Review: Bared to You

Author: Sylvia Day

Publisher: Berkley Trade

Pages: 352
Rating: 5 Stars

Synopsis: He was beautiful and brilliant, jagged and white-hot. I was drawn to him as I'd never been to anything or anyone in my life. I craved his touch like a drug, even knowing it would weaken me. I was flawed and damaged, and he opened those cracks in me so easily...

Gideon knew. He had demons of his own. And we would become the mirrors that reflected each other's most private wounds...and desires. The bonds of his love transformed me, even as I prayed that the torment of our pasts didn't tear us apart...

Review: Before I read this, I had never read anything by Silvia Day. If I can be completely honest, I picked up this book as it was a recommendation if I had enjoyed the Fifty Shades trilogy.  I loved it! 

I  literally had to force myself to put this book down. I became completely consumed in the world that Day had created, and I really had a hard time pulling myself out of it. Her writing style was wondering, and it was an intense and captivating story. 

Eva is such a strong character and I really enjoyed her. Despite coming from money, she has really wanted to make it on her own, and claim her independence. In spite of all that has happened to her, she remains a strong woman who knows exactly what she wants. 

Enter Gideon Cross, and there is a spark between him and Eva almost immediately. Gideon is definitely swoon worthy, powerful, possessive, and damaged. 

Eva and Gideon's relationship just works, despite all of the obstacles they both face and have to deal with. They are definitely one of my favourite book couples! 

Sylvia Day  has created some really wonderful side characters as well. I absolutely love Carey Taylor! Another character with his own demons to deal with, but he was just so loveable! I also really liked Eva's boss Mark as well. I don't always find myself really enjoyed a lot of the side characters, but it was almost impossible not to in this book! 

I enjoyed this book so much, that I  have already re-read it! I juts cannot get Eva and Gideon's story out of my head, and I'm looking forward what is coming up for Eva and Gideon and what other obstacles they are going to have to face. 

Waiting on Wednesday

I Hate Waiting!

It seems like we've all been waiting for this book for quite some time, and now the wait is just about over! 

Synopsis: 

From the mom I first met Gideon Cross, I recognized something in him that I needed. Something I couldn't resist. I also saw the dangerous and damaged soul inside--so much like my own. I was drawn to it. I needed him as surely as I needed my heart to beat. No one knowns how much he risked for me. How much I'd been threatened, or just how dark and desperate the shadow of our pasts would become. Entwined by our secrets, we tried to defy the odds. We made our own rules and surrendered completely to the exquisite power of possession...


I really cannot wait for this book! I completely devoured Bared to You and Reflected In You (I'll be posting reviews soon). In the meantime, I have been thinking about rereading the first two books in order to be prepared for the release of this one. It feels like it has been forever since we have heard from Gideon and Eva.I have been so completely drawn into this story, and I am so looking forward to finding out what is coming up next for Gideon and Eva.

Review: Beautiful Disaster

Author: Jamie McGuire

Publisher:Atria Books 

Pages:432 

Rating: 5 Stars 

Synopsis: The new Abby Abernathy is a good girl. She doesn’t drink or swear, and she has the appropriate number of cardigans in her wardrobe. Abby believes she has enough distance from the darkness of her past, but when she arrives at college with her best friend, her path to a new beginning is quickly challenged by Eastern University’s Walking One-Night Stand.

Travis Maddox, lean, cut, and covered in tattoos, is exactly what Abby wants—and needs—to avoid. He spends his nights winning money in a floating fight ring, and his days as the ultimate college campus charmer. Intrigued by Abby’s resistance to his appeal, Travis tricks her into his daily life with a simple bet. If he loses, he must remain abstinent for a month. If Abby loses, she must live in Travis’s apartment for the same amount of time. Either way, Travis has no idea that he has met his match. 

Review:  I first picked this book up primarily just based on its cover (look at it, its gorgeous). I really didn't know anything as    I was getting into this book, but it turns out that I absolutely loved it! 

This was an incredibly addictive book and I found that I had a really hard time putting it down.

The story follows Abby, a good girl with a bit of a dark past. She meets Travis, a bad boy at college, and they seem to hit it off right from the start. After a deal has been made between the two,  their friendship begins to grow, and you just know that they are made for each other. 

I really enjoyed this story and the characters. Travis is definitely a very flawed character and his desire to be with Abby  is definitely swoon-worthy. At the same time I really enjoy Abby as well. It was definitely interesting to learn about her past, and it wasn't necessarily something that I had seen coming. 

Overall this is a really action packed and intense story. Its  very quickly paced and I think that's why I seemed to enjoy it so much. McGuire has written a wonderful story, and she has done an excellednt job at creating a world that just pulls you right it, I loved it! 

I cannot wait to read Walking Disaster.