I have been a huge Robin Hobb fan for years, ever since I first read the Farseer Trilogy (which remains one of my favourite book series, along with the Tawny Man and the Liveship Traders trilogies). The Rain Wild Chronicles took awhile to get into, mainly because I had a lot of difficulty warming up to the characters at first, but it has really grown on me and I think […]
After the emotional roller coaster that was Gio I was a tad reluctant to read Hector even though he is my favourite of the 5th Street boys. Gio was a hard book to get through but I am pleased to report Hector was a much more satisfying read for me and had all the charm that the first book had, in spades. Hector Ayala is the youngest of the 5th Street gang. He is cocky and abrasive yet […]
I was really looking forward to Gio after reading the first book in the 5th Street series Noah. Although the writing was every bit as good as the first and all the characters I had come to really love in the first book are present and accounted for, this book was a chore for me to get through. I had to keep putting it down and going back to it when I had […]
I got Noah free on kindle so I wasn’t too sure what to expect but I ended up thoroughly enjoying this sweet, romantic story about two very different people finding each other and falling in love. The two leads are Veronica (Roni) and Noah. Roni is 28 and overweight. She nursed her mother through a long sickness and after her mother died, Roni found herself comfort eating to help cope with her […]
Bone Deep was a really sweet little romance story. Romance novels are sometimes difficult for me to get into but I really enjoyed this one and would highly recommend it to anyone who likes the genre. This is the story of Sarah, a young war widow. Her husband was killed in action about a year and a half prior to the beginning of book and Sarah has withdrawn into herself. […]