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Hi readers!  Today I have quite a disappointing read, I really wanted to enjoy it bur sadly I didn’t! I have heard people say that they get progressively better so im debating whether to continue with it or not. 






✦Book Title: twisted love 

    

      ✦ Author: Ana Huang 


       ✦ Genres: romance, contemporary 


       ✦ Publisher: Boba Press


       ✦ Publication Date: April 22nd 2021 



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☼SYNOPSIS


He has a heart of ice...but for her, he'd burn the world.


Alex Volkov is a devil blessed with the face of an angel and cursed with a past he can't escape.


Driven by a tragedy that has haunted him for most of his life, his ruthless pursuits for success and vengeance leave little room for matters of the heart.


But when he's forced to look after his best friend's sister, he starts to feel something in his chest:

A crack.


A melt.


A fire that could end his world as he knew it.


Ava Chen is a free spirit trapped by nightmares of a childhood she can't remember.


But despite her broken past, she's never stopped seeing the beauty in the world...including the heart beneath the icy exterior of a man she shouldn't want.


Her brother's best friend.


Her neighbor.


Her savior and her downfall.


Theirs is a love that was never supposed to happen-but when it does, it unleashes secrets that could destroy them both...and everything they hold dear.



☾REVIEW


★★


Rating: 2 out of 5.


this was bad, im not joking I did not liked this.


I hated Alex, he was too bossy and was constantly telling her what she could and couldn't do.He was also extremely possessive and kind of made her do thing she wasn't necessarily comfortable with.


I literally wanted to choke him in multiple occasions.

Ava was naive and I don't really have a strong opinion towards her, I just didn't care.


Her friends tho were the nicest characters in this entire book, and I wished I liked this enough to continue with this series but im not sure I want to put myself through that, again.


He also was just so damn toxic and if I hate something in books is when they neglect the female main character because she is a woman, here is the example:


Im protecting you, since you clearly can't do it yourself 


are you kidding? she CAN protect herself you dumbass. sorry hahah.


anyways, this is just NOT worth it.



✦ ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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Ana Huang is an author of steamy New Adult and contemporary romance. Her stories range from lighthearted to dark, but they all have HEAs with plenty of banter and swoon sprinkled in. 


Besides reading and writing, Ana loves traveling, is obsessed with hot chocolate, and has multiple relationships with fictional boyfriends.






Hi readers!  Today I have a fantasy romance which typically are one of my favorites books to read, buuuuut this one was…. Interesting? If you have read it you would probably understand my confusion. Should I continue with the series?






✦Book Title: gild 

    

      ✦ Author: Raven Kennedy


       ✦ Genres: romance, fantasy 


       ✦ Publisher: Raven Kennedy


       ✦ Publication Date: October 1st 2020 



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☼SYNOPSIS


Gold.


Gold floors, gold walls, gold furniture, gold clothes. In Highbell, in the castle built into the frozen mountains, everything is made of gold.


Even me.


King Midas rescued me. Dug me out of the slums and placed me on a pedestal. I’m called his precious. His favored. I’m the woman he Gold-Touched to show everyone that I belong to him. To show how powerful he is. He gave me protection, and I gave him my heart. And even though I don’t leave the confines of the palace, I’m safe.


Until war comes to the kingdom and a deal is struck.


Suddenly, my trust is broken. My love is challenged. And I realize that everything I thought I knew about Midas might be wrong.


Because these bars I’m kept in, no matter how gilded, are still just a cage. But the monsters on the other side might make me wish I’d never left.


Author’s Note: This is a fantasy romance m/f story. There will be monarchs and magic and fae and steam and violence and all the feels. This book contains explicit content and mature language not intended for anyone under 18 years of age. This is book one of three in the series, so that means it won’t be tied up in a bow at the end. In fact, the bow is probably going to be tossed right off a cliff. But it’ll be worth the fall.



☾REVIEW


★★★


Rating: 3 out of 5.


this was... this was interesting.


