Page Turners: Book Reviews and Obsessions

Twist Me by Anna Zaires is my latest read, and wowza did it captivate me. Funny backstory: I finally caved in and started using Kindle because the last series I read was only available on there, and then I got a Goodreads notification that Twist Me - which was on my To Read list - was on sale. Never one to turn down a good discount, I added it and started reading it after I finished the third book in the other series, which was starting to lose my interest. As a testament to how awesome this book is, the previous series was all but forgotten as I voraciously read through it, and I'm now finishing up the third work in the series. I'm also finally willing to admit that Kindle is kind of awesome, mainly because it feeds my reading obsession in a more expeditious manner than having to wait for Amazon Prime to deliver. Two days is a long wait when you're hooked on a series...;) This book is labelled as a dark romance, and it's definitely worthy of that classification. It...

Menace is the first book in the Scarlet Scars series, written by J.M. Darhower. If I had to sum it up in a sentence, I'd say it's part mafia, part romance, and a whole lot of messed up as it follows the two main characters, Lorenzo and Morgan. Lorenzo Gambini, often referred to as Scar because of the scar on his face (yeah, so clever), is a scary dude. He's a complicated character in that he's definitely got psychopathic tendencies and won't hesitate to kill someone, but there's this really human side to him as well. He's a cunning mob boss, but he also raised his younger brother and made sure he didn't go down the same path as him. His inner dialogue and witticisms were the best of the story for me. As a reader, I love up close and personal glimpses of characters because it makes me relate to them, which of course makes them feel like real people. "You shoot one scumbag in front of a pretty little blonde and suddenly you go from being James Dea...