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I think .. no... I know this is my fave M. Sinclair book that I’ve read all ye*ARC generously provided by the author in exchange for an honest review*
I think .. no... I know this is my fave M. Sinclair book that I’ve read all year. Ive been thankful to be able to get her ARC’s for a few months now and this one is hands down my fave. The FMC is innocent but shes also so so so smart. She has a great innocent disposition but she also doesnt take anyone’s crap. She has a cool back story and I really liked her.
Her relationship with her nightmares is great. Even though theres like.. 7 of them.. she has a unique relationship with all of them. I def think Saint is my fave.. because hes absolutely the most psychotic ...more
... ok. I was not expecting all the freaking emotions. Let me first say that Cassis has been my fave out of all*ARC generously provided by the author*
... ok. I was not expecting all the freaking emotions. Let me first say that Cassis has been my fave out of all Sam’s guys since book 1 so i was LOVING the fact that most the POV’s are his. He was delightful. Broken and tired and so so lonely and the inner turmoil he felt while fighting his need and love for Sam was so angsty and perfect. It made this book even that much better.
The story-line was super interesting. I love that we got to see inside Talon and all the fae goodness. I love that Sam stayed true to herself the entire time she was there and continued to fight for herself and her men.
Wanna know what I loved the most? THE FACT THAT THERE WAS A FREAKING POWER OF 5 CROSSOVER. Soooo.. I wont go into detail because I dont want to spoil it but we get to see old AND new characters from Power of 5 and I am not kidding you when I said I squealed in delight when I realized who was on the page. SQUEALED. Like... woke my 4 year old up because I was so excited about it.
So if anything- you have to read the book for that alone ...more
This is one of my new fave RH's ever. I should have known based on Colette's previous book,⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️(5 stars!)
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This is one of my new fave RH's ever. I should have known based on Colette's previous book, Blood Nor Money, that I would enjoy this book as well but I was shocked at both how different it was and how amazing it was.
I won't lie. At first I was all, "how ... exactly does one do a Goldilocks retelling without it being super weird?
Well- here's how.
You take one Blonde haired beauty who makes poor life decisions in general and is absolutely hilarious, add in three gorgeous bear-shifting brothers who couldn't be more opposite, and a psycho ex boyfriend. Add a dash of breaking and entering, combined with a side of self-depreciation. Stir until a mentally manipulative psycho shows up, and you get an absolutely amazing read.
What the best part was? The MC's regularly bring up the fact that she's blonde and they're best shifters and refer to the old tale as an ongoing joke. What could have been a bit of an awkward retelling turned into something hilariously tongue-in-cheek and I was here for it.
Ria, who has to be my fave FMC of Colette's yet, decides to move in with her fairly new boyfriend into a random cabin deep in the woods. Almost immediately after they both get to the cabin, Ria finds out ole boy is cheating on her. So when he leaves the cabin she steals his gun and weed, and does what any scorned girlfriend does- gets high and decides to walk into town after destroying his phone.
Unfortunately, Ria isn't half as prepared for a traipse through the woods and she thinks she is and in her weed induced state she decides it's totally ok to break into a beautiful home she finds in the middle of the woods. There she proceeds to eat the owner's food, break their furniture, use their bath and sleep in their beds.
Of course the owners get home and it's alllll downhill from there ...more
Ooookkk. That was NOT AT ALL what I was expecting out of a contemporary from M.Sinclair.
Once again, another freaking amazing FMC and overprotective, Ooookkk. That was NOT AT ALL what I was expecting out of a contemporary from M.Sinclair.
Once again, another freaking amazing FMC and overprotective, crazy guys who love her. This reminds me a bit of some of her PNR’s but without the paranormal part obviously.
I. Was. Entranced. Like holy god... I still dont know how she manages to write these crazy possessive alpha-males the way she does without it getting boring or feeling like the same ass characters over and over. M. Sinclair’s writing JUST GETS BETTER.
One of my fave new authors of 2020 was Colette Rhodes. I fell in love with her story⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (5 Stars!)
