Nanii

This was a quick read (91 pages or so), but just like the previous book the spice was so good. I loved what Nico was teaching Roxy almost as much as she did. I love how their bond grew after her incident and the trust she has with him. At this point I want to work at Club Euphoria lol they have all the fun. This entire series can be read as a standalone though I’d recommend reading in order.

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 V.B. Emanuele for the ARC opportunity!

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐓𝐨 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 ↴

🪩 BDSM

💃 Age Gap

🪩 Sex Club

💃 Work Romance

🪩 Club Owner’s Bodyguard x Club Waitress

💃 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 📖

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐃𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬 ✎

Princess of The Mafia (The Shadows of Cosa Nostra Chronicles #2)

by Sophia Raz

𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 ⇝ ★★★★☆

𝐏𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭 ⇝ 322

𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞 ⇝ Sept. 6th, 2024

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐓𝐨 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 ⇝ Enemies to Lovers. Arranged Marriage. He Falls First. Finding Yourself FMC. Touch Her and Die. Abusive Parent. Explicit Sex Scenes. PTSD. OWD. Slow Burn.

✧༺♥︎༻∞༺♥︎༻✧༺♥︎༻∞༺♥︎༻✧

📚 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐆𝐨𝐚𝐥 ⇝ 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝟖𝟔 𝐨𝐟 𝟏𝟎𝟎

✧༺♥︎༻∞༺♥︎༻✧༺♥︎༻∞༺♥︎༻✧

𝐌𝐲 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 ↴

This book follows Daria and Lorenzo and let me just say that I was not Daria’s biggest fan in the beginning… she’s 24 but seemed so juvenile and still she wasn’t my least favorite character. Her sister Orietta was the worst! Lorenzo, however, I loved him. For someone who claimed he wasn’t marrying for love he sure didn’t show it and I loved every minute of it. Stefano was such a nice brother in law although it kind of irked me that he kept playing devil’s advocate after what Daria did before her wedding. The main thing I didn’t like about this book was the constant topic of cheating, I feel like every other conversation that was had between the MCs was him reassuring her that he wasn’t going to cheat on her AFTER WHAT SHE DID BEFORE THEIR WEDDING, other than that it was a pretty entertaining read. This is the second book in the series but I did not feel lost by skipping the first though now I want to go back and read 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 to Sophia for the ARC opportunity!

🫧 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 📖

𝐌𝐲 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 ↴

I truly wanted to like this book and I enjoyed bits of it but just some things did not add up. Nix losing control of her magic all the time was getting a bit old. Gin being told to stay inside after the spell and failing to do so was ridiculous. The whole building a campaign in less than a day was kind of insane but to each their own. I did like how supportive Gin’s dad was about the campaign once he knew his reason for wanting to run for "the highest office he can get elected to besides president" and I did like how badass Nix was towards the end. I loved Rosie and Oz though, they could be my favorite characters.

𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 ↴

Mention of rape (you can kind of tell before she actually says it because of her reaction to certain things)

𝐖𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐈 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤? ↴

I wouldn’t but I also wouldn’t tell anyone not to give it a read and form their own opinion if asked about 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 to Elise H. Ford for the ARC opportunity!

🫧 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 📖

RUSH: Deluxe Edition

by Emma Scott

𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 ⇝ ★★★★★

𝐌𝐲 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 ↴

Emma Scott just got herself another reader. This story was written so beautifully it didn’t take long for it to completely grab my attention. It reminded me a bit of ‘Me Before You’ but that’s what I loved about it, I’ve always been a sucker for these stories.

Noah has lost his sight and his adventurous life in one terrible accident.

Charlotte had lost her brother and through him her music. Until she becomes the assistant of Mr. Noah Lake and she begins to play again. Somehow these two broken souls become everything to each other and Noah must learn to accept and live with his new reality in order to be the man Charlotte deserves.

