My Favorite Brain Candy

Heeeloooo my sweeties! How are you all doing?

Today I have decided to change things up a bit and share something a little new with you guys! So I always post reviews and give updates, but I never really do anything different. So today - drum roll please -  I have decided to do my top five favorite Paranormal Romance books! Hopefully with this list you can maybe find something new to read :) Okay so on with the list!!

MY ULTIMATE FAVES (Paranormal romance)

Now these books are for all those paranormal romance junkies, who are especially really interested in YA ;) Yup that's right here are my ultimate faves that has stuff to do with romance and creatures that may or may not be scary. Okay so in these particular books, they're probably NOT scary, but they're still things like werewolves, witches, vamps, etc. Enjoy!

1. 1. The Lux Series by Jennifer L. Armentrout - Okay so anyone who has been on this blog more than once and has looked at my older posts will notice that this is really one of my FAVORITE series. I can read these over and over and over again! Really anything by Jennifer is brain candy for me XD I LOVE her books! This series had aliens (that weren't like weird, nerdy kind, or super cheesy) that were creatively created and were a hoot to read. This series is funny and has those moments when you want to strangle the book and the moments where you want to actually hug the characters.

2. The Sweet Trilogy by Mary Higgins - This series I haven't read in a loooong while, but when I did - twice - It was the bomb! I mean this is seriously great for readers who love the whole demon genre. This series is working not so much with "demons" but with the demons that control sins or something of that nature. Honestly this book had me on the edge of my seat and I loved absolutely EVERY minute of it! I liked how all of the characters got along and how it wasn't "evil" like scary, but it held some very creative points of view on the whole sin shindig. This book has a lot of humor, friendships, and some real hottie (wink wink Kai)!

3.The Denazen series by Jus Accardo - OOOOH MY GAWSH! This read was one that I had wanted to read for soooo long and when I finally read it, it was soooo good! I couldn't believe how great it was! This book is all about a girl who runs into a boy who has powers. Powers that can destroy and are suuuper dangerous. This girl though can be with him and there's just a whole lot more that really needs to be read. This book is also pretty funny in some scenes, it's not a superhero novel, but it does have powers in it, and overall this was a really good book in general with great characters that were well developed.

4. Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas - What I loved about this book was the STORYLINE! The story is so captivating and I think that it's so great when an author can create a backstory that is both tragic and creative. It just really gets me into the story. When she makes a whole world and conflict that revolves around that creative and tragic backstory, you have me hooked! These books are filled with fantasy-like characters, there's a war in this series, there's angst and love squares? Okay so it's probably a love triangle. Now, for those of you who think that love triangles are a turn off. In this book it isn't!! I hate love triangles too, but this book handles these love triangles like a boss. 

5. The Chronicles of Nick by Sherrilyn Kenyon - Wow! This book gets you. Yup the characters, the plotline, everything just grabs you by the shirt and pulls you in. Sherrilyn is another author that really gets down to the nitty gritty and writes some of the most creative plotlines EVER. She writes realistically, creatively, and isn't afraid to write a really tragic backstory. Every character is brought to life with their amazing backstories! This book is also of the demon nature, it has other creatures that go bump in the night, and it is really a mix of new things too. I love the morals and street smarts of the main character and really of all the characters.

Okie Dokie...So that's the end! All of these titles are my absolute faves no.1 being the best and no. 5 being still Great but not numbero uno :) I hoped you enjoyed my absolute random action of the day and I'll see you in my next post!

