Review: Changing Course by Aly Martinez

Hurrah! I'm really posting a review! **silly dances around the room** 

This is my most recent read and I'm excited to share this with you guys. I came across this whilst browsing the Kindle store. It was a recommendation based upon previous purchases, had some really good reviews on both Amazon and Goodreads alike, so I thought what the hell? It was cheap too, less that £2, so I wasn't gonna be super disappointed if it was, well, crap.


I met Sarah Kate Erickson when I was twenty-one years old. I was lucky enough to keep her for seven years before a tragic accident stole her from me. She didn’t die, but sometimes I think it would have been easier if she had. 

I lived in a haze for those four years after the accident. Catering to her every need, even though she hated the very sight of my face. I tried to hold on to her and the future that we were supposed to build together. But you can’t hold on to someone that doesn’t exist anymore. 

It wasn’t until I met Jesse Addison, a barista at the local coffee shop, that I realized I didn’t just lose Sarah that tragic night, I lost myself as well. Jesse taught me how to let go of the past and learn to love again. But what happens when your past haunts your present, and the woman you used to love refuses to accept the woman you can’t live without? 


Okilydokily. Down to the good stuff. What did I love? I loved how Brett was a generally nice guy. There is no other way to describe him. Okay, there totally is but we'll get to that later ;)

I actually admire him. Now don't get me wrong, there were times where I wanted to strangle him, maybe give his head a little bang against the wall, but overall, oh man. He's super sweet, maybe a little too eager to make everyone else happy at times, at least it seems that way until you really get to know him. I don't think I have read a book with a character like him.

The other characters? I have a serious love/hate relationship going on with them at the moment. I wanna explain why, but I'm afraid I might spoil it for you all. Just..trust me. Read it and let me know what you all think of them. :)

Now, the book overall. It has the right balance between pretty much every emotion I could feel. That sounds silly, I know. It has angst, it has humor, it will make you squirm whilst reading those sexy scenes. It is perfect.

I wasn't expecting much, I hadn't read about this on any other blogs that I stalk (hee hee!) all previous information I had was from like, three Goodreads reviews and maybe one from Amazon. I truly thought that if it was so good, why hadn't I heard of it before. This is one of those awful habits of mine. I'm working on it. Some of the best books I have ever read are ones that nobody seemed to be talking about. It still shocks me each and every time though, I feel like I have found lost treasure!

Back to it. Overall, 5 stars. It has the potential to be more sure, but it's a beautifully written piece of perfection.

So this happened

I wrote three weeks ago. Oh yes, three damn weeks ago. Why have I been away for so long? Oh where to begin. My best friend had a baby! I almost ran away with the gorgeous little munchkin, then remembered how badly I cope with crying babies. My new role? The totally awesome adoptive Auntie Jay (apparently this will be easier to learn than CJ, personally, I think my friend it just lazy), I'm the Auntie who encourages food fights (it's been known to happen). **Sighs**
What else? I moved. It's not interesting (to you) but to me? It's like Christmas and my birthday rolled into one. The downside, I left everything until the last minute. I'm talking moving day last minute. Seriously, everyone was packing everything into various cars and I'm stood in the middle of my old room just glaring at my clothes. They ended up crammed into boxes. Yup. And yes, they're still there.

I've had birthday parties, engagement parties, weddings, and just generally random as hell parties to attend. It's been crazy. And I have loved every damn second of it. But now, it's time to do something that I have missed! Review! I've read a fair few books recently, and I finally have the time to have a little rant about them. So,  my lovely readers, enjoy!

I'm back..

Hello my fellow book lovers, I am back! 

I haven't posted in, according to this anyway, a month. A whole freakin' month. Why? Uh, I don't have any particular reason if I'm honest. I just wasn't feeling it. Maybe because I had nothing to read/recommend/review?

It's all okay though! This past week, I found my weird book mojo thing, so reviews will be posted later today/early tomorrow morning. And yeah, when I say early tomorrow morning, I totally mean like 2am. 

On that note my lovelies, I'm out! Authors to stalk, shit to write. You know how it goes ;)

CJ x

Review: The Will by Kristen Ashley

Happy Release Day KA! 
So, so, so damn happy that the wait for this little gem of a book is O.V.E.R. Over. Hurrah!

It's been a very productive day here, productive as in, I have done nothing but devour a ton of chocolate, coffee, and the book. **Sighs** I love days like this. Simply perfect.

