Sunday, 2 September 2018

Mark Levi - A ako je to ipak istina


Izdavač - LAGUNA

Najintrigantnija stvar koja se jednom naučniku može desiti jeste da se pred njim desi pojava koju logika ne može objasniti. Tada će jedan obrazovan čovek biti pred izborom - biti hrabar i prihvatiti nešto što nauka ne može objasniti ili to jednostavno odbaciti. Prihvatanje neobjašnjivog čini elementarnu okosnicu ovog romana.

Mlada doktorka Loren doživljava saobraćajnu nesreĆu, nakon koje pada u duboku komu. Njen duh pronalazi put do njenog bivšeg stana, koji je posle mnogo meseci izdat arhitekti Arturu. Začuđujuće, on je jedini koji može da je vidi, čak i oseti. Iako na kratko vreme skeptičan, on vrlo brzo prihvata postojanje njene duhovne projekcije kao nešto što je neobjašnjivo, ali istinito. Naučnički mozak brzo podleže nepoznatom, a u ime tog nepoznatog spreman je učiniti sulude stvari, kao što je otmica njenog tela iz bolnice. Postaju prijatelji i u dubokom sagovorništvu daju jedno drugome vizije svojih kriterijuma življenja, preferencija i ljubavi. Delo daje brojne misaone smernice. Neke od njih su da čovek nekada nije svestan na šta je spreman zarad pravih pobuda. Da li neoprezna individua čuči u svakom od nas? Da li je potrebno suočavati se sa prošlošću i stvarima koje nas muče? Koja je to iskra koja nagoveštava ljubav? Koliko godina treba da prođe pre nego što shvatimo i oprostimo neke stvari? Zašto nam je nekada potpuni stranac bliži od ljudi koje poznajemo čitavog života?

"Zbog toga sve ovo radim: uspeti da te vratim u svet daje smisao mom životu. Koliko će mi puta život pružiti mogućnost da uradim nešto sušastveno?"


Delo u prvi plan ne stavlja romansu, iako se emotivnost tka kroz sva poglavlja, ona nije u primarnom fokusu dela. Žanrovski se delo najpre može svrastati u refleksivni roman, sa primesama romanse i notom mistike koja ujedno i pokreće ovo delo. Roman je topao, lako se čita, ali nije za čitaoca koji očekuje visoko nadražajne momente. Izuzetno je smiren, nekako neženstven, pa ću se usuditi da kažem da bi možda više prijao muškom čitaocu koji bi uz pomoć njega spoznao onu svoju topliju stranu.

Subjektivni zaključak: Delo je u redu, ali samo toliko. Čitala sam bolja od potpunih amatera. Ne mogu reći da sam razočarana, jer je stilski izuzetno lepo napisan, ali pošto ja ne volim romane-refleksije koji nemaju emotivne nadražaje, dala sam svoj osvrt, ali preporuku ne dajem baš rado, osim, napominjem, OSIM muškom delu publike, jer ovom romanu bih ja mogla dati podnaslov Šta je potrebno da se desi, pa da muškarac zaviri u svoju dušu? 😀
 
Smeta mi i to što je lik Loren potpuno nerazvijen i poprilično loše oblikovan u odnosu na lik Artura koji je potpun i sadržajan. Veoma bitno, prva trećina romana je daleko zanimljivija od ostatka. To je još jedno subjektivno mišljenje.

Na kraju, pod jedan, volela bih u skorije vreme čitati još nešto od Levija, pa da mogu da uporedim, jer mi je prvi utisak mlak, a pod dva, hvala dragim Biserima i stranici Crni biser, na prilici da čitam delo i dam svoj osvrt na njega. Eto, možda se nađe neko ko će iskomentarisati nešto potpuno suprotno nakon čitanja dela, pa možemo i prodiskutovati ❤

