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An Ounce of Hope (Pound of Flesh #2) by Sophie Jackson

Paperback: 384 pages

• Publisher: Headline Eternal (5 Jan. 2016)
• ISBN-10: 1472224663
• ISBN-13: 978-1472224668

From the fanfic phenom whose debut A Pound of Flesh had over 4.5 million reads, this sequel, An Ounce of Hope, tells the passionate love story of Carter’s best friend, Max.

Max O’Hare can’t seem to let go of his past: his drug habit, the end of his relationship with Lizzie Jordan, the woman he knows he’ll never get over, and the loss of their unborn son.

After successfully completing rehab and learning to explore his deepest fears and dreams through painting, Max meets Grace Brooks. With her innate optimism, and her love of art and photography, Grace appears to be the perfect girl. Yet no one knows where she came from, or why she keeps her past so closely guarded. Over time, Max and Grace gradually allow each other in—but will he ever be able to fully let go of his past? Or will his heart remain closed forever?

Cover:  Another sexy cover.  I like that these covers are not, without being overly revealing.

I read A Pound of Flesh last year, and absolutely loved it.  
So I was really excited for the sequel.
And I did enjoy it, but I don't know if my expectations were too high, but I didn't enjoy it as much as the first book.
It follows different characters.  The male protagonist,Max, we met in A Pound of Flesh, and the female protagonist, Grace, is new.
I just didn't feel any chemistry between them.  As friends maybe, but I didn't feel the sexual attraction that was supposedly there.
I liked both characters back story.  I love Sophie Jackson writes people- we really get to know and understand them.  And she's an author that shows us things, not just telling us.  Her characters definitely have depth.
I still really enjoyed this book, and would definitely still recommend picking it up.
I look forward to more books in this series.
3.5/5 stars.

Read from January 18 to 24, 2016

February 2016 Book Haul | In My Mailbox

W...W...W...Wednesday 24/02/2016

To play along, just answer the following 3 questions:

What are you currently reading?

What did you recently finish reading?

What do you think you’ll read next?

My current read is The Girl You Left Behind by Jojo Moyes

I recently finished reading Before Sunrise by Diana Palmer

I think my next read will be Now That I've Found You by Ciara Geraghty

Teaser Tuesday 23/02/2016 'The Girl You Left Behind'

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

-Grab your current read

- Open to a random pageShare two “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page

- BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)

- Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teaser.

This week's teaser comes from page 204 of The Girl You Left Behind by Jojo Moyes.





"And now you have to leave.  The words that have been on her lips for the past twenty hours do not come.  She does not want Mo to go just yet.  She does not want to be along with the council-tax people and the final demands and her own uncontrollable thoughts; she feels suddenly grateful that tonight she will have somebody to- a human defence against the date."

Winter (Lunar Chronicles #4) by Marissa Meyer

• Paperback: 832 pages
• Publisher: Puffin (10 Nov. 2015)
• ISBN-10: 014134024X
• ISBN-13: 978-0141340241

Princess Winter is admired by the Lunar people for her grace and kindness, and despite the scars that mar her face, her beauty is said to be even more breathtaking than that of her stepmother, Queen Levana.

Winter despises her stepmother, and knows Levana won’t approve of her feelings for her childhood friend—the handsome palace guard, Jacin. But Winter isn’t as weak as Levana believes her to be and she’s been undermining her stepmother’s wishes for years. Together with the cyborg mechanic, Cinder, and her allies, Winter might even have the power to launch a revolution and win a war that’s been raging for far too long.

Can Cinder, Scarlet, Cress, and Winter defeat Levana and find their happily ever afters?

Cover: When this cover was first released- my initial reaction was that I was not a fan.  I thought in comparison to the others in the series, it looked somewhat tacky and photoshopped.  It has now grown on me but it's definitely grown on me- although it's still not my favourite cover of the series.

I needed to steel myself to get ready to pick this one up, one because of the sheer size of this bad boy, at over 800 pages and two, because of it being the final book in one of my favourite series.  I felt some trepidation along with the 
excitement.
And it was definitely a good conclusion to the series.
I would recommend being 'prepared' to read this one.  It took me two weeks to read- and I did love being back in the Lunar Chronicles world.
With each book you obviously pick up new character's points of view, accounting for the increasingly large books by book.
With this one, you really need to be into reading it, because you need to keep track of who's who and who's where.  You've got people together, separating, meeting up again, splitting into groups, and repeat.
You just have to concentrate on where people are.
Over all, this is a must read for every fan of the Lunar Chronicles, and I think it ended well.
4.5/5 stars.
Read from January 02 to 17, 2016

#FridayReads 19/02/2016 'The Girl You Left Behind'