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Grave Digger Academy (Grave Digger Academy Book 1) by C.A. King – Review by Shavon Brown

Grave Digger AcademyGrave Digger Academy by C.A. King
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

“Gravediggers actually do the digging. Grave Diggers however, keep buried bodies where they belong -six feet under. ”

7th daughter to a which family is apparently an unlucky number as Makayla finds out in her first year at Grave Digger Academy.

Grave Digger academy is a fun, well paced book about a magical school and the group that gets stuck in the grave digger academy. Makayla, Cali, Frankie and Leo are all stuck in the grave diggers academy which none of them wanted or expected. They feel like they aren’t learning magic and all they want to do is transfer to a different school.

During the school year they do find there helpers which all grave diggers need. And plenty of other exciting things happen as well. This book is a great start to what is definitely be an amazing series.

More exciting things happen during the school year, like Makayla discovering her great grandmother was a necromancer (an banned form of magic) and a battle with Mr. Woolly a teacher who wants her to join the dark side and become who she was always meant to be.

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Jake (Billionaire Blind Dates Book 1) by Toni Denise – Review by – Review by Shavon Brown

Jake (Billionaire Blind Dates Book 1)Jake by Toni Denise
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

A new twist on the billionaire genre. This is the story of Jake and Lauren and it does not disappoint. Jake using an app to find someone who doesn’t care about how rich he is. He does this by using an app that sets up blind dates in complete dark, so you get to know people before you see them.
Using this app he stumbles upon Lauren who happens to work for him.

This book has the slow burn that a lot of romances don’t and it gives you that will they wont they vibe. Its a quick and easy read for those of us who enjoy the romance genre.

I will say the one thing I did not like about this book was that there wasn’t a great deal of character development. And also it was all written in bold print which really made it hard to read for me.

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Jake (Billionaire Blind Dates Book 1) by Toni Denise – Review by Shavon Brown

Jake (Billionaire Blind Dates Book 1)Jake by Toni Denise
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

A new twist on the billionaire genre. This is the story of Jake and Lauren and it does not disappoint. Jake using an app to find someone who doesn’t care about how rich he is. He does this by using an app that sets up blind dates in complete dark, so you get to know people before you see them.
Using this app he stumbles upon Lauren who happens to work for him.

This book has the slow burn that a lot of romances don’t and it gives you that will they wont they vibe. Its a quick and easy read for those of us who enjoy the romance genre.

I will say the one thing I did not like about this book was that there wasn’t a great deal of character development. And also it was all written in bold print which really made it hard to read for me.

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Hairballs and Homicide (A Kitty Beret Cafe Mystery Book 1) Review By Shavon Brown

Hairballs and Homicide (A Kitty Beret Cafe Mystery - Book 1)Hairballs and Homicide by Ruth J. Hartman
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

If the Kitty Beret Cafe was real I would be the most loyal costumer. That being said any cat lover would fall in love with this book because Templeton is the cutest little baby ever. He has so much personality if at the end of the book he turned out to be like Salem from Sabrina then I would not have been surprised. But spoiler alert that did not happen, he is just a cat that saves the day.

Lets talk about who joined Templeton in this cozy mystery:
Ellie – the owner of the cafe who is accused of murder. A cat lover to her core, she fosters cats and helps get them adopted. She sews cat costumes and dresses them up for there days at the cafe.
Simon- One of the police detectives on the case (the murder of Mary Harrington)
Shirl – Works at the cafe
Hooper – Works at the cafe
Andy – Boyfriend to Shirl, someones tags along on the adoption day drives
Mr. Harrington – husband to the victim
Cat Hate Group – A group of people who hates cats; friend and frenemies of Mary Harrington.

What I liked about this book was the cat love. While this book is a fun read and all the characters in Canyon Creek are mostly fun characters. In this book everyone is a suspect, and I am not exaggerating EVERYONE is a suspect. At one point this book makes it so that everyone is a creditable suspect at one time and I really thought the husband just wanted her out of the way.

That being said the murderer is revealed and it does make sense though no matter how many cozy mysteries I read I will never understand why they fill the need to confess everything.

This book checked all my boxes, funny, fast read, cats, cozy mystery, sweet and great characters. I would recommend this book to anyone who is a fan of anyting listed above.

