One read Easy to get behind

Easy

By Tammara Webber

There aren't too many things I can say that aren't good about this read.  This book was absolutely delicious.  

Normally I would share the book description here with you.  But I don't think it did it justice and may have been a little misleading.  I read the description and read the book because it was recommended, but don't know if I would have without the strong arm tactics. 

This story goes for the jugular right from the start when our female lead is attacked after a party.  The rapist is thwarted by a young man she has never seen on campus before, but suddenly sees everywhere.  

My Gram used to say that if you want to make God laugh you should tell him your plans.  Jacqueline gave up her dream to study music in college in order follow her high school boyfriend.  Into their second year of college he has decided he needs to sow his wild oats. Yep, that is actually his excuse for the breakup.  After a night of watching him do just that at a frat party, she is assaulted on the way to her truck.  Out of the darkness comes the answer to her prayers.  

Lucas is everything her ex could never be.  Of course there is a tremendous back story that just adds to the layers this author has created.  And they are believable layers, emotional layers, yummy layers that had me turning page after page until the book was done.  (Okay, I read this on an e-reader, so I wasn't actually turning pages, but you get the message right?)  

Lucas has the look of a bad boy, but the soul of a poet.  His artistic side softens him and the immediate connection Jacqueline feels towards him is unmistakable.  Hell, the immediate pull I felt toward him was unmistakable.  He is wounded, but not broken.  And together they will learn to trust and heal each other.

But that trust won't come easy for either of them.  In the beginning of this book you're convinced that the story is going to be about Jacqueline learning to trust again after her assault, but what we find in the course of this read is Lucas has demons in his past that have shaped and molded him into the man he is today and this story is about so much more than an attempted rape and happily ever after.

I love when authors do that.  

Part of the book is Jacqueline learning to move on from a horrific ordeal, but it's also learning that sometimes you have to make a stand.  And making a stand means not always doing what's easy, but doing what's right.  

Part is watching Lucas grow from who he was into who he is supposed to be with the help of this girl he had dreamed about for so long. And part is being immersed in the romance.

There are so many good moments in this story I'm afraid if I started to  mention them all it would sound a lot like rambling.  Suffice to say if you haven't read this one you need to.  Tammara Webber did an exceptional job here and you won't be sorry.  I wasn't.
 



 

I'm a booklover from way back

Lately I have been reading a lot of books. 

It's cause I love to read.  No, love is too silly a word for that.  It's because I need to read like I need the air to breathe.  Reading really does sustain me. 

This has led to me being more interactive on Goodreads where I like to star the books I have finished  

And since I have become somewhat of a reading savant (It's my dream, let me live it) I have decided to focus my blog on what I am reading and writing.  Don't worry friends every once in a while I promise to sprinkle in some of my everyday life to keep you entertained, and probably humiliate myself in the process, but I really want to focus on reviews and sharing what I'm writing.

So here's how it's going to work.  I will be reviewing books and sharing my opinions.  I will also post said reviews on Goodreads.  Yes, I am still on Goodreads for the time being.  I'm waiting for them to get the new Riffle site up and running.  If you haven't requested your invite you can do it here.  http://www.rifflebooks.com/ 

I am hoping that it becomes an unbiased book reading site especially now that Amazon has purchased Goodreads.  Some of you may disagree with me on that, and don't get me wrong, I'm still on Goodreads, but it bothers me that Amazon wants to own a book review website.  We need to have places where we can go to review books honestly with out concern that those reviews will be deleted if they are not helping the largest online book seller sell said books.  

Soapbox rant complete.

I will NOT be reviewing books here that I don't like.  I plan to still post my ratings on the book sites with one or two stars, but I am not going to trash any authors.  I think if you don't have anything nice to say you should keep your mouth shut.  I don't want to be a book basher.  For me it's enough to rate the book with one or two stars because, let's face it, there is no way I like or even love everything I read.

I have a lot of respect for authors as a species.  They are truly brave souls.  It takes a tremendous amount of courage to put yourself out there as a writer.  Not so much as a reader.  

Don't worry Flickster Friday probably won't be going anywhere either.  I still dig sharing upcoming flicks with you guys as well as what I think of the films I am watching.

So sit back and enjoy.  

Also, book recommendations are always welcome as is my willingness to review about to be released works.  

Happy Reading.     

Romance without any Blood

Yesterday on a sweet tweet with a couple of my friends they were telling us about a field trip they took on Saturday to a local crime lab.  While it sounded very interesting and I would have loved to have been able to hang out with these gal pals of mine, I would not have been very good company for the lab field trip.  

Unless the new look is an adult female walking around the crime lab with a trash can strapped to her face.  Either that or I would have passed out and been on a gurney.  Of course that sent me on a whole different track with me waking up in a coffin.  Don't ask.

Captain Kidd has learned the hard way that I have a little problem with blood.  But I can assure you that has not slowed down his thirst for weekend warrior projects in our backyard.  Every year he takes on a new one and every year he does something that inevitably leads us to the emergency room.  God bless that man.  

Unfortunately not all of the ER trips have been for him.  Fourth of July seven years ago we were hosting a big BB-Q when he decided that a piece of furniture needed to be fixed that day.  Suffice to say he drilled a hole in his hand when his drill breached the wood.  Who knew?  I think that is the reason they insist you anchor whatever you are working on to a work station safely and NOT hold it in your hand.  

When he came into the house he asked me if we had an band aids.  Now in our house that is code, yes code for blood, but not alot of blood.  Unfortunately on this day we had our code words messed up.  Or he did.  You got it, there was a lot of blood and when he showed it to me I toppled like a tree.  Put a lovely gash in the back of my head.  Three stitches later, yeah go ahead and laugh.  It did give me a great story for the party later that day.

One of the things I can promise you is when I write there will be no blood and guts because quite honestly I don't think I could get through the writing draft.  So what, I am a big baby.  I can live with it.  Don't judge me.  

But after this discussion it made me wonder if the rest of my writer buddies, don't look now that would be you, has thing or ideas they would not feel comfortable writing about.  Share with me.