Back At It: First book of 2015: LAW MAN

Last year was a crazy ride, with super tough bio and chem classes. But I'm back. And hopefully for good.


Any better way to start off the year than with a Kristen Ashley book? I think not.

(All ratings are out of 5)

Title: Law Man

Author: Kristen Ashley

Cliffhanger: No.

Happily Ever After?: Yes.

Overall Rating : 4

Series: Dream Man (#3)

Steam: VERY

Hero: 5

Heroine: 4

Recommend?: Yes.

Hero: Mitch Lawson

- Police Detective

Heroine: Mara Hanover

- Sells mattresses

NEIGHBORS.

Mara has had a "thing" for Mitch (who lives across from her) for a while now. 4 years to be exact. He's (obviously) attractive, has a good job, and has women hanging off him. Thinking she ranks at a 2.5 (out of 10) and Mitch is a clear 10.5, Mara stays away as much as possible (because the 10s aren't in the same league as the 2s. The 10s date other 8-10s while the 2s go out with the 1-3s). She has no self-confidence. One day, she gets a call from a pay phone saying her druggie and drunkard cousin's two kids are waiting at a market alone, she takes off to go get them. On the way out, she (literally) collides into Mitch. And Mitch, being 10.5 Mitch, helps her and drives her to the mart to pick up the kids. From there, starts the romance and the thriller in Law Man.

Altogether, I really liked this book. Sure, it's really nothing "new," but seeing the character development really made me like the book even more. The romance was great, it developed very beautifully. However, my favorite was Mara's gain in self-confidence. She'd been always put down by her poor-excuse-of-a-mom and aunt, and always saw herself as way less than she actually was. Mitch brings out the best in her and helps her see that she is worth so much more than she gives herself credit to.

Also, the kids were great. Billy and Billie (because their dad, BILL, thought it would be HILARIOUS to name his son and daughter both Billie/Billy except with different spellings) were such adorable children. I really felt terrible for the amount of responsibility 10 year old Billy had taken on so early in his life. Kids shouldn't have to worry about having food at home, keeping their sister safe from their dead-beat dad's friends, having money, etc.

The rating system Mara used in "Mara World" was a bit over exaggerated. It was mentioned too many times. Also, Mara was pretty much had no backbone the first half of the book. I think after she got her reality check in the middle about Bill and the mafia and all she grew a backbone, but she wouldn't stand up for herself and it really bothered the feminist inside me.

This wasn't my favorite KA book, I don't think any will take the place of Own The Wind (motorcycles + me = gah!), but it was a very engaging read that kept me on my toes and wondering what was going to happen next!

Favorite lines:

What kind of friend are you?” Billy asked.
“A different kind of friend,” Mitch answered.
“What kind of different?” Billy shot back.
“A good kind of different,” Mitch replied.”

The Mighty Storm (book 1 && 2)

Midterms will be the death of me! But I did read a couple books in the past week, worthy of writing about. So those will each have a short review, recap sorta thing..

The Mighty Storm (2 books)

BY: SAMANTHA TOWLE

✰✰✰✰✰ FIVE MIGHTY STARS

The Mighty Storm and Wethering the Storm, by Samantha Towle, are about Jake Wethers, lead singer of the international super-famous band The Mighty Storm (TMS) and Trudy (Tru) Bennett, music journalist. Here's the blurb for the first one: (you can basically see where it's going from there)

Jake Wethers, sexy, tattooed and deliciously bad lead singer, and brains behind The Mighty Storm, one of the biggest bands in the world, left Tru with a broken heart when he moved from England to America with his family when they were both fourteen.

Sent to interview Jake for her music column by the magazine she works for, they are both unprepared for the sparks that fly the instant they reconnect. Only, there’s a complication to their instant feelings for one another—Will, Tru’s boyfriend of two years. 

Then Jake makes Tru a job offer she can't refuse—travelling the world with him and his band. But taking the job means leaving Will behind, and being on the road with the band means spending an inordinate amount of time with Jake.

Sooo.. yeahhhh...

What's Tru to do? I'd be all over Jake too!

"Jake - a sweet dream? Or a beautiful nightmare?"

Honestly, this was a reread for me. I saw back on goodreads that I'd given the books 5 stars, which is pretty rare for me, so I decided to reread the books once again. And it was amazing!! Jake and Tru are so sweet together; and I'm a sucker for rekindled romance, it's the absolute best! The writing was incredibly easy to follow, and it's first person POV from Tru's side. Buttt!! the second book has POV from Jake as well, not too much, but enough to make him even more swoonworthy than he already is!

The only thing that I didn't like was in the first book: the cheating. I don't tolerate cheating in "real life" and I really don't like to see it in books either - and Will was such a nice guy, Tru really hurt him. I didn't like the fact that after he found out that Tru and Jake were sleeping together behind his back he was made out to be psycho and the bad guy.. because he wasn't. I sympathize with him. I always say and I'll say it again: If you're thinking about cheating, break up with your current boyfriend/girlfriend first. It's not fair to them, and it's not fair to the person you're cheating with, and lastly, it's not fair to you. Sooo much can be solved with communication.

SEX.                                              

                   

                        ROCK 'N' ROLL.

                     

DRUGS.

"Reznor's version or Johnny Cash's"

"Johnny Cash ... I have a few things in common with him."

"Like?"

"The drugs ... the women ... hanging out for the girl of my dreams ... you're my June, Tru."

I truly forgot how amazing these books were; a wild ride. You had the good, you had the bad. and you had a whole lot of in-between. 

Best friends to lovers. "The word is that Jake has found 'the one'. His girl next-door."

Drama.

Traveling with the band. (And I'm not gonna lie, i love the groupies. The drama they bring, and the guy choosing his girl. Swoon. I'm such a girl.)

By the end, you really see that they both need one another to survive. Wait for itt.... : Their love is their drug. (clicheness ;) And trust me, I'm pretty feministic, independence and all, but here, it just worked. And this isn't real life, so bugger off.

Summary:

Book: The Mighty Storm, Wethering the Storm

Author: Samantha Towle

Steam (out of 5): ♥♥♥♥♥

Likeable characters: hero; Jake: ✓ , heroine; Trudy ✓ (she was kinda annoying in her head, but overall it wasn't too bad that you couldn't look past it)

Writing: amazing!

Was this a reread? Yes.

Other books in the series? Yes, Tom's book will be released this year!

Sex. Drug abuse. Death. Cheating. Rockstar lifestyle. Sex in public places. and Pizza Hut.

Love is just a word until someone comes along and gives it meaning