06/04/2021

Opinião | Daqui a 5 Anos | Rebecca Serle | ASA

 


Dannie tem um emprego que adora, um apartamento perfeito e um namorado maravilhoso. Mas poderá ela dizer que tem tudo?
PODE, SIM! Pois a sua vida está a avançar de acordo com o plano que há muito traçou para si própria. Dannie não podia ser mais feliz. Ou será que podia?

Um dia, ela adormece... e ao despertar, descobre que está num apartamento diferente, com um homem diferente, numa vida que não é a sua. Consegue perceber pela televisão que a noite é a mesma... mas cinco anos para a frente, em 2025.

Dannie acorda sobressaltada pela intensidade daquele sonho. Teria sido mesmo um sonho? Foi tudo tão verdadeiro... Seria uma premonição? Mas, sendo ela uma rapariga prática, está determinada a não voltar a pensar no assunto e nem sequer conta à sua melhor amiga, Bella. Dannie vai continuar com a sua vida como se nada fosse...

Mas quatro anos e meio depois depara-se precisamente com o homem daquele sonho, e percebe que tem perante si um dilema que não tem solução.
Uma história inesperada, que nos traz uma profunda mensagem sobre os sonhos, a vida, e a natureza imprevisível do Destino.

3.5/5 ✨

Não sei porque levei tanto tempo a acabar este livro...

Nota à parte: Ando num bocado off de leituras este ano. Creio que será por causa do confinamento que vai e vem e faz com que, do nada, nos apercebamos que há mais coisas para fazer sem ser só ler... Tenho visto muitas séries, coreanas na sua maioria. Deixei-me um bocado das séries americanas que toda a gente vê... Acho que as asiáticas têm mais sinceridade e mais pureza. Mas isto sou eu.. Gostos não se discutem...
Agora, tenho centenas de livros para ler. Uns mais antigos, outros mais recentes mas, apesar de ter o Sinfonia dos Livros , não tenho tido paciência para andar a pedir livros as editoras pois sei que não vou conseguir cumprir prazos de leitura e de publicação de opiniões. O Sinfonia vai continuar mas agora de uma forma mais casual e informal. Tira-me muita pressão dos ombros e permite-me tirar real prazer das leituras, poucas ou muitas. Os desafio também só vou manter o do Goodreads e o anual do Sinfonia dos livros - Grupo. Espero que continuem a seguir o blogue e a ler as minhas opiniões.

Em relação a este livro... Foi-me oferecido pela minha filhota, pelo Natal. Estava na minha wishlist e ela teve o cuidado de ter escolhido um que eu queria mesmo. É um livro que, apesar de passar a ideia, nos primeiros capítulos, de ser uma história romântica, é muito mais do que isso... Acho que foi essa indefinição que fez com que levasse tanto tempo a ler 255 páginas... (Normalmente, seria lido numa tarde.. Mea Culpa.)
É, isso sim, uma história entre duas pessoas que se amam acima de tudo. Um amor sincero, puro, verdadeiro e inquebrável. Uma relação de cumplicidade, amizade e dedicação como raramente se vê.
Um acaso trágico permite que tenhamos acesso a uma relação dessas. No final, será difícil não ficar a pensar no que realmente interessa na vida e no que nós, tantas vezes, desperdiçamos atenção e esforço, abdicando daquilo que nos faz feliz e que nos completa a alma.
Só não dei mais estrelas porque, de facto, até meio do livro é muita "palha". Anda-se muito à volta da mesma coisa e acho que não havia necessidade. De resto, acho que será uma leitura muito prazerosa. 



12/02/2021

Cover Reveal | Not Pretending Anymore | Penelope Ward | Vi Keeland | Give Me Books Pr.


Title: Not Pretending Anymore
Authors: Penelope Ward & Vi Keeland
Genre: Standalone Contemporary Romance
Cover Design: Sommer Stein, Perfect Pear Creative

Release Date
April 12, 2021

BLURB
Finding a good roommate through a classified ad isn’t as easy as it sounds.
I was starting to lose hope.
Until a knock at my door came and God answered my prayers.
Except…uh…wrong prayer, God.
I’d definitely requested the big guy find me a drop-dead gorgeous man on more than one occasion...just not as my roommate.
Declan Tate talked me into interviewing him anyway.
While he was amusing and charismatic, I wouldn’t have been comfortable living with a man, so I regretfully declined.
Then cupcakes showed up at my door—freshly baked by Declan and just as sinfully delicious as he was.
You could say he was persistent.
I eventually folded. It wasn’t like I had another viable candidate anyway.
Plus, I was interested in someone else. And Declan was into another woman. So it wasn’t like anything would happen romantically.
After he moved in, the two of us became the best of friends. We even started to give each other advice on getting our crushes to notice us.
Eventually, Declan concocted an idea: we should pretend to be a couple to make our love interests jealous.
I was hesitant, but went along with it anyway. To my utter shock, his crazy plan worked.
Now I was dating the supposed man of my dreams, and my best friend had the woman of his.
But there was one problem.
I couldn’t stop thinking about Declan.
Those feelings we were trying to fake?
Yeah…I wasn’t pretending anymore.