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Aloha Bookset 1-3 by Jill Brashear – Review by Shavon Brown

Aloha Series Box Set Books 1-3Aloha Series Box Set Books 1-3 by Jill Brashear
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Book 1 – Try Easy
Fans of Vactation Romances and a good love triangle this is the book for you.
In 1968 Mary “Lou” Hunter wants to be a photographer in Seattle. She gets the opportunity of a lifetime when she lands a free trip to Hawaii.

Keoni is a surfer.

During Mary’s trip to Hawaii they have a fling but things aren’t as simple as two people falling in love. Things get complicated as it is not 2 people in this relationship but 3.

Mary must decide if her dream is still Seattle or if she wants to take risk and stay in Hawaii.

Book 2 – Try Me
Fans of Fake Relationships Turned Real will Enjoy This
One thing I enjoyed about this book is I feel I can take surfing off my bucket list. This book focused on surfing so much I felt like I was doing it myself.

Surfing is how two of our main characters Declan and Peal get to know each other. They admire one another for their skill. Declan unable to handle his friends death flees Hawaii but comes back for a competition and that is the setup of the novel.

As Declan heads back home he must face what has happened.

Pearl doing her best to fulfill her mothers dream of becoming a famous female surfer does everything she can to get her name out there. Including fake dating fellow surfer Declan.

Book 3 – Try Right
This is a friends to lover; Celebrity Romance
Claudia hanging on to her career but her nails doing her best to not be a has been. Her career gets a much needed rescue with a tv show in Hawaii and there she meets her long time friend Henry.

Henry is a stuntman the best in the business but when he runs into Claudia he has to tell himself to not do anything stupid. Being the best in the business he has to struggle with himself as he continues to tell himself his career is not worth jeopardizing over her.

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Felines and Fatalities (A Kitty Beret Cafe Mystery Book 2) by Ruth J. Hartman – Review by Shavon Brown

Felines and Fatalities (A Kitty Beret Cafe Mystery, Book 2)Felines and Fatalities by Ruth J. Hartman
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

The entire gang is back in another Kitty Beret Cafe Mystery and I am so happy about it. I love this series so much that I would still be happy if we were on book 40 and beyond. This series definitely keeps you entertained.

A beloved customer of the cafe has passed away. One of her final requests, have a cat show for sheltered cats. That’s what leads Ellie to find another dead body and that is how our story begins.

Ellie and Detective Simon once again follow the clues.

This is a great read if you enjoy suspense, cats and a good cozy mystery.

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Hard Lover by Deborah Garland – Review By Shavon Brown

Hard Lover (Houston After Dark #2)Hard Lover by Deborah Garland
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

An erotic novel with a great plot. This book will do more then keep you sated. This book in the series follows Noah and Callie.

They have known each other for six years, but after one unforgettable night at The Stable, a live sex club, they realize that they have feelings for each other and there are more complications then the fact that Callie is Grants little sister. There is also someone from Noah’s past that promises revenge if Noah ever falls in love.

Noah does his best to protect Callie, while keeping everything quiet from Grant. But danger always finds them and it happens in a very explosive way.

This book keeps you hooked from start to finish. It is a thriller, with a very erotic scenes that will make you blush. A fan of Maya Banks, Katee Robert and Helen Hardt will love this book.

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Jester by Brielle D. Porter – Review By Shavon Brown

JesterJester by Brielle D. Porter
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This book will have you hooked from the very beginning.

In Oasis it is all about being Jester. A great honor to work for the queen herself. But everyone has a different motive for wanting the position. Let’s meet our main cast shall we…

Lisette/Mirage – daughter of the late Judge who was executed for murdering the King. She wants this position to get away from the stigma and make a path for herself.

Luc- the competition. A great street performer who takes every opportunity to be a thorn in Lisettes side. Though later in the book we find out that he is in fact the bastard child of the late King and wants the Jester position to prove the Queen killed his father.

Yasmin- A really good friend. A pet trainer and magician herself. She helps Lisette get close to the Queen and they become friends. Though we see in the book Lisette does not know how to handle that.

Cillian – Lisette’s trainer and friend. Owner of a cat and a bookshop (Both things I love that made him my favorite character hands down). Blackmailed by Lisette to give her his magic they quickly become friends with great back and fourth banter.

The Queen – Though she comes off as the grieving widower. We see that she is very smart and highly underestimated. And just like everyone else she has a plan of her own.

