Nanii

I had high hopes for this book and it did not disappoint. I enjoyed the mystery and guessing who the killer was (I was wrong with every guess but it was fun guessing). I’m very excited for the next book in this series, maybe my suspicions will turn out to be correct(?) The real killer’s identity took me a little by surprise, they seemed so nice and turned out to be a total psycho, but what can you expect from a vampire? I can’t wait to find out if one of the professors is part of what I’m choosing to call the “bird mask club”, if you read this book you’ll know why I suspect a professor. I loved the romance between Tobey and Caldwell though I feel like Tobey could’ve trusted Caldwell a little more, I say that though I don’t think I would react differently than Tobey when they found him next to a fresh kill.

If you love your reads with mystery, vampires, witches, demons, etc. then this is the read for you.

𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐫 ↴

This is an Advanced Reader copy. Although this book was given to me as an ARC my thoughts are my own. Thank you, Elle Lavendell and Booksprout, for the ARC opportunity!

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐓𝐨 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 ↴

🧛🏽‍♀️ MCs are 25+

🧙🏽 Fake Dating

🧛🏽‍♀️ Dark Academia

🧙🏽 Murder Mystery

🧛🏽‍♀️ Queer & Nonbinary MCs

🧙🏽 Spicy with MORE Plot than Spice

🧛🏽‍♀️ Supernatural Beings (Witches, Vampires Demons, Werewolves, and more)

𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 ↴

Mentions of blood, including drinking blood and crying blood • Anxiety and on-page panic attack • Mentions of death, corpses and murder • One on-page death.

🧙🏽 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 📖

I DNF for the pettiest reasons, this one is the whole “I won’t allow you to do this”, “I won’t allow you to do that”. I tried to ignore it but in the 128 pages that I read it was mentioned a lot.

Just like the first book, this one was so good. I read this in one sitting. We get more into the boys’ lives and more into the kind of abuse Spencer had endured from her past relationship. We get more spice scenes and let me tell you they were spicing! I love it when all the characters get together so Asher will have to get with the program, soon. There’s this one specific character that I have been sus of since the first book so imagine my surprise (not really) when I turned out to be right about that character, I wish her nothing but the absolute worst. I can’t wait to see the absolute chaos that Rio and Zane will bring when they rescue our girl from her ex.

𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐫 ↴

This is an Advanced Reader copy. Although this book was given to me as an ARC my thoughts are my own. Thank you, Ivy King, for the ARC opportunity!

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐓𝐨 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 ↴

🪻Age Gap

⛓️Suspense

🪻Why Choose

⛓️Feminine Rage

🪻Forced Proximity

⛓️Morally Gray Characters

𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 ↴

Torture • Anxiety/Panic attacks • Grape & attempted grape • Stalking (not the kind that we love in books) • Manipulation/Gaslighting • Details of child abuse

🪻 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 📖

Oh my god. I did not expect that ending, I was very confused for a bit (did it to myself trying to figure out the ending before having any sort of concrete info). I love books with a good twist and this one had plenty of twists and turns which made the story more entertaining. I was trying so hard to be on Maya’s side throughout the whole book, but she continuously made bad decisions that would put her marriage at risk.

I loved the epilogue, specifically the part where Maya finally came to her senses and decided to stop being unfaithful to her husband, I get he could’ve been a little more helpful throughout the whole ordeal but that did not excuse what she was doing with his COUSIN. Besides the cheating (on someone who did not deserve it) the story was enjoyable and the narrator—Allyson Morgan did an amazing job narrating.

𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐫 ↴

This is an Advanced Listener copy. Although this book was given to me as an ALC my thoughts are my own. Thank you, Anna Sophia McLoughlin, RBmedia, and NetGalley, for the ALC opportunity!

🫧 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 📖

𝐃𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 ↴

“𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐮𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞—𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞’𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮.

𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭, 𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬.”

This was such a quick read, I need more!

I think this was a great intro to the characters and the politics, a great way to start the series and I’m very excited to see where this story goes. This was a bit of a fast-paced novella but the amount of details included in it were great.

“𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐌𝐚𝐞𝐫𝐚. 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐦, 𝐈 𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝—𝐧𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐫, 𝐧𝐨 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞—𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐈 𝐝𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮.“

𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐫 ↴

This is an Advanced Reader copy. Although this book was given to me as an ARC my thoughts are my own. Thank you, Caty Rogan and Inkspire, for the ARC opportunity!

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐓𝐨 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 ↴

🏹 Spice

🔥 Prequel Novella

🏹 Second Chance

🔥 Gods, Magic & War

🏹 Forbidden Romance

🔥 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 📖

“𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐞. 𝐈’𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮.”

I love this couple. There’s nothing I love more than a man that would do ANYTHING to get his woman back and that’s exactly what Soren did.

“𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐩 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐥 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐞.”

When he finally came for her, you could not get me away from this book, no sir. Not only was he coming for his woman he was avenging Anya, as he should. I knew I would somehow end up liking Anya, and then they did that girl so dirty. I felt so bad for Bones after they found her. This world seemed very different from the first book not that I minded that much I still enjoyed the story as it went on. Kind of hard not to enjoy it with all the pirates, gods, sirens, and magic that were included in the story. Jane’s capturers got exactly what they deserved especially after what they did to Anya. I wish there would’ve been more scenes with Kathleen as she’s the best friend but it is what it is. I’m still going to hold my breath in hopes that we’ll get a book for Bones and Kathleen though.

𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐫 ↴

This is an Advanced Reader copy. Although this book was given to me as an ARC my thoughts are my own. Thank you, Charlotte Mallory and The Nerd Fam, for the ARC opportunity!

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐓𝐨 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 ↴

💀 Nice and Spicy

🔥 Her Revenge ARC

💀 Epic Pirate Ship Battles

🔥 He’ll Burn The World For Her

💀 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 📖

"𝐀𝐧𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐦𝐞, 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐞, 𝐰𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐮𝐧. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐜𝐤 𝐢𝐧."

I received an ALC for this book, first thing is, I LOVED the sound effects that were included at the beginning of every chapter and even some in between. The storyline was so good I did not want to put this book down.

𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐂𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐎𝐑. 𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝑹𝑼𝑰𝑵. 𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐑𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄.

I loved Jane, loved how this book started with her walking out of a tavern after breaking a man’s nose, she got bonus points for defending her friend from creeps. Idk about any of you but I want a best friend like Jane. If you thought that I wasn’t going to obsess over a new MMC you thought wrong. The minute Soren was introduced I knew I was done for.

I disliked Anya (she was giving “I’m jealous of you for being in Soren’s bed” vibes) but at least she was loyal to him. I hope that in the next book, I can come to like her at least. I liked Bones, I need a book for him and Kathleen which probably won’t happen, but a girl can dream, right?

If you're a reader that loves a dark romantasy this book should be right up your alley. Heads up this book ends with a cliffhanger but lucky for you book 2 has already been released. Speaking of book 2, that’s where I’m headed now.

𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐫 ↴

This is an Advanced Reader copy. Although this book was given to me as an ARC my thoughts are my own. Thank you, Charlotte Mallory and The Nerd Fam, for the ARC opportunity!

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐓𝐨 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 ↴

💀 Heavy Banter

🔥 Nice and Spicy

💀 Forced Proximity

🔥 Captor x Captive

💀 Touch Her and Die

🔥 Begrudging Attraction

💀 True Enemies to Lovers

🔥 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 📖

The minute I saw this book on TikTok with “submissive MMC” I knew I had to pick it up immediately. I just love reading about submissive men whimpering for their woman, it just hits different. I do wish this book would’ve been spicier, but it was still an enjoyable read. The Hispanic family dynamics were so accurate, I loved that. I also loved that a lot of the conversations were in Spanish. Speaking of Spanish conversations, this book might be a bit hard to follow for those that do not know any Spanish so keep that in mind in case you decide you want to pick this book up for yourself. I did feel like the kidnapping and the rescuing could’ve been dragged out a little more, the rescuing felt a bit rushed to me, but it is what it is. Overall, I did find this book enjoyable, and I look forward to the next book in the series.

