Whatever Life Throws At You By Julie Cross

Review

Whatever Life Throws at You

By Julie Cross

     

• Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC
• Publication date: 10/7/2014
• Pages: 320

Summary:

Life loves a good curveball…

Seventeen-year-old Annie Lucas's life is completely upended the moment her dad returns to the major leagues as the new pitching coach for the Kansas City Royals. Now she's living in Missouri (too cold), attending an all-girls school (no boys), and navigating the strange world of professional sports. But Annie has dreams of her own—most of which involve placing first at every track meet…and one starring the Royals' super-hot rookie pitcher.

But nineteen-year-old Jason Brody is completely, utterly, and totally off-limits. Besides, her dad would kill them both several times over. Not to mention Brody has something of a past, and his fan club is filled with C-cupped models, not smart-mouthed high school “brats” who can run the pants off every player on the team. Annie has enough on her plate without taking their friendship to the next level. The last thing she should be doing is falling in love.

But baseball isn't just a game. It's life. And sometimes, it can break your heart…

My Honest Review:

This story was so, so good. I loved it all. The characters were just really good. I really got into this story. I enjoyed the romance to this story so much. The romance was forbidden from the start it was just so swoon-worthy. If you enjoy YA READ IT, if you enjoy Romance READ IT. If you enjoy baseball romances READ IT.

I really got into the characters, they made it like I was inside the story. I just love this story so much. I love how Brody and Annie developed together. They were a good match from the start, I love stories like that. Then Annie's dad I liked his character too. 

This is a story your not going to want to put down. Its a story that will capture all your emotions. You will feel like you are living their lives. And you don't want it to end. Its just a feel good YA LOVE STORY. I do recommend everyone read this book. The cover is beautiful, The characters make the story amazing. This is a MUST READ.

Quotes:

“He said if I was good enough to throw a perfect game, I’d be good enough to date his daughter.” 

“Kansas City, that’s like in Kansas, right?” I ask. “Missouri,” Frank and Dad both correct.”

“You should really relax your shoulders more. You look better with a neck.” 

5 stars all the way

    The author Julie Cross

Vanishing Act Review By Erica Kiefer

Vanishing Act

by Erica Kiefer

Review

                     

3 of the books she has wrote
 Clean Teen Publishing

 Release Date: May 26, 2015

Summary: 

A fresh start at college is exactly what Kate needs to ease the burden of her family secrets. When she meets the confident and charming Aaron Jackson, she weaves a new history for herself to fit into his seemingly perfect life. But the past refuses to stay where it belongs, causing a rift between their contrasting worlds.

When Ben reappears in Kate's life, she is only pulled deeper into the childhood that she's tried to forget. Driven by the abuse and pain that still lingers within him, Ben seeks Kate's help in making a change. But in this journey for retribution, lines blur between courage, justice, and revenge.

Bound by their shared and damaged youth, Kate is forced to choose sides, and fast. The final act is almost here, and time is running out.

My Honest Review

I really liked this story. The beginning starts out slow. I enjoyed the first chapter. But chapters 2-5 were a bit slower to me. But the rest of the story was really good. The ending was really intense but a great ending.
All of these books have really intense moments throughout the books.

I love the writing style that Erica Kiefer has. She has really great talent at writing great stories. This book was just awesome. It started a bit slow but after you get through the first few chapters its really enjoyable. I really enjoy love stories and this another great one that she has wrote. Its different than other romance stories out there. It has a different take on adoption, and abuse. Its a really deep and kind of emotional story.

If you have read The Lingering Echoes series please pick up this installment. If you haven't read The Lingering Echoes series. Pick it up please its such an amazing series. This one didn't disappoint one bit. I LOVED IT.

Mini Library Haul/ 1 book bookhaul

Library Haul

I wanted to buy this. But I am glad I didn't because the library had it. I love books that kids vanish and then later turn up alive. To see what the kids have been up too. Its so sad when kids get kidnapped but to find out they are still alive is amazing. But they must have endured alot. 

                          

• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Publication date: 3/10/2015
• Pages: 368

Summary:

New York Times bestselling author Lauren Oliver delivers a gripping story about two sisters inexorably altered by a terrible accident.

Dara and Nick used to be inseparable, but that was before the accident that left Dara's beautiful face scarred and the two sisters totally estranged. When Dara vanishes on her birthday, Nick thinks Dara is just playing around. But another girl, nine-year-old Madeline Snow, has vanished, too, and Nick becomes increasingly convinced that the two disappearances are linked. Now Nick has to find her sister, before it's too late.

In this edgy and compelling novel, Lauren Oliver creates a world of intrigue, loss, and suspicion as two sisters search to find themselves, and each other.

My Small Book Haul

This book, I am not reading till the 2nd book comes out. Because I heard the cliffhanger is crazy. So I am going to wait. I am really excited to read this book though. 

        

• Publisher: CreateSpace Publishing
• Publication date: 1/8/2015
• Pages: 158

Summary:  

#1 New York Times bestselling author of Hopeless joins forces with the New York Times bestselling author of Mud Vein. Together, they have created a gripping, romantic tale unlike any other.