~ P

Paper Princess and Popsicles

I am absolutely in shattered right now. All of my feels are scattered in little fractures all around me and I don't even know which one to feel first! It's ugh! I want to just open the book right back up again, but I don't because it's just too soon and I'm still reeling from the first time! Grrr....I just want MORE! I want more of Reed and Ella. I want more of the other Royal brothers too. Can I though? Nope. Book 2 doesn't even come out until JULY! *sobs* I NEED THIS BOOK NOW! I literally feelHey Sweeties!  I am absolutely in shattered right now! *weeps* All of my feels are scattered in little fractures all around me and I don't even know which one to feel first! It's ugh! I want to just open the book right back up again, but I don't because it's just too soon and I'm still reeling from the first time! Grrr....I just want MORE! I want more of Reed and Ella. I want more of the other Royal brothers too. Can I though? Nope. Book 2 doesn't even come out until JULY! *sobs* I NEED THIS BOOK NOW! I literally feel like I'm going to burst if I don't get this book now!! This book was so phenomenal it's not even funny. Saying I love this book is an understatement. I can't even find the word to describe my love! This has definitely became my favorite book! It's way way way up on my favorites list and I have a Feeling it's not coming down ever. This book to say in the least was about a girl who was alone. She finds someone who needs her just as much as she needs him. At first I didn't love this book not until it opened up like a blooming flower and swallowed me whole. All of the characters were so real and they grew so many feelings in me. The major one was love. I fell in love with Reed. Even if he wasn't the most "conventional" guy he was real and he was imperfect. But ultimately he touches a part of your heart and makes you love his character sooooo much. I honestly loved all the brothers and the way the main character slowly became connected to them. The relationship that bloomed between the characters was just poetic and awesome! Before I started this book I really thought that it was going to turn out like one of my more recent "Suckerz" Corrupt by Penelope Douglas. I mean technically that was my fault for picking such a dark read, I mean it's all in the title right? But still. Anywayz, the point is, that I thought - based on the storyline - that it was going to be similar to this Corrupt. I don't know why I just did. Boy, was I surprised when it WASN'T! Nope it was way way wayyyyy better. In fact it really wasn't anything like the Corrupt and when I read the prompt I thought it might be darker romance, but it wasn't. In fact, even though they both have pasts, they weren't like SUUUUPPPER dark. Weeeell, that depends on how you look at it. What I mean by dark is that it's not disturbing dark. It's "she has a past that made her into the person today" dark. Where her childhood wasn't entirely conventional, so to speak. Still I LOVED the optimism the Ella had. Despite the situations, she mulled through and added a somewhat optimistic outlook on it. I won't she's perfect or that I agreed with all of her ideas, but she was a great character that was very "REAL". So was Reed and even now I'm still rooting for them no matter what! Overall I give this book a FREAKING 5 stars and if you want to be blown away I'd suggest this books 10 times over again!!! So read it because I want to reread it soooo badly! ugh! ~ P

Jupin' Jelly Beans! It's been a while...

Hellllooo Sweeties!

I hate that I've been M.I.A in a while. For those who are new, welcome! I haven't posted in awhile because school has kept me SUUUPER busy. That's no excuse! For those of you who are very not new and are frequent visitors, welcome back! This is summer so hopefully, I will be posting more stuff :)

Soooo...I haven't been doing a lot of reading lately either. There wasn't much time last semester. Summer semester is going to be hectic I won't lie, but I have been reading as much as I could before my classes start, which means more posts :D  Not to mention my upcoming schedule has a bunch of books hat I want to read!

Alrighty then here is the upcoming schedule:

Currently Reading

• The Forbidden Men series - I don't know if I've mentioned this series before on here, but I think I have. If I haven't then here's the bottom line...I LOVE this series! It's awesome and the newest two books just came out recently. This lovely series is written by Linda Kage and I have to say I was pumped to start on these two new babies that I went off my reading schedule a bit. The problem with starting a new book is it starts a chain of events that reminds me of If you give a mouse a cookie. If I start on a new book in a series I'm going to want to reread all of the past books too...and so on. lol XD So that is what I've been doing. To save some time though, I went ahead and just read my faves in the series and the one that I forgot the plotline to.
• Paper Princess by Erin Watt (Pseudonym), Elle Kennedy, Jen Frederick - So funny story...I started this book right after I finished The girl's got secrets by Linda Kage. I did this on purpose because I wanted to fit in a new book (in a series I haven't read yet) into the mix since I haven't done that in a while. I wanted to read it now because school will be starting on Monday and I also wanted to put a gap before I read the latest book in The Forbidden Men series. The reason for this is because it's one of the characters that was from a separate age group and isn't quite "part of the forbidden group" as the other characters are. So I decided to treat it like a spin off of sorts and put a little gap before reading it. *shrugs* plus I think I had a little overload of forbidden men...yeah way too much in one sitting. So back to Paper Princess. It's going good so far, but I'm not so sure I like it yet. I'm keeping an open mind though and I really really like the storyline :) Kind of reminds me of a novella called Maria del barrio. Only in book form and in English lol

