ARC REVIEW: Bridesmaid Blues (Wedding Favors #1) by Boone Brux

Title: Bridesmaid Blues
Series: Wedding Favors #1
Author: Boone Brux
Publisher: Entangled Lovestruck
Published: June 30th 2015
Format: eARC | Pages: 194
Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance
Source: Publisher
★★★★ (4/5) Stars!

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Maid-of-Honor Dani Brown can handle anything that comes her way when it comes to her best friend’s wedding. That is, until the bride asks for a huge favor—Dani needs to distract the best man, who happens to be Dani's ex. The ex she has fantasized dismembering for a year now. The ex she’ll have to suck it up and play nice with if this wedding is to go off without a hitch.

Businessman Jamie Kingsland is back in Seattle for a wedding. There’s just one problem – the maid of honor wants him dead. Except she doesn’t. Even though he knows he broke her heart last year when things got too serious and he panicked and left, she’s being way too nice about it now. And it scares him.

Something is up with his favorite bridesmaid, and he’s determined to find out what…

I received a copy of this book, from the publisher, in exchange for an honest review. In no way did this sway either my review or my rating.

With meddling friends, a second chance at love and lots of angst, humor and swoons...Bridesmaid Blues has become an instant favorite. It was a quick and easy, unputdownable read that had me completely charmed from start to finish! 

When the opportunity presented itself to review this book I snatched it up without hesitation or even reading the blurb. I've previously only read one other book by Boone Brux but really it only took that one book to appreciate her writing. The first one being paranormal/mythology had me curious if I would feel that same excitement with one of her contemporaries. No worries there. I was just as captivated with this one, if not maybe even more so.

Though I'd probably end up saying this about everything that I list that made me fall in love with this book, but the thing that I loved most is the characters. It's not just Dani and Jamie that I ended up completely in love with, it was everyone. This group of friends and their dynamic had me grinning ear to ear as I devoured every word on the pages. I can't wait to read each of their stories, and to see some more of the bride, Roxie's, meddling.

As for the two main characters of the book though, I adored Dani especially her appearance in the opening chapter. The way she just sort of...falls...onto the pages had me in stitches. And holy swoons batman, Jamie! I loved how obvious it was that even though he is this no commitments and definitely no love or marriage kind of guy, you could really tell that deep down his feelings for Dani were stronger than he even realized himself. They were both so sweet and funny. Their banter was great. I just really loved their relationship.

I am such a sucker for second chances at love. They're the stories that make my heart thud the wildest, when they're done right. Boone Brux has definitely done it right in the case of this book. Her characters are so fun and full of life that you want to be friends with them yourself. There was just the right amount of push and pull to give you hope and yet at times have you wondering if things would come together in the end. I love that! I'm already dying for the next book in this series and this one has just released! Sigh.

If you haven't read a book by Boone Brux yet I highly recommend starting with this one! It'll leave you hooked and wanting more. Besides, misery loves company and I want you all miserable and waiting for book 2 with me! :)

Thanks to Entangled Publishing for the opportunity to read and review this book!!

REVIEW: Suddenly Beautiful by Boone Brux

Title/Series: Suddenly Beautiful
Author: Boone Brux
Publisher: Entangled: Covet
Published: June 10th
Format: eBook | Pages: 250
Genre: Adult, Romance, Paranormal
Source: Publisher in exchange for an honest review
★★★★ (4.5/5 ) Stars!!!

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Being the son of Aphrodite isn’t a walk in the clouds. Rebelling against his demi-god status, billionaire make-up mogul Toraos Stephanos fights to separate his personal life and the immortal world by swearing off demi-god girlfriends forever. Too bad his newest employee can't take the hint.

Though Nikki secretly pines for her smoking hot boss, no way will she jeopardize her job and independence professing her love to a guy so clearly out of her league. Too bad that leaves her with only imagining him naked and thinking evil thoughts about the new girl. After a single bottle of Ambrosia and one night of passion... Nikki finally thinks she has a chance with the man of her dreams. But the next morning, Tor pretends like nothing happened, leaving Nikki with an emerging drive for combat—after all, turns out she is the daughter of Ares and she's about to make her mama proud.

All is fair in love and war... and Nikki's not about to let anyone forget it.

I received a copy of this book from Entangled Publishing in exchange for an honest review! I had a feeling I was going to like this book, what I didn't expect was how much I truly did enjoy it! I've always been fascinated with Greek Mythology and so when I read the blurb I knew I had to at least give Suddenly Beautiful a try.

Thing number two I wasn't expecting? How incredibly funny this book was at times. I mean I was maybe a handful of pages in, 2 maybe 3, and I was bursting out laughing. From this:

In reality, she wasn't sure why she struggled so hard to hide her interest. The man never thought about anything other than work. She could probably dry hump his leg and he'd tell her to file something while she was down there.

That inspired some pretty hilarious visuals! And there was plenty more of that kind of thing where that came from. Especially when none other than the actual Gods themselves made appearances and decided to meddle in the business of their "children". Ares? Oh man, by far probably my favorite thing out of the entire book. I wish there would have been a lot more of him. He was exactly what one would expect from a Greek God. Larger than life, full of ego. Very much with an air of "I am Ares you may bow to me now!" Hilarious! Especially the interactions between Ares and Nikki. I could seriously go on and on with this.

This was alternating POVs between Nikki and Tor, which I love, so we got plenty of insight from both perspectives. Tor was a demi-god who didn't want to get by because of that fact. He turned his back to his abilities and his status and was a workaholic determined to make something of himself all on his own. He didn't make time for anything except work. Not even women. Nikki, his dedicated personal assistant, always there for anything he needed and absolutely in love with him. But he never really "saw her" Until one fateful night... And let me just say, the chemistry between Nikki and Tor was...intense. No exaggeration, I mean whenever things heated up between the two I'm surprised my computer didn't burst into flames. Loved. It. 

Tor broke their kiss and twisted, smashing the emergency stop button with his fist. The elevator lurched to a halt, throwing Nikki against him.

What I wouldn't give to have been in an elevator with that man. Trust me it got even more heated from there

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Overall I loved this book. The story, the characters, the humor, the romance. It was all just a little bit of perfection. Especially Ares. The funny that came out of scenes with him alone made it worth the read for me. Thank you so much to Entangled for sending me this book to read and review!!

P.S. Did I mention that I liked Ares? ..