Nitty Gritty Book Blog

  Taking a break Hello! I randomly decided to come on here today and it looks like someone actually does visit this site on occasion. I feel like I owe it to you to let you know that I won't be posting any new reviews for a while. I've been really burnt out on reading for a while now and while I do still read every now and again, I just don't have the same passion about it. When I write a review for the blog, I feel it has to be more in depth and informative and I just don't have that in me right now. Also, the book world just disappoints me sometimes and I don't feel like I'm in the head space to give it my all. Anywho, if you are reading this, thank you for being around and supporting me for however long you've been here. I appreciate you. Maybe one day I will get back into it and start reading and reviewing again. In the meantime, I do still review the books I read on Amazon and Goodreads . 

  Reckless Thief, (82 Street Vandals) Heather Long ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Amazon / Goodreads Blurb: The mentor. The doctor. The Vandal. I grew up on the streets despite my older sister’s best efforts to keep my nose clean. I thought I knew better. I worked hard. and made money. Who cared if what I did was a little illegal? Then a little boy paid the price for my carelessness. A little boy and his baby sister. It was the wakeup call I needed, even if the cost came too high. Rough choices made for rough outcomes and when I had the chance to join the military or go to jail to get straight, I went to the military. I paid for my thoughtless actions by becoming deliberate. I paid for my greed by offering service. I paid for my chance at a better life with blood, sweat, and fire. That service left me scarred but determined. Medical school and training taught me I could continue to serve. I walked away from the streets, from the blood, the violence, and costs of doing business. Living a life I ...

  Mad Boys, (Blue Ivy Prep) Heather Long ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Amazon / Goodreads The pop princess with her bright blue hair, pouty lips, haunting eyes, and the voice of a siren… She’s always been too busy for us. Music seems to be the one language we both speak. It’s not enough. For her. For them. For anyone. I’m not enough. My brothers want her, the world owns her, and everyone else is vying for a piece of her. At the end of the school year, she walked away and didn’t give us a second look. Discarding us like she had her father. Now, I can’t decide what I want more—for her to come back or to never see her again. *Please note this is a reverse harem and the author suggests you always read the foreword in her books. Contains some bullying elements, mature situations, and is recommended for 17+. This is book two of four in a series and the story will continue through future books. Mad Boys is the second book in the Blue Ivy Prep series and you must read Problem Child first. If you are like m...

  Burn With Me , (Gods of Hazelwood: Icarus ) Lucy Smoke ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Amazon / Goodreads Blurb: Aurora Summers is nothing but baggage. Beautiful, dangerous, off limits baggage. The plan was simple: Destroy the girl. Ruin her life. Make her and her mother leave. Only … she’s not as easy a target as I thought she’d be. She’s nothing but a pawn, a tool for my father to use against her mother. But pawns don’t fight back the way she does. They don’t violate my sanity the way she does. She put herself in the mouth of the beast. I wanted her out of the way, but now … I can’t let her go. *This is a Dark, College, Mafia, Stepbrother, Enemies to Lovers, Forbidden Romance. Icarus retelling/inspired story* Burn with me is the first book in a duet. Well it's supposed to be a duet but we all know Lucy and these characters could decide otherwise. Either way, this is book one. So first things first. If you have read any of Lucy's more recent books then you already know that Lucy's character...

  Merciless Spy, (82 Street Vandals) Heather Long ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Amazon / Goodreads Blurb: The fierce twin. The dark brother. The wild one. I don’t give a damn about labels. I never have. Not when it comes to me. But stay the hell away from my brothers. All of them. I’ve sacrificed a lot for them, and I’m more than willing to give a lot more. If my blood, sweat, tears, and life were needed, I’d give it all up. Every damn drop. For my brothers, there was nothing I wouldn’t lose. Until her. Reckless, ferocious, and seemingly born to match me in temperament and spirit, Hellspawn is not the fragile flower they all think she is. I don’t think she ever has been. She will not be left behind, she will not hide, and she will not take the crap that life has been throwing at her. She’s saved our lives, defended us, fought for us, and sacrificed herself for us. I have no questions about what she would do if they tried to leverage us against her. This is why I won’t allow anyone to put her to t...

