Pleasures Untold

Pleasures Untold

Lisa Sanchez

2011

Hell hath no fury like a witch done wrong. Pissed off and packing an arsenal of witchy mojo, Martha is on the warpath. Determined to avenge the murder of her mother and grandmother, her mission is simple: kill every vampire, demon and underworld bastard she comes across, because one of those hell beasts might be the monster that stole her childhood from her. But when a sexy Latin vamp literally falls from the sky, saving her from becoming an undead Happy Meal, she has no choice but to reassess everything she thinks she knows.

Xan is an anomaly --a vampire born, not turned. A powerful warlock who walks in daylight, Xan spends his days, and nights, watching over Martha, protecting her from Lucian, the blood-sucking monstrosity whose sole mission in death is to drain her dry. Undeniable attraction and the promise of pleasures untold draw the two lovers into a frustrating dance of one step forward, two steps back. When Lucian throws down a deadly ultimatum, Martha is forced to choose between relying on her own mystical woo woo to save the lives of her stolen friends or succumbing to the lure of dark, voodoo magic. Xan and Martha must work together to save those closest to her and put an end to Lucian's reign of terror before it's too late.

-Hayz's Review-

Whoa! Damn! This book gets 5 stars all the way! I loved it! Just like Eve of Samhain, a wonderful read from start to finish.

If anyone wants a fantastic read, then you should seriously check out Lisa Sanchez's books.

BTW: Martha, I am super jealous of you!

-Hayz's Rating-

*****

Other books by Lisa Sanchez:

Eve of Samhain

Anna and the French Kiss

Anna and the French Kiss

Stephanie Perkins

2010

Anna is looking forward to her senior year in Atlanta, where she has a great job, a loyal best friend, and a crush on the verge of becoming more. Which is why she is less than thrilled about being shipped off to boarding school in Paris—until she meets Étienne St. Claire: perfect, Parisian (and English and American, which makes for a swoon-worthy accent), and utterly irresistible. The only problem is that he's taken, and Anna might be, too, if anything comes of her almost-relationship back home.

As winter melts into spring, will a year of romantic near-misses end with the French kiss Anna—and readers—have long awaited?

-Hayz's Review-

Oh! So! Cute! I couldn't get enough of this book! At times St. Claire made me so mad! But then I just melted at him. Don't we all know a guy like that? Where his accent melts us, same with his smile and the way he looks at you with the cocked eyebrow.

But this book totally deserves 5 stars! I loved it from the moment I met St. Claire :)

-Hayz's Rating-

*****

Trapped

Trapped

Michael Northrop

2011

The day the blizzard started, no one knew that it was going to keep snowing for a week. That for those in its path, it would become not just a matter of keeping warm, but of staying alive....

Scotty and his friends Pete and Jason are among the last seven kids at their high school waiting to get picked up that day, and they soon realize that no one is coming for them. Still, it doesn't seem so bad to spend the night at school, especially when distractingly hot Krista and Julie are sleeping just down the hall. But then the power goes out, then the heat. The pipes freeze, and the roof shudders. As the days add up, the snow piles higher, and the empty halls grow colder and darker, the mounting pressure forces a devastating decision....

-Hayz's Review-

Oh my... Ok this book could have been a very good book. But unfortunately it wasn't. First the author got way descriptive in parts I didn't want to know. And the end? Um wtf? It was awful!!!! Spoilers if you continue reading. I mean the friend just died? First that is awful it was like what 2 paragraphs? The his ending? What happened to the rest of the kids.

I also felt like he just wanted to keep skipping to the end. Really? Sorry I just didn't like this book.

-Hayz's Rating-

*

Torment

Torment

Lauren Kate

2010

Hell on earth. That's what it's like for Luce to be apart from her fallen angel boyfriend, Daniel. It took them an eternity to find one another, but now he has told her he must go away. Just long enough to hunt down the Outcasts - immortals who want to kill Luce. Daniel hides Luce at Shoreline, a school on the rocky California coast with unusually gifted students -Nephilim, the offspring of fallen angels and humans.

