Reviews for books I gave five stars to.
The Adlers and Baenas have been enemies for generations but when they are both betrayed both leaders have to work together to save their families reputations. The Kinsmen world is fascinating and filled with all different kinds of abilities. This book discusses the secare, which are a new type of kinsmen. They are very deadly … More Review: Fated Blades by Ilona Andrews
Well this book took me on an emotional rollercoaster ride! Jamie Callahan and his family’s reputation is continuing to take hits after the events in the previous book. While everything is falling apart the team knows that another attack by the terrorists is bound to happen soon. This was an action packed book from the … More Review: In the Requiem by Hailey Turner
This book should be read after reading In the Blood. Alexei and Sean are still healing from their brief stints as prisoners of war. Sean is struggling with the PTSD and mental blocks that are preventing him from letting Alexei close again. After three months, they are finally being let back into the field but … More Review: Out of the Ashes by Hailey Turner
Trigger Warnings: on page graphic torture, death of a child Wow, what an emotional book! This book picks up shortly after the previous book ended. The team is continuing the MDF mission of bringing down the terrorists working together to set off Splice bombs. Jamie is still dealing with his fathers political campaign when all … More Review: In the Blood by Hailey Turner
This book continues where the previous books left off with Alpha Team still trying to prevent several terrorists groups from joining forces. Alexei and Sean are assigned a mission together and it finally allows them to admit their feelings for each other. Alexei is a character that I liked right away. He is protective of … More Review: In the Shadows by Hailey Turner
Captain Jaime Callahan and his metahuman team have a new mission that involves them going undercover to infiltrate a criminal alliance. Jamie is putting his family, and their reputation on the line, but he knows its the best way to capture the enemies. This book picks up a few months after the previous book ended. … More Review: In the Ruins by Hailey Turner
Captain Jamie Callahan survived a horrible chemical attack and is now a metahuman. He has been working with the Metahuman Defense Force and leading Alpha Team for three years now and doesn’t plan to stop anytime soon. What he doesn’t expect is his one night stand joining his team. This was a wonderful, action-packed, military … More Review: In the Wreckage by Hailey Turner
Nasha Black has never told anyone in Shadowvale about her curse. Everyone assumes she is only there because her father is one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. She finds one cure for her curse though, the chocolate that dragon-shifter Charlie Ashborne makes. She just has to pretend to be his fiance before the … More Review: Her First Taste of Fire by Kristen Painter
“Throughout human history, three caste systems have stood out. The tragically accelerated, chilling, and officially vanquished caste system of Nazi Germany. The lingering, millennia-long caste system of India. And the shape-shifting, unspoken, race-based caste pyramid in the United States.” This book was mind blowing. Isabel Wilkerson dives into the history of the caste system in … More Review: Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
Wow! What an ending! I have been a fan of this series since Spider’s Bite came out in 2010. Gin is one of my favorite heroines ever. I have spent the last two months rereading this series to get caught up to this book, which I didn’t realize was going to be the last one. … More Review: Last Strand by Jennifer Estep
Well this book was nonstop suspense and action. I couldn’t put it down. Gin has been taking down the Circle for a few books now but the truth about the leader really shocks her to the core. This book was filled with more shocking revelations about her family and Fletcher. It was just a very … More Review: Sharpest Sting by Jennifer Estep
Trigger Warnings: sexual assault, racism, homophobia, death of a friend, physical violence. This is a series of personal essays about journalist and LGBTQIA+ activist George M. Johnson. They explore his childhood, adolescence, and college years in New Jersey and Virginia. This was a very moving memoir about George’s life. He describes his past trauma and … More Review: All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson
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