Release Blitz Review: Parental Guidance (Ice Knights #1) by Avery Flynn

"A fantastically fun, HOT love story." - Kendall Ryan, New York Times bestselling author

 

Parental Guidance, an all-new, sexy and laugh-out-loud romantic comedy from Wall Street Journal bestselling author Avery Flynn, is available now!

Book info:
Title:  Parental Guidance
Author: Avery Flynn
Series:  Ice Knights #1
Genre:  Adult sports romantic comedy
Release Date:  June 17th, 2019
Publisher:  Entangled
Source:  E-galley from Social Butterfly PR which did not influence my opinion
My rating:  4 stars

Synopsis:

All I want is to play hockey on the Ice Knights, instead, I’m in a viral video for all the wrong reasons and my mom—yes, my mom—has taken over my dating apps. Then, when I think it can’t get any worse, the fates deliver Zara Ambrose, a five-feet-nothing redhead with more freckles than inches and who’d rather be anywhere other than on a date with me. 

Now a bet with her friends and my PR nightmare have us both stuck in this go-on-five-dates-with-the-same-person hell situation. But if we band together, we can get the whole thing over with and go on with our lives. It’s perfect! No feelings. No future. No fuc— *ahem* fun. No naked fun.

What could go wrong? Nothing—as long as I remember the rules. Don’t notice the way she looks in a dress. Don’t react when she does that little shivery sigh thing whenever we touch. Don’t think about the fact that she’s never had a toe-curling orgasm that wasn’t self-delivered and just how badly I want to change that.

Five dates—that’s it—and then we go our separate ways. At least, that was the plan.

 

My Review:

 This book had such a perfectly hilarious and adorable meet-cute.  The banter, the situations, all of it were so much fun!  I couldn't help but really fall in love with both main characters as well as the side characters that helped to make everything happen.  Like I loved Zara's dad and his little commercials he wrote for different companies and schools, etc., whenever he would go on the interviews about Zara and Caleb's dates.  I had a little trouble at times getting Caleb's mom, but I did like how she could tell that really he was interested in Zara. And I also liked that Caleb was pretty good at dealing with stuff with Zara because of his own family full of sisters.  

Technically this is the second book I've read or started to read by this author.  I tried to listen to Butterface on audio, and I don't know if was the narrators or the way the author writes, but I had trouble keeping my attention with the audio. But I now know that I do like to actually read her books, and will continue to do so in the future! 

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About Avery

  USA Today bestselling romance author Avery Flynn has three slightly-wild children, loves a hockey-addicted husband and is desperately hoping someone invents the coffee IV drip.  

She fell in love with romance while reading Johanna Lindsey’s Mallory books. It wasn’t long before Avery had read through all the romance offerings at her local library. Needing a romance fix, she turned to Harlequin’s four books a month home delivery service to ease the withdrawal symptoms. That worked for a short time, but it wasn’t long before the local book stores’ staff knew her by name.  

Avery was a reader before she was a writer and hopes to always be both. She loves to write about smartass alpha heroes who are as good with a quip as they are with their *ahem* other God-given talents. Her heroines are feisty, fierce and fantastic. Brainy and brave, these ladies know how to stand on their own two feet and knock the bad guys off theirs.
 

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Cover Reveal: Bring Me Their Hearts by Sara Wolf @Sara_Wolf1 @EntangledTeen

In a new series Publishers Weekly has listed as “one of the most anticipated YA's of 2018”, we're excited to share the cover for Bring Me Their Hearts! NYT bestselling author Sara Wolf delivers a fast-paced, gritty fantasy sure to thrill fans of Holly Black, Sabba Tahir, and Sarah J. Maas.

About the book:

Zera is a Heartless—the immortal, unaging soldier of a witch. Bound to the witch Nightsinger ever since she saved her from the bandits who murdered her family, Zera longs for freedom from the woods they hide in. With her heart in a jar under Nightsinger’s control, she serves the witch unquestioningly.

Until Nightsinger asks Zera for a prince’s heart in exchange for her own, with one addendum: if she’s discovered infiltrating the court, Nightsinger will destroy Zera’s heart rather than see her tortured by the witch-hating nobles.

