A review by booksta_adventure
The Awakening of Ivy Leavold by Sierra Simone

4.0

"𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙄 𝙨𝙖𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪, 𝙄 𝙙𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙤𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣. 𝙄 𝙙𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙥𝙤𝙚𝙩𝙧𝙮. 𝙄 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙣[…]𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙤𝙛𝙖 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙡𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪. 𝙄 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙥𝙞𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙖𝙩𝙘𝙝 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙧𝙢 𝙖𝙨 𝙄 𝙙𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣. 𝙄 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙢𝙮 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙬𝙖𝙩𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙮 𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙡𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙗𝙤𝙗 𝙪𝙥 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙤𝙣 𝙢𝙮 𝙘—𝙠."

Let’s just say this one was short and dirty. 🥵

Ivy has been left destitute, but her late cousin’s widow has taken her in, and she gets a quick education in 🌶️! 

…Oh, and also, her cousin’s death was under somewhat mysterious circumstances. 🫢

Sierra Simone knows how to write spice, and there’s some good stuff in this short little novella. 

Not only is the tension between Ivy and Mr. Markham 🔥, but he also has a group of friends that definitely enjoy a good time!

This is just little sneak peak of the 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘩𝘢𝘮 𝘏𝘢𝘭𝘭 series, and I am definitely interested in continuing on. Zara Hampton-Brown narrated this one, and she’s a favorite of mine. Looking at the rest of the audiobooks in this series, I spot a few more favorites, so I’ll definitely be looking into continuing on via audio!

Thank you to Dreamscape Select, No Bird Press LLC and @netgalley for providing me an ALC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

 

What this book is giving:

✅ Historical Er0t!c Romance

✅ Novella

✅ Gothic Vibes

✅ Death under mysterious circumstances 🧐

✅ Very “close” circle of friends 😘 

✅ Cliffhanger

Rating: 

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 5

🌶️🌶️🌶️½ / 5