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So I just finished Heat of the Everflame…. Wtf? Just happened?😂 I’m so confused by the ending. Like where was the loophole? I can’t wait for the next book!

Luther Corbois. This man. Oof, my heart. The things this man says. I am swooning!

(Currently reading the kindred’s curse saga in preparation for the FFG deep dive and I’m loving it. I’m 60% through Glow of the Everflame)

The Villains Beast by Kate Hawthorne

Had a great time with this one. The spice was spicing, the angst was angsting. This is a bit of a dark read, definitely check the trigger/content warnings before you read, but I really enjoyed it and I didn’t want it to end. I wanted more time with alle the characters. I loved how their relationships developed and the different dynamics they all have with each other.

Have you read this one yet?

What is your fave mm dark romance?

Life’s been a little rough lately and I wanted a comfort read, but also to crochet so I thought, I’ll get the audio book. The book in question being Red, white and royal blue. Listened to the preview and my god that is the worst choice of narrator I’ve heard in a while.

The dude sounded like he was bored out of his mind and way too old. I was expecting someone to sound like they were Alex’s age, but no, some middle aged sounding dude is what we got?

I was so disappointed, like I couldn’t even sit through the dull preview because the voice annoyed me so much.

Not book related, but recently started watching 9-1-1 as I’d seen some post about it and gotten it recommended to me and I’ve seen a lot of Buddie (?) shipping content and I never knew who was who, but for some reason I’d misunderstood who was Christophers dad so when I started the show I was so confused cause I’m like, where’s the kid? And also, I thought Eddie was his dad, but this guy is Buck?

Just a funny misunderstanding for me, but also probably goes to show why so many people ship these guys when I saw things from the show with no knowledge about it and no context thought Buck was Christophers dad😅

I also now also ship these men and I will cry if they never end up together. It’s just such a missed opportunity for a best friends to lovers trope!

I’m currently on season 3 so have a lot to catch up on, and I’ve gathered that as of the most recent season they are not a thing (yet, we’ll hope), but I will keep my hope alive and in the mean time once I’m caught up there will always be fanfiction

I’m in the trenches with sick kiddos. We’re going on two weeks and it turned out they have strep throat. Not been able to read too much cause I’ve been in caretaker mode, but they’re on antibiotics now so fingers crossed for a speedy recovery now!

Just finished Quicksilver by Callie Hart and my god it was good! Why do I keep finding these great unfinished series so I have to wait for more?😅

Home before dark by Riley Sager

So I just finished this and it was so good! It was my first thriller. I’ve been wanting to branch out and try new genres and I’m glad I liked it.

I thought I knew where things were heading so many times only to be thrown for a loop.

The ending was enough of a surprise that it was enjoyable even though I guessed some of it before the end. I like that though, it was done in a way where it was satisfying to see the crumbs about the truth throughout. I’m of the opinion that a plot twist is more satisfying when there is clear foreshadowing especially when you look back and it can still come as a shock when you get to it.

Have any of you read it? Thoughts?

Also, what are some good thriller or mystery books I should check out next?

Ridoc is precious and must be protected at all costs!🥺❤️

Anyone else feel so hard for Ridoc when he felt the need to mention twice that just because he's the "funny friend" it doesn't make him any less capable for standing for the squad and also doesn't make him any less smart?

It actually absolutely broke me both the times he mentioned it

Is it just me? (Onyx Storm - no spoilers)

I’m seeing so many Onyx Storm reviews the past few days where people talk about how confusing and scatterbrained the writing was and I didn’t feel like it was at all? Like there were parts that I was a bit confused because we’re supposed to be along with Violet, but it wasn’t to the point where I felt like I understood nothing and nothing made sense.

Then I was thinking, maybe it’s because I’m adhd and it’s just written and paced in a way that works for my neurospicy brain😅

I know Rebecca Yarros is adhd too, so maybe it’s something to that? But also, this was the third book in a five book series. If we got all the answers in this one that would just not make sense?

Everyone’s different, and every experience is valid, I’ve just been seeing a lot of this late and couldn’t relate at all😅

Onyx Storm-first read (no spoilers)

Holy shit, what a wild ride.

I finished Onyx Storm literally like 30 minutes ago and I can’t even. So much happened, some things I expected and some surprised me, but man was it a good read.

I had to sit and stare at nothing for a while after I read the last page. I don’t know what to do with myself now that I’ve been in a vacuum in this world for the past couple of days😅

How are we feeling about Onyx Storm? Did you enjoy it? Were you disappointed? Let me know.

I personally loved it!

Today is the day!

See you on the other side🫡

I forgot how much there was I got frustrated by in Iron Flame, like Varrish who fills me with rage in every scene he is in and Jack fucking Barlow.

I also do get fed up with both Violet and Xaden with their communication issues, but I try to remind myself of how young they are and that helps. Although Violet is the one who annoys me the most with all the hypocrisy and the full disclosure bullshit.

