"It is the passion that is in a kiss that gives to it its sweetness; it is the affection in a kiss that sanctifies it." - Christian Nevell Bovee
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Monday, September 03, 2012
Shackled by Debra Anastasia
I read another book by Debra Anastasia, which means I loved another book by Debra Anastasia. This is a short story that I got for free on the Omnific Publishing website.
Shackled by Debra Anastasia
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Princess Aeliea is a spoiled, mean, evil Princess. Her parents give her everything she wants except their love and attention. So Aeliea has found other ways to occupy her time. She loves to pour fear into her subjects. Punish them for the smallest infractions, and kill them to make examples out of them. It brings her pleasure to see her orders carried out. But one day, one man stands up to her. Markus is beautiful man with hatred in his eyes that are directed right at her. Aeliea has never encountered someone so bold as to defy her, so she must have fun with this new toy she has found. She takes him back and throws him in the dungeon. She can't wait to break this man. But Markus is not so easily broken.
I was so impressed with this book. I always think it is an amazing feat for an author to make you dislike a character so much at the beginning and then change your feelings so completely by the end of the book. That can't be an easy thing to do, but it especially can't be easy to do in a short story. A lot happened in this story, but it never felt rushed. The story flowed really well.
Surprisingly, one of my favorite characters was Sylo. I can't say that liked him personality wise, but some of the things he said cracked me up. Like when they were in the coliseum and he slaps Aeliea for outsmarting him and then praises her for being so evil. I loved that. Good villain. Good story.
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Shackled by Debra AnastasiaMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
Princess Aeliea is a spoiled, mean, evil Princess. Her parents give her everything she wants except their love and attention. So Aeliea has found other ways to occupy her time. She loves to pour fear into her subjects. Punish them for the smallest infractions, and kill them to make examples out of them. It brings her pleasure to see her orders carried out. But one day, one man stands up to her. Markus is beautiful man with hatred in his eyes that are directed right at her. Aeliea has never encountered someone so bold as to defy her, so she must have fun with this new toy she has found. She takes him back and throws him in the dungeon. She can't wait to break this man. But Markus is not so easily broken.
I was so impressed with this book. I always think it is an amazing feat for an author to make you dislike a character so much at the beginning and then change your feelings so completely by the end of the book. That can't be an easy thing to do, but it especially can't be easy to do in a short story. A lot happened in this story, but it never felt rushed. The story flowed really well.
Surprisingly, one of my favorite characters was Sylo. I can't say that liked him personality wise, but some of the things he said cracked me up. Like when they were in the coliseum and he slaps Aeliea for outsmarting him and then praises her for being so evil. I loved that. Good villain. Good story.
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Thursday, June 28, 2012
Breaking Sin
This review is on a short story I read about a opposites attracting. Sinthia (Sin) has always known what she wants. She just wants to get through college with good grades and hopefully meet the man of her dreams. That man is clean cut and work driven, ready to settle down and have 2.5 kids and work his 9-5 job. But after Collin, the resident bad boy, with a reputation for fighting and womanizing, enters her life and strikes up an easy friendship, she starts to realize she has been dreaming of the wrong man this whole time. Despite the cover, this was a pretty tame book. Just some strong language in spots, that actually surprised me. I wasn't expecting the f-bomb to be dropped from the "good girls" mouth, but I think she said it the most.
The song I picked was actually from a scene in the book. Sin and Collin dance to it. It seemed pretty fitting, since Collin was, in fact a guy with the reputation of a "Wild One."
Breaking Sin by Teresa Mummert
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Ugh, I hate it when the cover models don't match the descriptions of the characters in the book. At first glance, the male cover model looks good, but if you really look, the guy is kind of scrawny with an oversized head! That is NOT how I pictured Collin at all! Come on, he could walk into any bar and girls would practically throw themselves at him. He was a bad boy with tattoos covering his arms (cover model does not have those either), a sexy smile and striking green eyes, who threw punches every time he was mad. This cover model just does not fit the bill. No sir.
OK, so this was kind of a shorter version of Beautiful Disaster. A little less extreme, but the similarities were so great that I even pictured some of the locations the same, like the inside of his apartment, I pictured it too look just like I pictured Travis'. Collin is a womanizer, different girl every night, just like Travis. Sinthia and Collin sleep together platonically as friends just like Travis and Abby. Collin is pretty possessive of Sin and defends her with his fists even when she doesn't need defending. Sound familiar? There are more things like that, but I'm not going to go on and on because the thing is, I loved Beautiful Disaster, which means this book was right up my alley. I still really enjoyed it despite the similarities.
I did think that Sin's best friend Taylor sort of sucked as a best friend. When Sin left because she was heartbroken over Collin, Taylor should have been there for her. But she stayed with Collin and his friends and sort of drifted away from her friendship with Sin. She even encouraged Collin to go out with some other girl. But when Sin sees this other girl Taylor acts like it pains her to see him with her. I don't get it. If Taylor wanted to help, why the heck didn't she tell Collin get his act together and quit messing with every girl that shows him a little bit of interest. He didn't think he was good enough for her, well he didn't act good enough for her. If he was so in love with Sin, then he should have kicked his man whoring ways to the curb and started BEING the man for her. Thats what I think anyway. That part of the story kind of ticked me off.
Also, I wish there was a little more to the ending. I would have liked to bask in their unity and happiness a little longer. I waited the whole book for them to get past the "friends" stage. I wanted to read some more words from the heart before it all ended. Same with the epilogue, I probably would have felt more satisfied with the ending if the epilogue was a little longer. Or maybe what I wanted was for there to be a scene where Collin turned away the ever present girl that was always at his side. I think that would have been a pretty important part of the story, for him to publicly choose Sin. Let everyone know he was unavailable. I think that was needed.
