Darling Beast (Maiden Lane, #7) By Elizabeth Hoyt

Darling Beast by Elizabeth Hoyt
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This is the book that initiated my interest in Elizabeth Hoyt, and as it turned out to be an extremely engaging series.

Ms. Hoyt has an amazing way of telling a story, I loved all the characters, felt the action and the excitement, was anxious on dire almost hopeless moments, cried on the climaxes, and laughed and loved all the moments in these books. Since the last book I was more interested in this Hero than the previous one, Apollo was such a tortured man that I wanted to know how he will find happiness, and be cleared of his false charges.

At first I was shocked that he knew Asa, because I was curious abut this mysterious sibling of the Makepiece's siblings, and it seems we will after a while.

I liked how the boy got attached t this hulking brute of a man so fast, and how these simple people started to mean so much t him in this short while, and likewise how he started to mean to them, I especially liked how the Heroine's maid told er not to fuss for the picnic saying he's only a gardener XD

I liked the side story as well, with the Minotaur, it was an exact description about Apollo's case. But What now I'm so excited about is the release for the next book, because the new couple were oh so entertaining I can't wait t read their story, and it's been a while since I felt so XD

Overall, *thumps up*


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Duke of Midnight (Maiden Lane, #6) By Elizabeth Hoyt

Duke of Midnight by Elizabeth Hoyt
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I have to say this story was a bit expected, thus I don't have many pinions about it.

- I liked Artemis she was very brave and strong, I liked her relationship with her twin brother and how she was the only one to support his sanity.

- I hated how Maximus was so intent on keeping her as a mistress, honestly he was like a child fighting for his share of candy, and how the hell did he interpret his fathers actions as his way to keep the dukedom continuing.

- I liked the old valet, I haven't seen this kind of a familiar valet in a long while.

- I liked Apollo a lot and I really felt sorry for him

- I liked at the end how Makepiece and St.John helped him, and how they both said that he didn't even have to tell them because they somehow knew, to me it looked like true friendship ^^

Overall, *thumps up* I'm honestly looking forward to the next book, it was the one I initially wanted to read, cause I have a thing for huge hulking hero's.



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Lord of Darkness (Maiden Lane, #5) By Elizabeth Hoyt

Lord of Darkness by Elizabeth Hoyt
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Finally! I had a hard time finding the audio-book for this book, but now I have it and I finished it ^^

- First I have to say I liked the Harlequin short story in this book more than the previous book XD

- I liked the main characters, well all the characters in fact, even the Dragoon captain who acted like an overbearing bear most of the series. But Godric was my favorite, since book one anyone could see the love he had for his wife and how losing her affected him, but throughout this book they showed us the steps he had t take to be happy, first his denial to feel anything for his wife, then the jealousy toward any man who even looked at his wife, then slowly he opened up to her. His development was nice and it showed it wasn't in anyway betraying his love for his first wife.

- The thing I hated the most was concerning the heroine, she was a nice cheery person, she fell in love with a man and lost her virginity to him, then he died, thus she married Godric. But most of the story even though she started to feel something fr her husband, and the feelings started to grow deeper and deeper, she refused to acknowledge them as love, because in her eyes she already had her true love, and she kept on repeating that if she felt anything toward Godric it would be a betrayal to her dead love, That what pissed me off. Both of them lost loved ones, but he overcame that obstacle so that he can focus on the living rather than the dead, but she focused on the dead man than the kind husband she has.

- I just wanted to tell her can't she just look around her, that their is more than one love for some people, many people around her were in their second marriages and they were happy, and I honestly thought that her behavior toward him was a bit cruel, wanting him only for his semen and then leaving him.

- The small glimpses that they gave us about the heroine of the next book got me more and more curious about her and her twin brother.

- I liked how finally he reconciled with his step-mother, like his wife I wanted him to see that he's loved and cared about.

Overall, *thumps up*

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How to Drive a Dragon Crazy (Dragon Kin, #6) By G.A. Aiken

How to Drive a Dragon Crazy by G.A. Aiken
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I've read the previous books in this series ages ago, and I stopped at this one because I was waiting for the release of the next book before continuing, cause I hate ongoing work it just keeps you in suspense for MONTHS or even a YEAR!! So after the release of the 7th Dragon Kin book Light My Fire and this book being in My secret Santa List I thought it was time ^^

This is my first review in this series, cause as I mentioned before I read those books at the time before I started writing reviews on Goodreads. I wasn't disappointed, this book was as magnificent and eventful as the Previous ones.