At Shoreline, Luce learns what the Shadows are, and how she can use them as windows to her previous lives. Yet the more Luce learns, the more she suspects that Daniel hasn't told her everything. He's hiding something - something dangerous. What if Daniel's version of the past isn't actually true? What if Luce is really meant to be with someone else? The second novel in the addictive FALLEN series . . . where love never dies.

-Hayz's Review-

I give this book only 3 stars, it was okay. But the ending? Um? What was that all about? The good news is I can't wait for the next one!

-Hayz's Rating-

***

Other books by Lauren Kate:

Fallen

The Cinderella Deal

The Cinderella Deal

Jennifer Crusie

1996

In a warm, funny tale of opposites attracting, a man persuades a sharp-tongued woman to pose as his fiance in order to win his dream job, but his partner in pretense plans to make her role a reality.

-Hayz's Review-

This book was really cute, just like all Jennifer's books. I really can't get enough of her writing. Please write more. Haha! Hmm... idk what to say other then the story was cute and very funny.

-Hayz's Rating-

****

Other books by Jennifer Crusie:

Getting Rid Of Bradley ~ What The Lady Wants ~ Fast Women ~ Manhunting ~ Welcome To Temptation ~ Maybe This Time

The Fidelity Files

The Fidelity Files

Jessica Brody

2008

Jennifer Hunter is prepared to go all they way--well, almost. For the past two years, she has been working undercover as a "fidelity inspector," hired by suspicious women to test the faithfulness of the men in their lives. As she explains to her clients, "I don't initiate anything. I only follow his lead." Working under the code name "Ashlyn," Jennifer has exposed hundreds of unfaithful husbands, fiances, and boyfriends. Of course, she never actually sleeps with any of them; she tests for an intention to cheat only. But while Ashlyn may be changing the lives of countless women for the better, Jen's real life is quickly starting to unravel. Keeping her friends and family from finding out what she really does on all those "business trips" is probing more difficult every day, and a string of unfortunate incidents leads her to believe that her secret identity is about to be exposed. Just when it seems as if nothing is going her way, Jen meets a man who makes her think it may be time to retire Ashlyn willingly, for the sake of true love. But before she gives up her double life for good, she decides to take on one last assignment--a job that will change everything.

-Hayz's Review-

I recently decided to reread this book. But I however did not post it on my 100 BOOK CHALLENGE because we only have 10 books to reread and I wanted to wait and reread something else. But I just love this book and can't get enough of it. Jamie. Sigh. Why can't I be Jennifer. I'll take all her problems if I can end up with Jamie in the end. Haha!

I give this book 5 stars out of five. It was really good, and it hooked me by the first page. I don't really know what to say other than this book was way good and if you like romance mixed with drama then you would like this book.

I can't wait for the next one!

-Hayz's Rating-

*****

Other books by Jessica Brody:

Love Under Cover ~ The Karma Club

Evermore

Evermore

Alyson Noel

2009

After a horrible accident claims the lives of her family, sixteen-year-old Ever Bloom can see people's auras, her their thoughts, and know someone's entire life story by touching them. Going out of her way to avoid human contact and suppress her abilities, she has been branded a freak at her new hight school--but everything changes when she meets Damen Auguste.

Damen is gorgeous, exotic, and wealthy. He's the only one who can silence the noise and random energy in her head--wielding a magic so intense, it's as though he can peer straight into her soul. As Ever is drawn deeper into his enticing world of secrets and mystery, she's left with more questions than answers. And she has no idea just who he really is--or what he is. The only thing she know to be true is that she's falling deeply and helplessly in love with him.

Carzz's Review

Lets just say, I couldn't put this book down after I picked it up. It was completely awesome! I love the plot line, and so so so can not wait for the next!

Carzz's Rating

*****

Other books by Alyson Noel:

Blue Moon

Prom & Prejudice

Prom & Prejudice

Elizabeth Eulberg

2011

After winter break, the girls at the very prestigious Longbourn Academy become obsessed with the prom. Lizzie Bennet, who attends Longbourn on a scholarship, isn’t interested in designer dresses and expensive shoes, but her best friend, Jane, might be — especially now that Charles Bingley is back from a semester in London.