I loved everything about this book except for one character that absolutely made my blood boil the minute he was introduced, if you have read the story then you know who I’m talking about. That man was absolute trash but every other important character I loved. Lucien obviously takes first place though. I strongly recommend this story.

𝐖𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐈 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐲? ⇝ Yes

🫧 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 Emma and Valentine PR for the ARC opportunity!

🫧 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 📖

Book Title: Battle Scars

Author: J J Asher

Format: Digital – Kindle

Star Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️

𝑫𝑬𝑫𝑰𝑪𝑨𝑻𝑰𝑶𝑵:

“For all the girls out there who were ever called crazy, psycho, or b*tch. It’s okay to be damaged. It’s okay to be broken. But it’s not okay to carry around other people’s bullsh*t!”

𝑹𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒊𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒆𝒏𝒋𝒐𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒈:

💚 Slow Burn

🍏 Found Family

💚 Forced Proximity

🍏 Enemies to Lovers

💚 Unhinged Characters

🍏 Touch Her & You Die

I tried to get into this book but I caught myself stopping every few pages. Honestly all the characters were unhinged asf (that wasn’t the issue, I love unhinged characters) and Andy well she got on my damn nerves. I honestly only seemed to enjoy the book when there were steamy scenes and even then I found myself distracted. The twist towards the end though had me a little shook even though I suspected it at first. Make sure to check out the trigger warnings if you’re interested in picking this one up.

𝑫𝑰𝑺𝑪𝑳𝑨𝑰𝑴𝑬𝑹: As always, although this is an E-ARC, my thoughts are my own and this is my honest review. Thank you to J J Asher for the ARC opportunity.

Book Title: Mr. Unexpected

Author: J.R. Gale

Star Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

“Love is like a butterfly, a rare and gentle thing.” – Dolly Parton

𝑹𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒊𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒆𝒏𝒋𝒐𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒈:

🦋 Age Gap

🌃 Billionaire

🦋 Single Dad

🌃 Possessive Alpha

🦋 Instant Connection

I’m a total sucker for the age gap trope, so you know that when I saw this book I HAD TO read it. It’s my first J.R. Gale book and I honestly cannot wait for the next book. This was a cute read with its fair share of drama, chaos and sadness. Only issue is when Juliette made the decision to give Harrison and Claudina space they didn’t ask for but then again I always have an issue when it comes to the FMC choosing to stay away from the MMC because of an ACCIDENT but I am glad that they worked that out.

𝑫𝑰𝑺𝑪𝑳𝑨𝑰𝑴𝑬𝑹: As always, although this is an E-ARC, my thoughts are my own and this is my honest review. Thank you to J.R. Gale for the ARC opportunity.

ARC Review

Can’t Tell You Why

Maribelle McCrea

Digital (BookFunnel)

⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

.・。.・゜✭・.・✫・゜・。.

First time reader of Maribelle, I have to say I feel like I would’ve enjoyed this book a little more if it was told from their POVs. It being written in third person for me it doesn’t show their emotions as it should and I would’ve loved to see how the characters felt from their POVs.

*.·:·.✧ ✦ ✧.·:·.*.·:·.✧ ✦ ✧.·:·.*

𝑫𝒊𝒔𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒓: As always, although this is an ARC, my thoughts are my own and this is my honest review. Thank you to Maribelle McCrea for the ARC.

Ryan Rule (New York Ruthless #1)

by Sadie Kincaid

𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 ➵ ★★★★☆

🦋 𝐅𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐨𝐭𝐞 🦋

“I will always come looking for you, Angel, and I would burn the whole world down to find you” - Conor Ryan

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐓𝐨 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 ↴

🔥 SPICE

💙 Praise

🔥 Irish Mafia

💙 Feisty FMC

🔥 Punishments

💙 Jealous/Possessive Alphas

🔥 Reverse Harem/Why Choose

𝐌𝐲 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 ↴

It’d be easier to ask me what I disliked. I loved the twins and Conor, though Conor might be my favorite Ryan brother. The book was easy to read and it captures you immediately. I could not put this book down. Jessie had the best of four worlds. The spice was so good that I was kicking my feet and giggling.

