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Bookworm Bites ~ One Day in December & And the Mountains Echoed ~ Josie Silver, Khaled Hosseini

Bookworm Bites ~ One Day in December & And the Mountains Echoed ~ Josie Silver, Khaled Hosseini

It’s been a hot second since I read One Day in December (read: a month) and it’s a story that’s still sticking with me. JSilver managed to incorporate some pretty meaty themes in relating Laurie and Jack’s journey to their HEA. It’s not a conventional path. In fact, I would even consider this a romance. And yet, it is in its own way. One Day in December rolls together tragedy, happiness, loyalty, love, friendship, and betrayal, leaving you with the certainty that everyone’s path to that elusive HEA is varied. And beautiful…in its own way.   And the Mountains Echoed was the first book by KHosseini I’ve read. Believe me when I say it won’t be the last. This was […]

Posted 24 January, 2021 by Brandee @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 1 Comment
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Review: Sisters and Lies – Bernice Barrington

Review: Sisters and Lies – Bernice Barrington

Sisters and Lies is both tender and harsh, mysterious and sweet, nostalgic and filled with hope. A good story that kept me turning the pages, never fully guessing what was going on. Sisters and Lies was well done, especially the psychological thriller aspect of the story. Evie and Rachel both had chapters told from their perspective, which made everything more chilling, as Evie was in a coma for most of it! Rachel had a lot going on at once, and dealing with the aftermath of her sister’s accident definitely didn’t make any of it any easier. The choices she needed to make were still there, but everything got an urgent feel to them, and she was unable to fully trust […]

Posted 2 November, 2016 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 16 Comments
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Review: Back in Black – Lori Foster

Review: Back in Black – Lori Foster

Back in Black is filled with hot fighters, strong-willed women, romance and quite a bit of action. Back in Black was like time-travel for me, as I have read all Foster’s Ultimate stories, and the SBC Fighters series include some characters that show up there as well. Gillian and Drew were both great characters, and I loved the chemistry between them. However, there was another couple that started their romance as well, Brett and Audrey, and the fact that I had to follow two couples instead of just one made me feel like I didn’t really get fully invested in either of them. Don’t take me wrong – all four characters were great, and I enjoyed their interactions as well […]

Posted 20 January, 2016 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 17 Comments
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Review: Everything You And I Could Have Been If We Weren’t You And I – Albert Espinosa

Review: Everything You And I Could Have Been If We Weren’t You And I – Albert Espinosa

Everything You And I Could Have Been If We Weren’t You And I was a strange and somehow chaotic story, with beautiful prose and a definite feeling of what is and what isn’t important in life (both this and the next). My Everything You And I… review: The story itself in Everything You and I… is rather weird, because the narrator jumps back and forth in time, and also changes the subject without any qualms, even if that usually happens at the end of a sentence at least. In this strange universe, many people have taken a drug to stop sleeping. And at the very beginning of the novel, Marcos starts by telling the reader that what he likes best […]

Posted 17 July, 2015 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 10 Comments
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Review: Biting Bad – Chloe Neill

Review: Biting Bad – Chloe Neill

Biting Bad is not lacking in humor, nor excitement or even romance, however, I’m still having a little trouble with trust when it comes to Chicagoland… My Biting Bad review: One of the things I really enjoyed in Biting Bad is that Merit and Ethan’s relationship finally seemed a little more balanced, and Ethan was less heavy-handed than usual. I also had fun with the riots investigations, even if the culprit didn’t surprise me in the least. Full of feelings of both love and fear, the story moved along at a nice pace, and the overall plot was well done. I really hope my enjoyment for the Chicagoland series will build back up, but it’s really difficult for me to […]

Posted 11 March, 2015 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 6 Comments
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Review: Bound to Danger – Katie Reus

Review: Bound to Danger – Katie Reus

  Bound to Danger is filled with suspense, a terrorist attack and romantic tension that almost ignited my kindle! My Bound to Danger review: Bound to Danger starts out really strong, and it mystified me, too. Maria was on her way to a benefit party, but she wasn’t feeling very well. Her driver and friend was trying to get her to stay home, but she really needed to go so she could try to raise more funds for her community center for troubled teens. Once there, she was taken to a back-room to rest while the hostess went to find her mother. Through one of the walls, she could hear angry voices, and she recognized one of them. Once she […]

Posted 13 October, 2014 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 9 Comments
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Review: Then Came You – Jill Shalvis

Review: Then Came You – Jill Shalvis

*I received a free ARC of Then Came You from Penguin Group Berkley via Netgalley in exchange of an honest review* Then Came You hit exactly the right spot, a perfect balance of romance, friendship, hotness and cute animals – I loved how this story unfolded from start to finish. My Then Came You review: Then Came You has everything I look for in a contemporary romance story: likable characters, something that makes one of them think their relationship won’t or shouldn’t work, some very hot romantic tension and a great story where I want to go back and read all of the prior Animal Magnetism stories that came before it. There is, of course, also an underlying humor following […]

Posted 9 July, 2014 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 5 Comments
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Review: The King (Black Dagger Brotherhood #12) – J.R. Ward

Review: The King (Black Dagger Brotherhood #12) – J.R. Ward

I have been anticipating The King ever since I knew there was going to be a second book about Wrath, son of Wrath. I fell in love with these urban vampires with the first book in the series, and I have loved more or less every single installment so far. The King however was a little disappointing to me. There were too many side-stories, and although I was interested in Marisol and Assail, they took far too much time away from Wrath and the brotherhood in my opinion. And also, what the hey was up with all the Miley bashing? At least three times, there was a mention of Miley, and truly bashing her, and that just wasn’t necessary at […]

Posted 7 April, 2014 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 17 Comments
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#COYER Review: The Wicked We Have Done (Chaos Theory #1) – Sarah Harian

#COYER Review: The Wicked We Have Done (Chaos Theory #1) – Sarah Harian

*I received a free ARC of The Wicked We Have Done from Penguin via Netgalley in exchange of an honest review* The Wicked We Have Done is a chilling and mesmerizing story, taking humanity to the very limit of morality and ethics, filled with uneasy friendships and wrapped up in a pretty ugly and messy parcel. The parcel itself is the story, the relationships, the way the characters are forced together, and the sheer terror of their situation. Five young women and five young men, who would possible have been sentenced to death are rather sent to a the Compass Room, where their moral compass is supposed to be assessed by way of illusions and how the triggers make them […]

Posted 28 March, 2014 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 18 Comments
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Review: Targeted (Deadly Ops #1) – Katie Reus

Review: Targeted (Deadly Ops #1) – Katie Reus

*I received a free ARC of Targeted from Penguin Group Berkley via Netgalley in exchange of an honest review* Targeted is an extremely fast-paced romantic thriller, with awesome characters, an exciting plot and some very hot and steamy scenes as well. Sophie and Jack has a lot of things working against them, especially that little detail from Jack’s past, the one where his name wasn’t Jack, and he was Sophie’s first boyfriend. And the only boy she’d ever loved. When Jack is sent to Miami to find out more about a medical company that seems to be involved with drug and arms trafficking, he doesn’t want to go at first, because he feels that seeing Sophie again is the biggest […]

Posted 16 October, 2013 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 0 Comments
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