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End of the Month Wrap Up - June 2026

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  We have passed the half way point of the year!! How is everyone holding up? Hopefully everyone is doing well. This reading challenge has been amazing for me this year. I think I have embraced the audiobooks more and it has allowed me to devour this challenge! I will say that this month, this has been the slowest reading month for me. For the most part I have been gaming and then there has been the fact that I apparently decided to read two huge books at the same time. So it has definitely taken me some time. Thankfully, I should finish it within the first few days of this month. I am definitely making an effort to complete it! So far we are at 76 books read for this year. With half the year left, I definitely think we are going to complete this challenge! My TBR has grown to epic proportions! If you have any recommendations for me, then definitely send it on over. If I haven't read it then I will add it. I am also trying to read some of my physical collection! So look for those r...
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Craving In His Blood - Review

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This book was a little bit harder to get into than the first one. For me the conflict between the characters in the first book was understandable. They both had a beef with each other. However in this one, the issue was Kythel's sense of duty and his guilt. Of course we've dealt with the guilt a little with Azur but his felt infinitely worse than Azur's. Not to mention Kythel is a heck of a lot more restrained than Azur. This made some of the interactions between him and Millie more frustrating. As for Millie, I kinda didn't enjoy her beginning but as we got to know her more, I liked her more and more. She has emotional intelligence and her love of travel is definitely something I can understand. Her relationship with her dad was so heartbreaking. I was so happy to learn more about her dad and Ruaala. Their ending was a happy one. As for story progression, we are heading towards war and it's going to be interesting to see more of Krynn through the eyes o...
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The Butcher of the Bay Part 2 - Review

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 This book was longer than it needed to be. It actually felt like this could have been one long book and just didn't need a part 2. The fact that the story is still not technically complete yet the duology is over is a little annoying. I don't like when books do that. Though I guess now, everything is under the Mounts Bay umbrella with the next few books. Though the main characters aren't the same. I have to endure a bully romance just to get to the full conclusion for Illi and Odie. Other than that, it was an ok read. Things really felt drawn out. Odie is found relatively quickly and there isn't much damage done to her. So the rest of the book is really just Illi going around trying to get people which while satisfying was just not enough material to keep everything interesting. I know that the full conclusion for Illi and Odie is indeed going to affect The Wolf, who is the main character of the next few books but man, I wish it was like a time overlap type of deal. Wh...
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Saving Verakko - Review

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Driving back into this series and I liked Lily and Verakko!! It almost felt like a mini dynamic switch with Lily being the one who knew how to survive and Verakko being the muscle! I liked that we got to see a new city and a different type of Clecanians. Of course I'm still living this matriarchal society as well. Lily had me living her until close to the end of the book. I kinda got frustrated with her and felt like there was no way for poor Verakko to win. Though, I'm glad everything did end up working out.  The spice in this book was good. I liked their chemistry so the spice worked. I'd give it a 3 out of 5. Overall, I enjoyed this book more than the second one and I can't wait to continue this series! I was also happy to see that one of the characters we met back in book 1 made an appearance and will later have his own book!! I felt a little sad for him for a second there until I confirmed. Can't wait for more in this series!!
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Cheeky King - Review

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 I finally decided to finish Penny and Sebastians story. It was a good story and getting to see Sebastian be vunerable while dealing with the death of his father was good. It's not usual that you see a MMC be vulnerable. However, that's the only praise I have for him. He was childish for most of the other things dealing with Penny. He definitely did not grovel enough for me after the stuff that he put her through. I would have been perfectly fine if this book was a little longer just to see him earn Penny back. She gave in a little too quickly for me. Though I was glad to see that they got married and he made a way for them to be together. The whole controversy behind what happened with the former King, the cousin and everything was very interesting. I am looking forward to the next book in this series! I was able to get the deluxe edition that has both book 1 and book 2 along with the art work. And man is that thing spicy! The art is hot!  The spice was there in this book. Ev...
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End of the Month Wrap Up - May 26

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 Another month down, another set of books read. I have been hitting the book jackpot lately and have been really enjoying the books that I have picked up! Of course last month you guys didn't get a wrap up but I will be doing it for you and posting it before I post this one. I already have just about everything made so I just have to post it. On top of that, I also have an update on where I am with my Goodreads challenge! So far we are at 70 books read for this year! Which means we only have 30 more to go before I'm done with the challenge! So if I continue at my current pace, that would mean that by August, I should have this completed! Fingers crossed that I can keep up with at least 10 books a month. Well with that being said, let's get a recap of the books that I have read this month and then I will move on to the superlatives! Happy reading!! Favorite Character:   Shiloh (WITSEC)-   I love when the FMC can hold her own! Shiloh is definitely one of those characters wh...
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Mafia Mistress - Review

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  So I have some thoughts. Before I started this book I read some of the reviews and comments on it and there were two things that were prevalent when I went through the bad ones. Mainly that the FMC was a push over and the other being that they felt like she was groomed by the older MMC. So here are my takes on that. I do think that she was a push over. Frankie never really had the nerve to stand up to Fausto and stick to her guns. When people talk about being dickmatized, this is what they mean. I mean this man literally did her wrong more than once, he admits it but she doesn't make him earn her. She is constantly trying to escape even though it seems like not only a hopeless endeavor but also one that doesn't seem smart. So I will say for that part she was annoying. Then we get to the part where she is groomed. Now I don't believe that she is. She's already sexually active and is out here living her best life prior to meeting Fausto. Now if she was a virgin and he t...
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