Shane and his nasty attitude. I spent more time being annoyed with that man rather than enjoying the spice that involved him because of how he treated Jessie, time and time again. I also disliked Jessie giving in to him so quickly. Like girly please grow a damn backbone and stop letting him in the cat after the foul shit that left his mouth or after he treated her like she was a whore when they all wanted her and neither of them had an issue sharing her. I don’t care how hot that man was.

This book ends on a cliffhanger so I’m excited to get into the second book because I was not ready for that little plot twist and I NEED to know if the boys found Jessie and what they did after doing so!

𝐖𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐈 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤? ↴

I sure fucking would. Regardless of Shane being Shane, the other brothers made up for it and the spice was just that good. This is on KU if you decide to pick it up.

🤍 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 📖

Book Title: Heart of Her Wolves (Court of Fae and Firelight #1)

Author: Tara West

Star Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

𝑹𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒊𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒆𝒏𝒋𝒐𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒈:

❤️ Why Choose

🩵 Reverse Harem

It took me a bit to get to reading this book but once I found the time I couldn’t put it down. The story was well written. One thing I did hate about the book was what happened between Finn and Anya/Tarianya while Helian was away, had they not been attacked and poisoned I would’ve DNF’d it. I was honestly surprised that Radnor and Anya would mind-speak to each other and that no one questioned why until the very end. Asher irked my soul. He was so different from Finn which is probably why I disliked him from the very beginning, so rude. Finn was such a cutie though and as Anya said I found myself loving Finn quite easily. My heart broke for Helian after what happened between Anya and Finn but I’m ready to dive into the next book and see how he processes everything. If you’re into fae, witches, shifters, dragons, why choose and reverse harem then I feel like this is the book for you.

𝑫𝑰𝑺𝑪𝑳𝑨𝑰𝑴𝑬𝑹: As always, although this is an ARC, my thoughts are my own and this is my honest review. Thank you to Tara West for the ARC opportunity.

Ramsay moves to Pine River for a fresh start away from her past.
Scout is hiding away from his grandfather and the plan he has for his life.
The two dislike each other but they agree to being enemies with benefits. Just one thing, he's best friends with her cousins and they don't like it one bit.

There's high school drama and there's family drama. Chaos at every turn but I was here for it.

For my first read from Tijan it did not disappoint!

Enemies to lovers ✅
Secret Billionaire ✅
Overprotective cousins ✅
Cousin's best friend ✅

Disclaimer: As always, although this is an ARC, my thoughts are my own and this is my honest review.

Although I somewhat enjoyed reading this book I was quite upset with the whole mess it had. Would I read it again? Probably not. Will I still purchase a hard copy? Yes. Would I necessarily recommend it to anyone? Not really.

4.5⭐️

Gotta love a good dad’s best friend read. This was my first read by V B Emanuele but it certainly will not be my last.

This book follows Elizabeth, she’s a college student with a taste for older Italian men and her father’s best friend just happens to be the crush that started it all. After Elizabeth gets caught sleeping with her college professor her dad decides to “punish” her by having her work at his firm 3 days a week and the rest she spends working at her dad’s best friend’s house—a best friend that just recently got released from prison. She takes the opportunity of working in his home to get under his skin and eventually in his bed. The spice in this book is so good, I definitely recommend. I can’t wait to start the second book in this duet, I just know I’m gonna eat it up.

Age Gap ✅

Dad’s Best Friend ✅

Mafia Boss ✅

Forbidden Love ✅

Forced Proximity ✅

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥

“𝐀 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐝𝐲. 𝐀 𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐝.”

𝐌𝐲 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 ↴

It took me a while to get to this book and I don’t know why I took so long! I definitely see the hype. I love Xaden, SHOCKER. Liam… Poor Liam, I will never forgive Rebecca for what she did to my boy Liam. Everyone seems to love Tairn and don’t get me wrong I love that dragon too, he was funny, but Andarna has a special place in my heart, she was too cute.