Wednesday, 29 August 2018

Most Popular Books Published In September 2018


Muse (Manhattan, #3) by Katy Evans - September 14th 2018


Brothers (Slater Brothers #6) by L.A. Casey - September 18th 2018
Perversion (Perversion Trilogy #1) by T.M. Frazier - September 25th 2018
Bent (Connections #6) by Kim Karr - September 1st 2018
More of You (Confessions of the Heart #1) by A.L. Jackson - September 10th 2018
Dirty Headlines by L.J. Shen - September 7th 2018
Block Shot by Kennedy Ryan - September 10th 2018 


Once Upon a Real Good Time (Heartbreakers #1) by Lauren Blakely - September 10th 2018
Once Upon a Sure Thing (Heartbreakers #2) by Lauren Blakely - September 24th 2018
Timid (Lark Cove #2) by Devney Perry - September 4th 2018 
Flirting with Forever by Kendall Ryan - September 3rd 2018
Not Until You by Corinne Michaels - September 24th 2018
Guilty as Sin (Sin #2) by Meghan March - September 18th 2018


One Perfect Kiss (Hope #8) by Jaci Burton - September 4th 2018
Booted (Trails of Sin #3) by Pam Godwin - September 18th 2018
Dane's Storm by Mia Sheridan - September 17th 2018
The Evolution of Man (Survival of the Richest #2) by Skye Warren - September 25th 2018
More Than Crave You (More Than Words #4) by Shayla Black - September 18th 2018
If We Fly (What If Duet #2) by Nina Lane - September 13th 2018

 
The Glue by K. Webster - September 5th 2018
When We Kiss by Tia Louise - September 6th 2018
Yesterday is Gone by H.J. Bellus - September 11th 2018
Redemption (Vincent and Eve #3) - September 4th 2018
But First, Coffee by Sarah Darlington - September 10th 2018
Rebel Hard (Hard Play #3) - September 18th 2018


Wildcard (Warcross #2) by Marie Lu - September 18th 2018
The Golden Tower (Magisterium #5) by Holly Black, Cassandra Clare - September 11th 2018
Escaping from Houdini (Stalking Jack the Ripper #3) by Kerri Maniscalco - September 18th 2018
Two Dark Reigns (Three Dark Crowns #3) by Kendare Blake - September 4th 2018
The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein by Kiersten White - September 25th 2018
Vengeful (The Villains #2) by V.E. Schwab - September 25th 2018
 
 

Monday, 27 August 2018

COVER REVEAL - 'Manik by Amo Jones


'MANIK, an all-new Standalone Emotional Romance by Amo Jones is releasing October 1st!
Pre-Order exclusively on iBooks - https://apple.co/2MOCkiH
Add 'MANIK to your TBR - https://bit.ly/2wjlpes
 
 
BLURB:
I'm Beatrice Kennedy, but everyone calls me Beat. I live a low-key life, fresh out of college and drifting from town to town until I find my home.
I love music, and how it stirs even the deepest and untouched parts of your soul. Depending on what you choose to listen to, would depend on what it touches. It's the drug we all damper in, only different strains. My strain is Jazz. The smooth instrumental strums that take over me. The sound of cigar smoke, bourbon and an old dusty fedora hat. My strain wasn't rap, and it sure wasn't laced with some A-class s**t like murky blue eyes casted down from the Lord and the Devil's handcrafted smile. I knew who he was—the whole world did. One fateful night set off a chain of events, events that no one was coming back from. You can't save people who don't want to be saved. You can't pull them up from the ocean when they've latched themselves to an anchor. Love was my anchor, destruction was the water that was drowning me, and the rope that was so tightly clamped around my ankles, was woven with the lyrics of Aeron Romanov-Reed, also known as, 'Manik. He steals hearts from all around the world, but one night, he stole something that wasn't his to steal.

