Reviews for books I gave 2.5 stars to.
Angelica Winthrop wants to avoid marriage and is determined to push the men of society away with unladylike behavior. Unfortunately her plans keep backfiring and now multiple men are pursuing her. But when she sneaks into the supposedly haunted home of Ian Ashton, Duke of Burnrath, looking for inspiration for her next story, she finds … More Review: Bite Me, Your Grace by Brooklyn Ann
After reading the Veronica Speedwell series I was excited to jump into this and learn about Lady Julia Grey, especially since she will be appearing in the next Veronica book. While I can see the appeal of this book, I unfortunately struggled with it. First off, Julia was not a character that I really enjoyed … More Review: Silent in the Grave by Deanna Raybourn
This follows the life of vampire Yura Toraki, a night shift convenience store worker. While running late heading home one day he ends up rescuing a woman being attacked by vampires leading to unlikely friendship. Yura and Iris’ adventures hunting phantoms, being roommates, and hunting Yura’s creator was interesting but also a bit anticlimactic in … More ARC Review: Dracula’s On the Night Shift by Satoshi Wagahara
Ghan Errok has wished for a mate for years. Now that his mate has been revealed he is determined to have her and bring her back to the Deep Sky Mountains. But Stephanie isn’t having it. She doesn’t appreciate his arrogance and cockiness so she pushes him away. But as time passes she realizes that … More Review: Alien Storm by Ursa Dax
When Mina’s world comes crashing down, she finds herself returning home to the English village where she grew up and taking a job at the bookshop that was her childhood sanctuary. But Mina soon realizes that the bookshop isn’t what it seems and the people who live there are actual fictional characters from literature. Together … More Review: A Dead and Stormy Night by Steffanie Holmes
For the past two books we have seen General Lo’San and Synclair’s relationship progress and now we are finally seeing them admit their feelings and mate. Because we have seen their relationship develop over the previous books, this book basically starts with their mating and goes from there. These two are happy and jump right … More Review: Avow by Sandra R. Neeley
With this series I never know if I am going to end up liking the book, sadly this one I didn’t really enjoy. Like the first book, I struggled a lot with Bowen MacRieve, but I also struggled with the plot and pacing of this book, so much so that it took me days to … More Review: Wicked Deeds on a Winter’s Night by Kresley Cole
From the first moment we saw Emily Scott and Christian Watson together they have been sniping at each other and it has yet to stop, and I have loved it from the very beginning. Sadly, while I loved these two characters I think their book fell short for me. First I will start with the … More Review: Hot Pursuit by Julie Ann Walker
Human Sacrifice investigates some recent cases of human sacrifices and ritual killings throughout the world. With the use of police reports and interviews, Jimmy Lee Shreeve tells the history of these cases. This book was interesting. I didn’t realize ritualistic killings and human sacrifice was still happening around the world. Certain cultures still use human … More Review: Human Sacrifice: A Shocking Expose of Ritual Killing Worldwide by Jimmy Lee Shreeve
**The overall rating is the average of the following ratings.** Baby, It’s Alien Outside by Fiona Roarke (Alienn, Arkansas #3.7): While this was a cute conclusion to the Hart family’s story, Vilma finally finding her lost love, I did have a big issue with it. My issue with this story is her constantly badgering her … More Review: Winter Wonderland by Fiona Roarke, Kira Nyte, Larissa Emerald, and Candace Colt
**The overall rating is the average of the following ratings.** Have Yourself a Merry Little Alien by Fiona Roarke: 3 stars – I liked it This is another Draeken and Stella story. They were introduced in Close Encounters of the Alien Kind. Some parts of this story might be confusing if you haven’t read that … More Review: Merry & Bright Anthology by Fiona Roarke, Jax Cassidy, Kira Nyte, Wynter Daniels, Candace Colt, Alethea Kontis, Cate Dean, Larissa Emerald, and Sela Carsen
Vector is determined to find the human female that has been communicating with him through cyborg channels. What he doesn’t expect is for her to be his mate and for the other J model cyborgs to be so protective of her. I really liked this one. Vector was extremely protective but also hiding a lot … More Review: Cyborg Sizzle Series Books 8-9.6 by Cynthia Sax
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