I liked the concept, I thought the idea of her being made of gold was super interesting and unlike anything I have ever seen before, however, this book had one too many flaws.


don't get me wrong, I liked it but I had to get 200 pages into it in order for interesting stuff to actually happen. 

the beginning was soooo bizarre and there were so many scenes that made no sense to me, but not just only at the beginning since there were uncenessary scenes all throughout the book.


WAAAAY too much sexual violence for absolutely no reason, there were a few moments that made me feel a bit uncomfortable because I thought they could have been easily cut out.


However, apart for a few bits and bobs I did enjoy this, it was interesting and im excited to see where the story goes, unfortunately the second book its not on my high priority TBR but I know I will get to it eventually!



✦ ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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Raven Kennedy is a tea and dark chocolate kind of girl and can often be found binge-watching The Office or The Great British Baking Show. 


She enjoys writing all kinds of books, because each one brings a different experience. Whatever the genre, she hopes she creates characters you can root for. 


When she’s not reading or writing, she’s with her family, probably messing up a recipe or going on a hike that she thinks she can do, but in reality she can't because she remembers that all she does is sit at a computer all day and write her heart out.





Hi readers!  Today I have a thriller that I was sooo excited to read! It is also a new release that came out on the 11th of Jnauray. The price sounded so so good that I had to read it!

 I hope you enjoy it xx







✦Book Title: A flicker in the dark 

    

      ✦ Author: Stacy Willingham 


       ✦ Genres: thriller, mystery 


       ✦ Publisher: Minotaur Books


       ✦ Publication Date: January 11th 2022



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☼SYNOPSIS


When Chloe Davis was twelve, six teenage girls went missing in her small Louisiana town. By the end of the summer, Chloe’s father had been arrested as a serial killer and promptly put in prison. Chloe and the rest of her family were left to grapple with the truth and try to move forward while dealing with the aftermath.


Now 20 years later, Chloe is a psychologist in private practice in Baton Rouge and getting ready for her wedding. She finally has a fragile grasp on the happiness she’s worked so hard to get. Sometimes, though, she feels as out of control of her own life as the troubled teens who are her patients. And then a local teenage girl goes missing, and then another, and that terrifying summer comes crashing back. Is she paranoid, and seeing parallels that aren't really there, or for the second time in her life, is she about to unmask a killer?



☾REVIEW


★★★


Rating: 3 out of 5.


this was fun, and I have to say I kind of liked it. 

the idea sounded soooo good that I knew I had to read it. before I did it, I went into goodreads and saw how everybody was saying that it was super predictable and how everyone had guessed who the murder was, which, im not going to lie, made me feel a little bit discourage but I went into it nonetheless. 


a bit part for me in mystery books is the surprise factor and yes, I did guess it too. 

not the entire thing but a part. clearly that is a huge reason why this book did not got a higher rating.


i liked the fact that we are following the daughter whose father was charged as a murdered, I thought it was such an interesting thing to see and follow the point of view of someone that was directly involved with the murder.


overall I did enjoyed it, its super easy to read and not complicated at all, I do recommend it because I feel like everyone would like it even if you guessed the ending!



✦ ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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Stacy Willingham's first novel, A Flicker in the Dark, is scheduled to be published in January 2022 by Minotaur Books and HarperCollins UK.


Prior to writing fiction full time, Stacy worked as a copywriter and brand strategist for various marketing agencies. She earned her BA in Magazine Journalism from the University of Georgia and MFA in Writing from the Savannah College of Art & Design.


She currently lives in Charleston, South Carolina, with her husband, Britt, and her Labradoodle, Mako.




Hi readers!  Today I have a fantasy book! Am I getting into fantasy again? Yes, yes I am. I mean, romance is always going to be there but fantasy has been hitting different lately. So get prepared for many more to come!






✦Book Title: The prison healer 

    

      ✦ Author: Lynette Noni 


       ✦ Genres: fantasy, YA


       ✦ Publisher: Clarion Books


       ✦ Publication Date: April 13th 2021



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☼SYNOPSIS


Seventeen-year-old Kiva Meridan has spent the last ten years fighting for survival in the notorious death prison, Zalindov, working as the prison healer.


