JASMINE's THOUGHTS on Infinitely Gilded by J. Woods

Genre:

New Adult Paranormal/Sci-Fi Romance

Series:

Gilded Feathers Series, #4

Publish Date:

December 19, 2013

Synopsis:

What if everything you thought to be true... wasn't?

After a year of perishing in a desolating inferno, Cole Evans is surprised when her senses develop an intrigue for the savagely mysterious Dash. Determined to uncover the secrets hidden in the dark depths of his entrancing eyes, Cole finds herself torn between guilt and temptation. Her wandering soul fights relentlessly for answers only to find the darkest one of all followed by a series of extraordinary events. Unraveling with devastating and profound realities at the hear of danger, Cole's fate is illuminated by an altering course where fears and dreams, loss and love converge into a symphony of spectacular - infinitely gilded.

  

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Read the Gilded Feathers series!

   

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**About the Author**

J. Woods is a Toronto based writer, mother, and non-conformist. She lives between the space of her green tea and humming laptop when she isn’t chasing after her free spirited daughter. She has studied too many things to count including radio broadcasting and entrepreneurship. Grasping at sanity, she realized writing stories about her insane thoughts was easier than explaining them to a doctor. Not to mention cheaper.

Stay connected with J. Woods

Website

    

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***My Thoughts**

Note: This review contains no spoilers

Infinitely Gilded is the exciting and touching conclusion to the Gilded Feathers series! From the beginning of the series to this gripping conclusion, I was on a crazy rollercoaster ride of emotions as Cole went from shy, introverted college student to a confident, strong graduate! I definitely had tears of joy, tears of sadness, tears of guilt, tears of loneliness...I can go on and on with various emotions...after reading each chapter. 

J. Woods had me grieving, laughing and falling in love again with her in depth description of Cole and all her friends emotional and physical turmoil that they endured. Moreover, her incredible world building skills had me visualizing these alien worlds that can only be described as mystical and fantastical! I loved every detailed description of the land, animals and people she created!

In the synopsis alone gives you an idea of how much and what Cole has been through and continues to go through until the truth is revealed. There were so many twists and turns to the plot that it was a mystery begging to be solved. I thoroughly enjoyed the entire series! I absolutely enjoyed the laughs, the cries, the pain, the love, the heartache, the falling in love and the adventure that the Gilded Feathers series has taken me in all four books! I ended this series with tears in my eyes, a smile on my face...and a big sigh of fulfillment for Cole and Dash (Drex).

My rating:

JASMINE's THOUGHTS on Gilded Promise (Book 3 of the Gilded Feathers Series) by J. Woods

Genre:

New Adult Paranormal/Sci-Fi Romance

Series:

Gilded Feathers Series

Publish Date:

December 1, 2013

Publisher:

Amazon Digital Services, Inc.

Format:

eBook

Warning:

Recommended for readers 18+

Contains adult language and sexual content

Synopsis:

Drowning endlessly in her sorrow, Chloe Collins tries desperately to breathe life back into the lost girl Cole has become. But as she refuses to let go of memories past, her journal remains the only escape from her constant inner turmoil.

In the midst of it all Chloe is enchanted in her own passionate romance with the rogue and untamed Tommy. Their love is tested against the uprising of demons from the past in a time where it seems everyone is hiding secrets.

Captivated in the battle between love and betrayal Chloe faces new obstacles and the undulating force of a gilded promise.

  

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**About the Author**

J. Woods is a Toronto based writer, mother, and non-conformist. She lives between the space of her green tea and humming laptop when she isn’t chasing after her free spirited daughter. She has studied too many things to count including radio broadcasting and entrepreneurship. Grasping at sanity, she realized writing stories about her insane thoughts was easier than explaining them to a doctor. Not to mention cheaper.

Stay connected with J. Woods

Website

    

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***My Thoughts***

Where to begin... I was already drawn into Cole and Drex's world in Gilded Feathers and Gilded Faith. Then I was a wreck after the tragedy in Gilded Faith! If I was in Cole's shoes...I probably would be so broken and lost as she was...<sigh>. That's how immersed I was with their whole love affair on two different worlds...literally! J. Woods did an excellent job on her world building that I could actually imagine it in my mind! The stories from each novel flowed from one to the other, starting off...give or take a few months...where the previous book left off; hence, the importance in reading Book 1 & 2 before getting into this third book of the series.

But now, I have read Book 3, Gilded Promise, which was told through Chloe's eyes. After Cole suffered such an intense loss, Chloe can only be there for her best friend. While her budding romance with Tommy grows, she does everything she can to bring Cole back from the loss she endures every waking moment of her life. Cole and Chloe are as close as can be...as close as sisters. Hence, the shear agony Chloe feels for Cole and her desperation to bring Cole out of that black hole of loss that she seems to be locked in.

Chloe and Tommy's romance continues to grow with every intense moment they have. As stated in the synopsis, Chloe and Tommy has demons of their own that they have to overcome before they can be totally honest with each other for their love and relationship to grow. Chloe flies home to Vancouver, taking Tommy with her, to celebrate her birthday...as requested by her parents. Chloe knows this is not going to be a happy homecoming. While in Vancouver, several truths are revealed for both Chloe and Tommy which tests their love and commitment to each other. Then one life-threatening moment opens Chloe's eyes to the realization of how intense the loss of Drex is to Cole. As the celebration of Chloe's birthday continues, a glimmer of hope shines in Chloe's eyes when she noticed a slight spark in Cole's eyes during her birthday party.

