Book Review: What's Not Said by Valerie Taylor

Rating: 📚📚📚📚 What's Not Said is the debut novel of Valerie Taylor. It's a very realistic take on love, marriage, and everything in between. First, meet Kassie, a marketing executive, who has a lot going on in her life, a lot of stress. Then we meet Mike, the husband. Finally, there's Chris, the lover. Kassie and Mike met in college, the whole student-teacher affair happening, that eventually turned into something more. They get married and have been for a few decades. Like most marriages, the honeymoon phase don't last forever. Mike is controlling and emotionally abusive, and Kassie has spent most of their marriage being Mike's puppet. She takes a vacation alone and meets Chris. Chris is everything Mike isn't; kind, thoughtful, and attentive. Kassie eats up all that Chris has to offer and begins this distant love affair while still married to Mike. She's been contemplating divorce, but something gets in the way, and divorce gets put on the back burner. Chris relocates to Boston, and that motivates her to go on and go through with the divorce. Mikes falls ill, and his health condition comes to light putting yet another hold on Kassie and her journey to divorce. Kassie doesn't want to bring it to him, while he's not in a good state mentally or physically. She expresses to Chris that she feels betrayed and is angry that he would keep that from her and wonder what else he may be hiding, what else has been left unsaid. Which is funny considering she's been committing adultery and keeping it a secret from her husband, the irony. The novel is told from all three of the main characters' perspectives, which I enjoy. You get a small insight into how they see things, where their minds are, and get a feel of the characters themselves. It's a slow burn, but the slow pace is for the reader to understand the back story and why things got to the point in which it's at. What's not said is about the things we don't share, the lies we've told, and learning that communication is always best.

St. Alderville: United : Review

St. Alderville: United: A Reverse Harem High School Bully Romance by M. J. McKinlay

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Lately I have been going on a rant about RH and bully love stories. They have all been so repetitive, until now. This book blew me the freak away. It was sexy; it was daring, and it kept your attention. I love all the characters in the book, but as always in RHs I have a favorite.
Aria is a great female lead. She has endured a lot in her life and all she wants is an opportunity to better herself. She gets accepted into a program by the state to attend a prestigious high school with great connections. It would mean college, a good job, better yet a future for Aria. There she befriends another student, Sierra, who is in a similar predicament such as herself. Sierra is more shy and timid, where Aria is not. That is where the boys come in.

Blaze, Jed, and Thor. The kings, the heirs, and the owners of the entire town. The richest of the rich, the powerful-est of the powerful, and the most arrogant. The torment and abuse the girls from the state program. They make sure you know that you don’t belong. Aria is the only one who has ever stood up to them. She fights back with the same ammo they try to use on her and the sexual tension is at an all-time high. Her goal is to steal their hearts and split the trio apart. Her plan almost worked, but she got to greedy and she made a mistake.

I am so ready for book two. This is what was missing in the other books. There is no heir returning home, there is no damsel in distress, or falling for her tormentors. Well, she does kind of fall for them, but she keeps her head in the game long enough to pull through and not fall completely for their bull crap. I have never been so excited for a sequel as I am for this one.

If you can get pass the poor editing, then you will love this book.



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