Lizzie is happy about her friend’s burgeoning romance but less than impressed by Charles’s friend, Will Darcy, who’s snobby and pretentious. Darcy doesn’t seem to like Lizzie either, but she assumes it’s because her family doesn’t have money. Clearly, Will Darcy is a pompous jerk — so why does Lizzie find herself drawn to him anyway?

-Hayz's Review-

So cute! I liked this version of Pride and Prejudice. I really like how all the names were used but in a differnt way, like Reynolds, was the mom?! Not the nanny! It was so cute.

-Hayz's Rating-

*****

Jane

Jane

April Lindner

2010

Forced to drop out of an esteemed East Coast college after the sudden death of her parents, Jane Moore takes a nanny job at Thornfield Park, the estate of Nico Rathburn, an iconic rock star on the brink of a huge comeback. Practical and independent, Jane reluctantly becomes entranced by her magnetic and brooding employer, and finds herself in the midst of a forbidden romance. But there's a mystery at Thornfield, and Jane's much-envied relationship with Nico is tested by a torturous secret from his past.

-Hayz's Review-

Oh my! This book. Was. Just. Amazing! I can't believe I have never read Jane Eyre! The one question I had about this book was how old was Nico? Thats all I was confused about. But the ending, was just so cute. I was so surprised with Nico and his secret! I was just so shocked when I read it, and I was like "What?" I wanted to jump into the story and hit him on the head with the book! Haha!

-Hayz's Rating-

*****

Fast Women

Fast Women

Jennifer Crusie

2004

Nell Dysart's in trouble. Weighed down by an inexplicable divorce and a loss of appetite for everything, Nell is sleepwalking through life until her best friend finagles a job for her with a shabby little detective agency that has lots of potential and a boss who looks easy to manage.

Gabe McKenna isn't doing too well, either. His detective agency is wasting time on a blackmail case, his partner has decided he hates watching cheating spouses for money, and his ex-wife has just dumped him...again. The only thing that's going his way is that his new secretary looks efficient, boring, and biddable.

But looks can be deceiving and soon Nell and Gabe are squaring off over embezzlement, business cards, vandalism, dog-napping, blackmail, Chinese food, unprofessional sex, and really ugly office furniture, all of which turn out to be the least of their problems. Because shortly after that, somebody starts killing people. And shortly after that, they start falling in love...

-Hayz's Review-

I give this one 4 stars because I did get a little confused with the characters, and it was a little hard to get into. But in the end it was another charmer. I wonder whats next

-Hayz's Rating-

****

Other books by Jennifer Crusie:

The Cinderella Deal ~ Getting Rid Of Bradley ~ What The Lady Wants ~ Manhunting ~ Welcome To Temptation ~ Maybe This Time

Butterface

Butterface

Gwen Hayes

2010

When love isn't lucky...or pretty.

The scars on Beth's face aren't nearly as deep as the ones she nurses on the inside. She was born with hemifacial microsamia and was supposed to feel "lucky" that she wasn't as disfigured as some people.

One boy, Lucky O'Leary starts to find the cracks in her hard shell and finds himself falling for her. Only Lucky has a secret--he needs to bring Beth to a "dog dinner" or lose his spot on the team. She can't find out that the guy who brings the ugliest date wins a prize.

-Hayz's Review-

Oh, this was such a cute story! I can't wait to read more by Gwen Hayes!

-Hayz's Rating-

****

The Unwritten Rule

The Unwritten Rule

Elizabeth Scott

2010

He's looking at me like—well, like he wants to look at me.
Like he likes what hes sees, and he's smiling and hiw eyes are so blue, even in the faint flow of the porch light they shine, and I nod dumbly, blindly, and then grope for the door handle, telling myself to look away and yet not able to do it.

-Hayz's Review-

Another charmer by Miss Scott. Although the friend was kind of a bitch to her!

