2.5 ⭐️ Definitely not as good as the first. What a shame.
WHAT TO EXPECT: ✨ book 2 ✨ omegaverse (not shifters) ✨ reverse-harem ✨ she's a beta with a traum2.5 ⭐️ Definitely not as good as the first. What a shame.
WHAT TO EXPECT: ✨ book 2 ✨ omegaverse (not shifters) ✨ reverse-harem ✨ she's a beta with a traumatic past ✨ they want her in their pack ✨ billionaire romance ✨ age-gap ✨ 5/5 spice (mm, mf, mmf, mmfm, mmfmm) ✨ mating instincts, pheromones, biting, knotting, bonding marks, anal ✨ emotional healing journey ✨ found family ✨ angst ✨ HEA ✨ TW: physical, psychological, and sexual abuse (flashbacks), emotional trauma, kidnapping, murder
My Thoughts:
If I look at this book objectively, it's really not bad. There's continued emotional healing, sweet moments, spicy scenes, and some laughs. But it was too long and didn't have as much substance as the first. My 2.5-star rating is mostly based on my enjoyment, not the actual quality of the story, which is why I rounded up for the Goodreads star rating.
Honestly, I was bored. A lot of the heavier emotional stuff was dealt with in Part 1 so this was mostly focused on her bonding with the rest of the pack aka having sex with everyone. While I appreciate and like smut, there was just too much sex and I needed more plot. After a while, all of these scenes blended together and I started skimming a bunch. Because of this, I ended up losing interest and stopped caring about the characters. So once the conflict finally happened at the end, I was checked out.
Also, out of all of the guys, her connection with Cyrus was the most forced. I genuinely don't think they should have had a sexual relationship since they seemed better suited as friends. It seemed like Kathryn Moon just wanted her to bond with all of the guys, even if it didn't make much sense. ...more
She didn't feel like my captive. If anything, I felt like the one who was ensnared.
WHAT TO EXPECT: ✨ book 4 (s4 ⭐️ My second favorite in the series!
She didn't feel like my captive. If anything, I felt like the one who was ensnared.
WHAT TO EXPECT: ✨ book 4 (standalone) ✨ monster romance ✨ shades x hunters ✨ she’s an ex-huntress bored of life in the shadow realm ✨ he’s the king's half-brother plotting to take back the throne ✨ grumpy x sunshine ✨ marriage of convenience ✨ captive x captor (sort of not but really lol) ✨ beauty and the beast vibes ✨ 3/5 spice ✨ size difference ✨ library sexy ✨ shadow tentacles, knotting, breeding, biting, somnophilia, bondage ✨ hilarious inner dialogue and banter ✨ low stakes ✨ HEA
My Thoughts:
This was such a fun, quick read! It definitely gives Beauty and the Beast vibes with a grumpy, 'scary' MMC and a quirky, sunshine FMC.
Verity was such a firecracker! I love her humor and how all of her replies to Theon would bewilder and placate him. He truly didn't know what to make of her. ...more
4.75 ⭐️ If you're a fan of The Time Traveler's Wife or Outlander, then read this book!
"You may have ruined my life, June. But first, you gave me one."4.75 ⭐️ If you're a fan of The Time Traveler's Wife or Outlander, then read this book!
"You may have ruined my life, June. But first, you gave me one."
WHAT TO EXPECT: ✨ small town setting ✨ magical realism ✨ family curse ✨ time travel ✨ second-chance romance (unconventional) ✨ murder mystery ✨ psychological mind game ✨ angst ✨ secrets and lies ✨ drama ✨ HEA ✨ TW: child abandonment, death of loved one, murder, suicide
My Thoughts:
The Unmaking of June Farrow was so good! I had no idea what this book was about before I started reading, but I didn't expect this.
The story follows June Farrow, whose family has been 'cursed' with mental illness. All Farrow women end up losing their minds to visions, as if they are stuck between two places at once. June has lived her life awaiting this fate. But when she discovers a photograph of her mother from the early 1900s, June starts to wonder if the Farrow women aren't stuck in their own minds, but in two different times. And when the red door from her vision appears again, she's going to walk through it and discover what lies on the other side.
From the first sentence to the last, I was invested. Adrienne Young is an incredible writer that has a way of pulling you in and making you feel part of the story. I LOVED the premise. As a fan of time-travel stories this 100% scratched that itch. The characters were intriguing and felt so real. The romance was heartbreaking, messy, and beautiful. The rural, small town was perfectly crafted with townsfolk who thrive on secrets and stories.
But what truly made this book unputdownable was the psychological mind game and murder mystery aspects that were intertwined. I loved that we were uncovering truths along with June, which made the twists and turns that much more gut-wrenching. I was constantly on the edge of my seat to find out what happened next. I will say, I was able to predict all the 'reveals', but that really didn't hinder my enjoyment of the story. Because when the truths came out, it still packed an emotional punch.
