Roman wants nothing more than to be left alone during the holiday, but when a wounded boy stumbles into his yard begging for sanctuary, he takes him in. Now mercenaries and priests are attacking his property trying to get the boy, but they don’t realize they are messing with the Black Volhv. Roman has been … More ARC Review: Sanctuary by Ilona Andrews
Ivy has a decent job at the London office of Somnus Entertainment, the gaming company behind the wildly popular game Black Oasis. When a skeevy encounter during a fun night at a pub devolves into a violent hate, changing Ivy’s life forever. They wake up in the demon dimension, beaten and broken with a haughty … More Review: Bump in the Night by Nikole Knight and Lily Mayne
Parker Osborne is having the worst day ever. He has no friends at college and his former high school friends have forgotten about him, he doesn’t have a boyfriend or anyone to hook up with, and an annoying hot TA gave him a crappy grade. But in a blink of an eye everything changes when … More Review: Kick at the Darkness by Keira Andrews
When real estate agent Magnolia “Nola’ Newhouse goes to set up a new penthouse to show she finds herself witnessing a murder. Now she is on the run and being hunted by the mob, and her brother’s new silver fox coworker Knox “Stone” Holman is the only thing keeping her safe. It was great to … More ARC Review: Stone by Anna Hackett
Cody has given up hope of having a life of his own. He spends his days playing nurse to his dying, spiteful step-father and maid to his bully half-brother. His only escape is playing his favorite online fantasy game, Black Oasis, and talking to the monster under his bed who cares more about him than … More Review: Whispers in the Dark by Nikole Knight and Lily Mayne
Holy hell was this a hell of an ending! I don’t even know where to start with this except that it was a fantastic and emotional ending to this epic story and I am really going to miss it. This book starts about a year-ish after the previous book ended. The war is in full … More Review: The Queen’s Starfire Throne by Hailey Turner
“A heart was a dangerous weapon, after all.” At the end of the previous book we were left with Soren protecting the princess, Hanovi injured, Nathaniel being turned into rionetka, and the others running from a horde of revenants that had been set loose on the city and avoiding capture. This book picks up right … More Review: The Emperor’s Bone Palace by Hailey Turner
Summerween is a yearly reading challenge hosted by GabbyReads (@_myfictionalworld) on Instagram. This year’s challenge went from July 5th-11th and had five reading prompts and a bingo board. If you want to know more about this challenge, check out the Instagram account @thisissummerween. Prompts: My Bingo Board: First as you can see, the bingo board … More Summerween 2024 Wrap Up
TW: on page death of a parent with dementia; grief; homomisic family and coworkers; After the reveal of Vivienne’s murder at the end of the previous book I couldn’t wait to read this book to find out what happened. This book had a lot of intense emotions and big revelations that kept me hooked the … More Review: Dead Serious Case #5: Madame Vivienne by Vawn Cassidy
Holy crap this book! This epic fantasy was filled with nonstop action and romance that spanned 20 years and about 15 different POVs. I don’t usually read epic fantasy books but since it was Hailey Turner I knew I had to give it a chance, and I am amazed at the world she is creating. … More Review: The Prince’s Poisoned Vow by Hailey Turner
When Roz survives the destruction of the Concord and ends up with the memories of her creator, she knows she needs to find Imani James and the human colony Renata. To get there though she needs the help of Vin’s guildmate Fásach. But will Renata allow a human doll into their colony? This was an … More ARC Review: Alliance by Etta Pierce
The Mid-Year Book Freakout Tag was originally created in 2012 by BookTuber Earl Grey Books. At the time of writing this post I have read 262 books out of my 400 goal. I lowered my goal this year just because I don’t really feel like pushing myself to try and beat my highest score of … More 2024 Mid-Year Freak Out Tag
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