-Hayz's Rating-

***

Other books by Elizabeth Scott:

Bloom ~ Perfect You ~ Stealing Heaven ~ Living Dead Girl ~ Something Maybe ~ Love You Hate You Miss You ~ Grace

The Reckoning

The Reckoning

Kelley Armstrong

2010

My name is Chloe Saunders. I'm fifteen, and I would love to be normal.

But normal is one thing I'm not.

For one thing, I'm having these feelings for a certain antisocial werewolf and his sweet-tempered brother—who just happens to be a sorcerer—but, between you and me, I'm leaning toward the werewolf.

Not normal.

My friends and I are also on the run from an evil corporation that wants to get rid of us—permanently.

Definitely not normal.

And finally, I'm a genetically altered necro-mancer who can raise the dead, rotting corpses and all, without even trying.

As far away from normal as it gets.

-Hayz's Review-

Yah! Finally some Chloe and Derek! I loved this book! So going on my top favorites! What else? Idk what to say other than loved it!

-Hayz's Rating-

*****

Other books by Kelley Armstrong:

The Summoning ~ The Awakening

Rules Of Attraction

Rules Of Attraction

Simone Elkeles

2010

When Carlos Fuentes returns to America after living in Mexico for a year, he doesn’t want any part of the life his older brother, Alex, has laid out for him at a high school in Colorado . Carlos likes living his life on the edge and wants to carve his own path—just like Alex did. Then he meets Kiara Westford. She doesn’t talk much and is completely intimidated by Carlos’ wild ways. As they get to know one another, Carlos assumes Kiara thinks she’s too good for him, and refuses to admit that she might be getting to him. But he soon realizes that being himself is exactly what Kiara needs right now.

-Hayz's Review-

Ohlalala! This book was 5 stars all the way! I love the Fuentes Brothers! I can't wait for Luis! Why can't I be Kiara? Sometimes I wish someone would write my life for me.

-Hayz's Rating-

*****

Other books by Simone Elkeles:

Perfect Chemistry

Leaving Paradise ~ Returning To Paradise

Not Lost Forever

Not Lost Forever

Carmina Salcido

2009

Twenty years ago, one man's murderous rampage destroyed his own family . . . and devastated a community. Now the only survivor—his daughter—tells her story at last.

On April 14, 1989, for reasons still debated today, Mexican immigrant RamÓn Salcido went on a violent rampage in the idyllic Sonoma Valley wine country where he lived and worked. In the course of just two hours, he killed his wife, Angela, her two younger sisters, his mother-in-law, and the man with whom he suspected Angela was having an affair. He then slashed the throats of his three young daughters—four-year-old Sophia, three-year-old Carmina, and twenty-two-month-old Teresa—leaving them for dead in the county dump. A little more than a day later, the bodies of his daughters were discovered. Miraculously, tiny Carmina was still alive and able to tell her rescuers, "My daddy cut me."

In Not Lost Forever, Carmina Salcido explores the events surrounding these headline-making murders with extraordinary clarity and composure. Reaching back to understand the events that traumatized her in childhood—and weaving them together with the recollections of detectives and witnesses—she reconstructs the story of her father's crimes, and their aftermath, in sobering detail.

Yet Carmina's story doesn't end there. Those who remember her as the tiny victim of these murders will also be shocked by what followed: how she was adopted by a Catholic extremist family who tried to change her name and bury her past; how she tried to escape their sheltering influence by joining a Carmelite convent and then a ranch for troubled girls; and how the psychological trials she endured along the way nearly broke her spirit—until, at last, she found peace by turning to the one relative still alive to share her grief: her grandfather.

As a young woman, Carmina returned to California to share her experiences and discover the family that was brutally taken from her. The devout Catholic also returned to look into her father's eyes on death row and confront the man who took away her entire family. With clear-eyed candor, courage, and grace, this brave young woman takes readers along on her miraculous journey of survival, discovery, and hope.

-Hayz's Review-

Omg, I have no words. This book was, good but I don't know what to put. Terrible? Thats not the right word but it will work. I can not even fathom what Carmina went through. I am inspired by her story. If I was her I don't think I would have the courage to visit him, or even look at him for that matter. All she went through. Her "foster" parents, omg.