  Vengeful Rotten Casualties, (Sick Boys) Lucy Smoke ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Amazon / Goodreads I sold my soul to the devil only to turn around and slit his throat… Thomas Kincaid took everything from me. My mother. My hopes. My innocence. Now, it’s my turn. He thought he was safe. They all did. They were wrong. Men always think they can take without ever having to deal with the consequences. Well, now I’m back, and I'm the last consequence they’ll ever see. *This is a dark romance, and contains dark and very taboo themes which some readers may find uncomfortable or upsetting such as but not limited to SA, murder, violence, child abuse, sexual slavery, misuse of the law, drug use etc. If you do not enjoy these themes, or have triggers, please do not read. Recommended for 18+ due to sexual content and adult situations. Please read responsibly.* This is the final book in the Sick Boys series and focuses on Luc and Micki. Let me start off by saying that while this whole series has been on the ...

  The Shadow Gods, (Rebels and Curses) Ripley Proserpina ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Amazon / Goodreads Blurb: They were heroes who weighed the fate of the world against their love and chose me. The gods are a shadow, shrouding my fate in darkness. With one snap of her fingers, Athena turned my life upside down, and now I have to decide... Run? Or fight? Whatever choice I make, I won't be alone. Pollux, Achilles, Hector, Paris, and Orestes have fought the gods before. Because of these five heroes, the Greek gods are trapped, and humans are free from their interference. But the creatures who view us as toys aren't giving up easily. They want out, and they want their power back. My curse stands between them and freedom, and now I'm caught in the crosshairs of a war that began long ago. Lines will be crossed and fates sealed. And I will use everything I am, and everything that made me, to protect the men I love. The Shadow Gods is the conclusion of the RH duet, Rebels and Curses. The New...

  Paramour, (Trials of Blood) Rebecca Royce ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Amazon / Goodreads Blurb: I hate vampires....every single one of them. Life has become like hell for me. Every day is a struggle to survive and I know just who to blame for this mess, the vampires. Those blood sucking creatures who made me addicted to their venom and then left me to rot. So when one of them pushes back into my life and nearly destroys it, once again, I should be doing everything possible to kill him. I know that's what I should do. So what does it mean that I am so drawn to those that I hate? What does it mean that I can't stay away? *The reader should note this is book 2 of 3. The happy ending comes with book 3. You have been warned.* Read less Servant Paramour First off can we just appreciate how freaking beautiful this cover is? It's simple and so elegant. Love it. Ok so quick recap of book one, Servant. Maci met and quickly bonded with a group of teenage boys. With her home life being, well, not the be...

  Broken Truths, (Pretty Little Dead Girl) E.M. Moore ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Amazon / Goodreads Blurb: They call them broken. They call them bad. I call them mine. What we have is more powerful than the all the Knights combined. Or at least, I hope so…because they haven’t stopped. Those in power seek to take me down, to use me like I’m just an asset. They want to whittle me down until I comply… I won’t. I refuse to stop until my sister’s murderer is brought to justice. Until I get to walk away from the elite world, forever linked to three men whose hearts are bigger than I ever expected. It’s time to show the Knights what we’re made of…together. Series Hush, Hush  Prequel Pretty Secrets Lovely Deceit   Broken Truths   Broken Truths is the third and final book in the Pretty Little Dead Girl series. It's been a rough ride but we finally made it to the end. What an ending it was.  The secrets are out and Oh My! Gets a little crazy! With all of the darkness in their world and...

Problem Child, (Blue Ivy Prep) Heather Long ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Amazon / Goodreads Blurb: Enrollment begins this autumn. Born into Hollywood royalty, I’ve been making the hot sheet and generating internet buzz since before I could even walk. Doesn’t matter that my parents divorced prior to my second birthday, I can’t escape the shadows—or scandals—of my movie star mother and my rock star father. At least, I couldn’t until Aubrey, Yvette and I formed Torched and went double platinum as we made a name for ourselves. Four years after taking the world by storm, I’m exhausted. We all are. I’m also ready to try and be a regular kid. Only problem is I’ve never been normal. I don’t actually know what that feels like. Accepted into the prestigious Blue Ivy Prep, I have a lot to prove to the students, the faculty, our fans, but most of all to myself. Despite my tabloid reputation or maybe because of it, I don’t intend for anything to get in my way. Especially not anyone who decided I’m an empty-headed pa...