To Be Read List

       

The following list is going to be in numerical order on what I will be planning to read next. I've never planned my TBR list this way before, but I'm going to try to stick to it. I'm hoping that this will help me post more while I'm busy with school and it will also be easier to know what I want to read lol. Okay so here it is sweeties!

1. Priceless by Linda Kage -enough said about this read lol
2. Fever - Melissa Pearl
3. The Nick Chronicles - I haven't decided yet whether or not I will be rereading this series or not. I don't believe that I really posted reviews on this series so I might reread in order to refresh my memory as well as get ready for the Newest addition to the series that just came out in May! I waited so long and it wasn't even funny how the author changed the release date!
4. Six of Crows (this may or may not change)
5. Grey Wolves series by Quinn Loftis - this is a definite reread since I'm 99.9% sure I haven't really posted a review on this series. Plus I haven't read this series in sooooo long! But it was one of my favorites so I'm willing to reread and read the newest baby in this series too! lol
6. Shadow and Bone (this may be subject to change)
7. Sweet evil series - this is loosely added to the list. I kind of miss this series so I've been planning on rereading this, but I want to read so many new books that I may not do this. Plus just look at this list! It's huge!

So this is the Plan plus a little update. I try to at least give you guys an update every month. SO that's something right? I will try to finish Paper Princess this weekend and also give you all a review on The Girl's Got Secrets as well. Okay sweeties I gotta go, but have a FANTASTIC weekend and I'll be writing soon so keep an eye out...well you should probably keep both open since it's dangerous to only keep one open. That, and people will start to think you have a stye or something. Just talking from experience lol.  ;)

Candy Crystals and a 'Throne of Glass'

 Hey sweeties,

Can I just say that I think I have followed a hype. Hype = Throne of Glass. Trend follower = me ;)

Wow! I was so surprised by this book! I never meant to read this book and I wouldn't have if it didn't stop showing up on my Instagram feed. So I finally said, "You know what, maybe I'll just take a little sneak peek". Let's just say, it was the start of a very beautiful friendship.

I'll admit it, only because I try to make my reviews as honest as possible, that I didn't love the beginning of the book. I think it was hard for me to start this book because I had so much going on, school-wise and mind-wise lol. It took be a good three days to actually "start" this baby. In fact, I think at one point I was just going to close it and stick it in my maybe read pile. I am sooo sooo happy that I didn't do that! I finally found some time to really sit down and read so I stuck to it like glue and the further that I got, the harder it was to pull away.

Now, I am addicted! Even when I'm not reading, I feel like I'm still "in the story". It's a great feeling and one that I really haven't felt in a while. It's actually a feeling that I especially get when reading paranormal romances. It makes me excited to read books like this one because even when I'm away from the book I'm curious to know what happens next. What they're going to do, how they're going to solve the problem? Will they use magic or will they die? There's just more unpredictable events that go on in paranormal romances than the events in Contemporary Romances or even New adult. A genre, I've been into for a while. Although they have their little enticing hooks too. Of course, it definitely takes a good paranormal romance to ignite this kind of passion. This is for sure, one of those "PNRS"

What I loved so much about it is the fact that everything was a surprise. There was character in this storyline and I'll admit I found my self opening up to the main character, Calaena, just as much as the actual characters were. I had judged her wrongly just as the Chaol and Dorian and all of the other characters had. And I felt like I was truly in the book because with the characters I too found myself slowly "liking" her character. The book was like a lotus opening up and blooming for the first time.

