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Title: Etched in StoneAuthor: Liv Arnold (@liv_au )Genre: A contemporary, hilarious romance with a touch of espionage and loads of drama.Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Thoughts:Etched in Stone is a comedic romance from start to finish. When we first meet Vanessa, she is a new grad ready to pave her way in the world of business in her dream … Continue reading *ARC Review* Etched in Stone by Liv Arnold.
Charmed Souls by Abbi Glines is available from all major retailers, as of January 6th! This novel is a Witchy, paranormal romance with lots of charm, and even more steamy encounters! Thank you to The Next Step PR for an ARC of this story! ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5 Every Kamlock witch is cursed- not that any of them … Continue reading *ARC Review* Charmed Souls by Abbi Glines 🖤
♦ ♦ ♦ They say blood is thicker than water, but I was never proud of mine. A female born into the Kamlock bloodline was destined to possess three things they couldn’t change—a crazy as hell mother, an unfair amount of beauty, and a Charmed soul that was as black as night. All a Kamlock … Continue reading *BOOK RELEASE PROMO* Charmed Souls by Abbi Glines ✨🌙
Title: Feather (Angels of Elysium book 1) Author: Olivia Wildenstein Genre: An adult paranormal romance, most simply explained as an Angel/Sinner or Romeo & Juliet retelling. Rating: (is this even a real question? Give me a book by Olivia that doesn't get full stars. I'll wait. Forever.) Release Date: January 16th, 2020 Foreword: Olivia provided … Continue reading *ARC Review* Feather by Olivia Wildenstein 🥂
Title: Hood Academy (Books 1+2 are published together). Author: Shelley Wilson Genre: a young adult fantasy-adventure, focusing on a school for werewolf hunters and a local pack of shifters. Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Forward: I was given an ARC via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review! Hood Academy was released Oct 10, 2019 in ebook and … Continue reading *ARC Review* Hood Academy by Shelley Wilson 🐾
Title: Throne of Winter Author: @seesophiewrite (Sophie Davis) Genre: YA fantasy romance with a futuristic twist Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5 My thoughts: Brie is a fire fae, one of the most rare magical beings, and is just as legendary in the fighting ring as she is with her power. Taken captive from her homeland years ago, Brie … Continue reading *Audiobook Review* Throne of Winter by Sophie Davis
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 Hey all, thanks for stopping by my humble little book tour post ! When I was asked to take part in The Next Step PR’s tour of Decidedly by Chance, I had no idea what these romance books were about, but I picked it up and read it anyways. And man, did I devour … Continue reading *Book Tour Review* Decidedly by Chance by Stina Lindenblatt 🧸
Title: Midnight Secrets (The Vampire Legacy #1) Author: Rita Stradling Genre: A steamy YA vampire romance, with high school drama and deadly monsters lurking in the dark. My rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 What I can tell you about this book: January is a Vampire. She died, then woke up with a note saying to call some random … Continue reading *Audiobook Recommendation* Midnight Secrets by Rita Stradling 💉
Title: Shades of Fury (Raven Point Pack #1) Author: Heather Renee Genre: A young adult contemporary werewolf romance with a strong female lead and dramatic pack politics, mixed with a mysterious murder. My rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 What I can tell you about this book: Taya was never supposed to be Alpha. Her twin brother, Cord, was … Continue reading *Audiobook Recommendation* Shades of Fury by Heather Renee 🐾
Title: Midnight Touch (Midnight Pack #1) Author: L. Ann Genre: An adult, werewolf/paranormal contemporary romance that is super fun and hits you in all the feels. My rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 What I can tell you about this book: Sean is a werewolf with a dark past- but he has been clean of Belladonna for over a … Continue reading *Audiobook Recommendation* Midnight Touch by L. Ann 🐾
Title: Killing November Author: Adriana Mather Genre: A young adult mystery/thriller based around a girl who is sent to a mysterious boarding school where her classmates are born-and-bred killers. My rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 What I can tell you about this book: November has no idea what in the world is going on: her father shipped her … Continue reading *Recommendation* Killing November by Adriana Mather ☠️
Title: Stealing Tranquility (Dragon Descendants Book 1) Author: J. L. Weil Genre: Young adult paranormal, reverse-harem romance, with lots of yummy dragon shifters and spitfire women. My rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 What I can tell you about this book: Olivia is a street rat after her mother’s death, running from her spiteful stepfather and facing the dangers … Continue reading *Audiobook Recommendation* Stealing Tranquility by J.L. Weil 🐉
Theme: A romantic fantasy that shows the trials of true love, duty to your crown and accepting who you are. Nature of Review: I was given an ARC to review via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Release Date: The Witch King, the third and final novel in the Witch King Trilogy, is set … Continue reading *ARC Review* The Witch King by Nancy Holland ⚔️
