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Without A Witness - ARC Review

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 I liked this book more than I liked the first one! I didn't think I would like a softer story but this one was definitely that. It picks up some of the things that we saw from the first book and takes us to Leticia and Royal's POV. Then we advance with their story and how things are able to work out for the rest of them. I am definitely hoping to get a story for Berto at this point. I almost feel like he's the misunderstood brother who isn't as bad as he seems. Back to our current couple though, I really liked getting to know more about Royal and him being Pan made so much sense. I loved how open and honest he was with his feelings and his wants. I liked how Leticia was pretty much the same way. The way that their romance seemed almost conflict free for the two of them was such a breath of fresh air. Like I just really liked reading this. The issues came from outside instead of the two of them having miscommunications and other crazy stuff with each other. Their relati...

Stalked by Seduction and Shadows - Review

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  Well, I was ready to be upset with this book but it ended up being better than I expected. I was hoping so much that Rune wasn't going to fall into the trap and make me angry with him. He kinda did anyway...then he didn't even rush to rectify the situation. I am giving him major side eyes and he's gonna have to do some groveling for our girl because she deserves it! I didn't expect for this book to be so freaking HOT. I mean, it's probably because I listened to the audio version but MY GAWD. I was just...whew....I was beyond ready for these two to finally admit how they felt for each other. Even if Rune was a stalky mcstalkerson. I definitely really like this duet narration. The story itself is good and I really want to see how things are going to progress in the next book. The growth that I'm expecting for Scarlet, the war between the vampire factions and Rune finally admitting that he loves Scarlet! This could easily become one of my favorite duets if this s...

As You Are (Part 1) - Review

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 This book is so interesting! I really liked Sade and how she is so confident! She is truly a force to be reckoned with! Learning her story through Gustavo was so sad but it made sense for why she is so strong. She is definitely one of the darker FMCs that I have read. Then we also get to know Valentino and both of them are forces to be reckoned with. Watching them do the dance with each other was fun. This book was too short for me! I wanted more!! So much more! I can't wait to jump into the next book.  There wasn't really any spice in this book. I just know that it's going to be amazing once we do get it. So no spice rating for this one. Overall, I really liked this book! It was such a good tease and the characters are memorable and I can't wait to read more. If you enjoy dark romance reads with strong FMCs then this is for you!

A Kingdom of Blood and Fate - ARC Review

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 This was an interesting story. I was definitely hooked from the beginning. This focuses on Caz, Caspian and Bri. I definitely had a different idea of how things were going to go and they went a complete opposite way. Not a bad way just a different way. I enjoyed getting to know Bri and Caspian in this book. Even though it ends up being a weird why choose situation (you'll have to read it to find out) we really spend most of the time with Caspian and Bri. We get some time with Caz but since Bri has already had so much life experience with him prior to us meeting him, most of the time is spent getting to know Caspian. I definitely really liked Caspian. Though I almost wanted to see more of the ruthlessness in him. What makes his siblings respect him other than the fact that he's the oldest? Of course we do get to see a ruthless side of him when it came to dealing with anything with Bri. I liked the world that was created in this story with the two halves of one soul and how the ...

Our Vicious Oaths - Review

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 I have no idea how to feel after listening to this book. I am extremely conflicted. I feel the same way I felt after reading another book from last year. I wanted to DNF but at the same time I couldn't look away from the crash that I was witnessing. So this will have spoilers, I usually try to stay away from them in reviews but I also feel like I can't accurately describe my feelings of what I listened to without them. So first lets start with my feelings towards Kadeesha. I liked her in the beginning but she just felt very lackluster. Like she tells us how strong she is and what-not but I didn't believe her. There was no instance where she proved exactly what she said and what we were being told. At every instance she was being shown to be weaker than those that she was around. So I'm left with thinking that she is average and has this over inflated sense of power for herself. She also didn't even seem to really like Malachi. Yeah they had some great smex together...

Elevator Pitch - Review

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 This was another amazing read for this month! Wow, this book deals with all kinds of trauma and recovery. It's not like super heavy trauma but it is enough that a lot of people could probably see themselves through the eyes of the main characters. It's really the little things in life that we go through that can cause trauma that we don't even know about or are ready to realize that we need to heal from. I loved getting to see Selah as she navigated trying to do things that are outside of her comfort zone so that she could become the new person that she wanted to be. She embraced the hard conversations and was ready for a new beginning. Even if that beginning ended up scaring her in the long wrong. Then we also meet Grayson, who is also navigating trauma. He doesn't even realize that he is until he meets Selah and learns that he too needed help healing from the damage of a past relationship. I loved meeting the side characters in this book as well! Everyone was so funn...

Escorting the Yakuza - Review

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 I really enjoyed this book! I feel like we had a lot more issues to deal with in this one than we did in the first one. I liked how much deeper it felt like the author went with these characters and how their dynamics worked. They had a lot to deal with between Shinji and Angel (her name by the end of the book). From Angel's severe trauma to Shinji's secret, there was a lot going on for the crew. I really liked getting to know more about each of them. We got to love them as individual characters as well as love them together. Even though we joined in on Shinji and Takeshi after they were together, none of that mattered because we got to see glimpses of how they got together. I always love getting a chance to see characters that we have met in the previous books whenever it's a series. Even if it's just short glimpses of them as they interact with each other. With this one that was still the case, even though we didn't really get to see much of Portia. It would have...