The storm is coming and you don't want to miss this book. Review to come
My Review:
5 "no warning signs will prepare you for this storm" stars
I am a lover of things Young Adult. It's what got me into reading again. I love the innocence in the books, the steamy scenes that make you imagine what is happening but not giving to much away. The love that is shared between the characters, it isn't over the top, it isn't shoved down your throat. Virgin's aren't losing their V-Card to billionaires who want to tie them up and spank them. YA is a genre that leaves you guessing. Storm Warning delivered all of these things.
Now don't get me wrong, I love me some bondage and spanking,(in my books silly, well maybe in real life as well **wink wink**) but it is refreshing to get a book and not having to worry about you daughter sneak reading it behind your back. Yes my 9 1/2 year old read some of this over my shoulder and she kept asking me what was going to happen. It was adorable. I will definitely be buying this in paperback so when she gets a little older she can read it.
Now for my review. Y'all already know how much love I have for Caisey Quinn. If I could, I'd lock her up in my basement and make her write me stories all day long and then I would have her read them to me in her cute little southern voice. I am sick I know.
When I saw the trailer for Storm Warning, I was hooked. I wanted this book, BAD. So, when it showed up in my email I jumped right on it and devoured it. I was BLOWN away. I have never read any of Elizabeth Lee's book, but I am now a fan. I knew it was going to be brilliant because CQ was a co writer, but with EL and CQ together it is magic. Like unicorns running around your front lawn with rainbows shooting out of their ass MAGIC.
Storm Warning has 3 amazing men it. Threw out the whole book, you will be switching teams. I didn't know if I wanted Kyle, Coop or Hayden. They were all so different and did so many swoonworthy things. But in the end I am fully on board with #teamhayden. He is my go to guy in this series. He surprised the hell out of me. I love Hayden and I have claimed him as mine.
We also have 2 pretty cool chicks in the book. I knew the moment I was introduced to Ella Jane that I would be on her team. She is cute, sharp, smart, way to grown up and doesn't let shit get her down. #teamellajane.
There are twists and there are turns and there are OMG what is going to happen moments. My heart was beating, my chest was heaving and my stomach was in knots. There was time near the end, that I want to skip to the end just to see what happens. BUT I DIDN'T and I recommended not doing this. But the end, the end will leave you wanting to hunt down EL and CQ and how them who is boss.
Like every other CQ book, I am left with the biggest book hangover and asking WHHHYYY. I need answers, I need to know what is going to happen. Please oh please let it be spring 2014 when I wake up.
Are you ready for the storm? Because, y'all, it's coming and none of us are safe.
Toss and Turn. Wake up with Mud Vein eyes, puffy and swollen. Make Coffee. Words. Typed. Erased. REPEAT. REPEAT. Bang head against keyboard. FUCK THISToss and Turn. Wake up with Mud Vein eyes, puffy and swollen. Make Coffee. Words. Typed. Erased. REPEAT. REPEAT. Bang head against keyboard. FUCK THIS SHIT. Storm away and grab some more coffee. Buy stock in Starbucks. Yell at my friends for making read this. TYPE MORE WORDS THAT I WILL JUST ERASE.
This review will be so different than any other review I have written. Since this book was raw and real, I want to be raw and real.
Before I can explain to you how deeply this book changed me, I must take you back. So lets go way back to when I was 18.
I graduated high school and met this amazing older man. I was 18 he was 27. I was just starting my life, he had already lived his. I was scared and I was all he wanted. We had babies and got married and life was real. REAL. 12 years have pasted and marriage is HARD. Some day's it seems easier to just walk away then to stay and try to make it work. Was this what my life was going to always be like? My husband is an amazing father, but I was 18 when I met him and I am 31 now. I have grown, I am no longer a girl, but a women. CHANGE. It happens, but not when you set in your ways and have already had a whole life. In the past week I have questioned my sanity and asked myself if I love my husband or if I am just comfortable with him.
Then. THEN I READ THIS.
"What's the difference" I asked him. " Between the love of your life, and your soul mate?"
"One is a choice, and one is not."
My life was changed the moment I read that. My view on my marriage, on my parents marriage, on MY WHOLE FUCKING 31 YEARS OF LIFE has been altered. I didn't chose my husband, I didn't have a say in loving him. There is a red string that connects me to him and until this very moment, I didn't know that. He is mine and I am his whether we like it or not.
"Love sticks, and it stays and it brave the bullshit"
Can a book save a marriage? FUCK NO. The people in that marriage have to save it.
