S. J. West

To be honest I would honestly give this a 2.5 but since I can't I gave it the 3. The continuous of this being primarily about Jess and Mason sexual life or lack their of or whatever you want to call it, I personally call it cringe worthy. It did not keep me focused on the story, nor kept me wanting to read more on it, if anything I found myself skipping through pages just not to read it. Now don't get me wrong I love romance in books, I will even admit to loving smut in my reads but this was just not in my tastes. It was overall annoying and although in the beginning I was rooting for these two it was just badly done. Sorry to the author because the overall concept of this series I do love but the sexual part and the code names and pet names I just absolutely dislike.
The other thing I absolutely just disliked is that everyone and I mean everyone knew about their personal life, I'm sorry but what?! I can see a best friend or even a family member getting the full deets on their personals but this was just absurd.
What saved this book for me was the fall out with her and Lucifer because I absolutely cried. Not a fan of said Lucifer in real life but to the point of this story I was really hoping for redemption and it broke my heart at their fall out; but it kept me interested to see what happens.
So with that being said I will keep reading the series because now I find myself invested, hopefully more about the story than Jess and Mason otherwise I will not finish.… (more)

I read SIncerely, Dane by Ilsa Madden Mills and this short story was such a sweet read.

This is a cute and fun novella that is part of anthology and I hope will eventually be a full length story. Dane and Piper went to school together from high school on and now that Dane’s twin bother is married to Piper’s best friend they end up spending a lot of time together. Piper has always crushed on Dane but believes he has her firmly placed in the friend zone that she just accepts their relationship as is until one night a text makes her think about more. Dane hasn’t had it easy in life, he derailed at one point, and his relationship with Ari fizzled out because deep down I truly believe he’s always felt like Piper was his. In this story Dane comes to Piper’s apartment dressed as a werewolves and so the chaos ensues. He recruits her to help with a scavenger hunt that ends with an epic ending/beginning. The tension between them was tangible, the chemistry off the charts, and the can they will they flowed off the pages. I rally hope we get more of their story!!… (more)

I like The story and I like the slow romance between Mason and Jess; however the overly sexual innuendos , the over the top flirting only for Jess to pull away. I understand her childhood trauma is not something to take lightly but I find her character to be so contradictory. How can she be this traumatize but be so expressive with the innuendos and so bold with Mason. Am I the only one finding this to not make sense? It just too much cringe moments that it reached the point that I almost did not finish this.
And let's not forget about her constantly calling Mason "Mr. Collier" as a way of flirting, who does that? This is not sexy at all, it made me want to scream "STOP IT!" lol.
I'm not a writer and I hate to dislike anyone's work but as a reader this was not a fit for me, someone else might be okay with it but I was not.
What I do love is her friendship with Chandler (he is just so adorable), to be fair I wouldn't have minded a Love triangle here but I'm also okay with it just being a friendship.
Overall it was good enough that I would recommend if you like fluff romance so I gave it 3 out of 5 stars.… (more)

This was a random pick for me and I am all the happier for it. I love these paranormal slow romance building types of books.
Jess has endured more heartbreak than most people can get through in her 20 something years causing her to keep a very small circle of people she loved and let in her built up walls. Then Mason comes along and her destiny starts to unravel along with a love she didn't think would be possible for her to ever have. I cried and laughed and cried, man I am a big mooshy person but I'm okay with that.
If you love paranormal- war between fallen Angels, destiny, different worlds this is a good book for that.Broken (The Watcher Chronicles, #1) by S.J. West
I love Brittany Pressley as the narrator, she gets you sucked into the story that you forget it's just her narrating and not a full cast. Already started the 2nd book soon as I finished the first one.… (more)