Chaos

Saturday, November 21, 2015

REVIEW: Walk Through Fire by Kristen Ashley

Millie Cross knows what it's like to burn for someone. She was young and wild and he was fierce and even wilder-a Chaos biker who made her heart pound. They fell in love at first sight and life was good, until she learned she couldn't be the woman he needed and made it so he had no choice but to walk away. Twenty years later, Millie's chance run-in with her old flame sparks a desire she just can't ignore. And this time, she won't let him ride off . . .

Bad boy Logan "High" Judd has seen his share of troubles with the law. Yet it was a beautiful woman who broke him. After ending a loveless marriage, High is shocked when his true love walks back into his life. Millie is still gorgeous, but she's just a ghost of her former self. High's intrigued at the change, but her betrayal cut him deep-and he doesn't want to get burned again. As High sinks into meting out vengeance for Millie's betrayal, he'll break all over again when he realizes just how Millie walked through fire for her man . . .

Kindle Edition, 615 pages
Published October 27th 2015 by Forever
Source: Netgalley
Purchase a copy: Goodreads | Amazon

Shel: I have yet to find a KA book that I don't love. Seriously. That being said, this one gave me all sorts of feels (and if I know Courtney, I bet she'll feel them too). Something about the absolute sorrow Millie had about her life after Logan and the anger Logan had toward her, just hit me hard. Millie going through the motions in her life, but happy that Logan had been able to have a wife and kids and a life after their relationship ended, was so incredibly kind of her and yet so incredibly sad. Watching their first meeting after twenty years stung. The meetings following those were also painful but then KA did as KA does and made it all better (and thankfully she didn't make us wait long to get to the bottom of why their relationship ended in the first place).

Court: Shelley is so right. I am such a bag of emotions, and it does not take much for me to just lose it. And I might've lost it several times in the beginning of this one. I honestly liked a lot that High/Logan wasn't quite the top notch guy that we hoped him to be in the beginning. He did some shady shit to and because of Millie, but I say I like it because it gave us something to work for...it wasn't an easy ride to our HEA, but I think I personally appreciated it a lot more because of it. And when I say he did some shady shit, I mean shady shit...but I loved the rally of the Bikers girls at their back (and loved seeing our beloved characters make lots of appearances) and Tack, y'all. Nuff said.

Shel: As with all of her other novels, we have the things we've come to love about the worlds she creates: strong and loving hero and heroine, chemistry that sizzles, an ensemble cast that is familiar and funny, and plot for days...and of course a love story. The thing that made this particular novel stand out was how she weaved the history of Millie and Logan into the present day narrative.

Shel: That stood out, but I also loved the plot line with one of Logan's daughters. Your parents divorcing can be a very, very, very trying time and everything isn't always sunshine and roses. I like that there was no holding back with this kiddo, and while she also does some shady shit...she is a kid, and it was real, and raw and everything that we go through in our family life so I like realism in my story's.

Shel: I loved this series from the beginning and each book seems to get better and better. And good news! after looking at her website, I'm thrilled to see that we'll have several more books in the series! Court: We do. Rush will be last of course, and he is who I've been waiting for since we found out there would be a Chaos series after Motorcycle Man. It'll definitely be worth the wait, as these Denver boys and the other commandos will have a big storm coming, but I can't wait! 

Wednesday, November 19, 2014

#BookBlogWriMo: #WaitingOnWednesday

Day Nineteen

#WaitingOnWednesday

This Nineteenth day of November brings us to what we're #WaitingOn...or waiting sort of patiently to be released so we can devour it. Makes complete sense right...wait that long on a book, and can't stop reading until it's 4 am with a finished book. Sigh. That is the best.

I'm sharing three I'm waiting on with you fine folks today. 

1) Better When He's Bold by Jay Crownover
While I'm not uber-crazy about this cover, unfortunately, the first book in the series was AWESOME! So...I will be waiting to find out what sort of shenanigans we get up to in this one. They're going to be crazy, I can just tell you that right now. 

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2) 'Til Death by Bella Jewel
With a line like "I married a douchebag" in the blurb...we knew we wanted to read this one....and it is coming up in our lineup very very very soon. CAN'T WAIT! 

Goodreads | Pre-Order on Amazon for only 99 cents!





3) Ride Steady by Kristen Ashley (Chaos Series #3) 
Ride Steady is so far in my future, it doesn't even have a cover yet. But never fear, I will wait with bated breath for this book, because the CHAOS MC is like kryptonite. I definitely will be pulling an all nighter, or most-of-the-nighter to get my hands on this book! Girl knows how to write about badass bikers better than anyone that I enjoy reading about...so, Joker. Bring it on. 

