The End of the Shadowlands

Shadowlands was a really good series.  I am a big Kate Brian/Kieran Scott fan and I just loved the whole concept. Even though it was a year between each book, I was able to jump back into it.  Endless is the final book and did enjoy it.  I gave it 4 of 5 stars because it just didn't seem to have the edge that the others did.  Shadowlands was the first and my favorite.  I loved it for many reasons, especially because it truly could have stood alone.  Hereafter was really, really good.  You can see what I had to say about it after I finished it.  I didn't have that reaction, the WOW factor with Endless, but I am certainly glad that I read it and you will be too.  Don't just start with Endless, go back and start from the beginning though!

Satisfying End to a Satisfying Trilogy

Finally I was able to read and finish This is So Not Happening the last in the He's So/She's So trilogy by my most-read author and very loved author, Kate Brian/Kieran Scott/Emma Harrison.    This author has brought me much joy and I am sad to see this series end, but I hope she keeps writing and writing, I don't care under what name, just bring it on!
Ally and Jake try to make it work for their senior year.  But then...well, Jake finds out that he is the father of Chloe's baby.  And well, that makes things complicated.  I thought that while most of these kids are spoiled rich kids, they act pretty mature for their age and they made some bad decisions, but ultimately, they do what is right.  Humor, romance and all the rest.  Great series.  I loved it.

Is He Worth It?

Have you ever dated someone and thought..."man this is just so much work?"  Time to say good-bye!  But it's not as easy as it sounds.  He's So Not Worth It features the POVs of Ally and Jake, whom me met in She's So Dead to Us, are apart for the summer, Ally is down on LBI at the home of her mom's new boyfriend and Jake is grounded back in Orchard Hill.  Ally is spending the summer hooking up with local guys and trying to deal with the fact that it doesn't look good for her parents' relationship.  Jake is working with Ally's dad and taking summer classes and doing some things he shouldn't be doing.  Great fun.  This characters are very, very real.  They are not very likable at times, but they are just really real and so that makes me like them.  I can't wait for the last one in the series!

She's So...

I started this book a year or so ago and I have no idea why I didn't finish it until now.  It was just sitting around on my Kindle.  I am so glad that I did because it was a completely enjoyable book.  One of those books that you need to read when your mind needs a rest.  Not that it was cheesy like a Stuart Woods book, it isn't, but just that it takes you away to another locale and gets you into the characters' lives and out of this world for awhile.  She's So Dead to Us is the first in a trilogy, focusing on Ally and Jake.  Ally has moved back to her hometown after having left it in disgrace.  Her dad pulled a Bernie Madoff and all of Ally's right friends up on the Crest (Cresties as they are called) lost a lot of money because of him.  Now Ally and her mom live in a condo and they are "Norms" just the regular folk.  Ally thinks that maybe her friends up on the Crest will welcome her back into the group with open arms, but that's not happening.  Some blame her for her father's theft and deceit and some are just jerks.  Ally though, is falling in love with Jake, the guy who now lives in her home.  The book is back and forth between Ally and Jake and I like them both, even though they are flawed people, just like all of us.  Looking forward to reading the next one.  This is by Kieran Scott, who is also Kate Brian!