The Nightlife : New York Review

5/5 ☆☆☆☆☆

[17+]

[Excuse me while I do my best Kenzi (lost girl) Impression]

Lap dances, strippers, escorts, oh my!

Vampires, blood, sex, oooh my...

Masters, blood slaves, corruption,  ooh crap balls!

***

The Nightlife: New York by Travis Luedke is exciting, violent and sexy!

This violently sexy story introduces us to Aaron Pilan, a young man who has been emotionally neglected by both his estranged mother and ex-girlfriend.
His only friends are Delia , a bratty and selfish ex, and his roommate Kyle.
Aaron lives his life day to day and has depressingly fallen into a routine of work, buying beer for his friends,  pining over his ex.

His life sort of resembles that of Wesley Gibson from the movie Wanted.
If you saw the movie then you know that

Wesley had a depressing life of:
lousy job
 bitchy girlfriend
 shitty friend
 eat, sleep, shit
 and if he was lucky things got really exciting
 when his body decides to give him a good ol panic attack.  

So, yeah... basically he was a flat out loser. 

Until fate put him in the path of the most beautiful woman he has ever seen.
For Wesley it was a smoking hot female named Fox.
For Aaron it was the beautiful Michelle.

Turns out Michelle is a vampire.

Aaron's first encounter with Michelle leads to him getting shot
after she is forced to defend herself against two disgusting and corrupt cops.
She briefly considers leaving him to die but his attempt to
save her from the other two men made her feel a bit
responsible for him being injured.
Guilt gets the better of her
and she decides to do what she promised herself
she would never do.

She saves his life, although by doing so
 she has not only turned him into what she is,
 but has also bound him to her for eternity
 - a lifetime of servitude.   

She may be his master and he her servant,
 but to Aaron being bound to his savior is the best thing that could ever happen to him.
Even if that does mean leaving everything he knows behind
Or that she is probably a bit psychotic.

One mistake could cause him to lose his life at the hands of this beautiful creature
yet he couldn't imagine a life without her.

Turns out Aaron is a natural at being a vampire
and soon learns to love his
new life with Michelle
but things go downhill pretty fast for our vampiric duo
when a couple of corrupt cops are out for revenge against Michelle
and Delia's jealously kicks in
but Michelle's quick and violent temper and trust issues might be the real threat.

xoxoxo
Natasha Blaxk

Devour Review

4/5☆☆☆☆

We all know what happens when an immortal being and a human fall in love.

All hell breaks lose!

Eli is a devour. 

His kind feeds off of the negative emotions that humans feel.

They force them in to a reverie and well mostly scare the living poo out of them

so that they can feed.

 They think highly of themselves and believe themselves to be the superior race over all species.

Although it is his nature to be -what he considers - evil, he fights it. 

For years he has fought his nature yearning to be human, 

refusing to force fear or lust (or any negative emotions) onto people, he feeds on  whatever emotion someone may be feeling as he passes by. 

Of course for someone of his kind that is an impossible way to live

and he suffers dearly for it. 

Until he meets Clara.

For some reason Clara is different to him. 

He can feel positive emotions from her, something that he has never felt before. 

He grow an attachment towards her,but as they grow closer and their bond grows stronger trouble finds it's way toward them.

The devourer counsel is after them now -thanks to a jealous and vindictive devourer named Angelina- Eli because he is a traitor to his kind and Clara... well, because she is simply human.

***

Shelly Crane is beyond amazing. 

She is one of my favorite authors and if you've read and enjoyed her Significance series you will definitely love this series as well. 

What is there not to love?

Perfect title

Gorgeous book cover 

Amazing book boyfriend

Incredible story

Talented author 

Danger

Action

Romance

*inhales*

I could go on  forever 

but you should really be reading the first page of this book  right now sooo

 chop,chop!

xoxoxo

Natasha Blaxk

The First days (as the world dies) Review

5/5  ☆☆☆☆☆

Another amazing Zombie Book !

The First Days is the first book in the As the world dies trilogy.

 Here we have Katie and Jenni - two women thrown together in this new world of death and mayhem.

Jenni watched her abusive husband eat her children 

and stood in horror as she watched them both die and came back to life.

 No, not life.

 Whatever they were they weren't living.

 They were vicious creatures with an intense hunger for human flesh and their main course was their own mother and wife. 

Katie was attacked on her way to work by a man who had his guts hanging out, but the real trauma for her was when she fled home only to witness that her beautiful wife had turned and was savagely attacking their mailman. 

Together these two completely different women develop a strong bond.

They do everything  they can to survive in this new world and soon find out that although they would do anything to have their old lives back, where everyone they love is still alive, they were

Made for this world.

 Jenni is pretty great with a rifle and a bit trigger happy. 

Katie too seems to have adapted to this new world doing all that she can to survive and protect her new home, and yea she's also handy with a gun. 

In this story you'll meet a bunch of characters each with different personalities and each struggling in their own way to over come the losses they have all suffered.

Together our survivors learn to accept new friendship, love, tragedy, and all the complications that comes along with the end of the world.

     

***

Yes! Slow clap it out for Rhiannon Frater pleeease. 

This book is fan-freaking-tabulous!

Seriously there is no way this book could disappoint you. 

