Tales with Nicole

Based on the YouTube series "The Haunting of Sunshine Girl" by Paige McKenzie   Link to The Haunting of Sunshine Girl Network   When Sunshine's adopted mother, Katharine, gets a new job as head Nurse, they move from sunny Austin, Texas to rainy Ridgemont, Washington. As Sunshine feels the distance between her best friend, Ashley and the only life she's ever known, she gets a cold, creepy feeling from her new house. Creepy isn't even the word to properly describe the freezing temperatures she constantly feels and the overpowering smell of mildew. Sunshine starts to notice things are not where she left them, and hears whispers and laugher throughout the house that no one else hears. It's not too long till Sunshine realizes she has a ghost on her hands, and it's affecting her mother in a very negative way. With the help from her friend Nolan, Sunshine learns she has a deadline to save Katherine, or suffer a terrible fate.   I loved this book...

"She stole a life. Now she must pay with her heart."   When nineteen year old Feyre is hunting in the woods to feed her family, she kills, what she assumes to be, a wolf. A beast creature shows up at her family's little house and demands a life for the life that was taken, and instead of choosing death, Feyre agrees to go with the beast and live in the magical world she only heard about in stories. As she learns more about Tamlin and the beautiful Fae world, her hostile attitude towards him turn into a fiery passion. As Tamlin and his friend Lucien open up about the dangers of the Fae world, no one talks about the curse that shadows over them. Can Feyre save Tamlin from whatever secrets he isn't telling her about, or threaten to doom him forever.   I absolutely loved and highly recommend this Beauty and the Beast Retelling. It's a beautiful story with secrets, adventure, surprises, an extraordinary Fae world, and romance. The love that Feyre develops...

Sara Shepard has been one of my favorite authors since I discovered Pretty Little Liars in my High School years, long before the TV show was a hit series.   Since then I have read her book series following Pretty Little Liars , including The Lying Game , The Heiresses (a standalone), and The Perfectionists .     I have been patiently waiting for Sara Shepard to come out with a new series and I think it's finally on the way.   After doing some digging on goodreads.com  I came across a new title. The Amateurs (The Amateurs #1)   Goodreads book description has the following listed:   "Pitched as Veronica Mars meets Gillian Flynn – in which a group of amateur teen sleuths come together to figure out who killed one of their sisters."     Then, about a month ago after doing some research online, I came across something more detailed about Shepard's new potential series:     Anything new from Sara...

  Happy Valentine's Day!     There are so many good love stories out there it took a lot of thinking to make my list. Even though love stories are not overly my thing, I do enjoy them every now and then. I've managed to narrow it down and these are my current Top 5 Love Stories:     5.How to Love by Kate Cotugno       4.Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks       3.The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks       2.A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses #1) by Sarah J. Maas         1.The Selection Series by Kiera Cass (The Original Trilogy)        

Before: After years of loving the bad boy next door, Sawyer takes notice of Reena one night and they fall into a deep, messy love. But Reena finds out, loving a bad boy has heart breaking consequences. Sawyer disappears from town without so much as a goodbye to anyone, leaving a devastated and pregnant Reena behind..   After: Three years later the only love Reena needs in her life is her beautiful daughter Hannah. Life as a mother isn't what she expected but she's leaning, and she had the support of her family. Reena doesn't need Sawyer for anything. Until just as quickly as Sawyer left her life, he's back in town and wants to talk with Reena and meet the daughter he never knew he had. Unable to forgive Sawyer, Reena cannot deny that there is something happening between them. Will history repeat itself for the second time, or will Reena and Sawyer finally have the family both of them deserve?   Katie Cotugno's debut novel is so beautifully written, ...

"Poems for You, My Pretty."   There is no struggle that is more important than another. I picked Poisoned Apples to review this week because of the ugliness some of the messages in these poems explore. This week, February 1st- 7th is National Eating Disorder Awareness Week.   Poisoned Apples is a collection of fairy tale styles poems wrote to relate to the modern teenage girl. Reading Poisoned Apples was a devastatingly powerful message that connected with my teenage self and as well as current problems that a girl faces everyday of her life.   I personally find writing a review on a poetry book sometimes difficult. There are no characters to discuss, no plot to analyze, no setting to describe. Poisoned Apples was such an experience and I strongly suggest it for girls. It speaks to your soul and help you realize you are not the only one that feels these pressures.   I loved the black and white styles photographs in this collection. Any book is alw...

Happy 24th Birthday to me!!      There are so many amazing books being released this year I don't know how I will ever read them all! But I decided to make a list of the Top 5 books I cannot wait to get my hands on: 5. The Crown (The Selection #5) by Kiera Cass Release Date: 3 May 2016       4. Burning by Danielle Rollins Release Date: 5 April 2016   3. A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses #2) by Sarah J. Maas Release Date: 3 May 2016       2. The Merciless II by Danielle Vega Release Date: 5 July 2016      1. Heartless by Marissa Meyer Release Date: 8 November 2016