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THREE STAGES OF LUST: LOVE by TC Anthony

Three Stages of Love: Lust by T.C. Anthony
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

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It was better than Okay, but not quite 3 stars. There were a lot of grammatical and spelling errors. I thought that Eva's back and forth as to what she was willing to give or receive was annoying and gave me whiplash.

I don't like how the book ended, because I now want to know if Alexander will forgive her or not :). I'm assuming he will, but the excitement and anxiety you get from the lust or push-pull in these types of books was slightly missing.

The only emotional pull is from the loss of her friend and the guilt you are sure she's experiencing for living and loving her life while her friend dies. I get that.

But like I said, for some reason I want to know what happens next. Not the best written book, but not the worst either.

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ENTICE by Jessica Shirvingtion

Entice by Jessica Shirvington
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

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I have to say I was greatly disappointed by this installment, since I so loved the first book in the series. I don't want to say I didn't like it because I do like these characters, I just didn't like it a lot. It was just okay.

I found Violet whinny and fatiguing. I just wanted her to get a backbone and say what she wanted and what she needed. It was like everything she was feeling had to be a secret and I'm not sure as to why. If she would tell them what Phoenix was doing to her or how she was feeling about Lincoln, maybe a lot of her anxiety would go away. There's something to be said for being a straight shooter and I felt like Violet was that in the first book. When she was pissed she told Lincoln and/or Phoenix how she was feeling. She even asked Phoenix to help her with her emotions. She was straight about how she felt and what she wanted, no matter how wrong or right it was.

I felt like Lincoln was more of a teenager than a man. His emotional response to seeing Violet kiss Spence was dumb to me. Dropping his glass and running out. Then when he realizes she was manipulated by Phoenix, he can barely keep his hands off of her. And there was no real resolution to that either. I'm sure it will come later, but it's dragging for me. I need to know what their choices are and if they will be like Rudyard and Nyla were.

Why no one could figure out that Magda was the traitor in Violet's dreams is beyond me. It seems Violet paid very little attention to what her dreams were telling her. She didn't even go to Griffen or Linc to talk them out to get clarity. There were just a lot of missed opportunities to me. And why did they let Magda go? She knows too much about them and about their plans. Just dumb to me.

Also Jude's last minute arrival into the story was kinda weird to me as well. It was just strange to me. He was sort of dropped in in my opinion.

The action was also lacking compared to the first book in my opinion. I just liked the first book so much better.

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DOUBLE TIME by Olivi a Cunning

Double Time by Olivia Cunning
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

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Where I liked everyone else's story, I didn't like Trey's. Don't get me wrong, I still love reading about all the Sinners, but I found Trey, selfish and childish. Who pines for someone for 14 years knowing they aren't interested in you. Maybe before Brian got married, but once he made his choice and married Myrna, Trey needed to pull up his big boy underwear and get a life. I also didn't like the fact that the author made it seem like Brian loved him as much as Trey loved Brian, but made a choice to be with a woman therefore, belittling the relationship between Brian an Myrna... To me.

I didn't like the fact that Trey was using Reagan, in the beginning, to get over Brian and wasn't honest with her about his feelings. I also, don't like the fact that although he's bi-sexual, he can't be in love with one person and be monogamous. Trey says he's in love with Reagan, but he still needs a hard body. Than find a relationship with a man and not a woman, but not with both at the same time. I still think it's cheating. Maybe I'm just too conventional. I have nothing against Threesomes, but when you tell someone you love them, that should be it. I don't know, just didn't like his vibe.

Trey was never happy for the milestones in Brian's life, he was always thinking about himself. Even Myrna new that Trey was struggling and thought about him enough to ask if he was okay. But Trey only thought about what he wanted and who he wanted to the point of telling Brian after all was said and done. If he didn't have the balls to tell Brian how he felt before Brian got married and there were others on both sides of the relationship, then it was time to not speak and let it go.

It's like being so guilt ridden that you had an affair that you tell the other person. It's not for them, its for you. I just didn't like this one as much as the others.

I hope there will be books about Exodus End....

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HOT TICKET by Olivia Cunning

Hot Ticket by Olivia Cunning
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

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I liked Jace's story. You always wonder about him in the other two books and why he seems to hold himself back from the others. I gave this book 3 out of 5 stars when I really wanted to give it 4 star. My problem is basically the retelling ROCK HARD in the first quarter of the book. I get that there was a parallel story happening at the same time with Jace and Aggie, I just would have preferred that to have happened in the ROCK HARD story and then Jace and Aggie have their own thing happening.

I thought that the relationship between Aggie and Jace was definitely hot. Each book gets hotter and hotter.

I liked that Aggie wouldn't let Jace push her away. She knew she wanted him and was good for him and wouldn't let him get away not letting her in. I think I would have gotten my feelings hurt and not gone on the tour with him to take care of him.