Now you know me, a new KA book? I'm all over that shit. But today's book? Totally baffled me. Oh, in a good way though. Why baffled? I don't think I have ever read a KA book that gave me such an eye opening experience..reaction? It made me think. It also made me appreciate just how damn good my life it, but that my friends, is a story for another day.

As you know, KA books are all about Drama. With a capital D. They can be slightly unrealistic, but not too unrealistic. Hey, sometimes we need that. This one? Hit me in the gut. Yup. Sucker punched. This is primarily because it was so damn believable. There wasn't all the drama, hell, even Jake wasn't as Alpha as some of her other guys. Okay, that's not really true, he just wasn't as in your face about it as say..Knight or Luke. Did that have any negative influence? Oh, fuck no! If anything, I fell more in love with the dude.

Okay, Okay. Getting slightly ahead of myself again. First off, maybe I should explain what it's all about?

"Early in her life, Josephine Malone learned the hard way that there was only one person she could love and trust: her grandmother, Lydia Malone. Out of necessity, unconsciously and very successfully, Josephine donned a disguise to keep all others at bay. She led a globetrotting lifestyle on the fringes of the fashion and music elite, but she kept herself distant. 

While Josephine was trotting the globe, retired boxer Jake Spear was living in the same small town as Lydia. There was nothing disguised about Jake. Including the fact he made a habit of making very bad decisions about who to give his love. 

But for Josephine and Jake, there was one person who adored them. One person who knew how to lead them to happiness. And one person who was intent on doing it. 

Even if she had to do it as her final wish on this earth."

That shit right there ^^^, left me speechless. Just that tiny snippet, I knew I needed this. I knew it would deliver. I loved everything. I cannot possibly give this book a review that will do it justice. What I can say is that it was funny, it held my attention (all day!) and it was beautifully written. Less of the crazy, more of the soft, sweet moments. And yes, steamy sex is still there of course!

I loved how Lydia gave Jake and Josie, and his kids, a beautiful gift. I loved how she made damn sure her treasure was kept safe, was protected. I loved how she explained her intentions on tape. Hell, I loved every damn thing.

What I will add, what I don't think I have ever had the mind to mention before in a review, is that the detail in this book? Amazing. Truly appreciated. I cannot begin to understand how this lady does pretty much everything so damn good. Gah!

5 stars? No, too low. I cannot rate this. But guys? Go one click this beauty. Have those eyes opened.

Review: Wildest Dreams (Fantasyland #1) by Kristen Ashley

Good morning guys and dolls. Yes I said morning, because technically it is. MmHm. Right now, in the not so sunny, no so hot, damn right depressing UK it is 12.30 a.m. Why am I awake?
1. I have a new obsession with american TV shows that we never get to see here. Netflix, I love you.
2. I'm hungry, but too darn lazy to do anything about it.
3. I am ready to review!

It's taken me a while to process everything. I know, I shouldn't read a whole series before doing this, but I could NOT stop, nor did I want to ;)

As I said...last week? Huh, lost time. Well, whatever. I promised reviews, and here they are! See, didn't let ya down after all.

You know me (sorta) and you know (most definitely) that if a book hits the spot, I write like crazy. I am a woman on a mission. This time..I couldn't. I knew I wouldn't be able to write the right words. I could not do it justice, hell, I'm pretty sure I still can't..but here we go anyway...


The Fantasyland series by KA is one that I have put off reading for a while. I wasn't ready to turn my back on good ol' standard (is there such a thing?) romance. Alpha romance that is. I wasn't ready for new worlds, okay, universes. I wasn't ready to be taken back in time or to a place where men treat women like trophies. And no, at first, it's not the good kinda trophy, but we'll get to that later. I wanted safe, sexy alphaness that KA always delivers. But...I did it. I had too. Needed a KA fix and these babies were there screaming "Bitch, you better read us now"

I did. Duh. I was unsure, and in the end? Pleasantly surprised. Wildest dreams went against everything I thought I wanted. It was upsetting, it was unusual. It was intense, had me chewing my cheeks and up all night. Hurrah! So what's it about?

Seoafin “Finnie” Wilde was taught by her parents that every breath was a treasure and to seek every 

adventure she could find. And she learns this lesson the hard way when they perish in a plane crash. But 

she never forgets and when she discovers there is a parallel universe where every person has a twin, she 

finds a witch who can send her there so she can have the adventure of a lifetime. 


But upon arrival in the Winter Wonderland of Lunwyn, she realizes she’s been played by her twin and 

finds herself walking down the aisle to be wed to The Drakkar. 

