Queen Reviews

  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...

I was not thinking that this book was going to be what it was. Honestly, I'm surprised that I was able to finish this. It feels almost ant-everything that I loved about this author's previous releases. Maybe I've just been steeped in the dark reads for too long or something. This book gave off a kind of self hatred that was almost an instant turn off. Sarah, our FMC, is a vampire who hates drinking blood. So she pretty much walks around half starved for most of the time we see her. So, I'm going to pause and explain why this was an issue for me. So, she proves within a short while that she can feed without harming people because she lets a man go that she was feeding on. WIthout him being any wiser to the situation. Already, she has given herself a solution to the issue. She doesn't want to kill people and we see that she doesn't HAVE to. Instead, she barely takes what she needs and continues on half starved and drinking cold blood. You'd think s...

This book was all that I remembered it to be and more! Brenshen and Ildiko were faced with something that neither one of them ever thought wouldbe an issue. It tested their relationship in a way that would have either broken them or made them stronger. This is a stpry of perserverence and love. The people of this world had to be willing to put their differences aside if they all wanted to survive. I really enjoyed all of this. Like it just elaborated that much more on the world and the characters. I am so glad that I now know that there is more in this series. This world is definitely one that wraps you up in it and doesn't want to let you go. This book is truly what started my love of alien romances when I first read it. Even though this book is fantasy and not alien, this was the first time that I encountered a love interest that was so visually different than the FMC. Elves and many other fantasy creatures in my books up til this point were still human presenting. Me...

  This book was definitely interesting. I was able to consume it in no time! The chemistry between Penny and Sebastian was palpable! The situation that they found themselves in however was crazy! Mainly Penny. I mean, the issue of the cheating boyfriend and who he cheated with was just...interesting. I mean, I would hope to never find myself in such a situation. It'll be interesting to see how things shake out in the next book. Will Penny tell her family the truth of what happened with her ex? How is Sebastian going to take finding out the truth about Penny. There was a lot of emphasis put into him feeling better about being with Penny when he thought she didn't know who he was. Instead it was all in the plan this whole time. I'm hoping that he doesn't make her grovel too much with it, but seeing as how things ended....this should be interesting. This book was a nice change of pace from what I had been reading and I really liked it. I received the physical special editi...

 Things are starting to get crazy for everyone in this entry in the Crossfire series. We are left reeling from the discovery of Nathan's death and what it could mean for Ava and those that she cares about. Now that he is gone from their lives, the race is on to discover who killed him. Honestly, I didn't think that Gideon had it in him. But learning that he did was also not surprising, the obsession is real. There was so much fall out from this situation and we get to see it in all it's glory. I really don't know how to feel about the situation with Coryn (I listened to this and didn't read so sp might be off). I definitely think that situation is going to come back and bite them. It's unfortunate that things had to go the way that they did. I wish Coryn was more like Magdalena. Who appears to have moved on quite nicely without being a crazy woman about Gideon. Now we are jumping into the men who are crazy about Ava. This has definitely made things interesting. ...

 Another nice entry in this series! I'm curious to see who is going to be next in getting a story. I almost want a little bit more from this one! I wanted to see how things were going to end with the fairy situation and Aurelia learning more about her powers. This book felt like it was heavily her story. Even though we get some of Weston's POV, it felt like he was just a background character in her character arc. Which I guess he kinda was. Convincing everyone in the kingdom that she wasn't a bad person and that she deserved to be forgiven was a lot of work! Weston being an already established character and really having nothing to prove to anyone other than Aurelia, really removed him from being important. Then again we kinda got the same with the main story of Nyfain and Finley. Though in their story it was also Nyfain's story. He was not established and had a lot to prove himself. I did like this story because the nerds were nerding here! I loved getting to see more ...

 I ran through this book. It was so good! There is just something about a "crazy" man and their no non sense attitude that makes them great MMCs. I mean Sergei was an amazing character. It was sad to learn the things that he was forced to do and endure. It was so beautiful to see how Angelina was able to get to Sergei and how their love was able to grow. Seeing some of the events from the previous book, in this book was definitely nice as well. I enjoyed their story almost more than I loved the previous book in this series. All of these imperfect men, in this series have been a joy and pleasure to meet. You almost forget that these are a bunch of hard ass mafia men. Even though in this one Sergei was definitely out here on his one man army ish. I loved it. Angelina was right there with him, I would like to think that I would be the same in this situation. She was able to see through his moments of PTSD to the man inside. She was able to see how despite people calling him craz...

 This was another re-read for me and I rather enjoyed it. I was able to re enter this world and fall for Ildiko and Brishen all over again. Grace Draven has made such a stunning world with memorable characters. Both of these characters are people who are very exceptional. They are thrown into a crazy circumstance and are able to make the most of it. Even though they are thrust into dangers from afar and from within. They are able to excel in spite of everything that is thrown their way. I have very much enjoyed their story as well as what could come in the next book. This book ends with a very interesting situation. I can't wait to see how what happened at the end of this book influences what happens in the next one. Luckily in my case, it's been long enough since I've read this book that it almost feels like something new.  The spice in this book was very nice. I really enjoyed watching these characters grown in love with each other. It also helped to make the spice that m...

 I really liked this book! This one definitely hit a little better than the first one did. I still wanted to yell at the FMC, Naomi, due to being silly. I loved that Wyatt was able to stand up for himself and get the girl as well. I was curious about him ever since we first met him in the first book. The Games have not ended with the end of this book, so it will be interesting how that goes. We were able to get small glimpses of Jamie in this book. I was hoping that we were going to get more of her but she definitely made herself known when needed. This book took a lot of the tropes that you love about the shifter sub-genre and made great use of it. I really liked getting to see and learn more about Wyatt. I loved seeing that there were more strong females in this world than just Jamie. It will definitely be interesting to see how things progress in the rest of this series!  As for the spice, it was nice. There wasn't much in this one until later like the previous book. I woul...

 So this month I am going to lump April and May together since April didn't really have a lot to choose from. I will denote one from the other when I remember. Thanks so much for being here with me through the rough patches and enabling me to continue doing what I love! So with that being said, I am finally feeling more like myself and I'm burning through these pages! I can't wait to share how these last few months and the reads that came with them have gone. Let's see how the books I read these last 2 months stack up! I going to start with the April reads and then move into the May reads! Favorite Character:   Isa (Until Death Do Us Part)-   Isa really shined in this book. She had a lot going on, with being pregnant and then mourning some important people in her life. I really loved how she finally was embracing her life for what it was and was able to not back down. Then when push came to shove she was able to depend on not only her man but also on herself! GROWTH! Th...