"How odd to be made of flesh, balanced on bone, and filled with a soul you've never met."

Charlize Wynwood and Silas Nash have been best friends since they could walk. They've been in love since the age of fourteen.
But as of this morning...they are complete strangers.
Their first kiss, their first fight, the moment they fell in love...every memory has vanished.

"I don't care what our real first kiss was," he says. "That's the one I want to remember."

Charlize and Silas must work together to uncover the truth about what happened to them and why. But the more they learn about the couple they used to be...the more they question why they were ever together to begin with.

"I want to remember what it feels like to love someone like that. And not just anyone. I want to know what it feels like to love Charlie."

Six Months Later Review by Natalie D. Richards

Six Months Later

by Natalie D. Richards

Review

• Publisher: Sourcebooks
• Publication date: 10/1/2013
• Pages: 336
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Summary:

She Has Everything She Ever Wanted. But Not Her Memory...When Chloe fell asleep in study hall, it was the middle of May. When she wakes up, snow is on the ground and she can't remember the last six months of her life.Before, she'd been a mediocre student. Now, she's on track for valedictorian and being recruited by Ivy League schools. Before, she never had a chance with super jock Blake. Now he's her boyfriend. Before, she and Maggie were inseparable. Now her best friend won't speak to her.What happened to her? Remembering the truth could be more dangerous than she knows...

My Honest Opinion: 

I absolutely love this book from the very first sentence. I enjoy books where the characters loses their memory and then later discover what happened and why the lost it. This book was so, so good. I don't understand why its not more hyped up. It was EXTREMELY GOOD.

 The suspense was just amazing. I thouroughly enjoyed this whole story from start to finish. The romance was really good. The romance was really good. I really enjoyed it. I am really big romance junkie. Its this really intense, suspense story with romance and alot of drama. Everything I enjoyed in this story was just so amazing.

I really loved Adam from the beginning. I didn't understand the whole Blake ordeal. I didn't too much care for him. Maggie was this super sweet character too. You just had to love her. 

I enjoyed the psychological aspect to this book. It really had me thinking the whole time. Like who was behind this? I went through everyone in my head. I did come up with a few people but it turned out some were true but not for the reasons I thought. 

Please read this YA Mystery, Romance story it is just Phenomenal. 

5 Stars

Library Haul/ Books I bought

 Library Haul/Book Haul

My son loves going to the library every week. So we go and he picks out some movies and books for me to read to him. I also go every week and pick up books. I am enjoying reviewing books from Entangled Teen Publishing. So I borrowed 2 books from the Library. I love Contemporary stories. Especially Contemporary love stories. They are my favorite. 

1.  Whatever Life Throws At You by Julie Cross

Summary: 

Life loves a good curveball…Seventeen-year-old Annie Lucas's life is completely upended the moment her dad returns to the major leagues as the new pitching coach for the Kansas City Royals. Now she's living in Missouri (too cold), attending an all-girls school (no boys), and navigating the strange world of professional sports. But Annie has dreams of her own—most of which involve placing first at every track meet…and one starring the Royals' super-hot rookie pitcher.But nineteen-year-old Jason Brody is completely, utterly, and totally off-limits. Besides, her dad would kill them both several times over. Not to mention Brody has something of a past, and his fan club is filled with C-cupped models, not smart-mouthed high school “brats” who can run the pants off every player on the team. Annie has enough on her plate without taking their friendship to the next level. The last thing she should be doing is falling in love.But baseball isn't just a game. It's life. And sometimes, it can break your heart…

2.  Love and Other Unknown Variables by Shannon Lee Alexander

Summary:

Charlie Hanson has a clear vision of his future. A senior at Brighton School of Mathematics and Science, he knows he'll graduate, go to MIT, and inevitably discover solutions to the universe's greatest unanswered questions. He's that smart. But Charlie's future blurs the moment he reaches out to touch the tattoo on a beautiful girl's neck.The future has never seemed very kind to Charlotte Finch, so she's counting on the present. She's not impressed by the strange boy at the donut shop--until she learns he's a student at Brighton where her sister has just taken a job as the English teacher. With her encouragement, Charlie orchestrates the most effective prank campaign in Brighton history. But, in doing so, he puts his own future in jeopardy.By the time he learns she's ill--and that the pranks were a way to distract Ms. Finch from Charlotte's illness--Charlotte's gravitational pull is too great to overcome. Soon he must choose between the familiar formulas he's always relied on or the girl he's falling for (at far more than 32 feet per second squared).

Books I Bought:

Stolen by Lucy Christopher

Summary:

Gemma, 16, is on layover at Bangkok Airport, en route with her parents to a vacation in Vietnam. She steps away for just a second, to get a cup of coffee. Ty—rugged, tan, too old, oddly familiar—pays for Gemma's drink. And drugs it. They talk. Their hands touch. And before Gemma knows what's happening, Ty takes her. Steals her away. The unknowing object of a long obsession, Gemma has been kidnapped by her stalker and brought to the desolate Australian Outback. STOLEN is her gripping story of survival, of how she has to come to terms with her living nightmare—or die trying to fight it.