Day: September 17, 2014

Guest Review: Night Owl by M. Pierce

Posted September 17, 2014 by Tracy in Reviews | 0 Comments

Guest Review: Night Owl by M. PierceReviewer: Tracy
Night Owl by M. Pierce
Series: Night Owl Trilogy #1
Also in this series: Last Light
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Publication Date: February 11, 2014
Genres: Erotica
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three-stars
Series Rating: three-stars

At twenty-eight, Matt Sky has the perfect life. He has a beautiful girlfriend, a massive inheritance, and four national bestsellers -- all penned under his airtight alias, M. Pierce.

At twenty-seven, Hannah Catalano is a train wreck. Her boyfriend is a deadbeat and her job is abysmal.

Matt and Hannah meet online as writing partners. Their relationship is safe, anonymous, and innocent...

Until Matt sees a picture of Hannah. Hannah's picture sparks an attraction Matt is powerless to ignore. When circumstance brings Matt and Hannah together, the strangers begin a love story that's passionate, poignant, unforgettable, and unstoppable.

Warning: This review contains minor spoilers.

Hannah and Matt are writing partners. Matt has a strict no info policy. I’m not gonna tell you about me, I don’t want to know anything about you. Matt’s all about the secrets. One night the pair are IMing and the end up sexting. They get each other off and then Matt disappears. Hannah is distraught as she never does that and she’s afraid she’ll lose her writing partner. She emails Matt and unthinkingly sends the email from her personal email account – which has her picture attached as her email icon. Matt is pissed that she’s sent personal info – her name is the email address – and that he now knows what she looks like. He can’t get her face and body out of his head and becomes obsessed.

Both Hannah and Matt are in relationships but Hannah leaves her boyfriend to move back into her parents home – which happens to be in the same city as Matt. They end up getting together and they have some incredible sex. Hannah’s a little disturbed that she doesn’t know hardly anything about Matt but that doesn’t stop her from wanting to spend her days with him.

Matt is still dating his girlfriend, but she’s on vacation at the time he gets with Hannah. He gets more and more obsessed with Hannah and can’t stay away from her. He knows that he’s a lowly scumbag for the things he does – cheating on his girlfriend, deceiving Hannah, packing up his girlfriend’s stuff and hiding it so that he can bring Hannah to his apartment – but he can’t seem to stop himself.

Matt’s secrets eventually come out and Hannah is devastated. Matt spirals into self-destruction and without Hannah in his life may do himself in. Hannah is asked to help Matt but even her love may not bring Matt out of the limbo he’s in.

I have to say that normally when I start reading a book and it contains cheating I put it down. I hate reading about infidelity. In this book I did consider it but I continued and eventually realized that we couldn’t have had the second part of the book without the cheating. The spiral into Matt’s self-destruction wouldn’t have been understood had we not seen how he did it all to himself. I certainly didn’t like the lying as it showed me what kind of person Matt was – not a good one. I could only hope he could learn and grow from his mistakes.

I can’t say that I admired either Matt or Hannah in this story. I did get interested in where it all would go but I wasn’t necessarily rooting for them to get back together after Matt’s secrets came out. Both Hannah and Matt had some issues, that’s for sure. Matt is at times surly and bossy but can be very sweet. Hannah seems confident but loves Matt to use her and humiliate her in bed. They certainly made a pair.

While I didn’t love the story I thought it was a decent read. I can see how people would either absolutely love it or absolutely hate it. I was on the fence. Parts I liked, parts I didn’t, but overall it kept my interest. The epilogue gave us a WTF moment so that we’ll be interested in reading the next book. I can’t say I appreciated the sequel baiting but do I now want to read the next book to see what happens? Kinda, yeah. Lol. Maybe I’m a glutton for punishment. 🙂

Rating: 3 out of 5

three-stars

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Review: Boomerang by Noelle August

Posted September 17, 2014 by Rowena in Reviews | 1 Comment

Publisher: Avon, Harper Collins

Rowena’s review of Boomerang (Boomerang #1) by Noelle August.

The first book in a sensational New Adult trilogy from Noelle August

Welcome to Boomerang.com, the dating site for the millennial gen with its no-fuss, no-commitments matchups, and where work is steamier than any random hook-up

Mia Galliano is an aspiring filmmaker. Ethan Vance has just played his last game as a collegiate soccer star. They’re sharp, hungry for success, and they share a secret.

Last night, Ethan and Mia met at a bar, and, well . . . one thing led to another, which led to them waking up the next morning—together. Things turned awkward in a hurry when they found themselves sharing a post hookup taxi . . . to the same place: Boomerang headquarters.

What began as a powerful connection between them is treated to a cold shower courtesy of two major complications. First, Boomerang has a strict policy against co-worker dating. And second, they’re now competitors for only one job at the end of summer.

As their internships come to an end, will they manage to keep their eyes on the future and their hands off each other, or will the pull of attraction put them right back where they started?

I liked this book. It was such a different take on the NA books that I’m used to reading. There wasn’t a tattoo or an abusive childhood going down in this book. This book was about two normal people who are dealing with being grown ups.

Mia just landed an internship that she’s excited about so she heads to the bar to celebrate her good fortune and one things leads to another and next thing she knows, Mia is waking up to a very sexy guy named Ethan who she just had an explosive night with. Mia would have preferred to wake up on her first day at her new job in her own bed, with her own clothes and not in the same clothes she was in yesterday but she can’t really complain about the fun she had the night before so she makes the best of things and gets ready to start her day…at a random guy’s place.

Her one night stand needs to get ready for work so they do that…together.  And then they share a cab to work, only to find out that they work..together.  To make matters even more embarrassing, they find out that they’ll be battling it out for a job. There is only one job at the end of this internship and the job is going to one of them.

What a cute book this one turned out to be. I enjoyed getting to know both Mia and Ethan. They were such enjoyable characters both together and a part. I liked that Mia was all over the place, so unsure of her future but completely sure of herself.  She was such a likable character that it made the story that much more easier to fall into.

Ethan was a good hero. I want my own Ethan. I liked that he was a good guy who was struggling to start his life and completely out of his element but fumbling around anyway. I liked his roommates and his family and especially his soccer team. They were too cute for words.

I liked the romance between Ethan and Mia too. It was hot and steamy and so full of cute. I thought they tackled their problems in a realistic way that was still fun.  This book wasn’t perfect but it was still enjoyable. There were times when both Mia and Ethan did something that made me want to poke them in their eye but nothing they did ruined the book for me.

I’m so glad that I read this book and I cannot wait to get my hands on the next one.  I will definitely be reading it.

Grade: 4 out of 5

This book is available from William Morrow Paperbacks. You can purchase it here or here in e-format. This book was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

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