𝐏𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤

Jack 🤮 (is an explanation really needed?)

Dain

General Sorrengail

I won’t lie, I disliked Dain from the very start. He just seemed like the type of guy who befriends a woman for the sole purpose of getting her trust and getting in her pants. With that being said, Dain overstepping boundaries after telling Violet that he’d never look into her mind against her will again was not in my bingo card although it should’ve been… I don’t know why I never came to the conclusion that he could be overstepping boundaries until Xaden spelled it out…

In my opinion, the book was great, and it was very entertaining. That ending though, I did not expect it… I saw a spoiler (I didn’t think it was a spoiler at the time) about Brennan and I was SHOCKED. It does leave off with a cliffhanger so it’s a good thing the second book is already out.

𝐓𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐧 𝐁𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐲 ↴

“You’re making us look bad. Stop it.”

“You can ride me when the flesh rots off my bones, wingleader.”

𝐅𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬 ↴

“𝐈𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈’𝐯𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝… 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭… 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐭. 𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞.” - Violet

It was hilarious that after being kissed by Dain she was just like “Eh, I feel nothing” LMAO

“𝐈’𝐦 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤, 𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐈 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞. 𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮.” - Xaden

𝐑𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 ↴

“𝐈 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐚𝐧’𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐧 𝐦𝐞!” - Violet

Girl, I’m reading it and I CAN’T believe he chose you.

I was judging Violet hard in the beginning 😂

“𝐒𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐈’𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞. 𝐈 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐝𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬.” - Xaden

Well damn… I know you’re lying though. 😋

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐃𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬 ✎

𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 ⇝ ★★★★★

𝐏𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭 ⇝ 643

𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭 ⇝ e-Book | Physical | Audiobook

𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞 ⇝ May 2, 2023

🐉 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 📖

I watched the show before I purchased the book and all I have to say is the show doesn't do it justice, there's so many scenes that could've been great in the show. If I could rate it more than 5 stars I so would.

I was so excited to read about Atlas & Lily, the first book threw me in for a loop, emotions all over the place and then this one just didn't feel the same and annoyed me. I would've preferred a lot more detail on this one but the lack of details wasn't what annoyed me, it was more so Lily wasting time worrying about the feelings of a man that abused her. I needed less worrying about Ryle and more detail with dates, more about their life together after moving in together, more of Atlas with Emerson, more about the wedding, just more. This book has so much potential and for me it just felt rushed.

I enjoyed every single bit of this book. There was some heavy topics discussed in the book but overall it was great. I was definitely NOT expecting homeboy in the lighthouse to be so unhinged but wanting to know what his deal was really kept me hooked on the book. Something about him had me thinking he was weird BUT NEVER did I think he had his child captive. The description that the author gave and my very weird imagination had my heart hurting for that poor girl, I did wish that she hadn't died but then again I felt like she needed to be free and that was her way of doing it. I was also quite happy that Sawyer got to keep her name.

One party, one girl, 3 masked men. Ghostface (Ghost), Jason & Michael, all will do whatever they have to do to make sure Quinn is safe, this is mainly smut and I have no complaints. I needed this to be longer than 122 pages, I did not want to finish it so quickly but I also didn't want to stop reading. Absolutely loved it. There's just something about a man—in this case men—that will do anything & everything to keep you happy but most importantly safe. Yes ghost was my favorite out of the three men so let's not act like that's surprising to anyone. If you're looking for a quick smutty read, this is the book for you.

Wow, it's hard to believe that my mindset went from “this is definitely not deserving of the hype it gets on booktok” to “I see why it's so hyped on booktok” it really did a full circle. I honestly hated the beginning, it was boring to me, and not to mention that Matt character should've died a whole lot sooner because the man was getting on my nerves. The plot twist of Valerie not being Blakely's mother. The plot twist of LeAnne not only being Blakely's biological mother BUT to end up alive after I was thinking she was dead the entire time. Just like Ryat I don't trust LeAnne for one bit. What had me absolutely SHOOK was when Ty made it seem like he was really there betraying Ryat, the man was way TOO convincing. But I do love that Ryat never once judged Blakely for her kinks and he helped her satisfy her needs.