But all in all, I still liked it a lot. I loved Collin's immediate attraction to Sin. For example, how he would watch her and flirt with her from across the bar like she was the only girl in the room when in reality there was a girl hanging all over him. Most of the time his arms were around the girl too. He was physically with another girl, but mentally he was always with Sin, watching her, wanting her and defending her. It was hott!
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The song I picked was actually from a scene in the book. Sin and Collin dance to it. It seemed pretty fitting, since Collin was, in fact a guy with the reputation of a "Wild One."
Breaking Sin by Teresa MummertMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Ugh, I hate it when the cover models don't match the descriptions of the characters in the book. At first glance, the male cover model looks good, but if you really look, the guy is kind of scrawny with an oversized head! That is NOT how I pictured Collin at all! Come on, he could walk into any bar and girls would practically throw themselves at him. He was a bad boy with tattoos covering his arms (cover model does not have those either), a sexy smile and striking green eyes, who threw punches every time he was mad. This cover model just does not fit the bill. No sir.
OK, so this was kind of a shorter version of Beautiful Disaster. A little less extreme, but the similarities were so great that I even pictured some of the locations the same, like the inside of his apartment, I pictured it too look just like I pictured Travis'. Collin is a womanizer, different girl every night, just like Travis. Sinthia and Collin sleep together platonically as friends just like Travis and Abby. Collin is pretty possessive of Sin and defends her with his fists even when she doesn't need defending. Sound familiar? There are more things like that, but I'm not going to go on and on because the thing is, I loved Beautiful Disaster, which means this book was right up my alley. I still really enjoyed it despite the similarities.
I did think that Sin's best friend Taylor sort of sucked as a best friend. When Sin left because she was heartbroken over Collin, Taylor should have been there for her. But she stayed with Collin and his friends and sort of drifted away from her friendship with Sin. She even encouraged Collin to go out with some other girl. But when Sin sees this other girl Taylor acts like it pains her to see him with her. I don't get it. If Taylor wanted to help, why the heck didn't she tell Collin get his act together and quit messing with every girl that shows him a little bit of interest. He didn't think he was good enough for her, well he didn't act good enough for her. If he was so in love with Sin, then he should have kicked his man whoring ways to the curb and started BEING the man for her. Thats what I think anyway. That part of the story kind of ticked me off.
Also, I wish there was a little more to the ending. I would have liked to bask in their unity and happiness a little longer. I waited the whole book for them to get past the "friends" stage. I wanted to read some more words from the heart before it all ended. Same with the epilogue, I probably would have felt more satisfied with the ending if the epilogue was a little longer. Or maybe what I wanted was for there to be a scene where Collin turned away the ever present girl that was always at his side. I think that would have been a pretty important part of the story, for him to publicly choose Sin. Let everyone know he was unavailable. I think that was needed.
But all in all, I still liked it a lot. I loved Collin's immediate attraction to Sin. For example, how he would watch her and flirt with her from across the bar like she was the only girl in the room when in reality there was a girl hanging all over him. Most of the time his arms were around the girl too. He was physically with another girl, but mentally he was always with Sin, watching her, wanting her and defending her. It was hott!
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Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Mason Funnies
It's Mason's turn. And since this is Mason's day I'll use his favorite song.
Yes. That is his favorite song. :(
So Mason was outside playing with Lexi and Gabe, a couple of neighborhood kids today. Lexi is 10 years old, and Gabe is 6, Mason, unfortunately, is 4 almost 5, so he's the youngest in the group.
Mason told me tonight that they told him they had a sleepover a couple of nights ago, and played xbox, and got ice cream and did all these fun things that would make Mason wish he had been there. So obviously I knew they were lying and were just being mean. I told Mason "They did NOT have a sleepover." Lexi is way to old to be having a sleepover with Gabe not to mention she's a girl and Gabe is a boy. "Their parents wold not let them have a sleepover." Then I started to say "They only told you that because they were trying to make you jealous." But I only got to "They only told you that because they were trying to-" before Mason cuts me off and says "BREAKED MY HEART!"
BWAHAHAHAHA McKayla and I burst into laughter. Breaked my heart? Oh Mason, so dramatic.
Yes. That is his favorite song. :(
So Mason was outside playing with Lexi and Gabe, a couple of neighborhood kids today. Lexi is 10 years old, and Gabe is 6, Mason, unfortunately, is 4 almost 5, so he's the youngest in the group.
Mason told me tonight that they told him they had a sleepover a couple of nights ago, and played xbox, and got ice cream and did all these fun things that would make Mason wish he had been there. So obviously I knew they were lying and were just being mean. I told Mason "They did NOT have a sleepover." Lexi is way to old to be having a sleepover with Gabe not to mention she's a girl and Gabe is a boy. "Their parents wold not let them have a sleepover." Then I started to say "They only told you that because they were trying to make you jealous." But I only got to "They only told you that because they were trying to-" before Mason cuts me off and says "BREAKED MY HEART!"
BWAHAHAHAHA McKayla and I burst into laughter. Breaked my heart? Oh Mason, so dramatic.
Monday, March 26, 2012
McKayla Funnies
Since this post is all about my favorite first born daughter, I will use her favorite song.
McKayla is making me laugh more and more these days. Today she walked into the living room playing with the camera on Parker's iphone. She held it out and said "There is an app that always makes me look fat whenever I use it... it's called the camera."
Ohhh McKayla, I love that girl.
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