Man…this one had such potential.Β It had hints of SJM, Victoria Aveyar and JLA, but those hints weren’t enough to make this a story I want to continue reading. One of the things I enjoy most about fantasy series is world-building.Β These things aren’t real so we need the author to help us, the reader, […]
I’ve been on a serious fantasy kick lately, so I grabbed a book that a fellow book blogger highly recommended to change things up.Β Unfortunately,Β June First should not have been the book I picked up. The story focuses on the relationship between Brant and June.Β Brant was six when he moved in with his best […]
Kase’s curse killed me but I knew Malin and team would figure out how to break it and get Kase back. Malinβs team solidified behind her, including House Strom. I loved that.Β She always thought it was just Hagan who loved her but she discovered just how wrong she was.Β Β I canβt wait until the […]
Wow…what a ride.Β It took me a minute to acclimate myself to what had happened in the last book but once I was situated, I was reinvested in what Romy and Zander were doing next. Fleeing the fae capital of Cirilea with a price on their heads, Romy and Zander (along with the growing band […]
This was a Once Upon a Book Club selection from a few months ago that I finally picked up.Β I have to say, this was the perfect beach/pool weekend read. Nathan and Katrina were a successfully writing duo who had a major issue:Β communication.Β It seemed these two were able to complete each other’s thoughts […]
I often go into historical romance droughts, going months before I pick another one up.Β Lorraine Heath’s book always makes me wonder why I put them aside for other sub-genres. I loved the premise of this book.Β A ducal heir who’s lost it all because of his treasonous father and the home office spy whose […]
I ran across a post on Facebook where a reader was asking about a book where two brothers were separated at birth, one raised rich and the other in an MC.Β I was intrigued enough that I skipped to Amazon to find the book once the title/author was uncovered.Β After reading this, I wish I […]
Wow!Β Brigid Kemmerer takes us back to Shyl Shallow and Emberfall with this fantastic spin-off series with Tycho as the hero, but old friends readily at hand. Picking up a few years from the end of the Cursebreakers series, Grey and LIa Mara are faced with groups threatening their reign, or Grey’s.Β Tycho,Β now the […]
Corinne Michaels went back to a romantic suspense book withΒ Help Me Remember,Β adding the brother’s best friend trope.Β It worked all the way around for me. Brielle loses her memory of the last three years.Β She has to get it back to help solve the mystery/crime of what happened to her and her brother.Β She recruits […]
This last book in the Savage Land series took meΒ forever to finish.Β I had been looking so forward to this book but it missed the mark for me.Β Told in alternating POVs, we get Brexley, Warwick, Scorpian, Killian, and Caden’s take on what is happening leading up to the final stand against Istavan.Β Brexley had […]
Claire Contreras takes us on a bit of a ride with Gio and Isabel’s story. It has been a while since I read Lorenzo and Cat’s story so I had to acclimate to the world, which took me a minute.Β But once I did it I was ready to go. Back into the world of […]
I love when a book surprises me.Β Β With Love from London did just that.Β Told in alternating POVs between present-day Valentina and past Eloise, we see how this mother/daughter duo deal with life-altering changes in their lives, ultimately discovering they are not so different after all. When I started this book, I was so very envious […]
Oh my goodness….For the Wolf took forever to read.Β Part of this could have been me not being in the right mindset to focus on the storyline, but I don’t think I’m fully to blame. I’ll be honest, I saw the next book in the series;Β For the Throne, on NetGalley and was intrigued.Β Realizing I […]