Review: Confess by Colleen Hoover

2015 Best Romance Book according to Goodreads!

This is not a mistake – this book is actually pretty amazing. It has a little bit of everything: mistery, drama and romance but in the correct amount. And at the same time it doesn’t stops in unnecesary details – is really easy to read and I really enjoyed that.

So, if you haven’t read it, the story goes like this:

Auburn Reed is back in Dallas with all her plans in place – she just needs money to make them come true. So she lands a job in an art gallery as an assistant – but as soon as she gets into that art gallery she not only connects with the paintings, she also connects with the author.

Owen Gentry had spent all his life making something of other people confessions until Auburn arrives at his door and soon he’s the one who has to star to confess.

So, Colleen Hoover give us a peace where we can see that everybody in this world has something to confess and we can all related to that in a simple reading.

ALERT!!! SPOILERS from here on…

I barely could contained the tears at the beggining of this book… not only someone really young was dying but he was being separated from the love of his life just before that happened. That seems so sad that my heart ached for Adam for the entire book.

Standing ovation to the fact that the reader is dying to know both what Auburn and Owen are hiding from each other. The author keeps zigzaging around the motivations of their lives up until the point when it has to be reveal.

So, I never imaging that AJ could exist until he appears with his Grandma in Auburn’s door – and in that moment, just as Owen, I understood why Auburn was so mad in her birthday, why she needed the money so desesperatly and why she stant her “in-laws”.

In the same way I never figured that was Owen’s father the one with the addiction until Owen explained the situation and the reason of his arrest. I though he was really the addict.

Maybe I could have made the characters a little bit older based in everything they had to pass to be together at the end. But they kind of pulled it out at the end. Auburn, as a 20/21 year old women made her desicions in order to her age and her circunstances. And Owen in his 21 years and having been his father’s father for a while, grew faster I guess, which made him seems older.

Another plus is that is a simple story, with not so many characters and a very specific roll for all of them – Trey as the bad guy, Lydia as the bitch (no sorprises on that), Adam as glue to all the story, AJ as the reason to be in Dallas and endured all of that, Emory as the weird roommate/colleague who saves the day, Cal as the disfuntional father and Harrison as the so needed friend. And that’s it! So, zero complications!

There are really a lot of this that I liked about this book, but the best one is the, at the end, Owen kept his confession to himself – he never tells Auburn about the painting or how he was the one who sent it – so this leaves clear the fact that at the end, everyone has secrets that they don’t share with no one, ever. This fact made the book a little more realistic. I kinda loved that! <3

There’s only one question in my head, how Auburn could completely ignore Owen in the hospital without even a glance when everybody else seemed to knew him. I guess you can say she was really focus on Adam.

So, this are my thoughs – give yours below!

Thanks for reading and see you between the pages!

Trish❥

Review: I've Got Your Number - Sophie Kinsella

★★★★★

For this book’s review I’m using a different method since I couldn’t help myself to wrote what a though from the begging! 

Of course, what can one expect from the author of Confessions of a Shopaholic, Sophie Kinsella???

Since I’m doing this I have to tell you there’s going to be SPOILERS along the entire review, so stop HERE if you haven’t read the book (I guarantee it’s a book that worth read it first!)

So, here it goes:

(20%)

So far, I can only give this book 5 big and shining stars!!!! And I’ve only read like 20% of it!

Yeah, I know it sounds crazy but I’ve been laughing out loud since I begun with it - Poppy (the main female character) is simply hilarious!!!!

Plus, the British-darkish-kinda-humor is amazing - Poppy’s point of view, her relation with her friends, with her fiancé and even with Sam is straigh-forward and just plain funny, I can’t wait to finish it.

So far, she took someone else’s phone from a bin, sang “Single Ladies” adaptation to a Japanese she’d never seen in her life, pretended burning her hand to avoid her in-laws, read messages not address to her but to Sam... I can imaging what’s gonna happen next! hahahha

(40%)

Ok, so Poppy has gone completely crazy!!!!!

There’s already so many wrong things about sharing a phone, let alone an email account (an a corporate email account, let me say!).

How can she goes around replying Sam’s emails as if she was him - not only addressing business situations but also personal ones (his father!!!!! c’mon!!!)

