REVIEW: ABSORBED & CONSUMED BY EMILY SNOW

I've been wanting to read these last two books in this series for a while now. I finally found a teeny tiny break in my reading and I decided to go for it. I finished both Absorbed and Consumed in ONE DAY. Yep...one day. 

I'll start with Absorbed--it was a super quick read because it's a novella. It's told from Lucas and Kylie's POV and it fills in the gap between the end of Devoured and the beginning of Consumed. I think it's an absolute MUST read in this series. It helped me appreciate Lucas so much more AND it gave me a few interesting tidbits about Kylie too. I found it to be a very satisfactory read. 

Consumed was not as angsty as I thought it would be. There are definitely some points when I felt a little concerned about how Lucas and Sienna would work it all out but I just knew they HAD to. Before we could get to that HEA we had to deal with Cilla and Sam and groupies..and they definitely caused trouble in their own special and unique ways. (SO FRUSTRATING!)

But more than all of that drama, it was about Lucas earning the trust of Sienna and Sienna being willing to be open to their relationship. I was happy to see that Emily Snow didn't create too much drama or unnecessary stunts to try to break them up and put them back together again. There were a few hiccups but none of it made me want to kill someone..so that's good, right?

I'm not really sure what I expected but I am happy that I read the rest of this series. I'd say from start to finish, the entire series would be in the 3.5- 4 STAR range. There were a few typos and sometimes it was a little flat but I'm very glad that I finished it and would tell anyone who started the first book that this definitely felt good to finish.

SYNOPSIS:

Rock star Lucas Wolfe is used to getting his way, and when he meets the wardrobe assistant hired for his band’s newest video shoot, he wants her: preferably stripped down and bound to his bed. From the moment Sienna Jensen first obediently whispers “Yes, Mr. Wolfe,” he knows she’s perfect for him.

Now, he has three days to convince her…but he doesn’t plan on taking no for an answer.

Set two years before the events of Devoured, the novella All Over You tells the dark, sexy story of Sienna and Lucas’s first encounter.

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SUMMER READING SATURDAY: SEXY, STEAMY, SMUTTY EDITION

This Saturday's Summer Reading Series post is all about Sexy, Steamy, and Smutty! Enjoy! 

The farther we get into summer, the harder it is getting to find (for me, anyways!) NEW stuff to recommend, since so much of the books we have loved and like to read can cross over most of our categories! So this week, I plan to try really hard not to highlight a book I have used already...so here goes!! (P.S. If I fail at this quest...my deepest apologies!) Meanwhile...I'm sticking with what I know which is probably stuff I've already mentioned about 100 million times. Sorry guys! 

Up In Flames by Nicole Williams. I had read some of her stuff (Crash series) and loved it, so I jumped on this stand alone. (And stand alones can be refreshingly good sometimes when in a book hangover!) This story is about a flame jumper, I think he was called....aka he jumps out of helicopters during forest fires to rescue people on the ground. Summer romance, check. Forbidden/somebody has a significant other (cue angst) love, check. Super sexy times, double check! Great New Adult read, and super fast + perfect for a summer read.I haven't read this--but am now intrigued.Hmm.

Down to You by M. Leighton. Smooth talking club owner...even smoother talking lawyer...and twins. Holy smokes! These brothers will melt your panties right off...and the story will get you wrapped up right to the shocking end...I don't see a lot coming, and you may not be surprised, but I almost fell out of my chair with how things ended. Lucky for you...book 2 is published already, but we can all wait together for the 3rd one! I have read this one and h-o-l-y smokes...some of those caused my Kindle to steam.

Hard to Love by Kendall Ryan. I think I have loved everything  I've read by Kendall so far, and this one was no different. I had to know how things would go down when the blurb includes a) a porn star in the ER after taking viagra + b) the sweet nurse who takes care of him that still wants to get with him anyways....but the real kicker, even after all of that, is that he's doing whatever he has to to take care of his little sister....swoon! Okay, and it does fall into the sexy, steamy, and smutty category. Read Kendall's Tweets if you don't believe me ;) Yet another new author for me to add to my list of authors to read! I see my one-click finger getting twitchy.