This I have to say was a work of art. A piece that I probably will go back to again and again. I loved the way the setting was set up and how realistic it was. I love the time period and how realistic the author made that as well. I LOVED all of the twists and turns and surprises. The characters were enchanting and I felt myself being dragged into all of their POV's as well.

Hopefully, this didn't spoil too much and i'm sure that when I talk about the other books in the series, more will come out. For now, This is EXACTLY my feels and I couldn't wish for a better book! I'm really excited now to read the next book and I'm on the edge of my seat to find out what happens next!

Read it I seriously dare you to!

Oh cupcakes ~ it's a Christmas from Hell...

Oh My Ger. Yup I have gotten my hands on the newest edition to my R.L. Mathewson Collection! I was so excited to read this book because of one ULTIMATE reason. I LOVE THIS SERIES! <3 Yes. That is the ultimate reason why I would even look at the gorgeous cover.

Honestly I can vouch for almost anything that this lady writes. I've only read to of her series, but I'm preeetty sure that the others are just as Fantasmic!

*Jumps up and down* I LOVED DUNCAN! I mean sure *shrugs* I love all of the handsome Bradford men, but Duncan has to be one of my Favs.  Now I just have to articulate whyyyy I loved him so much right?

Well here's a detailed list:

- Although he was hurt repeatedly by "His little Jinx" almost every morning, afternoon, or night. He never stopped caring! Even if he said he didn't care...constantly.

- He was definitely SUUUUPER hot. Like hotter than his cousins or even his brothers. Ooookay so mayyybe not Lucifer, but that's a whole other story that won't be coming out for a while ;)

- Um he was food crazy just like his fam, but at least he tried to somewhat have control over his cravings lol. Okaaaay so maybe I love that he had little control over his food cravings, I mean it what makes me love all the Bradfords.

- His methods of being sneaky around the most clutzy person ever was just HIL-AR- IOUS!

Something else that was key to the books was R.L. Mathewson's imagination! I can't help but adore R.L. Mathewson's creativity. I mean in ALL of her books they all have something that makes the book have character. A certain element that no other author has come up with. or turn that something that may have come up in other stories and turn it into something TOTALLY new and funny. That in itself is like looking at amazing art in the most prestigious art museum!

Oh and who can forget about Gramps. I loved the grandpa in this book! He was the most entertaining character I've read in a long time! I loved how sneaky he was with food too, but for another reason entirely.

*Le Sigh* Basically this book was just something that I couldn't let go of. There wasn't a time when I didn't laugh, squeal, or just look ridiculous because I was drooling in the middle of my college's library...it was only a little bit! Don't judge. heehee

SO read it! GO! I dare you...

~ P

Luck of the update! March Maddness!!!!

Hey sweeties!

This a long awaited update! I hate to say this...but I am a terrible blogger. I sit everyday at my desk reading for school and getting ready for midterms and endless essays, waiting for a break in my schedule to finally blog. Luckily, I am going to be doing my one more test today before SPRING BREAK! FINALLY!

I will be grabbing my beautiful stack of TBR's and I am going to read my arse off! I have been suuuuper into this one series though so it's not that I'm not reading. I just don't have time to post reviews about it yet.

Books I've finished in the last month or two:

- Christmas from Hell (the Neighbor From Hell series by R.L. Mathewson)
- The first 3 books in the (Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas) Which is the most AMAZING series that I've read in a really really long time! I can't wait to write a review on this series! I cannot believe that I didn't read this book sooner!!

Book to Read next:

- Fire Touched By Patricia Briggs: This book has got me on the edge of my seat! I can't wait to start it! I have been waiting 1 long year for a new Mercy Thompson book. I finally have it and am ready to read it....as soon as I've finished Throne of Glass series. Unfortunately, at the same time I don't want the Throne of Glass series to end yet!