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐓𝐨 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 ↴

🩵 Amnesia

🩷 Light Mafia

🩵 Roommates

🩷 He’s a Virgin

🩵 Billionaire Boss

🩷 Contractual FWB

🩵 She Teaches Him

𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 ↴

Kidnapping

🫧 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 📖

What was that? Were they unable to devise a better excuse that ended with different results? I did not expect that one High School staff to be someone from Austin’s past, but I guess losing your first love really does mess you up. This book does have its share of teen drama that kind of took me by surprise, I wasn’t a huge fan of it. After everything that happened, I was left questioning what happened at Eddy’s last school. There were two versions, Eddy’s and everyone else’s. Did they all somehow come together to frame him for what happened to Mia, or did he actually do what he was accused of? This story could’ve been better, but I think the narrators did a great job with it though.

𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐫 ↴

This is an Advanced Reader copy. Although this book was given to me as an ARC my thoughts are my own. Thank you, Nicola Marsh, Dreamscape Media, and NetGalley, for the ARC opportunity!

🫧 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 📖

I DNFed this 55% in. I was enjoying it in the beginning and really wanted to continue enjoying it but the more I read the more bored I became. I temporarily put this book down too many times before I finally decided to put it down for good. I appreciate the author reaching out and sending me a copy, wish I could’ve liked it enough to finish it.

I really wanted to love this book but I just couldn’t. I enjoyed the concept, especially with how shitty Dove’s mother was but I feel like this could’ve been written better and a lot of it felt rushed to me. I contemplated DNFing the book several times but decided to push through it. Tom being a creep was not on my bingo card though. While I personally didn’t LOVE I think it was an okay read.

𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐫 ↴

This is an Advanced Reader copy. Although this book was given to me as an ARC my thoughts are my own. Thank you, Angel Anders and Grey’s Promotions, for the ARC opportunity!

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐓𝐨 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 ↴

🦋 Stalking

🦋 Toxic Love

🦋 Mom’s Fiancée

🦋 Suspense Vibes

🦋 Obsessive MMC

🦋 No 3rd Act Break Up

🦋 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 📖

This was such a quick read, but it was so good. This book follows Robert and Janet’s story as they work to build a life of their own, a life they could be proud of. They obviously had obstacles on their way to the life they’ve always dreamed of but made it through. I loved how supportive they were of each other. The story is also heartbreaking, there is the topic of miscarriage in this story so warning for those who might not want to go into a book with that trauma. Overall, it was a good story, and the ending was better than I expected. I highly recommend giving Daniele’s work a try.

𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐫 ↴

This is an Advanced Reader copy. Although this book was given to me as an ARC my thoughts are my own. Thank you, Daniele Vaccaro, for the ARC opportunity!

🫧 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 📖

I thought I was going to love this book from start to finish… that’s not the case. Francesca was naive as hell when it came to her family, which made her annoying. How do you walk in on your sister in your husband’s bed, acknowledge that she was trying to ruin your marriage on behalf of your mother, and then believe her when she calls crying that she’s pregnant and that she needs help to escape, that she cannot leave on her own because apparently, they took all her belongings except her phone 🤨… Francesca walked into a trap that everyone else could see from a mile away because “she’s my sister” man, fuck your sister. I hate FMCs that allow their family to run every aspect of their lives. Yes, I get that her inheritance was on the line, but I seriously would’ve said “fuck the inheritance”. If you can’t have free will, what good is the inheritance?

I hate that after Graham went to find his wife they took Florence with them. This ho lied to get her sister in the hands of Giovanni and her mother and they just forgave her? Fuck that, let that ho claw her own way out of the prison she so willingly accepted.

𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐫 ↴

This is an Advanced Reader copy. Although this book was given to me as an ARC my thoughts are my own. Thank you, Penelope Black, for the ARC opportunity!

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐓𝐨 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 ↴

Dog Mom

Mutual Pining

Slow Burn Swoon

He Calls Her Sunshine

Marriage of Convenience

🫧 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 📖

I ATE THIS BOOK UP. I have never read a dark rom-com but I was here for it. I loved Ezra and Kindra though I wish Ezra would’ve told her the truth sooner. I felt so bad after she found out the truth about her brother and I’m glad she was able to accept that her brother was a monster. Bennett got on my nerves a little bit, but I got where he was coming from so that gained him points and him assaulting fruit was not on my bingo card. It was disturbing and hilarious asf because my lord there are TWO other women on that island (not counting the FMC) and this man goes for a PINEAPPLE(???). Cat was annoying and a bit dramatic, she gave me weird vibes at first. The hatred those two have for each other has me excited for their book though!

