K. B. Nelson
Author of Skip to the Good Part, Vol 1: 20 Authors Reveal Their Steamiest Scenes
Works by K. B. Nelson
Skip to the Good Part, Vol 1: 20 Authors Reveal Their Steamiest Scenes (2014) — Contributor — 8 copies
The Dreamcatcher Fallacy: The Dreamcatcher Fallacy, Book 1 (The Dreamcatcher Fallacy Cycle) (Volume 1) (2013) 6 copies
Carnival Nights (Carnival, #1.5) 4 copies
Bad Situation (Bad Reputation, #2) 2 copies
Blind Side 2 copies
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3.5 Stars
Faithless is much, much more than the blurb suggests, the characters are incredibly broken, there's some twists that will shock you, and there's a third character that really should be considered a major character and not secondary. There's also a lot of religious talk, some paranormal, and of course, forbidden romance. While I enjoyed the story, some of the turns took it a bit too far for me to stay completely invested in the story of Faith and her return home.
Told from show more alternating POV's, but mostly Faith's, we jump into the present time as Faith returns home after leaving a bad situation. However, home is much different than what she remembers and everything she expected to return to is different. As she tries to deal with the changes, her ever present feelings for Noah, and helping him face his demons she looks back on the past ten years of her life, from the moment she met Noah, Luke, and their relationship until the day she ran away. I loved the idea of forbidden romance between a stripper and a preacher, however this was much more than romance. I came out of it thinking quite a lot about good versus evil and acceptance. Some of the scenes completely messed with my head, because I didn't expect evil to play such a huge part in this book. On top of that, the romance that is there is very taboo, it's enough to be uncomfortable, but didn't take away from the book for me in the end. The characters are untrustworthy, but I found myself really feeling for Faith and her life's general lack of direction.
I think Faithless is the kind of book you have to read to be able to judge, it's different than I expected it to be, but enjoyable still. show less
Faithless is much, much more than the blurb suggests, the characters are incredibly broken, there's some twists that will shock you, and there's a third character that really should be considered a major character and not secondary. There's also a lot of religious talk, some paranormal, and of course, forbidden romance. While I enjoyed the story, some of the turns took it a bit too far for me to stay completely invested in the story of Faith and her return home.
Told from show more alternating POV's, but mostly Faith's, we jump into the present time as Faith returns home after leaving a bad situation. However, home is much different than what she remembers and everything she expected to return to is different. As she tries to deal with the changes, her ever present feelings for Noah, and helping him face his demons she looks back on the past ten years of her life, from the moment she met Noah, Luke, and their relationship until the day she ran away. I loved the idea of forbidden romance between a stripper and a preacher, however this was much more than romance. I came out of it thinking quite a lot about good versus evil and acceptance. Some of the scenes completely messed with my head, because I didn't expect evil to play such a huge part in this book. On top of that, the romance that is there is very taboo, it's enough to be uncomfortable, but didn't take away from the book for me in the end. The characters are untrustworthy, but I found myself really feeling for Faith and her life's general lack of direction.
I think Faithless is the kind of book you have to read to be able to judge, it's different than I expected it to be, but enjoyable still. show less
Read my full review of the book at seriesousbookreviews.com! Spoiler Free!
**I received a copy of this book from the author. All opinions are my own and not influenced by my source.**
I was drawn to this book because of the forbidden love aspect: Preacher and a Stripper in love? Colour me intrigued. I also really loved Nelson's bold approach to her characters' stories when I read [b:Bad Reputation|25495640|Bad Reputation (Bad Reputation, #1)|K.B. show more Nelson|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1431660041s/25495640.jpg|45271032] last year and so I was excited to give this one a chance.
This book wasn't really what I was expecting but that is ok! I didn't really know that it would be more of a suspense novel so that threw me for a while; though I think it was one of my favourite aspects of the story. The suspense and mystery made it more exciting than your everyday second chance contemporary romance. But, at the same time, I was kinda expecting a more romantic plot than we got so it caused me to rate it slightly lower.
Faith and Noah's story has so many twists and turns that make it so heartbreaking. I really felt for these characters because they got a crappy hand in life. It's a tad unrealistic as it leans more towards the soap opera side of dramatic but it gives this story a unique flare.
