Reviews for books I gave five stars to.
“You’re the buttered toast to my jammy.” Recent graduate Oliver Barnes is desperate to find a job. He’s two months behind on rent and decides to apply for jobs in the Greed district of Hell’s Pentagram. When he misses the train, and the job interview, he stumbles upon a strange little coffee shop in Purgatory … More Review: Passing Through Purgatory by Nik Knight
This book is hard to rate because Du Mez has clearly done her research but I do think some of the content was a bit repetitive, especially with the repetitive discussions of men and women’s place in society. As a non religious person, this book really helped me to understand the current political environment and … More Review: Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation by Kristin Kobes Du Mez
“No murderer should ever be the guardian of their victim’s story, and yet this is the role that Hawley Harvey Crippen has always held.” Hallie Rubenhold, author of The Five, is back and this time deep diving into the North London Cellar Murder. This is a case that I had never heard of before picking … More ARC Review: Story of a Murder: The Wives, the Mistress, and Dr. Crippen by Hallie Rubenhold
“Sometimes I couldn’t believe how drastically my life had changed. I’d gone from being a lowly lab rat toiling away in obscurity, to a Regal lady and the head of a corporation, to an infamous fugitive.” It’s been a few weeks since Vesper and Kyrian escaped Callus Holloway’s attempt to capture them and steal their … More Review: Only Cold Depths by Jennifer Estep
When Maisie is forced to take a vacation after potentially making a huge mistake on the game she is helping to develop, she finds herself in the small monster town of Hallow’s Cove. Her landlord is a grumpy bookstore owning vampire but she quickly finds herself enjoying their time together. But Barnaby has a secret … More Review: Vacationing with the Vampire in Hallow’s Cove by Lyonne Riley
While on tour, musician Sidonie Martel is kidnapped and transported to the mystical land of Avalon. She is a human without magical ability and she is extremely vulnerable to the deadly forces surrounding her. When she defies Isabeau, Queen of the Light, by refusing to share her music, she finds herself broken in a dungeon … More Review: Spellbinder by Thea Harrison
This was a fascinating and informative book about bats! I feel like every time I read a book about bats new information has been discovered about them. While this book goes over basic characteristics of bats, it also includes recent discoveries, like the white-nose syndrome and viruses. There are over 1400 species of bats currently … More ARC Review: The Weird and Wonderful World of Bats by Alyson Brokaw
Astrid is a winter hag in training and spends her days in the Black Forest honing her spell craft and at night she leaves offerings for the ancient monster that guards the woods. When a group of humans bring the monster to her doorstep, her only hope at survival is a plate of poisoned cookies. … More ARC Review: Untethering Dark by Desirée M. Niccoli
All Magnolia wanted was to fall in love and get married. Her romantic hopes are dashed though when she finds out her alien groom, Oaken, is too injured to come meet her. The only way she can get to him is to travel towards Oaken’s mountain with Garrek, his young convict-ward Killian, and his herd. … More Review: Resisting the Alien Rider by Ursa Dax
I will admit, I was a little apprehensive about starting this book because I couldn’t see these two getting over their anger at each other to be in a relationship. But, I should know by now to trust Mayne because she really made these two work perfectly together and made one hell of a story. … More Review: False Comeback by Lily Mayne
Darcy has been raised by her wealthy family to be only one thing: a wife. So when her parents pick a fiance that turns out to be a creep, she turns him down and finds herself disowned. Desperate, she signs up as an alien mail-order bride. Fallon is nothing like she expected but everything she … More Review: Wrangled by the Alien Rancher by Ursa Dax
The Ace and Aro Relationship Guide is not only about dating and sex guidance. This guide is about building satisfying relationships, without the weight of society’s expectations on romance and sex. The book is split into two parts: the relationship toolbox, using the author’s coined term, ANKOP (A New Kind Of Perfect) and the relationship … More ARC Review: The Ace and Aro Relationship Guide: Making It Work in Friendship, Love, and Sex by Cody Daigle-Orians
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