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Love and Lists Review
4.5 Grow-up stars!!!
ARNING: DO NOT READ THIS IN PUBLIC.
If you don’t want to look like the crazy homeless who has laugh-attacks in the middle of the street read this in the privacy of your house.
Unless you want to be the crazy person who laughs alone in public, in that case: Go ahead. Go read this in a full bus or something.
If you’re expecting the cute, penis-obsessed and hilarious little Gavin, forget it. He’s now all grown up and a sexy man. (Still hilarious, tho.)
And working in the family business, Seduction & Snacks (In the seduction part of it!), he is in love with Charlotte (Liz’s older daughter) since he was a little children.
The downfall? She is her best-friend forever and he believes she doesn’t see him as anything more than a friend.
So he and his-friend, Tyler, decide to do a list with all the things he has to do in order to make Charlotte notice him, and people, get yourself ready because this is going to be AWESOME!!!
What he doesn’t know is that Charlotte is also in love with him since she was a little child, and all the things that she does are also in order to make him notice her. But there’s the second downfall: Their families are completely bat-shit crazy and always get in the middle.
No really, all of them are COMPLETELY F*CKING CRAZY.
One thing, if you expect the adults from Chocolate Lovers to have grown-up and now being responsible and moderate adults…yeah, I’ve got bad news for you.
They didn’t.
They still are crazy, absolutely hilarious and still say the most inconvenient things in the most inconvenient situations. They’re awesome as ever.
And the sons and daughters of all of them (Including Gavin and Charlotte)? They are even worse than their parents. If you think Tara Sivec couldn’t write more fun characters than the first ones, wait until you meet the second generations. (I’m a little sad we didn’t get to meet Sophia, tho.)
Bottom line? Gavin and Charlotte’s path to forever isn’t going to be easy, but believe me: It’s going to be awesome and you will cry laughing-tears. I love the best-friend-to-lovers kind of story and theirs didn’t disappoint.
So, if you’re in need of a good laugh: Go read this book.
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OMG, I can't stop laughing xD
This woman writes the funniest books ever xD
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So... basically I'll become a very old lady before Booklikes finish the importing of my books!
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4 Safe Stars!! 
This time we get to the story of Brynn and Caleb.
Being in danger after watching a part of her ex-husband murder and not qualifying for the witness protection, Brynn counts only with the support of her family to keep her and her two twins daughters safe.
That’s when Caleb enters, one of the hot bunch of Montgomery brothers and an ex-Navy SEAL, he settles on protect Brynn until the threat goes away.
They both want each other for a long time, but neither of them really did anything about it.
So when they have to live together in the same house, things will start to change and neither of them can really stop it.
But between Brynn’s problems and Caleb army wounds, that he never completely got through, their path isn’t going to be an easy one.
Although Will’s book is still my favorite (even with a big fight between him, Nate and Leo!), I loved this book. Caleb is one hell of a sexy SEAL and Brynn is pretty awesome either.
I love these books mostly because of all the family, which make us want to join it. (Especially if we join it through one of the hot brothers!).
I love how the girls get crazy together and how they’re all so supportive of each other. I love them!
Definitely, one series completely worth reading! ;)
4 Healing Stars!! 
After the death of Wood’s father, he inherited everything and is now controlling the company, the same one he was once willing to give up his life in sacrifice for it.
Well, not anymore.
Della still has a lot of problems to overcome, but if Woods will have to choose, we will always choose Della. He will fight for her until the end.
Della will have a lot to overcome in this book, and she is settled in solving their problems and finally be the woman Woods deserves.
But her quest is only starting and there’ll be a lot of new discoveries and obstacles… being one of the biggest obstacles herself.
Unfortunately, although this was a damn good reading, I didn’t like it as much as the previous one.
Woods is real great (Rush’s still my favorite, though.) and Della is also good in this book and very supportive of Woods in everything he has to go through… but there was some things that made give a lower rating.
Basically, (Don’t read the spoilers if you haven’t read this yet!) the obvious plot twist to introduce another spin-off with Tripp. Was it really necessary to kill Jace?? Was it, Abbi???
And the knowledge that the first Grant's book will end in a cliff-hanger. F*ucking Nan!
