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 […]
4.5 stars — Wow, it’s so hard to decide, but I think this was my favourite of the 3 so far! Still absolutely adored Mary Jane Wells as the narrator. She’s so consistent with her voices, with distinguishing between thoughts and dialogue, and she NAILS both the humour and the emotion of our characters. Penny was […]
4.5 stars — I can’t decide if I liked this book more than the first, or just the same? I think I might have enjoyed it even more!! Which is yay!!! Mary Jane Wells continued to do a fabulous job with narration. I occasionally found it hard to determine the speaker, specifically because she would […]
4.5 stars — I’m not a historical romance reader…I just don’t gravitate towards it. But damn, I am definitely putting Tessa Dare on my list of “always take a chance on her”!! I LOVED this one! I thoroughly enjoyed Ms. Wells narration — even the male POV as well! Sometimes it was hard to initially […]
3.5 stars — I have not read the first book, Axios, so I can verify this one can be completely read as a standalone. From the reviews, it sounds like there’s a LOT of repeat, instead of just a few fill in the gaps scenes from a different POV. Which makes it great for those […]
4 stars — Wow. This one was fairly slow to start, and while I was enjoying it, I wasn’t wowed. It had some moments of repetition, and there were some pacing problems where I felt like there could have been some editing down. But then I got sucked right the fuck in, and holy cow […]
This one had a super sweet beginning and the pacing was pretty decent throughout. I loved how they met in the beginning but I was a bit hesitant that when they reuninted if it was for the good of them both. Dorian was a bit too evil for my tastes and I don’t think I […]
This one was ok, the story didn’t move very fast but the character development made up for it. Even though it wasn’t as fast as I usually like. I was really surprised I didn’t like it more. I love Melissa Haag’s writing but this one was by far the worst book I’ve read by her. […]
OVERALL: 4 stars — Holy cow!! Dudes, I *don’t read* historical romance. Which is why it was a mystery why I accepted this NetGalley widget. But this is the best anthology I think I’ve ever read! Usually there are a few stories that just don’t work for me, but while one was just all right, […]
4.5 stars — OK, yet again, I am not a fantasy or historical type reader. They kind of intimidate me. And I’m actually not generally that well versed on mythology of any kind. But I’ve enjoyed this author in the past, and an author friend of mine raved about this book, so I had to […]