Can a book change a person and make them see things clear? HELL YES. My eyes are open and my mind is clear. DOUBTS are gone and LOVE remains. That right there is what will save a marriage.
"Truth is for the mind," he says. "Lies are for the heart. So let's just keep lying." I kiss the man I lie to. He kisses me with truth. I am set free.
Can you feel your heart changing? Can you feel your soul reaching around the words and absorbing them? I hate it. I don't want to feel the way I do about this book. I want to go back and not read it. BUT I CAN NEVER GO BACK. This book has been etched in to my mind, my soul, my heart and it will never leave me.
You will feel me in the fall backwards
I can't even call the words in this book writing. THEY ARE SO MUCH MORE THAN THAT. This book is poetry, its magical, it's overwhelming and gut wrenching. IT IS EVERYTHING
I want to have Tarryn Fishers words inked on my skin for eternity. I want to have them on me so when those doubts creep up, I just have to feel the words on my skin and push them away.
My mind, my soul, my heart and my sanity belong to Tarryn Fisher. ...more
There are not enough stars in the galaxy for Ashes to Ashes. How do you put together a review for a book like this one. I can write all these words in
There are not enough stars in the galaxy for Ashes to Ashes. How do you put together a review for a book like this one. I can write all these words in the world, but none of them will do justice for how I am feeling. I don't want to come off as repetitive, because that would be an insult. I sit here, after just finishing Ashes to Ashes, trying my hardest to explain to you all what I felt, what I feel and how much I am in love with book.
Where do I start? The plot? The characters? The author? The love? The steam? The swooning? The moments that I was so scared I had to keep all the lights on to go to the bathroom? The creepy kids? The hardcore fan girling that is going on right now?
I, CHELCIE, AM A HARD CORE FANGIRL. I, CHELCIE, HAVE THE BIGGEST GIRL CRUSH ON KARINA HALLE. I, CHELCIE, AM A DEX FORAY ADDICT AND I CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF HIM. I, CHELCIE, HAVE A LADY BONER FOR PERRY PALOMINO. (I have major issues I know)
THE PLOT: So 8 books. That is how many books are in this series. You would think after so many books in a series, the plots would start to get boring. FUCK THAT SHIT. Karina Halle does not do boring. She does scary, she does freighting, she does "pull up your big girl panties, grab your blanky, turn on your night light and pray your children are not going to jump out at you later". This is by far the scariest plot in the series. I WAS SO FUCKING SCARED. My stomach hurt the entire book and I was so freaking nervous. I wouldn't read it at night. NOPE, NOT GONNA HAPPEN. You see I have 3 little girls and they like to hide in corners and jump out at me. If they had done this while I was reading this book, I would have pissed my pants. LEGIT PISSED MY PANTS. I made sure to stay clear of them during the entire time I read this book. BAD MOM MOMENT.
CHARACTERS: I will start with Perry. Man do I love me some Perry. She is hardcore, amazing and so real. Karina wrote her perfect. The entire series I loved how real she was. She surprised me, she made me smile and she made me so happy. I love the growth and I loved how she handled it all.
Rebecca: She deserves to be mentioned. I love her in the past books. I found her witty and refreshing. I loved the banter between Dex and her. It was adorable and funny. BUT WTF. that is all.
DEX: OH MYYY GAWWWD. DEX. I liked him in the first few books. It turned to love in Dead Sky Morning, lust in Lying Season, and just down right I WANT YOU TO FUCK MY BRAINS OUT infatuation in Come Alive. This man could do whatever he wanted to do to me. He went from just swoon to FUCKING OVER THE TOP SWOONWORTHY in this book. The shit that comes out of his mouth was just FUCK ME UPSIDE DOWN and SPANK ME, he is amazing. I am going to say it. YES, this is coming out of my mouth right now, DEX FORAY YOU OWN MY HEART!!! He has become my #1 Book boyfriend. Sorry, my past loves, but this man is just pure sex on a stick perfection and has a mouth a smooth as honey.
THE AUTHOR: There is no one in this world like Karina Halle. She is the only author that I know of, who can scare the shit out of you right after setting your vajayay on fire. For those that have invested in her writing and are apart of the EIT fan club, we have all seen these characters grow and become the most amazing couple of all time. She has given us so many great moments and I am a fan of her for life.