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PENELOPE WARD
Penelope Ward is a New York Times, USA Today and #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author of contemporary romance. 
She grew up in Boston with five older brothers and spent most of her twenties as a television news anchor. Penelope resides in Rhode Island with her husband, son, and beautiful daughter with autism. 
With over two million books sold, she is a 21-time New York Times bestseller and the author of over twenty novels. Her books have been translated into over a dozen languages and can be found in bookstores around the world.

VI KEELAND
Vi Keeland is a #1 New York Times, #1 Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestselling author. With millions of books sold, her titles have appeared in over a hundred Bestseller lists and are currently translated in twenty-five languages. She resides in New York with her husband and their three children where she is living out her own happily ever after with the boy she met at age six.

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11/02/2021

Release Day | Legend | Tracy Lorraine | Give Me Books Pr.


I made one mistake…
And she made one phone call that nearly destroyed my life.
I’ve spent the past year plotting my revenge and imagining all the wicked things I’d do to her when our paths finally crossed again.
I just had no idea it would be so soon.
The last thing I expected when I re-entered the world was to find myself right in the middle of hers.
The girl who betrayed me, the snitch who ruined me—here for the taking.
While she’s been oblivious here in Rosewood, I’ve been trapped in hell.
Better watch your back, Harley Hunter.

You’re about to be owned by a Legend.

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Tracy Lorraine is a M/F and M/M contemporary romance author. Tracy recently-ish turned thirty and lives in a cute Cotswold village in England with her husband, daughter and lovable but slightly crazy dog. Having always been a bookaholic with her head stuck in her Kindle Tracy decided to try her hand at a story idea she dreamt up and hasn’t looked back since.

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This really was a great way to end this amazing Rosewood High series. Tracy Lorrain, once again, made my day with this great, great story.

Throughout this series we had access to Harley, Zayn's younger sister. A girl full of charisma and endowed with a huge heart despite all the difficulties she went through when she lived in the most problematic neighborhood in the city.
With a super dedicated and focused mother, they manage to turn their life around when they moved to live in the most recommended part of the city. Rosewood. As such, both she and Zayn are obviously at Rosewood High School, where everything happens and where you can meet all kinds of young people. The rich, the intelligent, the sportsmen, the charming, the attractive and even those who enjoy making them look more like the others who walk there. Of course, both Zayn and Harley are part of the group of good guys, although it can sometimes seem that they are a little silly from time to time. It is part of growth.

This last book in the series brings us the story between Kyle Legend and our Harley. A misunderstanding a year ago and with a little "help" from Harley, Kyle was arrested for illegal possession of narcotics, although the reason the police were there was another. A year later, Kyle is released and thinks of nothing but revenge and showing Harley how badly she did him when she remembered to call the police that night.
Although she is aware that she shouldn't have done what she did, she is also sure that things could have gone very badly if she hadn't. So there's not much more to her than trying to get on with her life even if Kyle makes life very difficult for her. She has a boyfriend who adores her, but whenever she remembers what happened to Kyle she feels something different and is unable to completely surrender to Nathan, her boyfriend. The fact that Kyle and Zayn are best friends also doesn't help for them to be apart eachother.

This is a story full of anguish, fears, traumas and emotions. I wasn't able to let go until I didn't finish and I'm glad I persisted on the reading. Kyle Legend is, in fact, a young man full of insecurities although he tries to convey an image of self-confidence. He rarely lets anyone catch a glimpse of the loving and caring boy he knows and can be when he understands it.

Harley and Kyle have known each other since childhood and, at some point, the clash between the two was inevitable. Each other's personalities and the tension between the two has always felt like fireworks about to burst.

I could be here all day talking to you about this book, but it would always be little and it would only serve to take away the magic of discovering how this stunning series ends.

Don't miss the previous ones too!

“Legend by name, Legend by nature”

02/02/2021

Teaser Reveal | Trapped | Vera Hollins | Give Me Books Pr

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TRAPPED
by Vera Hollins

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Six months ago, I arrived in Enfield looking for a fresh start. Scarred by an old incident, I hoped life in a new town would help me finally accept myself, but I was wrong because the big change brought something way worse. Blake Jones.
I was on Blake’s radar from the first day of our senior year, when he humiliated me in front of the whole school with a “welcome party.” However, it wasn’t welcoming at all, and it was just the start.
Day after day, Blake was there to remind me I was fat and worthless, and the coward in me never let me defend myself.
Until I finally exploded and fought back, right in the middle of class.
But now? Now I have to pay the price because Blake won’t let it slide. He’ll make sure I regret it.
Unless I manage to break out of his hatred and my all-consuming fears.