I also felt like Jon got dropped in the story somehow. I mean she even finished out Dave and Aggie's Mom. But what happened to Jon? Was he on the pigsty bus, did he leave, was he going to play bass when they go on tour and Jace plays piano? I guess that could be addressed in the next installment, but I have to say I'm not happy that I have to read them out of order since the author obviously interlaces her books.

Off to DOUBLE TIME now!

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THE PLEASURES OF WINTER by Evie Hunter

The Pleasures of Winter by Evie Hunter
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

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There were parts that were interesting, but I felt like it just missed being special. Like if he was such a Dom, why was Jack/Micheal so attacked to Abbie when she was being so dominate sometimes.

Also, I would have liked to have read more information on Kevin and Kit. Had Abbie feel more about her how them getting together so easily and quickly made her feel. It was only addressed for an instant before she left the country.

There was no mention of Abbie's sister's husband. Was she divorced, still married, a widow?

I liked the time in the jungle, although it was a bit long. But, there were many times where things were sort of cleared up on the fly, so to speak. Example was when Abbie thought Jack/Micheal had told the press they slept together, but then Kevin says that he was mad at his agent when he realized the put that out to the press and Abbie said he had mentioned it, we never read it. There was another incident like that that happend, so there were just things that didn't make me love the material.

There was no mention of Abbie ever wanting to write a book, but all of a sudden she's been in Ireland for 5 months.

These were some of the the problems I had with the book.

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LAST CALL by Jennifer Schmidt

Last Call by Jennifer Schmidt
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

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I'm a little disappointed by this because I kinda liked RISKING IT ALL by the same author. I just felt that this book was a little soft. The story didn't really hold up. For Novalee (which I can't stand that name) to have been someone who had been beaten to within and inch of her life, I don't think she would be someone who would easily let loose and go off with a strange man let alone go on a vacation to a place like Vegas alone.

Also, who gets married to someone and just lets it go. Never tries to contact the person to say, "hey, we did something stupid, lets get this annulled."

Then Dean, what the heck. The truth was a much better solution than that convoluted lie he came up with. I mean, it would have been easier to say, "Look, I'm sorry that I married you under false pretenses, but my Dad is a douche who will take everything my grandfather built and destroy it. Could you help me?" He didn't even have to say that his father's actions lead to his mother and sister's death. I would have helped not knowing that.

Also Cali was so wishy washy. One minute, she's all "hurt her and I'll cut off your balls" then she's "you'll never know what could happen if you don't go for it" to "don't fall in love." Just crazy.

I do like that Novalee decides to help Dean, but I think she was being a martyr by not letting him explain, tell him to sign the divorce papers, leave her alone, but then wanting him to fight for her. No one knows what's in your head.

I feel the author missed an opportunity to make Abby jealous and maybe duplicitous in working with his father. I respect the fact that she was a good friend, I just think I would have liked the drama of her going another way with that character.

I stand by my scoring that it was just Ok.

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BETTIE PAGE PRESENTS: THE LIBRARIAN by Logan Belle

The Librarian by Logan Belle
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

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I liked it. Did I love it, No. I felt like Regina was too nieve. I mean for someone with their first sexual experience and to be of her age, she shouldn't have been that easy to control. I mean she'd controlled her whole life even knowing she needed to get away from her mother up to that point, I just can't imagine she'd be so pliable to Sebastian. She never even asked about the Blonde haired woman until she was well into a sexual relationship with him.

I also didn't like the character of Sloan, who I felt the author didn't really explain why she was so interested in keeping Regina and Sebastian apart. Also, since he wasn't technically part of the Library employment system, Sloan had no right to tell Regina she couldn't date him. Some of the things that Sloan did to Regina, I though Regina should have stood up for herself. I get that she didn't want to rock the boat and that working there was her dream job, but she got over it quickly enough after being fired. Within three months, Sloan can't fire her for calling in sick or letting her know she was late because she wasn't feeling well. You can't just guess that someone isn't telling you the truth and just fire them unless its a no fault state, at which time you can fire someone for no reason at all. But I think Sloan was opening herself and the Library up to a law suit for firing someone just because she thought she was sleeping with the guy she liked. And why was Sloan engaged, if she wanted Sebastian. I would have liked it better if Sloan had turned out to be the Blonde that Sebastian was sleeping with and that Regina didn't recognize her because of how her hair was draped over her face and Sloan was dumped when he started seeing Regina.

I also thought that the author made Sebastian's transition from a guy who slept with anything that walked to being hung up on Regina too easy. I mean, is all it takes is a twenty-something virgin for a guy to change his ways?

But, I enjoyed it. You wouldn't know it from my criticisms, but I did like it. I like Regina's roommate who was funny and I liked how she tried to help and was so worldly that not much surprised her. And I know many girls who have tried to be what the guy wanted only to have them change their minds and break their hearts so I like that she was doing the open relationship until he freaked out and she was was crushed and dropped all the others.

It was cute, but could have been better.

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