Maggie Mae Gallagher

The Promise Kept by Maggie Mae Gallagher is book two in the Echo Springs series and it’s also a second chance romance, which happens to be my second favorite romance trope (after friends to lovers). So The Promise Kept has a lot going for it in my eyes.

Before I get into the romance, I want to talk about the relationship between Cybil, her sister, Tessa, and their friend, Abby… it was wonderful. I wish every woman had a group of friends like this. And the geek/nerd in me loved that Tessa is involved with comics and conventions. I’ll be looking forward to Tessa’s love story when it comes out. Miles with his guy friends was a great dynamic too. I felt like Gallagher really shone with these friendships.

And the dates that Cybil went on were great… funny and horrific at the same time. I wish more date scenarios would have been included and some of the repetition of not telling Miles about the promise she made as a teen, over 13 years ago, would have been taken away. Then I feel like the book would have been pretty perfect. The other reason why the promise was too much for me, besides the repetition, was when it did finally come out, people got angry, something happened, and then the book was over. For me, I would rather have had the fall out from the promise last longer, at least there would have been more reason for the repetition with Cybil trying to get back into Miles' good graces.

And speaking of trying to get in good, all the things that Miles did to try and woo Cybil were wonderful. That’s what I want to read about in a romance book, all the sweet and funny things that happen between a couple.

Even with all the repetition, don’t let that keep you from reading The Promise Kept. There were a lot of great moments in the book along with the touching friendships, and some very steamy scenes!… (plus d'informations)

Ruptured takes place on Earth eighty-three years after the plant was invaded by demons. Humans are near extinct. Alana Devereaux is Platoon Commander tasked with hunting down demons and protecting humanity. However, much to her dismay, the Densare Council has sentences her to become a breeder.

Ruptured is the prequel to Anointed which I have not read, but have now put on my to-read list. It is a fast-paced and exciting novella that kept me on the edge of my seat.

Alana is a strong and worthy heroine. She is dedicated to the fight, almost to a fault. She is a good leader, proved by the loyalty of her squad. I felt sympathy for her situation; it would be very difficult and demeaning to endure.

Lieutenant Cade is a piece of work. I did not like the man. He may be a good fighter, but he is a chauvinistic control freak. It is understandable why Alana and Cade would bump heads.

I liked the members of Alana’s squad, especially, Luke and Quinten. They were both reasonable and dependable.

I enjoyed the plot. Maggie Mae Gallagher did an excellent job creating the mood and environment. Ruptured was believable and full of suspense. The ending left me curious about what is going to happen in the next book, Ascended.

Complimentary copy provided by author in exchange for an honest review.… (plus d'informations)

I received this book from netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

The first this about this book that caught my eye was the cover if a book doesn’t have an interesting or awesome cover I’m likely to pass over it. After reading the blurb I knew this was my kind of book.

I loved this story I thought it was great, I loved the concept however I had a hard time really getting drawn in to the story as much as I enjoyed the book the writing was not as smooth as I would have liked. Normally when I read a book that I am really enjoying I start to feel as if I’m in the world the author has created but I did not experience that with this book.

Towards the end of the book I started to feel as if the author was trying to condense the events of the book because in my opinion some of the events unfolded unnaturally. I was not satisfied with the way Gaelen and Alana’s romance unfolded, and how is it that Alana just all of a sudden knew that she was linked to Gaelen there wasn’t anything that unfolded which would lead her to that conclusion the fact that Gaelen’s weapons room which had previously had been locked did not really do it for me. I felt that the author missed an opportunity because this could have been something Alana learned from Gaelens parents.
There's also the issue of Phinn he character seems insignificant and out of place I’m sure he will probably have more of a part in the series but he seems an unnecessary character in this book.

All in all this is a good book and I would recommend it to anyone who’s into paranormal books… (plus d'informations)