The is No Light in Darkness by Claire Contreras

“I'm in love with you, Blake. I've been in love with you from the moment I saw you. I've been in love with you from the day I was born and possibly even before then. I belong to you. My body belongs to you. My heart belongs to you. Please let me make love to you." -Cole

“You're going to need a better reason this time. A real reason. And just to be clear, I don't give a fuck what it is because I am not going to let you go. Period.”-Cole

Ok, this is definitely my kind of read. It is just the perfect mix of romance, angst and suffering. Don’t get me wrong; this book is not a sad one by any means. But the characters come from a very weird and kinda sad background.

I loved how they all ended up together and formed this great family. Even though the main characters are like the important part of the story, the rest of them were always there and bonded so well like a family. I fell like sometimes-actual blood related families don’t act like they do in this story, always ready to kill whatever was putting the other one in harm’s way.

The story goes back and forth between the past and the present, I’m not always a big fan of this but in this story I loved it. It helps me understand their relationship so much better and it kept me turning pages over and over again. I literally couldn’t stop. 

It is a romance novel, but I feel like any person that loves suspense will also like this. The “big picture” of the story is base on this crime that happened a long time ago involving this couple. You find yourself like when you are watching an episode of CSI or something like that, and you just HAVE to find what happened and who did it! Because of this, I think a lot of friends of mine will love this story, it not a typical love story, its no the classic “I met you, looked into your eyes and fell in love, lets see how we can make this happen kinda book”. Don’t get me wrong, I love “those kind”, but it is certainly nice to have one like this.

Before I end this I needed to mention something BIG. COLE! Cole,Cole, Cole… I will NEVER get enough of him. WOW!What a Great book boyfriend he was. Even with all the “bad things”, GOSH! It is so easy to LOVE HIM. I loved him from the start. Blake (the girl) loved him from the start! You will ALL love him from the start. He is just so, PERFECT! He was a big part of why I loved this book so much! Ok enough… you get it,HE IS PERFECT!

So, yeah, go get you some and start reading this book. Oh, and I should mention there is a part 2 to this and believe when I tell you; you’ll be LOOOKING FORWARD TO IT. ;)

FRIEND-ZONED by Belle Aurora

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

OMG ANOTHER SERIES THAT I WILL LOVE FOREVER!

I’m so happy I read this, I kept putting it off because so many books came out this month and, well, I got distracted. But nevertheless, I finished school and my friends were so excited about it that I said to myself, “Dude sit down and read this because its gonna be good!”. And it was, it sooo was.

DISCLAIMER: I know my friend just wrote a review about this book, but, this book is just that good that I deserves another review, because when you love something, you want more, right? ;)

I don’t know what I’ve been doing that this did not get to me sooner! I freaking love series or books like this one. I got so involved in the plot and I feel like I know every single one of the characters.

Here we have the story about Tina or should we say (Valentina Tomic) and she had a very sad background that she secretly protects. She really doesn’t want people to treat her different. Also she DOES NOT want anything to do with men or any kind of relationships whatsoever. When she sees Nik, across from the street of her store, she immediately notices his good looks. And then, peer-pressured by all of her coworkers, she sends him candy. At this I was like, “seriously, candy, for a man? What?”

When the finally met, he thought that this was just another one of those girls that was only after him for his money or sex …. But he never expected what she eventually said. She just wanted to be “friends”… “ yeah.. I TOTALLY BOUGHT THAT.. NOT!” Who would want to be just friends with this guy…

I loved Nik and Tina’s relationship and how it flourished throughout the story, and even though I got very frustrated at times, I have to say I like the whole friendship first. I personally think that he never treated her like a friend, but I liked how good they were to each other.

"You and me, Tina. It's gonna happen. Mark my words, baby." - Nik

ANYWAYS, that’s the basic plot of the book; I really don’t wanna give too much of it because I REALLY want everybody to read it NOW! That’s kinda of an order!

I now find myself desperately waiting, anxiously for the next book. 

Emphasis on DESPERATELY! 

I’m serious, I need it now! Please, please, please come out!

Also, I totally want to read more of this author! Just saying! :D

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Friend-Zoned by Belle Aurora

"You and me, Tina. It's gonna happen. Mark my words, baby."

First of all: Russians....le sigh.

(I'm extremely partial to them, oh and Scots too.)

Valentina Tomic moves from California to New York to start a new life, to forget her broken heart; and NOT interested in having a relationship whatsoever. Everything goes according to plan, she opened a little boutique called "Safira" which is successful; and for the past 2 years, through her shop window, she stares at the man from across the street. THREE TIMES A DAY, whenever he came out for a smoke in front of the club "The White Rabbit", she would stare. He is an Adonis incarnate to say the least, but he never seemed to smile. So Tina cooked up a plan to make him do so. She anonymously sends him candy and a note to cheer him up. What she didn't expect was to find good looking man, with a killer smile, to be in her shop the very next morning asking who had sent the note to his boss! She was then taken to meet him: "Nikolai Leokov. Owner. The White Rabbit." (and ex-enforcer of the Russian mob!) After talking for a few minutes with the HOT AS SIN RUSSIAN/MEXICAN HUNK OF LOVE, she immediately warms up to him and asked to be friends. 

