Don't let go by Sharla Lovelace.

Summary:

Noah Ryan and Jules Doucette spent every moment together, first as best friends and later as young lovers. The two had planned a life together—until one unspeakable decision tore them apart for good.

Twenty-six years later, Jules is still carefully living the life her mother planned out for her. She’s running her mother’s store, living in her mother’s house, following her mother’s rules, and keeping the secrets her mother made her bury.

Then Noah comes home and any sense of an ordered life flies out the window. Noah’s return does more than just stir up old memories—it forces Jules to see her life in a whole new way and uncovers secrets even she didn’t know were buried. Secrets that could easily destroy her world once more.

  Oh. My. Lord. This book!

  I honestly can't even settle my feelings right now.

  This book managed to make me so emotional that it was unreal. It even managed to draw out the secret romantic side in my that I've damned since the first day I'd found it.

  This is definitely, DEFINITELY, reached it's way up into my top ten, and was an absolutely fantastic way to delve into a new genre, because, this happened to be my first ever contemperary romance - yes, okay! I admit it, I jumped on the band wagon of 'contemporary romance book? Boring'. Oh, how I was so wrong, in fact, I pity the old me because I've just landed on a gold mine...well, if a 'gold mine' consists of going on a romance rampage then, it most defintitely fits the bill.

  So I love, love, LOVED the style of writing - it was beautiful and I connected with Jules instantly, it really felt like I was right there, living her life with her, which was a little creepy but we've all got to have some creepy sometimes right? Creepy is good...well, this kind of creepy was good anyway.

  And dead lord did this book make me cry. I've been a blubbering mess since the moment I started it. It came with plenty of shocks and gasps and laughs and a wallowing pit of sadness that made my heart hurt. A lot.

  Okay, yeah, I loved the book a lot and I'm a little crazy about it. Deal with it.

  Oh and by the way, Noah Ryan? Yep, wouldn't mind some of him...

  It was written beautifully and I never, ever wanted to end, I can't wait for the next book, I seriously can't. I'm still tingling after this one. Good lord, Sharla Lovelace what have you done to me? I've been turned into a soppy lovey dovey mushy mess.

  And I love it.

  There's no doubting the rating on this one.

  ***** 5/5 stars *****

Trial By Fire by Josephine Angelini

Summary:

Love burns. Worlds collide. Magic reigns.

This world is trying to kill Lily Proctor. Her life-threatening allergies keep her from enjoying many of the experiences that other teenagers take for granted...which is why she is determined to enjoy her first (and perhaps only) high-school party. But Lily's life never goes according to plan, and after a humiliating incident in front of half her graduating class Lily wishes she could just disappear.

Suddenly Lily is in a different Salem - one overrun with horrifying creatures and ruled by powerful women called Crucibles. Strongest and cruellest of all the Crucibles is Lillian . . . Lily's identical other self in this alternate universe. This new version of her world is terrifyingly sensual, and Lily is soon overwhelmed by new experiences.

Lily realizes that what makes her weak at home is exactly what makes her extraordinary in New Salem. It also puts her life in danger. Thrown into a world she doesn't understand, Lily is torn between responsibilities she can't hope to shoulder alone, and a love she never expected.

But how can Lily be the saviour of this world when she is literally her own worst enemy?

I was captivated by this book the second I saw the authors name - I'm a big fan of Josephine Angelini and adored Starcrossed and Dreamless (although I have yet to by the final edition of the trilogy!). So, you can probably imagine my excitement to being given a copy of the ARC to this book to read and review.

So, at the beggining it was literally like my life, although of course I'm not sick and don't have a crazy mother, although it sure feels like it sometimes...(I'm kidding). But yeah, I immediately felt a connection with Lily; the star of this particular book. It was actually quite creepy though because she has red hair; I have red hair; she had a close friend called Tristan; I have a close friend called Tristan...but yeah, you get the picture, it was kind of strange for me.

Immediately I was connected with the characters in the book and grew to love, and even hate some of them (for good reason of course), and that alone, to be able to do that so early on in a book, is quite a hard technique to wield; but of course, our girl Josephine did it with style.

Even uncorrected this book was brilliant; it flowed well, I wasn't confused even though there were a lot of concepts I was new to in this book and it never, ever lost my interest. 

There were times where I wanted to throw my iPad at the wall, and times where, yes, I did cry, and even times where I felt like my jaw was touching the floor - this book had it all.

It's been one great book after another lately and this book didn't fail in bringing it's A-game.

I loved this book from beggining to end and I'm actually so eager to read the next one, even though I know that I'll probably have to wait...and that will make me cry...oh, the first world problems I face...

No doubt about the rate for this book.

*****5/5 stars*****