Crown Prince Lucien d’Malvane hates the royal court as much as it loves him—every tutor too afraid to correct him and every girl jockeying for a place at his darkly handsome side. No one can challenge him—until the arrival of Lady Zera. She’s inelegant, smart-mouthed, carefree, and out for his blood. The prince’s honor has him quickly aiming for her throat.

So begins a game of cat and mouse between a girl with nothing to lose and a boy who has it all.

Winner takes the loser’s heart.

Literally.

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Release Date: June 5^th, 2018

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About Sara Wolf:

Sara Wolf is a twenty-something author who adores baking, screaming at her cats, and screaming at herself while she types hilarious things. When she was a kid, she was too busy eating dirt to write her first terrible book. Twenty years later, she picked up a keyboard and started mashing her fists on it and created the monster known as the Lovely Vicious series. She lives in San Diego with two cats, a crippling-yet-refreshing sense of self-doubt, and not enough fruit tarts ever.

Cover Reveal: Project Pandora (The Olympus Experiment #1) by Aden Polydoros

Title: Project Pandora (The Olympus Experiment, #1)
Author: Aden Polydoros
Release Date: August 1, 2017

Description:
Olympus is rising…

Tyler hasn’t been feeling like himself lately, his dreams are full of violence and death, and there are days where he can’t remember where he’s been.

Miles away, Shannon finds herself haunted by similar nightmares. She is afraid that she has done something terrible.

As the daughter of a state senator, Elizabeth has everything she could ever hope for. But when an uninvited guest interrupts a fundraising gala and stirs up painful memories, everything goes downhill fast.

Murder is what Hades is good at. So when two of his comrades go AWOL, he is rewarded with the most exhilarating hunt of his lifetime. For him, the game has just begun.

Author Bio:

Aden Polydoros grew up in Long Grove, Illinois, the youngest of three children. Aden's family moved to Arizona when he was in second grade. As a kid, he spent much of his time exploring the desert near his home. When he wasn't searching for snakes and lizards, he was raiding the bookshelves of the local library.

As a teenager, Aden decided that he wanted to be a writer. He spent his free time writing short stories. He was encourage by his English teacher to try his hand at writing a novel, which inspired him to begin Project Pandora. The YA thriller is set for publication with Entangled Publishing in Summer of 2017. He is represented by Mallory Brown of Triada US.

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Review: Backstage Pass: The Complete Series #1-5 by Ophelia London, Lisa Burstein, Rebekah L. Purdy, Suze Winegardner, and Erin Butler

Book info:
Title:  Backstage Pass Collection:  Aimee and the Heartthrob, Mia and the Bad Boy, Daisy and the Front Man, Anya and the Shy Guy, and Abby and the Cute One
Author:  Ophelia London, Lisa Burstein, Rebekah L. Purdy, Suze Winegardner, and Erin Butler
Series:  Backstage Pass series #1-5
Genre:  YA contemporary romance, rock star
Published:  December 5th, 2016
Source:  Netgalley from Entangled Teen Publishing
My rating:  5 stars

Thanks to Entangled Teen Publishing for allowing me to read this complete collection.  I have read a lot of adult contemporary rockstar romance stories before.  This is my first time with teen versions.  And as they are about a boy band, well, that made it perfect!  I am a huge New Kids on the Block fan.  I've never missed a single one of their concerts in my town.  In fact, a couple weeks ago I had to buy tickets to their next concert this coming summer of 2017!  So the whole boy band aspect was a blast for me!  All of the stories in this were really good, although the last one was not my favorite.  What is perfect about having them all collected together is that it is about a boy band, and so after every story, or during each story, you want to know what will happen for the other guys in the band.  Below I will give a quick synopsis of my thoughts on each story within the collection.  

Aimee and the Heartthrob by Ophelia London: 

Aimee's story is connected with the British guy in the band, Miles.  The five guys in the band, Seasons to Juliet, or S2J for short, were all chosen on a reality tv show.  Miles was friends with Aimee's brother when they were younger.  She'd always had a crush on him, and he'd always been nice to her.  But once he went away, her brother told her that Miles had never liked her, in fact he'd made fun of her having a crush on him.  So when she ends up having to tag along with her brother on tour with the band for two weeks while her parents are out of town and her best friend is sick, so she can't stay with her, she is prepared for being miserable and feeling humiliated.  Miles is the "heartthrob" of the band.  You know, the British accent does it.  Plus he's very flirty.  And when he first sees Aimee, not realizing who she is, he is very attracted to her.  Then, he finds out who she is, and she doesn't want to talk to him.  But when it seems like what her brother told her may not be the truth, and maybe Miles really is interested in her, she can't keep up her anger with him.  

