Dream Spinner (Dream Team #3) by Kristen Ashley

 

 

 

 

 

 Hattie Yates has finally met the man of her dreams. Yet years of abuse from her demanding father have left her petrified of disappointment. She’s already failed to reach her goal of becoming a professional ballerina—she can’t handle the terrible consequences of another dream becoming a nightmare. But when a stalker sets their sights on Hattie, there’s only one man she dares to hope can help . . .

Axl Pantera knows Hattie is the only woman for him. Yet despite the attraction burning between them, Hattie refuses to let him in. The former soldier is determined to woo her into letting down her walls. And when danger comes calling, he’s up against more than her wary and bruised heart. Axl will do anything to prove to Hattie that they’re meant to be, but first, he’ll need to keep her safe.

 

Definitely a page turner. Definitely a classic Kristen Ashley read.
I love when this particular author teases the reader with potential future books by introducing spicy characters. Axl and Hattie though - wow. Hattie's life is in shambles - family drama leading her to push her friends away and absolutely block potential love matches. Cue the crazy dude harassing Hattie. Now we have a prime opportunity for Axl to slide into her life and blow things up with passion, love, friendship, and protection. Definitely a 5 star book!

 

*thanks to Netgalley for the ARC

 

 

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Wild Wind (Chaos 6.6) by Kristen Ashley

 

Wild Wind by Kristen Ashley
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I'm between 3 and 4 stars for this one.

Don't get me wrong I was interested in Jagger's story and I enjoyed quite a few things about this book - it just wasn't my fav. I got into it, but I didn't get into it.

First of all, I definitely enjoyed the change in heroine background. I don't see a lot of ethnic diversity in KA's books so to see that Archie was 1/4 Black and the fact that Jagger bonded with Mal - I felt that. She didn't gloss over the racism in some MC's and actually had Jagger address that.

Now Jagger and Archie...talk about some damaged people. Damaged in the sense of dealing with the death of a parent in their formative years. Archie knew her mom, but Jagger didn't really know his dad. We see there is underlying issues on the sides of both Archie and Jagger that kept them away from each other - and in some cases was still there preventing them from being all in with each other. It was nice to see Archie attempting to give Jagger what he needed emotionally, but we could see that there was something else there. Something standing in the way of Jagger going full tilt to Archie.
And when we learn what it is - cue the broken heart. Definitely time for Chaos to get involved.

All in all it was definitely worth the read. The length of the book was perfect for what we were dealing with.

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Broken Dove by Kristen Ashley

IF there was ever an author that I love more than Julie Garwood it would have to be Kristen Ashley (KA). To date, she has never let me down with any of her books. Yes some have anti-heros and not the quintessential Prince Charming, but her books - honey they are everything.

The same can be said for her most current release Broken Dove. This book gave me LIFE and was everything I wanted it to be. It is a part of her Fantasyland series and it is strongly advisable that you have read the other books in the series first.

KA has such a way with description, dialogue and action that you could translate her books into a movie and they would be a hit. In fact, I wish her books would be optioned for shows on a nudity friendly network. :wink wink: Broken Dove is the story of Ilsa and Apollo. I was introduced to Apollo in a previous book and have been chomping at the bit ever since. After much begging and pestering on KA's Facebook page I heard this was being released this year. Huzzah! (inside joke).

This book was epic. In the previous books you get the idea that something big is brewing in this world. Let me back up by saying the Fantasyland series is based on the concept of parallel universes. In one is our world and the other is kind of a medieval world. And in this alternate universe everyone has a twin whether they are good or evil is unknown. There are situations where a twin is evil and the other good, and there are situations where both twins are good. The premise is that Apollo from the medieval universe pays the witch Valentine to bring the Ilsa of our universe over to his. In Apollo's world he was married to Ilsa's twin and the same for Ilsa, but his twin goes by the name Pol. Even though Ilsa's twin is also good Apollo's twin is not. I don't want to go into too much detail, but this book is not simply Ilsa trying to fit in to this new life in the parallel universe. There is intrigue, back-stabbing, murder plots, magic, Ilsa and Apollo both dealing with their emotional baggage and most importantly the love story of Apollo and Ilsa.

The love scenes are mind-blowing, the action is A+ and the development of the two main characters is stellar. All in all, a great read from a phenomenal author.

And for your gif'ing pleasure

I was so excited for Lahn/Circe to make an appearance because their story is my ultimate fav.

 

Because Lahn is THE END ALL

But I digress. The chemistry between Apollo and Maddie when they finally let go....

And let's not forget when Apollo and Madeline did their 'exploring' sessions. :screams:

Somebody liked gettin their ass smacked....

Apollo was so erotic and delicious

   

And their kisses were molten

And yes Buttercup, the same can be said for Madeleine and Apollo

And finally...