I think this story will appeal to people who want a story that is so different from the other second chance romances out there. It's more of a suspense novel that has events that occur because these two people reunite; rather than a second chance romance with a minor suspense plot. (I hope that makes sense). And if you can't stomach darker stories or non-traditional relationships, then you should probably avoid this one.
Check out more spoiler-free book and series reviews on my blog SERIESousBookReviews.com as well as read book series recaps!
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Actual Rating: 3.5/5 show less
**I received a copy of this book from the author. All opinions are my own and not influenced by my source.**
I was drawn to this book because of the forbidden love aspect: Preacher and a Stripper in love? Colour me intrigued. I also really loved Nelson's bold approach to her characters' stories when I read [b:Bad Reputation|25495640|Bad Reputation (Bad Reputation, #1)|K.B. show more Nelson|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1431660041s/25495640.jpg|45271032] last year and so I was excited to give this one a chance.
This book wasn't really what I was expecting but that is ok! I didn't really know that it would be more of a suspense novel so that threw me for a while; though I think it was one of my favourite aspects of the story. The suspense and mystery made it more exciting than your everyday second chance contemporary romance. But, at the same time, I was kinda expecting a more romantic plot than we got so it caused me to rate it slightly lower.
Faith and Noah's story has so many twists and turns that make it so heartbreaking. I really felt for these characters because they got a crappy hand in life. It's a tad unrealistic as it leans more towards the soap opera side of dramatic but it gives this story a unique flare.
I think this story will appeal to people who want a story that is so different from the other second chance romances out there. It's more of a suspense novel that has events that occur because these two people reunite; rather than a second chance romance with a minor suspense plot. (I hope that makes sense). And if you can't stomach darker stories or non-traditional relationships, then you should probably avoid this one.
Check out more spoiler-free book and series reviews on my blog SERIESousBookReviews.com as well as read book series recaps!
Full Review: http://wp.me/p3txrs-1hi
Actual Rating: 3.5/5 show less
*A free copy of this ebook was provided by NetGalley in exchange for an honest review*. Thank you, NetGalley!
Review in SPANISH (y con videos de Cruel Intentions, para variar): en La Loca de los Libros.
This book had an excellent premise and a great potential plot.
Basically, the story could be considered a "Cruel Intentions" reimagining- and by that I'm obviously referring to Cruel Intentions, the movie with Sara Michelle Gellar, and NOT the original movie Dangerous Liasons with Glenn Close, and NOT the book that gave "inspiration" for all of the above, the excellent [b:Les Liaisons Dangereuses|49540|Les Liaisons Dangereuses|Pierre Choderlos de Laclos|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1298425654s/49540.jpg|3280025] by Choderlos de Laclos (I dare you to try to say that name out loud, I DARE YOU!).
We have a main character, Apple...
Her equally "evil" bff, Brick..
And the "victim", professor Jensen...
Only that in this novel, the genders are swapped. So, basically, Apple would be Sebastian, the bad boywith a kind heart...in the end ; Brick would be the manipulative Kathryn; and the Anette in this bet would be the "high and mighty" Jensen sort of, since he turns out to be not "pure" at all .
The novel started great. Of course, I might be biased since Cruel Intentions was one of my favorite movies back when I was a teen (I was a huge Buffy fan), and the tropes that film used (and, in consequence, this novel as well) were my favorites.
You know: (A) THE BET (b) The Alpha Bitch: Kathryn/Apple (c) Villain Protagonists and (d) The boy/girl mean team .
And all of this was also put together in a New Adult/Erotic novel! The moment I read the sipnosis, I knew Bad Reputation had the perfect premise and would have the perfect main characters. What could possibly go wrong?
Well, a few things.
I'm not going to get into many detail because I don't want to spoil it for you (and I totally think readers of the genre should read it, this book is a breath of fresh aire among so many predictable stories). However, my main problem was this: I felt that the Jensen character was not very well-written.
Why? You may ask. or not, whatever. Well, First, he is presented as the cold/bitter leader of a purity group, and we are supposed to think of him as, well, since we are in the subject, an Annette. (At least, at the beginning, that's the vibe I got.)
