What Loretta’s Katydid did by Lois Wickstrom
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Another cute read by this talented author. I have read many of these kids books and all of them have been enjoyable and definitely teach some lessons. This one teaches kids about certain insects and plants. Which are good and which are bad for the plant. Another great 4 star read
review by @xchellex
A Spot of Earl Slay by Aubrey Elle
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I LOVED this book! It was full of mystery and suspense and was just sort of quirky. The characters were all so well developed and what a tale it was! Moving to a new town is bad enough but when you find a dead body in your shed and are in the midst of a custody fight it tends to be a whirlwind. The sleuthing group was phenomenal and I couldn’t have put this one down if I’d tried! I can literally not wait to see what else comes from the series!!!!
Operation Escape by Landra Graf
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I was thrilled to get to read book two in this riveting and exciting series. I was hopeful it would pick up where book one left off, but instead takes on a new journey, where we see how the stories intersect and we learn more about Space Force and some of its deadly secrets. Sera and Markus make a great team and I loved how awkward Sera was, it made watching them stumble through their feelings. This was a great story that I couldn’t put down. You don’t have to read book one to follow this story, but I absolutely recommend it, as it’s an amazing story as well. If you love your sci-fi with some romance, this is a great story!
Operation Escape by Landra Graf
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
The chemistry in this book is tangible. There’s a perfect blend of romance and action and you find yourself not wanting to put the book down. It keeps you guessing until the very end. Be prepared to fall in love with the characters and go on a journey with them.
Savage Truth: A High School Bully Romance by Isla Vaughn
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Savage Truth picks up exactly where book one ends. This book should be read after the first book. It follows the couple of Cole and Riley along their complicated relationship. It is a fast paced read that was just as good as the previous book. The previous book questions that were left hanging were answered in this book. When danger comes will the connection between the two be strong enough or will everything end badly? Pick up the series today!
Operation Escape by Landra Graf
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
The second book of Space Force Rejects is just as good as the first book. I picked it up and read it in a single setting. It was hard to put down, wanting to know what would happen next. Sera has a mission to find her missing uncle. Markus wants to enjoy life on the pleasure planet, but once their worlds collide, he can not tell her no. It is a story with adventure, mishaps, hard choices, and romance. Stuck on a planet without a way off leaves the pair in quite a predicament. Pick up the series to find out how this duo manage to navigate Sera’s mission to find her lost uncle.
Savage Truth: A High School Bully Romance by Isla Vaughn
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This the second book in the Hidden Valley Elite series (it helps to read the prequel!) and what seems to be the end of the story of Cole & Riley. This third book kept my attention as the two teens begin to understand each other and start to work together. There are some steamy scenes, danger, and new experiences. Both Cole and Riley are great characters and it’s good to see them opening up and learning to trust each other.
I enjoyed the series and would recommend it. It is a young adult novel but still kept my attention. Looking forward to finding more books by this author.
A Spot of Earl Slay by Aubrey Elle
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
This was such a great start to a new series! I loved the small town of Fayette and all of the colorful people who live there. The author did a great job of drawing me into the story and describing the town and townsfolk. I loved how realistic the characters all were. Like they are people you could imagine in your everyday life. Naomi, her daughter Ella and their very helpful tea drinking neighbors Barbara and Ingrid, make up an amazing quartet of women that just works. This was a delightful cozy murder story, with plenty of heart and humor. I can’t wait to see what happens next in the town and I am hopeful for a bit of romance for Naomi in the coming novels.
Savage Truth: A High School Bully Romance by Isla Vaughn
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Savage Truth by Isla Vaughn is the third book to the Hidden Valley Elite series. This book picks directly up where Savage Lies ends. Raelyn, Riley’s mom, is now involved with Cole’s dad and are all living under the same roof. The tension between Cole and Riley seems to heighten at every turn of the page and is dangerously close to reaching its peak. Will these two push each other to the very edge of their limits with their antics of blackmail or will they finally be able to realize that they are not the reason each others worlds have been turned upside down, and give into their deeply seeded feelings for one another? You’ll just have to read and find out!
Last King by Amabel Daniels
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
4.5 stars
I like that Amabel doesn’t just write one genre. I have not read many books by this author but what I have read I have liked. Last King is an engaging Romantasy (aka Romantic Fantasy) where Amabel pairs a strong romantic subplot with a Fantasy.
I was excited to see what the Last King was all about. It is the first exciting FAE fantasy book in the Legacy of Riverfall series. Amabel has cleverly woven many delicate threads to give us the readers a tale with lots of action and drama, epic danger and suffering, secrets and lies and so much more. There is a cast of many in this magical world where there is fae, kings, dragons, lethal predators, monsters, a thief, mystical disease and magic.
