book Review

“If only there were a way to hold a moment in your hands and keep it alive forever.”

Under the moon throne, there have been centuries of suffering at the hands of despotic emperor, and his sons, the three terrors, as they hold the countryside in their hands. They bleed the land and leave the citizens living in fear of their dark powers they inherited from the god god locked under the palace. But, the god cannot be contained forever and with the aid of Jun, a broken guard who is still trying to deal with his grief-stricken past and Keema, an outcast fighting for his future, the god is freed from her prison and flees from her own children, the three terrors who would drag her back down to her prison where she belongs. Now, the three must find a new home for the god and keep her away from harms way and find a way to end the moon throne but the road to freedom is paved with danger wherever they go.

What a thrilling and exciting read! I’m not usually a fan of long books but this one was well worth it and while the plot was very straightforward and something that you see a lot of in fantasy books, the author does a fantastic job with the writing to make it seem like something completely new and unique. Not only do you get a compelling love story but you also get a story that shows how love drives motivations, actions, and serves as a ray of hope. All of the characters were motivated by their scorn or want for love and how the author portrayed that throughout the book was brilliantly done. It was a truly a fantastic and thrilling read and I loved the dynamics between Keema and Jun, it felt very open and real and the two of them do a lot of growing throughout the novel. Highly recommend this one!!

Book Review

I may be ruthless but I am not cruel. I think it’s one of the things that Ana likes about me, I do bad things when must but I try to be good.

By day Kiki De Souza and Ana Lezama De Urianza are proper seventeenth century ladies. But when night falls, they trade in their gowns and silk for swords and muskets venturing out into the vibrant, buzzling, crime-ridden streets of Potosi in the Spanish Empire’s Viceroyalty of Peru. They spend their time gambling, crime fighting, and falling desperatly in love with one another. But, on the night Kiki’s engagment to Viceroy’s son is announced, her older brother heir to the family fortune is found murdered. The two embark on a investigation to find what happened to Kiki’s brother and if they’re not too careful, they might find themselves falling into the same trouble as he did.

What a fun retelling of The Three Musketeers with a twist. The majority of the book was very entertaining and faced paced but the one that was missing was the suspense. I didn’t really any danger especially with the villains as you know who they are once they’re mentioned so it was a bit predictable. But, it wasn’t something that really held me back from enjoying the rest of the novel and even though I don’t read YA novels that much anymore, this was a quick and easy read. Though I feel like this could work for older YA and maybe even New Adult cause it does have that kind of feel and I didn’t find anything too cheesy. Ana and Kiki, the two main characters were very fun and i love the banter between the two and although I did like the romance, I think they also work very well by themselves. At first, I found the romance a little rushed because it was very in your face but as time passed on, I started to really enjoy the romance and found it endearing. The chemistry between them sealed the deal for me as I felt that it was very real and even more so that they not only found happiness with each other but themselves. A great read so check it out!!

September tbr

Hey everyone! This is my list for this coming month and I’m excited to share it with you!

Across The Green Grass Fields by Seanan McGuire
Genre: Adult, Fantasy, LGBT

A Dance with Fate by Juliet Marillier
Genre: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance

Deal With The Devil by Kit Rocha
Genre: Adult, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

The Dragon’s Promise by Elizabeth Lim
Genre: Fantasy, Fiction, Retelling

Fractured Path by J.C. Cervantes
Genre: Fantasy, Fiction, Historical-Fiction

The Long Way To A Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
Genre: Adult, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

The Mage’s Daughter by Lynn Kurland
Genre: Adult, Fantasy, Fiction

The Night Ship by Jess Kidd
Genre: Adult, Fantasy, Fiction

Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
Genre: Adult, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

Shadow Scale by Rachel Hartman
Genre: Fantasy, Fiction, YA

The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez
Genre: Adult, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

Where The Drowned Girls Do by Seanan McGuire
Genre: Adult, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

The Wolf’s Den by Elodie Harper
Genre: Adult, Mythology, Retelling

Valiant Ladies by Melissa Grey
Genre: Fantasy, LGBT, Retelling

Book Review: Dark Night, Golden Dawn

“They complemented one another well, the perfect mix of dark night and golden dawn.”

