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Tuesday, October 11, 2022

The Perfects by Rachel Van Dyken Review & Release Blitz!

Everything was perfect.
Until it wasn't.

The Perfects by Rachel Van Dyken is now live!

Find out what happens when their perfect image breaks in #1 New York Times bestselling author Rachel Van Dyken's steamy new adult romance.

Everything was perfect.
Until it wasn't.

Until my family took on a foster girl and placed her across the hall from me. A charity case to look good and a person who should have never existed in my world.
I kissed her to get her to stop talking, and then I kissed her again because I liked the taste of her words--I liked her.
It was our secret until we got caught--that night changed everything.

We became strangers living in the same house, seeing the same ghosts of our past mistakes, but I can't stop thinking about us, about those forbidden moments.
I pretend to hate her, I tell her I'll never forgive her, and then Quinn, my ex-best friend, steps into the picture. I can't tell if he actually likes her or if he has a death wish and just likes pissing me off, but what do I say? Stay away from my foster sister?
She's mine?
I've already had her?
Saying that to him would expose what we were and ruin everything.
We're all three of us living multiple lies, and eventually, I know our ivory tower of perfection is going to come crashing down.

He knows my secrets.
I know his.
And now she knows both.

She wants.
He wants.
But I always—always get what I want.

And what I want is the girl, no matter what it may cost me.

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Review:

Goodness gracious, y’all! The angst was strong in this one!! Wow, this book brought out such strong emotions and seriously physical symptoms for me as I read this book. I could feel my heart beating faster, my temperature rising, my anxiety shooting through the roof… for fictional characters!! Having such a physical, visceral reaction is a huge compliment to RVD’s incredible ability to write such an amazing story. Every book she writes has heart and emotion and love and pain and all sorts of other feelings. This book is no different. This book was written in a dual POV form (my favorite) which really helped develop each of the characters and had me loving and hating (at times) each of them in their own ways! Mary Belle, Ambrose and Quinn are all so different yet so similar in some ways too. Each of these characters draw you in and make you pull for them so strongly, in one way or another. It felt like my heart was torn A LOT through this book in the best of ways. There’s so much I could say about this book, but RVD suggested going into this book blind and so I did. And now that’s my suggestion for you. My review could go into great detail about the characters, the storyline, the good, the bad and the ugly, but it won’t. I want you to experience all the things I experienced while reading this book! I want you to take the leap that I took with these characters as they lept through some huge life experiences. There are some hard things discussed in this book and I think RVD has an incredible way of showing the true emotions and experiences that come from situations like this. Overall, I was just thoroughly impressed with the incredible writing of this story and the emotions that ensued. The only thing that could’ve made this story even better was to get a chapter or two from Quinn’s POV. I am so curious what it would say and so curious how his story will play out. Oh, how I would love for this book to have a sequel. Please RVD, please!!

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Rachel Van Dyken is the #1 New York Times Bestselling, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling author of over 90 books ranging from contemporary romance to paranormal. With over four million copies sold, she's been featured in Forbes, US Weekly, and USA Today. Her books have been translated in more than 15 countries. She was one of the first romance authors to have a Kindle in Motion book through Amazon publishing and continues to strive to be on the cutting edge of the reader experience. She keeps her home in the Pacific Northwest with her husband, adorable sons, naked cat, and two dogs. For more information about her books and upcoming events, visit www.RachelVanDykenauthor.com

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Tuesday, February 1, 2022

Broken Crown by Rachel Van Dyken Release Blitz and Review

Broken Crown by Rachel Van Dyken is now live!

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Rachel Van Dyken comes the final standalone in the bestselling Mafia Royals Romances…

Unrequited Love.

Arranged Marriage.

A love triangle for the ages.

A contemporary mafia retelling of King Arthur and the Knights of the round table.

I will do anything for my family, and as the heir to the Campisi Mafia throne, I fall on my sword and do what's expected of me—it wasn't an accident that I was given the name King.

I marry the girl I love—who's already in love with someone else, and because I'm a masochist, I make him her personal bodyguard.