Theme: A super fun, modern-day fantasy centered around a secondary school for the Magical Arts. Described as Sabrina the Teenage Witch at Hogwarts (which is a totally accurate description. Nature of Review: I was provided with an audio book download from the author in exchange for an honest review! Release Date: Spellcaster Academy Episode 1 … Continue reading *Audiobook Review* Spellcaster Academy Episode 1 by Jenetta Penner ✨
"I've made a mistake. It started with a prince, as most stories do." Title: To Kill a Kingdom Author: Alexandra Christo Genre: Young Adult Fantasy, set in a world filled with sirens, mermaids, magic and deadly royals. My rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ What I can tell you about this book: Lira is the princess of the sirens, … Continue reading *Recommendation* To Kill a Kingdom by Alexandra Christo 🧜🏻♀️
What a great month for reading! I upped my reading goal to 50 books for this year (my best year yet!) and I've reached 41/50! So milestones this month included: My first ever book tour! (see Making a Play below)An amazing birthday with signed copies of Olivia Wildenstein's A Pack of Blood and Lies trilogy, … Continue reading August Monthly Wrap Up 📖
Theme: A high school sports-romance with two main characters who know they are meant to be- but their families don't believe they should be together. Nature of Review: TheNextStepPr provided me with a hardcover in exchange for a review post as part of their blog tour! Release Date: Making A Play (Field Party book #5) … Continue reading *Book-Tour Review* Making a Play by Abbi Glines 💋
Theme: A paranormal/fantasy romance focused on a woman transported to a parallel universe to help save a dying race. Nature of Review: I was provided with an ARC via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Release Date: Altered was released on August 12, 2019 and is available for purchase on amazon. Warnings: PTSD, talk … Continue reading *ARC Review* Altered by Vicki Stiefel 🐎
Theme: a hilarious fantasy romance novel with the war and violence of Game of Thrones, but in a category of its own with its comedy gold and unique characters. Nature of Review: I was provided an ARC via NetGalley in exchange for a review! Release Date: The Blacksmith Queen is set to release August 27, … Continue reading *ARC Review* The Blacksmith Queen by G. A. Aiken 👑
Title: The Bridge KingdomAuthor: Danielle JensenGenre: New Adult/Adult Fantasy Romance that literally follows Murphy's Law: what can go wrong will go wrong 😂My Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ What I can tell you about this book: Lara was raised to be an assassin princess. Trained by her father, The King's, men to be ruthless and smart, but groomed … Continue reading *Recommendation* The Bridge Kingdom by Danielle Jensen 🔱
Theme: A sci-fi time travel romance surrounding a group of young friends desperate to find out the truth behind a powerful institution. Nature of Review: NetGalley provided me with an ARC of this novel in exchange for an honest review. Release Date: The Exchange is set to release September 25, 2019! Warnings: don't screw around … Continue reading *ARC Review* The Exchange by MF Lorson ⏳
Title: Darkblood Academy series (Book 1: Half-Blood; Book 2: Supernatural Slayer Squad; Book 3 TBD) Author: G. K. Derosa Genre: YA (bordering New Adult) Paranormal/Urban Fantasy Romance (this book really suffices for all the genres!) My rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️What I can tell you about this book: Good God, I devoured these books in less than three … Continue reading *Recommendation* Darkblood Academy by G.K. Derosa 🔥
Hey all, I'm just popping in to post my first ever recommendation (to my blog, anyways!). I've thought a bit about the format, and I figured it'd be a easy-to-read, quick snippet on a book/audiobook I enjoyed that I don't want to write a full review on (sometimes I just read too many at once … Continue reading *Recommendation* The Traitor’s Kiss by Erin Beaty 🗡
Theme: A new world Sci-Fi surrounding the forced addiction of soldiers to the deadly sins- mainly glutton, sloth and wrath. Nature of Review: NetGalley provided me with an ARC in exchange for an honest review! Release Date: The Sin Soldiers was released on July 23/2019 and is available for purchase on kindle, as well as … Continue reading *ARC Review* The Sin Soldiers by Tracy Auerbach 💊
What a month! This month was full of crazy shift work, reading, audiobooks, concerts, and just enjoying the summer finally starting to show! There were some setbacks, some sadness, some bumps in the road. I can't believe July is over, and yet, I feel so drained from this month. But book wise, I'm pretty happy … Continue reading July Monthly Wrap Up📚
Theme: A Greek Mythology high-school romance with a dark undertone of ruthless ancient beings.Nature of Review: I was provided with an ARC by NetGalley in exchange for an honest review- all opinions expressed are my own.Release Date: Cupid's Match is being published by Wattpad Books, a new publishing company from the online writing website Wattpad, … Continue reading *ARC Review* Cupid’s Match by Lauren Palphreyman 💘
Theme: The sexy, dramatic conclusion to the werewolf romance trilogy that captured my heart and made Olivia Wildenstein my favorite author to date!Nature of Review: Olivia is a wonderful human being and provided some lucky readers access to the ARC list! Pinch me, because I still can't believe I received one! As always, all thoughts … Continue reading *ARC Review* A Pack of Love and Hate by Olivia Wildenstein 🐺