This Romantasy is a slow burn in the romance department when everything else is chaos. I can see it will be so easy to become addicted to this series. The vivid storyline is unique and interesting keeps the pages turning.
Maren has been underestimated and shoved aside all her life she has only ever wanted to go wherever and do whatever she wants but she is stuck. When a stranger offers to help her with the one thing that may save her sister, she decides to take him up on his offer no matter what dangers and monsters are lurking.
You are going to enjoy this book. I look forward to the next book in the series.
Reviewed by @jennadb
Foxy Tails by Natalina Reis
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
5 Stars
Foxy Tails by Natalina Reis
Foxy Tails is a MM/Fantasy/ Romance that once you start reading its hard to put down. This authors style of writing and attention to detail along with her creative characters make for one heck of a epic ride. These characters pull you into their world and makes it feel like you are apart of the story. I found myself going through different emotions with this one. Get ready to be taken on quite the adventure full of drama, danger, romance and magic. This is a story about a Fox, a Healer and a Warrior and their journey. I don’t want to give to much away. I highly recommend reading this book to find out what happens next. You won’t be disappointed. I look forward to seeing what this author brings us next.
Amy’s Rebellion by Julia Goldhirsh
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
An interesting tale that’s twists to unfold more of her past. One she knew nothing of can help her succeed in the future. Maybe the past doesn’t define her but it helps shapes Amy and her team of rebellions. It’s a slow steady burn with a few potential love interests I am curious to watch blossom. Will she succeed? The discovery of who she could be change the game to her favor ? Questions I hope to answer as I continue through the series
Foxy Tails by Natalina Reis
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
3.5 Stars
Foxy Tails is an original MM fantasy romance tale with a cast of colourful characters. There are demons, foxes, healers, magic, murder and vengeance just to keep things interesting.
Huli has had a hard and pain filled life and is being hunted. He meets up with Xiao who is seeking vengeance against his family. Together with his best friend and one very funny dog a man’s best friend Ye Ying they set off on a quest to reveal truths.
It is filled with loss and hope, magic and danger, suspense and tension, humour and action within a world where nothing is what it seems.
I do feel a bit gipped in the romance department though I thought the romance was slowly building toward something explosive, but I was wrong. Foxy Tails actually feels like it is more aimed at a younger audience.
I am wondering if this is a standalone or the first book in a new series. It kind of felt unfinished.
Reviewed by @jennadb
A River of Crows by Shanessa Gluhm
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Wow, this book has nearly left me speechless. This gripped me literally from the start. This book was captivating in a way i haven’t experienced in a while and thank goodness because i was desperately in need of a GOOD book. This is a story about lies, betrayal, secrets on secrets, and i was on the edge of my seat nearly the entire time. My heart hurt for Sloan and all she endured as a child, from losing her brother at her dad’s hands to trying to care for her mentally ill mother, keep the house in check and essentially being alone in it all. This story had twists i never anticipated and that was my favorite part. My jaw was on the floor at some parts and i ate this up!!! I was not sure how to take some of the relationships in this book, as i did not know who to trust fully because i could feel something was off but the twist was NOT what i thought which just made it that much better. I absolutely recommend this book if you are looking for a thriller that is well-written, twisty, and sucks you in from the first page.
Operation Escape by Landra Graf
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
This is book 2 in this series but you don’t need to read book 1 to follow, although why you wouldn’t read book 1 is beyond me but you’ll figure that out after you read this one! Sera is a desk jockey who’s uncle has gone missing and she is going to find him. To do that she needs Markus. Markus didn’t think he wanted anything to do with leaving his home on the pleasure planet until our spitfire heroine walks in and up he goes. They back and forth between these two is awesome. The world being built by the author is tremendous and book 3 looks to be just as engaging as the first two!
Operation Escape by Landra Graf
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
This is the second book in the Space Force Rejects series which I didn’t realise when I first selected it but that didn’t matter as it can be read as a standalone.
I admit that sometimes I find sci-fi romance books hard to follow, but it’s authors like this one who create great and entertaining chemistry between characters that draw me in instantly. I fell in love with Sera and Markus, and although there are times I want to knock their heads together, their personalities win me over. The determination Sera shows in the search for her uncle is admirable given she’s basically been thrown in the deep end and I really love her for it.
But the thing that captured most of my attention was the world-building. It cannot be easy to come up with alien species and describing new civilisations and so on, but it was done so well here it seems so natural. It’s a talent I am in awe of.
I’ll be going back to read the first book next, and hope that a third is in the works!