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐓𝐨 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 ↴

🪚 Banter

🔪 Serial Killers

🪚 Dark Humor

🔪 Plus-Sized FMC

🪚 MMC w/ Glasses

🔪 Forced Proximity

🪚 Dangerous Chemistry

🔪 Black Cat x Cinnamon Roll

🪚 One-Night Stand that spirals into CHAOS

𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 ↴

Non-consensual cannibalism • Gorey hobbies • Macabre retreat activities • Consensual drowning • Mentions of child abuse

🔪 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 📖

• 𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐈 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 “𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐬𝐥𝐮𝐭” 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐈 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠? Yes.

𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐈 𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐮𝐩 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 “𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐬𝐥𝐮𝐭”? Also, yes.

I LOVED Abigail and Logan’s relationship. I loved that Abbie was not opposed to the arranged marriage and that Logan made an effort to get to know her and go on dates before getting down to business 😉😏. I am obsessed with Logan, his love for animals and his desire to take down everyone in the sex trafficking “business” might’ve gained him lots of points. The spice was spicing, and the friendships were everything. What happened to that one side character was unnecessary! 😢 They didn’t have to, nor did they deserve to go out like that. THEY DESERVED BETTER! Apart from that death I honestly have no complaints about this book. Loved it and I 100% recommend it!

𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐫 ↴

This is an Advanced Reader copy. Although this book was given to me as an ARC my thoughts are my own. Thank you, Shannon Jade, for the ARC opportunity!

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐓𝐨 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 ↴

💀 Mafia

💚 “My Wife”

💀 “Good Slut”

💚 Pierced Hero

💀 Forced Proximity

💚 Viking x Princess

💀 Grumpy x Sunshine

💚 Arranged Marriage

𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 ↴

Violence • Diagnosis and mentions of infertility • Death of a side character • Mentions of sex trafficking • Praise & degradation • Spanking

💀 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 📖

This is the final book in the midsummer series, and I was not prepared to dislike Miri as much as I did towards the end. I should’ve guessed that Miri would leave like she always did but I fully expected her to stay true to her promise and stay with Ivy & Carter. The long-awaited battle was more than I expected. I certainly did not expect two of the four to DIE (Jena how dare you play with my feelings like that?) Jena had me ready to crash out, my emotions were all over the place, but I knew it could not end with the four of them being separated. The spicy scenes were amazing as always. I loved that Ivy & Miri finally took control of their own lives (granted that Miri had to be dragged away from the altar after planning to go through with such a ridiculous wedding to please her grandmother). I will miss the four of them (some more than others) and though this is the end of Midsummer I look forward to more of Jena’s work.

𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐫 ↴

This is an Advanced Reader copy. Although this book was given to me as an ARC my thoughts are my own. Thank you, Jena Doyle, for the ARC opportunity!

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐓𝐨 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 ↴

🧚🏽‍♀️ MMFF

✨ Angsty

🧚🏽‍♀️ Evil Fairies

✨ Series Finale

🧚🏽‍♀️ Chaotic Bisexuals

✨ Arranged Marriage

🧚🏽‍♀️ Queer Shakespeare

𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 ↴

Mention of rape

✨ 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 📖

I really wanted to like this book considering that it is my first sapphic mafia romance. I went into it intending to love it 100% and then Emilia entered the chat and showed her true colors. The audacity of that woman to choose everyone else but Chiara and then ask her to be by her side every step of the way (for her wedding) while Chiara suffered in silence was sealed the deal. Emilia was selfish. She wanted to have her cake and eat it too. The further I got into the story the more I hated her.

Stefan deserved better and if he turned out to be an absolute asshole after Chiara was so cold to him and then called off their engagement (because Emilia finally decided that she wanted to choose her because “Angelo couldn’t protect her the way Chiara could”) I wouldn’t have blamed him. No one will ever change my mind that if she (Emilia) hadn’t been kidnapped she never would’ve called off her engagement to Angelo. The plot itself was good and the writing style was even better, if it weren’t for Emilia and how much she irked my soul, this would’ve been rated higher.

𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐫 ↴

This is an Advanced Reader copy. Although this book was given to me as an ARC my thoughts are my own. Thank you, K.G. Smith and BookishBubbly PR for the ARC opportunity!

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐓𝐨 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 ↴

🔫 Found Family

🌹 Mafia Romance

🔫 Forbidden Love

🌹 Touch Her & Die

🔫 Sapphic Romance

🌹 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 📖

Sarah’s husband goes missing and I immediately think that she killed him. Boy, was I wrong…

The book was doing so well and then we were given that ending… It was a bit disappointing. Sarah was acting suspicious so rightfully I spent the entire book blaming her for her husband’s disappearance and the whole time she had nothing to do with it. There is so much build-up for nothing IMO. The new information that was received about her husband was a bit shocking (out of everything he could’ve been doing I did not expect what he was actually doing) but it was entertaining at least. I wouldn’t recommend this book but if you’re going into it just know it's more of a mystery than a thriller. I hope to find better books from this author.

𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐫 ↴

This is an Advanced Listener copy. Although this book was given to me as an ALC my thoughts are my own. Thank you, Tamara L. Miller and NetGalley for the ALC opportunity!

🫧 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 📖

After receiving this in recent book mail I immediately downloaded the first book on Kindle Unlimited, I loved it and did as one usually does, immediately went into this one. I am now officially obsessed with this series.

“𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐞, 𝐑𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧. 𝐎𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤. 𝐆𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥. 𝐔𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐨𝐧. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐚𝐰𝐧 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐬, 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞.”

Raven and Otto gave everything they were supposed to give. The spice and the pinning were everything. Everybody say “Thank you Charleigh & River” for the little incident that caused Raven’s immediate move to Otto’s place. Lol.

Raven is such a badass, I love her confidence and her personality. She went through a lot and I’m glad she found the happiness she deserved. I love that Otto calls her “Moonflower” I think it's just the cutest name (I am still a big fan of “Little Runner”)!

“𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧’ 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐞, 𝐑𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧. 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐞 𝐡𝐞’𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮.”

“𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭?”

𝐏𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧. “𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠.”

River found out about his sister & his best friend exactly how I expected him to find out but when I tell you that his reaction had me ready to fight him, I really mean it. I get why he was pissed at Otto BUT who would be better than someone he knows would protect her with his life? He also needs to remember that he’s dating his sister’s best friend so he should be the last one talking. I’m glad he came around quickly though, not that he had much of a choice (his sister was kidnapped).

I loved the flashback chapters that gave us a glimpse into their shared past and shed light on what happened to Haddie among other things. The ending left me like 🤔😲... I cannot wait until Kane’s book because I need answers. In case it wasn’t already obvious, I recommend the series.

𝐏.𝐒. 𝐇𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐭.

𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐫 ↴

This is an Advanced Reader copy. Although this book was given to me as an ARC my thoughts are my own. Thank you, A.L. Jackson, for the ARC opportunity!

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐓𝐨 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 ↴

🌙 Age Gap

🌷 Forbidden

🌙 Small Town

🌷 Secret Society

🌙 Band of Brothers

🌷 Morally Gray Hero

🌙 Touch Her and Die

🌷 Brother’s Best Friend

🌙 Roommates to Lovers

𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 ↴

Domestic abuse • Kidnapping • Death • Murder • Family loss.

🌷 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 📖

“𝐈’𝐦 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡, 𝐈’𝐦 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞.”

This is my first read by A.L. Jackson and she did not disappoint.

This is the first book in the series, and it follows Charleigh Lowe and her life after she ran away from her abusive husband, after she lost the most important people in her life in a tragic car accident. For five years Charleigh had been alone in the grief of her parents, her newborn child, and her cousin who was eager to help her escape from the claws of a rich, powerful, and manipulative man.

River is a tattoo artist and in his spare time he along with his brothers (not blood but might as well be) find women and children in abusive situations and helps them escape and start a new life, and he does whatever he needs to do to make sure that they’re safe, whatever means necessary.