The time travel bits are explained and I do understand it . . . to a degree. But there's an aspect of it that left me scratching my head. I definitely think the reader is just sort of meant to accept it for what it is instead of trying to scientifically prove exactly how time travel and its effects works.
❗❗**CAUTION: SPOILER ALERT**❗❗
This story is really fascinating because it's a story about a woman who's never really had any agency over her life. The 'curse' has always played a role in it. June decided she wouldn't romantically love someone or have children because it would end in heartbreak for her significant other and a child that would suffer her same fate. So June's never really lived, until she goes to the past. But even then, she is living a different June's life. I know she gets those memories back, which feel as if they are her own, but part of me is saddened by the fact she didn't actually live them herself. And her choice to stay in the past, it's because of a daughter a different version of herself had. I know this life with Eamon and Annie is filled with love and 'feel right' to her, but a small, small part of me is sad that she didn't go back to 2023 and live a life of her own making that was not influenced by the 'curse'....more
4.5 ⭐️ What a heart pounding novella!!!!!!!! 100% recommend!
"I'm whatever you want me to be, Ami."
WHAT TO EXPECT ✨ sci-fi / psychological horror / roma4.5 ⭐️ What a heart pounding novella!!!!!!!! 100% recommend!
"I'm whatever you want me to be, Ami."
WHAT TO EXPECT ✨ sci-fi / psychological horror / romance ✨ deep space setting ✨ unreliable narrator ✨ she wakes up from stasis her crew mates are dead ✨ he's an alien that intercepts her distress signal ✨ anxiety inducing ✨ "Is this real?" ✨ .5/5 spice ...more
WHAT TO EXPECT: ✨ monster romance ✨ he’s a failed musician and human ✨ she’s a lieutenant in the Shade royal guard ✨ 3.5 ⭐️ A fun addition to the series
WHAT TO EXPECT: ✨ monster romance ✨ he’s a failed musician and human ✨ she’s a lieutenant in the Shade royal guard ✨ black cat x golden retriever ✨ forced proximity ✨ denial of feelings ✨ slow burn ✨ possessive FMC ✨ obsessed MMC ✨ 3/5 ...more
3.5 ⭐️ This was a sweet story about two lonely people opening their hearts to each other
She looks like she can eat me alive. I fucking love it.
WHAT T3.5 ⭐️ This was a sweet story about two lonely people opening their hearts to each other
She looks like she can eat me alive. I fucking love it.
WHAT TO EXPECT: ✨ small town romance ✨ she's a tattoo artist opening a shop ✨ he's in finance and a massive flirt ✨ friends to lovers ✨ best friends youngest sister ✨ one night stand / let's get it out of our system ✨ opposites attract ✨ black cat x golden retriever ✨ reverse grumpy x sunshine ✨ flirty banter ✨ he takes care of her ✨ 2.5/5 ...more
"I can't let you go. I'll never do that. Not until I die."
WHAT TO EXPECT: ✨ paranormal romance ✨ he's a gentleman4 ⭐️ My favorite of the series (so far)
"I can't let you go. I'll never do that. Not until I die."
WHAT TO EXPECT: ✨ paranormal romance ✨ he's a gentleman Vampire warrior ✨ she's a flirtatious Valkyrie warrior ✨ insta lust ✨ captor x captive ✨ enemies to lovers ✨ he falls first and hard ✨ fated mates ✨ she's in denial ✨ forced proximity ✨ age gap (300 & 2000+) ✨ size difference ✨ 4/5 ...more
3.75 ⭐️ This was a fun yet gritty, dark paranormal romance
For more than a thousand years, he'd search for her. And he'd found her in what he despised 3.75 ⭐️ This was a fun yet gritty, dark paranormal romance
For more than a thousand years, he'd search for her. And he'd found her in what he despised with a hatred so virulent he couldn't control it.
WHAT TO EXPECT: ✨ paranormal romance ✨ beauty and the beast vibes ✨ he's a morally grey, tortured, aggressive Lykae (werewolf) king ✨ she's a tenderhearted, sheltered half vampire/ half Valkyrie ✨ enemies to lovers ✨ forced proximity ✨ hate to love ✨ fated mates ✨ age gap (70 & 1200) ✨ size difference ✨ virgin FMC ✨ 4.5/5 ...more
“Look, I don’t know what you want from me, but—” “Anything.” Black eyes looked down on her, and he took a sh5 fucking stars ⭐️ Julie Soto’s best work!
“Look, I don’t know what you want from me, but—” “Anything.” Black eyes looked down on her, and he took a shaking breath. “Everything.”