Nonetheless, this book hooked me up since the first pages, like all the books written by this woman, and I’ll will now wait anxiously for the next one, especially after the sweet ending. I love how it ended in the gas station, just like their story started. So cute ;)
Go read this people. This is probably one of the best NA series of the moment.
3 Dreamy StarsAlyssa knows Marco since she was a child. Being her older brother best-friend, he knows everything about her, especially the abusive past she has.
But then he and his brother enlisted the army and gone to war. She haven’t seen him for years until she ends up working at the same bar as he.
And with proximity feelings start to change between them.
But Marco is a different man now and war left wounds in him that make him keep everyone at arm’s length. He closed himself and no one can enter.
Not to mention he has a strong sense of loyalty to Brady, Aly’s sister. Alyssa doesn’t give up on him, but soon her hope starts to fade.
When things starts to progress he must find out if there’s a time to retreat… and another to go to war and fight.
This was a very fast and very sweet reading.
If you’re looking for a quick romance between those books who ripped your heart apart, this is perfect for you.
It’s light, with very likeable characters and a very cute plot.
Give it a try! ;)
4 Badass Stars!! Finally, we get to the story of Cage (Deuce’s son) and Tegen.
Cage West is the son of the Hell’s Horseman MC President, a hot guy that soon found out that his looks and the power of his dad granted him every woman he wanted and everything more he didn’t even asked for.
Tegen is the daughter of Dorothy, a club whore, and always hated everything that had to do with the MC world because she saw what that world did to her mother.
Well, she hates everything in that world except for one thing: Cage West.
She was always in love with him and even after a night with him that went very wrong years ago, she still can’t let go.
When Cage realizes that she isn’t just some random girl, well, things are gonna get rough.
And well, in MC world, when things get rough…. they do really get rough!!
In the end of the road, Tegen will just have to realize if she is willing to fully live int hat world because, there’s one main rule in biker’s world:
”You love the man. You love the life.”
I really liked this book. Not as much as Undeniable and definitely not as much as Unbeautifully, but it was a great reading nonetheless.
Although I liked Dirty and Ellie’s story (it should have had its own book!), there were a lot of sideline stories that I thought were dispensable. It should have been more just about Cage and Tegen.
There are many good books about bikers and about the MC’s world. But no one, and I mean NO ONE, do better books about bikers than Madeline. She is probably the holy queen of this genre. This are great books.
Give it a try! ;)
Personal Warning : Do not read these books if you’re sensible with curse words (so MANY of them), if you’re sensible with some violence, drugs and out-of-the-norm types of love.
Because you will probably want to scream at the author and well… that’s just not possible anymore! :P
4 Sinfully Hot Stars!!
After a bad re-encounter with her asshole ex-boyfriend, Lexie finds console in the same place of always: with her best-friend and step-brother (her step-mother’s son), Trent.
But things got a little out of hand and they end up having sex. A little fact that will change everything between them.
Not because they don’t feel anything for each other, but because they are supposed to be… well, family. Even not being biologically related. And after that, things let a little awkward.
But then Lexie goes to Italy for a year abroad and that’s when she meets Alessandro, a guy in his way to become a priest that will grow close to her… especially when Trent is so far away and her new feelings doesn’t seem to fade with the distance.
And between two guys that she can’t have, but loving only one of them, she have to make a decision that will change everything.
When the person you love is not supposed to be with you, do you give up or do you keep fighting? Even when the fighting could take you to a place a little too far than you were expecting?
If you’re thinking of skipping this because of the love triangle (I totally understand it, I HATE love triangles and would skip either!), this is not a love triangle per se. .
There’s one person she loves and believes that can’t have, there’s some angst (or frustration, it can go both ways) until they find their way and meanwhile there’s some doubt (therefore the so called triangle), but there’s not a girl having a simultaneous relationship with two different guys. So you can breathe deep and read it!
The story is very well written and although the heroine being sometimes annoying and little immature, the characters were very likable. (Especially Trent!!)
If you’re looking for a good NA reading, you can give this one a try! ;)
4 Sweet Stars!! 
Avery doesn’t do commitments. She will never be like her mother, putting her happiness in hands of mans.
She will take care of herself and she strongly believes that love is not on her future. Not only because she refuses to search for it, but also because she doesn’t believe being worth of.
