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Review: Blind Landing - Carrie Aarons

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Review: Blind Landing - Book #1 Flipped Series - Carrie Aarons - July 2016 What does one do when they don't know what to read and have felt a bit of a slump last week for me was quite a down week. Being an HSP and empath, not only have we had lots happening with the weather but in myself and my household, lots of things have been happening and a few unsettled feelings and it affected me. I couldn't read, I hardly ate and so when I did read - I scrolled to some older titles until one jumped out at me and so I gave it a go. Blind Landing was a good new adult romance set in the world of gymnastics, which is a sport I have always admired and wish that I could have been more coordinated and started gymnastics when I was younger but with costs, we just couldn't afford things like this but I have always loved watching it on TV as the things they do are just so graceful as they move so fluidly through their routines. Blind Landing is not only a story of overcoming fear and conque...

Review: Lighter - Gia Riley

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Review: Lighter - Book #1 Begin Again Series- Gia Riley - February 2015 Growing up Sophie has always had to make sure she has control but as she got older, it never really worked how she wanted as she ended up with a father who didn't care about her as in his eyes her mother loved her more, and then she ended up in an abusive relationship. Now that she has managed to get away and go to college, Sophie feels like she is ready to reclaim her life and focus on her gymnastics - the one thing she has always been able to control as it's her thing and the one thing she has always excelled at. What Sophie didn't bank on though was having a roommate with a hot brother Kipton and college life especially when they start to invite her to parties. With no-one keeping her in check, Sophie is about to realize what freedom tastes like and soon she will find herself enjoying the high of the party life, but what happens when that freedom comes with the consequence of ruining her college life...

Review: The Trials - Devyn Forrest

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Review: The Trials - Book #3 Denver Athletic Academy Series - Devyn Forrest - 2020 Moving along to Book #3 and Rooney has learned who her biological parents are and she is in for a shock as the identity of her father is revealed and he's not just an average joe either, he is a gold medallist Olympian and runs the Seattle Athletic Acadehttps://amzn.to/2GcdJmGmy and is the Denver's Rival Gymnastic school. All along he has boasted about family values and he abandoned Rooney and created a new family. She has had to live in foster care and poverty, while he lives it up in a mansion and wealth. Now that her father has learned her identity and that she has inherited his gymnastics skill, he has offered to train her but will it work out or will Rooney find him rude and choose to go back to Denver with the Everton’s? What will happen though when Rooney's rival Poppy discovers the truth of who Rooney's father is and uses it against her? Also, will Rooney achieve her dream of bein...

Review: The Accident - Devyn Forrest

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Review: The Accident - Book #2 Denver Athletic Academy Series - Devyn Forrest - April 2020 Is Rooney's gymnastics career over before it even began? Will, she let the bullies have the last laugh? or will Rooney prove to them that she is strong-willed and nothing will stand in the way of her dreams of becoming an Olympic gymnast? Just as Rooney was about to compete in the midterm gymnastic finals, the beam snapped and broke under her. The school is calling it gym equipment malfunction and claiming the items were old but Rooney knows the truth- this is another one of Poppy's stunts to get rid of her once and for all. Now with Rooney being named "Bad Luck" and rumors spread around the school by Poppy, everyone is avoiding her including the three boys Theo, Zed, and Clinton. The ones whom she had just started to fall for. I like the character of Rooney as she knows what she wants and isn't one to cower and give up. Also at the end of this book, Rooney receives some new...