In a place where the elite are just as powerful as gods, the season is about to begin in where The Immortal Orders will gather, pair and create a spectacle for all Nuva Troi to witness. But, if there is one person who isn’t interested unlike past years it’s Harlow Keane who is more concentrated on fixing her broken heart. Fate has other plans as when the season begins, the order comes to her with a job offer and they promise to back off, if she agrees to pair with their most eligible bachelor, Finn McKay. She has been burned by Finn before and knows that she’ll get burned again. But as the season goes on, strange things begin to happen and the balance of power between Immortal Orders and Humans is growing deadlier by the day. Only Finn and Harlow are the ones who notice what is going on and if they want to save their city, they must put aside their petty grudges and find out what is happening before it’s too late.

Although the start was a little slow, I’m glad it picked up and that I ended up enjoying it as it was a fun and exciting read and I feel like it lived up the what it was about. Sometimes, summaries can be very deceiving and there’s nothing worse than when a book doesn’t live up to it. Besides the beautiful world-building, I really enjoyed Harlow and her relationships especially wit her family, it was so comforting and wholesome. You could tell how much they truly cared for one another and they were all so interesting and unique, it’s not always you find secondary characters as fleshed out as the primary characters. So it’s always nice to have that and I did enjoy the banter between Harlow and Finn, I did fine the romance to be believable and that’s a good sign because there’s nothing worse than a forced romance. Overall, I really enjoyed it so if it sounds like something

August TBR

Hey there! I can’t believe it’s August, I have some great picks for this month so I’m excited to share them with you!

All The Seas Of The World by Guy Gavriel Kay
Genre: Adult, Fantasy, Fiction

Ashes by M. K. Harkins
Genre: Adult, Fantasy, Retellings

Dark Night, Golden Dawn by Allison Carr Waechter
Genre: Adult, Fantasy, Romance

Eclipse The Moon by Jessie Mihalik
Genre: Adult, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

Locklands by Robert Jackson Barrett
Genre: Adult, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

A Half-Built Garden by Ruthanna Emrys
Genre: Adult, Fantasy, Fiction

How High We Go In The Dark by Sequonia Nagamatsu
Genre: Adult, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

A Magic Steeped In Poison by Judy I. Lin
Genre: Fantasy, Fiction, YA

The Oleander Sword by Tasha Suri
Genre: Adult, Fantasy, LGBT

Savage City by L. Penelope
Genre: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance

Seraphina by Rachel Hartman
Genre: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance

Sofi and The Bone Song by Adrienne Tooley
Genre: Fantasy, LGBT, Romance

The Sol Majestic by Ferritti Steinmetz
Genre: Adult, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

Waking Ursa Minor by Helen Rgyh-Pederson
Genre: Adult, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

A Venom Dark and Sweet by Judy I. Lin
Genre: Fantasy, Fiction, YA

JULy WRAP Up

Hey! This has been a super great month and I was able to read a lot more than I thought so I’m excited to share with you!

A Song of Silver and Gold by Melissa Karibian
Genre: Adult, Fantasy, Romance
Review: Here

Rating: 4/5

Accidentally Engaged by Farah Heron
Genre: Adult, Contemporary, Romance
Review: Here

Rating: 4/5

Beneath The Sugar Sky by Seanan McGuire
Genre: Fantasy, Fiction, Novella
Review: Here

Rating: 4/5

The Enemy by Sarah Adams
Genre: Adult, Contemporary, Romance
Review: Here

Rating: 4/5

Every Heart A Doorway by Seanan McGuire
Genre: Fantasy, Fiction, Novella
Review: Here

Rating:4/5

Float Plan by Trish Doller
Genre: Adult, Contemporary, Romance
Review: Here

Rating: 5/5

Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett
Genre: Adult, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Review: Here

Rating: 5/5

Juniper and Thorn by Ava Reid
Genre: Adult, Fantasy, Horror
Review: Here

Rating: 3/5

Harvest Moon by Annabel Chase & Tana Grey
Genre: Fantasy, Fiction, Novella
Review: Here

Rating: 3/5

In an Absent Dream by Seanan McGuire
Genre: Fantasy, Fiction, Novella
Review: Here

Rating: 4/5

Just Like Home by Sarah Gailey
Genre: Adult, Horror, Gothic
Review: Here

Rating: 4/5

The Magic of Found Objects by Maggie Dawson
Genre: Adult, Contemporary, Romance
Review: Here

Rating: 5/5

One of The Girls by Lucy Clarke
Genre: Adult, Mystery, Thriller
Review: Here

Rating: 4/5

Pink Moon by Annabel Chase & Tara Gray
Genre: Fantasy, Fiction, Novella
Review: Here

