ETA: downgraded to 3 stars. September 20, 2015Review completed February 1, 2013 "Nope. This is about taking control. It's about controlling yourself, getting into that tiny moment in which you can make things happen. (…)" After a scam gone awry and being on the road for two months, Ellie Watts decides to return home because she ran short of money. Because of her criminal lifestyle Ellie does not have a lot of friends. As it is, friends are dangerous liabilities when you're a grifte...

OH.MY.GOD. SINS & NEEDLES IS AN ABSOLUTE MUST-READ!!!! This book was just BRILLIANT!!! I swear, it was like watching one of my favorite Tarantino movies, except it wasn't a movie, it was a book and it's the very first time a book has ever made me feel that way. The story kept me enthralled the entire time, and I loved every minute of it. From shady drug lords to sexy tattoo artists to the maffia and visits to a casino, this book had everything in it to earn itself a place on my "favorites

Sometimes you need to bury yourself so deep in fiction that you forget that the real world exists. Sins & Needles is a story about drug lords, con artists, the Mafia, and a sexy tattoo artist. It's a story about redemption...justification. It's a story that perhaps seems a little unbelievable. But isn't that what makes fiction so amazing? There's no rules, anything can happen, anything goes. It's like Quentin Tarantino & Martin Scorsese wrote a book and had Kristen Ashley and M. Leighton edit. A...

"We all make our own paths in life. Everyone we meet, everything we do, it changes us. It makes us who we are. And, if we’re lucky, we’re given the chance to make things right again.” "Don't try and con a con man" A-helluva-lot STARS!!!Brilliant, inspired, unique, refreshing, mysterious. Dark, gothic, gritty, sexy, a Tarantino movie in the making. A story of a girl and a boy, names that aren't defining, criminals, use and abuse. ♪♫The sacred and profane The pleasure and the pain Somewhe

Sometimes when you finish a book, you loved it so completely, so thoroughly, that you don't even want to give it a 5-star rating. Because then you start thinking of all the other 5-stars you've given, and it just doesn't compare. You don't want it to be compared. This was one of them. Having read a copy the minute it was made available, there were no reviews or feedback yet, giving me absolutely zero expectations, and I. Was. Blown. Away! (!!) I have both been dying to, and dreading, reviewing t...

Woah – what a wild ride! It was just such a “different” read! It was quite refreshing to read something that you really can’t compare to anything else. It was edgy and gritty, at times heart breaking and others steamy, along with a touch of snark. I’m finding this book hard to review despite really liking it because for most of the book you really don’t know which end is up. Usually when I write my reviews, there are some constants to base it off of but with this one the ground was constantly

This is your Soundtrack to this review – please open it in a new window and listen while you read!  It is relevant to the story. “I’m not bad. The world is bad and I’m just trying to survive in it.” This was SUCH a good book – absolutely compelling from the first page right through to the end with an ending to leave you positively salivating for the next part.This is the story of Ellie, Eden, whatever she is calling herself the day you meet her. She is a liar, a con artist, a fake virgin b

FIVE TATTOED-CRAZY-CAN'T-BELIEVE-THIS-IS-HAPPENING STARS Sins & Needles… I guess the title says it all, right? Are you going to read about Sins? Oh yeah!Are you going to read about Needles? Si!Ok, I know there are GREAT reviews about this book so I’ll try to keep this short and sweet. Oh well, sweet is not a word I should use in my review…I always try to learn something from the books I read. Yes, also from the porn ones I read! Back to S&N, I learnt you can’t steal things that are not yours be

4 dark brooding stars 🌟🌟🌟🌟SO my blog partner V and I have decided to do a Sunday swap.... we each recommended a book to one another that was a little out of our comfort zone this was my pic from Miss V.... this was not so much out of my comfort zone, but out of my current zone.... it was a dark romance and as of late I have not read as much romance as I used to.... I’m really on a huge thriller kick.... however I still love the love! And this book definitely had a dark edge to it, so I got my th...

Sins & Needles, the 1st book in Karina Halle’s The Artists Trilogy and it’s the first time I have ever read anything written by this author.Gosh, why did I take so long to discover Karina Halle?? What a fantastic beginning to the series! A sexy, gritty, action-packed romance filled with the most unforgettable characters. Characters that you would never imagine liking!!!A beautiful con artist, liar, manipulative, thief, pill popping on the run heroine!!!! Ellie Watt is all that but also so much m...

OMG!!!!!!! FREAKING AMAZING!!! DEFINITELY A MUST READ NOW!!!!5 DARK AND MYSTERIOUS STARS!! ”We all make our own paths in life. Everyone we meet, everything we do, it changes us. It makes us who we are. And, if we’re lucky, we’re given the chance to make things right again.” [image error] I loved this book so freaking much!!! It was so amazing!! This is not your typical love story where everyone lives happily ever after. Its an extremely unique, thrilling, fast paced story that will have yo...

Revised 7/29/13 *Spoiler Free* “This will be the last time. I’ve said that before. I’ve said it a lot. I’ve said it while talking to myself in a mirror, like some Tarantino cliché.” This book did remind me of a Quentin Tarantino film; with the use of music, satirical subject matter and damaged characters. Uh huh good book, and would be a good movie… And as Rebecca Espinosa stated in her review:“The situations they were placed in and the way the story unfurled, it reminded me of a mov...