Friday, 24 August 2018

COVER REVEAL: Prophet by S.M. West


COVER REVEAL
Title: Prophet
Author: S.M. West
Genre: Enemies-to-lovers Romance
Cover Design: RBA
Photo: Eric Battershell
Model: Johnny Kane
Release Date: September 14, 2018

BLURB
Money is my mistress.
Solving problems, my trade.
Until the tables turn, and trouble finds me.
Now on the run, I need a plan.
But not before I’m blindsided by a pain-in-the-ass stranger.
Maggie.
Curves, startling blue eyes, and she hates me.
I don’t trust her and with good reason.
My plan is simple: use her.
Then I kiss her. Touch her. Crave her.
She was my way out, now she’s my downfall.

Prophet is a full length, standalone enemies-to-lovers romance with a HEA.

PRE-ORDER LINKS – $2.99 for a limited time
Amazon Live Release Alert: http://bit.ly/2KHXIRi

EXCERPT
With less than three feet to the elevator, the doors roll open. Relief floods my veins, cooling my hot, churning insides, but the feeling withers when long legs, curves, and tumbling raven locks consume my vision.
Maggie.
My insides are atomic, hot and fracturing into a million shards of emotion.
Anger slices my gut like a blade. This woman keeps popping up at the most inconvenient times.
Confusion. With her long cornflower-blue dress and leather jacket, hands laden with grocery bags, she is so out of place amidst the chaos.
Unease. I want her gone with a blink of an eye. Guys with guns are breathing down my back, and she’s now in the line of fire.
Resentment. What if she isn’t in harm’s way but also here for me? There’s no evidence to suggest she’s carrying out orders, but it would be a mistake to dismiss the idea.
My competing thoughts only make it harder to concentrate. I’ve got bigger problems with Drago’s men gaining on me.
I dive for the elevator, shielding her and we crash to the floor. I may not trust her, but I won’t have her blood on my hands. And if she’s here for me too, then I’ll deal with her.
“Get off me!” She pushes at my chest, oblivious to the danger.
I jump to standing and press my finger on the close button. Two Russian behemoths run our way, surprisingly fast for their size.
“Oh my God!” Her eyes widen at the guns aimed at us. “Shut the door!”
“What the fuck do you think I’m doing?”
My finger threatens to snap at the pressure I have on the button, and I prepare to fight if they get in the elevator.
The big guy on the left pulls the trigger and the bullet hits the wall. Her scream pierces the confined space and she wedges herself into the corner of the tin can. Terrified eyes bore into me as if I’m shooting at her and the elevator doors slide closed, separating us from the men.
I sink to the floor and rest my head on the wall for a beat or two, struggling to gain composure. It’sshort-lived with the heat of her savage glare burning my skin.
She slides her back up the wall, using it for support. “What the hell is going on? Why are they shooting at me?”
Her frenetic tone pinches at whatever is left of my patience, and I mash my lips together to keep from losing it. I could have left her in the hall with those assholes. They wouldn’t have thought twice about killing her.
Fruit—oranges, lemons, avocados and bananas—litters the floor along with fresh meat, a box of Oreos, and other groceries.
Needing a moment of peace, I close my eyes, licking my dry lips. It’s a mistake. She lunges for me, feral and violent, shoving at my chest. Her eyes are glassy with unshed tears, her long hair wild and cheeks flaming.
“Answer me, dammit!” She beats on me; her blows hurt, but not nearly as much as a bullet would. “How the hell are we going to get out of here alive?”

AUTHOR BIO
S.M. West writes contemporary romance, romantic suspense, erotica and whatever her heart desires. She spends most of her time juggling a day job, being a mom, wife, and writing. She's a self-professed junkie of many things, including a voracious fan of music, a born wanderer, a wine aficionado and chocolate connoisseur.

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Thursday, 23 August 2018

Tamara Simeonović - Profesor



Za mene potpuno nov autor i prvi susret sa njenim pisanjem. Nisam očekivala neki bestseler ali mogu da kažem da je ovo zanimljiva priča i knjiga. Sama naslovnica je wow i verujte mi ja očekivala Mr. Greja u novom ruhu ali priča skroz ide u drugom smeru i nikako nije erotska.
 
