Reviews for books I gave four stars to.
When Remy Lafitte sneaks back into his old hometown to say goodbye to a dying friend, he never expects the mother of his former girlfriend to ask for his help. Ephelia is the only woman he has ever loved and he never expected he would get this second chance with her. While they have a … More Review: The Vampire’s Former Flame by Kristen Painter
This was an in depth look at cryptids in the United States and their origin stories. Each entry includes the type of cryptid, the location of sighting, the earliest sighting, and the size, before going into the story of the cryptid. As a bonus, at the end of the book the author includes sites and … More Review: The United States of Cryptids: A Tour of American Myths and Monsters by J.W. Ocker
After the past two books have been focusing on different couples in the VRC this book returns us to the OG couple, Marcus and Finn. Finn has stumbled across another crime scene and it brings back ghosts from Marcus’ past. While the normal grumpy vampire is closed lipped about his past, this time he has … More Review: How to Defy a Vampire by Alice Winters
5 stars for the photographs3 stars for the text The majority of people are probably going to pick up this book for the photographs within it, not for the text but it isn’t strictly just photos so the text also needs to be reviewed. The photographs within were beautiful and really were what drew me … More ARC Review: Ancient Egypt: A Photographic History by Nigel Fletcher-Jones
When Audrey catches her soon to be husband with two other people she finds herself running to a quiet castle in Romania. While Vlad’s ancestral castle is being turned into a hotel and Audrey needs a place to lick her wounds, these two find themselves unable to keep their hands off one another. This was … More Review: Your Coffin or Mine by Jacklyn Hyde
The final Oronis Knight book is here and we finally get to find out what has been happening with Knightqueen Carys and her Knightguard Sten. In the previous book we learned that Carys and Sten had used the distraction that Knighthunter Kaden and Knightmaster Nea created to escape the Gek’Dragar prison. This book picks up … More ARC Review: Knightqueen by Anna Hackett
After reading about Worth for the past two books I was eager to finally read his story. This book was filled with both wonderfully sweet moments but also heartbreaking ones. Worth has hit rock bottom and finds himself back in Safe Harbor, back in the house he never thought he would be in again. As … More Review: Find Me Worthy by Annabeth Albert
When a prickly SEAL rescue diver comes to Safe Harbor to help with the cold case Holden and Monroe are working on, Holden finds himself offering to become his roommate when his RV breaks down and he needs to stay long term. As Holden gets to know the prickly SEAL he finds himself falling for … More Review: Make Me Stay by Annabeth Albert
It’s been about six months since the previous book and Finn and Marcus have settled into life as a couple while continuing to be partners on the VRC. While the threat of the ancient vampire stalker is still out there, life goes on and things have been quiet. When Marcus and Finn get a new … More Review: How to Elude a Vampire by Alice Winters
After reading Lassiter’s book, I will admit I was hesitant to read this because I had a lot of issues with bringing back the Lessening Society and Wrath’s 30 year disappearance. But since this is how the story has played out, I decided to see what will happen next and see what the brotherhood’s children … More ARC Review: The Beloved by J. R. Ward
This continues the Shibuya story with Gojo being attacked by Mahito, Choso, and Jogo. This was an interesting battle and Gojo really shows how dangerous his abilities can be when he uses his domain expansion immeasurable void. Unfortunately, this was what Geto has been waiting for and now Gojo is trapped in a prison realm … More Review: Jujutsu Kaisen Volumes 11 and 12 by Gege Akutami
This volume continues right at the cliffhanger of the previous volume. Gojo has been stabbed by Toji Fushiguro but it doesn’t keep Gojo down. The battle between Gojo and Toji was extremely interesting because it’s the first time we really see Gojo get seriously hurt and get a really good explanation of how his powers … More Review: Jujutsu Kaisen Volumes 9 and 10 by Gege Akutami
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