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1)  Anything Tiffany Reisz. She writes smart characters. I've not read all of her books but I've very much enjoyed everything I've read of hers...so I'm actually not necessarily waiting on her newest..just waiting on time to catch up with some of the older titles so that I can get to her newest one. Girl, I agree. I loved that novella series of hers we read, and can't wait to get more of Nora + especially Kingsley. I'm on Team Kingsley.

2) Black Iris by Leah Raeder. 
This one promises to give me the diversity and prose that I've been waiting for and I know Leah is going to blow me out of the water with it; can't wait. 

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3) After Dark by M. Pierce. 
What can I say--M had me from book Night Owl and I'm so damn curious as to what will happen at the end of this trilogy.

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Tuesday, June 11, 2013

NLWO...

This week I took a family beach vacation and didn't get to read nearly as much as Courtney...but I still managed to get my Kindle fired up and loaded with some good reads. Here's what we've been up too...


There are 3 stand out reads from last week: Lauren Blakely's Trophy Husband, Georgia Cates' Beauty from Surrender, and A.J. Sand's Remake. Those three books made my week. Trophy Husband was sweet and funny and a quick read. Beauty from Surrender started in pain and agony but the ending was exactly what I needed --so satisfactory and filling. And I had been anticipating Remake for so many months that when the first words appeared on my Kindle it felt like Christmas had come early. Remake was worth every minute I had to wait to read about Erica's journey to come back from a most terrible betrayal. All great reads and ones to add to your TBR list. (This was a ridiculously good week!)

I just wrapped up Colleen Hoover's Hopeless (I KNOW, I know...I'm like the last person in the universe to read it) and I'm still trying to digest all of my thoughts, but the writing was superb. And if you haven't read it and you have hours to sink your toes into the sand and surf...go buy it. You'll probably get a sunburn, though, if you aren't careful because that book is so absorbing that everything else just fades into the background. (I am super freaking stoked that I finally bullied her into reading a soul sucker! She finds it hilarious, so payback was great, plus it is a fantastic book!)

This week I'm hoping to read Kristen Ashley's newest Chaos MC book as well as get my Rush crush on with Abbi Glines' latest release and I'm actively searching for my next favorite read..so please feel free to point me in the right direction of a great read. Courtney...what have you been up to? 



So I am going to annoy a few of you a little bit more and total gush about Kristen Ashley. Her books are absolutely the end all and be all of my week. And no this is definitely not a paid endorsement. I am a serious lover of series and if it is a companion series, get the hell out of my way. If I find an author I like, I will seriously tear through every single book they've ever written, and even faster if each one is better than the last. We have found this in Kristen Ashley (Thanks, Shel..I owe you--anytime, sistah!)....and trust me it is a winner if my cousin (who is a fantastical book blogger) Andrea's husband has read the Rock Chick series before her. (Eric is totally badass that he reads with her!--he is, how do WE make that happen?)

I seriously spent last night "One More Chapter"ing it until 2:15 a.m. so if I seem a little twitchy this is why...and my filter is way turned off...and possibly 1 or 2 of my cylinders aren't working....so it has been an interesting day! 

Anyways, Chaos. The last few days I have absolutely been entranced in the Chaos MC. Starting with me finishing up the Rock Chick series with Rock Chick Regret. Holy. Effing. Crap. ...I had put it off forever to basically prolong the inevitable that I didn't want to be done. I want to re-read those books for the first time again, so much. This latest installment (she is writing book 8!) is by far the most intense, and most heavy in emotional and physical drama that had my head spinning and my love for Double H (Hispanic Hottie) put Hector and Sadie solidly in my Top 5 Rock Chick list! 

Then, I finished the Dream Man series through Motorcycle Man. Holy. Effing. Crap. By far, the best epilogue and ending of a series EVER! It was so great, and satisfying, and suspenseful, and angsty, but badass biker awesome that I now have been telling Shelley that I want to be a badass biker chick, therefore I informed my hubs he needs to be a badass biker dude. I think my plot is foiled because he is more of a crotch rocket kind of guy, although maybe I could work with this. (HAHAHAHAAA! I love it!!!)

So now, I have blown through Own the Wind (Shy & Tabby, Holy. Effing. Crap!) and it was amazeballs. I am obsessed with the Chaos series, so yes I dropped everything to start Fire Inside. I am really excited, because all of this was hinted at and going on during the events of Own the Wind so I know, but I don't really know..ya know? 

Okay. This headcrackin' mamma-jamma (so, you have to be a Rock Chick to get that <--- ) is going to shut up now...to go , yep you guessed it...read! Later Peeps! 

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