Really I just don't know what to put. I saw this story on tv one day and watched it, then I saw a different story on it and watched it and then I got this book, and so I guess you could say that I've been following it. It just intrigues me what Ramon did.

I feel for you Carmina, I hope that your life has started to turn around for the better.

-Hayz's Rating-

*****

Clockwork Angel

Clockwork Angel

Cassandra Clare

2010

Magic is dangerous--but love is more dangerous still.

When sixteen-year-old Tessa Gray crosses the ocean to find her brother, her destination is England, the time is the reign of Queen Victoria, and something terrifying is waiting for her in London's Downworld, where vampires, warlocks and other supernatural folk stalk the gaslit streets. Only the Shadowhunters, warriors dedicated to ridding the world of demons, keep order amidst the chaos.

Kidnapped by the mysterious Dark Sisters, members of a secret organization called The Pandemonium Club, Tessa soon learns that she herself is a Downworlder with a rare ability: the power to transform, at will, into another person. What's more, the Magister, the shadowy figure who runs the Club, will stop at nothing to claim Tessa's power for his own.

Friendless and hunted, Tessa takes refuge with the Shadowhunters of the London Institute, who swear to find her brother if she will use her power to help them. She soon finds herself fascinated by--and torn between--two best friends: James, whose fragile beauty hides a deadly secret, and blue-eyed Will, whose caustic wit and volatile moods keep everyone in his life at arm's length...everyone, that is, but Tessa. As their search draws them deep into the heart of an arcane plot that threatens to destroy the Shadowhunters, Tessa realizes that she may need to choose between saving her brother and helping her new friends save the world...and that love may be the most dangerous magic of all.

-Hayz's Review-

Not bad, I thought while I was reading this "Haven't I read this story but with different names, and in a different time period?" I thought it was to much like the Mortal Instruments.

-Hayz's Rating-

***

Other books by Cassandra Clare:

City Of Bones ~ City Of Ashes ~ City Of Glass

Elixir

Elixir

Hilary Duff

2010

Clea Raymond lives an extraordinary life. The daughter of renowned surgeon and a prominent Washington DC figure, she has been in the spotlight her entire life. Followed by the paparazzi, she resents the attention that is lavished on her for her looks alone because she has so much more to offer.

Clea Raymond has a unique gift. A proficient photographer, in all her pictures, there is little something extra, and it's not just a result of her talented eye. There is always an extra photo that she didn't take. And, as she discovered at a young age, those photos always lead to a place where some tragedy is about to occur that Clea can prevent.

Two years ago, her father disappeared while on a humanitarian mission and is presumed dead, but that doesn't stop Clea and her mother from continuing to do good throughout the world. On one such trip to Columbia, she meets Race, the guide for the trip. She feels a connection to him but cannot explain why. Was it something in their past or possibly in their past lives? Whatever has brought them together is threatning to tear them apart forever. As the mystery of her father's disappearance unravels, Clea discover that she has powers that are bigger than anything she could have anticipated.

-Hayz's Review-

Wow! I am a total fan of Hilary Duff! From Lizzie McGuire to music and now to her book! I can't wait to read the next one, I quite enjoyed this one.

-Hayz's Rating-

****

Returning To Paradise

Returning To Paradise

Simone Elkeles

2010

Caleb Becker left Paradise eight months ago, taking with him the secret he promised to take to his grave. If the truth got out, it would ruin everything.

Maggie Armstrong tried to be strong after Caleb broke her heart and disappeared. Somehow, she managed to move on. She’s determined to make a new life for herself.

But then Caleb and Maggie are forced together on a summer trip. They try ignoring their passion for each other, but buried feelings resurface. Caleb must face the truth about the night of Maggie’s accident, or the secret that destroyed their relationship will forever stand between them.

-Hayz's Review-

Oh! So cute! I liked this book!

-Hayz's Rating-

****

Other books by Simone Elkeles:

Leaving Paradise

Perfect Chemistry ~ Rules Of Attraction