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Saturday, April 30, 2016

BOOK REVIEW - WALK THE EDGE by KATIE MCGARRY - THUNDER ROAD # 2 - HARLEQUIN TEEN - YA CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE


By: Katie McGarry
Published By : Harlequin Teen
Released : Available Now
Details : Paperback purchased, 438 Pages

RATING: 4.5 YA MC ROMANCE TENSE STARS!


One moment of recklessness will change their worlds.


Smart. Responsible. That's seventeen-year-old Breanna's role in her large family, and heaven forbid she put a toe out of line. Until one night of shockingly un-Breanna-like behavior puts her into a vicious cyber-bully's line of fire—and brings fellow senior Thomas "Razor" Turner into her life.

Razor lives for the Reign of Terror motorcycle club, and good girls like Breanna just don't belong. But when he learns she's being blackmailed over a compromising picture of the two of them—a picture that turns one unexpected and beautiful moment into ugliness—he knows it's time to step outside the rules.

And so they make a pact: he'll help her track down her blackmailer, and in return she'll help him seek answers to the mystery that's haunted him—one that not even his club brothers have been willing to discuss. But the more time they spend together, the more their feelings grow. And suddenly they're both walking the edge of discovering who they really are, what they want, and where they're going from here.


BOOK REVIEW by Michelle:

I absolutely adore Katie McGarry’s story telling.

YA is her niche. She's got this age bracket well and truly covered.

Katie brings the tension and romance to young adults lives, when really they should be just out having a good time in life.

But where would the good YA romance writing be then?

So bring on in this case, the blonde hunk Razor and his Reign Of Terror MC and the girl from the other side of the tracks, who falls for him.

Bring on all their problems.

Bre’s problems are her large family and Kyle and a boy with a cut and a bike.

Katie went out of her way for the reader to really have not much love for Bre’s family. She piled it on thick and high. In real life, people who have that many kids and behaved like that...well they should only have a few kids.

NOT NINE!

My father is one of eight, so don’t judge that comment I just made.

Not to mention the behaviour of the other kids in the family.

Sheesh!

Then bring on Razor’s parent dramas, one alive and one dead and it goes to show even a small, barely there, biological family has its own simmering dramas ready to boil over.

Throw in the Riot MC and their way of worming into each instalment, just to add that little bit more danger and intrigue and you have the very apt title, Walk The Edge.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book and am looking forward to the next book in the series.



Michelle


Sunday, June 14, 2015

BOOK REVIEW - NOWHERE BUT HERE by KATIE MCGARRY - THUNDER ROAD # 1 - YA BIKER CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE - HARLEQUIN TEEN

By: Katie McGarry
Published By: Harlequin Teen
Released : Available Now
Details: Digital copy via Net Galley for honest review, 496 Pages

RATING: 4.5 OZ STARS!

Blurb: Goodreads

An unforgettable new series from acclaimed author Katie McGarry about taking risks, opening your heart, and ending up in a place you never imagined possible.
Seventeen-year-old Emily likes her life the way it is: doting parents, good friends, good school in a safe neighbourhood. Sure, she’s curious about her biological father — the one who chose life in a motorcycle club, the Reign of Terror, over being a parent — but that doesn't mean she wants to be a part of his world. But when a reluctant visit turns to an extended summer vacation among relatives she never knew she had, one thing becomes clear: nothing is what it seems. Not the club, not her secret-keeping father, and not Oz, a guy with suck-me-in blue eyes who can help her understand them both.

Oz wants one thing: to join the Reign of Terror. They’re the good guys. They protect people. They’re...family. And while Emily — the gorgeous and sheltered daughter of the club’s most respected member — is in town, he’s gonna prove it to her. So when her father asks him to keep her safe from a rival club with a score to settle, Oz knows it’s his shot at his dream. What he doesn’t count on is that Emily just might turn that dream upside down.

No one wants them to be together. But sometimes the right person is the one you least expect, and the road you fear the most is the one that leads you home.



BOOK REVIEW by Michelle:

Katie McGarry is one of my fave YA authors, I love her Pushing The Limits series.

Katie has ventured into YA biker contemporary romance and I really enjoyed Nowhere But Here.

I haven’t read a book in YA that covers the MC romance before and I really liked how she has done her homework and explained terms in her story to the younger reader who may not be familiar with how a biker club works.

“You didn’t say what old ladies were.”

“Wives or serious girlfriends of club members. It’s this special designation that means you belong to a guy and no one can mess with you without serious consequences.



This is a book an adult would enjoy too. I read adult MC romance and I liked the way Katie brought this adult life into a YA age bracket.

“If I get a rope and tie it around my neck, will you help push me off a cliff?”

“I’m serious,” I say. “I don’t understand why you want to live like this. You’re supersmart and superawesome when you want to be. I’m just saying that the rest of the world isn’t cloak-and-dagger. It’s easy and peaceful.”

Oz scratches the sexy stubble along his jaw. “Know what I don’t have to deal with in my world?”

“Sanity.”

He grins. “I could say the same about your world...”




This is a big book and it is a little slow going but I soon realized why. Katie is cleverly getting the reader invested in the characters and the relationship dynamics. There are many, with Emily the main female lead learning about her family and what will become a different type of family to her.

Katie is letting us get acquainted with the Reign of Terror club and its characters, we need time to watch Emily learn these people and what they will mean to her.

There are a lot of dynamics to take in and absorb with Emily and Olivia, Oz, Eli her biological father and her step father among other characters.