I think it bothers me the most because she has grown up in a military environment so she should know that some things aren’t for everyone to know. She is fine with Mira telling her “you can’t know that, it’s classified”, but it’s not fine when it’s Xaden, like because she’s in love with him she should get to know things that aren’t his to tell?

He also has a bunch of things that he could have told her, but he has his whole you have to ask thing going on which is also annoying.

It’s kinda hard for them to know how to be in a relationship with healthy communication though cause they don’t exactly have a lot of great examples around them😅

Still love this book though and I’m beyond excited for the release of Onyx Storm next week!

Every time Violet says full disclosure I get so angry😂

Fourth Wing - Graphic audio|I have some.. thoughts

So I’ve been listening to Fourth Wing and will do Iron Flame too in preparation for the Onyx Storm release next week and I chose the graphic audio version since it sounded like a cool concept and I also didn’t vibe with the narrator of the normal audiobook from the sample.

Overall I’m really enjoying it, but there are some things that definitely takes me right out of the story every now and then

- Xaden’s voice actor is not great. He has moments where lines are delivered very well, but mostly he sounds kinda obnoxious and flat. Like he said “I’m on my way” or something to that effect in which the narrator says he had an edge of panic in his voice right after and he definitely did not. Like he had no emotional inflection in his voice at all and this tends to happen often.

Xaden is supposed to be cocky and arrogant, yes, but he’s also charismatic and confident and the voice actor doesn’t really pull that off. Like I said he just aounds obnoxious a lot of the time, like one of those trustfund baby stereotypes… makes me cringe a lot. He does have some moments here and there that he really delivers a line well though, so it’s not all bad

- The excessive moaning when they’re just kissing. And Violet low key sounding like she’s being tortured when they’re doing the deed.

I was so taken aback when I got to their first kiss because the moaning was just too much. The second the kiss started they sounded like they were about to finish if you know what I mean… it just was so weird to me.

And their first time, as mentioned Violet mostly just sounded like she was in pain. She did have some parts that sounded like she was enjoying herself, but mostly it sounded like a torture scene and that made things very weird for me

- Lastly, Tairn. I’m disappointed in his voice. I wish it was grittier, like a bit more like the voice actor for Professor Kaori (don’t remember if that’s the correct spelling), but at least he delivers his lines pretty well. Like my only issue is the sound of the voice, not the voice acting itself.

All this being said, I still am enjoying it a lot (I’m almost at the end now) and I will be doing the graphic audio version of Iron Flame too.

Have you listened to the graphic audio version? What did you think about it?

The kiddo’s have been hit hard with a stomach bug, and with me having emetophobia it’s been a rough week. Luckily I have a husband who handles it all really well and I do what I can with taking care of other things in the house and stuff.

Been doing a bit of rereads for comfort which is nice, a good distraction.

And I’ve also been listening to fantasy fangirls pod to keep myself distracted, trying not to panic over who’s going to get sick next and when.

Can we talk about Feyre walking around, for weeks, thinking she was alone and there were fairies all over the place and no one told her?😂

Having a hard time getting into new book after fourth wing and acotar.

I’m currently reading the bridge kingdom and so far it’s good (I’m about halfway through), but I keep getting distracted. Not feeling like I have to know what happens next.

Tried started four different book before landing on this one. Hopefully this feeling will go away soon. It happens after books I’ve been particularly invested in.

Seen a bunch of this recently where people complain about the amount of romance in the empyrean series (fourth wing) and I’m like… it’s a romance fantasy?

Like it’s marketed as romantasy is it not? Idk. I just always got the impression that it’s a romance book in a fantasy setting even before I read it, so I was going in expecting all the romance🤷🏻‍♀️

Me finishing the acotar series (the books that have come out anyway) and going to check out what theories people have and maybe have some fun discussions only to be horrified by some of the things people are saying on there. People literally getting death threats for having a different opinion like shipping someone with someone else than they do😬

(I know there are sane people in this fandom too, but I’m a little scared)

Fourth Wing and Iron Flame was definitely the highlight of the month for me, with parts of us a close second.

But I had a great time with all the books I read for sure.

Ratings:

- Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros 5/5

- Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros 5/5

- Twisted Love by Ana Huang 4/5

- A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas 4/5

- A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J Maas 5/5

- A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J Maas 5/5

- A Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah J Maas 4/5

- Parts of Us by Cara Dee 5/5

- A Court of Silver Flames 5/5

- Cattle Stop by Kit Oliver 5/5

- Don’t You Dare by C E Ricci 4/5

- Power Play by Cara Dee 5/5

I thought Rhun was the love interest. I was very confused

So I just started reading Crescent City after seeing it being recommended here and there. I knew basically nothing about it though other than getting the sound bite Ruhn Danaan crown prince of the Valbaran Fae on tik tok a lot. Tik tok made it seem like he would be the love interest and I got so confused when he was just introduced as Bryce’s half brother😂

I was like either this is a fake brother situation or this is a whole different book than I thought😅

This one was so good! I’ve seen in around on booktok and here on insta and I just hadn’t gotten around to it yet, but boy am I glad I did! I tore through it like two days, I couldn’t put it down, I just wanted to know what would happen next.