Theme: A sexy, contemporary sports-romance that focuses on Highschool Sweethearts getting their second-chance love. Nature of Review: NetGalley provided me with an ARC in exchange for an honest review. All opinions in this review are my own. Release Date: Game On is set to release on August 08, 2019. It is part of the Texas … Continue reading *ARC Review* Game On by Joanne Rock ⚾️
Theme: A funny, laid back, feel-good YA romance that covers every base a dramatic love story needs. Fairly cliche, but I could read about the same romance tropes every day and enjoy my life as a sappy romantic 🤷🏻♀️Nature of Review: Netgalley provided me with a copy of an ARC in exchange for an honest … Continue reading *ARC Review* The QB Badboy and Me by Tay Marley 🏈
Theme: A dark, mysterious, New Adult contemporary romance centered around three influential brothers and their conqueror, a young woman with a harsh past. Nature of Review: The dark, sexy intrigue of The Brayshaw Boys series is way too hard to resist. I loved the first book, Boys of Brayshaw High (you can read my review … Continue reading *Review* Trouble at Brayshaw High by Meagan Brandy 👊🏼
Hey everyone! Summer is officially here, and I'm living for it! I'm currently in Las Vegas enjoying the super hot weather and crazy sights, but I'll be on a plane back home tomorrow ready to get back to reading! In the spirit of June, I present: My Favourite Books from Jan-June 2019*all these books are … Continue reading My Favourite Books of (the first half) 2019 📚
Theme: A sexy, modern New Adult werewolf romance full of secrets, betrayal, Alpha males and hilarious characters. Nature of Review: I ABSOLUTELY love Olivia's novels, even though I haven't gotten to read them all yet, I am obsessed with her writing and creative twists on themes I love. I pre-ordered this book and the next … Continue reading *Review* A Pack of Vows and Tears by Olivia Wildenstein 🐾
Hey all! The month seemed to fly by, and yet I read twice as many books as normal. How does that work? 🤷🏻♀️ Keep scrolling for the list of books I read this month, with ratings and blurbs (and most of them are linked to reviews!) Dark Shores by Danielle L. Jensen (YA Fantasy) Click … Continue reading May Monthly Wrap Up 🌞
Foreword Theme: A magical, insanely creative YA fantasy centered around a wondrous chain of libraries that secure deadly grimoires and equally as dangerous secrets. There is also an interesting historical twist that sets the story in a parallel universe of our own. Nature of Review: An ARC was provided by NetGalley in exchange for an … Continue reading *ARC Review* Sorcery Of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson ⚔️
Hey all! I know it's been a while since I've done a book list/recommendation list but don't fret- I'm here! So get ready to quench that thirst with: My Favorite YA/NA Contemporary Romance! Paper Princess by Erin Watt (NA Romance/ 4⭐️): These Royals will ruin you... Ella Harper knows what it's like to struggle in … Continue reading ~ My Favorite YA/NA Contemporary Romance 💕 ~
Foreword Theme: A mature first-love YA/NA contemporary romance with a mysteriously dangerous edge, comparable to Abbi Glines or Erin Watt.Nature of Review: An ARC was provided by Netgalley in exchange for a honest review.Release Date: I Spy the Boy Next Door was released May 25, 2019! You can buy it on Amazon in paperback or … Continue reading *ARC Review* I Spy the Boy Next Door by Samantha Armstrong 🏍
Foreword Theme: a mysterious, spell-binding YA sci-fi/fantasy that reads like a superhero movie on the page. Nature of Review: The author was doing a promotion of free ebook copies to new reviewers, and I was so drawn in by the plot I had to give it a go! Release Date: The Oranyn is currently out … Continue reading *Review* The Oranyn by Xavi Lang 🧝🏻♀️
Foreword Theme: A sexy, dramatic New Adult/Contemporary high school romance with a dark twist.Nature of Review: I actually started by reading Fumbled Hearts (also by the author, Meagan Brandy) and loved it, so I went ahead and got Boys of Brayshaw (and daresay I loved BOBH more!)Release Date: Boys of Brayshaw High is currently out … Continue reading *Review* Boys of Brayshaw High 🏀
Foreword Theme: An ancient Rome-inspired world of YA FantasyNature of Review: NetGalley provided me with an ARC to review (note that final drafts may differ slightly from the ARC)Release Date: Dark Shores is scheduled for release May 7th, 2019 ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ Plot Summary Please note: I write ALL synopses in my own … Continue reading *Review* Dark Shores by Danielle Jensen ⚓️
Hey all, Happy May! I can't believe April went by in a blur. I unfortunately did not finish my TBR for the OWL readathon (hosted by @bookroast on IG), but I still read some amazing books so I'm not even mad 😂 Let's get on with the books I read! • Caraval by Stephanie Garber … Continue reading April Monthly Wrap Up 🌸
5/5⭐️ PLOT: Ness is a werewolf living in LA, struggling to make ends meet and keep herself afloat after her mom dies. You’d think that in a big city, one female could be well hidden and left alone. So you can imagine Ness’s shock and anger when her Uncle shows up in her apartment to … Continue reading *Review* A Pack of Blood and Lies 🐺
Note: Hi Everyone! I am very excited to be sharing my first blog post! I plan to post reviews/recommendations/book lists to start, which will also be posted on my IG. I also hope to start doing more book talk videos on here as well, so stay posted! To kick off the blog, I'm going to … Continue reading ~5 Books to Read if you LOVE Witches!🧙🏽♀️~
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