When the Rebel Queen is captured, Kiva is charged with keeping the terminally ill woman alive long enough for her to undergo the Trial by Ordeal: a series of elemental challenges against the torments of air, fire, water, and earth, assigned to only the most dangerous of criminals.


Then a coded message from Kiva’s family arrives, containing a single order: “Don’t let her die. We are coming.” Aware that the Trials will kill the sickly queen, Kiva risks her own life to volunteer in her place. If she succeeds, both she and the queen will be granted their freedom.


But no one has ever survived.


With an incurable plague sweeping Zalindov, a mysterious new inmate fighting for Kiva’s heart, and a prison rebellion brewing, Kiva can’t escape the terrible feeling that her trials have only just begun.



☾REVIEW


★★★★


Rating: 4 out of 5.


I freaking love this book. I was so invested into the story it’s not about funny how I spent literally hours thinking about it after I finished it.


we are following our female main character, she’s in a prison and she’s the healer (pretty much the title is very self explanatory), but she’s also in charge of I guess healing all of the new prisoners that comes and that’s how she meets our male main character.


they developed this relationship that I felt instantly in love with our male main character was so likable so caring of her and I just wanted to hug him. but this is in no way the only thing that’s interesting about this book because behind story there’s this political conflict that’s going on and we’re being introduced to a lot of different characters that has to do with the story and it has to do with what’s happening outside the prison.


A lot of things happened in this book, so many that you don’t even have time to get bored like there’s always something going on and there’s many cliffhangers so you need to keep reading but none of them compare to the ending of this book because the cliffhanger that this book has made me stay awake for hours thinking about it and THEN buying the second book.


also I really want to mention the friend of the female character I think he was called tipp, I freaking loved him I could cry talking about tipp because he has my heart.


anyways PLEASE read this book, it’s so worth it!



✦ ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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I Lynette Noni is currently Australia’s #1 YA fiction author. After studying journalism, academic writing and human behaviour at university, she finally ventured into the world of fiction. She is now a full-time writer and the bestselling author of the six-book young adult fantasy series, The Medoran Chronicles, as well as a second bestselling and award-winning duology called Whisper. 


Lynette won the 2019 ABIA Award for Small Publishers’ Children’s Book of the Year, along with the 2019 Gold Inky Award (Australia’s only teen choice book award). She is currently collaborating on a project with #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Throne of Glass series, Sarah J. Maas. 


Lynette's next series, The Prison Healer, is releasing globally in 2021





Hi readers!  Today I have a rom com! This is the very first ARC of 2022 and im so so excited for you guys to read it!





✦Book Title: The rebound

    

      ✦ Author: Catherine Walsh 


       ✦ Genres: romance, contemporary 


       ✦ Publisher: Bookouture


       ✦ Publication Date: February 14th 2022



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☼SYNOPSIS


A newly single girl. A tall dark handsome stranger. What could go wrong?


It’s 7 a.m. on a Monday morning and Abby Reynolds isn’t where she wants to be. She wants to be in her beautiful loft apartment in Manhattan, drinking a coffee with her fiancé.


Instead, she’s heading back to the childhood home in rural Ireland she swore she’d never return to, with some big old secrets. Namely that she’s suddenly found herself unemployed, homeless, and absolutely 100% single.


She’s feeling all out of luck. Until the first person she meets after she touches down is an absurdly hot guy called Luke, who offers her a lift home. Gazing deep into his sparkling emerald-green eyes, Abby knows instantly that he’s exactly what she needs to take her mind off everything. The perfect rebound.


It’s a flawless plan. Until the next day, when Abby realizes who he actually is. Not just a stranger. He is, in fact, Luke Bailey, aka the boy next door. Luke Bailey who—so help her God—she’s pretty sure she once shared baths with, back when they were kids. Not that she can allow herself to imagine him in a bath now, not without blushing from head to foot.


And judging by the smirk on his face, the same Luke Bailey who’s known exactly who she was the whole time… And who, like everyone in the village, still thinks she’s a high-flying New Yorker… who’s getting married next year.


