en-US Sun, 04 May 2025 18:06:12 -0700 60 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg ReadStatus9387853487 Sun, 04 May 2025 18:06:12 -0700 /review/show/6363906137 "That's All" Ash started reading God of Wrath by Rina Kent
]]> Review7523120536 Sat, 03 May 2025 14:25:59 -0700 /review/show/7523120536 "That's All" Ash gave 3 stars to The Dark King (Deviant Kings, #1) by Gina L. Maxwell
]]> ReadStatus9370631537 Wed, 30 Apr 2025 10:55:10 -0700 /review/show/7531451513 "That's All" Ash wants to read The Conditions of Will by Jessa Hastings
]]> Review741884174 Tue, 29 Apr 2025 16:22:09 -0700 /review/show/741884174 "That's All" Ash gave 3 stars to Night Moves (G-Man, #3) by Andrea Smith
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“Do you remember when I told that you that I’d see you again?



“When I had you pressed up against the wall, and you just came on my fingers?�



“I meant it.�


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She sees him on a beach.

He catches her eye in a mirror.

ÓË� And.
The. ÓË�
ÓË� Game.
Starts. ÓË�
ÓË� Now.

She reminds him of someone.

Someone he’ll never forget.

And. ÓË�
ÓË� She.
Will. ÓË�
ÓË� Be.
His. ÓË�
ÓË� Revenge.



He pushed a little voice into his whisper, giving it an almost mellifluous, lyrical sound, “I’m going to fuck you like I would Bianca. And I’m going to use you like I would Bianca.

Are you frightened, love?�

But Darcy isn’t frightened.
It’s Easton who hesitates.

Because somewhere along the way, he begins to fall in love with the person who looks a lot like someone he hates.

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Darcy.

Darcy is my favorite character. She evolves so much in this story. You know, at first, she’s this kind of spoiled girl who has a naïve view on life. She’s twenty three; windy and directionless.

But as the story unfolds, she becomes this force to be reckoned with. She gets stronger. She gets tougher. Her actions get a little bit louder.



Darcy’s going to surprise the shit out of you! Because it’s like she’s this paperdoll with a titanium spine. And when Easton steps into her life, and begins to push her boundaries�

She learns to push back.



Easton is a complicated character. And this book has a dual point-of-view, so you’re really going to see that.

He’s charming.
He’s sexy.
He’s strong.
He’s tortured.
He’s nurturing.
He’s destructive.

He has some demons sewn to his past that he can’t quite� defeat.
And Darcy looks very much like one of them.

Moth to a flame.



What I love about Easton is his struggle. In one hand, he’s white-knuckling revenge-studded obsession� and in the other hand; he’s cradling his growing love for Darcy, who kind of sweeps the rug out from under him.

Because he doesn’t know how to defeat something that ends up saving him.

And *that’s* where the story is.



I’ve never seen a love story quite like the one that these two characters have. Because I’ve never seen characters fight against each other and for each other at the same time.

They push against the idea of the other one, but at the same time; they’re hoping that the other will just� hold onto them.

I mean� there’s a chapter in this book that stopped my pulse. Because it was just so beautiful, and so raw, and so real. And that’s so rare when you come across a book that has that.

But it’s because of these characters.

He’s an electric storm.
And she’s a piece of lightning.
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I think every day Andrea Smith surprised me.

She just has this crazy, mad talent for everything romance. She can make it whimsy; she can make it intense; she can make it light-hearted; she can make it dark. And with this book, she did all of the above.



With her, you’re just constantly on your toes as a reader. Because you just have no idea where she’s going to take you. And it was so amazing to watch her do that; to watch her take these characters and give them a heartbeat; to watch her take this blueprint of a plot design and watch her color everything in between; to watch her pour gasoline on a box of fireworks and light a match.

She’s just� fucking brilliant.

That’s all.

]]> ReadStatus9358542777 Sun, 27 Apr 2025 09:42:41 -0700 /review/show/7523122192 "That's All" Ash wants to read On the Edge by Ilona Andrews
]]> ReadStatus9358540312 Sun, 27 Apr 2025 09:41:58 -0700 /review/show/7523120536 "That's All" Ash is currently reading The Dark King by Gina L. Maxwell
]]> Review7275607525 Sat, 26 Apr 2025 20:33:10 -0700 /review/show/7275607525 "That's All" Ash gave 3 stars to Promised in Blood (Broken Bloodlines, #2) by Sadie Kincaid
]]> Review7306396279 Sat, 26 Apr 2025 20:32:56 -0700 /review/show/7306396279 "That's All" Ash gave 4 stars to A Promise of Peridot (The Sacred Stones, #2) by Kate Golden
]]> Review7520597576 Sat, 26 Apr 2025 16:41:59 -0700 /review/show/7520597576 "That's All" Ash gave 5 stars to God of Pain (Legacy of Gods, #2) by Rina Kent
]]> ReadStatus9354893014 Sat, 26 Apr 2025 10:43:55 -0700 /review/show/7520605192 "That's All" Ash wants to read Noble Savages by Natalie Bennett
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