Ebook Wrap Up

March Ebook Wrap Up

1. Hooked on the Game by C.M Owens (Sterling Shore no. 1)

This book is about a girl called Raya Cappperton in college who lives next to  party central. A drunken accident causes her flat to become destroyed, with no money to find another place, the girl is forced to move in with the guy - Kade Colton - whose party caused all of this. 

I gave this book a 2 stars, it was free on Kindle so I wasn't a s salty as I would have been if I bought it. I felt this book was incredibly unrerealistic and it dragged on far too long. What really annoys me about New Adult is the fact that the 'couple' for all intents and purposes acts like a couple, they kiss, they have sex and they spend all their time together. Yet they are still convinced that their feelings aren't mutual. How can someone be so insecure? It's so incredibly frustrating, I would be okay with it if the author wanted to explore the theme of insecurity but it was done simply to further the story and I can't stand that.

2. Never Never by Colleen Hoover and Colleen Hoover

Never Never is about a couple that woke up one day and have forgotten everything about themselves and have to figure out how and why it happened.

I gave this book a 4 stars, because I thought the plot was really interesting. I won't say too much about this book because it's a mystery, but I'm looking forward to the next one. 

3. Confess by Colleen Hoover

Confess is centered around Auburn Reed and her meeting with Owen Gentry - an artist that uses other peoples confessions as inspiration for his work. They meet when Auburn finds his studio and asks for a job, sparks fly immediately and they start dating. However, Owen's secrets may just ruin their relationship.

I made the mistake of reading this straight after Stolen by Lucy Christopher, which was not an easy read, because of this I couldn't get into this as much I wanted to. I still gave it a 4 stars, it started off ripping my heart out (like most Colleen Hoover novels). My favourite part of the novel was the confessions, I thought that was so creative and that twist at the end. 

4. Consolation by Corinne Micheals

This books is about a woman who has just lost her husband - a soldier- with a newborn baby to look after. She struggles to cope but then her husband's best friend Liam shows up and she finds herself falling for him.

I gave this book a 3 stars, because it was and interesting plot and I love the way the author allowed the protagonist to properly grieve. I knocked off the two stars because of the sex-shaming from both of the main characters. I won't say it was because it will spoil something major, but I couldn't stand the way they talked about women. Authors may try to do it to evoke sympathy from the reader for the protagonist, but I can't deal with that, it made me sick and it also made me dislike the characters. Aside from that I really enjoyed the story and I'm looking forward for the finale.

5. All Lined Up by Cora Carmack

All Lined Up is a New Adult written in dual point of view. The female protagonist is called Dallas who's father is a football coach. His profession has stifled her life and she's desperate for a fresh start at college. Unfortunately her father decided to take a coaching job at her college and the boy she's falling for is apart of that team. 

I gave this book a 3 stars! I was really surprised at how much I enjoyed this book, I was expecting a typical New Adult novel. I loved how the characters grew from friends to a couple .

6. All Broke Down by Cora Carmack

All Broke down is centered around two characters: Dylan, a fighter of lost causes, and Silas Moore, the self pronounced lost cause. This book really exceeded my expectations as I was expecting a typical good girl, bad boy relationship. I was expecting to hate Silas after hat he had done in All Lined Up, but Carmack did a great job in showing the depth of his character that made my view of him did a complete 180. It was really refreshing to see some important issues being brought up, what made me love Silas even more was how he defended Stella at the end. I'm looking forward to reading more from this author especially after reading her Author's note. I gave this book a 4 stars.

7. Too Far series by Abbi Glines (Rosemary Beach)

This series is about a girl called Blaire Wynn who has just lost her mother and calls upon her father for a place to say. She finds herself at the home of Rush Finlay who is not pleased to see her. His initial dislike of her vanished after realizing her true character and they begin to date. However Rush is keeping a secret that threatens to ruin their relationship. (Secrets seems to be a recurring theme in New Adults)

This was my first time reading Rush Too Far, which is Fallen Too far in Rush's point of view. I definitely enjoyed his p.o.v more because we got to see his true character. I felt in fallen Too Far he was too sexualised, it was hard to see who he really was so I couldn't attach myself to him. After reading this I understood his intentions a lot more. I gave this series 3 stars.

8. Twisted Perfection by Abbi Glines 

This is a continuation of the Rosemary Beach series and it follows a girl called Della and her relationship with Woods Kerrington. I gave this book a 3 stars, Della had a rough childhood so I was able to deal with her insecurities. I liked the theme of duty or love that was interwoven in the story because of Woods and his family.