Foxy Tails by Natalina Reis
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
This is an author that I have become increasingly familiar with and each and every book is different. This book is not at all what I expected from this author but I really enjoyed it. It was well written and has some honestly amazing characters. I was hooked as soon as I started reading this book and wanted to see how things would work out. I am still taken aback at how different this book is but I would definitely recommend it.
Operation Escape by Landra Graf
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Sera Kain is a young woman who works for the Space Force in an administrative position and she retains knowledge and facts like others do faces and names, but when she finds out that her uncle is missing, she is determined to use all of the knowledge available at her fingertips to find him. Markus Engle is trying to leave his life in the Space Force behind him and was doing very well doing just that on Kafgar, the planet where pleasure is the first port of call, however, when Sera walks into his office and disturbs his afternoon, something which he hoped would never happen does.
Sera has no idea what she has just walked into, apart from that she is interrupting something, so as soon as she knows that she has found the pilot she needs, she leaves until a more convenient time to propose a mission to which he is the key, but Markus has a problem, thanks to some past genetic engineering, he finds that he can’t refuse Sera anything, but he intends to keep the reason why to himself. As Sera outlines her plans and makes sure that it is clear to Markus that he is going to be flying them to the prison planet of Earth, once the heart of the human empire so that she can rescue two inmates who will lead her to her uncle.
As they approach the planet, things start to go awry, but it isn’t until they land, are ambushed and their ship stolen that Sera realises that she may have bitten off more than she can chew and her lack of experience is showing, but she is still determined to find a way off the planet and to her uncle. Along with finding a way off of the planet, Markus and Sera will have to find a way to avoid the rest of the inmates living there, so she attempts to create alliances with some of the humanoid creatures there, but she is also trying to fight the attraction she feels towards Markus, it turns out that he is doing the same. Will these two fated mates be able to embrace their attraction to each other, leave Earth and find Sera’s uncle, or will the inmates, or wildlife get to them first? In this fast paced sci-fi romance, danger lies around every turn and not just the physical kind as this unlikely pair face adversity in order to discover their strengths in this enticing story.
Reviewed by @roxsannel
How to Make a Flying Carpet by Lois Wickstrom
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
How to Make a Flying Carpet (Alex the Inventor) by Lois Wickstrom is a story about a young inventor who doesn’t like for anything to go to waste. When the refrigerator magnets break Alex uses her imagination to figure out how to turn it into something else. This is another fun book with gorgeous illustrations for young children to enjoy. It teaches children to use their imagination. It also teaches how fun it is to turn something old into something new. Such a great story.
Operation Escape by Landra Graf
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Operation Escape is the second book in the Space Force Rejects series by Landra Graf. When Sera Kain goes to Markus Engle to help find her uncle, he is unable to refuse her. This is a sci-fi, fated lovers book and it had me hooked from the start. There is plenty of testing of loyalty, adventure, and twists and turns. I love when the heroine is the awkward party and Sera was a lot of fun. I really enjoyed watching Sera and Markus try to navigate their feelings for each other. This book is for all those who love sci-fi with a bit of romance.
Other People’s Money by Cynthia Hamilton
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Other People’s Money is the seventh book in The Madeline Dawkins series by Cynthia Hamilton. Although this is the seventh book in the series it can be read as a stand-alone book. Madeline and her team receive a couple of cases that need solving immediately. A missing bookkeeper and checking out a gold-digging, much younger fiance. This was my first book from this story and I really enjoyed it. The characters are well-written and the plot is well-developed. I enjoyed the character interactions and the mystery was great.
A River of Crows by Shanessa Gluhm
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Wow! There’s got to be a better word but I can’t figure it out right now but WOW!
I picked this book up based off the cover and synopsis alone. And what I got was not what I expected. AT. ALL.
This is by far the BEST book I’ve read all year. Let me preface this by saying I am not a flashback and forth in time fan, but this was done so seamlessly and it just got the story that I am happy it was done this way.
I could relate to the characters, to some of the things happening but what got me the most was the visuals and the feelings that I was learning and living all of this as Sloan our main character was.
Usually I can have a hunch or figure out fairly quickly who did what or why or how but this one, oh no. This one had me gasp so loud I scared my dog and then I had to read it again to be sure my eyes were functioning.
If you are a fan of crime or thriller reads, you need to run and get this book. You won’t be disappointed I swear. I will now be adding this author to my list of must reads if this book is anything to go off of.
Foxy Tails by Natalina Reis
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This was an interesting fantasy adventure with a MM Romance. The author does an amazing job with the characters and the influence of Chinese cultures and myths. This is what really brought this story to life for me all the little details that author put into the story.
