Review: Drake - Book #0.5 The Outsiders Series, Book #37 Happy Endings Resort Series - Sara Schoen - February 2018 Readers will remember Drake from the Outsiders series whose main characters were two sisters Rose aka Red and Violet who ended up in the foster system after their parents disappeared without a trace. This book starts in the Happy Endings Resort, where Drake has lived most of his life with his parents. That was until his dad decided he had, had enough and left Drake with his mum and they now live in a trailer in the trailer park. We learn that Drake's life isn't so easy as he is a target for all his mum's numerous boyfriends who like to act tough, pick on someone smaller and exert their dominance. The sad thing too is that Drake gives his mum the choice and every time she picks the boyfriend and abuses her son. One summer, Liv - a girl he has a love/hate relationship with decides to take things into her own and ends up manipulating Drake and getting him drunk...

Review: Follow Me Into The Dark - Sara Schoen - February 2019 Remember the book What If ? by Rebecca Donovan and then Ginger Scott's A Boy Like You stories? The ones where the character was friends and then disappeared and years later they have resurfaced but with a new name and acting like they have no freaking idea what you are talking about? I love stories like that and Follow Me in the Dark was just as good. This book starts with Nate heading off to college, when he was in high school - a girl he didn't talk to but liked as he thought she was out of his league Zoey disappeared. The town said it was a case of runaways but Nate knew something felt off and always wondered what happened to the girl he knew. Now off at college, Nate is walking around with his friends when he spots a girl who is identical to Zoey - the thing is though her name is Izzy and she is looking at Nate like he is crazy. Nate though, convinced she is Zoey is determined to uncover the truth and what Izzy i...

  Review: Violet - Book #3 The Outsiders Series - Sara Schoen - August 2018 We have had Rose and Sage's stories, and now we come to the youngest sister Violet. She has some making up to do to the foster kids at her school as she tried so hard to fit in, that she made fun of them.  Now that she realizes that being a foster kid isn't something to be ashamed of, she is discovering that they are a friendly bunch of misfits. Her family life is going well too as Rose is preparing for college and Sage is slowly warming up to the Williams. Sage and Sean have big news in Violet as well. I also liked how we discovered the origin of the care packages that featured quite prominently in Rose's story. In Violet, she meets Hunter who is another foster kid with a background eerily similar to hers. He decided to find his family and what happened to them when he did get the truth he was shocked and devastated. When he learns that Violet is trying to find her ...

Review: Ripple Effect - Book #2 Rough Waters , Book #13 Escape from Reality Series - Sara Schoen - May 2018 Needing an edgy read? Missing the Escape, Colorado family? In Ripple Effect, we meet Skye McKnight who hides her family life behind closed doors as well as she can. Ever since her brother Chase died, her father has been blaming her more and more, especially since nobody else is around to get the brunt of her dad's abuse.  Skye has pushed everyone away as that is her coping mechanism, with no-one closes her Dad can't get to them and use them as pawns. However what Skye doesn't know is in the background watching her and waiting to protect her at the right moment is Zaine. Zaine was her brother's friend and for a while Skye had a crush on him and it looked like the pair might have become a couple if the circumstances were right. When one night, Skye's father has too much to drink - Skye tries to escape and runs to the only place s...