Review : Empathy (Empathy, #1) by Ker Dukey

Title : Empathy (Empathy, #1)
Author : Ker Dukey
Part of series : Empathy
Genre : New Adult, Romance
Read in August, 27th 2015
Rate : 5 Stars

They say some people are born with decreased activity in the brain; a cold spot in the front central lobe. Where most people have activity, a hot area giving them feelings, emotions and enabling them to love, there are a rare few who have a cold spot, affecting their ability to feel emotions, empathy. 

There are theories that serial killers have this cold spot. Psychopaths. That’s why they lack the ability to connect, to care. 

I don’t have feelings the way most people do. I may be one of those people... 

Psychopaths. 

I don’t know.

I don't want to love... 

I don't want to feel... 

I don't want... 

Empathy...

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There's nothing more important than find a good book, on the right moment and right mood.

Right when I need book that can blow my mind and suited my "killing mood", I stumbled with this one.

Well, this book had been sitting on my reader for quite long and I keep passing it and choose another title. Duh !

I know this book had promising blurb, and one of my buddy read kept insisting me to try it, but.....I always tell her that "I'm not in the mood"....
Silly me, and my stupid mood !

Soon I found that I couldn't put this book down since the first line of the book caught my eyes. It mesmerized me and evoke "the psychopath side" in me in a strange way .

I appreciate how the author trying to mislead the reader to follow what she want, drove the reader to false direction, but no, I can "see" where's the story gonna end.
But, even I know who the real devil is, the story still interesting enough to follow.

I like the epilogue, but "the second epilogue" was the one that really gave the "WTF-things" to me.

So...

You think that you know who's the devil is?

Nah! You don't!

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!

Review : Analyzing Emory by Lily Grace

Title : Analyzing Emory
Author : Lily Grace 
Genre : M/m Romance, Gay Romance
Read in September 2015
Rate : 4 Stars

Everything about Emory was contradictory and fascinating and surprising. 

Kyle couldn’t rid the beautiful man from his mind.

Emory was perhaps the most beautiful man to ever grace Kyle’s sheets, but there was something else about Emory (that) intrigued him. Those soulful eyes—he found himself aching to learn more about what was behind them.


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Emory didn’t have many rules he lived by, but there were a few he never broke:

~ sex is just sex; if you can help it, don’t spend the night;
~ never sleep with the same person twice;
~ and whatever you do, don’t fall in love.

Keeping people at arm’s length made things easier. No muss, no fuss, and absolutely no chance of getting hurt.



Until one day, he met this beautiful man with blue eyes ~ Mr. Sexy Psychologist, Dr. Kyle Michelson.

And since that one night stand with this sexy psychologist, Emory start to break all his own credo one...by...one...and soon make his world turn upside down.

But will this relationship between  "no muss, no fuss" guy with dark-abusive-past and "Mr. Used to relationships, not random sex" survive the age gap and the trust issue ?

Will Emory break the wall he build around him to protect his heart from another hurt ?

Will Kyle win Emory trust and love ? 

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I know some readers said that the issues in this story are too cliche and the plot way too predictable, and I must admit that yes, it's true, BUT....I don't care!

Because I falling for the story since the very first time I read about Emory's "sad" eyes , and at that moment I realized that this beautiful guy has the story to tell and I have the feeling that it would break my heart and I'm gonna fall in love with this beautiful-broken-young man.

There's two scenes from this book that squeezed my heart. First, the scene with baby Clara and the second one is this...

“So nobody wanted you, huh? You were abandoned? People were mean to you?” Emory hugged him close and ran his fingers through the soft gray fur. “I know all about that. We have a lot in common, you and me. I’m going to call you Max, okay? I knew another great dog named Max. It’s a good name for a dog.” Emory pulled Max closer and was rewarded by a sloppy lick to his face. “It’s okay, boy. Life is kinda rough sometimes. But I want you. So you just forget about all the bad stuff that happened in the past. Okay? You’re going to be alright. I’m not going to let them put you down.”

"The dog adoption" scene...

One thing I think quite not right in this story is Kyle....
As a professional psychologist, IMO, should know how to deal with people with abusive past and trust issues like Emory.
But instead of being a professional like therapist, he trapped in his own feelings to "fix" things when what Emory need just someone who "see" him not as some thing need to be fix.

But again, I can't blame Kyle either, because when you love someone so deep, all you wanna do is....to take care of them, make them safe, see them smile and embrace them with your love.

Overall, yes, I love this story and put it on my fave shelf.

Love no need to be analyzed, 

but to be feel...