Isn't She Lovely by Lauren Layne

“Instead of the carefree, find-myself summer I envisioned, I’ll be spending the next three months with my own life-sized Ken doll.” 

Isn't she lovely is a prequel to the Redemption series. This book is a fun summer read. I enjoyed the hilarious commentary between Ethan Price and Stephanie Kendrick. Lauren Layne takes the concept of Pygmalion and gives it a modern new adult twist. Pygmalion is from ancient Greek mythology whereas a man fell in love with the statue of a woman he created. Stephanie Price is the stereotypical goth with her gun metal eye shadow, too dark eyeliner, black outfit with the combat boots to complete it. Ethan Price is your typical rich boy with perfectly gelled hair and matching plaid shorts and polo. Ethan and Stephanie are assigned a partnership in their summer film class. Together they are responsible for coming up with the perfect screenplay. Thus, leading to their own Pygmalion story. Ethan is trying to avoid his mother pushing him towards the girl that recently broke his heart and what girl is better as a decoy than Stephanie. Together they transform Stephanie from goth into a barbie doll. Unfortunately Stephanie is not looking for a Ken and she wants to make sure Ethan does not screw up their screenplay. Throughout their charade it may seem they are starting to play their parts a little well. Can two people from totally different worlds make it work? I really enjoyed this book and plan on reading Broken, the next in the redemption series.

"I may be the Pygmalion in the story,but you're the statue. All that black shit you hide behind? That's your version of ivory. You have the chance to come alive, Stephanie, and you're choosing to be  a lifeless piece of rock."

Consequences by Aleatha Romig

“He spoke again as if he hadn’t just shattered his promise and her security. Her house of glass now lay in a pile of shards.”

“Life is not what it's supposed to be. It's what it is. The way you cope with it is what makes the difference.” 



Consequences by Aleatha Romig is the first book in the Consequences series. I'm trying to write this review while its still fresh in mind  after completing it just a few hours ago. Of course, I needed a little to mentally recover from this read. Aleatha Romig had me hooked from the beginning. This was  a dark, thrilling adventure. I say  adventure because it definitely took me through all the emotions, angry, disgusted, elated, sad, and bewildered. Clair Nichols is a young woman whom lost her dream job of being a meteorologist and finds herself down on her luck working as a bartender. She meets Anthony Rawlings, a successful charming businessman. To Anthony appearances are of the utmost importance. A signature on a napkin entangles Claire in an unfamiliar contract resulting in Claire waking up in her prison. Her prison consists of her suite in Anthony's  mansion. Claire is given a lists of rules she must follow in order to escape her prison  and public failure is not an option. In order to survive each day Claire has to put on her mask each day and compartmentalize her situation. Claire has few freedoms, but even more limitations involving no access to telephones or computers. Clair begins to captivate her captor, and unbeknownst may start to have feelings for this man. Or is Claire just playing her part a little too well?  Claire quickly learns each action has consequences.

  "To say he was cruel would not explain what she endured. One could say demanding, aggressive,abrasive, controlling-but above all, brutal."

Unchained by J. Lynn

 "Of all the people, Nephilim and humans alike, you've been the only one who has ever made me wish I was a man and not what I am. You did that-Lily, not the Nephilim."

"Eight Years I've waited for you to realize that. I've waited for you to see yourself for who you really are. You're Lily Marks,a beautiful, extremely clever woman whose capacity for compassion sets you apart from the Nephilim. It's not your fighting skills or how good of a warrior you are. It's the fact you look at me and see a man rather than a Fallen."

I cannot praise Jennifer L. Armentrout enough for her. This woman is a writing machine and an amazingly talented writer. Unchained is a new adult paranormal romance and the first in the series Nephilim Rising. Jennifer Armentrout writes her New Adult books under her pen name J. Lynn just in case for any confusion. Lily marks is a nephilim, a breed of fallen angel and human. Lily works with the sanctuary, a group of Nephilim that protect humans and other Nephilim from other demonic creatures. Lily is a total badass that wears bracelets with retracting blades on it.  Julian is a fallen angel who has an obsession with Lily and seems to show up at the right time."He's like the friendly neighborhood angelic stalker" In his offense he has saved Lily's life twice. The sanctuary teaches Nephilim at a young age that fallen angels are evil and not to be trusted. They did fall from grace for a reason right? There is some chemistry between Lily and Julian, but with previous incidents and their beliefs any relationship is forbidden. The sanctuary starts to suspect a traitor amongst their organization and guess who is the first to be suspected. Lily starts to regret her life choices and just tries to stay alive. This book has it all, great heroine, action scenes, and very hot romance. I would recommend to anyone who loves romance, even if you are not into the whole paranormal thing.

Existence by Abbi Glines

 "You make me crazy with need. With want. I didn't understand it at first. But now I know. It's your soul calling to me. Souls mean nothing to me. They aren't supposed to. But yours has become my obsession"

"I'm not a man so I do not have a heart that loves as a human does. I'm an immortal god that dwells with supreme power  because I hold the keys to Death. But you are my existence. I am yours. ''

Abbi Glines is a very talented author and I enjoy her New Adult Romances. Existence is the first installment of her Young Adult paranormal series. Pagan Moore is  a seventeen year old high school-er whom happens to see souls. Fortunately for Pagan, she can ignore most souls and they don't usually talk to her. All that changes the day she arrives to school and encounters the mysteriously handsome Dank. Dank not only speaks to Pagan, but refuses to leave her alone. Pagan's designated time comes and finds herself cheating death. Could this be a coincidence with Dank's appearance or does death have ulterior motives? Abbi Glines does not disappoint with this introduction to her existence series.