Mine by Katy Evans

3.5 out of 5 Stars - gutted! 

Some reviews are harder to write than others, especially when the author has been kind enough to supply our Blog with arc's. But it's important to us all at Sizzling Pages that we write honest opinions and reviews and so I have to say that although I really enjoyed REAL, I didn't love this one because of Brooke.

Here we go...

Perhaps because it was written entirely from Brooke's POV it just didn't work.

By the half way point I was so sick of reading over and over how much she loved him on pretty much every. single. page. that ultimately, we're left with about a novella worth of story and the rest is just her feelings for Remy.

I wanted to throw my Kindle at a wall. I felt like it was being rammed down my throat. The story suffered for this repetitiveness. Also, The. Amount. Of. Times. That. I Saw. This. Drove. Me. Nuts. Grrrrr.

Some of the lines are quite strange too, one about "her tears literally exploding out of her eyes" made me laugh out loud in a sad scene.

His parents saying that they wanted him "serene" was another WTF moment.

But mostly, I think to write a woman into a dumb character that doesn't seem to grasp the basics and is constantly shaking and crying and seemingly unable to stand on her own two feet is always going to fail with me. 

Inexperienced? Yes. Dumb? N.E.V.E.R.

Watching Her by Scarlett Metal

 Not enough substance and what there was was rushed, these two characters didn't gel for me. There's no depth at all to this story.

It was hot when he was watching her but other than that it was a bit blah. It wasn't written well enough to be erotic, it was just a quick, smutty read.

I'm not convinced that it's helpful to have your 'friends' rate your book a five star read when it clearly isn’t. Fortunately sense prevailed in the ratings once it had been out for a while.

Johnny Blue by Azure Boone

 3.95 stars! 

I just can't squeeze a 4 out of this one for story or sizzle!

Perhaps because I'm not a fan of insta-love this one seemed to be too much, too soon. It also felt a little rushed and would have benefited from being a longer, smoother story.

It did however have some great moments and this beautiful line...