Review: A Mackenzie Family Christmas: The Perfect Gift

A Mackenzie Family Christmas: The Perfect Gift by Jennifer Ashley
My rating: 2 of 5 stars



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Review: Beneath Beautiful

Beneath Beautiful by Allison Rushby
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

3.75 stars...

Altogether, I liked this book. It was written quite beautifully, I didn't skim.... much, and I loved Plum (not our main character). That being said, I HATED how many epiphany's Cassie had. Even with her being 22, she seemed a bit out of touch with how the real world works. I found her spoiled, unrealistic, and waaaaaay to immature for the character she was written to be.

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Review: Susana and the Scot

Susana and the Scot by Sabrina York
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Was it as good as Hannah And The Highlander? No. Was it a good book in it's own right? Yes. I feel like most of the book revolved around Susana and Andrew's sexual attraction. If you take all of the sexual components out of this book, you aren't really reading anything, not to mention that I had to keep reminding myself that Andrew was indeed Scottish. The author doesn't really write him as a Scottish Highlander except for a few scenes. Otherwise excellent writing, engaging story, and vivid descriptions... (when the Andrew's penis is described as having a "mushroom" head *wink wink*)

Based off of the first book, I had such high expectations for this one and sadly, I was disappointed. However, when Lana's story comes out I will be reading it. In parting I will say this: Ms. York, You aimed high and regrettably fell short.

**I received a free ARC via Netgalley.com in exchange for my honest review.**

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Review: What a Gentleman Wants

What a Gentleman Wants by Caroline Linden
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

What an interesting read.... Not what I expected at all.

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Review: Grace's Forgiveness

Grace's Forgiveness by Molly Jebber
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

*sigh* Another story where the synopsis was 100x's better than the actual story line. After reading the synopsis, I was very interested in reading this book, but after the first few pages, I knew this would not be the book for me.

While the plot seemed to be well thought out, the writing was exceptionally bad. Again, I lay 50% of the blame on the editors for not catching this problem. Not only did the author mix up which character was which (numerous times) but she had them... speaking out of character... and don't get me started on the Pennsylvania Dutch. It seemed like the author Googled a few "Amish" words and threw them in the story at every opening she could find.

In my opinion, this book needs a whole lot of editing before it is finally released to its paying customers.

***Free ARC from Netgalley.com for my honest review.***

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Review: The Highlander Who Loved Me

The Highlander Who Loved Me by Adrienne Basso
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

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I'm not even going to lie to you and say this story started out well. It didn't. Yes, the characters were believable, the writing was on par, and the story line held my interest. That being said, the story was choppy, there were a lot of extra characters that didn't really seem necessary, and some of the story concepts were a bit much.

I'm not sure if I want to blame the writer for this book's ultimate demise, or the editor. The book really is a good read, but it just wasn't as polished as I feel a published work should be, and I know if I were to pay money for this it would have gotten a lower rating that 3 stars.

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