REVIEW: The Clover Chapel by Devney Perry

OMG!! OMG! New favorite book this year for sure! Once again Devney Perry, you took my heart away!

So this is the 2nd standalone in the inter-connected series (which I love this type of books!) in the Jamison Valley series. I love this second installment because it has EVERYTHING I normally love in a book. Insta-love type of thing without being cheesy, groveling second chance romance, and a time apart between the hero and heroine.. AND it's set in a small town! I love small town romances, they are more profound in a way because of the tight-knit community.

The story is about Emmeline and Nick who met each other 9 years ago in a night of Vegas whirlwind and in a spur of the moment, they got married. However, in the morning Emmeline finds herself abandoned with Nick with just a note and no other explanation.. Fast forward 9 years later, Emmeline is in a great place doing something she genuinely loves doing which is teaching, and is being offered to take a job at a 1st grade in a small town. She leaves New York (and her boyfriend, so they are doing the long-distance relationship), and tries to chase her dream.

Upon teaching, she gets to know the townies and is being invited to one of the Halloween party, and that's when she meets Nick. You guys, when they first saw each other I can totally feel their pain, astonishment, and wonder.. Nick, at first you will doubt him because he doesn't really grovel at first, just sort of decided he wants Emmy back, but then you understand where he is coming from and you will root for them to be together! I seriously love this book so much!

To be honest, even though the writing style is very different, I feel like fans of Kristen Ashley books will love this series, because of the swoony alpha-type romances that I know fans of KA will just love!

*5 out of 5 Stars*

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REVIEW: Ruckus by L.J. Shen

OH MY GOD.. I AM STILL ON A BOOK HANGOVER! I just finished reading this book, and I can't stop thinking about it! It's the best L.J. Shen book I've read so far (and I've read plenty!) and it made me want to know more about one more remaining HotHoles who doesn't have his story yet (hint: Trent).

This book literally has EVERYTHING. It is very angsty, hot, sizzling, yet it's funny too. At times, it is heartbreaking, but I love every page of this book I can't help but just devour it! I am seriously on a Dean hangover here.. I need more of Dean and Rosie, please please!

We met Rosie and Dean in Vicious, and let me tell you, there's A LOT going on between that we don't know about when Dean was first with Emilia. I love Dean and how he is very sure of what he wants, his feelings for Rosie, and how they came to be. He is very sweet (in his own way) and I just can't help but swoon everytime he is with Rosie. We get to see another side of him we didn't realize before.. but I love love love this!

"It's not my fault you fell in love with a dying girl."

"It's not my fault you made it fucking impossible not to." 

Of course, there is the problem of Rosie's health, since it is stated since the beginning of the book she does have CF (cystic fibrosis) and her life span is only probably one more decade. There are a lot of things that she can't do, and we get to see how Dean is very much helping her with her condition and he is very caring about it.

This book is not just about Rosie's sickness, though. Dean has his own problems and demons that he has to face, and at the end when they both have to face it at the same time, will they be able to overcome life and be together?

This book is very much heartbreaking, you will get to a point that you probably will hate Dean, but he is just a very broken character too and you can't help but feel for him too.. I love this book, the ending, the epilogue, EVERYTHING. I want more of Dean and Rosie, and I just can't stop thinking about this book.

*5 out of 5 Stars*

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