  Last Word, (Cardinal Sins) Heather Long & Blake Blessing ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Amazon / Goodreads Blurb: Kill them all It was always me and Daddy, but now I have another family to protect. From the day my father didn’t come home, my life changed irrevocably. From my earliest memories, I’d always known what I would do. Daddy hunted the monsters and when I was old enough, he let me help. Under his tutelage, I trained, studied, and learned. I was his apprentice, his partner, and eventually, I grew up enough to strike out on my own. It was always the two of us. Sometimes we shared targets, but more often, he had his and I had mine. I always thought we had no secrets, but my hunt uncovers more and more questions. Then I met Rick, Fletcher, and eventually Cash. Rick shattered the loneliness around me and for him, I broke Daddy’s rules. Fletcher burrowed into my heart with his quirky mannerisms and vulnerability, and for him, I threw the rules out entirely. And Cash? His relentless, damn ne...

                             Summer Blues: Episode 6, (Little Pink Book) Adell Ryan & Anita Maxwell ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Amazon / Goodreads Blurb Episode 6 (Season 1 Finale) Synopsis: After taking two steps forward and several massive steps back, what was supposed to be a fun and easy conclusion for Lainie ends up resulting in her having to make one of the toughest, yet most important, decisions of her life — without her Little Pink Book, because matters of the heart cannot be strategized. Season 1 Blurb: What is the difference between a door, an elbow, and me? The first two have been banged, and I have not. Ba-dum-tss. That will soon change, though, because I refuse to step foot on college campus with my V-card still intact. Lainie Gray hereby swears to lose that thing once and for all before the end of summer vacation — which should be easy since I just so happen to live in one of the most popular beachy tourist ...

  Nixie, (Lipstick & Leather Motorcycle Club) Adell Ryan ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Amazon / Goodreads Blurb: Love fiercely passionate female leads? Swoon over badass bikers? Ready to rally against gender roles? Pop that kickstand, start your engines, and join us for an epic road tour to meet all the chapters across the nation that make up the Lipstick & Leather Motorcycle Club. Nixie, club president of the Lipstick & Leather North Florida prospecting chapter, wants nothing more than to change the stigma surrounding gender roles in motorcycle clubs, but an unexpected fast and furious romance threatens to shatter that dream. Each Lipstick & Leather chapter is a standalone, full-length, Contemporary Reverse Harem Romance set in a shared world where ladies ride hard and shatter glass ceilings. *** You can look forward to releases from Adell Ryan, A.J. Macey, Brandy Slaven with K.B. Everly, Cindy Pike, Emma Cole, Daisy Emory, Mallory Fox, and Rose Alexander with Jenn D. Young! Lipst...

  Dangerous Renegade, (82 Street Vandals) Heather Long ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Amazon / Goodreads Blurb: The mute twin. The strange brother. The broken one. I’d been called so many names over the years. None of them mattered. My mirror cared more than I did. But he never treated me as less. None of them did. My brothers were the Vandals. They didn’t always understand, but they never judged and they always had my back. I would always have theirs. They were my life until Starling came to us. Quiet. Hurt. Broken. Those words were tossed around along with stubborn, fierce, impossible, and beautiful. I’d studied her from afar for years, but to have her close changed everything. Trust. Acceptance. Understanding. She colored in all my missing pieces. My other half needed her too. We all did. She fought her way back to us, continues to fight to stay, and more she fights for us. She belongs. My name is Rome Cleary. Starling is ours. She has always been a part of us, even when she didn’t know our n...

Bloody Cruel Monster, (Sick Boys) Lucy Smoke ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Amazon / Goodreads Blurb: It will end the same way it started … with death. Clover I gave Braxton Smalls everything. I sacrificed myself and all I ended up with was a broken heart and a shattered soul. Now, I’ve got bigger things to worry about than an angry Eastpoint Heir hot on my trail. Brax may be the psycho who kidnapped me–but he’s nothing compared to the organization my brother works for. And me? I’m the monster ready to wreck them all. Braxton I live for vengeance. That's all I know, all I see. Until her. Until Clover La Roux. No … until Evgenia Volkov. Daughter of a Russian mobster. Sister to the man who tortured one of my best friends. The only woman to ever satisfy the cruel desires inside of me. Whoever took her will pay with their lives. And once I have her back, I’ll make sure she can never leave me again. Consequences be damned.   Pretty Little Savage Stone Cold Queen Natural Born Killers Wicked Dark Heathens ...

