explicit sex going on.

BREAKDOWN
Plot: 3.5/5
Characters: 3/5
The Feels: 3/5
Addictiveness: 3.5/5
Theme: 4/5
Flow: 3.5/5
Backdrop (World Building): 4/5
Originality: 4/5
Book Cover: 5/5
Narration: 3.5/5
Ending: 4/5 Cliffhanger: Sort of felt like one

 

eBOOK REVIEW ➯ END OF DAY

 

BY JEWEL E ANN

❐SYNOPSIS & BUY LINKS ON AUTHORS WEBSITE❐

THE DETAILS✎

❐ END OF DAY #1 OF 3
❐ UPDATED REVIEW
❐ READ IN JULY OF 2016
❐ ROMANCE WITH A HINT OF SUSPENSE
❐ SNARK, LIES, AND SECRET IDENTITIES 

❐ SCANDALOUSLY SEX-PLICIT, INVENTIVE EVEN
❐ 3RD PERSON POV
❐ LENGTH OF eBOOK ➯ 426 PAGES
❐ OWN ON KINDLE

 

MY RATING➯ 3¾ STARS

A unique, intricate start to a three-book series about a brother and sister in hiding, from what? I'm not sure…it's only hinted at in this first book.  I struggled with the writing at times and I think that's why it took me so long to finish this.

Jackson and Jillian Knight or actually Jude and Jessica Day are a smart, sexy, and oh so snarky set of twins. They are members of G.A.I.L. (Guardian Angels for Innocent Lives) and therefore they were experts in two areas: combat and survival. This excerpt from the beginning suggests that this story is more action than romance, but really there is more romance than action, that's not to suggest it's slow either. 

While I loathe series where the story is strung out over 3 or more books, I thought I would give this author a try.  This first book centers on Jillian/Jessica and has a story within a story, one that will have your feelings all over the place. It's a little dark, a little sad, and sometimes so laugh out loud amusing. 

UPDATE...I read this four years ago and thought that I would one day finish the series...but I still haven't done so and it's highly questionable that I ever will...unless it comes out on Audio.  Also, I've recently listened to a duology by this author that I did really enjoy.

BREAKDOWN✎

Plot ➯ 4.3/5

Characters ➯ 4.3/5

The Feels ➯ 4/5

Pacing ➯ 3.5/5

Addictiveness ➯ 3.5/5

Theme, Tone or Intensity ➯ 3.5/5

Originality/Believability ➯ ?/5

Flow (Writing Style) ➯ 4/5

Romance/Chemistry ➯ 3.5/5

Ending ➯ 4/5

SUMMATION ➯ 3¾ STARS

Immortal Beloved by Cate Tiernan (AUDIOBOOK REVIEW)

DETAILS

IMMORTAL BELOVED #1
BY CATE TIERNAN
NARRATION: KELLY LINTZ
URBAN FANTASY

PARANORMAL ROMANCE

MAGIC

BOOK THEME SONG:

My Immortal

MY RATING: 4/5 STARS

MY THOUGHTS

FIRST IMPRESSION: Immortals who are not Vampires…I think I like this. 

MY REVIEW IN ONE SENTENCE: A slow-burning, contemplative tale...that is both historical and contemporary.

Nastasya has lived an incredibly long life and because of this, she has so many stories to tell. This story actually snuck up on me slowly, there isn't a lot of action, but there is a lot of introspection. I do have to say for someone who has lived as long as she has…she has a lot of growing up to do. With that being said, I still think she is a cool, and seriously badass chic. I liked her because she seems to be on the right path now.

The world of Immortal Beloved is alluring yet intimidating. It seems to me living that long could get really boring, especially with the life she had been living. On the other hand, think of all the books you could read with that kind of time.

BREAKDOWN

Plot: 4/5

Characters: 5/5

The Feels: 4.2/5

Theme: 4/5

Flow: 5/5 

Backdrop (World Building): 5/5 

Originality: 4/5 

Book Cover: 4/5 

Narration: 4/5 

Ending: 3.5/5. Cliffhanger: "to be continued"

The Distance Between Us by Kasie West

"I've missed my hot chocolate. I just think of you as the guy who brings it to me. Sometimes I forget your name and call you hot chocolate guy.” 

My Thoughts:

I loved Caymen, her snark, her indecisiveness, she was effervescent.  She was excellently portrayed by Jorjeana Marie.  I really believe she captured her sarcastic personality well.  I would highly recommend listening to the audio version.  The story's overall believability is what ultimately pulled me in and kept me hooked.

Sex Factor:  None, a squeaky clean romance.

OVERALL RATING: 4.5 STARS

✧Breakdown of Rating✧

Plot: 4/5

Characters: 4.5/5

The Feels: 4/5

Theme: 5/5

Flow: 5/5

Backdrop (World Building): 4/5

Originality: 5/5

Book Cover: 3/5 

Narration: 5/5 

Ending: 4.5/5 Cliffhanger: No

AUDIOBOOK REVIEW ● LEARNING TO LIVE ●

BY KIRA ADAMS

Ciera

All I wanted was to be able to make it through my senior year. I didn’t need the stares, the jokes, or the bullies. I thought I could do it all on my own, but I was wrong. He filled my veins like a poison, the kind you can’t run from. Harsh and uncaring, he was broken, but somewhere along the way he seeped into my pores. There was no way out, so that left me with one choice: to open his eyes to the beauty around him. To help him live.

Topher

She wasn’t on my agenda; it was fate’s cruel way of telling me I needed to get my shit together. To be fair, my head was so far up my ass, I’m not sure how we extracted it. I knew the power I held over my peers, I exuded it daily. I could have any girl I wanted at the snap of my fingers, and yet I found myself fantasizing about her-someone so far off my radar it wasn’t even funny. She helped me understand that sometimes you need to let go to really live. Sometimes being alive means taking risks.

THE DETAILS⇣

￮ INFINITE LOVE SERIES

￮ CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE

￮ YOUNG ADULT

￮ I READ AN ARC THROUGH NETGALLEY IN EXCHANGE FOR A HONEST REVIEW

MY RATING⇢ 4¼ STARS

MY THOUGHTS⇣

Plot: 4.2/5 A sweetly satisfying romance, it was sad but ultimately gratifying to see how profoundly Ciera affects Topher.

Characters: 4.5/5 Ciera and Topher were amazing. I think that some of the bullying that Ciera goes through seems over the top…like no one can be that horrible to somebody just because they're poor. Can they?

The Feels: 4.3/5

Theme: 5/5 It did make me cry…the beauty of this is in its message.

Flow: 4/5 Just a few small glitches.

Originality: 4/5

Book Cover: 3/5

Sex Factor: Yes, but not explicit

Ending: 5/5 Cliffhanger: No

This book truly moved me and I will remember it for some time to come. It's hard to say anything about this book without giving away the ending, but I tried. It's well worth the read.