Remember Annette? She was the responsible girl; the educated, charming girl who stood up for her beliefs (no matter how ridiculous they were); y'know, the basic and outdated "pure girl". So smart and so innocent she, eventually, wins the bad boy's heart; the Madonna to the "whore" and "evil" Kathryn. The ultimate and extremely-annoying good girl.
Well, the thing is, Jensenwas definitely NOT the Anette I'd expected him to be. Of course, I don't think he was suppossed to be one. I think that part is reserved for the Tyra character in the next book . He was -kinda- introduced as one, but turned out to be the opposite. Actually, he was more close to being a Sebastian (without the "evilness") than the leader of a purity group (In my opinion, of course.)
Basically, he is a college professor who has sex with a student after just a few days of having started working with her. I mean, talk about ....
right?
- Everything happened way too fast for my taste: the insta-lust, the insta-love. I mean, after only two weeks Jensen and Apple were already declaring their love for each other!!
I was expecting A LOT more of sexual tension; certainly a lot more of the infatuation phase, the getting-to-know-each-other phase. I was expecting Jensen to be more difficult than he turned out to be. I wantedthe challenge Jensen appeared to be in the beginning, but he was just...easy (?). Completely at odds with what he was preaching at first- seemed out of character to me.
So, sadly, what started in SUCH a great manner, in such an original manner (again, sort of), eventually gave way to the usual insta-lust/love and a, dissapointingly ridiculous resolution.
And it could have been so much better than it was.
It had...
GREAT CHARACTERS (Apple and Brick) ✓
GREAT PREMISE ✓
GREAT DIALOGUES ✓
...and many of them really funny, too...
But it didn't accomplish the greatness the premise promised.
In spite of my problems with this particular novel, I'm still dying to read the next bookBRICK'S STORY! . I'm sure it's going to be A LOT better than this first part and and it's surely going to be a Sebastian/Anette situation between Brick and Tyra, DUH I sure hope so, at least. show less
Review in SPANISH (y con videos de Cruel Intentions, para variar): en La Loca de los Libros.
"I'm not begging for understanding or empathy, I know exactly who-and what-I am. But like a house of cards built of nothing but face cards, I know the Queen will always rest atop the throne. And I know as soon as my reign is over, I'll become a nobody again-just another useless two of cards.show more
I
have no intention of ever losing my crown."
This book had an excellent premise and a great potential plot.
Basically, the story could be considered a "Cruel Intentions" reimagining- and by that I'm obviously referring to Cruel Intentions, the movie with Sara Michelle Gellar, and NOT the original movie Dangerous Liasons with Glenn Close, and NOT the book that gave "inspiration" for all of the above, the excellent [b:Les Liaisons Dangereuses|49540|Les Liaisons Dangereuses|Pierre Choderlos de Laclos|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1298425654s/49540.jpg|3280025] by Choderlos de Laclos (I dare you to try to say that name out loud, I DARE YOU!).
We have a main character, Apple...
Her equally "evil" bff, Brick..
And the "victim", professor Jensen...
Only that in this novel, the genders are swapped. So, basically, Apple would be Sebastian, the bad boy
The novel started great. Of course, I might be biased since Cruel Intentions was one of my favorite movies back when I was a teen (I was a huge Buffy fan), and the tropes that film used (and, in consequence, this novel as well) were my favorites.
You know: (A) THE BET (b) The Alpha Bitch: Kathryn/Apple (c) Villain Protagonists and (d) The boy/girl mean team .
And all of this was also put together in a New Adult/Erotic novel! The moment I read the sipnosis, I knew Bad Reputation had the perfect premise and would have the perfect main characters. What could possibly go wrong?
Well, a few things.
I'm not going to get into many detail because I don't want to spoil it for you (and I totally think readers of the genre should read it, this book is a breath of fresh aire among so many predictable stories). However, my main problem was this: I felt that the Jensen character was not very well-written.
Why? You may ask. or not, whatever. Well, First, he is presented as the cold/bitter leader of a purity group, and we are supposed to think of him as, well, since we are in the subject, an Annette. (At least, at the beginning, that's the vibe I got.)
Remember Annette? She was the responsible girl; the educated, charming girl who stood up for her beliefs (no matter how ridiculous they were); y'know, the basic and outdated "pure girl". So smart and so innocent she, eventually, wins the bad boy's heart; the Madonna to the "whore" and "evil" Kathryn. The ultimate and extremely-annoying good girl.