After all, who better to protect the woman I love than the man she loves?

I have seven days after our wedding to own her—body and soul.

Seven days to show her everything I feel.

But tragedy strikes, and I'm forced to take the weight of the mafia crown on my head.

Now I need my Queen by my side.

I don't know who's with me or against me, but I will rule them all with an iron fist and make everyone proud.

As our seven days come to an end, I wonder how I will ever be able to let her go.

"Until it ends," I whisper.

A tear slides down her cheek. "Until it ends."

Amen.

Review:

Y'all. Right after I finished this book, I tried to jot down my thoughts but I just couldn't. So, below was my 'initial' review on Goodreads:

I can’t. I just can’t. I can’t even function right now to write a review about this book. I am lost in my feelings about this book and all the books that have come before it in this literary world I have come to adore. I know it’s not over but it’s over for now and I just… 💔😭❤️. Formal/more detailed review to come soon after I recover from this fiction fangover!

I just had to include this in my 'official' review because it's still how I feel. I'm still slightly speechless. I'm still heartbroken that the best mafia world I've ever read about is over, at least for a little while. I still feel all the emotions I felt right after completing the book (days ago) regarding the high highs of this story and the heartbreaking lows. Man. This one was a good one. I say that about a lot of books, but not a lot of books bring out my emotions so strongly. Rachel has this innate ability to make you fall in love with any and all characters she writes, but especially those belonging to the Eagle Elite family, at least for me. In this story, we got to see some of our favorites that started it all. We also got to see this new generation of mafia babies becoming exactly who they've been raised to be.

This story was about King, Tex's (or excuse me, the Capo's) son. From the OGs of Eagle Elite, I have to admit Tex wasn't my favorite of the guys. I liked him of course, don't get me wrong there. But Nixon's story is what reeled me in. Chase's story broke my freaking heart. Phoenix though... Phoenix won me over. Of course I love Sergio, Andrei, all of them, but you know you have to have a favorite. Phoenix was it for me. Then Junior, his son, rivaled his spot in my heart. King, though... King just...wrecked me. I loved how Rachel wrote his character. He was so freaking honest with his thoughts and feelings. He had hope for something he might never get. He was the most selfless character I've read about in a while. He laid his heart on his dang sleeve while simultaneously being the freaking BOSS of the mafia. Y'all, King is...legendary. He is aptly and appropriately named. He has lived up to his birth rite and then some.

And his Queen. She took some convincing for me initially. How could she not? How could she not immediately love King like he should be loved? But then I really considered the role she was in and I understood. I also understood that it wouldn't take long for her to see what and who King really is and have her eyes opened wide! I had mixed feelings at the beginning about her but by the end... I'm in. She shows who she is, what she can do, and how perfectly she fits in the role she was born to fill as well.

Anyway, I've gone on and on about my love for this mafia family for a while now, I know. I just have to share with you about this incredible story though in hopes that you'll take the time to read it and fall in love like I have. King is a different character than all the others in this series to me. He is unapologetically him, including his worries, fears, insecurities, hopes, dreams, emotions, etc. He's an incredibly well written character and I have loved following his story. I read every word of this story in less than 24 hours which for me speaks to how much I loved it. Thank you to Rachel Van Dyken and Valentine PR for allowing me the chance to read an ARC of this book in exchange of an honest review- I am so thrilled to provide it!

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Wednesday, January 5, 2022

The Matchmaker’s Playbook by Rachel Van Dyken Book Review!