Violet is a character I want to know more about too. We see her only in one light in this book.

“Don’t let the pretty muscles fool you,” she says, catching me ogling. “Oz is married to the club and we both know that once you’re married anything else becomes the dirty mistress.”



We get to see the politics involved in the biker world because they do live by their own set of rules and their world isn’t that of a civilian.

I really enjoyed watching Emily and Oz together and am quite curious about Chevy and Razor.

Amazing how someone so innocent and beautiful can wreak so much havoc.



I think this first book in the series needed the slower pace for a reasonable amount of the story line because a foundation for the series had to be put into place. What I really liked was seeing the pressure put on Oz to succeed at being prospect and becoming a full patched in member. I liked watching what is expected of the male and what the club means to them all.

Katie brings the right edge to this YA biker romance. You can't write in this genre and not bring the romance, but it's toned down, but still exciting in its YA way. She brings the hard knocks, she doesn't shy away from it.


MC books are the flavor at the moment and have been for some time now and bringing a YA one into the mix in a very adult world I thought was clever and I highly recommend Nowhere But Here.




Michelle

Friday, April 17, 2015

AUSTRALIAN PROMOTION - NOWHERE BUT HERE by KATIE MCGARRY - THUNDER ROAD # 1 - YA CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE - HARLEQUIN TEEN



HARLEQUIN TEEN AUSTRALIA 
have their own promotion going on for

 Nowhere But Here by Katie McGarry.

Go to this link to pre order :

Anyone who pre-orders will get Chasing Amy free.


ALSO

Here is the product page where you can read all about
 Nowhere But Here - Thunder Road # 1





NOWHERE BUT HERE Synopsis:


An unforgettable new series from acclaimed author Katie McGarry about taking risks, opening your heart and ending up in a place you never imagined possible.

Seventeen-year-old Emily likes her life the way it is: doting parents, good friends, good school in a safe neighborhood. Sure, she's curious about her biological father—the one who chose life in a motorcycle club, the Reign of Terror, over being a parent—but that doesn't mean she wants to be a part of his world. But when a reluctant visit turns to an extended summer vacation among relatives she never knew she had, one thing becomes clear: nothing is what it seems. Not the club, not her secret-keeping father and not Oz, a guy with suck-me-in blue eyes who can help her understand them both.

Oz wants one thing: to join the Reign of Terror. They're the good guys. They protect people. They're…family. And while Emily—the gorgeous and sheltered daughter of the club's most respected member—is in town, he's gonna prove it to her. So when her father asks him to keep her safe from a rival club with a score to settle, Oz knows it's his shot at his dream. What he doesn't count on is that Emily just might turn that dream upside down.

No one wants them to be together. But sometimes the right person is the one you least expect, and the road you fear the most is the one that leads you home.

Thursday, April 16, 2015

TRAILER REVEAL - NOWHERE BUT HERE by KATIE MCGARRY - THUNDER ROAD SERIES - YA CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE - HARLEQUIN TEEN


We are absolutely thrilled to bring you the Trailer Reveal for Katie McGarry's NOWHERE BUT HERE! NOWHERE BUT HERE is a Young Adult Contemporary Romance being published by Harlequin Teen and is a part of Katie McGarry’s Thunder Road Series. It is being released on May 26th, 2015!!

Nowhere But Here - cover


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NOWHERE BUT HERE Synopsis:


An unforgettable new series from acclaimed author Katie McGarry about taking risks, opening your heart and ending up in a place you never imagined possible. 

Seventeen-year-old Emily likes her life the way it is: doting parents, good friends, good school in a safe neighborhood. Sure, she's curious about her biological father—the one who chose life in a motorcycle club, the Reign of Terror, over being a parent—but that doesn't mean she wants to be a part of his world. But when a reluctant visit turns to an extended summer vacation among relatives she never knew she had, one thing becomes clear: nothing is what it seems. Not the club, not her secret-keeping father and not Oz, a guy with suck-me-in blue eyes who can help her understand them both.

Oz wants one thing: to join the Reign of Terror. They're the good guys. They protect people. They're…family. And while Emily—the gorgeous and sheltered daughter of the club's most respected member—is in town, he's gonna prove it to her. So when her father asks him to keep her safe from a rival club with a score to settle, Oz knows it's his shot at his dream. What he doesn't count on is that Emily just might turn that dream upside down.

No one wants them to be together. But sometimes the right person is the one you least expect, and the road you fear the most is the one that leads you home.


  Katie McGarry Author Photo 



About Katie McGarry:


Katie McGarry was a teenager during the age of grunge and boy bands and remembers those years as the best and worst of her life. She is a lover of music, happy endings, reality television, and is a secret University of Kentucky basketball fan.

Katie is the author of full length YA novels, PUSHING THE LIMITS, DARE YOU TO, CRASH INTO YOU, TAKE ME ON, BREAKING THE RULES, and NOWHERE BUT HERE and the e-novellas, CROSSING THE LINE and RED AT NIGHT. 

Her debut YA novel, PUSHING THE LIMITS was a 2012 Goodreads Choice Finalist for YA Fiction, a RT Magazine's 2012 Reviewer's Choice Awards Nominee for Young Adult Contemporary Novel, a double Rita Finalist, and a 2013 YALSA Top Ten Teen Pick. DARE YOU TO was also a Goodreads Choice Finalist for YA Fiction and won RT Magazine’s Reviewer’s Choice Best Book Award for Young Adult Contemporary fiction in 2013.


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