  High Note, (Cardinal Sins) Blake Blessing & Heather Long ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Amazon / Goodreads Blurb: Carve up the world… From the moment my sexy death angel strode through that door, I’d been in lust. Or at least that was what I told myself. Beautiful, powerful, and far too dangerous for me, and I was hooked. Utterly, irrevocably hooked. Course, she had her own personal psycho puppy and, man, as much as I’d like to hate him, I didn’t. The dude was OCD to the point of painful when it came to cleaning, and he had the best skills in the kitchen. He also worshiped the ground she walked on. Same, man, same. We were making this work, even with the Fed in the dungeon. Then she didn’t come home. I didn’t care what I had to do, I was going to get her back. If that meant letting the Fed out and working with him, then I was down. He could kick down the door and break the bones, whatever it took. If we had to take the world apart, well, then that was what we’d do. Rick needed her. Mr. Call ...

  Summer Blues: Episode 5, (Little Pink Book) Adell Ryan & Anita Maxwell ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Amazon / Goodreads Blurb: Episode 5 Synopsis: When the one person Lainie needs most in her life cuts her out completely, Lainie tries to recover and rebuild, but her desire to scrap her Little Pink Book and turn a new page comes a little too late as flings blossom and commitment threatens to bloom. Season 1 Blurb: What is the difference between a door, an elbow, and me? The first two have been banged, and I have not. Ba-dum-tss. That will soon change, though, because I refuse to step foot on college campus with my V-card still intact. Lainie Gray hereby swears to lose that thing once and for all before the end of summer vacation — which should be easy since I just so happen to live in one of the most popular beachy tourist destinations in the world. Sexy summer flings abound. If only my heart would stop leading me toward guys who are no good. After one breakup too many, the time has come for ...

  Farewells and Forever, (Untouchable) Heather Long ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Amazon / Goodreads Blurb: Beautiful, I love you. No ands, ifs, or buts. No beating around the bush. Will you marry me? From the first proposal on the playground when we were five to the one two weeks ago, Coop has always been there for me. Baby Girl, the only thing I’ve ever wanted is you. Forever. Protector. Best friend. Lover. Jake’s a part of me in a way I can’t define. Even when we were apart, I knew we would find each other. This is my love song for you, Angel. Music is Ian’s love language. He doesn’t just wrap me up to keep me safe from the world, he pulled me into his. He shared his love and the knots that bind our hearts are beyond anything I could have imagined. From the day I met you—you were the one, Babe. The only one. Archie’s my hero in some ways, he pushes and he demands. At the same time, he savors and teases. He’s a builder and a fixer. I had no idea that the day he arrived was the day the last piece ...

  Make Me Wild, (Rich Demons of Darkwood) C.R. Jane & May Dawson ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Amazon / Goodreads Blurb: Stellan’s always been a pretty horrible ex-boyfriend, but he takes it to a new level when he kidnaps me. I wake up in a trunk, determined to make him pay. But Stellan needs answers about his sister’s disappearance. And I need them too. So even if he does deserve to die for what he’s done to me, we form a tentative alliance. We go back to where it all began, Stellan’s childhood home. The Demon’s house, next door, watches over our search. It’s not only the house that seems to loom over us. Ghosts from my past know everything that happened to Sophia… And they want to see me embrace my father’s legacy. Or die. They aren’t too picky. My other a**holes aren’t too happy with Stellan’s disappearing act, but they’ll go along with helping…for now. Can Stellan and I find what happened to Sophia, despite the hate and lust that pulses between us? Or will my father’s old friends leave...

  Lovely Deceit, (Pretty Little Dead Girl) E.M. Moore ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Amazon / Goodreads Blurb: Growing up in the elite world, I’ve been taught not to trust. Still, I did it anyway. Silly, silly me. I should’ve known how it would end… Blindsided by their broken parts and their similarities to my own story, I let my guard down. I put my faith in them—my gorgeous Economics professor and the Knights’ bad apple. And was rewarded with the ultimate betrayal. Not again. Never again. It’s time for my revenge. It won’t be pretty. It won’t be sweet. But it will be one-hundred percent satisfying. I can promise them that. Series Hush, Hush  Prequel Pretty Secrets Lovely Deceit   Broken Truths  12/1 Lovely Deceit is the second book in the Pretty Little Dead Girl series and yes you must read them in order. Pretty Secrets left Eden in an incredibly bad situation. Lovely Deceit picks up from there. What little bit of trust she had been building with Alaric and Leo is gone. Done. While...