Queen Reviews

 I enjoyed this book. We really get to see Eden come into her own. She is out in the world again without her guys and in a very dangerous situation. She has to find herself when she feels like everything has been taken away from her. The person who ends up helping her was the last person I was thinking was going to help her. Like I honestly didn't see this person making a reappearance. So when they did, I was surprised and thought it would be very interesting to see how this played out. It worked out in the end but then seeing how the relationship between the two of them blossomed was very beautiful. I think that Eden is just the type of person who is perfect for surviving in this world. She has just the right type of knowledge to help herself survive and she has the right temperament for this world. This is something that we see repeatedly show itself throughout this story. Especially at the end. Her ability to navigate a difficult situation and end up saving everyone was great! A...

 This was a good read! I think I missed out on this book when I was originally reading this series and skipped right to the next Cat and Bones book. I remember being a little surprised when I got to that one and Mencheeres had someone. I loved that we were able to get some more background on Mencheeres and lore about the world in general. Kiera has major big sister energy and I really felt that. As a big sister myself, the need that she had to take care of her siblings was a very big driving force in her life. Also I really liked that she was out here fighting for her man! She definitely wanted him to see that there was more to live for and to not give up. I wish there was a little bit more explanation to how she was his darkness. That part either I missed or just wasn't clarified as much as it needed to be. Introducing more about the magic side of this world was also a nice addition to the lore!! The spice in this book was definitely a lot less that I would like and I'm not su...

      In book 2 of the Betrayal series we are back with Scarlett and Axel. We get introduced to the Skull King and get even more info on the relationship between Axel and his parents. The world is almost flipped on its head in this book and it leaves some of the characters in a tail spin. I feel like while some things were fixed in this book, other things left me wanting to shake just about every character in this book. Scarlett, because for all her smarts, she's blind to the one person who is actually up to no good. Then Axel for not attempting to do something with his parentals. Something has to change with that relationship or he needs to make them accept his help in keeping them safe. It's insane to me that someone as smart as him hasn't come up with a plan to keep his parents safe. We have the skull king himself, Theo, not even attempting to help either....I wanted to smack them all. Everything appears to be working out for now, other than the fact that we have ...

 I have to say, out of all the IPB books I've read so far, this one has been my least favorite. There was just something about how they met and then eventually got together that just didn't work for me. I think if they had more of an opportunity to get speak with each other and grow then I would have liked it better. I do know that this series is pretty fast paced when it comes to the couples getting together but I feel like this one had even less of the characters actually...doing that. I don't believe in their connection like I do with Georgie and Liz. It all felt like it happened in the blink of an eye and then she was preggers. Then with the other surprise that we have thrown at us...it...just didn't feel as nice. I definitely have to go back and read the book that I skipped but...I hope that it is better than this one was. Either I missed it or I don't think it was explained why Rukh didn't know the language of the people of the planet...nor English was a l...

 Welcome back to the world of the Royal Heathens!! I was so excited to see one of my favorites back in action! This time we get to see Saint and Hendrix get their time to shine! There is a lot going on in the world of the Heathens even with their leader out of the picture. There is movement within the underworld and it coming to haunt each of them it seems. In this book, we see Hendrix having to deal with some skeletons of her own. I always liked her, in the first book and even more in this one. Her artistic heart and tough as nails exterior definitely made her a character that is likable. She doesn't really waste time on silly things and she is a straight to the point sharp shooter! If you like your FMCs with a lot of fire and the wits to back it up then you will definitely like Hendrix. Then we dive into our off the wall MMC, Saint! As a guy who has everything he wants on the outside when it comes to his internal demons, they are nothing to play with. He is dealing with some ment...

There is so much I could say about this book. The frustration that I felt while reading it.  The fact that I initially said that I DNF'd it but actually continued to listen to it... crazy work.  I liked the premise that the book had and that's what kept me hooked. One of the FMC's though... put me through the ringer. Montana.... girl, please get your life together. My level of annoyance with her was extreme. The fact that she didn't really seem to think through her actions, made me almost have a stroke. Callie, was ok for the most part... until close to the end, then she decided to have her bout with stupidity. That is my main issue with these characters. The MMCs were fine. The idea of the world was interesting and pretty cool.  There was no spice in the book. It definitely makes sense for what was going on. So 0 on the spice scale. Overall, I'll give this a 3 out of 5. I want to see how this resolves itself. I hope that the characters get better with t...

