Fallen too far by Abbi Glines

Fallen too far by Abbi Glines.

I was ready to scream at the ending of this book! Literally my review on Goodreads was 'You don't finish a book like that.'

This book has everything us hopeless romantics love - broken characters, a drool-worthy boy, secrets (tones and tones!) and of course the typical money difference between the main characters. 

"I can't believe I just begged a female to sit and talk to me."

Rush, god dammit that boy is beautiful from his biceps to his heart, even if not many can see it. 

Blaire (B, reminds me of Gossip Girl) is stunning but most of all she's a beautiful person inside. 

I didn't expect to get drawn into this book like I did. Blaire's attitude drew me and Rush's secrets kept me engrossed from beginning to end. Half way through the book I knew what the secret was yet I still somehow kept reading, waiting for the explosive secret to be revealed. 

“I don't need designer things. And YOU are designer, Rush.”

Nan, pissed me off. Abe, her father annoyed the hell into me and well Grant I adored. It's a complicated world you have entered when you read this book. Everyone is connected somehow it's just all so confusing. 

Nan was Rush's younger sister and she was a complete bitch. I don't even care if I'm meant to keep this Pg because there really isn't a pg word for her attitude. She was stuck up and couldn't appreciate what she had in life, after all she had everything she had as much money as she needed (from her brother) to last a lifetime and well you know what she should of simply made use of the of all the good stuff and forgotten the bad like normal people? Maybe turned her life around - actually done something with it instead of sitting around being a complete stuck-up cow. 

I'm not even going to bother talking about Abe you'll all understand my annoyance at him when you read the book as for Grant he made me smile at the most parts. He was beautifully sweet and good natured. To me he was one of my favorite secondary characters in this book apart from Bethy of course.  

The relationships that form between each and every one of the characters in this book I loved. From the relationship Blaire had with Grant to the way Rush treated Nan was something special altogether. I loved reading every part of this book. Especially seeing the way Rush and Blaire's relationship grew overtime.  

“You naked in my bed is even more unbelievably beautiful than I thought it would be... and trust me I've thought about it. A lot.”

I can't review this book without bringing up basically the major scenes from beginning to end. 

And those scenes were the beautifully written, absolutely go-crazy for smut scenes that I must say I wish I could get the chance to experience. 

As someone who likes to write smut now and again I was literally in awe while reading these scenes. Abbi isn't the best writer I have come across but her way of putting forward those steamy parts were something I would thank the lord to be blessed with. She did it in a way that you weren't cringing while reading them and yet they were also so believable. She didn't write the losing of Blaire's virginity like some authors do in a way that's nothing but unrealistic and disgusting. She wrote it with sweetness and honesty. 

I would gladly read a whole book of sex written by Glines. 

"Everyone always said that love was enough. It wasn't. Not when your soul was shattered.”

This book made me cry. It made me laugh out loud and smile. While also totally turning me on like all good smut scenes should! I loved this book from beginning to end. 

The ending made me so angry though, because damn I was praying that they would just have a simple ending full of butterflies and rainbows but nope when do I ever get my happy ending? Not even in books it seems anymore. I was going to take a break before reading the next book in this series but I just read the first few pages and seems like my heart won't be allowing me to gather all my thoughts. I shall start asap!

When I tell you to go read this book listen to me, I don't know how the rest of this series will go but damn this book to me was perfection and in some ways the ending may of not been happy ever after (yet? I still have faith.) but in some ways the most beautiful writers don't write a fairy tale ending. 

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World After

“It’s amazing how many times we need to go against our survival instincts to survive.” 

World After by Susan Ee is the second installment to the amazing and un-put-down-able Penryn and the End of Days series. 

I read the first book Angelfall when it was only available on the internet and I cannot describe how happy I was when it was put into print. In the first book we were introduced to Penryn Young, a seventeen year old girl tasked with looking after her disabled sister and her mentally disabled mother in a world that has changed drastically in the last few months. 

Along with natural disasters humanity are now not the only species on the top of the food chain. Angels have arrived and they're not the fluffy winged cherub kind. No, these angels are warriors and in the midst of bringing humanity to its knees. 

Before I move onto the World After review I just want to say that Angelfall was absolutely amazing. It completely sucked me in and had me reading into the early hours of the morning. So if you get the chance please, please, please give this book a go!

So any way back to the review! 

World After takes place immediately after the events of Angelfall with Raffe gone, searching for his wings and Penryn along with her mother and sister being brought back to the Resistance camp. The story mainly follows Penryn as she tries to piece together her family and her world. But when Paige (Penryn's sister) goes off on her own Penryn sets out to track her down. But along the way Penryn comes face to face with the angels' plans and learns just how far they are willing to go to make them happen. 

Once again Susan Ee has brought us into a world with amazing believable characters and a suspenseful intriguing plot. Penryn is still one of my favorite heroines with her determined and witty nature along with her devotion to the people she loves. And then there's Raffe. 

“It is painful to see that people prefer a bad guy who looks like an angel to a good guy who looks like a demon.” 

Oh Raffe, the beautiful angel with his Adonis body and unfortunate demon wings. I just can't get enough of him! He really made the story for me and once you read it you'll understand why! But honestly the relationship he has with Penryn is just perfection it couldn't have been written better. Their banter and snarky comments add an element of humor to the story that compliments it greatly. 

“This sword is not just an angel sword. She’s an archangel sword. Better than an angel sword, in case that’s not clear. She intimidates the other angel swords.” 

“What, the other swords quake in their scabbards when they see her?” 

This was a great story to read but I kind of found it hard to get into it at first but to be honest I think it had more to do with me suffering from Raffe withdrawal because he isn't in the book until about three quarters of the way through. But it was so worth the wait!