On the other side, Bennet doesn’t do one-night-stands. He’s looking for love and for the girl who will change his life.
Being the only male role-model in her sister’s lives, he swears will never play with a girl’s hearth and show her sisters that they can fall in love and be happily ever after.
But in their search for completely different things Avery and Bennett’s worlds will collide and their beliefs will all change.
Feelings will start to get in the middle and they’ll soon have to find out that when all of their rules start to seem wrong… that maybe it’s time to create new ones.
This was not an original book. It was a NA book that was already written hundreds of times: Girl meets boy, they’re both broken and have to face some obstacles, they fall in love anyway.
However, it was so well written, the characters were so likeable and the story was so sweet that you end up forgetting it.
One thing I’ve got to say it was great to read, not to mention a very good change of pace, was the fact that in this book the girl was the “player” and the guy was the virgin. Usually is the other way around and I loved to see things from the opposite perspective.
If you’re looking for a nice NA book, sweet, romantic, with just a little angst and some steam… well… this is just the book for you! : )
3.5 Fighting StarsOlivia (finally!) breaks up with her boyfriend of six years whom being cheating in a regular basis.
When she goes to her father’s gym to ease the stress she meets Seth, hot-as-hell MMA fighter and ultimate male whore.
She knows she can’t have him, she had enough of guys in her life wanting to jump in everything that moves… but unfortunately her body and her subconscious don’t know that.
Seth also wants Olivia, but for the first time in his life he wants more than sex from a woman and he believes that she is too good for him, especially a man with a past like his.
But he doesn’t want to give up on her and he has to find out how to become the man she needs… without losing her in the process.
Although I liked the story and it was an enjoyable reading, there were some things that didn’t quite work for me.
First it was Olivia. She annoyed me to no end, not because she was whiny or stubborn or anything like that: She was completely unprofessional!! I don’t know how she didn’t get fired before.
And sometimes the dialogue was too unnatural, the plot to predictable and the supportive characters didn’t do anything for me.
And Seth talked about his very bad past, okay, is bad… but let’s not make something way worse than it really is. And for a male whore who didn’t want any kind of compromise… he changed real quick.
However, if you’re into books with steam, romance and badass MMA fighters… you’ll probably like this one ;)
5 “I Love Those Rock Chicks” Stars!!
Stella and Mace used to be a couple, until he broke it off with no explanation about a year ago and left her broken. She never get over him.
She found refuge in her music and when a member of her band has a problem and she has to go sort it out (yet again!) she finds Mace again. And despite all the feelings, she doesn’t want to be near him.
But let’s not forget that this his is a rock chick book. Therefore one of the girls is always with some kind of trouble.
The thing is: this time they are all in trouble. Some crazy psycho is after the girls of the Hot Bunch and somehow Stella got included in that group. And now Mace is pretty fixed on protect her.
The thing I still don’t understand is: Why the hell somebody was stupid enough to mess with the Nightingale Team girls?
I loved how this book had a previous background of them and how their relation didn’t just started at lightning speed.
This was a very raw and emotional book and when you starting finding out about their ghosts and understanding why Mace broke up with her you will want to cry. And in some moments slap the hell of Stella. I liked her but she was the first Rock Chick to seriously annoy me.
Lee and Indy are still my favorite couple (what can I do? I got caught up with him!) and Luke’s story is still my favorite book, but this one got close by. It was way rawer than Vance’s story.
Why am I giving it five stars? The EPILOGUE.
First I was confused and thinking: “There are still two books after this. Why this feels like the end of the series?” but after a while I didn’t care anymore.
This was basically me while reading it:
I will say it once more. I know I’m repeating myself but I really don’t care: GO READ THESE BOOKS!!!
4 Hot Bikers Stars!! 
Okay, so this book tells us the story of Addison and Cade.
Addison lived a shitty life (shitty being an understatement). After the death of her mother and running away from her dark past, her only option is her father, president of Hell's Knights MC Club, which she never met.
Things aren’t going well for Addison, but well, she is a strong girl used to deal with life’s adversities.
When she gets there, after a turbulent first meeting with her father, she meets Cade, Vice-president of the MC, badass biker, alpha-male, sexy as hell.
And although their differences, rough start and her difficulty adjusting to the MC world, they eventually got together. (No, this isn’t a spoiler. After all, this a romance for Christ’s sake!)