Jumped back into the Alliance series with book 3, Dom. He definitely did not disappoint.  He was possessive, crazy and obsessed with Val and I loved that for her. She is another thick Queen who found her man. Even though things were set up from the beginning, we see them thrive in their relationship. I did kinda want Val to be a little more assertive but I still liked her character. She was able to be fiesta yet vulnerable. Even though she had a lot of bad things happen to her in her life she still was able to be a good person. I wanted a little more kingpin moves from Dom but I see he was a little. Busy and we did get to see some of his domineering side when push came to shove. I always enjoy it when we get to see characters from the previous book in the current book and we get that here. King, Savannah and Nero and Payton all make appearances in this book! We also get a peak at the last guy in our alliance series, Hans!  This book was definitely spicy. The scenes...

  Yasss, I love my alien romance! I liked this book! Even though Luna made me roll my eyes and have to put my book down a few times. I really enjoyed it. She was just a little bit too nice at times and it definitely got her in trouble. Though of course she ended up learning from her mistakes but still...GIRL. I laughed and I was a little sad while reading this book but overall it definitely gave the dosage of alien that I needed. Dakkar is definitely somewhere that I would like to return to. I think getting a book from the eyes of the MMC in this one would have been interesting. Arokan was learning about Luna, the same way that she was learning about him and I really liked their journey to getting to know each other. Might I also see a little something blossoming with two of the other characters that we meet in this book?  The spice in this book was doing it's thang! I really liked where it happened in the book and it didn't seem frivolous and long when we did get to the scene...

  Here we are again folks! On time this time at that! Unfortunately, we are on time for one of the smaller months on my reading list so far. I have been one busy bee. I have been traveling here and traveling there. I guess I'll accept the short list for this month since it wasn't due to me being morose but more so because I was busy! This month I was only able to read 6 books. They were all definitely good reads though. I don't think there was a bad one among them. Let's check em out and then get the break down! Favorite Character   : Amara (The Emperor) - I loved Amara in this book! I mean she didn't allow a traumatic experience to shape her life. She was able to fight through that and was able to embrace the love that was waiting for her with Dante. They had to wait awhile and have faith in each other but it all paid off for them in the end. Even though we find out later that there were people in her life that did not have her best interest at heart, she didn...

  This book was more interesting than I thought. There are so many people who love this series. I can definitely see why they did. I enjoyed it as well. Violet's mother was definitely a very annoying person. I could not stand her. I just don't understand how there are so many books where the parents are just terrible. This is one of them. Of course the father in this book was great but he was dead before we even got the chance to know him. Then the sister was also pretty amazing. I loved that she was very close to her sister. Then seeing her be able to take all the blows that she was given and keep getting better. Then she was able to take in everything that she already knew and applied it to what she has now. I definitely like that about her character. Especially since she was able to be logical about things when they didn't make sense instead of just being blinded by what she is told and taking it as gospel. I definitely loved her character. Though I can definitely see th...

 This book was interesting from the beginning to the end. I definitely felt like Delilah was a little silly once she was able to get to the school. There was many a times that I was like girlllll, what the heck are you doing? What about this seems smart? I do find it interesting that she went along with some of the things that the other girls did, especially once they said that they knew that their parents would be able to bail them out. They had no fear of the consequences. As someone who was there on a scholarship that could easily be revoked...I think the last thing that I would be doing would be committing a crime as bad as the one they decided to commit. Not to mention, she got upset about someone cheating off her test but not literal breaking and entering. Especially when it was over a guy who she hadn't even really spoken to up til that point. I was giving her a very much bombastic side eye. Ben...big sigh. The whole situation with Ben was very annoying. It's definitely ...

 I finally have returned to the world of the Dark Verse with this one and man oh man, it did not disappoint. Now this book is almost as messed up as the previous books was. The surprise that we encounter with finding out more about Dante and Amara's past was not what I expected. Then to later find out who the person behind all of this was....oh my goodness. I was a little shocked. Then Amara, decided to show us that she can channel all that darkness and be just as dark as her man Dante. I was shocked by that too. Getting to see Tristan's backstory through the eyes of these two characters was also a very nice plus. I did almost shed a tear when we saw Dante's history. Even though we knew some of it from Tristan's side, it was still pretty sad the way his father treated him and his brother. I almost had a theory at one point about Damien but luckily that ended up being proven wrong because I know that it would have messed up poor Dante if that was the case. I really enjoy...