Honestly? I hated Belly's character; in the book & in the show. I get it Conrad is her first love but that doesn't mean you have to string everyone along when he changes his mind over & over again. Poor Cam-Cameron & Jeremiah.

This book had me with my jaw on the floor the entire time. I read the Cat & Mouse duet before reading this one and I was so confused about the henchmen, H.D. Carlton did well, even had me doubting everything I read in Hunting Adeline. As unhinged as Sibby was, I did feel really bad for her at the end.

This one had a plot twist I was not expecting, I would recommend to specific friends but not to everyone.

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐃𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬 ✎

Twisted Hate (Twisted #3)

by Ana Huang

𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 ⇝ ★★★★☆

𝐏𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭 ⇝ 498

𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭 ⇝ Audio + Physical

𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞 ⇝ January 27th, 2022

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐓𝐨 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 ⇝ Enemies to Lovers • Enemies with Benefits • Best Friend’s Brother • One Bed • Steam, Swoon and Tons of Banter

✧༺♥︎༻∞༺♥︎༻✧༺♥︎༻∞༺♥︎༻✧

📚 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐆𝐨𝐚𝐥 ⇝ 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝟗𝟑 𝐨𝐟 𝟏𝟎𝟎

✧༺♥︎༻∞༺♥︎༻✧༺♥︎༻∞༺♥︎༻✧

💀 𝐅𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬 💀

“You’re mine. Let another man touch you, Jules, and you’ll find out I can take a man’s life just as easily as I can save one.” - 𝐉𝐨𝐬𝐡 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐧

“You almost beat a man to death because he hurt her. Don’t insult me by pretending she doesn’t mean anything to you.” - 𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐱 𝐕𝐨𝐥𝐤𝐨𝐯

“I’m human, Red. I’ve made mistakes in the past, and I’ll make many more in the future. But one mistake I’ll never make is letting you go, not when there’s even a sliver of a chance left for us. Because the possibility of you is better than the reality of anyone else.” - 𝐉𝐨𝐬𝐡 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐧

“My brother brought to his knees by my best friend. Good job, Jules.” - 𝐀𝐯𝐚 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐧

𝐌𝐲 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 ↴

As mad as Josh had me this book was good. The tiktoks that I’ve seen about Josh’s book did not prepare me for chapter 46…. Josh did entirely too much. Yes, he was angry, rightfully so but he took it too far.

“𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐭. 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐝 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞. 𝐍𝐨𝐰, 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐞. 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐭?“

THANK YOU, ALEX! For talking some sense into that airhead! The fact that he was so shocked that she thought he would judge her was funny because the man judged her from the moment they met, so her doubt was more than valid.

“𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐈 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐈 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮? 𝐈 𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐝.”

In my opinion, Jules forgave him way too fast… that’s all I have to say on that and everything that was said right after.

Anyways, the book wasn’t about this guy but what little we did get from Alex just intensified the favoritism 🤭 yup, I’m an Alex girly through and through.

𝐖𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐈 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤? ⇝ Yes

𝐈𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝? ⇝ Yes

🫧 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 📖

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥

𝐃𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 ↴

“For the vulnerable. For the strong.

For the survivors. For the warriors.”

𝐌𝐲 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 ↴

I don’t know why it took me so long to pick this book back up. I put my big girl pants on and stuck to it. This book had me so angry.

𝐌𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 ↴

I hate to say it but River pissed me off at times. She took so much mental, physical, and sexual abuse from men for YEARS, from a very young age but being CHEATED ON is where she drew the line and finally decided to do something about her situation… I was baffled.

Mako was PERFECT! That’s it.

𝐒𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 ↴

I loved Amelia! She was such a great friend to River, she was refreshing.