Priča dvoje mladih potpuno različitih, ali vezanih vremenom, vezanih kroz vekove. Ljubav koja se prenosi iz vremena u vreme čudnim i tajanstvenim dešavanjima i misterijama. Autorka je uplela u priču malo istorije i priče o prelepoj Jerini, srpskoj despotici, ženi Đurđa Brankovića.
Spojila je istoriju, misteriju i ljubav današnjice.
 
On, Uroš Simić poznat kao Profesor, muškarac koji je u ovom životu svestan svoje pojave. Jak, lep, zgodan, uspešan, pomalo na drugoj strani zakona, moćan i samouveren. Knjiga počinje njegovom pričom gde se kasnije upliće i priča lepe Jerine to jest Katarine. On, koji se nikad ne zaljubljuje i koji je navikao da ispred njega stoje mirno i da se one neke zaljubljuju u njega a ne on u njih. Nedodirljiv muškarac koji pada na kolena lepe Katarine, anđeoskog tela, glasa, pogleda. Ona, koja sve vidi, sve zna i sve može. Moćna i jaka puna prošlosti sa njim koje se on ne seća a ona je itekako svesna. Rasplet i zaplet, njihova ljubav u ovom vremenu, njegov pad pred njom i njeno zarobljavanje njegovog srca dovodi do priče i dvoje ljudi koji izgaraju u svojoj ljubavi. Sam plamen te ljubavi ih razdvaja i bežeći jedno od drugog kroz priču, pokušavajući da opstanu, ustvari propadaju kroz svoju sadašnjost.

"Ja više nisam čovek. Da li se sećate kakvog ste me upoznale? Arogantnog i punog sebe. Ja sam sada olupina. Brod usidren u oluji. Ratna mornarica koja je izgubila boj. Od svih ljudi porazila me jedna žena."
 
 
U nekom trenutku se on bori za nju, u sledećem ona za njega, i taj splet dovodi do kulminacije njihove ljubavi. Priča je lagana i navodi čitaoca da je završi što pre, sa druge strane (ono na šta nikad nisam stavila akcenat) font slova i same stranice nisu mučne. Ako mogu da kažem to, sve je lepo upakovano. Kratke rečenice, ne preduge, gutaju se u jednom dahu.
Priča koju on priča o ženi, nakon njegovog zarobljenog srca, je nežna, mila i osvaja.

"...Ako mi kao muškarci okupiramo svet žene koja nam je u srcu, moramo poštovati i gajiti lepotu koju tamo zateknemo da nam ne uvene. Žena je kao cvet, uz dovoljno ljubavi i redovno zalivanje, kao i pravim mestom pod suncem, cvetaće..."

Toplo hladno kroz knjigu čini priču zamršenijom i nikako autor ne navodi da i malo naslutiš kakav kraj može biti. A kraj ko kraj. Podvlačenje, suma sumaru njega, muškarčine. Da li je još uvek onaj od početka? Neko bi rekao da nije i da mu fali oholosti, a neko, možda i ja, bi rekao da je sada u fullu. Ljubav ga je učinila boljim i zaokružila priču, njegovu, njenu uz njegovu, i njihovu zajedničku.

"Ako pokažete i prihvatite ljubav ništa ne gubite, na gubitku ste samo ako ne shvatite da je to ljubav.
Ja sam mislio da sam u pobedi gubitnik a u porazu dobitnik. Ali nije tako. Nema vaganja. Zaljubljenost je lek za sve boli, a ljubav je hrana za dušu."

Moram da dodam još i ovo, sjajan prikaz kao što sam rekla istorije ali i opis prelepih zidina tvrđave u Golubcu na samoj obali Dunava. Takođe je tu i priča o manastiru Pokrova Presvete Bogorodice, koji je blizu mog mesta i koji ja često i vrlo rado posetim. Savršn mir za umornu duš što je autorka i napomenula.
Ko želi lepu priču sa malo misterije, ovo je knjiga koja se brzo čita i nemam razloga da je ne preporučim.