4.5 stars — Well that was a freaking delight! This one just hit me in all the right places, had me laughing and laughing and delighting in the banter! Honestly, it did take me a bit at the beginning to figure out the dynamic between Harrison and Sophie. Their first bit of interaction had me […]
THE PRINCE WHO STOLE CHRISTMAS by Leslie Kelly 4 stars — Well! I was not expecting that! It was still fun, but I totally thought the kjaeshf-ia kingdom was going to be some made up country on earth…not sure if that’s a spoiler, but it totally threw me off! It added a strange magical element […]
THE YULETIDE ENGAGEMENT 3.5 stars — It was a typical Harlequin, where the heroine makes assumptions and the hero isn’t clear and so things drag out longer than they should. I think I would have enjoyed it more if we’d gotten Patrick’s POV as well. I enjoy the fake relationship trope, and this one had […]
4.5 stars — I don’t know you guys, I seem to be having a string of good luck with books. This one captured me, sucked me in, made me smile, and had me looking forward to more stories in Butterfly Bayou. I don’t remember what impression I had of Seraphina in the first book, but […]
4.5 stars — I did NOT anticipate where this story was going to go! I was surprised right from the start. I will admit that I was a bit bummed that Zera spent the ENTIRE story letting her hunger get her to believe in her own worthlessness. It was so hard to see her just […]
4.5 stars — This was a tasty little short story, a perfect treat! I highly recommend reading it between books 3 and 4, just like I did. I loved that I already knew and loved our mages, and so I was desperate for this little glimpse of how the duo of Aaron and Kai became […]
OVERALL: 3.5 stars — You know, this was a pretty successful anthology! I find there are always a few gems (in this case it was Britt and the Bike God, Per Aspera Ad Astra, and A Curse, A Kindness), and then a few that just don’t hit. In this one, the ones that didn’t hit […]
3.5 stars — This was an up and down read for me. I was hella intrigued by the blurb, and I just needed a short satisfying YA read, you know? There were aspects I definitely loved, but I also felt like the story was a bit drawn out and boring at times…it was just missing […]
3.5 stars — I made the colossal mistake of listening to an audiobook that has a lot of surface similarities to this book at the same time as reading this book, and I will admit I occasionally got my wires crossed. I had to set the audiobook aside so that would stop happening. And a […]
DNF @ chapter 8 (24%) — Okay, I’ll be honest…this one was always likely to be a stretch for me, since I’m not actually into alpha assholes or bad boys. But I was intrigued by the blurb, and every once in a while I want to give books outside of my wheelhouse a try just […]