mignon mykel { reviews }: release day { ! } UNTOUCHABLE DARKNESS by Rachel Van Dyken

Tuesday, December 29, 2015

release day { ! } UNTOUCHABLE DARKNESS by Rachel Van Dyken

Self-Published | December 29, 2015 | Paranormal Romance
Dark Ones Saga, book 2
★★★★

SOURCE: INKSLINGER

To love a Dark One is to invite death...

It is wrong to love her.

It is worse to want her.

It is sin to consume her.

I desire all three.

I've been given thirty days to prove my love to another immortal--as a human. Cursed to use nothing but the side of myself I've always despised to win her affection. I am Cassius, the King of the immortals, A Dark One.

And today I tasted fear for the first time.

How can I win her when my human emotions over take every ounce of logic I possess?

A darkness is brewing.

One I cannot stop as a human.

One that Stephanie, my loves visions, have shown, will be my end.

Thirty days ago I was King of the immortals.

Today I know fear.

Today I know how I will die.

By her hand.

The woman I love.

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{ about rachel van dyken } .

Rachel Van Dyken is the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestselling author of regency and contemporary romances. When she's not writing you can find her drinking coffee at Starbucks and plotting her next book while watching The Bachelor.

She keeps her home in Idaho with her Husband, adorable son, and two snoring boxers! She loves to hear from readers!

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{ review } .

I live read this puppy yesterday on Twitter so I didn't take as many notes as I typically do when reading, but I can tell you this --

Rachel's ability for banter is back, and it is SPOT. ON. This group of people is so fun to read -- especially when they have no qualms with teasing Cassius.
Mason. Oh, Mason, how I love thee and your pinecones. However, my heart is still breaking for him.
Stephanie... as a siren, on paper, I have a hard time with the idea that anyone could fall in love with her. However... Cassius's feelings have always been there -- we saw them previously -- so it was easy to believe his feelings from his view point. And it made Stephanie's fears and insecurities feasible -- even if annoying at times.
And that epilogue! Cassius and his one-upmanship... Alex and Mason... Oh, I cannot wait.

Rachel started this book with a twist -- and put a couple others throughout, and I found that to make the story more enjoyable. On top of that, Rachel has this ability to make a group of people/friends/families and make at least one the one that readers have the ability to detest. And this time, she took that person and gave him his book second. Because let's be honest -- Rachel does like to build up the hatred towards certain characters and then RIP HER READER'S HEARTS OUT.

Just sayin'.

In the end... Another enjoyable RVD book and a great second book to this DARK ONES saga. I did like Ethan and Genesis's story a bit more (oh, and how I loved Ethan in this book too), and the build up for Alex's book has me super excited. But this is RVD -- I don't think she can write a terrible book.

{ previously in series } .

THE DARK ONES 4.5★ { review }

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GOODREADS updates

Dirty Saint: A Secret Baby Sports Romance by Vesper Vaughn
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This book almost failed to get my attention. Why?

The hero.

He is the exact public person I despise. You know the type -- all biblical with publicized praying and verses all over his public persona. Great. Good for you. Bet you're not like that behind closed doors...

Which is exactly what Esther thinks of him.

Saint and Esther attend the same super religious college. Esther is on the fast track to becoming a nun, and no I do not kid, and Saint, given name Francis, can do just about whatever he wants, because he is the star athlete and the school knows he has connections. What in the world can these two have in common? The actions of their parents.

But where Saint does what his father says, usually, because his father is pushing him toward a pro-football careers, Esther follows her parents (father) because if she didn't... Her life would literally be a living hell.

I really enjoyed these two, once we started to get to know Saint a little bit better. My only drawback with the book would be the last half goes by in super-fast time. While it helped to keep the story moving, I would have liked to see more of that time drawn out so the feelings and emotions of our two characters felt more genuine and real -- rather than simply a two month courting that their lives demanded.

I'm giving the book the full 5 stars because it came out of left-field for me. It was a book that I didn't expect to like, but the author wove it in a way that I fell hard for our characters both as individuals and as a couple. I liked watching Esther grow and find her voice in life, just as I liked watching playboy, always for the chase Saint, settle down and find a person to be terribly protective over. I loved him most in the last two chapters.

*ARC received in exchange for an honest review

Everything by Erin Noelle
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Here's something you may know about me if you've followed my reviews -- I'm an epilogue reader. I will almost always read the epilogue first. Call me a spoilsport or no fun, or whatever but that's how I've been reading books for years. It's no wonder that when I write books, I tend to have the epilogue all figured out before I even start with "Once upon a time...".

That said... I read this epilogue and while I liked it, I just couldn't get past the ages of our characters. Couldn't do it. So I read the beginning. Still... If anything, the age of our characters was even more pronounced. I wasn't sure I was going to be able to read this. You see, I have an issue with "Happily ever after" and the hardly-twenty crowd, let alone an eighteen year old.

But that's my hang-up.

Another thing you may know about me? I will sometimes read a book in what I call a inside-out fashion. I jump all over the place until I find a snippet of story that absolutely grips me. And people -- there are a few of those parts in Everything. So because I found those gripping parts, I put my faith in Erin Noelle, and I started from page one -- and I gave Everett and Belle a chance.

And I'm so glad I did.

Everett and his twin sister have been making music forever -- literally. They're the children of a rockstar; music has always been their life. When their father's group decides to get back together (dad always said he'd go back when the twins were done with school), Mason tells the label -- if you take me, you're taking my kids: thus, giving Everett and Ashlynn the opportunity to take their music to a larger level than they have before.

Along the way, with a local gig, Everett meets Belle -- and so begins their story.

This is a story about growing up. This is a story about following your heart -- be it for a person or a career, or even both. It is about learning to trust the person you are giving your heart to, and about taking the ever-looming jump into unknown feelings. When you put your life, your wants, your desires in someone else's hands, the world opens up -- and it certainly does for Everett and Belle.

The part I most appreciated was that the author made Everett true to his age and situation. Belle was too, yes, but it was Everett and his new lifestyle that had me wanting to see true characterization for. He's a guy; he's a musician; he's new to love. He makes mistakes. And for those mistakes, I truly got on board with this story.

Everett and his Tinker Bell were incredibly cute. I liked that there's a decent time jump at the end, further allowing -- you guessed it -- growth of our characters. I'm excited to watch more of them when (if?) Ashlynn's story comes out.

*ARC received in exchange for an honest review

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