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Tuesday, February 9, 2016

The Waning by Christina Bergling

The WaningThe Waning by Christina Bergling

My rating: 2 of 5 stars

Writing: ★★
Story: ★
Characters: ★★

Overall rating: 1.6

Ummm.. okay. What in the hell did I just spend 3 hours of my time reading?


I should have stopped after the first few chapters. The purple prose in this book is so over the top, and annoying, not to mention distracting.

So, instead of writing one of my normal reviews, stating how much I loved, or didn't love, a book, I'm going to simply move on to the next one.

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Snap by Tara Dawn

SNAP (The SNAP Trilogy #1)SNAP by Tara Dawn
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Writing: ★★★★
Story: ★★★★★
Characters: ★★★★

Overall rating: 4.3

****4 "Crazy As Hell" Stars****

*This book contains scenes of drug use, rape, and brutality. It is intended for readers over 18. Reader discretion is advised.*

Okay I need to...
 

WOW! What a read! What a ride! Tara Dawn is a new to me author, and she can write dark and fucked up with the best of them. The warning above... and on the blurb? Heed it. Because the book has it all. In spades.

Hazel is a single woman who works at Maggie's, a bar/restaurant establishment. She works hard and rarely has any time off. But, she loves her job, and wouldn't trade it for all the days off in the world.
 

She is looking for a relationship, or someone to just spend some time with, and she meets Phil, goes on a few dates and realizes that he's not for her. She tells her best friend, Cady, that she is going to break off the budding relationship and on the forth and, in her mind, final date, things go horribly wrong.
 

She is beaten and raped, and wakes up with the blood, bruises, and scars to prove it, but has barely a memory of it; just snippets of what happened, but she knows it was Phil.

When Phil shows up at her job, and again becomes abusive, in steps Cash, the handsome stranger that was in the bar earlier watching her. Cash is her (dark) Knight in a sexy body armor, and looks delicious.
 

Cash is there for a reason, but we don't really know *what* that reason is. But we know it's not something good. Or is it?

This man is sexy, and even though he isn't there for a relationship, he can't seem to stay away from this damsel in distress. There is an instant connection between them. Like 2 halves of a whole that have finally snapped together, and he feels the need to protect her.
 

Cash knows something has happened to Hazel. Something bad. Something painful. And for some reason, he wants to help heal that pain for her. He wants to replace the bad memories with good ones, even if it's only for one night.
 

But that darkness remains, Phil is watching and lurking around. Cash and her friends Cady and Erick, no matter how much they try to keep her safe, that darkness just leaches it's way into Hazel's life.
 

And then there's the ending. Major cliffhanger. I hate major cliffhangers. Majorly. Hate. Them.
 

But I won't have too long too wait, since TAINT comes out next month (March 2016).

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