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Tangled By Emma Chase Review

I would like to start off by saying:

Why The Hell Did I Wait So Long?

I've seen this series when it first came out, I added it to my TBR list and was like yes I'm going to read it. Don't know what happened, but I never got around to it and now I'm kicking myself for not jumping on this sooner.

Amazing read. Both the Hero and Heroine (Sidebar: do I really need to call then that? Seems very fairytale like) are a breath of fresh air.

I'm a sucker for stories that are about this overly confident man who meets a feisty woman and she brings him down to his freaking knees!!! Nothing makes me happier then watching a "playboy" become a hopeless romantic and in love.

This book was well written, it was simple in the best way possible and nothing was overly drawn out.

Major, Major Kuddos to Emma Chase for making such an smart, sassy mouth heroine. (Just a note we need more real women in our fiction).

I also loved how it's told from Evan's (Hero's) POV. Emma tells the story like I'm sitting down with Evan while he tells how this intelligent woman made him fall in love. And he's funny about the story telling. I found myself laughing out loud a lot.

Out of 5 stars this Book is 4 stars and a highly recommend read. 

Upcoming Events

Hey Guys!!! 

Long time no blog! (I know I suck at this. Forgive me!)

Well, just wanted to let you know of the three big Events I have planned for 2016! 

If you guys are in the area and want a signed copy of my books or just want to come say Hi, check out the deets below:

Monday Jan 4th, 2016 at 7PM

I will be doing my first public reading. I will read an excerpt from my second book, Into Pieces at Lady Janes's salon at Madame X (located downtown on West Houston Street). There will be other awesome authors in attendance so come check it out. 

There's a five dollar admittance fee and the proceeds support WIN (women in need).

I will be selling paper back copies of Into Pieces for $10.00 as well so if you haven't picked up a copy yet, or just want the paperback signed now's a perfect opportunity to do it.

http://ladyjanesalonnyc.com

Saturday June 11th, 2016

Bright Lights Big City Presents: Boardwalk Empire Book Signing Author Event

MY FIRST EVER PUBLIC SIGNING!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

This will be my first signing in New Jersey. Tickets are already on sale, make sure you get your tickets early as they will sell out quickly. I will be selling both Shattered and Into Pieces at this event.

Ticket link: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2332707

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/BLBCHH/?fref=nf and https://www.facebook.com/events/1681412095427295/

Saturday August 6th, 2016 (Also my Birthday weekend!!!!!!)

Indie in NY Book Signing

This is the second signing I'm doing. It is in New York and it's the weekend of my 29th birthday (Aug 4th is the actual day) Tickets are on sale already and there will be a ton of authors in attendance. Being that it's my birthday weekend, I might have a little raffle going on as well. So be sure to grab your tickets and stop by my booth.

I will be selling both Shattered and Into Pieces at this event as well.

Ticket link: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/indies-in-new-york-2016-tickets-16595697177?ref=gh
Facebook Page:https://www.facebook.com/IndiesInNY and https://www.facebook.com/groups/indiesinny/

Perfectly Imperfect Harper Sloan

I am super excited! This will be my first blog done on a book review. YAY!

Okay so this is the book I just finished reading:

Disclaimer:

If you fan girl Harper Sloan, you will not like me after this review. I promise. So if you can handle yourself maturely, continue on. If you can't, keep it moving!

Review:

Let me start off by saying: I think I'm in a massive book funk and this book kept me there.

Moving on:

I've read pretty much all of Harper's books. I know what to expect usually when heading into her books. She's usually a hit or miss with me. I think her best book to date is Unexpected Fate. She completely out did herself. So when I picked up this book I said maybe she will impress me again.

She didn't!

And here's why:

I have a huge issue with insta love. Sometimes I can get lost and believe that, BAM! Love at first sight happens. Then there are other times: I just eye roll throughout the whole story and think "this is so far fetched, I can't even pretend for it to be plausible."

This book tends to fall into the latter. Insta love was not working for me at all here. Every time Kane spoke my response was, "Yea we don't believe you!"

I went into this story thinking: This was going to be a kick ass story about a woman who has issues with how she sees herself and how she triumphs through her struggles to become this amazing strong person.......That's not what I got.

I got a cheesy Cinderella story that's been done too many times for me. (This is just a personal opinion I think the genre is flooded with Cinderella stories)

The formula:

Girl with major family and past trauma. The gay best friend (this varies amongst stories) and other friend who sees her worth, but sadly the heroine can't. 

Enter the Hero: Hot shot Mr. Movie Star (or Billionaire, all around popular playboy). Who instantly becomes taken with her the very first time he sees her. But nothing comes of it.  Not until later down the line were they so happen to cross paths and he sweeps her off her feet. 

MAGICALLY the heroine is all fixed because NOW she believes her worth. Apparently she thought she wasn't anything specially till hot shot Movie Star said she was. 

