Blog Tour: Acting Brave by Helena Newbury

Author: Helena Newbury
Publisher: Foster & Black New Adult
Number of Pages: 580

Synopsis:

"She’s spent her whole life acting. But is she good enough to make him believe she doesn’t love him?Three years ago, a terrified girl named Emma fled a world of crime and abuse in Chicago and bought a one-way ticket to New York. She reinvented herself as an actress, enrolled at the prestigious Fenbrook Academy and buried her pain beneath a vivacious new persona. Her new name was Jasmine.Now she has to pull off the performance of her career.Landing her dream part in a police show, she finds herself falling for her co-star, Ryan, a real-life cop. If she lets him get too close, he’ll awaken memories she doesn’t want to face and uncover secrets that could endanger them both. But how can she keep a guy at arm’s length when she has to kiss him on camera?The last place Ryan imagined himself was on a TV show. Blaming himself for the death of his partner, he’s on a downward spiral of rage and guilt. The show is his last chance…but how can he keep it professional when his co-star is a woman he’s crazy about?As their on-screen and off-screen relationships merge, things go from hot to blistering. But when Jasmine’s old life catches up with her, will a cop be the one person she can’t be around…or the only person who can save her?"

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This book was absolutely MIND-BLOWING! Helena Newbury really hit a brand new level in her writing. 

Her characters and their background was phenomenal and the overall story was put together very well. It was a lot longer than the other stories and Helena took a lot longer to write this story but the amount of time and effort she put into it is easily visible. I've already this book three times and I just got the paperback copy in the mail and I'm reading it a fourth time :D. This book really contains a lot of power and grit. 

Ryan is just an amazing character with his beginning as a cop and the horrific incident he goes through and now is trying to learn to deal with. Jasmine is just so...AHHH! She was so frustrated at times because she held herself back so much because of everything she had been through. 

The romance in this book is extremely steamy and I love it. I can't stress how much of an amazing job Helena did writing this book. Her characters are amazing, her story line is so much better than she ever had before and I really enjoyed those books as well. I'm just really sad this series is over!

I definitely recommend this series! If you don't want to read the whole series I would definitely read this book, each book is about a different couple so I HIGHLY recommend it!

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars!

I’m a New Adult Romance author who loves writing about what happens when love and dreams collide with the real world. I wrote my first novel, Dance for Me, in daily chunks in a very busy, very noisy coffee shop, which meant I had to order a black Americano every hour, on the hour, to keep my seat and wound up wired on caffeine most days. I hit the New York Times and USA Today bestseller lists in summer 2013. Unlike my characters, I can’t dance.

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ARC Review & Giveaway: Red Queen Victoria Aveyard

Author: Victoria Aveyard
Publisher: HarperTeen
Number of Pages: 400 

Synopsis:

"The poverty stricken Reds are commoners, living under the rule of the Silvers, elite warriors with god-like powers.
To Mare Barrow, a 17-year-old Red girl from The Stilts, it looks like nothing will ever change.
Mare finds herself working in the Silver Palace, at the centre of those she hates the most. She quickly discovers that, despite her red blood, she possesses a deadly power of her own. One that threatens to destroy Silver control.
But power is a dangerous game. And in this world divided by blood, who will win?"

    

WHAT. THE. HELL. DID. I. JUST. READ?!?!?!

I can't even right now. 

When I picked this book up I just...I thought it was going to be another rebellion book with the romance and the mental conflicts which is fine. I love those kind of books but this book! Sometimes I just can't even comprehend what I'm feeling about this book.

I think the biggest thing I felt while reading this book was how different it was from all the other books out there. There will be moments when you think there is a love triangle but then its a square and then its just nothing. There was a LOT to take in with the history and the way society worked in this book.

“In the fairy tales, the poor girl smiles when she becomes a princess. Right now, I don't know if I'll ever smile again.”

My absolute favorite thing in this book was how I could make a connection to our world right now. (What Harman?! Are you using something from English class?!) I can relate it to all the terrorism that the world is experiencing right now, especially since I started this book after the attack in Paris, we retaliate against innocent people and this book has a lot of this kind of thing. I'm not sure whether Victoria Aveyard had that in mind but she did just that.  This book is just so much more complex and intriguing than I was ever expecting it to be.

“Flame and shadow. One cannot exist without the other.”

Full of originality, heartbreak and an overload of emotion, this is a book that demands a reader's attention and it will certainly not disappoint. A sequel is demanded. Already my favorite book of 2015, the Red Queen will blow the minds' of readers everywhere. 

But now we have to wait until 2016 to get the sequel.....

I was having a hard time giving this book a rating because I don't really give books more than 5 stars but this book just deserved it. The third book in Little Bookworm history to get more than 5 stars!!

Rating: 6 out of 5!!!

*An ARC of this book was provided in exchange for an honest review.

I would normally never give an ARC away if I loved it this much but I'm definitely going to be buying a hardcover eventually so one lucky winner will get am ARC of The Red Queen!

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Cover Reveal & Giveaway: Aflame by Penelope Douglas

Aflame

By Penelope Douglas

Release Date: April 21, 2015

Synopsis:

"From the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of Bully, Until You, Rival, and Falling Away comes the sizzling conclusion to the Fall Away series.
The tables have turned. Now I have the power—and it’s his turn to beg…Everyone wants to be me.
Maybe it’s the sway of my skirt or the way I flip my hair, but I don’t care. Even though their  attention is the last thing I crave, I just can’t stop. I dominate the track, the speed rattles my  bones, and the wind and the crowd screams my name.
I’m her. The girl driver. The queen of the race. And I’m surviving—something he thought I’d  never do.
They all talk about him. Did you see Jared Trent on T.V? What did you think of his last race,  Tate? When is he coming back to town, Tate?
But I refuse to care too much. Because when Jared does come home, I won’t be here.
Tatum Brandt is gone. I’m someone new."

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Penelope Douglas is a writer in Las Vegas. Born in Dubuque, Iowa, she is the oldest of five children. Penelope attended the University of Northern Iowa, earning a Bachelor's degree in Public Administration, because her father told her to "just get the degree!" She then earned a Masters of Science in Education at Loyola University in New Orleans, because she hated Public Administration. One night, she got tipsy and told the bouncer at the bar where she worked that his son was hot, and three years later they were married. To the son, not the bouncer. They have spawn, but just one. A daughter named Aydan. Penelope loves sweets, The Originals, and she shops at Target almost daily.

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