OBSIDIAN (LUX 1) - JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT (BethanyReadsBooks Reviews)

OBSIDIAN (LUX 1) - JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT

Starting over sucks.

When we moved to West Virginia right before my senior year, I'd pretty much resigned myself to thick accents, dodgy internet access, and a whole lot of boring... until I spotted my hot neighbor, with his looming height and eerie green eyes. Things were looking up.

And then he opened his mouth.

Daemon is infuriating. Arrogant. Stab-worthy. We do not get along. At all. But when a stranger attacks me and Daemon literally freezes time with a wave of his hand, well, something... unexpected happens.

The hot alien living next door marks me.

You heard me. Alien. Turns out Daemon and his sister have a galaxy of enemies wanting to steal their abilities, and Daemon's touch has me lit up like the Vegas Strip. The only way I'm getting out of this alive is by sticking close to Daemon until my alien mojo fades.

If I don't kill him first, that is. 

okay, so i'm just going to say that this is a book that i can most definitely add to my favourite books of all time . i loved this book and the characters in it. 

i must admit that at first i thought it was a bit hyped up but man was that  not true, this book encompasses many things and while i'm not going to give spoilers because why ruin it? go girl power! 

i have to say when i picked up this books i was a bit like aliens? WTF? but the way Jennifer has presented the Luxen is amazing and refreshing. 

this review is going to be short because i honestly don't think anything i can say will do it justice 

the characters are amazing and realistic (and there definitely isnt any of that love at first sight) well as realistic as aliens can be. in all honesty i just think you should pick up this book and decide for yourself, but i think i might be a bias. 

as my mother would say dont like it lump it.. no idea where lump it came from but yeah, i enjoyed the book very much and hope you will to.  can't wait to read the rest of the series.. promise there will be more detailed reviews then ;) 

#SCANDAL - SARAH OCKLER (BethanyReadsBooks Reviews)

#SCANDAL - SARAH OCKLER

Lucy’s learned some important lessons from tabloid darling Jayla Heart’s all-too-public blunders: Avoid the spotlight, don’t feed the Internet trolls, and keep your secrets secret. The policy has served Lucy well all through high school, so when her best friend Ellie gets sick before prom and begs her to step in as Cole’s date, she accepts with a smile, silencing about ten different reservations. Like the one where she’d rather stay home shredding online zombies. And the one where she hates playing dress-up. And especially the one where she’s been secretly in love with Cole since the dawn of time.

When Cole surprises her at the after party with a kiss under the stars, it’s everything Lucy has ever dreamed of… and the biggest BFF deal-breaker ever. Despite Cole’s lingering sweetness, Lucy knows they’ll have to ’fess up to Ellie. But before they get the chance, Lucy’s own Facebook profile mysteriously explodes with compromising pics of her and Cole, along with tons of other students’ party indiscretions. Tagged. Liked. And furiously viral.

By Monday morning, Lucy’s been branded a slut, a backstabber, and a narc, mired in a tabloid-worthy scandal just weeks before graduation.

Lucy’s been battling undead masses online long enough to know there’s only one way to survive a disaster of this magnitude: Stand up and fight. Game plan? Uncover and expose the Facebook hacker, win back her best friend’s trust, and graduate with a clean slate.

There’s just one snag—Cole. Turns out Lucy’s not the only one who’s been harboring unrequited love... 

After receiving this book in the post four hours ago you could say i was exited to read it and did so in one sitting with no breaks (not even for the bathroom) which is admittedly sad but a true testament to the writing of sarah ockler in this novel.

so the story centres around social media and i guess the way that we can be influenced by it. when Lucy's best friend gets sick and asks her to attend senior prom with cole the guy she has loved since freshman year but is also her friends boyfriend, lucy agrees not knowing the trouble it would unwittingly cause. 

After all the book is called #scandal (after a competition of sorts hosted by Miss demeanor an anonymous facebook profile from someone at her school) and scandal follow Lucy in this book after a picture of her kissing Cole ends up on her facebook profile thanks to the fact her phone has been stolen by a certain someone, and Lucy's misspent night aren't all that's being uploaded, it seems to everyone else's dirty little secrets are posted on her profile as well.

So while trying to find out who did this and unraveling lots of other things in the midst (sorry no spoilers ;)) she has to deal with the constant bullying from her class mates.

I would give this book a 5/5, i think it tackled real problems that we face and also the amount of influence social media has in our lives. the way our words or actions can be misinterpreted and that in the end it doesn't rule our lives. it tackles relationships with realistic approaches and responses and i think that's important with any story. 

i recommend you guys to purchase this book or borrow it, i think it might have earned a place on my favourites list (and taught me to never let my phone out of my sight) 

might just get some more Sarah Ockler books, as i found myself to rather enjoy this one.

LOSING IT - CORA CARMACK (BethanyReadsBooks Review)

LOSING IT - CORA CARMACK

Sick of being the only virgin among her friends, Bliss Edwards decides the best way to deal with the problem is to lose it as quickly and simply as possible - a one-night stand. But her plan turns out to be anything but simple when she freaks out and leaves a gorgeous guy alone and naked in her bed with an excuse that no one with half-a-brain would ever believe. And as if that weren't embarrassing enough, when she arrives for her first class of her last college semester, she recognizes her new theatre professor. She'd left him naked in her bed about 8 hours earlier.

okay i guess i'm going to start of by saying that it wasn't my favourite book in the world which isn't really a shocker. Don't get me wrong i liked the book, in fact i would probably give it a whole 3 and 1/2 out of five and might read it again once i get the other books in the series finding it and faking it

 

the truth about why i didn't give this book five stars is that to me it just felt too short for what happened in it.

the story is about a girl who wants to lose her virginity at the beginning and goes to a bar to find a man to do it with. while there she finds a sexy man with an english accent and ends up at her home with him after realising he lives in the building next to hers and burning her leg getting off his motorcycle. in short she doesn't quite go through with it (a nonexistent cat is in there somewhere) and attending class the ext day it turns out she's already met her professor.

Whilst dealing with this revelation she also gets the 'shock' that her best guy friend is in love with her and i think this is where my problems with the book start. while i did enjoy it the love triangle is crummy at best and from this point in the novel the story becomes slightly hurried and at times i cringed slightly.

i did enjoy the book overall but probably need to keep it as a summer read as it is something light that i think would be perfect for when you just want to lighten up your mood, a bit of smutt and fluff to give you the feels. Which is something i think everyone needs in a while, which is why i recommend this book as a simple summer read that will be good for the beach or just for lightening the mood.