Abby is certain getting under Luke will help her get over her ex. But the truth is stopping her. Can she admit to everyone back home that she’s single and has lost everything? Because, if she wants the boy next door, she may just have to…


The perfect feel-good romantic comedy that will make you laugh until you cry and fall completely in love. Fans of Sophie Kinsella, Marian Keyes, and Emily Henry won’t be able to put this down!



☾REVIEW


★★★★


Rating: 4 out of 5.


This was a stunning rom com. I loved it!


We are following our MC who is going though a very rough time, everything seems to go wrong and she is in this situation where she is being forced to move back to her hometown with her sister for a while until she is able to go back to her normal life.


but in the time that she spends in this beautiful Irish town, her life seems to be going better than she expected. 


This was such an easy read and one that I found myself immersed in. It has one of my favorite tropes which is childhood friends and it was so well executed that you actually feel their chemistry.

The romance was soooo cute and also so hilarious at times! 


Even tho this is a romance book there was an element that was even better in my opinion, which was the sisters relationship. It felt so familiar and it really did hit close to home because it was SO relatable. I could see myself in that position where I move to a different place far away from my family and you drift apart from your loved ones. 

Honestly this felt like such a nice remainder to maybe get in contact with a relative that lives in a different place because even if you don't see them that often they are still there.


I just loved everything about it, how it started, how you then get to see all of the beautiful relationships develop and how is ended, in a way it had a super happy ending but it also made me tear up a bit.


Again, a stunning fluffy contemporary that I feel like everyone would love!



✦ ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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Catherine Walsh was born and raised in Ireland. Her first book, One Night Only, is available now!


She lived in London for a few years where she worked in Publishing and the non-profit sector before returning to Dublin where she now lives between the mountains and the sea. When not writing she is trying and failing to not kill her houseplants.







Hi readers!  Today I have a fantasy romance! About VAMPIRES yes, vampires. Already interested? Keep reading!






✦Book Title: King of battle and blood 

    

      ✦ Author: Scarlett St. Clair 


       ✦ Genres: fantasy, adult


       ✦ Publisher: Bloom Books


       ✦ Publication Date: November 30th 2021



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☼SYNOPSIS


Their Union Is His Revenge.


Isolde de Lara considers her wedding day her death day. To end a years-long war, she is to marry vampire king, Adrian Aleksandr Vasiliev, and kill him. ⠀


But her assassination attempt is thwarted and Adrian threatens that if Isolde tries kill him again, he will raise her as the undead. Faced with the possibility of becoming the thing she hates most, Isolde seeks other ways to defy him and survive the brutal vampire court. ⠀


Except it isn’t the court she fears most—it’s Adrain. Despite their undeniable chemistry, she wonders why the king——fierce, savage, merciless—chose her as consort. ⠀



☾REVIEW


★★★★


Rating: 3 out of 5.


at first I was very confused an even disappointed with this book, everything happened so fast and it didn’t made sense to me and I was just upset about it, sooooo I went into Goodreads because you know I was considering dnfing it and then people were saying that at first nothing makes sense, everything happens too fast but then it makes sense and oh boy they were right.


I am actually very glad that I ended up finishing this book because it was good. not like a super memorable book type of deal but very enjoyable nonetheless. 


like i said I can be confusing in the beginning, trust me I was just thinking “what the F is going on” but everything just wraps up and I was just like oh my God I did not expect that. there was a plot twist you guys and that feeling of understanding makes me feel really good.


their Romance was amazing, they were just so cute together and our main character was a freaking badass I absolutely loved her.


please read this book and if you ever feel confused just wait it will make sense I promise.



✦ ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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International and USA Today Best Selling author Scarlett St. Clair is a citizen of the Muscogee Nation and the author of the HADES X PERSEPHONE SAGA, the HADES SAGA, KING OF BATTLE & BLOOD, and WHEN STARS COME OUT.


She has a Master's degree in Library Science and Information Studies and a Bachelors in English Writing. She is obsessed with Greek Mythology, murder mysteries, and the afterlife.


If you are obsessed with these things, then you'll like her books.

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