Reviews for books I gave two stars to.
Athan Maxwell and his family are cursed to die if they don’t find their mate by their 400th year. Athan solved this problem by finding his mate and saving her, but then letting her go to live her life without him. They only meet up a few times a year to exchange blood to keep … More Review: A Vampire’s Kiss by Rebecca Zanetti
This book is about Archangel’s Alexander and Zanaya relationship from the very beginning to after the Cascade and war. While I like that we are finally getting their story, I think this one just didn’t work for me. This book starts by jumping back in time and giving us Alexander’s and Zanaya’s history starting with … More Review: Archangel’s Resurrection by Nalini Singh
Elodie MacLean has reluctantly returned to Skye and is repairing her childhood home. Unfortunately, the house, and the island of Skye, is filled with painful memories that she longs to escape but first she has to survive someone trying to kill her. This book was just ok for me. I was hoping that I would … More ARC Review: Iron Ember by Donna Grant
This was a very short sci-fi romance with a very unique alien. Orlgo was exiled on a small space station years ago because of his species. When Chloe’s ship is damaged she makes an emergency landing on the station thinking it’s abandoned. Days later she realizes that might not be the case. This was an … More Review: Cat by Sandra R. Neeley
Ruarc has found himself in a terrible position. The Others are forcing him to betray his friendship with the Reapers to keep those he loves safe. And now the one woman who he has loved for centuries is back in his life and is in even more danger. This book was ok. I enjoyed the … More ARC Review: Dark Alpha’s Passion by Donna Grant
When Belladonna Barrone’s husband finally does her a favor by dying in a car accident, she thinks she is finally free from the mob family she unwittingly married into. Unfortunately, when doing one last job for the boss she finds herself attacked and turned into a vampire. So this book didn’t really work for me, … More Review: Sucks to Be Me by Kristen Painter
“Death is only the end if you assume the story is about you.” Nilanjana Sikdar is an outsider in the town of Night Vale. She works for Carlos and relies on facts and logic as her guiding principles. When Carlos gives her a special assignment to investigate a mysterious rumbling in the desert it leads … More Review: It Devours! by Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor
Trigger Warnings (taken from the authors website): References to suicide and suicide attempts, Suicidal ideation, Self-harm, Depression, Eating disorders, Obsessive-compulsive behaviors, Narrator has implied undiagnosed depression, Brief incidents of homophobia, Unchallenged misogyny and ableism. Tori Spring likes to sleep and blog. She doesn’t really like people or putting an effort into most things, especially after … More Review: Solitaire by Alice Oseman
Dragon shifter Karen Proulx is in Vegas to steal a diamond. Her loose plan quickly encounters some problems including finding her bear shifter mate is one of the security guards. After meeting Karen in the previous book and in the prequel short story, Gambling on Trouble, I wasn’t very happy with Karen. But I figured … More Review: Gambling on Her Bear by Anna Lowe
Jess Callahan has returned to Nocturne Falls to put her life back together and hopefully get her career back on track. She is determined to keep her distance from one family though, the Fords. But she quickly realizes it isn’t the boy she had a crush on she needs to worry about, its his older … More Review: The Falcon Finds His Mate by Candace Colt
Trigger warnings: On page suicide of a side character. References of suicide of a parent. Grief. Cancer. First off, while this is a spin-off series you do need to be caught up in the Black Dagger Brotherhood series. This book includes more of Xhex’s story and if you haven’t read BDB or at least her … More Review: Claimed by J. R. Ward
Megan and Cashol resonated quickly and everyone thought they hit it off right away, but that wasn’t the case. Megan and Cashol’s relationship was filled with anxiety, abandonment issues, and misunderstandings. So while I like Megan in the present, past Megan was not my favorite. She suffers from anxiety and abandonment issues, which are understandable … More Review: Barbarian’s Treasure by Ruby Dixon
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