- Shadow and Bone  By Leigh Bardugo: This book I'm still on the fence with. I want to read it because come on, The reviews on goodreads are full of 5 stars. So why not, right? Well....I am just not sure, but I will try it because I tried Throne of Glass and am LOVING it.

- Six of Crows also By Leigh Bardugo: I honestly didn't realize before now that I will  be reading two books by the same author this month! XD Cool! I really liked what I started reading at Target. I went down the book aisle, as I do on a regular basis, and this baby caught my eye. I was like hmmmm...I've seen a bunch of book bloggers post this book on Instagram and stuff. So I opened it up to a random page and read a little excerpt. Um, SH-yea, I liked it! Soooo I'm thinking of reading that next-ish.

- Court of Thorns and Roses By Sarah J. Maas: Simply, I read the Throne of Glass series and I just don't want to let go. This book sounds very similar to that series and it's written by the same author, so why not?

- Fated By R.L. Mathewson: This is just one of my favorite series. One that I will probably go through all over again before I read the new book. Just because I can. Mwahhahahahaaha lol ;)

Those are pretty much the books that are on my mind right now. As I say in pretty much every update, this list is subject to change AT ANY TIME. I am a very unpredictable person and LOVE to just switch up my lovely set schedule in an instant. It's just the way I am. lol

So if anyone hasn't read any of these lovelies that maybe we can read them together ^ _ ^. If you don't want to, cool :) 

Well. Off to take a test!

Your truly,

~ P

Sugary 'Infinity' and an Update!

First I'm going to write a review on the MOST AMAZING book I have read this month! It was the best book to start the year on and I'm sad that I finished the series so fast. Well...I technically didn't "finish" the series...yet. I just have to wait a long time before the next one is released. I have to wait all the way, until April. I know and then I'll have to wait until 2017 for the one after that! UGH! I am so frustrated and upset because of the long timeframe between the books.

So without further or do, here's my review! :) lol

Three words...BEST. SERIES. EVER.

I am not even kidding with you right now! This is literally one of THE best series I've read in a really long time. This is the kind of love where I can't stop talking, thinking, or reading this book! I just can't put it down and when I do I can't get it out of my mind or my heart. That's true love right there *presses book against chest* lol

I don't know what exactly I loved about this book! Was it the charismatic ways of Gautier or maybe it was just everything that was NICK GAUTIER.

I liked that even though he wasn't completely sure about himself, he held his head high. He had standards and rules for himself. Everything that he did was for others and it just made his character even greater. I seriously enjoyed everything that had to do with Nick Gautier period. His charisma, his sarcastic wit, and it streetwise knowledge. I also just LOVE how he handles every situation that coms his way.

But it wasn't just Nick Gautier though, it was all the other character too! They just got to me and I was sucked into their humorous dialogue. I seriously enjoyed the banter between Nick and Kyrian, Caleb, and every other character in this book.

Once I opened it, there was no way I could close it. Literally. I just started my new semester of college and all I could think about was Nick Gautier and the crew. He's addicting and I am sad that I finished it so fast, luckily there are still five other books before it ends, well not end end, but until I have to wait until April for the next book :) So not looking forward to that because I'm sure it'll be sweet torture, cher. lol

Read it! It's really really FANTASTIC!

Now I'm gonna give a very small update!

I just started college again! I don't really know what that is going to mean for this blog, but it usually means that I won't be spewing out as many reviews. I know I promised more reviews this break and I actually did more that usual, but there were still very few. I tried to write more I was just too busy. Still, just because I started school DOESN'T mean I'm going to stop writing reviews or stop reading. So while it may take me a while, I will try to do a review a week (unless I'm rereading a series).

Other than that everything will follow as normally as possible. :)

Happy Reading Sweeties!

~ P