At the beginning I had a hard time flowing up and matching the pieces up while reading, cause (again XD) it was ages ago XD But it was enjoyable like the rest, it just kept me enthralled and engaged all the way, it was eventful but not as much as the one before. I loved how funny it was at moments, how both of the main characters would be in the middle of a heated spat the next they were complimenting each other or mashing their lips together. I liked The Hero and his group, their had their own way of charm and how all those tough dragons were scared of one dragoness ^^

The children were kind of a big puzzle that still wasn't solved, they mentioned the twins talking, but it was never mentioned how or when and why so suddenly. And I felt a bit sad at the parting scene at the end, those three kids since birth were never apart and now all of them were going their separate ways.

Overall, *thumps up* I loved it



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Thief of Shadows (Maiden Lane, #4) By Elizabeth Hoyt

Thief of Shadows by Elizabeth Hoyt
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I have to say I don't have any favorite in this series, cause they are equally amazing to me, but this book and the previous one are coming close to break the equality XD

I have to say that the Hero was my favorite character in this book, I did love all the lovable characters of course but Winter was my favorite in here. The polar opposite main couple were very adorable when they spared, but I preferred them the most when they interacted with the children, especially Joseph Tin-box with Winter, the moments between these two were heartwarming.

This is not my first book with a virginal Hero, but Winter was different somehow, in the other books the men even though they were virgins they somehow knew what to do or the women were equally virginal, but Winter had gotten instructions from Isabel which somehow it was awkward cause in most books it's the other way around, but it's showed us the real process of learning XD cause later he seemed quit efficient at it without any instructions XD

- I noticed a pattern in this series, the couple don't come together until the main guy gets himself in a death or alive situation

- The letter from Joseph at the end almost brought tears to my eyes

- And the Mystery that have been plaguing me since the beginning was solved, there is more than one Ghost of St.Giles XD
Overall, *thumps up*

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Scandalous Desires (Maiden Lane, #3) By Elizabeth Hoyt

Scandalous Desires by Elizabeth Hoyt
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

All I can say it's just as expected ... simply wonderful ^^

I liked everything about this book. other than the story itself I especially liked the short stories that in a way similar to the stories in this series and how they start each chapter.

As usual I liked the main couple in this book too, in the Hero what I liked about him was his willingness to open up to the Heroine about his past, not many hero's do it. Even though was he did to her previously was despicable but his words rang true "If he love ye, he will believe ye", but his instant devotion to her was nice to see, and his battle to resist the baby then loving her was adorable to watch, their private moments, till the middle when he was so proud of His Marie Darling. The Heroine was a strong character in her, though her personality had changed drastically from the impression I got of her at the beginning of the series, at first she was the cheerful naive little sister of a group of siblings, now shes this mature women who would brave anything for the people she loves, to put it simply she might have matured through her tough times.

My favorite things in this book were:

- Burt and Harry, they were an amusing pair, Harry had showed his loyalty to Silence since the beginning, but I expected a side romance to evolve between Harry and Nell, that was my only disappointment.

- I loved the moments between Marie Darling and Micky, they were amusing and charming and simply adorable.

Overall, *thumps up* this series is certainly worthwhile.

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Notorious Pleasures (Maiden Lane, #2) By Elizabeth Hoyt

Notorious Pleasures by Elizabeth Hoyt
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This is another great book by the lovely Elizabeth Hoyt ^^

I have to say I'm starting to fall in love with the Maiden Lane series, even it's not full of happy events or laughter but it still has it's intriguing and brilliant moments, the only thing that might be not to my liking is that the events that send dread up your spine, knowing something bad is going to happen or everything is going to crumble apart happens more often than not in this series, if only it would decease and instead there would be more hilarious and lovely moments.

In here I loved both the Hero and the Heroine, and immensely disliked both brothers of the couple. First the Hero's brother was a complete ass, he faultily believed that his brother had an affair with his wife, he kept on degrading him about everything, and eventually slapped the Heroine when she told him the truth and refused the engagement, AND refused to back down when he know that his brother loves her. while in truth he's just a pompous ass who uses the money his brother raised so his family doesn't go bankrupt without any remorse while at the same time keeps n saying that his brother is useless, plus his this with his mistress is irritating, I'm afraid if I'm going to start on that issue I would be done, so to sum the Hero's brother up, he's a total ass. Now to the Heroine's brother, the duke, in his case he's a halfhearted jerk, he had his kind moments, but most of the time he acts cold to everyone even his family, and later when he told to heroine that she's still going to marry the brother, I hated him for that.

