Smashbomb

In the second book, Bobby has the wonderful idea of jailbreaking his demonic girlfriend out of Hell trying to free her from the grasp of Grand Duke Eligor's grasp.
This book never fails to make me cry--and not for the reasons you think. There is plenty of torture, trauma, even rape--he is going to actual Hell after all-- which makes the interludes on why he is doing what he's doing refreshing even if they make me blush.
I admit my imagination fails me after a while with this book and while he does cheat on some of the torture it is still quite graphic, having both sex scenes (also in the non rape variety) and torture scenes. It is actually how Bobby himself slowly changes that is the most chilling as he adjusts to slowly losing himself in his new environment.
This book will make you think and may even challenge some of your views.

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Leanne Crabtree (480 KP) rated Xoe: or Vampires, and Werewolves, and Demons, Oh My! (Xoe Meyers, #1) in Books

Jan 11, 2021

DNF @ 34%

Admittedly I only downloaded/read this because of an A-Z challenge in one of my groups. It's not something I would have picked up of my own doing (that sounds horrible, I know, but it's true.)

I never gelled with the story; the way it was written was too strange for my taste and it didn't seem to have an ease to it. It just didn't pull me in like most other YA books do.

The storyline (what bit I read) was just a little odd: a new guy arrives at school and two of your friends like him like him and you instinctively know he's a little dodgy because he can't stop staring and within days he's been invited out with you and your fiends to the cinema where it all goes downhill. I stopped reading a little after this point.

I just couldn't connect with the story, the characters or the writing style.

Totally not for me, I'm afraid.

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Leanne Crabtree (480 KP) rated Jordyn (A Daemon Hunter, #1) in Books

Jan 12, 2021

Jordyn (A Daemon Hunter, #1)

Tiffany King | 2013 | Paranormal, Romance

4.0

(1 Ratings)

Book Rating

DNF @ 25%. Maybe that was a little soon to DNF, but I'd been struggling with it for the last 15% or so.

I liked the beginning, how she went after the demons and just being within metres of her makes them combust. And Emrys' introduction was kinda fun.

I think it was just everything else. We didn't seem to get much information on anything else though, or I was having that much trouble with the style and plot that it just didn't register, and I just lost interest.

I found Jordyn quite annoying/immature and Emrys wasn't really in it that much for me to get an opinion on him...

Admittedly it was a freebie and had been on my kindle for a long time...and I only really tried to read it now as part of an a-z challenge in one of my groups.

It just wasn't really up my alley at all.

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Gemma Davies-Starr (2 KP) rated Goodreads: Book Reviews in Apps

Oct 3, 2019

Goodreads: Book Reviews

Book, Social Networking

8.8

(453 Ratings)

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Reading motivation, clear archive of read material (0 more)

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Breath of fresh air

This app has helped motivate me to read a lot more via the 'reading challenge' feature which I like to take part in each year and compete with my previous personal reading goals. I am also reminded to read by the optional push notification/emails which I have selected. Love that you can select your edition to keep track of your reading progress in a way that's personal to you and create and keep lists catered to your reading taste. I like to discover new books on there along with keeping track of what I've read before and what I'm currently making my way through. Very good also to use as a wishlist for others to know which books to purchase for you as a gift. Would highly recommend to readers and non-readers alike, who knows, something might take your fancy or your competetive streak may take over.