Shirley Cuypers

5 Dec 2019

Kiss Me With Lies | Review

Title: Kiss Me With Lies
Series: Twin Lies #1
Author: S.M. Soto
Pages: 342 pages
Version: Ebook (ARC)
Rating: ★★★★★

Synopsis

Two sisters. One unsolved murder. A sickening plot for revenge.

When Mackenzie Wright attends her first real high school party, held somewhere deep in the woods of her small California town, no one expects to wake up the next morning to news of a gruesome murder. Especially not her own sister’s.

No suspects.
No motive.
No convictions.
Just one unsolved murder and whatever’s left of the now deserted town.

Mackenzie has spent years with her sister’s death weighing heavily on her shoulders, but it isn’t until she stumbles across a photograph that changes everything for her. The memories, everything from that night, come flashing back in high-speed technicolor and Mackenzie soon finds herself obsessed with the truth.

Determined to find out what really happened to her sister, Mackenzie relies on that one photograph to give her the answers she needs by embedding herself into the lives of five of the wealthiest men in Los Angeles. Consumed by her need for revenge, Mackenzie infiltrates the world of the rich and elite, only to come face-to-face with an alluring complication in the form an elusive playboy.

When enemy lines are drawn, Mackenzie has to choose between her loyalty to her sister and the man who has stolen her heart.

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Review

This book was provided by the author through InkSlinger PR in exchange for an honest review. Thank you S.M. Soto and InkSlinger PR!

Kiss Me With Lies is the first book in the Twin Lies duet and tells the story of Mackenzie who's lost her twin sister and is searching for the killer(s).

What the hell did I just read?! When I finished Kiss Me With Lies, I was so speechless. I cannot believe S.M. Soto ended the book like that. It was kind of savage. I need to know what happens to Mackenzie and who really killed her sister. I cannot really believe the last few sentences of Kiss Me With Lies...

I think that Mackenzie is kind of crazy. She's willing to do everything to discover who really killed her twin sister. I think it was kind of sad when you discovered bits and pieces of Mack's past because she didn't deserve anything of that. I really liked the chapters in Baz' perspective, it kind of changes my view on him.

Kiss Me With Lies was such an amazing book and I loved reading it. I really liked the book because it was so fast paced and well written. It was really hard to put this book down because I had to know what happened to Mackenzie and her sister. I think that this book was perfection because I cannot stop thinking about it. I need the sequel!!!

4 Dec 2019

Savage Fae | Review

Title: Savage Fae
Series: Ruthless Boys of the Zodiac #2
Author: Caroline Peckham & Susanne Valenti
Pages: 513 pages
Version: Ebook (ARC)
Release date: 6 December 2019
Rating: ★★★★★

Synopsis

There’s more to my brother’s murder than I realised…

Shadows in the halls, mysteries lurking around every corner.

Whoever killed him is covering their tracks well.

And now I’m walking a dangerous line between getting close to the four kings for information and wanting to crawl deeper under their skin for my own desires.

I can’t trust anyone.

I can’t let my guard down.

And I must keep the urges of my body separate from my heart.

But I’m starting to break all of my own rules.

I just hope I’m not falling for my brother’s killer.

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Review

This book was provided by the authors in exchange for an honest review. Thank you Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti!

Savage Fae is the second book in the Ruthless Boys of the Zodiac series and tells the story of Elise and her four Kings. The Ruthless Boys of the Zodiac is a spin-off series of Supernatural Beasts and Bullies but you don’t have to read that series to read Savage Fae.

In my review of Dark Fae I mentioned that I was so excited for this spin-off series and I still am. I love that they changed it up a bit by writing Reverse Harem instead of New Adult. I just love reading about Elise and her four Kings: Dante, Gabriel, Lean and Ryder!

Elise is so badass, I love reading about her adventures. She’s such an amazing and enjoyable character, I love reading in her perspective. As for the guys, I love all of them. In the beginning I had a lot of mixed feelings about Ryder, but now I’m starting to open up to him. I also think that the deal Dante and Ryder made is absolutely hilarious!

I really loved Savage Fae, I think it’s such an amazing sequel! The book is so fast paced and well written and I didn’t expect anything less from Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti. They’re both amazing authors and are definitely on my ‘favourite authors’ list!

3 Dec 2019

Kiss Me With Lies | Release day blitz

Title: Kiss Me With Lies
Series: Twin Lies #1
Author: S.M. Soto
Release date: 3 December 2019

Synopsis

Two sisters. One unsolved murder. A sickening plot for revenge.

When Mackenzie Wright attends her first real high school party, held somewhere deep in the woods of her small California town, no one expects to wake up the next morning to news of a gruesome murder. Especially not her own sister’s.

No suspects.
No motive.
No convictions.
Just one unsolved murder and whatever’s left of the now deserted town.

Mackenzie has spent years with her sister’s death weighing heavily on her shoulders, but it isn’t until she stumbles across a photograph that changes everything for her. The memories, everything from that night, come flashing back in high-speed technicolor and Mackenzie soon finds herself obsessed with the truth.

Determined to find out what really happened to her sister, Mackenzie relies on that one photograph to give her the answers she needs by embedding herself into the lives of five of the wealthiest men in Los Angeles. Consumed by her need for revenge, Mackenzie infiltrates the world of the rich and elite, only to come face-to-face with an alluring complication in the form an elusive playboy.

When enemy lines are drawn, Mackenzie has to choose between her loyalty to her sister and the man who has stolen her heart.

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S.M. Soto was born and raised in Northern California where she currently resides with her son. Her love for reading began when she was a young girl, and has only continued to grow into adulthood. S.M. lives for reading books in the romance genre and writing novels with relatable characters. She refers to herself as a bit of a romance junkie. S.M. loves to connect with readers and eat copious of donuts that will surely lead to her demise (carbs are life).

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2 Dec 2019

December Bullet Journal set up

I’m still going strong with posting my BuJo set ups consistently! I really like what I’ve been creating the past couple of months: set ups with pictures from Pinterest to decorate the pages. December’s theme is obviously a Christmas/Winter theme and I’m loving it! You can find all the pictures I’ve used here.

Previous Bullet Journal set ups:

As I mentioned in my other blog posts, my inspiration comes from Sarah’s Spark, a lovely human being. She deserves a mention in every post that she inspired!

First, we have my monthly spread, nothing’s changed except the theme.

After my monthly spread, I have a habit tracker spread and a brain dump spread. I’ve used last month’s brain dump spread for things that I have planned in December and some other stuff so it’s really handy!

The next couple of my pictures are my weekly spreads. The grid on every left page is to write down which hours I’ll be at school or work to get an overview. The last weekly spread has my monthly wrap up too!