Alison… Ryan’s (River’s current boyfriend and abuser) ex-victim… I’m very glad she did not decide to stay quiet and decided to warn River, however, I was very confused by that one sex scene with her… One minute River is confessing she killed Ryan and the next they’re stripping each other down. Hot but so totally confusing lol.

I HATED RYAN, I think he got exactly what he deserved and I refused to feel bad for what happened to him as a kid. Did he deserve it? No. But that did not give him the right to do the things he did to his girlfriends.

Barbie (River’s mother) & Billy (River’s long-time abuser) both deserve to rot in hell. The things they put that girl through are shocking. And yes I say “they” because Barbie just watched as those men beat and raped her daughter. Disgusting excuse of a woman and mother.

“Do what you need to do, but I’m not leaving you alone.”

Amar was cool, based on the little he did have on-page. A cop turning a blind eye to let a victim deal with her abuser is always a cool dude in my book.

That plot twist was… certainly unexpected and made things grosser than they already were.

I could not have chosen a better ending for Mako and River. I’m giving this five stars because although it did have me pissed off for more than half of it, I enjoyed seeing River handle her business (better late than never) and again Mako is PERFECT, so there’s that. It was a great read, you know once I put my big girl pants on and restarted it. There’s a lot of rape (I’m going to say the FMC was raped every time her POV came around), not explicitly detailed but it’s there so keep that in mind.

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐃𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬 ✎

𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 ⇝ ★★★★★

𝐏𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭 ⇝ 428

𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭 ⇝ e-Book | Physical | Audiobook

𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞 ⇝ Nov. 1, 2020

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐓𝐨 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 ↴

💀 HEA

🔪 Revenge

💀 Forbidden

🔪 Emotional Scars

💀 Boyfriend’s Brother

𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 ↴

mention of rape • mention of drug use • mention of prostitution • mention of child rape • domestic violence • mention of drugging • mention of child trafficking • serial killer • mention of torture

🫧 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 📖

𝐌𝐲 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 ↴

I was a bit entertained at the beginning of this book and then after Lacey was introduced and the whole Hayden being hunted kind of just lost me a little bit. I was listening to the audiobook and at times I’d be a bit lost in between POVs. I honestly wish I would’ve liked it more than I did.

🎀 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐫 🎀

This is an Advanced Listener copy. Although this book was given to me as an ALC my thoughts are my own. Thank you, Kat Kinney, and Booksprout for the ALC opportunity.

🤍 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 📖

To say that I am disappointed would be an understatement. People on Booktok overhyped this book and I was even scared of reading it because I thought it wouldn’t live up to the expectations I had. I should’ve listened to my gut and kept it as a shelf trophy. I had been trying since June 2024 to finish this book because I am stubborn and really wanted to read AND ENJOY my first Penelope Douglas book… Now I don’t want to pick Birthday Girl up because of the same fear, that it’s overhyped, and it won’t live up to expectations.

Let’s talk about my problem with this book and it certainly wasn’t that she was sleeping with her STEP uncle and STEP cousins. Tiernan being fucking 17 years old when her parents commit suicide and decide that it would be best for her STEP (this is important) uncle to care for her did not sit well with me. She’s shipped off (away from the one person who cared for her when her parents didn’t) to the middle of nowhere with three men she’s never even met before. The smut didn’t happen until she was 18 but I would’ve preferred the FMC a little older from the very beginning. I immediately hated the “you’re the woman you cook for us attitude” and hated Kaleb even more. Kaleb is mute and, in my opinion, has way too many issues that he needs to deal with and heal from. His first encounter with Tiernan was him assaulting her, needing his brother to pull him off of the poor girl. No amount of childhood trauma excuses sexually assaulting someone else or assaulting in general which he did to Tiernan more than once. I will never understand why she chose the psychopath instead of the other brother, EVER.

Do yourselves a favor, read the negative reviews, and listen to them. For once, I agree with them.