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1.10.21
One of my fave new authors of 2020 was Colette Rhodes. I fell in love with her storytelling reading the Empath Found trilogy. I became obsessed reading her Dragon duet. When I found out she was launching a stand-alone RH with FREAKING VAMPIRES I was ecstatic.
If youve read Colette’s works before you know she not only creates a sexy RH story, she also does an amazing job with story-telling and world building. Her previous book series’ showcased this exactly, but this new book? She leveled tf up. This book has taken her from an author that you appreciate and look forward to reading, to an author you cant stop stalking to find out when her next book comes out ...more
Ok so.. Power of 5 (Alex Lidell’s original RH romance) was my first ever RH and i totally fell in love with the genre bc o*ARC provided by booksprout*
Ok so.. Power of 5 (Alex Lidell’s original RH romance) was my first ever RH and i totally fell in love with the genre bc of that story. How could you not with guys like River and Tye and Coal and Shade? They’re like.. perfect. I’m still swooning a year later, for realz.
Unnntttilll you meet their asshole/alphahole vampire/fae counterparts like 34891 years in the future or on another plane of existence or another world in a galaxy far far away that is actually our world or whatever: Cassis, Asher, Ellis and Rees.
Holy. Jesus.
They are... phew. I don’t have words. They’re EVERYTHING. They’re tortured and wonderful and are genuine characters that I cant NOT fall in love with. I love being in their heads and I love each one of them even when they’re being big jerks (which they totally are sometimes. But its ok bc they don’t WANT to be.. read: Tortured Past TM)
Whats awesome about this series, as well, is that Sam is such a different character from Lera. While Lera was more demure and held her own but in a quiet confident way, Sam is in your face and sassy and gives no fucks. Until she does (which she does.. she really gives a lot of fucks. Dont let her fool you despite the fact that shes narrating this so really she CANT fool you but you get what I’m saying, yeah? Yeah.).
The magic and story-line is, AGAIN, so freaking brilliant and so far beyond most RH’s I read. The over-lying story is just as interesting as the relationships and romance. Thats what I love about Alex. Her writing and ability to not only tell a story but to balance it perfectly with the relationships and the romance makes her one hell of a writer for this genre. Shes magnificent. I cant say more than that because the moment I start talking about the story itself i wont stop and then I’ll have to spoiler-tag this and no one will read it and I reallllyy dont want to do that. You’ll just have to trust me. Because I’m very trust-able.
(And like.. Alex is also super nice based on the one time I talked to her. But thats still a total plus in my book because ive always been of the mind that stories are the art of authors. While they share them with us, the readers, these are their babies and we should be groveling at their feet thanking them for letting us into their magnificent brains rather than writing stupid ass comments like “WHENS THE NEXT BOOK COME OUT ARE YOU EVEN WORKING ON IT” and the like. Which i see far too often. Especially in facebook groups. Yeah, you witches know who you are. STOP IT.)
Anyways, I’m off to re-read Power of 5. Ive done nothing but read Alex’s books including this re-read the last two days and I’m loving my life and I know you all wish you were me. Or maybe you can be me if you just READ THESE BOOKS....more
I have so many thing to say about this book, but I am still going to need some time to get my mind wrapped around my thoughts. When I read ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I have so many thing to say about this book, but I am still going to need some time to get my mind wrapped around my thoughts. When I read Hunted it took me months to write what I thought was an appropriate review- but i would feel remiss not to put a few thoughts down while I’m coming up with something good for Assembly.
I (like most fans of Hunted) have been waiting over a year for this book. I waited patiently because I know, i know from being in her FB group the hard work Erica puts into her story. And I was totally fine with waiting. I would have waited 10 years if thats what it took because I loved Hunted so much and will always be willing to wait for greatness.
