Asylum by Lily White

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Okay.

So.

I'll just get right to it. What an anti-climactic ending for me..

Where was the twist?

Where was the mindfuckery?

I was actually waiting and guessing and excited to get to the end of this book.

I didn't *want* a HEA.. not from Lily or if it was a HEA I wanted it to be something that made me go.. "OMG! She did it to me again..."

But what she did to me was make me lay the book down and go... "ummm... meh."



I really felt like there was a big finish coming, but what I feel like I got was a rushed ending. Like Ms. White had to hurry and finish it with no time for her usual twists and turns.



The first 94% of the book was great, awesome in fact, as you can tell by my updates (see below) as I was reading. It had my mind going in all different directions. The last 6% just left me disappointed.

On the positive side, it WAS a great story, I was invested in the characters, all of them from the best to the worst. I was captivated by the story, I could picture it all. I thought the theme rooms were a bit far-fetched, but they still worked. I could see it all.

Would I recommend this book? Yes, if you're into HEA's and you like your reads a bit dark, but not too dark. Then this is definitely the book for you!

I'm going to give this book 3.5 stars, but rounding it up to 4. I liked it, I just didn't *love* it.

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Daddy Morebucks is More Bang for the Buck!

Daddy Morebucks by Normandie Alleman
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This was my first step into a Daddy Dom/babygirl read. I had my reservations, it's not something I normally care to read about. I normally read much darker BDSM. Now that being said...



A great book, great story, and great writing, all rolled into one sweet read! I connected with the characters right away, couldn't wait to turn the page, and the sex was HOT! Not to over the top descriptive, not fade to back either. The sex was built *into* the story, not the other way around. Which made me enjoy this book even more! It had a great plot!

I enjoyed Marley's character. She seemed so genuine. She was a down on her luck girl who had to resort to sleeping in shelters and wondering where her next meal was coming from most times, she turned to hooking to get a little money to eat on, but not enough to live on.

She has enough money for one drink in her cute little thrift store outfit and wondering if she's going to find a "John" for the night that will feed her, and if she's lucky she'll end up with a nice clean place to stay for the night too.

In walks Milton Barnes, the flustered assistant to the man that wants a particular "call girl" for the night.



Marley isn't that particular call girl, but she can pretend to be for the right amount of cash. Milton just happens to offer her the right amount of cash... and then she is taken to meet James.



James is a wealthy entrepreneur who doesn't have time for wining and dining a woman... usually. All he really has time for is work, work, and more work. And the occasional play time with a paid lady. He's been burned pretty badly once before, so he's not itching or even looking to get back into a relationship. Until Marley gets under his skin and into his heart.



James and Marley's relationship takes off like a shot. And it's believable and plausible. I loved the dynamic of these two. Marley falls right into being James' "doll".

But can a relationship that starts out like this last? Does it have enough foundation to build from? You'll have to read this book to find out.

Like i said, this was my first Daddy/babygirl read, and I loved it. Not sure if it'll be a kink I'll read very often, but i definitely LOVED this one!

I'd like to thank the author for contacting me with her book!


4.5 Stars

ebook given in exchange for an honest review.

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Eternal Every After

Eternal Ever After by A.C. James
My rating: 1 of 5 stars

Okay. I'm not even sure what I just tortured myself with here. But I do know one thing for sure.



The synopsis sounded promising. Vamps with a little BDSM thrown in? What more could a girl ask for, right?

Well something that was a little less ridiculous would have been just peachy!

Vampires, Fairies, and witches! Oh My! These wouldn't have been bad things if they were introduced with just one tiny bit of believability.

*Dramatic Facepalm*


This book is more along the lines of Twilight meets True Blood. There are similarities to both. A LOT of similarities.



The Vampires in this book don't sparkle or glamour though... they dazzle!!



There were things in this book that were constantly mentioned or pointed out, her "satchel" for instance. What the hell was up with the satchel? I kept thinking there would be something important revealed about it since it was mentioned fifteen different times.

Another was when Arie dazzled her and jumped off the top of a 1,000 ft. building, she constantly gets migraines when trying to remember what happened later, (a kiss) but those things were never followed up on. It's not like he didn't kiss her, spank her, bind her, have sex with her throughout the book, so what was so important about her forgetting that kiss? It's never explained.

Then on the opposite end of the widely swinging spectrum there were things that were way over the top in being overly descriptive.

For instance at about 24% in the author takes us on a little ride.

"We drove north on Lincoln Park West" "Arie turned right onto West Fullerton Parkway and continued straight at the intersection of North Cannon Drive." "He merged onto the highway, heading south." "Arie pulled off the highway, taking the Grand Avenue exit, bearing left onto Lower North Lake Shore Drive." "We continued over another bridge." "Arie turned right onto East Wacker Drive...” "Arie merged onto a ramp continued past the Chicago Riverwalk; its scenic view made me dizzy...” (Yeah! I feel ya on that one!) "He turned left on Columbus Drive..."

I actually felt carsick after just *reading* that!



Did the author think I was gonna plug all of this into Google Maps and go for a scenic Sunday afternoon drive? Really? All of that took up *way* too much space, and that doesn't even mention all the filler in between all of those twists and turns.

The funniest line in the whole book; "I laughed. ’You seriously expect me to believe that the mafia is controlled by a bunch of faeries?'"

Yeah well, I can believe that more than the plausibility of the rest of this book.

Holly doesn't seem in the least shocked when Arie reveals that he's a vampire, or that there are faeries, witches, etc., she's more shocked that said vampire is standing in her kitchen cooking.



There is one scene in the book where Aire starts laughing at her, and by the end of the paragraph I feel like I’m reading about a 12 year old boy rather than a vampire who's been around since about 108 BC. Sometimes he seems very old world and refined, then all of the sudden he seems like a schoolboy.

I don't think I ever developed a connection with a single character in this book. They were all one dimensional and unbelievable.

*ponders*

Except maybe Mystic, the cat.



I almost gave up on this book at around 75%, but felt that I needed to finish at that point. I had to see if the Rogue vampire actually ever showed up, or was that just one more thing that was being led up to that didn't materialize?



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