Confessions of an Alli Cat by Courtney Cole. Here is where I fail and think I've mentioned this book before, but I really, really loved it, so sue me...I'm mentioning it again! About a recent divorcee trying to get her groove back in hilarious and awkward ways....I mean.this is in the blurb

Alli’s idea of “trying new things” is nothing like that devil-of-a-best-friend of hers. Somehow, Sara, the devil of a best friend, talks Alli into trying out a sex toy, sleeping with a younger man and letting a stranger in a lab jacket put hot wax on a place that should never, ever, ever see wax. And that’s only the beginning.

So I think we can all agree there is intrigue here....and when the younger man keeps popping up in her life outside of the sex club he works in....holy hell....her luck sucks, but it makes for a lot of sexy, steamy, and smutty scenes. Shel if you ever read this one, I am totes reading it with you! I haven't read it but I've seen it around. My TBR list just got a lot longer. Bye bye bank account.

Okay, I think I've relived these books in my head enough...Shel...what qualifies as Sexy, Steamy, and Smutty to you!!

Well...I think my suggestions would be remiss if I didn't post

the one series that got this whole smut/erotica/smexy thing out and in the public eye...we all know which one I'm talking about, right? Fifty Shades of Gray by E.L. James. It started a whole slew of women reading and talking and probably refreshed some marriages.Haha. It's smut-tastic. It's practically a sexual dictionary--need a new move or idea? Pick this series up and you'll have plenty of things to work with. **Late add! Sorry!** I was looking through my goodreads read books, and I read this last June...Wow..definitely kick started my newfound book obsession, but I can't believe it's already been a year! What a wild year it has been! 

I recently finished the This Man series by Jodi Ellen Malpas 

and let me tell you that this series was sexy, sexy, sexy. Throw in some British humor, some intrigue, some angst, and love and you've got yourself this delicious treat of a series. I cannot wait to see what Courtney thinks of it. I giggled and sighed and raged in various parts of the all three books. I'm kind of sad it's finished and cannot wait to see what she publishes next. **Reading this now...holy moly...it's going to be insane, I can already tell!**


Another steamy, not to be missed book is Tidal by Emily

Snow. This book features a young actress trying to sort out her life post-rehab and a hot surfer guy. It's set in Hawaii and after reading it I had to physically restrain myself from packing my family up and becoming a surfer girl there. It just sounded so appealing! I think all of Emily's books are smokin' hot and this one was no different. A great summer read if you haven't read it yet! I have this, but haven't read it! Obvs, I should rectify that in my spare time! ;) 



Want one that packs in sexy, steamy, and smutty? Try The Blackstone Affair series by Raine Miller. Yet another series set in London--apparently I'm obsessed? This series follows around an American girl with secrets, a dangerous stalker, and a British guy who's hired to protect her. All three books in this series are out and are super fast to read. OOOhh! One I love too! I read Naked a while back, and have book 2, but for reasons unknown haven't gotten to it! 


Hey! I did it!! I managed to suggest reads that I really haven't talked too much about in our blog--go me!!! We hope you enjoy these hot reads--you may need to sit in the A/C or take a cold shower to cool off after reading them! Feel free to post your favorites in our comments! Happy Reading.

SUMMER READING SATURDAY: ROCKER EDITION

This week Courtney and I are focusing our summer reading suggestions on Rockers. So many rocker books...so little time. 

The only reason this post will be hard is because I have TOO MANY options. I guess you could say that I have a thing for rock stars...my husband was in a band when I met him...I have a ginormous crush on Adam Levine...I secretly want to be a Rock Chick...so narrowing down the field to 5 choices was painful.

1. Kai in A.J. Sand's Documentary. Courtney and I met through our love of this book and we almost had to duke it out as to which one of us would get to select him...but I suggested we share this one time. Kai is the best rocker ever. He's not your typical douchebag rocker--he's not a slut, he doesn't feel the need to be an asshole at every turn, and he is so loyal to his friends that he's willing to have his career suffer to take care of one of them. This book is a lovely love story following the journey Dylan and Kai take to get to know each other and figure out if they have what it takes to make a relationship work.

2. Noel Falcon and Riff in Michelle Valentine's The Black Falcon Series: Rock the Heart (#1) & Rock My Bed (#2). Both of these guys are serious rocker (ala Adam Levine) type guys--tattooed badassery is abound when these two guys are involved. Each of these guys have some serious issues trying to win over their girls (Lane and Aubrey)--whether it's other women, pregnancy scares, life on the road, or serious miscommunications--they must fight and struggle to get the prize at the end. In the mean time we get to live life on the road as rock stars with these guys and it's a wild and fun ride. 