This was probably one of my favorites of the  collection.  I loved the reference to Prince in the beginning.  Then, when I was almost done with this one, there was a part that I was almost in tears about!  The emotions in this one were high!  Of course at the end when the author said that NKOTB was inspiration, I knew I wanted to hang out with her!

Mia and the Bad Boy by Lisa Burstein:

Mia is on the tour to be Ryder's tutor, because he never finished high school.  Ryder is the bad boy of the group.  Part of his bad boy issue is that he feels like he is selling out making the type of music that S2J makes.  He wants to do his own type.  Plus, he's kind of a jerk to Mia.  But he doesn't want anyone to know that he has a tutor, and so Mia must pretend to be his girlfriend.  Which means she has to share his hotel room at times.  Mia's mother is very protective, and if she knew that was going on, she would pull Mia back home.  The only thing her mother wants is for her to do really well in school and go to college like they've planned.  This may not be exactly what Mia wants though.  Mia is a very good singer, as well as writing songs.  Ryder discovers that in getting to know her, and the two of them do spark a connection with all the time spent in the tutoring sessions and pretending to be dating.  But there are more secrets than just not passing a test that Ryder doesn't want out, and when they do get out, he knows he only told Mia, so how else did the press find out?

 I love that the author dedicated this one to Donnie Wahlberg!  At one point he was one of my favorites of NKOTB.  But then I decided Jordan Knight was my favorite.  However, lately, after watching the reality tv show Wahlburgers, I'm kinda into Donnie again.  Mia's story and Aimee's story were definitely favorites of mine in this collection!

Daisy and the Front Man by Rebekah L. Purdy:

Daisy's story starts out with what has to be one of the most humiliating things that could happen to a girl in high school.  She had won a contest to have Trevin Jacobs take her to her Homecoming dance. But when he doesn't show up, in front of the whole town and all the local news stations, she vows to never want to be his fan again.  Then, well, her mom is going out of the country with her new boyfriend, and so Daisy ends up going to spend the time with her dad, who hasn't been around for most of her life since he came back from the war.  Her dad just happens to be a bodyguard for S2J When Trevin doesn't even recognize Daisy, she's even more upset.  But knows that she is going to do her best to get revenge.   Ryder, the bad boy from before, still pretty much the same, bets Trevin he can't get this girl to fall in love with him, especially when everyone sees how much she seems to hate him.  Not knowing about the bet, Daisy decides making him fall in love with  her and then ditching him might be another good way to get revenge.  When it all comes down to the end, both of their lies will clash, and it will all blow up in their faces.  One of the band members does figure out who Daisy is, but she begs him to keep it quiet, because she wants Trevin to remember on his own. 

The problems trying to get together around Daisy's dad made for some funny parts, and overall, I really liked the story and the characters here.   I had one or two issues with this. Some things that I feel like could have been done a little different, but overall, it was still very good!  I also like that Trevin was from a town in Kansas!  

Anya and the Shy Guy Suze Winegardner:

Anya is homeless, and she has been since her mother just up and left her alone in their house one day. She's lived on the streets for a while, and knows the way that life is.  When she writes some very well-praised articles on the homeless and homeless shelters, she is given the chance to report on one of the band members, turns out it will be the shy guy.  Will is not who she wanted to interview.  He's definitely attractive, they all are, but she wants to talk to all of them, and she's hoping to get some kind of scoop for the magazine so that she can make a really big paycheck.  When she meets Will, he doesn't seem like the shy guy he's been made out to be. But she kind of connects with him anyway, even though she knows that nothing can happen from that, since she can't tell him where she's from, or how old she actually is.  Will is not really who he says he is thought.  Will is actually Matt, Will's twin brother.  He's filling in for his brother who is in rehab after an accident that led to taking pain pills soon led to addiction for him.  Only their horrible manager LJ threatened to ruin his mother if they took time away from the band for rehab, so this was the only way they could think to do it.  So now that Matt is falling for Anya, he doesn't know what in the world he can do that she won't end up hating him when she finds out he isn't really who he says he is.  Of course in the end something blows up to ruin things, this time it is the fault of one of the opening acts for the band, a horrible girl who is jealous of the girls, and vindictive as well.  