“Was it the Caboodle or the sandals?” - Rachel Van Dyken, The Matchmaker’s Playbook

“Was it the caboodle or the sandals?” This may be my favorite line of the whole book. What a fun read. This was exactly what I needed to start 2022. This book, and the second book in this series (which will be read immediately) have been sitting on my (physical) TBR pile FOR YEARS! I don’t know what took me so long to read these but I’m not at all surprised that I loved it considering it’s written by the immensely talented RVD. There’s nothing I’ve read by Rachel Van Dyken that I haven’t loved and she has written so many themes/genres/etc. that that makes that sentence truly special. This is just another shining example of her talent. This book was witty and clever and perfectly written to be made into a movie or show (I’m obviously adding Passionflix now), but also to just take the reader to a time and place that things were a little lighter, a little easier, a little brighter. That’s not to say the characters in this story haven’t gone through hard times, they have. But, the focus of this book isn’t on that. It’s on a couple that deserves all the love in the world. It’s on a friend group that you’d love to be part of. It’s about people making a business out of helping others (but yeah… it’s a profitable business 😂🤷🏼‍♀️). It’s so many things and just what I needed. This whole book was a sexually repressed segue into book 2 in this series and I am HERE FOR IT. I think I may be more excited about Lex and Gabi’s story and that is saying a freaking lot because Ian is… 👌🏻 Do yourself a favor and check this book out, you won’t regret it!!

Tuesday, December 14, 2021

My Summer in Seoul by Rachel Van Dyken Release Blitz and Review!

My Summer In Seoul by Rachel Van Dyken is now live!

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Rachel Van Dyken comes a standalone new adult romance set in the competitive world of K-pop.

It's not all K-dramas and happily ever afters.

Intern with Korea's number one record label? Yes, please.
Find out there's a huge scandal I need to help "manage"... not so much.
Add in the fact that I don't recognize the "superstars" of the label and think they're interns...
And my dream job quickly becomes more of a nightmare.

But I'm in Seoul, the one place that is beginning to feel more and more like home...
Except it isn't home, and the drama surrounding the biggest K-pop group in the world, SWT, is consuming my every moment.
Spoiler alert. They hate me.
Everything I do is wrong: wrong clothes, wrong honorifics, wrong manners.
Till the leader of SWT takes pity on me.
But pity is dangerous when it comes from someone as beautiful as him.

Every SWT member is gorgeous, perfect, and cultivated to be an idol... lethal to a girl's heart.
And sanity.
But fame plus a perfect face and voice don't equal an easy life. As their comeback nears, the stakes rise higher.
Suicide watch...
Angry fans...
Threats...

All I want to do is survive.
But the price for survival might mean losing my heart.
And like a character in a K-drama, I'm not sure if there will be an actual happily ever after...
Or simply a lesson learned.

Review:

I have to be honest. I was on the fence about how I would feel about this book. Let me be clear, I am obsessed with everything Rachel Van Dyken has ever written (at least that I’ve read, which is most of her books). However, I was… anxious about this one because I just wasn’t sure. I wasn’t sure because I truthfully have no experience, no knowledge, no understanding of what k-pop is. I’ve heard of it. Never listened to it. Never looked into the fandom. Don’t really know anything about it except that a few people I follow online have mentioned it and are obsessed with it. I was afraid I wouldn’t connect with this book because I wasn’t/I’m not a part of that fandom. Now? After reading it? I realize there was zero reason to be concerned. Not only did RVD make me super curious about looking into the real world of k-pop, but she wrote another incredible story. There are very few authors who can world build as well as she can. I truly felt like I was a part of SWT, watching in live time as all of their story played out. I felt all of the characters’ emotions. I fell in love with all of them, all for different reasons. There were times I wanted to cry, scream, laugh, clap and hug. This book brought the typical RVD grit and anguish and angst I am used to, but also the love. The deep, soul crushing and reviving love. This story goes beyond any label you could put on it. I just want to say, if there’s anyone out there like me who thought maybe this isn’t the book for them because they aren’t part of the k-pop fandom, please take the chance and read this! I am so glad I did. I loved learning about the background of what musicians have to go through in Korea. I loved the juxtaposition of how Grace didn’t and did fit in. I loved it all. Another incredibly well written story, RVD. I can’t wait to read what comes next. Oh, and… Sookie might just be my favorite 😭🥰 Of course I love Lucas, and Rae, and Jay, and Kai… okay I loved all of them, but Sookie towards the end just… all the feels.

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