jessi_readss's Reviews (589)

dark informative mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

This volume was just extremely informative. We learned a lot about the island and the power it possesses. 
dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

This is getting so good now. Learning more about the island, stick man, a mysterious little girl, these โ€œgodsโ€. What the one said about Gabi before attacking โ€ฆ I am fully invested in and loving every second of it.
adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: N/A
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Omg Sagiri, yessssss, embrace both sides! Ugh I love her. The island is getting more and more mysterious with that last chapter and I am definitely intrigued. 
funny lighthearted mysterious relaxing tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: N/A
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Twilight who? This book was a little cringe, had many similarities to Twilight, sometimes read like it was written by an angsty teenager. And yet ... I ATE UP EVERY SINGLE WORD. This is my new Twilight, idec. 

โ€œ ๐˜›๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต? ๐˜๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜›๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต?โ€ ๐˜ ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜บ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ.
๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜บ ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ. ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ. ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ. ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ.โ€

Main points:
- 1st person pov
- dual pov
- YA romantasy
- Vampires & other mystical creatures
- major Twilight vibes
- slow burn
- fated mates
- he falls first

If you were a huge Twilight nerd, no matter what team you were on, you will love this book. So just check it out besties! 

Happy reading babes :)
dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

 Vanitas and Noe are end game, idc ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜‚ 
emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing 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

I honestly never thought mfm or even mm romances would be for me. OMG, was I wrong. This was my gateway drug to my new addiction.

โ€œ๐˜ช๐˜ตโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜น. ๐˜๐˜ตโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ถ๐˜ด, ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฅ. ๐˜–๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ช๐˜ต.โ€

Every book I read from this series, I think I won't like as much as the previous one, but yet they somehow keep getting better. This book is all about Hunter and Isabelle and Drake. And best friends, and feelings, and so much love, and so much spice. I am obsessed. 

I was unsure about Hunter from the first two books, he just seemed broody and short. But I love him in this book, the battles that man had to fight to be who he needs to be for the ones he loves was inspiring. 

Izzy has a heart of gold and is such a pure soul and exactly who both Hunter and Drake need as she grounds both of them. 

And Drake, the fun loving guy who is only scared of commitment because there has only ever been two people for him and they were married to each other.

This book is everything and I honestly do not know how the next book will top this one, but I can't wait to read it to find out as so far, every one of these books has been a 5 star read for me. I LOVE Sara's writing and this world she has created. 

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Some details about this book:
* 1st person pov
* Erotica
* MMF
* multiple povs (Drake, Iz, & Hunter)
* polyamory
* internalized homophobia
* slow burn
* lvl 5 spice
* best friends to lovers

โ€œ๐˜ž๐˜ฆโ€™๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด, ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ตโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆโ€”๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฆ.โ€

Happy reading babes! :)
dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: N/A
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Omg Vanitas back story ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ I need this manga to give my heart a break, please. 
funny mysterious relaxing sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Have I had this on my TBR for almost 3 years now? Yes
Was I a huge Twilight nerd? Also yes
Am I a 37 year old woman who went in to this book knowing it was a YA paranormal romance with Twilight vibes? Yes
Did I eat it tf up? Every single word.

โ€œ๐˜ ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ช๐˜ง ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏโ€™๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด, ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฏโ€™๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ.โ€
- Okay Edward lol

While I understand what other reviewers are saying about the voice actors. I still loved it. But I do feel like they picked somebody way too old to play the mmc, this is supposed to be an emo teen boy, not Rhysand jr. But other than that, I loved the actual story, it gave me the same feelings that Twilight did, even though some parts were of course a bit cringe. lol. I still love it and I will be moving on to part 2 of this specific audiobook now.

Happy reading babes! 
dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

"๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜บ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ, ๐˜”๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜บ."

Are you serious right now? Just when I thought Binding and Keeping 13 WRECKED MY ENTIRE BEING, Chloe said, nope, hold my beer. Saving 6 gave me emotional damage, but this book completely destroyed me and then put all of the pieces back together. Joey deserves the entire galaxy. That man has given TOO much in his short life, the whole self discovery journey we witness him go through was completely mind altering. And Aiofe, that woman, I did not feel much connection to her in the first two books, but now, I would drop anything and everything to save her right alongside Joey. She has so much patience and so much love for Joey and I am beyond thankful he gave love a chance with "the girl from the wall". They deserve each other fully and I am so happy he got his happy ending after all, that all the kids did, they all deserve to just rest. And yeah, I am talking about these characters like they are real, because they are to me. These books will forever take up residence in a special place in my heart and my mind. Now to start Taming 7 and learn more about Gibs & Claire Bear โค๏ธ

Oh & Lizzie is now mostly redeemed in my eyes too. I still need to know her story, but I am so thankful in the role she played in Joey's. โค๏ธ


Some more of my favorite quotes:

โ€œ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ตโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ,โ€ ๐˜ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ, ๐˜ท๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฌ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ. โ€œ๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถโ€™๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ.โ€

โ€œ๐˜ˆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ง๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ, ๐˜‘๐˜ฐ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด. ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜ช๐˜ต'๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ง๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต.โ€

โ€œ๐˜‹๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏโ€™๐˜ต, ๐˜‘๐˜ฐ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ.โ€ ๐˜Š๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ป๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ, ๐˜“๐˜ช๐˜ป๐˜ป๐˜ช๐˜ฆ ๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ด๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ. โ€œ๐˜‹๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏโ€™๐˜ต.โ€

โ€œ๐˜‰๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ต, ๐˜ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ต. ๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ง๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ. ๐˜ž๐˜ฆโ€™๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ, ๐˜‘๐˜ฐ๐˜ฆ. ๐˜ž๐˜ฆโ€™๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ด. ๐˜‹๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏโ€™๐˜ต ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ?โ€

โ€œ๐˜‹๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏโ€™๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜บ, ๐˜—๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜—๐˜ข๐˜ฏ. ๐˜โ€™๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ž๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜บ.โ€

Happy (or emotionally destroyed) reading babes ๐Ÿซถ
adventurous dark emotional hopeful tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

โ€œUntil all worlds fall apart and the sky burnsโ€ ๐Ÿฅต 

O m g, my emotions are still reeling from this book two days later. It had everything I have come to expect from Avaโ€™s writing and so much more. We got back stories from some of the main characters and even though I wanted to hate Pallas, how could I after reading about her past? I feel for her and hope to see more of her in the future! Tori coming in to her powers was *chefs kiss* ugh I love her. And her epic romance with Abraxas *swoons*. This book was beyond perfect and a perfect ending to this story. 

Main points:
๐Ÿ‰ 1st person pov
๐Ÿ‰multiple povs
๐Ÿ‰dragons
๐Ÿ‰coming in to power
๐Ÿ‰๐ŸŒถ๏ธ๐ŸŒถ๏ธ๐ŸŒถ๏ธ spice
๐Ÿ‰fated mates
๐Ÿ‰touch her/him & โ˜ ๏ธ 
๐Ÿ‰epic battles

& the best part about this duology? Both books are on Kindle Unlimited! So if you are a subscriber you can read for free and then buy the books for trophies later. ๐Ÿ˜

Happy reading babes!!! ๐Ÿซถ๐Ÿป