But I liked the interaction between the main couple, they were such polar opposites on the surface, but deep down they had some kind of connection or understanding that didn't necessary comes from similarities, they just had it. I liked how desperately they felt about each other too, it showed such potent emotions. And I have to say I liked the Hero's mom, she seems the type of mom who knows what her son's are doing and doesn't mind, you know that type that sometimes shock you with her info when she speaks to you so openly about them XD

Overall, *thumps up* I'm looking forward to the following books, Silence's story had been developing since the first book.




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Wicked Intentions (Maiden Lane, #1) By Elizabeth Hoyt

Wicked Intentions by Elizabeth Hoyt
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This is my first book by the lovely author Elizabeth Hoyt and What a a great beginning! ^^
This story was so different and interesting that it intrigued me so, since I didn't feel like reading for couple of days now, but this book pulled me in, I couldn't stop wanting to know what would happen next.

I loved all the characters, especially the main ones. Lord Caire was my favorite, he's pictured as a guy who is into unnatural sexual needs, I hate it when they kept describing as such, he's just a guy who is into light bondage, at least he wasn't like the disgusting ones who whip and stuff. Anyway, I liked how intrigued he was with Temperance, he was so protective of her, to me he just looked like an adorable growling bear who is just bluster but no bit .. to Temperance that is. Temperance on the other hand was a bit over the top t me with her christian conscience, yeah her infidelity that one time was a horrible thing especially the timing of her husband's death was well made that kinda traumatized her.

I Also liked her relationship with her brother Winter, even though he was younger, he acted like the elder one, but it's how close they were, which showed how deeply they cared about each other.

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Whitney, My Love (Westmoreland Saga, #2) By Judith McNaught

Whitney, My Love by Judith McNaught
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

FINALLY I'm Done!!!

I kinda missed this XD I haven't read a book in a while now, cause I've been busy with my Uni Finals.

I read a lot of positive reviews and recommendations about this book, but personally I didn't like it that much. Both the main characters annoyed me furiously. The Heroine was a naive dumb stubborn desperate woman, who was chasing after a childhood crush, and I don't think it was even a crush, she was just after the competition with the most beautiful girl in the village and that guy just gt in the middle of the things. The Hero was had his kind side but he simply was one hell of suspicious, distrustful jackass.

Like the previous book in this this series, it was full of misunderstanding from both sides, each kept doubting and misjudging the other, each did terrible things to the other, then they apologize and reconcile ... and then the cycle repeat its self. The misunderstanding concept is such a hateful theme I hate in book, to be truthful I detest it, it just create unnecessary conflicts wherein if these two idiot would just communicated properly and TALKED no one of them would have been hurt.

Overall, *thumps up* its a good book, but it wasn't the one for me

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A Kingdom of Dreams (Westmoreland, #1) By Judith McNaught

A Kingdom of Dreams by Judith McNaught
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Honestly this is the first book that made be hate the Scots. This is my first books by Judith McNaught and I have to say this book was full of excitement and turmoil and bigger dose of angst.

In this book I didn't like or dislike the characters, but aspects of their personalities or some of the things they have done that made me feel frustrated. Like I preferred the Hero over the Heroine here cause she is so blinded by her loyalty to her clan that she ignores her true thoughts, jumps to the wrong conclusions or behave based on misinformation. Even the Hero wasn't a saint he had his faults as well but they were minor to his hurts, he like the Heroine based some of his actions on misinformation, but most of his actions were kind toward her. Even though they were both betrayed or supposedly betrayed several times, he suffered more than she did, and I almost cried for his pain and anguish at the end both the physical and the emotional ones.

Though this book contained more angst than to my liking (Which is none at all, I prefer happy books^^) it still contained humorous elements, like Aric he's my favorite character in here and the Aunt XD oh the aunt was surly something else, there moments together were amazing. Although Aric didn't speak much he emits an aura that compels to the characters and the readers, I loved the bearish hug he gave the Heroine at the end of the book, it was his first sign of gentleness or even minor liking toward her, and the look he gave the aunt when she gave him his Christmas gift for a second I thought he would go on his knees and pay her homage, I bet if she left somewhere he would follow her like how he followed the Hero.

Overall, *thumps up* I'm looking forward to the next book, cause it's the one I honestly wanted to read in this series

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