I loved everything about this book. The suspense, the hot pierced MMC, the found family, and the adorable child, if you read this and did not love Nolan then we cannot be friends. The plot twist was totally unexpected, but it was a very nice surprise. This reminds me a little bit of the movie Safe Haven (a great movie, I recommend watching it). The ending was everything and the bonus scene that we get through the link at the end of the e-book makes everything so much better. If the first book was this good, I can’t wait to get into Raven’s book.

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐓𝐨 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 ↴

🦋 Suspense

🩷 Single Dad

🦋 Pierced MMC

🩷 Found Family

🦋 Hurt/Comfort

🩷 Hidden Identity

🦋 Morally Gray Hero

🩷 Touch Her and Die

🦋 “Who TF Did This To You?”

🩷 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 📖

I literally wanted to grab Mari and shake her every time she got back with Nate… Like girl, LET HIM GO.

What Nate did on Mari’s birthday was shitty, he didn’t even have the decency to attempt to clear up the situation. Thank god for the mix-up with the courier otherwise, she would’ve gotten back together with him for the hundredth time despite everyone around her telling her that she deserved better.

I wish there was less time spent on Nate and more time spent with Chev even if it was just “Hi, how are you?” throughout the year or even in class but they gave us absolutely nothing. She just ran away from him at every turn, the MCs did not get together until like 70% into the novella. By the time they finally got together, I was like “Ugh, finally.”

𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐫 ↴

This is an Advanced Reader copy. Although this book was given to me as an ARC my thoughts are my own. Thanks to L. Renee Richard and The Next Step PR for the ARC opportunity!

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐓𝐨 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 ↴

💖 BIPOC

🌸 College

💖 Betrayal

🌸 Insta-Love

💖 Forced Proximity

🌸 Opposites Attract

𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 ↴

Anxiety • Cheating • Depression • Emotional abuse • Manipulation • Substance abuse

💖 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 📖

𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 ⇝ ★★★.75

This book follows Harper, a woman running away from her last relationship–an abusive relationship that left her completely isolated and dependent on her partner. This was an okay read it reminded me of the movie Safe Haven (I LOVE THAT MOVIE). Some parts seemed repetitive to me, but the suspense was good. I enjoyed Harper and Nolan’s ending; she deserved it after everything her ex put her through.

𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐫 ↴

This is an Advanced Reader copy. Although this book was given to me as an ARC my thoughts are my own. Thank you to Emily Campbell for the ARC opportunity!

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐓𝐨 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 ↴

📚One Bed

☕️Bookshop

📚Witty Banter

☕️Found Family

📚Small Town Vibes

☕️Romantic Suspense

𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 ↴

Domestic abuse (emotional & sexual) • Stalking • Gun violence • Anxiety & panic attack rep

📚 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 📖

This is such an interesting way to tell a story. It had me stressed the hell out but that’s reality. Needless to say, I disliked Melody. I loved Granny though, she was too funny which was nice considering this book goes into how scary social media is/could be. It’s scary that this is so realistic, this is really how the “podcast bros” talk to and about women. I did like the “She Knows, She Knows” moment I got with the last email from the concerned stranger after Tiana emailed for help. I caught it immediately and figured out who was emailing her.

𝐎𝐛𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠

People Like Them

Just a Girl

The Heart of a Mother

Murder at the Royal Ruby

Slot Machine Fever Dreams

The Mosquito

“𝐂𝐥𝐮𝐜𝐤 𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐜𝐤, 𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬!”

🫧 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 📖

Well, this one sure was interesting. Dove is a recovering alcoholic and works at a casino… serving drinks. She has some serious self-control if she’s able to be around alcohol without the urge for a taste. She meets Russell who is hired to KILL her, but this is not her first rodeo with a man that’s trying to hurt her. That’s the whole reason she’s in this mess to begin with. It’s a bit confusing but I guess it all worked out in the end for her. The story was alright, but it’s definitely not my favorite in this collection.

🫧 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 📖

OH WHAT A SHITTY PERSON JOANNA WAS! I felt for Hillary, I really did. All she wanted was to find her child and here came Joanna to take advantage of her pain and her situation for some cash. I don’t know why I didn’t think of Joanna being a possible scammer, I guess I just wanted to believe Hillary had finally found the daughter she’d been looking for. I loved the plot and I wish this short read would’ve been longer.

🫧 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 📖