I mean I waaassss hoping for a three way romance between - 

well you'll see when you read it .

xoxoxo

Natasha Blaxk

          

Shiver Review

4/5 ☆☆☆☆

by Maggie Stiefvater

Grace has always been fascinated by wolves. 

Despite being pulled of her tire swing and being attacked by a pack of wolves she can't help her obsession with them, especially for the yellow eyed wolf who saved her life.

Sam is a boy with a troubled past, a complicated life and an even worrisome future. When Sam was just a kid he was bitten by a wolf which in time turned him into one. Through out the summer and warm temperated seasons he is  allowed to live his life a human, but when winter comes and the air is cold the wolf comes out. 

He can't control it and there is no cure and worse of all this may be his last year turning into a human.

    Like all shifters Sam is running out of time. 

Every shifter has an expiration date- when they stop going back and forth between human and wolf. It's a curse he cant escape but at least as a wolf he can watch over her.

     From the edge of the woods in her back yard he is there, watching her. He's there during the winter days watching, but so is she. She knows he's out there. her wolf. The wolf that saved her six years ago. He is always there

.

     When a local boy dies and the wolves are threatened Sam ends up on Grace's back door wounded with a bullet hole in his neck. Grace should be scared of this stranger in her backyard, but one look into his eyes and she knows it's him. Her wolf, only he isn't a wolf any more.

     Together they fight against unbeatable odds, a jealous wolf and the possible exposure of what Sam is. Can their love get them through the chaos of Sam's world and even more importantly can they hold of winter to keep Sam from changing back into a wolf permanently? 

***

I have no idea what to say other then READ THE FREAKIN BOOK!

This book was pretty interesting. 

A whole new side to this werewolf-thing-a-ma-jig.

Here is a story where the curse of the wolf is actually a curse.

xoxoxo

Natasha Blaxk

Broken Silence

5/5☆☆☆☆☆

Broken Silence (silence#2)

Synopsis

     It has been four years since Oakley fled England with her mother and brother to get away from her terrible past, but now it's time to go back.

Determined to make sure that her father and Frank end up in prison for life

 Oakley has to face the men who has abused her sexually, psychologically and emotionally for years, reporters and a roller coaster ride of emotions.

 Can Oakley handle the stress of the trial and seeing Cole -the love of her life- again? 

    

 Oakley's emotional limits are about to be pushed and she isn't sure if she is capable of handling all of the attention and anxiety that comes with standing up for herself and the other victims like her.

 Oakley is a strong and determined person but will she be strong enough to take control of her emotions long enough to land her father and Frank in jail? 

Or Will the whole situation get the better of her?

     Will Oakley be able to face Cole after hurting him all those years ago? 

Join Oakley as she attempts to move pass her horrible past and finally gain closer in this second book of Natasha Preston's Silence series

***

So, I don't usually read book like this, but both Silence and Broken Silence were flipping fantastic. 

It was hard reading this story. I can not imagine what it must be like to go through something like this and I pray for all the Oakley's out there in the real world. I pray and hope that they know that they are not alone and that it is okay to speak up and be brave.

 Natasha Preston did a wonderful job at writing these books and I am sure I will be reading more of her stories soon.

xoxoxo
Natasha Blaxk

Silence Review

4/5 ☆☆☆☆

Okay, so, this book is in no way similar to any of the book I usually read. 

This is not a paranormal or science fiction book. 

In this book sixteen year old Oakley Farrell fights to suppress horrors from her past and focus on having a normal life. 

Well, as normal as it can get for a girl who hasn't uttered a word in almost eleven years.

Physically there is nothing wrong with her... but, psychologically- that's another story. 

As if she didn't already have a hard enough life the poor girl gets bullied everyday in school

but thanks to Cole, her only and best friend since she was a baby, her life is a bit bearable. 

Cole is probably one of the only people in her life who fully accepts her the way she is

but as they grow closer she worries if their relationship will suffer due to the fact that 

she can never communicate with him like a normal person. 

Slowly Oakley starts to feel like her life is falling back into place

but when someone from her past reappears her world comes crumbling down.

Will she break her silence to keep herself safe 

or will she endure further suffering in order to keep everyone she loves from hurting?

***

Personally I believe that Oakley is an incredibly strong person.

Having to deal with what she has for nearly Eleven years 

and making such a difficult life changing decision towards the end just shows how strong of a person she is. 

I have never read anything like this and I must admit that at times I wanted to jump into the story myself, grab Oakley and take her away from the life that she was living.

Yeah that bad.

Cole's relationship with Oakley since they were young has probably been the only thing that kept that poor girl from breaking apart and I honestly felt their heart ache once the things from her past started to catch up with her. 

The only thing that bothered me about this book was the spelling errors but who am I too judge I am definitely not the worlds best speller (lol)

I really liked this book and I will read the next book... like right now! 

I need to know what happens next and god I hope ..... [Nope. Look at me about to give out spoilers]

This book is available as an e-book free on Kindle 

xoxoxo

-Natasha Blaxk

Delirium Pilot

If you are a fan of the book Delirium by Lauren Oliver the you should take a look at the pilot episode of the television show Delirium hulu.com/Delirium 

Watch all your favorite characters come to life on your screen at home.

Although I do think that the pilot episode could have been better I think Emma Roberts is the perfect person to play Lena Holoway. 

Love, the deadliest of all deadly things: It kills you both when you have it and when you don't.

xoxoxo

-Natasha Blaxk