Loving a Vampire is Total Chaos (Total Chaos #1) by Aura Hayes
Heir of Twisted Lies (Stonegate #2) by L.J. Andrews
The Swan’s Daughter by Roshani Chokshi
This is Not a Test by Courtney Summers
Operation Bounce House by Matt Dinniman
A Little Hatred (The Age of Madness #1) by Joe Abercrombie
The Devils (The Devils, #1) by Joe Abercrombie
This is an interesting YA Dystopian book that will remind you of a less complex version of The Handmaid’s Tale. Honeybees have died out and the patriarch has taken control of the world. There is no art, no books, no joy. Girls are ripped from their homes and put into concentration-like camps and forced to pollinate crops by hand until their get their period, when they are matched with a man and forced into marriage and mandatory breeding. Jess’s mother protects her from the camps longer than most girls, but eventually she is torn from home and locked away. She makes friends with Cass, Deva, and Ruth, but stays clear of almost everyone else. When an unexpected kindness puts a few tubes of paint into her hand, she risks it all just to be able to paint again. She didn’t expect it could possibly spark a revolution.
Continue reading “The Danger of Small Things by Caryl Lewis”
This is a pretty good YA mystery/thriller about an alleged yearbook prank gone terribly wrong. Best friends Rick and Martina are outcasts and they’re ok with that. Labeled by the Principal as troubled for previous pranks they’ve pulled, when yearbook pictures are labeled with gruesome titles like Homecoming’s Cutest Corpses, he immediately tries to pin it on them. But they didn’t do it (this time) and their pranks have never been gruesome or cruel. When a guidance counselor is found dead in the same manner as his new yearbook label, police name Rick and Martina as their prime suspects. When another body turns up, the duo realize they need to find the killer before they spend the rest of their lives behind bars.
Continue reading “Most Likely to Murder by Lish McBride”
I love this book series and am so sad to see it end, but I’ve had a great time seeing the Griffith brothers fall in love and find their soulmates. This time, it’s the last single brother CJ’s turn to meet his spitfire of a woman and fall in love. CJ meets Lennon in a bar where they have a steamy one-time encounter and never expect to see each other again. That doesn’t stop them from thinking back at their time together on more than one occasion. So, when CJ is introduced to Lennon as the executive chef of the restaurant at the lodge built on their land that he despises, he explodes with resentment.
Continue reading “Fire Line (The Griffith Brothers, #3) by Maggie C. Gates”
I listened to the audio of this book and LOVED it! The narrators did a fantastic job portraying the characters. They built tension and conveyed the emotions of the characters to bring the story to life.
This book is the first in a dark, spicy slow-burn enemies-to-lovers romantasy series, perfect for fans of Fourth Wing, The Serpent and the Wings of the Night, and Throne of Glass.
Tropes you’ll love:
Enemies to Lovers
Deadly Tournament
Slow-Burn Romance
Underdog Heroine
Brooding Royal MMC
Forced Proximity
Gods & Goddesses
This is the third book in the Chicago Players series but can be read as a stand alone. Franky is the daughter of a hockey legend. She’s a member of a wonderful found family amongst the various hockey players and their spouses. She’s an academic expert in snails and slugs, seen as the “quirky one”, and doubts she will find anyone to settle down with and have a family. So, she puts in the science, creates a spreadsheet, and sets about doing it alone. With the help of some sperm from one of the men on the list of perfect candidates she’s created, of course.
Continue reading “Top Shelf Stud (Chicago Players, #3) by Kate Meader”
Lady Fern is pressured by her family to marry to help the family, but the men gathered to “court” her are awful. She runs away and stumbles upon queen dragon Auren. She has her own family problems. Her father expects her to act as a breeding ground to mate with multiple dragons to add dragons to the family. They are both sick of being pressured and bond in their mutual desire for control over their lives. They go to the capital to get a plot of land from the King to live on, but are told they must join the dragon academy and serve there a year before they can be free.
Continue reading “Dragon Bound (Dragon Rider Academy #1) by Sam Hall”
3.5 stars rounded up to 4
This is the second book in the series and starts off right where the last one ended. Bren was set up to fail her last test and Donavyn charges after her knowing something is wrong. Their dragons are mated and turns out so are they. In the middle of the mission Bren’s dragon goes into heat, so when Donavyn and his dragon catch up to them, there is a lot of spice between the couples. A lot of spice. When they realize that what Bren observed was a real enemy camped out on the kingdom’s borders, they rush back to warn the King.
Continue reading “Flameborne: Fury (Emberquell Academy #2) by Aimee Lynn”
This is a very good first book in a new dragon romantasy series featuring the first female dragon rider cadet at the Emberquell Academy. Bren starts the book out as a lowborn country girl dating a newly raised Furyknight, the famous dragon riders that serve and protect the kingdom. She sneaks out of her house to say goodbye to him before he leaves on a mission, but discovers his betrayal. Embarassed and ashamed she throws herself off a mountain but is saved and bonded with a young dragon. Everyone that bonds with a dragon must go through the dragonfury Trials and if successful, will become a Furyknight.
Continue reading “Flameborne: Chosen (Emberquell Academy, #1) by Aimee Lynn”
This is a fun Olympic romance that features Ari, a hockey player on the Great Britain’s hockey team, and Drew, an American that dropped out of graduate school, broke up with his girlfriend, and needs a fresh start. They bump into each other at a New Year’s Eve party and have instant chemistry, but neither is looking for a relationship. A couple months later they run into each other at the Olympics, where Drew has secured a position as a sports photographer. The combination of complicated exes, over-involved families, and stress-inducing teammates convinces them to fake date their way through the Games.
Continue reading “Skate It Till You Make it by Rufaro Faith Mazarura”
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