This was one of my three favorites of the story for sure.  I didn't see the homeless aspect coming in, but I really liked how it changed the way the story went, and I felt like it was a fresh twist on the rock star story.  

Abby and the Cute One by Erin Butler:

The final story is about the youngest band member, who is now also the only single one left, Nathan.  their manager, LJ, is very insistent that he must remain single, although they want him to seem accessible to the fans, so they have him going on fake dates.  One night after a fake date that Nathan can barely stand to get through, he convinces the bodyguard he's with, Beau, Daisy's dad, to let him go for a walk down by the river.  There he meets one of the girls who is going to try out to be the opening act to replace the girls from before.  Her name is Abby, she is young like Nathan, and when he hears her singing, he realizes he's seen her videos on YouTube, and he has been very impressed.  They have a connection that first night.  They even kiss.  But soon Nathan realizes that if she gets the gig, they won't be able to continue where they seem to want to go, because LJ won't let any of them date any of the opening acts, not to mention he wants Nathan to follow his fake dating/relationship plan with an actress he'd been on dates with.  Nathan and Abby have a lot of problems staying apart, and when word seems to get out about the two of them, LJ threatens to fire Abby and even possibly fire Nathan.  Abby does great after she gets her feet under her as an opening act, and she doesn't know if she'll be able to have her cake and eat it too, have her chance at singing stardom, and the boy she is falling in love with.

This one was okay.  Still a good story, but a little boring for me.  And I don't understand why Nathan didn't come to the same conclusion as everyone at the end did, the conclusion that saved the whole story.  But that's okay, it overall still worked.  

If you like rock star romances, ya contemporary romance, boy bands, etc., you definitely need to give this collection a try!

 

Review: The Warrior (Dante Walker #3) by Victoria Scott

First I have to say thanks to Entangled Publishing and Netgalley for allowing me to read an e-galley of this I didn't get it until kind of late, right around the time it was going to be published, and then I still had to read the 2nd one, The Liberator, before I could get to this one.  Let me tell you that this was one of the most epic conclusions to any series I have read.  The action, the suspense, the sadness, the snarkiness, and the smiles, all of it in one book.

Dante is back almost more like the Dante we first met in book 1, The Collector.  We get many moments of his really awesome one liners, that make me laugh out loud, and make it a little embarrassing sometimes to read in public.  But that's a good embarrassing, the kind I love about a book!  At the end of the last one, Dante had to leave someone in hell on his trip down to save Charlie's soul.  And even then he didn't make it back with what he'd thought he'd taken.  The sirens, the humans without souls that the Collectors have created to help  them out, are back, and in extremely large numbers.  Everyone is at The Hive.  Where Kraven is trying to train them for what seems to be THE upcoming/final war between Heaven and Hell.  A war that was predicted in a scroll, that only the Savior - Charlie, and the Soldier - Aspen, are truly able to read.  And they find more and more prophecies as the scroll is decoded.  But things can't be just all getting ready for the war.  There is a traitor in the midst.  And I have to say I did not guess this traitor, it was written so well that it was as much a shock to me as to Dante and the rest of the "good" guys.

Annabelle gets a possible love interest, even two in this one! Blue learns that there is another for him besides Charlie.  There is an old man who supposedly knows nothing real about why he's there, other than he needs to help solve what the scroll says.  But, he's kind of a funny old guy, and knows a lot more than he's supposed to.  The humans that work in the Hive will also become ones to fight on the side of "The Big Guy" as Dante calls him.  And Dante and Charlie get to finally truly be with each other.  And they even are able to overcome all that has kept them apart in the past.  And continue past pretty much any speed bump that comes their way.  And Aspen's friend Lincoln even gets his own, very important part in the final battle.

I seriously laughed, and cried, and then laughed some more.  I love Dante Walker, and I love Charlie.  And what an awesome series, even with the beloved characters that may be lost, it is still a great ending.