Love and Blarney (Ballybeg #2) by Zara Keane

Review:

Married in Manhattan…
Ruairí MacCarthy abandoned his life in New York to deal with a family crisis in Ireland. Twelve months later, he’s traded his three-piece suits and Wall Street career for jeans and a job managing his family’s pub in Ballybeg. When his estranged wife bursts back into his life looking for reconciliation, Ruairí must decide if home is where the heart is.

…True Love in Ballybeg.
Jayme King wants Ruairí back. She’s prepared to battle sheep, floods, and crazy Irish in-laws to get him. Discovering he lied about his past was a shock, but Jayme’s had months come to terms with the betrayal. Letting Ruairí go was the biggest mistake of her life. Can she persuade him to return to America and give their marriage a second chance?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The low rating is mostly my fault because I haven't read the first book and I have no way of knowing if this quicky novella is connected to the first book in the Ballybeg series or not or how it fits in or what Jayme and Ruairi have to do with it or what their history is which left me feeling a little lost and more than a little confused.

That however didn't take away from the emotional aspect of them struggling to hold onto a relationship that has basically died off due to the lack in communication between them. I'm sure a lot of people will be able to connect with that issue since many people these days divorce for a lot less.

Still worth the read but if you're like me and missing out on a large chunk of why this novella matters I suggest finding out if it has anything to do with the first book in the Ballybeg series.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                

 

 

 

        

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Becoming Of A Vampire by Martha Woods

Review:

Alice is the younger of twins who lived under the care of their grandfather, who has recently died. A day after the funeral, at school she meets a new boy, Jared, who is revealed to also be a twin. Her friends, Quinn, Helen and Margaret, tease her about her new acquaintance, and it is revealed Helen has a crush on him already.

Meanwhile Alice’s twin sister, Vera, has been missing for longer than usual. While talking to the principal about her disappearance, Alice runs into Jared, who invites her to ice cream near his house. On their way out, they pass Helen, who Alice invites too. They take the ice cream to where the twins are staying: an abandoned bus in the woods. Here, Jared’s twin brother, Aric shows up, but he brusquely excuses himself as soon as he sees Alice and Helen. Despite Helen’s efforts, Jared is mainly interested in Alice. At the end of the night, feeling a strange sense of foreboding, Alice leaves early, while Helen stays.

The next day, Helen does not come to school. Vera returns, with a changed appearance – she has swapped her usual over-the-top punk style and hair for a style matching Alice’s. She quickly hits it off with Jared and ignores Alice’s warnings that there is something off about him.

A murdered boy surfaces, his body drained of blood. He was a student at Alice’s high school, but no one knows what happened. Helen returns to school a few days later, looking ill from a self-described food poisoning. A few days later, Helen has a party, where she invites half the school, including the twins. Aric mysteriously disappears halfway through, but Jared doesn’t seem worried, only irritated.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Becoming of a Vampire is a stand alone paranormal YA/NA romance, I can see where the author is trying to go with it and I get the gist of her idea for it but unfortunately despite its potential it really needs a lot of work and a lot of extra development. 

There isn't a whole lot that makes much sense in this story for me and least of all of them are the characters. Woods has interesting ideas I hope she continues working at it because this could be a good story with some extra love. As it stands now it just feels half written.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                

 

 

 

        

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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