Gemz Books

 I picked this one up because of the hype around it and what can I say..it most definitely lived it too it. I was HOOKED!! Now this book was a rollercoaster from start to finish, when I thought I had worked it out.. I really hadn't, the twists were just fantastic. Probably a top read for me this year. I cannot wait to get started on book 2. I read this as part of a buddy read with @chezzasnovelidea. And we thoroughly enjoyed it from start to finish.

Oh my goodness, she has done it again!! I bloody LOVED this, I actually enjoyed this one more than The Family Upstairs. I thought that this book was very cleverly written, I loved the chapters alternating between the different characters to get the full story from all the different points of view. I absolutely loved a couple of the twists throughout, some bits I really didn't see coming. I loved how thought out Henry's character was and watching him develop over the two books!! I read this as a buddy read with the fabulous @readingrelaxation I cannot wait to pick up my next Lisa Jewell read. 

What an absolute TWIST, I definitely did not see that coming! So this is my first Alice Feeney book, and without a doubt this certainly won't be the last! From start to finish I was completely engaged, I loved how the story flitted between past and present and the whole story just came together.....I loved that every person's story was told throughout!! Just Wow, that twist at the end I didn't see it!! I really don't want to say too much about the book as I really want people to read it, definitely a classic whodunit! I read this one as a buddy read with @morgzreads_2003 I'm really enjoying our buddy reads at the moment so keep your eyes peeled for more of our buddy reads!

What a remarkable kick off to the Chesnut Spring series. I was completely hooked! Rhett and Summers story was just unputdownable. Summer has always been a people pleaser and followed the rules, she went to law school because she thought it would please her dad, she becomes and agent for athletes for him, until she is given the assignment of kicking Rhett Eaton into touch, his image is in tatters and Summer is going to pull it back together....what she wasn't expecting was a full on babysitting job!  This book was all kinds of steamy! Completely hooked a great start to what feels like a good series, so grab your hat and cowboy boots you're in for a ride....already picked up book number 2. I read this as a buddy read with @buddyreadbooknook 

Oh my goodness, what a read. This is everything I expect from Colleen Hoover, I haven't been disappointed by any of her books yet. Once again pulled in from the very start! With writing so addictive, and as addictive as Colleen's writing I simply couldn't put the book down, what started as a buddy read with @morgzreads_2003 ended up being read in a day. Beyah and Samsons story I felt was very real, at times I actually forgot this was just a book, it makes you feel like you were actually apart of this story!! Colleen Hoover is another author who I know whatever I pick up that they've written I know I am going to be fully invested from start to finish.

I absolutely love a buddy read, so I jumped at the chance when Leanne (@readingrelaxation) wanted to read The Family Upstairs. What a gripping read that pulls you in from the very start, going back and forth between the past and present builds the story really well. At first I found it confusing with who was who as there are alot.of characters involved in the story, but as it goes along you pick up who is who and each person is vital in the story, there is good vs evil in this dark and twisy read and I cannot wait to see what happens in book 2 - The Family Remains. Lisa Jewell is definitely a go to author for me, I know that anything I pick up by herbi will be completely enthralled by and know I'm in for a good read.

Groomed by a Gang by Christina O'connor is probably the most sad and harrowing read, yet moving and so brave book I have ever read. I can't even begin to imaging how hard it was to wrote this book, to have relive the worst moments in her life, I'm so incredibly proud of Christina to have written this book, to give others that was in or are in her situation to maybe have the courage to come forward from these vile monsters. As bad as it sounds I was so relieved when she recieved her jail conviction as it meant that she would be safer than having to carry on with the sentence she was already serving outside of jail.  I find it really hard to review non-fiction books as they are so personal to the author, these are their words.  But this one had me gripped, I cried, I felt angry, by the ending i was relieved, personally I think they should have got long, other men shouldn't have seen the light of day again. But over all I felt so incredibly proud of Christina to gather the