#RoughJustice #NetGalley

Title: Rough Justice
Author: Kelley Armstrong
Publisher: Subterranean Press
Publish Day: June 30, 2018
Rating: 🥄🥄🥄🥄🥄

Review:

This a novella that happens after the series ends. Olivia is on her first Hunt with Ricky. She's anxious about the target of this as for her it doesn't feel right. So, she stops the hunt due to this. This is the only time given to Olivia + Ricky.

As the rest of the story is following her and Gabriel's relationship and the investigation.

Through the investigation they find bigger problems with the guy and it's definitely not what they originally thought.

And, the relationship things Gabriel is experiencing are definitely not what he thought, either.

Overall, it has a good balance of investigation and relationship/family/life drama. We see more investigation in this as it's part of Olivia adjusting to being apart of the Hunt. It's more focused on Olivia and Gabriel's relationship and how they're adjusting to their new life.

Do you have to read the five books that come before this? This novella does have some catch up parts.. so you could read just this. But read the series :O It's fun.

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#BookReviews in June

• Bone Driven by Hailey Edwards
• Blood-Bound by Kaelan Rhywiol
• Rough Justice by Kelley Armstrong
• Olympian Challenger by Astrid Arditi
• Schisms by James Wolanyk
• Hullmetal Girls by Emily Skrutskie 

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The Reckoning - Kelley Armstrong

Title: The Reckoning Author: Kelley Armstrong Rating:  4/5

One super annoying thing about this story though:

Chloe and Derek's relationship seems as if it's cooling down in the possessiveness of Derek. But in the next set of trilogy where they meet up with the next group of kids....he's still annoying. 

I enjoyed the way this trilogy ended. It was weird but better than the way most trilogies end. This is book 3 in the Darkest Powers Trilogy

The Awakening by Kelley Armstrong

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Title: The Awakening Author: Kelley Armstrong Rating: 5/5

Summary: 

If you had met me a few weeks ago, you probably would have described me as an average teenage girl - someone normal. Now my life has changed forever and I’m as far away from normal as it gets. A living science experiment - not only can I see ghosts, but I was genetically altered by a sinister organization called Edison Group. What does that mean? For starters. I'm a teenage necromancer whose powers are out of control: I raise the dead without even trying. Trust me, that is not a power you want to have. Ever.

Now I’m running for my life with three of my supernatural friends - a charming sorcerer, a cynical werewolf, and a disgruntled witch - and we have to find someone who can help us before the Edison Group finds us first. Or die trying.

Review:

I wish I could find in gif format this local commercial where the dad says, "I like it." 

Read this on my way out of high school and enjoyed the series. 

#RoughJustice #NetGalley by Kelley Armstrong

Rough Justice by Kelley Armstrong.

More of her Cainsville series!! AH! WHAT?! Sorry, probably late to the information. But this shows it is coming out June 30th?!

AH!!!


This is the author of  Darkest Powers & Darkness Rising YA series that I absolutely loved.

She also wrote Cainsville series there's five books that I consumed ASAP through my local library. THEN THIS? THERE'S MORE?

I received The Orange cat & other Cainsville Tales thru email.

All the books are good. This series wasn't to many fans who didn't like how the last book ended. But for me? I was FREAKING FINALLY!!! AN ENDING I COULD SUPPORT.

IF you like urban paranormal and self-absorbed fae.. this series is definitely worthwhile. This isn't a review. Just support of cainsville & excitement that there is MORE CAINSVILLE CONTENT.




I will edit this when I become more sober. I apologize. I literally can only see 25% of this. But I love this series and hopefully this blog post successfully conveys my love.  

The Summoning (Darkest Powers #1) - Kelley Armstrong

Mommy forgot to warn the new baby-sitter about the basement.

Score: 5/5

Summary: Chloe can see the dead. Some people don't want her to be able to do what she wants. Chaos ensues.

Good:

The pace is set up for what is to come. There is getting to know everyone in the story. The enemies and the possible love interests.

She makes a friend but that friend disappears. Simon & Derek are fun characters and even Tori with her attitude was fun to go through.

Bad:

I am sure if I reread this I may be able to pinpoint some troubles of the book. But I can't currently because all I remember is enjoying the hell out of this story.

