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Bears in Mind by Sam Hall

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

poignant, emotional, paranormal romance

You guys! It's a paranormal romance with bear shifters, Fated mates, and it's in Australia! 💕 absolutely yes.

1.5/5 🌶

Natalie is unhappily married, but chugging along until one day his c*nt of a husband sits her down and TELLS her that they're opening up their marriage, and he's got a side chick. She is absolutely gut punched and blind sided. Luckily 4 super sexy massive dudes turn up, contractors to work for her reno project at work and sweep her off her feet.

Natalie's journey is heartfelt, emotional and sensitively handled. As she realises to what extent her marriage was an unhappy one, she gets to find joy, companionship and support, and it was really... hopeful.

- why choose/reverse harem
- paranormal shifter romance
- bear shifters
- emotional
- tw: recovering from domestic abuse, and cheating

Note: HEA expected but there is going to be at least one more book for the completion of this story.

Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett

adventurous funny hopeful informative lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Solid 4 star read friends! 📚
0 🌶

It's beautifully written, whimsical and witty. It is also slow.... but the banter between the characters, the depictions of the magical creatures and places in an academic way, and spectrum rep won me over.

▪︎ witty rival banter
▪︎ found family
▪︎ light academia with fantasy
▪︎ PET DOG thing
▪︎ the academic writing and depiction of the magical creatures, places and circumstances adds a level of magical realism
▪︎ romantic sub-plot [slow burn]
▪︎ funny, charming

Read via audible, recommend the listening experience 👌🏽

This was part of the Feb reading for Sydney Booktok Bookclub!

Beautiful Devils by Eva Ashwood

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Well, that cliffy was a bitch

4/5 🌶

Book 2 in the series:
- dark romance
- spicy
- why choose

Overall yet another dark spicy romance to sink your teeth into. That ending was like wow.

Making Their Vows by Jessa Kane

lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

4/5 🌶️

Hot AF short romantic spicy novella about a married couple who are going through a rough patch but their passion and love for each other is epic. Really enjoyed this change, it’s not usual to read the later stages of a romance story and nice to see the no sex after marriage stereotype is not in this one.

- short, quickie novella
- romantic
- spicy
- k!nky (daddy)

Pound of Flesh by Jessa Kane

emotional lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.75

3.5/5 🌶️

This was yet another well done story by Jessa. It is like I know exactly what I want. When I go for a Jessa Kane novella and she always delivers.

– Novella.
– Insta love
– spicy/kinky

Little Lick of Lust by Clio Evans

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

2/5 🌶️

• monster romance
• insta love
• novella
• k!nk: switch sub/dom
• p3gging

I liked this one, right up my alley, but something was not there, I guess mainly because it is a novella but usually with a novella I know what I’m getting into and it’s enough but in this case, perhaps I wanted more, because everything felt a little rushed, including the spicy scenes!

Filling Her Up by Jordan Marie, Jenika Snow

adventurous dark lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

why not?

1/5🌶️
Notably, there was a lot of spicy thinking, feeling and one scene…

– novella
– fast burn and Insta love
– stranded, share room, only one bed trips.
It was cute and short.

There Arose Such A Clatter: Tales From The Naughty List by C.M. Nascosta

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

"even good girls need to be spanked now and then,"

yeeeeeeep yep yep yes

4.5/5

Good Little Girl by Jade West

lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

🌶 4.5/5

• novella
• daddy/lil
• taboo romance - step-dad/daughter

I'm sorry... I tried to like it... it was just... blergh

The Magic of Betrayal by Britt Andrews

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

But why that ending tho?

Honestly WHAAAA?

That cliffhanger is against the law and I dare say I'm not convinced there'll be a HEA if the ending doesn't... resolve into something else.

🌶 4/5