I’m obsessed with Xaden, talk about a shadow daddy🥵

I loved how Violet grew throughout. I love that she has a chronic illness, made me relate to her more cause I have one too (not the same one, but one where accommodations sometimes need to be made for me to do the things I want or have to do) so that was great.

I liked the relationships both platonic and romantic ones. And the mysteries were intriguing.

Tairn was hilarious, love him and Andarna is precious and must be protected at all costs🥺❤️

That ending had me shook! Didn’t see it coming. There were a lot of things I did see coming throughout the book, but that ending, no. It was surprising for me.

5/5 for me. I had a great time reading it.

And to quote fantasy fangirls pod: 🎶God fucking damn it Dain🎶

February 2024 reads

Titles and Ratings:

- Deaths’s Bloom by Lily Mayne 4/5

- A Delicious Descent by Amanda Meuwissen 4/5

- Red, White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston 5/5

- The Spiral Down by Aly Martinez 4/5

- Game Changer by Rachel Reid 4/5

- Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid 5/5

- Tough Guy by Rachel Reid 5/5

- Common Goal by Rachel Reid 4/5

- Role Model by Rachel Reid 5/5

- The Long Game by Rachel Reid 5/5

- Shades of Lust by E M Lindsey 5/5

- Waiting on forever by E M Lindsey 5/5

- Taste of Greed by E M Linsdey 5/5

- Spark of Wrath by E M Lindsey 5/5

February was a bit of a re-read month for me, though I did get in a few new to me books too.

Enjoyed all the new ones I read which is always great, cause you never really know. Sometimes it’s been more missed than hits, you know. E M Lindsey is usually a safe bet for me though. I haven’t read a book of hers I haven’t enjoyed yet (I have not read all her books, so that might change, who knows🤷🏻‍♀️).

What was your favorite read in February?

The Hunt by Z W Taylor, to buy or not to buy?

I’m so conflicted. Book 2 comes out pretty soon and I don’t know if I want to get it or not.

Here’s the thing, I read the original trilogy when they were wattpad book and the third one was still being released.

I loved them, and have read them several times. The world and the characters just felt so immersive and the story line was so good! Yes there were parts that maybe needed a bit of editing, like grammar and just redundant sentences and stuff, but it was good!

When it was announced that it would become real published books I was so excited. I thought it would be the books just polished, you know? I pre ordered the paperback and couldn’t wait to dive back into this world.

It was like I wasn’t even reading the same story. It felt flat, drawn out and like nothing really happened in the whole book. And apparently it’s going to be a whole long series now instead of a trilogy which it was originally.

I found it hard to care about any of the characters, it was like all the life was gone from them. I just felt so disappointed. And I was honestly kind of bored the whole time. I think I might have enjoyed it more if I’d never read the originals, but alas.

I’m hoping the second book will be better, that I will like it more, but I don’t know. I’m so conflicted!

Anyone else have the same experience? Did you read the original wattpad series? What are your thoughts on the new version?

January Reads (forgot to post)

Took this from my instagram, but these were my reads for January. All 5/5 for me. Loved them.

I discovered Lily Mayne at the end of December and I devoured these two series of hers in January.

Can’t wait for Lyri to come out and continue the monstrous series!

Have you read any of these?

Currently Reading

I just plowed through the first two books in this series and am just staring this third one. I’m obsessed!

The Graham Effect by Elle Kennedy

I devoured this in like two days. It was a great read and I love that it was more about the couple growing as people together and that the problems were mostly external. Like no stupid third act breakup just for the sake of it like I feel like too many romance books do.

I thoroughly enjoyed it. It was fun to get the little cameos from the OG generation too.

Also, Ryder was top tear! I’m obsessed with him. He’s just my type of book guy.

I had like one thong that annoyed me, which was the fight between Gigi and Ryder where she pushed him to talk about why he was upset and he didn’t want to and then she proceeded to not tell him why she was upset. Like he’d snapped at her which he apologised for, but she was still angry with him for not opening up and just expecting him to know that was the reason she was mad.

She should’ve just communicated that to him. Like dude, come on. She knows he’s not a talker. That he’s not used to sharing shit. Don’t expect him to be a mind reader.

The talk he had with his teammates girlfriend should have been had with Gigi.

But other than that I didn’t have any major annoyances or anything.

I just get frustrated when there’s poor communication😅

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (5/5)

Book Rec - The Renegades Series by Cara Dee

The renegade series by Cara Dee

I just read through the whole series in like three days. I couldn’t put them down. Cara has a way of making me care deeply about her characters. They’re become so real to me.

If you love a good steamy M/M romance with a good dose of action on the side, this series is for you.

All the feels. All the excitement. All the love.

I’m obsesses with her BDSM series which was how I was introduced to her writing and I’m now branching out to her other books. I want to read them all. Everything I’ve read from her so far has been great.

Have you read this series yet?

Have you read other books from Cara Dee? If you have which is your favorite?

Just finished Meetings That Start In The Dark by writingamarie on ao3 and now I don’t know what to do with my life😭