Well, the thing is, Jensen
Basically, he is a college professor who has sex with a student after just a few days of having started working with her. I mean, talk about ....
right?
- Everything happened way too fast for my taste: the insta-lust, the insta-love. I mean, after only two weeks Jensen and Apple were already declaring their love for each other!!
I was expecting A LOT more of sexual tension; certainly a lot more of the infatuation phase, the getting-to-know-each-other phase. I was expecting Jensen to be more difficult than he turned out to be. I wanted
So, sadly, what started in SUCH a great manner, in such an original manner (again, sort of), eventually gave way to the usual insta-lust/love and a, dissapointingly ridiculous resolution.
And it could have been so much better than it was.
It had...
GREAT CHARACTERS (Apple and Brick) ✓
GREAT PREMISE ✓
GREAT DIALOGUES ✓
"...'You are so bitter' He laughs because it's either a joke to him, or most likely because he's prepared to revel in my misery.
'You're wrong, but let's pretend you're right. Why the fuck wouldn't I be? If you win, it's not because you're better than me . It's because society gave you a hugely unfair head start, Men are expected to fuck everyone and everything. It's the cool thing to do. If I should ever do the same-'
"You do," he points out.
'When I do the same thing, I'm a Goddamn whore. The whole city is ready to gather in town square to stone me to death. I was branded a slut long before I ever even sucked a dick."
...and many of them really funny, too...
"...[Jensen] exhales and cracks a wide smile, showcasing sparkling white teeth that would give a run for his money. "A blowjob or two wouldn'thurt either."
I let out a sigh of relief. 'So much easier-'
'I'm kidding', he snarls and shakes his head again."Something tells me I'm going to regret this.'"
"'So, are you not going to tell me why you came to that meeting?'
'Sometimes,' I say, followed by a pause where I throw my hands in the air, trying to invent some bullshit excuse, 'Jesus talks to me.'
'Apple...' He's not buying it, which is expected because he's an intelligent-presumably-educator.
'Look, I can't help it. I didin't choose to be a prophet of the lord.' If nothing else, I commit to my stories."
But it didn't accomplish the greatness the premise promised.
In spite of my problems with this particular novel, I'm still dying to read the next book
Read my full review of the book at seriesousbookreviews.com! Spoiler Free!
**I received a copy of this book from the publisher via Netgalley. All opinions are my own.**
This book was exactly what I wanted! It was dark, it was twisted and it was so much fun to read. It's a modern day Cruel Intentions story but it definitely has it's own spin on events that keeps readers on the edge of their seats. It was really hard to put this one down!
I loved to hate Apple and Brick. While I feel bad that show more they were hurt in their pasts at the same time they take things to an extreme. Which is entertaining to read about in a story but not so great if you are one of their targets.
My only "problems" with this book was the insta-love (though I understand why everything had to happen so fast) and the few abrupt scene changes we get. In terms of the romance, I saw the connection, I just wanted it elaborated more. As for the writing, I felt like I was left hanging at times but that only pushed me to read more to find out what was going to happen next.
Check out more spoiler-free book and series reviews on my blog SERIESousBookReviews.com as well as read book series recaps!
Full Review: http://wp.me/p3txrs-Zj show less
**I received a copy of this book from the publisher via Netgalley. All opinions are my own.**
This book was exactly what I wanted! It was dark, it was twisted and it was so much fun to read. It's a modern day Cruel Intentions story but it definitely has it's own spin on events that keeps readers on the edge of their seats. It was really hard to put this one down!
I loved to hate Apple and Brick. While I feel bad that show more they were hurt in their pasts at the same time they take things to an extreme. Which is entertaining to read about in a story but not so great if you are one of their targets.
My only "problems" with this book was the insta-love (though I understand why everything had to happen so fast) and the few abrupt scene changes we get. In terms of the romance, I saw the connection, I just wanted it elaborated more. As for the writing, I felt like I was left hanging at times but that only pushed me to read more to find out what was going to happen next.
Check out more spoiler-free book and series reviews on my blog SERIESousBookReviews.com as well as read book series recaps!
Full Review: http://wp.me/p3txrs-Zj show less
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