Well... Assembly came out yesterday and I didnt put this story down for 7 straight hours. I ignored everyone in my life (except for Des because.. I mean.. we became friends bc of Hunted and shes my love so I legit only talked to her...more
This is the millionth time ive read this book and probably only the 2nd review Ive ever done (and literally i thought I had already reviewed it and i This is the millionth time ive read this book and probably only the 2nd review Ive ever done (and literally i thought I had already reviewed it and i feel like the worst fan in the history of the planet because i just now realized i never have).
Where to begin.
I started my little journey into the world of Kindly Unlimited romance books back in November. I had no idea what was awaiting me. Ive read good books. Ive read books that have made me cry. Ive read books that have made me laugh. And I’ve read some really really terrible books.
And all those books...? They were books I read while chasing the high I got from reading THIS book.
I enjoy a strong female that takes no crap and dishes as good as she gets it. But you know what Ive always missed in my stories of strong/witty/takes no shit female MC’s? The journey they took to get there. I’ve missed the story that tells of pains they’ve been through, the hurt they’ve dealt with. The betrayal. The things that I, as a reader and a female, have been through myself. Hope is me. (Minus the whole— being experimented on thing. My past isn’t QUITE that bad.) I have been through some serious shit in my life and I constantly have found myself wondering why I didn’t just bounce back immediately with witty retorts and a sweet right hook. Wanna know why? Because Ive been fooled into thinking that theres no journey to the strong/takes no shit female that a lot of other authors build their stories around. Ive been fooled into thinking that my cowering, stammering and pain aren’t normal. Ive been fooled into thinking that I shouldn’t be dealing with attempting to find myself and get over my abuse. HOPE’S STORY IS THE STORY WE HAVE ALL BEEN DENIED.
You read this story about this beautiful woman who has been LITERALLY thought hell and back and you get such a real taste of what it’s like to be a survivor and actually need some time to process your emotions and process what’s been done to you and to re-learn how to trust- not just others around you but yourself as well. Erica takes us on this beautiful journey of watching Hope grow and learn and while she still cowers in fear, flinches at sudden movements or cries in alarm at violence- AND THATS OK... because Hope is making strides EVERY SINLGE DAY to become a better version of herself. Hope reminds us that the first step is hard- but the steps that come after abuse are even harder.
Wanna know the best part? She doesnt go on this journey alone. She has 4 amazing men who rescue her and take her in and help her discover what its like to be cared for and to be able to trust. They build her up and wrap their care and love around her, and the best part? Hope does the same for them. Just by being herself and taking those first tumultuous steps toward independence (something we take for granted— like being given a choice about what to put on a pizza, and having to make that choice without panicking), she shows these men what its like to be brave in the face of a past so haunting that a normal human probably wouldnt survive it. Each of the men in the book have their own issues- from self-depreciation to building an icy wall up around one’s emotions to keep from getting hurt- slowly those walls start to crumble as they watch Hope come into herself and fall in love with her bravery and her kindness and her ability to see them for who they truly are- and all the good they have inside of them.
And .. this wouldn’t be a good review if I didn’t discuss the guys a bit more- THEY ARE AMAZING. We have Ruarc who is a big (think Jason Mamoa) Scottish “brute” who is surprisingly gentle and kind, we have Ash- the beautiful Native American Alpha of the pack- with his traumatic childhood and need to keep everyone and everything calm and in line, Jason- the cocky, sun-kissed all-smiles-all-the-time (because you can pretend to be happy until you actually ARE, right Jason?) boy next door, and we have my personal favorite- the icy, sculpted from marble Greek-God (who’s actually a Brit like he could BE more perfect) Lucien- with the disdainful looks and distaste for being seen only for his beauty (I mean seriously.. Lucien is my forever book boyfriend. I love him).
The guys (along with Hope) have such amazing personalities-they’re all so different from each other and Erica writes them so distinctly that you would be able to pick a chapter from any random guy’s POV and take away all the names and know exactly who’s POV it’s from. Theres no flat characters here. Only amazing depth that makes you feel like these are people Erica actually knows in real life and is hiding from us (Seriously.. if you’re hiding Lucien, I will pay for him ...more
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