THE SCARE FACTOR: These characters have been put to the test. Most people would lose their minds and be in a loony house. But not Dex and Perry. Nope, they live for this stuff and Karina gives us exactly what we want. But who wouldn't be scared the fuck out with creepy kids and a sanatorium
LOVE/SWOONING/STEAMY MOMENTS: We are not disappointed in this section. I remember talking to my P in the V girls and kept asking them where all the steam was in the first 2 books. I wanted STEAM. They said to keep going. So I kept going. It went from mild groping, to FUCK, FINALLY, to crying my eyes out, to FUCK GET IT TOGETHER DEX and then COME ALIVE. yes COME ALIVE was by far everything I ever wanted in a book in this series. But she has surpassed that and she gave us A2A. This book has so much steam, so much love so much swooning going on. My heart was so full of happiness that I couldn't figure out how to be happy while I was so fucking scared. I want to just take the time to swoon over Dex, but I was so scared every page I turned.
LOVE is not a proper word. There are no proper words. Just seriously, go read this book. Go read this entire series. LIKE YESTERDAY People.
How many books are there on Amazon? Millions. So many books are published daily that it is impossible to keep track of them. There are so many new autHow many books are there on Amazon? Millions. So many books are published daily that it is impossible to keep track of them. There are so many new authors and so many new releases. How does one keep track of them? How do you decide which one to read and which one you will fall in love with?
For this review I have to take you back. I can only start from the beginning.
I remember this day clearly. It was May 2013 and I was searching for a new book. I came a cross a new release called Girl with Guitar. The cover had an adorable blonde with a guitar and the blurb seemed interesting. I loved country music growing up so I dived right in.
BLOWN AWAY is what I was after reading it. The writing style was refreshing and the characters were so original. I don't think I have ever loved a heroine as much as I loved Kylie in Girl with Guitar. She was strong willed and stood for what she wanted. She never backed down, but still showed that she had
This was pre-stalking Chelcie. What? I wasn't always the person who stalked. Those tendencies came much later.
Then Girl on Tour came out. I still wasn't into the blog thing, but my friend told me to email Caisey and maybe she would send me an ARC. I had no clue what this ARC she spoke of was, but I wanted this book more than the air. So I emailed Caisey and BAM I had GoT early. I was stoked.
I need to stop and make sure you are aware of just how much I love these books. Caisey has a way of making you feel like you are apart of the story. I was singing the songs in my head (or how I heard them) I was pissed the fuck off right along with Kylie and saying What the fuck Trace. Snap the fuck out of it.
But that ending. OMG that ending left me so distraught. I didn't see it coming and I was so sad for Kylie. I knew there was 1 more book coming, but it still didn't make it OK.
BOOM, stalker tendencies engaged. The months to come would entail late night chats, crying over the most emotional book, mermaid dancing, signed book birthday presents, street team joining and a friendship that will last forever.
I have been waiting for this book for so long and I am so freaking happy about it. Caisey has just completely won me over. I was already a grade A CQ stalker, but now I am her biggest fan for life. She can write such intense scenes, but then she can make it light hearted and fresh. Her writing just keeps getting better and better. I can't wait to see what she comes up with next. She is one of my top 5 authors.
Sorry, I got side tracked. This is suppose to be about Girl in Love. So hold on tight cause here I go.......
Heartache, drinking, partying, confusion, mixed signals, crying, singing, hurtful lyrics, steamy moments, almost kisses and just plain brilliance.
I started off confused. I didn't want to like what I was reading, but I did. I kind of wanted it to happen. That is how amazing of a writer Caisey Quinn. She made me want something that I knew wasn't right.
Kylie is so amazing and so talented. She has changed so much since Girl with Guitar. I was a little worried at first. The things she did, the way she was acting it broke my heart. I just wanted to grab ahold of her and Trace and make them be happy again. My heart kept breaking.
These two kept throwing so many punches at each other and they didn't even know that they were hurting each other more. I cried so many times for them threw out this book that I have lost count
There were so many times that I wanted to make them both sit down and just fucking talk. Talk to one another and just put it all out in the open. PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GAWD TALK TO EACH OTHER. NOW.
Trace Corbin has been trying to be a better man. He has been so hard on himself and everyone around him since Girl with Guitar. But he knows that he needs to change and be a better man. But damn he sure does make it hard on everyone around him.
I am very proud of Trace. He has come full circle and he melted my heart.
This series will be one that I re-read for many many times. I am not sure if anyone can take Kylie's place in my heart as my favorite leading lady.
Y'all need to read these books. Who doesn't like country music, hot guys in tight ass jeans, cat fights and drunken kisses. This series has it all.
1 brilliant awesome GOLD star. The best of the best....more
6 "it was perfection. Brilliance on paper. Un-put-downable. Soulcrushing. Heartbreaking. Tears wont stop coming. Beautiful and exactly what it needed to be " Stars