Unrequited Alice by Sarah Louise Smith REVIEW

As I struggle to get through all of the ebooks that are leeching away at my phone memory, I went with the logical route and decided to start with the books that I have been granted access to read before they came out. Unrequited Alice is one of them, thanks netgalley! I want to point out my huge failure in life when it comes to this and that I have had this for over a month and just read it. The book comes out in two weeks. FML.

So, I haven't read from this author yet but if all of her books are as charming as Unrequited Alice, I might just want all of them.

There's very specific feelings that come with unrequited love. It's really painful and bitter and it's kind of like 'I need to get over this' but then it's like you can't because you're so smitten with this person that will never like you back. I read the title and I was just like 'is this my autobiography?' The answer is no because my name is Hope and Unrequited Hope just sounds super depressing.

The book is charming in it's delivery, we watch two people that are in love pretend that they're not in love. It's that frustration that makes you want to throw your phone out the window. Sarah does this kind of angst well with very subtle humor. The way she writes it makes it seem very true to life. Like, it seems like shit like this could actually happen and I have no doubts that they did. This will probably happen to me one day without the romance aspect.

It was the realism that made me like this. The characters weren't perfect. They were people that have been hurt and act like people that have been hurt. This is how life goes. Of course, the only thing is that a lot of relationships like this don't end in romance and while I was reading in the beginning I dreaded that Sarah was going to go super into the real life aspect and they weren't going to end up together. I wasn't disappointed.

Naked In Death by J.D. Robb REVIEW

Instead of reading any of my bulk of books in my 'to review' pile I opted to start and audiobook. If you don't know. The In death series is a series that is 45 books long. Naked in Death is the first. I devoted 10 hours of my life listening to the book that I could've read in two hours (no longer 3 accomplishment!)

Overall the story was okay. It has a really strong emotional aspect that Robb hopes distracts you from the plot details but it doesn't. The setting doesn't work. Seeing as this particular book was written in 1993 the future was not that different from the time of 1993. You could say that in that aspect she succeeded because it's not that different from this current time either but when it comes to science fiction (which at this point it is) it fails. You can't just add fancy tech and robots and expect people to believe it. I legitimately forgot the setting nearly every chapter and that's kind of disappointing.

There's also problems with the way the story went down because it would not happen that way (it wouldn't). If it was the real world Eve would be out of a job (rightfully so) and even if she didn't the crime wouldn't have been resolved the way it had been. If you've read this, you know exactly what I'm talking about.

Roarke is a cookie cutout of a male character but I have no complaints because rich Irish men is dreamy. Only in romance novels though. Most characters in this book was a cookie cutout, which, I mean is kind of disappointing because Nora Roberts has written more books than the years that I've been alive times 3. However, what sells sells right?

I'd suggest this book only if you're looking for something to lightly enjoy. Fans of romance novels might enjoy this but mind the subject matter because it gets really dark.

Point of Origin by Rebecca Yarros REVIEW

I am not a stranger to romance novels. In fact, I enjoy them a lot. Especially the cop or firefighter kinds because hot stuff is hot.

So, Point of Origin. I didn't have extremely high hopes for it but it exceeded expectations. Though, I think that it's just the inner romantic in me swooning over the ending which was swoon worthy. If you look at the story while ignoring some writing aspects you might enjoy it. It depends on your preferences. I sincerely feel as if this is a book to be enjoyed at the superficial level and nothing more because when you start looking at it with a critical eye you will feel some disappointment.

The story line isn't completely flawed but it's climax is sex, spoilers. I always think that it's much better if the climax of the story is an actual climax rather than two characters climaxing. Sex should be an accessory to the story and not the climax, unless it's an erotica, which this is not.

The characters are cookie cutouts but I didn't expect anything less. There was a lot of things that happened just because it was convenient to the plot but again, no complaints.

I mean, like I said, read it and enjoy it at a superficial level. This is not a book meant to make you think every time you take a twenty minute shower.