Rating: 4/5

The Sentence by Louise Edrich
Genre: Adult, Contemporary, Fiction
Review: Here

Rating: 4/5

Shorefall by Robert Jackson Bennett
Genre: Adult, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Review: Here

Rating: 5/5

Something Wilder by Christina Lauren
Genre: Adult, Contemporary, Romance
Review: Here

Rating: 3/5

The Soulmate Equation by Christina Lauren
Genre: Adult, Contemporary, Romance
Review: Here

Rating: 5/5

The Beach Trap by Ali Brady
Genre: Adult, Contemporary, Romance
Review: Here

Rating: 4/5

Book Review: The Enemy

“I feel my heart physically crack a little. It’s both painful and healing at the same time.”

It’s been twelve years since June Bug saw Ryan Henderson, the man who outsmarted her in a game of wits. If she had her way, she’d never cross paths with him again but all that fails when she gets news that Ryan will be showing up for her best friend’s wedding. A lot of time has passed since that fateful day and June is a different person, she’s owns a successful bakery and plans to rub that in his face. If all goes to plan, June will have her revenge on Ryan but fate has other plans in store for June.

Originally, I was going to write a review for this because it was so bad but I changed my mind. The summary made me believe it was enemy to lovers which is one of my favorites and it was a poorly attempt at it because they were pining for each other while not liking one another and that’s not what the trope is. So that was a bummer but that’s not what I disliked the most about this book. At first, I liked June who is one of the main characters as I found her interesting but quickly she began to really annoy me with how she was acting towards Ryan. While I do understand her hesitancy with future relationships because of her past, she came off as very immature at times not willing have to communication in a n effective way so there wouldn’t be anymore misunderstandings. She was being petty and annoying and this is where I started to lose my invested in the book, she was very unlikable and not in a good way. The romance also felt very forced so it was hard to really believe that they really liked each other, it was not a good book. I’m bummed because this trope is one of my favorites and when it’s poorly done, it makes me sad.

JULY TBR

Hey everyone! I’m excited to share all my choices with you! This is gonna be a good month!

Accidentally Engaged by Farah Heron
Genre: Adult, Contemporary, Romance

The Donut Enemy by Sarah Adams
Genre: Adult, Contemporary, Romance

Float Plan by Trish Coller
Genre: Adult, Contemporary, Romance

My Killer Vacation by Tessa Bailey
Genre: Adult, Contemporary, Romance

Juniper & Thorn by Ava Reid
Genre: Horror, Fantasy, Fiction

The Magic of Found Objects by Maddie Dawson
Genre: Adult, Contemporary, Romance

The Meeting Point by Olivia Lara
Genre: Adult, Contemporary, Romance

No Rings Attached by Rachel Lacey
Genre: Adult, LGBT, Romance

Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez
Genre: Adult, Contemporary, Romance

The Stardust Thief by Chelsea Abdullah
Genre: Adult, Fantasy, Mythology

Something Wilder by Christina Lauren
Genre: Adult, Contemporary, Romance

The Soulmate Equation by Christina Lauren
Genre: Adult, Contemporary, Romance

The Wedding Game by Meghan Quinn
Genre: Adult, Contemporary, Romance

Book Review: Set On You

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Crystal Chen has spend the majority of her life proving people wrong and learning to embrace who she is without changing for anyone else. She has built up a incredible fitness career shattering stereotypes and promoting body positivity as a curvy fitness influencer. Reeling from a recent breakup, she is ready to prove thats he doesn’t need anyone than herself but things become complicated with a new man walks into her life, Scott Ritchie, a firefighter who is looking to get back into shape. The two are at odds at first but the more they get to know one another, the more sparks begin to fly leaving Crystal to wonder if second chances are worth it.

This was such a fun and super cute debut! First off, I’m glad that Crystal was plus sized because there isn’t enough rep in books especially romance. It was nice to see and Crystal won me over as I felt her personality and how she presented herself were endearing and empowering. She very much owned who she is and fully embraced that which is always very relevant as there are so many people who struggle with feeling secure and confident in who they are. I enjoyed reading about her journey of being a fitness influencer and how she and Scott first started out as enemies turned lovers. This is one of my favorite and it was really well done here. The romance was very believable and I was rooting for both of them throughout the entire book, they were so cute with each other! All in all, it was a great book to read!