In this book we meet Huli who is a nine tailed fox and Xiao who is a healer.
Huli has spent his whole life running away from danger and trying to save himself as everyone thinks he is a demon. He lives a very lonely and dangerous life.
Xiao has also known pain after having to deal with the grief of losing all his family.
Both of them do what they need to to be able to survive and neither of them expect to find companionship until they meet each other.
What happens next is a story about learning to trust and letting someone into your life.
Together they set out on the path to find what and who is responsible for the death of Xiao’s family but will they like what they find or are some secrets better left unknown.
This is an action packed fantasy adventure. There is a little romance involved in the story but it is very subtle and enhances the connection between Xiao and Huli without it taking over the story.
Get ready to jump inside this fantasy world and go on an adventure that will keep you on the edge of your seat.
Amy’s Rebellion by Julia Goldhirsh
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
This is an exciting read for new adults with a mind for fantasy. Amy’s life started out with her first unwanted killing. But she had no choice in the matter. She leaves what was left and moved into the human world. But even that is unsafe for Amy. She must build her own army of trusted shifters to hopefully beat the evil headed her way. This story was very different for me. Don’t take me wrong. I enjoyed the story, it was just too many fantasy shifters for me. This is an author I had not read from before. That is why I chose this book. The characters were well liked and knew their place in the story. The book was well thought out, well written and easy to keep up with. If you enjoy fantasy stories this book is for you!
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Foxy Tails by Natalina Reis
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
This is an author that I have loved reading from the first book I picked up by her. Her books are inviting, interesting and engaging. Some take you on an emotional ride and others like this one will take you on an adventure. I found this book to be well written and hard to put down. I enjoyed how the author used her writing skills and attention to details to not only give life to the story but also make it come to life. This is a fast paced fantasy story that is hard to put down and engaging. The characters pull you into their world from the start. They take you on an adventure of romance, danger, and magical. What fate has instored for these two characters you don’t want to miss. It will surprise you in parts and other emotions in other parts. I really enjoyed reading this book and watching the growth of the characters as well as the plot. I highly recommend this book and this author.
Review by @bjwagner
Savage Truth: A High School Bully Romance by Isla Vaughn
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Seriously, this is such a great series. Cole and Riley’s story is full of twists and turns. It is a hold on to your seat kind of story. Do they like each other? Do they hate each other? Who is Riley’s father? Will Riley and her mom run again like they always do? Can they ever be safe? I can’t wait to continue this series.
Foxy Tails by Natalina Reis
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
An interesting fantasy MM romance. Huli is on an adventure that has many interesting characters. The journey is interesting and one that brings risk to Huli and those with him. I found it to be entertaining.
Savage Truth: A High School Bully Romance by Isla Vaughn
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This book is book two of the series. Definitely should be read after the prequel and book one. This is the conclusion to Cole and Riley’s story.
Cole and Riley have a complicated relationship. Riley is still trying to end things between Lucas and her mom. She doesn’t trust that this is a real chance for them. Cole still has his anger toward Riley in regards to what happened to his mom. When it really matters though, Cole is able to set it all aside when Riley needs him.
Riley and Cole are great characters. Riley learns to trust someone other than her mom and her uncle by the end. She’s also very strong and you see her use the skills she’s learned from her uncle when she really needs to. This was a good conclusion to Riley and Cole’s story. I can’t wait to see how the rest of the series goes.
Esprit de Corpse by Ef Deal
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This is a fun quick read, a paranormal steampunk that clearly draws on Dracula with strong female characters. The world-building is quite something in terms of its depth of research and lush descriptions. Although it has its unrealistic moments, it’s undoubtedly a page-turner that makes me want to forgive the author anyway. And I do love anything set in Paris, and in the Underground and with a period setting? Sign me up (hello, Les Mis). The characters too are compelling and completely inhabit the world. This novel was full of surprises that kept me going. Highly recommend.
Healing Kiss by Amanda Uhl
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
5 Stars
Healing Kiss by Amanda Uhl
Healing Kiss is a suspenseful Paranormal Romance about love and loss and is packed with drama, danger, suspense and maybe even a little humor. This is a new author to me and I’m definitely intrigued by her style of writing and attention to detail along with her creative characters make for a wonderful story. Lillian is a a nurse who has a secret gift of healing the sock by taking energy from the healthy. She’s being chased by a group called Kinetica they want to use her for their own gain. Lillian will stop at nothing to save her ill sister. Tristan is a man who is after one thing and he will stop at nothing to discover her secrets. I truly enjoyed reading this book and highly recommend reading to find out what happens next. I’m looking forward to reading more from this Author.