In the book the Queen and her seekers have come to Oasis to find a new Jester and nothing goes according to plan. There is betrayal, magic, and lies in the air as everyone is looking out for themselves or so it seems.

Things I loved about this book. Strong Female Lead. Quick paced read. Great Friendships. Happy Ending.

I’m just going to say this because I believe it needs to be said. This book did not need a romance angle. and it is the one thing I truly did not like about this book. That and the fact that I wanted Lisette to continue to have her Father’s magic so she could have a relationship with her brother and maybe even father as they are take away from her unjustly. Also the ending did seem a bit anti-climatic.

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Ritual Obsession: Blood Obsession by RL Dunn – Review by Shavon Brown

Ritual Obsession (Blood Obsession Book 1)Ritual Obsession by R.L. Dunn
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

So I am going to start this review with a few warnings:

Warning 1: There is a very detailed scene of Sexual Assault in this book. It happens to the character named Bobbi. It is very hard to read as she is raped.

Warning 2: This is a very good book, but it ends on a major cliffhanger and nothing has been resolved. We know who did it, but there is a great chance he could get away with it, Someone is in the hospital fighting for there life.

With those warnings in mind for future or almost readers. Truth is I could not put this book down, it was definitely a page turner.

Rose the veteran detective and Rose the new detective to the precinct get partnered together but that is not all. A string of murders of working girls gets the whole precinct involved including Detective Commander Marco, who is an old flame of Detective Rose.

Honestly, IMO this book plays out like an episode of Matlock. Where you have all the pieces as the reader or viewer but you are waiting for the detectives to put everything together. They do get there but by the time they do it seems a little to late.

Their is drama for our drama lovers as we have multiple office romances including, Marco & Rose, Bobbi & Max and Rose & Brian.

Like I said in my warning. This book does end on some major cliffhangers so if you want the conclusion to the story you will need to pick up book 2 and keep your fingers crossed.

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This Time Around by Jane Suen – Review by She Reads All

This Time AroundThis Time Around by Jane Suen
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Ladies and Gentlemen I am proud to announce that this book has the perfect Book Boyfriend. If you think I am exaggerating then pick the book up yourself so you can prove me right. Lets talk…

Katie going back to her hometown, where she grew up but left for college and bigger things and now hardly comes back. Well she finds herself in town for a friends wedding, and because you cant say NO to the bride, she finds herself with the plus one of her ex-boyfriend. Chase. The man she let get away 10 years prior because they went to different schools and she didn’t want to do long distance.

One thing I loved most about this book is the flashbacks we get so that we can see everything that happened when they were dating and back in high school.

In the flashbacks we see how much Katie desired to be in the big city and have a career. But as she returns home and starts to hang out with her mother and sister compared to the time and crazy hours she works and the ungrateful demanding boss she starts to think is it all worth it…

This book is fast pace and sweet. It does get a little emotional so you may find yourself in tears towards the end. But overall a very enjoyable read.

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Death & Mirrors (All Things Dark & Deadly Book 1) by SF Benson – Review by Shavon Brown

Death & Mirrors: All Things Dark & Deadly, Book OneDeath & Mirrors: All Things Dark & Deadly, Book One by S.F. Benson
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

If you are a fan of the following pick up this book now. Magic, Historical Fiction, Fantasy and of course a quest.

I loved this book from the first page and I hope you will to Lets Discuss…

In this book we find ourselves in London England in 1888. We meet Evaline our main character. She is untrained in magic, but does her best to summon her mothers shade who she misses dearly. Accidentily summoning her mothers shade is how our story begins.

After that Evaline uses her mothers journal to follow the clues to see if she can figure out what happened to her and if she can reverse it. We travel with Evaline as she faces the challenges of an unsupportive and scared father, and many other challenges that I don’t want to spoil for you. (so do yourself a favor in read this awesome book.)

Along her journey she meets Delbert, a wannabe detective, The Governor, Mr. Culpepper and many other characters that keeps this story funny, fast paced and very interesting from start to finish.

WARNING: THIS STORY DOES END ON A CLIFFHANGER SO YOU WILL WANT TO PICK ITS SEQUEL UP, DEATH & SHADOWS: A: THINGS DARK & DEADLY. BOOK 2, AS SOON AS YOUR FINISHED WITH BOOK 1. ENJOY!

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