Basically, he had just been sent to the FRIEND-ZONE wasteland. Every guy's horror story. He is shocked, and so the story begins.

Nik doesn't have girls as friends, he has fuck buddies; but when the little storm named Tina bursts into his life he can't help but like her. She is nice to a fault without a mean bone in her body (and with a mysterious past), which he is NOT used to. Tina and her wacky three best friends brighten his life with laughter; and along came his best friends who are just so increidibly smokin' nice too (I JUST CAN'T WAIT FOR THE NEXT BOOKS AND READ THEIR STORIES!). 

They slowly fall for each other of coarse, but both of them think the other isn't interested. So may the angst and the sexual tension commence! OMG you can feel they're attraction for one another but they don't do anything about it because "they're just friends". 

UGH! ITS FRUSTRATING!!!

The book is written with both of their POVs so its much more interesting.

 Its not until someone from Nik's mob past threatens Tina that he can't take it anymore and makes a move. 

THANK CHRIST! 

Crazy ex-girlfriend, a bastard ex-boyfriend, insane killing stalker obsessed with you, rivaled gangs, and being kidnapped...sigh, and all Tina wanted was a quiet life. We find out about Tina's broken past and Nik's dangerous life. They go through amazing trials but their love prevails. 

SWEET STORY.

 I read it in a day. 

FIVE STARS!

This book had me smiling with its wit; laughing out loud; nervous; and then fanning myself with its steamy scenes. 

It was an emotional roller coaster I'd gladly go through all over again.

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PS: this new series reminds me of: 

"Wallbanger" by Alice Clayton; 

the "Rock Chick" series (MY ALL TIME FAVORITE!) by Kristen Ashley;

and the "Neighbor from Hell" series by R.L. Mathewson

If you haven't read these books: 

YOU HAVE NOT LIVED. 

YOUR LIFE IS INCOMPLETE. 

You will shed tears: of laughter, joy, and heartbreak.

This Girl by Colleen Hoover

OMG I HAVE NO WORDS! 

I am SPEECHLESS

This was seriously perfection 

Colleen Hoover is PERFECTION 

She gets me Every Time! With her characters, with her quotes, with her slams, with EVERYTHING!

“Layken Cooper, I love you. I’ve loved you since the second I laid eyes on you and I haven’t stopped loving you for a second since.”-Will 

I am sooooo excited for this book, I was before it came out, and I am still excited now! Its one of those things that you just want everybody to stop what they are doing and grab this book NOW! It filled my expectations and much more. It was everything I wanted it to be!

For those of you that have not read the Slammed series, I strongly recommend you start right now, I think they are a gem and even loving this 3rd one as much as I did, I still couldn’t decide which on I liked best. (more like LOVE best). 

I say this because this book is DEFINITELY PART 3 of the series, it starts of right after Point of Retreat ended, and I know it marks that its supposed to be Slammed but in Will’s POV, it isn’t, I mean It is, but not quite what I expected. It takes place in the present, but it’s more like Will telling Lake his side of parts of the story. But very much of the book is on the present and what a GREAT ONE it is. (I kinda don’t wanna tell for those of you who have not read the series complete)

Enough said, his side of the story was sooooo BUTTERFLYING PERFECT! It made HIM butterflying perfect. I feel like Will Cooper is one the most selfless characters I’ve read in my life. HE IS SO GOOD! :’)

“Wife,” I say, staring straight into her eyes. “Think what you want, but there isn’t a single woman in this whole damn universe that I could ever love like I love you.” – Will

“She deserves to be kissed by someone who loves her. Someone who spends every waking moment trying to do everything right by her. Someone who would rather die than see her hurt. She doesn't deserve to be kissed by anyone other than me.”-Will

I don’t know what is it with Colleen Hoover, but she makes you FEEL her characters SO MUCH! I mean every struggle, every laugh, every tear, you can feel it all. I was reading this book with my heart fluttering the whole time. It was a journey I wish I could take again for the first time! Every single line of this book was greatness!

Also I wanted to say, I loved that there was some old slams in there and also, the new ones… OMG the new ones, the last one, the ones with didn’t new that happened before… just OMG!!! 

I needed this, I wish that every book that I’ve read and loved had a book like this one to let me see his POV of the story but also let me see the couple that I’ve fallen in love for being happy and normal.

OK I THINK I MADE MYSELF CLEAR, I LOVED IT, YOU ARE GONNA LOVE IT, ITS BREATHTAKING AND BUTTERFLYING PERFECT 

5 HUGE STARS 

My Will:

IM SO EXCITED!!!