Thrown into inauspicious circumstances, with years of practice, Finnie bests the challenges and digs into 

her adventure. But as Frey Drakkar discovers the woman who is his new wife is not Princess Sjofn, a 

woman he dislikes but instead, his Finnie, a free-spirit with a thirst for venture just like him, without her 

knowledge he orders his new bride bound to his frozen world, everlasting. 

But at the same time Frey plunges Finnie into a web of political intrigue that includes assassination plots, 

poison, magic, mystery and… dragons.


Let me point out right here, I may have actually hated Frey at first. Silly, silly man! Oh, he pissed me off. I may have said several..uh..well unladylike like words to him. No, really. I spoke to the pages like he was real and could hear me. Okay, enough of hearing how weird I am!

I hated him. I adored Finnie, how could I not? But Frey..no. Just..no. I panicked, would this be the first KA alpha that I didn't fall head over heels in love with? What was happening? Was the world ending, would pigs begin to fly? Or worse, would there be no coffee in the morning? Dum dum DUM!!!

It's okay, do not panic! All is right in KA land! I ended up totally, completely falling for him. YAY! **happy wiggle**

This book? It is magic. Pure, honest to god magic guys. Is it perfect writing? Fuck no, but then nothing is perfect. The storyline? That's as close to it as it could possibly be. I was completely enchanted by this book. After my initial hatred that is. There's just something about it. I didn't love everything in it, fuck, I didn't even like everything, but there was just something telling me to continue. That in the end, it would be totally worth it. Nice to know I can rely on my gut feeling now and again hehe.

4.5 stars!

p.s. TOTALLY want a dragon..

So here's the deal..

I've been wanting to do some sort of competition for a while. I just don't know what exactly. See, I'm assuming, thanks to twitter, that most of you guys are from the US, while lil ol' me lives in the not so sunny, not so great, cold as fuck UK. Really, it's cold. And rains constantly. But that's a story (moan?) for another day.

I want to do a competition. A give away. A free kindle book maybe? Gift card? I need to research this. But! What I want to know is, what do you want? Competition and prize wise. And come on guys, be reasonable. :)

So here is The Plan. You all need to tweet away, comment away, email away, you get the idea. I want to know you're ideas. I also want you to spread the word. Once I reach..

shall we say..

200 followers? Yup, seems like a good number. 200 followers on Twitter and I'll do a giveaway.

I'm excited to do this!

Review: Divergent by Veronica Roth

Good morning my lovelies!

Why am I so chipper this morning? Did I really just say chipper?
Yup, totally did. I may have had a little too much coffee. And sugar. And fizzy pop. He he. I'm like a kid today. Okay **takes deep breath, full body wiggle** I am calm.

What's gotten me so excited, besides all the crap I consume, is this book. It seems that everyone has read this. Okay, so not everyone-everyone. More like, every blog I read, they've all read it. Yeah. So, I put it off for a super long time. Too long. And with the movie coming out, and I knew I would be going to see it, I thought it would be best to read the books first. I'm not gonna lie, at first, totally didn't work for me. But, BUT that was only because it had been so damn long since I read anything other than serious Alpha crap, my poor brain didn't know what was happening.

The little pink brain, sitting in the weird brainy library at the back of my actual brain was like "wow, wow, WOW there girlie, what is happening here? What is this text you are reading? Where are the handcuffs, blindfolds and whips? Where are the big, bad men who take what they want and give their women some serious shit to be happy about?" Poor Brainy, he had a little panic there. Fear not! I got over it, and when I did...

IT WAS AWESOME!!!

So, what's all the fuss about?


In Beatrice Prior's dystopian Chicago world, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the 

cultivation of a particular virtue--Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), 

Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). On an appointed day of every year, all sixteen-year-

olds must select the faction to which they will devote the rest of their lives. For Beatrice, the decision is 

between staying with her family and being who she really is--she can't have both. So she makes a 

choice 

that surprises everyone, including herself

It's intense. It didn't make my heart stop, but god, I loved it. I don't know how to explain my reactions while reading, because one minute I would be rooting for Tris, the next I would be close to tears. I loved Four. I loved her friends. I loved her family.

I can't review this so good right now. I just needed to write something, anything. The only downside? And this might sound super odd, but I would have liked to read more in the scenes revolving around her parent's..towards the end. I don't want to add spoilers right now. But yeah, that's the only real thing I can find fault with!

5 stars!

I'll update the review once my brain can function properly hehe.