 I'm not sure if I read this book when I was initially reading the Night Huntress series but I did enjoy stepping my foot back into this world. This time, instead of Cat and Bones being the ones that we follow on their high stakes journey, it is Spade and Denise! These two are the besties of Bones and Cat and I loved that they were able to get together! Of course the last time that we saw Denise it was with a tragic event happening, so seeing her get a story that ends in happiness was very nice. This involved some banter between our MMCs and we got some more flashbacks of Spades life as a human and how he met Bones. Vampire politics is again on display in this one and it is very nice to see things built upon that we already established. This book had me laughing and was just really enjoyable!  The spice in this book was also very nice. Spade and Denise both were kinda in some dry spells but managed to end that with each other. 4 out of 5 on my spice scale. Overall, I thought t...

 Here is my once again late End of the Month Wrap Up. Starting in August, I'm going to try to go back to the one a month format. It just feels like the days are passing by so quickly and before I know it, it's the end of the month and I am never ready. Like already we are half way through August and I have to start getting my wrap up for this month prepared. Anyway, for June and July, I was able to make a video wrap up as well, if you'd like to see it, it is already up on my Tik Tok. I'll link it below. So this is going to be a mash up of the books that I read in June and July, I will try to keep them in order by the month I read them. So the first 9 books are for June and the remaining 8 are for July! Here we go!!   Favorite Character  - Ildiko/ Catarina:   For June, my favorite character was Ildiko from the Wraith Kings series. I loved that she was so open minded and didn't allow her circumstances to define how she took in what happens to her. Instead of being mea...

 For some reason it took me awhile to get into this book. Once I did though, I just burned through it. This was a dark read for sure, the Beast was everything that you would think a beast would be. He was a savage creature who didn't care about anyone and would savage you at the tiniest provocation. That extended to the people of his castle who were stuck in the curse with him. I will say that this surprised me. I really thought that the Beast would have a soft spot for certain people in his castle like he does in the story we all have come to know and love. Nope not the case at all. Which ties into the story as well. This was something that I kind of wish was explored a little more. Like that the servants had more of a chance to speak with Fleur (Belle) or Gabriel (Gaston). What was happening with them was not as explored as the story of what happened to Renard (The Beast). Fleur of course is our book loving FMC in this retelling. She feels very modern in a world that is still any...

 I have to say that this book definitely is not for the faint of heart. If you are someone who finds certain things irredeemable then this book will not be fore you. You will definitely want to check your triggers before you read this book. I am apparently unhinged so I just dived in and took the book for what it was. At first, I was instantly like oh no...I don't know if he can come back from this. Then as things progressed between Everlee and Wild Man, I found that I could forgive him. Though it definitely would take some time for me to come to terms with things if I was in her shoes. I liked how the story was done. It definitely did not take the easy approach and Alex Grayson was not afraid to go there. While the story of what happened to Wild Man and how he ended up where he was, is tragic, I'm glad that it shaped him into who he was. Ironically enough, I disliked how her brothers and father treated Everlee once she came back to civilization. The way that they believed that...

  I really enjoyed this book! I devoured it in no time! The story of Illi and Odie is one that is likely to stick with me. I can't wait until I can read the second part of this book. I was hoping that the end of this book would have went a different way but this second part should be at least a little different than the first. Odette has had a really sucky life. Like I mean bad. I feel so bad for her before things even get crazy in the book. I couldn't believe the turn that things took and so quickly. I really thought that she would actually have a little bit more spine but I'm hoping that we will see more of that in the next book. Illi on the other hand, puts the morally dark in in this book. I mean he is out here killing and chopping people up. Then he sends their parts to a cannibal. At least he has a type of moral code. I definitely want to see how things go with his best friend. It does seem that he has turned on him and with the way that things are set up in this worl...

 I almost didn't want this crazy train to pull into the station! What does it say about me that my favorite books in this series have been with the two psychotic of the MMC's? I loved Kill and I love Lan! I really enjoyed reading about Lan and Mia's story. Though whew, that was some heavy stuff to deal with at the end. I definitely did not pick up on that little side quest we went on. Like how did that even happen? Lan is out here just getting beat up. Like almost the entire book. The guys from the previous books (minus Niko) definitely gave him some bruising he isn't going to forget soon (he definitely kept reminding us). There is a character in this book that I didn't expect to hate so much. Like....I know that others have forgiven them for what they have done. But legit, it would take me years in order to get over what they did. I was a little in shock. Like the other books though, this one builds on the events that we see happening around some of the other chara...