At this points she should go and check her own life: his fiancé is a asshole, her in-laws are judgmental trash, her friends are not really her friends (specially that Annalise who clearly whats to bang Magnus!), her wedding planner sucks - See? So many things to repair in her life to go messing with Sam’s.

And I want to make an special mention to Magnus, the fiancé. A total fake this guy! Flirting with Poppy’s friends is not cool man! Stop Annalise’s hand when she gets handsy. In my opinion, he also could pay more attention to her fiancée - treat her better, do not disappear over the phone every time things get complicated with his parents or something important (as your wedding rehearsal) is happening!

Another important topic is Lucinda finding the ring in her purse!!! How did that happen?? Isn’t suppose to be isn the safe of the hotel? How does she got it? Something weird is going on with this Lucinda - she’s to bitchy to be cool with the weeding or with Poppy.

(60%)

I really loved Sam and Poppy’s twisted relationship (or whatever that can be called) - They’re so different that simply fits. He’s quite, sharp and curt. She’s over the top, extremely polite (even kind of naïve) and kind. But somehow they make sense.

Their exchange on the train proves my point and also the fact that Sam’s kinda treats Poppy differently than the rest of the world, but still is quite honest with her - and he’s right, she definitely doesn’t want to be hate so she tries just a little bit hard with everyone, leaving people to step on top of her.

I’m hanging on the pages to find out about the mystery Scottie - who’s been framing Sir Nicholas and to see Willow’s reaction to see Sam and Poppy together. Why does Sam want to date someone like Willow? She’s really annoying.

(80%)

Ok, I have to say this! I KNEW IT! Magnus is really really and asshole and on top of that a lying cheating s&%t!

Although there were some red flags from the begging with this relationship: the really early engagement (after 1 month dating!!!!!!), his lack of interest in anything related to the wedding and his self-center attitude. Plus, Poppy’s incapability to speak openly with him (communication is the main basis of every relationship)

And if you can have an special moment in the forest with another man (even if it’s as platonic as a hug), you should rethink your steps - probably you’re not as in love as you though you were and you can reconsider the wedding thing.

(100%)

At the end, I have to say that this is by far the best book I’ve read in the couple of month I’ve out - quite hilarious, it got me laughing most of the time and hanging into the story to really know what happened next.

The final text between Poppy and Sam, just before the wedding, almost broke my heart and when he writes to the entire church I got so happy I almost cry.

But the best part is that they weren’t fooling themselves - They knew the couldn’t be in love only because they share a couple of messages and some adventures - so they just started dating to see if their feelings could evolved into something more!

Overall, I LOVED this book!

Please, tell me what you think about it in the comments bellow.

Hope you enjoy my review and see you between the pages ;)

Trish ❥

What's coming!!!!!!

WELCOME BACK TO ME!!!!!!

I know I've been MIA for quiet a lot of time, so so sorryyyyyyy... But just let me tell you that this thing called Motherhood is tough stuff!!!!!

When they say you can't actually breath, they really mean it! And don't get me wrong, is really as rewarding as every mother in the world profess, but not less tiring.

And is specially tough to a committed reader like me because let's face it, how can you actually get peace and quite reading time with a crying baby!

Well, I'm glad to inform you than in the three months since my baby was born I've read a lot of books, which translate to a lot of book reviews to share with you guys and gals!!

So, a little overview of what's coming:

• Jennifer Probst kept me up every night while I was nursing my baby with her series - First the Marriage to a Billionaire Series and then Searching For Series! Interconnected, this 2 series provide us eight great books to spend our reading time! And I'm looking forward to read Izzy's story, Searching for Mine!!!
• Then there's Kate Meader's series Hot in Chicago!!!! Once I started it I couldn't put it down!!! Sexy firefighters mix with politics and lots of humming scenes!
• And, of course, I cannot let my beloved Lauren Layne behind! Both Blurred Lines and the first book of the Oxford Series, Irresistibly Yours, passed across my hands during this down time.
• Also, Emma Chase's The Legal Briefs Series is part of my read list - I have a lot to say about this two books and I'm excited to get Appealed, the third book if this serie in January 2016!
• Finally, I've a couple of other reviews of some amazing books such as I've Got Your Number by Sophie Kinsella, White Collared Series by Shelly Bell and Maybe Series by Colleen Hoover 

Anyway, I better get started with my work!

Hope you enjoy what's next and as always, see you between the pages!

Trish ❥