This was a really really good read but it was not a great read in my opinion. My only real issue with this book was its pace. It dragged horribly in the beginning for me. I would be fine with this pace in an adult book but I think one of the criteria for New Adult is a story that moves at a much faster pace than this one. Good characters and a moving story but a bit lacking when it came to flow.

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KateKat11 | 2 altre recensioni | Sep 24, 2021 |

Wild Nights with a Lone Wolf (Lone Wolf #1) di Elisabeth Staab

I think I'm in a reading funk. I normally love werewolf stories, but this one wasn't my favorite. It didn't feel like a romance. It felt like that aspect was secondary to the story, even though it was written with it threading throughout. If you like crime families and a border town feel, then you'll enjoy this book.

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JordanSummers | Mar 31, 2020 |

Acts of Creation (Evergreen Grove, #2) di Elisabeth Staab

Dante has created this mirage of who he is but cracks are started to show as his past demons rise. Dante was a tortured character who’s self-medicating of booze and fighting wasn't working anymore. The abuse he suffered from the hands of an adult who was entrusted with his care was painful to read about. The shame, self-doubt, guilt, and anger were exposed realistically and without a sense of sensationalism. Michelle's past was just as painful but felt somewhat glossed over at times. Rape and abuse seem to be very popular painful past experiences in the New Adult world and while Michelle's experience could have been ripped from the headlines, I felt like it was only added to her storyline so she could be shy and add angst. As I mentioned, the first half of our story deals more individually with Dante and Michelle, while the last half is having them learning how to come together. It made for a slower moving story but did make the romance more believable as our lead's relationship starting from a friends standpoint and growing to love. I liked this story because of Dante and Michelle's friendship and the author's willingness to show Dante's pain and reactions, whether right or wrong, to his abuse.

Read full review at: Reading Between the Wines book club… (altro)

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WhiskeyintheJar | Feb 14, 2019 |

At the Stars di Elisabeth Staab

3/28/16 Free on Amazon Kindle Amazon Link

This was a great New Adult read that utilized a few tropes from the genre but wonderfully stayed away from the more questionable ones (insta-love, slut shaming, and aggressive/controlling behavior). Jake and Cassie feel everything a little too deeply and are learning how to live with childhood traumas, all issues and emotions you look for in a New Adult; characters finding their selves and one another. This is a pretty clean read where we get just a peek into the bedroom but the quality verbal and emotional interaction between Jake and Cassie makes up for it a bit if you feel you’d miss that aspect.

Read full review at: Reading Between the Wines book club… (altro)

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WhiskeyintheJar | 2 altre recensioni | Feb 14, 2019 |

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