lenoreo's reviews
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Sometimes I just love a simple Harlequin...not simple as in it isn't interesting, I just know what to expect in general, and get thrown a few surprises here and there. I enjoyed Chloe and Declan. Normally Declan's attitude changes would have turned me off, but I could actually see where he was coming from in this one, as frustrating as that was. I enjoyed that they tried to explain Adrian's sudden change in behavior with Chloe (I had pondered the explanation myself just from hints here and there). I liked that Chloe remained fairly strong...she could have gotten sucked back under and been the usual weak female lead, but she tried to stay true to who she had become. So yeah, definitely a good one...:)

2.5 stars -- I'm beginning to wonder if I'm just not in the right frame of mind for reading certain books. It seems like I haven't been enjoying some highly recommended books lately, and that's unusual for me...I'm pretty easy to please. Makes me fear re-reading books I loved in case I find all sorts of flaws...*sigh*

I just couldn't get into this one. I don't know if I just have too much going on right now, but I felt like I had to more make myself finish this one instead of being glued to it. But why? I liked the characters, but I guess I wasn't wowed by them...it almost felt like certain things went too fast in the plot for me to truly get wrapped up in them, or that I couldn't get a good feel on the characters. Then a lot of the plot was spent analyzing...which usually doesn't bother me, but it felt a bit repetitive. And the bad guys were really bad, but I was left with too many questions at the end...I find I need a few of the mysteries solved so I can see where the author is going to go, and a few remaining to ensure I follow through with the next books in the series...and I was just left confused and unfulfilled in the end. And maybe I'm not in the right mood for a book where everything to do with God and Heaven and Angels seems to be so....wrong....and bad...and evil. I'm sure there are explanations coming in the next books, but I was just so turned off that I won't go for the next one. :( I'm sad now. I hate not seeing what other people see.

3.5 stars -- well, Ms Porter accomplished it...I really wasn't sure how I would feel about Emmeline after the previous book, but I really liked her. She was so completely different from Hannah, and raised in completely different circumstances...and at least her behavior was totally explainable... The reason I rounded down for the 3.5 stars instead of rounding up like Not Fit For A King? was because her insecurities dragged a little too close to the end of the book...it was hard, like "not again" ish. But I still enjoyed the dynamic with Makin and Emmeline...

Profound and emotional short story.... Do you ever wonder if everyone has experienced at least a tiny bit of bullying in their lives?? B/C I know this brought back memories for me.... Teen bullying is such a horrible problem, and I highly recommend this read. Just prepare for some tears at the end....

I've always enjoyed Heidi Rice books...generally very fun characters that have a bit of depth....great witty dialogue....and of course the steaminess. This book was no exception. I thought Eva was just friggin adorable...I felt for her shyness and loved that sass and spunk and watching her grow. Nick wasn't too bad as a rebel...I tend to find those characters frustrating, but for some reason Nick didn't go over that line for me. I couldn't always understand how he came to be who he was...Ms Rice would hint at what he did to survive after he ran away, but never delved into it...so I guess I couldn't always grasp his reactions to situations. But other than that, thoroughly enjoyable... :)

Solid read. Had some good suspense moments, though I did call some of what happened, but perhaps I am just a stellar plot figure outer... I both loved and hated Conner and Jillian.... I guess I just wanted Conner to figure out how he hurt Jillian instead of just accepting that he had. And I didn't always get them together... Jillian on the other hand was enjoyable sassy and vulnerable all at the same time. Loved her interactions with Celeste, but not as much with Daniel. Since this was the first Project Justice book I read, I may have like Daniel more if I knew more about him. Reading this stand alone, he seems like a real berk.

Gah, this one is so hard to rate for me. For the parts that I loved, I seriously LOVED them. But I had a hard time tracking this book...plot wise, dialogues wise...something. It might be just me. But sometimes I'd be reading and I would feel like I missed something.... And I like mysteries, but sometimes it just makes a book more confusing when you purposely evade answering questions til the end....brings frustration.

So that was the less than stellar. The good news?? It was fabulous otherwise. The banter between the characters was hilarious at times...seriously LOL goodness. The supporting characters MADE the whole book...I couldn't imagine what it would have been like without the boys, Annie, Guy and Ellen...even maybe Missy. It was heartwrenching...I just felt for Gwen....she made this crisis in life so real and true. And the characters were far from perfect, beautifully flawed...which can be frustrating, but is kind of refreshing too. So all in all, 2 thumbs up.

Cute story. A bit simple at times, but sometimes it's nice to have an uncomplicated read...

Pretty good...kind of a lot of the book inside the head, not a lot going forward. I enjoyed the dynamics between Rafe and Angel...the snark and such. But there was so much of "I shouldn't have felt X, but I did." It kind of got boring after awhile....

1.5 stars -- and I feel kind of bad about that, b/c I'm generally not a picky person. But the main characters drove me bonkers. I *hated* Plato -- and I tolerate an awful lot from the males in Harlequin books... But it just felt like there wasn't much redeemable about him. At all.... If that had been the worst of it though, it would have been a 2.5 star book. But Rose just compounded...she changed her mind about how she was feeling and what she was feeling so many times back and forth and back and forth that I started to feel whiplash. So yeah, needless to say I am proud of myself for finishing this book and it was sadly just not right for me...