Digressing a little: My biggest pet peeve is seeing someone not love themselves until someone else defines their worth to them. You need to love you for you. You loving yourself should come from you, not because someone else is showing you love and attention. Honestly I think here is where/Why this story quickly died out for me. 

Back to the review:

We never really see her struggle enough with her issues. We get the glossed over version in the beginning and then poof she's "fixed." I wanted to see the growth. I wanted to weep with her and watch her rise to "I am woman hear me roar."

I hated that I couldn't connect with the characters and feel for them. I was left bored and annoyed that this wasn't the story I wanted it to be. I ended up skimming the last half of the book.

I'm truly frustrated. I wanted this to be epic. She had a great idea and a great premise. She could have destroyed me emotionally. I wanted this to be a female empowerment and it just fell completely flat.

Great writing and a good beginning just poor execution.

Out of Five Stars: I give Perfectly Imperfect a 3

Misery Is Something You Should Learn to Let Go Of

Along with anger and sadness.

Now before I start this, I want to say: Yes you are entitled to your emotions and you damn sure entitled to feel however you want to feel.

But I will say this do not hold on to the things that make you angry and sad. Do not hold on to your misery–it's exhausting.

This end of the year has been a little mentally draining to say the least and I allowed myself to keep dwelling on it. I never gave myself the chance to acknowledge it, deal with it and let it go.

I can never understand how individuals harbor on all those negative feelings. How are you not tired all the time? Why do you want to be tired all the time? Why don't you want to see the positives that you no doubt have?

Let me tell you when I let go of all the stress and negativity that was weighing me down, the weight that was lifted off my shoulders was such a relief. It felt good to just breath again. But it truly made me question why do people want to be miserable? Isn't easier just to focus on the positive and be happy?

Probably not right? If it was we wouldn't have so many angry people running around lol.

But on a serious note:

Holding on to all your angry and sadness and misery longer than necessary will only put you in a grave earlier and make everything else in your life suck. Learn to let go of the things that make you miserable. Focus on those things that make you happy (unless it's killing people.....that's frowned upon).

There's just too much going on in the world not to be grateful and to not focus on the positive things going on in life.

You should learn to be happy with life. Not only will you feel better, but positive energy attracts positive energy. You get what you give.

Your Significant Other Doesn't Just Date You.

They date your family too!

I say Meh!

I've been with my boyfriend for about, it's going on three years. We have a pretty dope relationship and I love how while we're committed to each other, we are completely independent as well.

Just an FYI this post is by no means bashing anything but strictly my opinion on the matter.

Moving on:

I get asked a lot why I don't bring him around places and do everything with him and being that it's the holiday time why we aren't spending it together? Or why he hasn't meet my mom yet.

Little back story on me: I never really had boyfriends. I dated causally and there was a semi serious non title thing for a while. But as far as boyfriends went? I preferred to be single. That was just where I was in life. I enjoyed my own company way too much to have someone else interfere with it. (and when I first got with him, lol let me tell you the adjustment period that there was. Lmao)

So first question: Why I don't bring him places and do everything with him? Simple. I don't need to and somethings I prefer to do by myself. I'm also not one of those people that make other people do stuff they don't want to do. If you're going to be around I genuinely want you there. I don't want you to be there because you feel obligated because we're fucking or in a relationship.

Example: There was a wedding I attended. This person was a really good friend of mine and I wanted my boyfriend there. When I asked, he said yes because he saw how important this person was to me. There was another wedding I attended. I didn't bother to ask him to come because I didn't want to drag him along with me. I was perfectly content to enjoy my time with friends I haven't seen in forever without him.

Second question: Holiday time why aren't we spending it together? Again simple answer. He has his own family that he should be spending time with. My time with my mom and my sister and my friends are precious. Now don't get me wrong I'm not completely selfish with my time with them. We can all hang out. LOL. But there's certain days and certain things that should belong to the person I'm hanging out with. We live in a society where everything is fast paced and instant social media friendly (I'm guilty of the social media trend as well). LOL but when I'm out with my girls or my boys or my family that's what I want it to be about.

Third question: Why hans't he met my mom? Honestly? LOL my mom don't like anybody lmao. She'll kill you with kindness and make you feel two feet tall without even trying. Lmao trust I'm doing him a favor. But still, he's not dating my mom he's dating me. Besides why bring around a person who hasn't put in the time yet in the relationship? I don't believe in introducing the "partner" to the parents (and my little sis in my case) till I know for sure we hitting the long haul. I'm not gonna bring someone temporary around something that's a permanent.

So the whole point? My boyfriend will never be my whole world. That's not who I am. They are however, a huge part of my world and that's how I think it should be. I am a whole person coming into a relationship with another whole person. We're going to make each other better but it's not going to be on some where I begin he ends type stuff.

It's bam this is Nicole, and this is **insert boyfriends Name** and they're a couple. lol.

Anyway that's my PSA. BUHBYE