  We have finally reached the end of the road for Dean and Avalon's story! I was so excited to finally get all the details behind who Avalon's parents are. In this book we finally get some resolution to a lot of the questions that were unanswered in the first book. Some of these I already guessed while the others were not anything that I thought was going to happen. So without spoilers lets get into it. Avalon gets a lot of resolution in this book. From confronting her mother about the information that they'd managed to gather, to getting back at the people who she found out orchestrated a lot of the problems for her. I loved getting to see her get revenge. With that being said, this book is definitely a lot more bloody and a lot more unhinged than the previous books were. It kinda had to be for the things that we had to get through with these characters. As for Dean, he was able to show us and Avalon that he's standing ten toes down for her. I mean, we kinda did know t...

 So this book is totally different from what I normally read, I decided to pick it up for a book club that I've joined. Nothing against this author but this is just not a favorite genre of mine. I always find myself looking at the characters like...are you stupid! Not to mention it's really hard to write non spoiler reviews for books like this since I don't want to give away anything. So I'm going to do my best to not spoil. This book is about a woman who (for some strange reason) went to an AirBNB in a random town in the middle of no where that was owned by a man. Ok, pause, this was my first what the heck moment. It happened in literally one chapter. I couldn't believe that a woman would be out here going to an AirBNB on her own, to a random town, that's owned by a random man. I know that this probably is something that happens more often then I think but......this man literally lived in the house WITH her. This man is named Calvin. He lives in this small town...

I went into this one with the expectation that there would be little to no spice.  I really appreciate that the author kinda keys you know in the beginning that there wasn't going to be any, instead of getting surprised later. However there was a lot of heavy petting that I can't wait to come to fruition. In this book we meet Mareina and I really liked her. Strong FMCs are always a W in my book. She still has her moments where she was soft but it was only to those who deserved it. Another big W. She was a well balanced character in my opinion. The MMCs were a well. I like Nakoa and Malakei, even though we didn't get much of Malakei. I hope we see more of him in book 2. I'm very split on how I feel about the two of the MMCs. Nakoa seems like the hero that would sacrifice his love for the world, while Malakei is the opposite. Nakoa understands coming from nothing and struggling to be better while Malakei seems like he could be a rule follower that judges. They...

  We definitely take a step further into the dark side in this one. With both of Lexi and Grey having to deal with the darkness that they've inherited. I enjoyed getting back into this world and finally seeing how things could possibly be with these two at the helm. Things were definitely on go from the first chapter to the last. Everything has started to shift in their favor but the little things are what needed to shake for them to get things right. After the events of the last book, the little dominoes started to fall and we were able to get more knowledge of what happened to Lexi. I hope that some of the people that we meet in this book will either get their own book or that they will get some more "screen" time in the next book. It's definitely going to be interesting seeing as we already know who the "bad guy" is going to be in the next book. I was not expecting things to go the way that it has. I was seriously hoping for a different outcome in that ar...

  Another great entry in the Hudson Yards series!! I couldn't wait to see how things were going to go for Aaron and this story definitely didn't disappoint! Getting to see this different side to Aaron was interesting. Getting to see how Caterina and Aaron were able to get together was an great story. It was a nice to see how they went from literal enemies to lovers. From a shaky alliance to the partners in crime. It was a story of two people who had a lot of trauma to deal with, get together and make things work. I was a little unsure how things was going to go at first but as things progressed, it was fascinating. I am extremely interested in seeing how things are going to continue. Aaron and Caterina have a finished story but everything isn't done with what happened to them. Of course this spreads to Tristan and another character that we meet in the story. I believe that these two are going to make a reappearance in Tristan's story for sure. The only thing that I woul...

Well, this book took me all over the place and sometimes, I didn't know if I liked it or not. The story itself was ok. We meet Penelope who is on the hunt to discover who killed her sister. In doing so she ends up running into the Sick Boys. So, ill start with the things I didn't like and we'll finish up with what I did like. Firstly, the spitting. Omg, its my one thing that I hate. I cant stand spit and there is a ton of spitting in this book. In mouths, on body parts, in faces. It was a lot. The next thing was how they immediately went to the name calling and our FMC was immediately hot for it. Like....we aren't even going to warm up to it or nothing huh. Just raw dogging the word slut, and whore was wild. Definitely took some getting used to. I guess I prefer for there to be some kind of relationship first before they immediately go to the derogatory words but home girl said she liked it so I just rolled with it. The characters themselves felt pretty childish at time...