Review & Giveaway: Promise Me Darkness by: Paige Weaver

Book Blurb…

"He was my darkness and I was his light. We couldn't exist without each other."

For me, life was simple. I went to school and studied. I spent time with my friends and stayed out of trouble. I didn't drink or swear and I only dated gentlemen. I was the typical good girl with a bright future. My world seemed perfect.

But that was about to change.

Ryder Delaney was the one imperfection in my life. He was the bad boy, the black sheep, the one your mother always warned you about. He had only one hard-and-fast rule - Don't fall in love.

But some rules were meant to be broken.

We were best friends, inseparable since childhood despite our differences. I knew the real man hiding behind the tattoos and bad attitude. He knew all my secrets and dreams. But he didn't know there was one thing I wanted and couldn't have...him.

But sometimes Fate has a way of intervening. Soon our world collapsed. War erupted. Darkness prevailed. Alone and on the run, our only goal was to survive and to ignore the feelings we had for each other. But love is powerful...

and so is the darkness.

The Story…

Ryder and Maddie have been best friends forever.   Their complete opposites being that Maddie is a good student, good daughter and well mannered young woman but Ryder is an accident waiting to happen.  This bad boy covered in tattoos has nothing to lose or does he?  Even thought they have been really good friends Maddie wasn’t blind to Ryder’s charms, she has always been in love with him but would never act on it if her life depended.

Our girl Maddie has been dating Ben who is her boyfriend.  Ben has been pushing Maddie to have sex but she is simply not ready.  When Ben loses his cool during a drunken episode our boy Rule comes to the rescue. 

Shaken and stirred by what occurs Ryder decides to stay with Maddie and her roommate for a few days.  As soon as Ryder moves in line begin to blur and feelings that had long been kept in check begin to take a life of their own.

My thoughts…

This story completely took me by surprise.  I was completely blown away by how amazing the characters slowly developed and I could see their relationship transforming as I turned the pages. Ryder is a complete Alpha Male and I loved that about him. When the unexpected twist occurs it’s amazing how fast he becomes a provider and protector of our girl. 

Maddie also  grows as the story progresses but she struggles with insecurities that clearly most girls her age experience.  I can only say that I strongly recommend this story for “New Adult” fans and that you won’t be disappointed.

I give this story 5 out of 5 Hearts

About The Author…

Reading has always been my first passion. That turned into a love for writing at a young age. I wrote my first book when I was a teenager and haven't stopped since. "Promise Me Darkness" is the first book I have publicly published.

I'm a native Texan who still lives in the town where I was born. I live with my husband and two children. If I'm not reading or writing, I'm chasing my kids around and trying to maintain my sanity with a teenager and preschooler.

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Deity by Jennifer Armentrout Review & Giveaway

"History is on repeat, and things didn't go so well the last time. "


Alexandria isn't sure she's going to make it to her eighteenth birthday--to her Awakening. A long-forgotten, fanatical order is out to kill her, and if the Council ever discovers what she did in the Catskills, she's a goner... and so is Aiden.

If that's not freaky enough, whenever Alex and Seth spend time "training"--which really is just Seth's code word for some up-close and personal one-on-one time--she ends up with another mark of the Apollyon, which brings her one step closer to Awakening ahead of schedule. Awesome.

But as her birthday draws near, her entire world shatters with a startling revelation and she's caught between love and Fate. One will do anything to protect her. One has been lying to her since the beginning. Once the gods have revealed themselves, unleashing their wrath, lives will be irrevocably changed... and destroyed.

Those left standing will discover if love is truly greater than Fate...



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My Summary

We find our heroine Alex at a crossroads in her life.  The last installment of the series she had killed a pure and Aiden had used compulsion to cover the deed.  Even though she is back on Deity Island she is not safe.  Someone is plotting to get rid of her before she becomes and Apollyon.

Now that she had chosen Seth, everything has become a routine.  Training is the priority and Alex has shut off herself from everyone else in order to survive the death of her best friend. 

Aiden is still part of her life but he remains a Sentinel and somehow due to everything that has happened he is assigned to be her guard.  As the famous saying “while the cat is out the mice will play” or something like that.  Seth is gone to New York to investigate why the elixir is not working on the half bloods… Aiden and Alex become close and things happen.  I’m just going to leave it at that.

My Thoughts

This book was the best of the series by far.  Once I began my journey I could not put it down.  I needed to know what would happen to Alex.  I am Team Aiden the whole way but somehow Seth had grown a little space in my heart. 

I won’t spoil this story for you guys but oh so many surprises and turns I didn’t see coming and that is why I love Jennifer Armentrout writing style.   She keeps you guessing and unexpected bombs are thrown at you.

Let me tell you guys the only advice I will give you is to be ready for the ending.  It is such a cliffhanger that I was pacing back and forth in my room trying to swallow that I had to wait another year to read what will happen next.

This book was friggintastic and I give it five hearts.

 

About the Author

USA TODAY Bestselling author, Jennifer L. Armentrout, lives in Martinsburg, West Virginia. All the rumors you’ve heard about her state aren’t true. When she’s not hard at work writing, she spends her time reading, working out, watching really bad zombie movies, pretending to write, and hanging out with her husband and her Jack Russell, Loki. Her dreams of becoming an author started in algebra class where she spent most of her time writing short stories….which explains her dismal grades in math. Jennifer writes young adult paranormal, science fiction, fantasy, and contemporary romance. She also writes adult romance under the name J. Lynn.

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