Recommend? Yes!

The Calling (Darkness Rising #2) & The Rising (#3)- Kelley Armstrong

Score: 3/5

This series is in the same universe/time line as Darkest Powers Series.

Summary: Maya learns that she is a skin walker. Her and her friends are running for it.

Good:

Fast-pace. There is a helicopter crash someone falls out of the helicopter. Like hello? Drama.

Bad:

It didn't feel like we actually needed this one, a filler at most.

Recommend:

If you're going to read this series then go for it. You've made it through the first book then ...may as well.

Summary: They are being hunted and things come to a conclusion

Good:

Still very fast-pace but ...

Bad:

There was something missing in this series. The first book and this book were fine. The 2nd felt meh. But there is something that was needed in these that wasn't there. It still bothers me that I cannot tell you what is missing that would have made this better to go through.

They spend a lot of time not being apart of the bad guys. The end is them working with the supposed bad guys???

The characters from The Darkest Powers show up in this as well.

Recommend:

If you're going to read this series then go for it. You've made it through the first book then ...may as well.

I should have put all three in a post but hey! Unwanted sequels are cool man!

The Gathering (Darkness Rising #1) - Kelley Armstrong

Score: 4/5

I enjoyed this series.  I read these awhile back so my mind is a bit foggy. I re-read them in 2016 but I'm still not remembering much.

Good:

Story moves along fairly well and is kept interesting.

I loved that there was anti-victim blaming message in this story and to seek help. It wasn't heavy handed and it is written in a book aimed for young adults. So, I found that refreshing and new.

Bad:

The way this book ends, it just ends. It does not feel complete. I know it is a series of books but each one should at least feel satisfying in some way.

Recommend:

Yes. It's written well enough that adults can enjoy this, too. It's definitely geared toward young adults but everyone can get something from the story.

Omens - Cainsville #1 - Kelley Armstrong

Amazon | BN | Indie book | library

"I waited in the shelter drop-in center for my next appointment. The murmur of children’s voices wafted in from the play area. Low murmurs, hesitant, fractured. Guilty giggles, cut short, as if the children weren’t sure they had anything to giggle about."

Spoilers.

What I enjoyed:

She has another series that I am interested in reading but was too afraid to start there. So, I went with her other smaller series to see if I would enjoy my time with it. I have enjoyed my time with this story it was just enough weird, normal and moved the story at a great pace so easy to get through.

She writes in a very familiar way for me. It feels like you're at home snuggled with your favorite story.

I enjoy all the characters in this series in some way or another! It's rare that I do and I enjoy it.

Good:

Olivia, goes from a privileged life with a wealthy family to ...something else entirely. She has no emotional support from her adopted mother after the news breaks out. Her fiancee, this man who is going into the political life...is out of the picture.

She finds herself the daughter of serial killers. She ends up in Cainsville. She ends up with the help of a lawyer, Gabriel Walsh.

She has abilities, she can see omens and eventually goes through visions that help them along their investigations. Her mother wants her to know that they are innocent and that if they just dig deeper into the last murders she knows that it will prove they're innocent.

Then, well, chaos.

Also, down the road I can't remember when exactly she ends up with a cat. She names him TC, the cat.  If you like characters who accidentally adopt cats into their life.... it is in this story.

I absolutely enjoy the we hate each other/grumpy thing that is going on with Olivia and Gabriel. Most authors tend to struggle with this type of thing and make it look like the beginning of an abusive relationship. That is not what I saw while reading this so it was less disturbing to read about so that was nice.

Bad:

There is a murder-mystery and a mystery about the old town that she's moved into. The murder-mystery and proving her parents are innocent are just there to move her toward Gabriel and Ricky.

Ricky's introduction into this book for me, was extremely fucking weird. It feels as if the last part was meant to be a different book completely. Like, she had remembered that there was going to be a love triangle and she forgot the 3rd piece to that triangle and rushed to put it in there.

It didn't feel as natural as the rest of the story for me. It pulled me out for a moment and I had to go back to read a few pages to get back into the story.

I like Ricky and his story and his part of the story gets better as the books move on. It just gets crammed in at the end of the first one.