2013 Reading Challenge: Book 11 - Looking For You

Looking For You by Kate Perry
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

This wasn't my favourite of the Laurel Heights series, but a good read all the same. A bit slower than the others, but another feel good love story. As usual, the heroine gets her man in the end.

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Jackie. x

2013 Reading Challenge: Book 10 - Return To You

Return To You by Kate Perry

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Another great read in the Laurel Heights series. This time the story revolves around Lingerie shop owner Olivia and her high school love Michael. With a sub plot of Olivia's father and his assistant Lainie, it keeps the book varied.

It was nice to see a bit of Eve from the last book and a nice introduction to Gwen, who I believe the next book is about.

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Jackie. x

2013 Reading Challenge: Book 9 - Marital Bitch

Martial Bitch by JC Emery
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I absolutely LOVED this book! As it was free in the Kindle store, I really wasn't prepared for how amazing it would be. This book is not just a typical love story. I really felt the emotional rollercoaster that the main characters were going through.

I would say that the story is a mix of the Ross & Rachel story line from Friends and the film What Happens In Vegas, but with so much more. This is a must read for any woman!

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Jackie. x

2013 Reading Challenge: Book 8 - Close To You

Close to You by Kate Perry
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This was a much better read than the first book and I really enjoyed it. The story is centred around coffee shop owner Eve (who is linked to the first book as the best friend of the main character in Perfect for You) and handsome bad boy Treat. Typically Treat falls in love with more than Eve's chocolate croissants and mochas, but also has to deal with the fact that his mother views Eve's coffee shop as a threat to her own tea-house.

This is a great story to escape in to and I am looking forward to the next one in the series!

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Jackie. x

2013 Reading Challenge: Book 7 - A Dark Kiss of Rapture

A Dark Kiss of Rapture by Sylvia Day
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I was pleasantly surprised with this book. I was looking for something different and not too heavy and this certainly fitted the bill.

Having previously read Sylvia Day's Bared to You, I wasn't quite sure what to expect from this book. I'm glad that it's not an erotic novel, I think it had just the right amount of sex in it without making it OTT.

This novella is the first instalment of the Renegade Angels series and I can't wait to get my hands on the next book.

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Jackie. x

2013 Reading Challenge: Book 6 - Perfect For You

Perfect for You by Kate Perry
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

A lovely story about Freya and her neighbour Greg. Although a little steamy in parts, I wouldn't put it in the same category as 50 Shades or Bared to You.

This was a quick and easy read. I thought that the story was ok, but I did feel that it was somewhat lacking in places and it could have had more to it.

It is good for a holiday read or for when you don't want anything too long and intense. I would still read the other books in the series if I came across them, but wouldn't go out of my way to ensure that I had them in my reading list.

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Jackie. x

2013 Reading Challenge: Books 3, 4 & 5 - The Hunger Games Series

I loved this series of books and read them all one after the other in just over a week.  If you are looking to read this book, I do recommend that you have the two follow on books ready and waiting!


The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I loved this book. It wasn't on my 'must read' list until after I had seen the film. I enjoyed the film and loved the book even more.

Telling the story of 16 year old Katniss as she takes the place of her younger sister in The Hunger Games, the story captures the audience in not just Katniss's story, but also intertwines that of her fellow contestant Peeta and her mentor Haymitch.

The whole book is captivating from beginning to end and I ended up not wanting to put it down.

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Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

After the exciting first book, I had to start on the next book straight away and wasn't disappointed! I was unsure how they would follow on from the first book and found the second story just as captivating as the first.

It was nice to read some of the back-story of other characters in the first book, such as Haymitch. I also enjoyed the fact that the other tributes in these Games were adults and how they reacted in the situation.

Another fantastic read!

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Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I was a bit apprehensive starting this book after reading some of the reviews here on Goodreads, however, I really enjoyed this book. It was a little slower going compared to the other two and was lacking in action, but nonetheless, still a very good story.

I did feel that the ending was a little rushed and could have been expanded on more. Other than at the very end, I also thought that it lacked some of the emotions that ran so high in the first two books. Maybe this is more to do with Katniss's situation in the book, but I do feel that it could have had more.

All in all, I thought that it was an enjoyable book, but not the best of the series.

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Jackie. x