books~over~all: September 2018

The third instalment of this series picked up right where the second book left off. A lot of drama ensue in this book from blackmail to murder. The main one being the death of Brooke where Reed Royal became the prime suspect of this incident. Reed is facing criminal charges as everyone is sure that he did kill her and the the ones that are close to him can't help but wonder is he capable of such thing?

We also follow how Ella Harper has to deal with the sudden appearance of his biological father, Steve, who after all this time was apparently still alive. The sudden appearance of Steve created a wedge on Ella and Reed's relationship as he doesn't approve of them being intimate with each other. Being away from Ella for so long, Steve is determined to make up for lost time starting from removing Ella from the Royal house to live with him. It seems that Ella got settled into her new life with the Royals just to be uprooted once again.

In school, things aren't exactly all good as the Royals family that was once respected by the students in it are now starting to believe that the Royals are nothing more than just common criminals. In this third book, we follow Ella and Reed fighting to maintain their relationship in the face of what might be their hardest obstacle yet.

“I’m a Royal, baby. I don’t run. I fight.”

Again, apologies if this review is not of high quality because as with the review of Mr. President, I read this book in 2017 but only started writing the review in 2018. I've probably forgotten most of what happened in this book but what I still remember clearly was how much I enjoyed reading this book and finding out about the "twist" in the story. The quality level of this book if I may sum it up is like an addicting soap opera where the romance is hot and the story is interesting.

“Because my goal for the weeks we have left is to make Ella Harper happy every second of every day.”

I am pleasantly surprised by this series, from the first book until the third one, all of them were able to snag a solid 4 star rating from me, which is rare for me in a series. I love how even in this third book, the authors still manage to create a highly addicting story to keep me glued to my e-reader flipping through the pages so that I can find out what happen. I had a great time following the story, how the characters deal with the conflicts presented in this book and seeing the characters grow.

This book is also the final book following Ella and Reed's perspectives, which is kinda sad because I really liked following the story through their perspectives. But, the Royal family story doesn't end with this book though because there's already a spin-off series following Easton's perspectives and oh boy am I excited to read it because Easton is one of my favorite characters beside Ella and Reed. I do hope I can get to reading Easton's story in the near future.

“But I’m not scared anymore, and I did find someone who sees me. Who really, truly sees me. And I see her, too. Ella Harper is all I’m ever going to see, because she’s my future. She’s my steel and my fire and my salvation. She’s everything.”

“Why does everyone always feel the need to make promises? Don’t they know that promises always get broken?”

The same positive things I can say for this book as well from how easy to read it is, how the chemistry between Ella and Reed was really well built up, how the steamy scenes were very well written to the point that you sometimes forget that you're reading sex scenes between teenagers (the scenes can match the quality of an adult sex scenes in other books). If you're not sure you can commit to this series than I suggest you give the first book a shot but I must warn you that after finishing it you'll definitely want to continue.

That's all for now!

Book Review: Mr. President (White House, #1) by Katy Evans

2017 / Book Review / Ebook / June / KT Publishing LLC / Rated 2 - 2½ / Under Rp 100.000 ·

Wednesday, September 26, 2018

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Title: Mr. President (White House, #1)

Author: Katy Evans

Publisher: KT Publishing LLC

Pages: 334

Format: E-book

Published: October, 2016

Price: $4.99 -> Rp 66.372 (Kobo Store)

Rating: 2 / 5 stars

Date started: June 6, 2017 - Date finished: June 7, 2017

The Hamilton family can be described as the modern day Kennedys, The patron of the family was a president of the United States and he also died because someone shot him. Basically, the Hamiltons are American royalty. Matthew, the son in the family is now in the running to become president of the USA. If he succeeded he'll be the youngest president to be elected in history.

Charlotte Wells has always had a crush on Matthew Hamilton ever since she first met him during an event Matt's father held. At that time Charlotte was only 11 years old and she jokingly said that if Matt would ever run for office she'll help with his campaign. Fast forward 10 years later, true to her words she is now helping Matt with his campaign to become president.

She has always believed that Matt would be a great president. His father was in his short time and now he will be once he is elected. Being involved in Matt's campaign only solidify her opinion of this. As they worked together more frequently, their feelings of one another grew as well. One thing led to another and they end up developing a relationship with each other, which is a dangerous thing given what kind of damage a relationship like this can do to his campaign.

“I really hadn’t realized how much we missed a strong leader, an inspiring leader, until every time I stare at the one I want. He could make such a difference. A man like him could make such a difference.”

First of all I'd like to say sorry for this trash of a review because I actually read this book in 2017 but this review was written in 2018! So yeah, a year later I looked at this draft and do not know what to write in it. Anyways, as I said, please excuse this pathetic review as I probably have forgotten most if not all of my thoughts on this book. The writings below are what I can gather from my dumbass brain on the book. Don't attack me.

This book had the makings of a great story. This isn't by far the most original story in the world since you all have probably read a story like this somewhere else using the trope of forbidden romance where the characters fall in love with each other even though they shouldn't because of certain circumstances.

“For years the public has come to believe every promise made by every candidate has been pure bulls**t. Nobody believes in them anymore. Politics has been totally tainted by propaganda…America wants a change. America wants to grow. America wants to be young and powerful again.”

I mean, this book is basically the show Scandal in word form with younger characters. We all know the great, complicated and frustrating romance of Olivia Pope and Fitzgerald Grant, which was what I kind of hoped would appear in this book since the romance between an aide and a presidential candidate is always a scandalous thing to read about. I did not get the drama that I expected from this book.

In a book that was 300+ pages long, I actually need more pages. If we're talking about romance, chemistry and steamy scenes I can say that this book does those three things justice. What I need more of was the political storyline, Scandal was able to make politics interesting and I had hoped that this book would do the same thing to me, but alas I was left wanting more.

“You can’t say Charlotte is beautiful, she’s too stunning for that. You just don’t forget a face like hers…Despite being raised as a senator’s daughter, she’s so far been untouched by political scandal…she loves the presidency—and she always has.”

Will I pick up the sequel? Umm, not sure as I have forgotten most of what happened on this book except the ending (I think?) but yeah, if you're in the mood for a quick read that you can just breeze through, give this a try.

That's all for now!

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