3. Leo in Kristen Proby's Rock With Me. I really really liked Leo. He and Kai (see #1) are really good guys. They don't create a lot of unnecessary angst in their relationships and are typically kind and good to the women they are trying to woo. In  Leo's case, Samantha is a tough nut to crack--she feels incapable of having a close relationship with anyone (especially anyone interested in romance) and she immediately pushing Leo away from the start.  Being the patient guy he is, he sticks with it and eventually begins to wear down the walls she has built. 

4.  Lucas in Emily Snow's Devoured. This guy has issues. Serious girl problems...many of these he has created or participated in..including the one that this story is focused on: Sienna.  He dupes her in to working for him and commences to do some crazy push and pull tactics that inevitably cause them to begin a messed up relationship. I found myself wanting to strangle him for his utter douche baggery and, by the end, I wanted to help him find a way to solve all of his problems so that he and Sienna could try a life without the drama to see how THAT would work out.

5. My post would not be complete if I failed to mention some of my favorite rocker chicks--Stella in Kristen Ashley's Rock Chick Reckoning  and  Evie in Kate Mccarthy's Give Me Love. Both of these women kick ass. I love that in reading their perspectives you get a feel for what it must feel like to be a rock star--you get to imagine the adrenaline rush of a crowd of thousands screaming out your name. In addition to being in the heads of these rockers, you also get to read about the crazy drama that surrounds them, their hilarious groups of friends, and their significant others (Mace and Jared). If I could live my life in a book--even with all of the crazy ass sh*it they must endure--I'd happily be either of these rock chicks (OR BOTH!!) because they are both awesome!

1) So, I will pronounce my love for Kai as well. We almost came to blows over this one...haha. Beotch was thrown down, tears were shed...okay, okay, just kidding. We share well, thank goodness! Kai from Documentary by A.J Sand is one of my favorite rockers, most of all for his loyalty. His sexiness is definitely a secondary perk, but you'll have to read it to find out just how good of a friend he can be! 

2) My favorite rocker comes in the form of Sed from Rock Hard by Olivia Cunning.   His is the second book in the Sinners on Tour series, but his tall, clean cut, amazing physique, alpha male attitude and sexy growl for a voice made him my absolute favorite of all freaking time! This book will definitely light your e-reader on fire, but I also loved it for how much more depth to the story there was. (I love Brian and Myrna in Book 1, don't worry!) Jessica and Sed had history though, and finding out what that was, and how she stood up for herself and her dreams instead of tagging along only for his made me love her so much. Band drama is always present, and everything that goes on with these boys makes me wish they were a real freaking band. The next best thing is how much I love Avenged Sevenfold, so we can pretend it is about them! (haha, don't worry, it isn't, but comparisons can definitely be made! *swoon* See that M Shadows over there..yeah, I love him!) 

3) After Sed, and all of his band mates, it is a necessity to check out the boys of Sole Regret. This is a series of novella's about One Night With Sole Regret, hence the series of the title. My personal favorite is Shade/Jacob in Take Me by Olivia Cunning. He was kind of a dick in book 1, but we see a totally different side to him in this book. I would love to see a full length book about these guys, but this one in particular because who his special lady is is freaking insane! He's not going to enjoy the fallout from that but I have a feeling you will enjoy all of the modifications he has made in his room (i.e. cameras and lights and tv's and a swing and oh, did I mention cameras?) Yeah....if you're on the beach after that go dunk yourself in the water, immediately! 

4) So you're probably asking yourself "Why did this chick put a book about a hockey player on a list recommending books about rockers?" Well, you see Tate in Empty Net by Toni Aleo is a fantastic musician in addition to being a NHL goalie. I actually went on to download a TON of music that Toni Aleo included in this book, and it made reading even more enjoyable by listening to the songs while mentioned and feeling the emotions the song brings to the story. I am all about music while reading though, so sorry if you don't care for doing that! My favorites were Stranger by Secondhand Serenade and A Drop in the Ocean by Ron Pope. 

5) Lastly, but certainly not least I have a series that also shouts out to us ladies. Shelley already mentioned two great ones, but I stumbled upon Never Say Never by Kailin Gow one day and enjoyed it alot! This is also book 1 in a the series and brings on all of the angst that comes with being a rock star's daughter and forming a band with your four guy friends from high school. Add in a hunky Brit, and you don't have to guess why I thought this would be a great book. Very fun! And girl led bands are a fun spin on a male dominated arena, in my opinion.