But her past doesn’t want to let her be free… and when it comes after her… oh, well.
But that’s the thing about bikers. They don’t go down without a fight.
And when secrets start to reveal and pasts start to get exposed, Addison pretty soon will find out if she is, in fact, cut out to live in the badass MC world.
Well, what can I say? I love a good biker’s book.
And although this was slightly predicable at some points, and felt a little rushed in other moments, it was a good reading.
Not as good as “Reaper’s Property” or “Unbeautifully”, but pretty good.
Addison was a good female lead, Cade was a great and sexy-as-sin male hero and the supportive cast were pretty good also. (I really want to read Spike’s story!)
The steam was there during the whole time…. And girls, this book is HOT!!!
If you aren’t easily chocked and are into books with sexy bikers… please, go read this! : )
4 Hot Stars!!
This books tells us the story of Scar and Mace.
She wants a real man, she’s sick of the ones who just want to screw her and then run away. She wants a man that likes her for who she is. Tattoos included.
Mace is just finished his career on the Special Forces and is coming home again. When he sees her brother’s best-friend, she knocks him out of his ass.
After that, well, things will get more complicated, sweeter and SO, so hot!!!
Although this was slightly cheesy and “meh” at some points of the story, I liked this book a lot.
The protagonists were very likable and the supportive character were pretty good too. (I can’t wait for Tripp’s book!)
If you are into a book with (a lot!!) of steam, romance and many fun moments, you have to give this one a try! : )
3 Bad Girl Stars!!Unfortunately, after all the good things I read about this, it was just “meh” for me.
On the outside Nora is the perfect girl. Pressured by her mother she is popular, belongs to every club in her prestigious academy and has perfect grades, perfect style, and perfect behavior.
But after something that happened to her on the past, she feels ugly inside and she is done with being the perfect girl. Now, she’s going to be herself. Except she doesn't know who the real her is and so she creates a rebellious Nora that doesn't put up with anything.
Then she meets Leo. The older brother of a friend of hers and 6 years older, she immediately becomes attracted for him. And him for her.
But after losing so much in life, Leo doesn’t allow himself to fall in love. He just wants a girl that wants no compromise.
But Nora is persistent and wants him and she’s decided to let him know that they’re made for each other, even if he doesn’t believe that.
Well, thank God for the supportive characters, who were awesome, because the heroes were a great disappointment. They both started promising but soon lose their charm. Nora started to get clingy and insistent. I’m sorry, but you DON’T go after a guy that already told you no more than once. And Leo start it out really sexy and soon became a coward asshole. And you really don’t f*ck a girl during a whole book while having feelings for another one!!
And all that talk about “soul mates” and “meant to be together” soon stopped being sweet and just became cheesy.
But, oh well, it was an enjoyable reading so if you are into this type of books, give it a try ;)
5 Cookie Stars!!Ava didn’t always look like she has now. She was a little chubby, wore glasses and had two bitchy older sisters that made her believe that she was ugly and nobody would ever want her.
So, even having a crush for Luke since she was 8 years old, she didn't think we would ever look at her, so she promised herself that she would never see him again until she was in her perfect form.
But in the meanwhile she had bad luck with guys and she also promised that she would never tangle herself with a man again.
That is, until she see Luke again.
Luke didn’t saw Ava for 5 years. She was one of the most important persons in his life but they somehow drifted apart after she reject all his phone-calls after his father’s funeral (well, she had her reasons! Read it!).
So when he finds her looking for him at his work, looking hot as hell and not even a bit resembling as the old Ava he knew, he knows he have to get her back. And preferentially try to get the old her in the progress.
And since she got herself in trouble (or weren’t the girls in this series ALWAYS in trouble) he have a lot of time do to that.
For some reason this was the story I was most anxious to read. And with good reason, it was definitely my favorite book in the series (so far). It was more emotional, more personal, more angsty and it was more intimate than the others.
Although Lee is still my favorite (I think!!), Luke gives him a good fight. He was so great ;)
And Ava, even with her insecurities (that I kind of understood) I really liked her too.
The rest… the Rock Chicks and the Hot Bunch, were awesome as ever! ;)
For the millionth time I tell you: If you haven’t start reading this yet, you are missing a hell of a series! : )