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28/01/2021

Cover Reveal | Legend | Tracy Lorraine | Rosewood High #7 | Give Me Books Promotions



Title: Legend
Series: Rosewood High #7
Author: Tracy Lorraine
Genre: High School Bully Romance

Release Date
February 11, 2021

BLURB
I made one mistake…
And she made one phone call that nearly destroyed my life.
I’ve spent the past year plotting my revenge and imagining all the wicked things I’d do to her when our paths finally crossed again.
I just had no idea it would be so soon.
The last thing I expected when I re-entered the world was to find myself right in the middle of hers. 
The girl who betrayed me, the snitch who ruined me—here for the taking. 
While she’s been oblivious here in Rosewood, I’ve been trapped in hell. 
Better watch your back, Harley Hunter.
You’re about to be owned by a Legend.

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Tracy Lorraine is a M/F and M/M contemporary romance author. Tracy recently-ish turned thirty and lives in a cute Cotswold village in England with her husband, daughter and lovable but slightly crazy dog. Having always been a bookaholic with her head stuck in her Kindle Tracy decided to try her hand at a story idea she dreamt up and hasn’t looked back since.

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22/01/2021

Cover Reveal | Trapped | Vera Hollins | Bulied Series Book #4 | Give Me Books Promotions



Title: Trapped
Series: Bullied #4
Author: Vera Hollins
Genre: Dark High School Romance
Cover Design: Rasha Savic

Release Date
February 18, 2021


BLURB
Six months ago, I arrived in Enfield looking for a fresh start. Scarred by an old incident, I hoped life in a new town would help me finally accept myself, but I was wrong because the big change brought something way worse. Blake Jones. 

I was on Blake’s radar from the first day of our senior year, when he humiliated me in front of the whole school with a “welcome party.” However, it wasn’t welcoming at all, and it was just the start. 

Day after day, Blake was there to remind me I was fat and worthless, and the coward in me never let me defend myself. 

Until I finally exploded and fought back, right in the middle of class. 

But now? Now I have to pay the price because Blake won’t let it slide. He’ll make sure I regret it. 

Unless I manage to break out of his hatred and my all-consuming fears.



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“I’m aware that I’m not the bravest person out there, but I can change. I want to change.”
“Aww, so touching. Do you want applause? Here.” He clapped his hands hard. Each clap brought me more shame and pain, but I didn’t back down.
“You can mock me all you want, but that doesn’t change the fact that I’ll be out of high school soon and won’t have to see your face ever again.” He clenched his jaw. “One day, I’ll be a better person, but you’ll never change. You’ll always remain this horrible jerk without a heart.” Something flashed in his eyes, and the veins at his temples bulged out. “You’ll stay alone.”


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Vera Hollins is the author of the Bullied series, which has amassed over 30 million reads online since 2016. She loves writing emotional, dark, and angsty love stories that deal with heartbreak, mental and social issues, and finding light in darkness. 
She's been writing since she was nine, and before she knew it, it became her passion and life. She particularly likes coffee, bunnies, angsty romance, and anti-heroes. When she's not writing, you can find her reading, plotting her next book with as many twists as possible, and watching YouTube.

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18/01/2021

Release Day | The Invitation | Vi Keeland | Give Me Books Pr.



Title: The Invitation
Author: Vi Keeland
Genre: Standalone Contemporary Romance

Release Date
January 18, 2021


BLURB
The first time I met Hudson Rothschild was at a wedding. I’d received an unexpected invitation to one of the swankiest venues in the city. 

Hudson was a groomsman and quite possibly the most gorgeous man I’d ever laid eyes on. He asked me to dance, and our chemistry was off the charts. 

I knew it wasn’t a good idea to get involved with him, considering the wedding I was at. But our connection was intense, and I was having a great time. 

Though the fun came to a screeching halt when Hudson figured out I wasn’t who I’d said I was. You see, that unexpected invitation I received? Well, it hadn’t actually been addressed to me—it was sent to my ex-roommate who’d bounced a check for two months’ rent and moved out in the middle of the night. I figured she owed me an expensive night out, but I guess, technically, I was crashing the wedding. 

Once caught, I couldn’t get out of there fast enough. As I bolted for the door, I might’ve plucked a few bottles of expensive champagne off the tables I passed, all while the gorgeous, angry groomsman was hot on my tail. 

Outside, I jumped into a taxi. My heart ricocheted against my ribs as we drove down the block—but at least I’d escaped unscathed. 

Or so I thought. 

Until I realized I’d left my cell phone behind at the table. 

Take one guess who found it? 

This is the crazy story of how Hudson Rothschild and I met. But trust me, it’s only the tip of the iceberg.




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Vi Keeland is a #1 New York Times, #1 Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestselling author. With millions of books sold, her titles have appeared in over a hundred Bestseller lists and are currently translated in twenty-five languages. She resides in New York with her husband and their three children where she is living out her own happily ever after with the boy she met at age six.


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