WHAT TO EXPECT: ✨ contemporary romance ✨ musicians falling in love ✨ he’s an arrogant, superstar cellist ✨ she’s a wallflower and talented violinist ✨ rivals to lovers ✨ he falls first ✨ insane sexual tension ✨ 3/5 ...more
3.5 ⭐️ If you like fantasy romance and Ruby Dixon, then definitely pick this book up
He's a polite monk of a Fellian who just happens to be trapped in 3.5 ⭐️ If you like fantasy romance and Ruby Dixon, then definitely pick this book up
He's a polite monk of a Fellian who just happens to be trapped in a tower with a princess of loose morals who really, really wants to ride his c*ck.
WHAT TO EXPECT: ✨ fantasy romance ✨ feuding factions ✨ gods x humans x ‘monsters’ ✨ locked away in a windowless tower with your enemy ✨ she’s a spoiled, chronically ill, lusty human princess ✨ he’s a shy, celibate, bookish non-human prince ✨ virgin, cinnamon roll monster ✨ enemies to friends lovers ✨ forced proximity ✨ opposites attract ✨ nursing back to health ✨ he falls first ✨ 4/5 ...more
3 ⭐️ I love this premise but it didn't live up to my expectations
A) I was in the imaginary town of my favorite romance series. Or... B) I had hydropla3 ⭐️ I love this premise but it didn't live up to my expectations
A) I was in the imaginary town of my favorite romance series. Or... B) I had hydroplaned off the road and was currently dying in some ditch in nowhere New York.
WHAT TO EXPECT: ✨ small town romance ✨ magical realism ✨ falling into your favorite story ✨ she’s an english professor ✨ he’s a bookstore owner with a cat ✨ blond MMC ✨ grumpy x sunshine (who lost her shine) ✨ a not so meet cute ✨ forced proximity ✨ banter ✨ .5/5 ...more
4.5 ⭐️ A heartfelt romance that took me by surprise
"Come on, Ali. I'm pretty sure every guy at Beechwood High thought you were the one." "Not even clos4.5 ⭐️ A heartfelt romance that took me by surprise
"Come on, Ali. I'm pretty sure every guy at Beechwood High thought you were the one." "Not even close." "Maybe it was just me then."
This book had me giggling and smiling like an idiot!!! ...more
3 ⭐️ An interesting dystopian concept but won't continue the series
**This review does contain spoilers**
She stepped inside to meet her own dark captor3 ⭐️ An interesting dystopian concept but won't continue the series
**This review does contain spoilers**
She stepped inside to meet her own dark captor from a fairytale. The warlock who had led her off her path.
WHAT TO EXPECT: ✨ dystopian urban romantasy ✨ NYC setting ✨ loose Beauty and the Beast retelling ✨ she’s a gifted human thief ✨ he’s a dangerous monster ✨ enemies to lovers ✨ heist plot ✨ “you work for me now” ✨ forced proximity ✨ 2/5 ...more
5 ⭐️ The most heartwarming book I've read this year!
"I'll never love anyone the way I love you."
WHAT TO EXPECT: ✨ contemporary romance ✨ nyc setting ✨ a5 ⭐️ The most heartwarming book I've read this year!
"I'll never love anyone the way I love you."
WHAT TO EXPECT: ✨ contemporary romance ✨ nyc setting ✨ accidental pregnancy ✨ cinnamon roll MMC ✨ he's not the father but takes care of her ✨ childhood friends - to - lovers ✨ best friend's brother ✨ slow burn ✨ pining / longing ✨ "I've always loved you" ✨ 1.5/5 ...more
WHAT TO EXPECT: ✨ sci-fi romance ✨ post apocalyptic earth ✨ human FMC and robot MMC ✨ forbidden romance ✨ evil robot3.5 ⭐️ An pretty enjoyable audioboook
WHAT TO EXPECT: ✨ sci-fi romance ✨ post apocalyptic earth ✨ human FMC and robot MMC ✨ forbidden romance ✨ evil robot warlord ✨ intriguing world building ✨ 2.5/5 ...more
2 ⭐️ I can see the charm but to me, it was an unrealistic story with very delulu characters.
"You know what I hate the most about you, Ford?" "What's th2 ⭐️ I can see the charm but to me, it was an unrealistic story with very delulu characters.
"You know what I hate the most about you, Ford?" "What's that, Rosie?" "That hating you is downright impossible."
WHAT TO EXPECT: ✨ small-town setting ✨ billionaire romance ✨ brother's best friend ✨ childhood frenemies-to-lovers ✨ boss x employee ✨ forbidden romance ✨ forced proximity ✨ opposites attract ✨ snarky banter / shit talking ✨ he fell first (always loved her) ✨ 2.5/5 ...more