I was completely sucked into Chloe's world in this third book of the Gilded Feathers series. J. Woods has simply wrote an emotionally driven and draining story through Chloe's eyes. In Gilded Promise, readers can see through Chloe's eyes of how intense Cole's grief is...to the point that readers will be able to empathize with Chloe, the best friend that will do anything to take Cole's pain away. In addition to a best friend's desperation to help, I am "gasping for air" at the mere thought that someone other than Drex can bring Cole out of that intense grief.

I so need to read the captivating and intense conclusion to the Gilded Feathers series....Infinitely Gilded!

My rating:

SERIES BLITZ: Gilded Feathers Series by J. Woods

Welcome to the Official SERIES BLITZ for the Gilded Feathers Series by J. Woods!

Here's brief descriptions of each book in this amazing New Adult Paranormal/Sci-Fi Contemporary Romance! And, the awesome part of this blitz is the amazing giveaway J. Woods is having on her site! The rafflecopter is also at the end of this post!

Book 1

Synopsis:

An alluring choice. A fantastical revelation. But what if it changed... everything?

Familiar with the art of the nightmare, twenty-two year old university student Cole Evans can't help but feel a deep connection to the horrifying illusions of her slumber.

Irrevocably drawn to obscure fantasy, Cole faces a defiant temptation of romance and her first encounter with the mysterious Drex. Covered in tattoos, she unexpectedly finds herself attracted to his dark magnetism and emerald eyes. Before her life takes an impossible turn.

Uncovering Drex's true Guardian identity, she is forced on a terrifying journey through the stars into his world - one that brilliantly weaves together the struggle of danger and desire. And the impossible reality of gilded feathers.

   

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Book 2

Synopsis:

To find that forever love with a Guardian is both her dream come true and worst nightmare entwined into a dangerously bizarre reality for Cole Evans.

Tangled in the art of passion she tries to find balance within the explosive converging of two separate worlds. Peeling back the layers of past, present and future through the disjointed answers in her mother’s journals, Cole’s life becomes equal parts mystery and spellbinding romance.

Until terrifying threats and wicked encounters drag her back into the source of her nightmares.

Stuck in a poetically volatile rebellion of revenging rage, Cole battles with the desolation of survival and separation and the reliance on gilded faith.

   

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Book 3

Warning:

For readers 18+

Contains adult language, sexual content & adult situations

Synopsis:

Drowning endlessly in her sorrow, Chloe Collins tries desperately to breathe life back into the lost girl Cole has become. But as she refuses to let go of memories past, her journal remains the only escape from her constant inner turmoil.

In the midst of it all Chloe is enchanted in her own passionate romance with the rogue and untamed Tommy. Their love is tested against the uprising of demons from the past in a time where it seems everyone is hiding secrets.

Captivated in the battle between love and betrayal Chloe faces new obstacles and the undulating force of a gilded promise.

   

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Book 4

Synopsis:

What if everything you thought to be true... wasn’t?

After a year of perishing in a desolating inferno, Cole Evans is surprised when her senses develop an intrigue for the savagely mysterious Dash.   

Determined to uncover the secrets hidden in the dark depths of his entrancing eyes, Cole finds herself torn between guilt and temptation.

Her wandering soul fights relentlessly for answers only to find the darkest one of all followed by a series of extraordinary events. Unraveling with devastating and profound realities at the heart of danger, Cole’s fate is illuminated by an altering course where fears and dreams, loss and love converge into a symphony of spectacular - infinitely gilded.

   

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Here's an excerpt from Infinitely Gilded!

     I let out a sigh and turned to ask Dash about this afternoon when I found my lips pressed against his. His warm palm cupped my cheek tenderly and I felt myself melting. I distantly heard the retort and protest in my mind but I shooed them away giving in to the passion. I admitted to myself I wanted the taste of his lips on mine, drowning in ecstasy. I bit back the whimper that wanted to escape when he pulled back slightly, catching his breath.

     “You don’t play fair,” I breathed.

     “No, I don’t. Not when it comes to something I want. Not when it comes to you.” He stared into my eyes and I wanted to cling to him and never let go...

     ...I could do nothing but play along with the charade while I looked at him and silently asked how far do I have to go to get to you? Hoping I wasn’t making a permanent pronouncement on temporary emotion I knew patience was what I needed but right now it felt like the enemy. A part of me was drawn to him but a part of me resisted. And the resistance was what continued to push me through. I wanted to grab his face and scream at him – why? Slowly I could feel my shattered soul wandering back to me. It was testing its old stomping grounds and satisfied, fell into its original spot. Almost like a test drive, it shifted around in its seat, adjusting the mirrors, pressing a few buttons adjusting the radio and taking it for a spin. ‘It feels the same,’ my soul concluded. ‘Maybe a little more battered and bruised – definitely a fixer upper but it will do.’ And before the warmth of his mouth left mine, the mingling of our breaths becoming separate again I allowed that silly dreamer who still resided within me a fleeting glimpse of forever.

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**About the Author**

J. Woods is a Toronto based writer, mother, and non-conformist. She lives between the space of her green tea and humming laptop when she isn’t chasing after her free spirited daughter. She has studied too many things to count including radio broadcasting and entrepreneurship. Grasping at sanity, she realized writing stories about her insane thoughts was easier than explaining them to a doctor. Not to mention cheaper.

Stay connected with J. Woods

Website

    

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***The Giveaway***

a Rafflecopter giveaway