Queen Reviews

 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...