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306 reviews

My Date With a Pair of Gray Sweatpants by Cassi O. Peia, Dakota Cockaday

funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

5.0

So fun!! Loved the concept of cursed sweat pants and can't wait for the shirt

Zero to 69 by Thea Masen, Kate McDarris, Clover Holloway

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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? No

5.0

All Nash ever wanted was to race. As an object shifter getting stuck in his other form for ten years was certainly not what he thought would happen. At least his best friend/driver has always been by his side. But lately Nash started to wish for more....will he ever be able to shift back? 
This book is the cutest!! Charlie and Sloan are always making sure to include Nash in their shenanigans as good as they're able to with him being a car. Who knew cars can be this adorable 🥰. I loved their dynamic in all forms, shifted or not 🔥. It's a short book but there are so many feelings in there. It's incredibly well done. 
If you're looking for a fluffy, sweet and insanely hot novella you should pick up "Zero to 69" asap!!

Monstrous Travels as Wicked as Sin by W.H. Lockwood

adventurous dark emotional funny 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

5.0

Joe and Percy are back and it's going to get wilder than ever before!!

Holy zombie apocalypse. This was one wild ride!! Poor dudes could hardly catch a breath between all the twists and turns. Between haunted paint flecks, possessed skulls and strange kittens. 
This duology is so freaking fantastic!! It's funny even if it's dark, it's heartwarming even if it's breaking your heart, it's full of action and tender moments in between. You'll find everything between these pages, learn more about Percy's and Joe's pasts 💔😭 and see them fighting for a future which seems lost at more than one point. Fasten your seatbelts because you're in for the wildest adventure you can imagine!!!

Edibles by Nova Burns

5.0

A Date with a Rubber Duckie by Thea Masen

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

5.0

Ending up on a shelf in a toy store was not in Drake's plans. But when he gets picked up by the gorgeous Alice, who doesn't know the rubber duck she's going to reveal her innermost thoughts to is in fact a shifter, his night is going to take a VERY unexpected turn.
This book is so fun! It's short, it's sweet, it's spicy AND funny. What more could you want? It's like everything you could want in a little novella rolled into one little yellow rubber duckie. Go draw yourself a bubble bath and get your own date with a hot rubber duckie 😉

Saving Face by J. Cherry

emotional funny inspiring sad 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

5.0

Shan Kas is faced with his friends losing their gym because it's not been doing well for a while now, he accepts a fight invite to help them out. But to get more visibility he needs a social media manager. Something Mari has next to no experience with but she throws her all into her new job even if the stoic, sometimes grumpy MMA fighter is hard to handle at the best of times. Soon sparks are flying when the forced proximity hits. How long until the inevitable is going to happen?
After reading and loving Pump Two last year I was very excited for Kas's and Mari's story and it was AMAZING! The tension between the two? The banter? Top tier and when they finally can't help themselves any more? 😮‍💨 
If you like slow burn romance with found family vibes, hilarious side characters, all the feels, MCs who go way back but never looked at each other like THAT, then you should pick up "Saving Face"!!

Red by Ames B. Winterbourne

emotional fast-paced

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

4.0

Weirdly hot 😏

Merry Little Mishap by Vivian Mae

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.25

Why oh why don't I live in a building with an elevator 😏

Little Miss Santa Claws by Beka Westrup

adventurous 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? No

4.75

Interesting concept of Santa 😈

Hell of a Present by B.P. Gilmore

adventurous emotional funny hopeful tense 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? No

5.0

Buzby has a problem. He's tasked to bring his brother Levi back to hell and about to face the one person, he still has feelings for even though it's been some 3000 years ago that everything went wrong in a horrible way. 
Freyr is looking forward to spending a quiet yuletide like every year. What he didn't count for was running into Buzby, the one demon he can't get over. Maybe he can get him out of his system by giving in to temptation just once?

Exemies to lovers (that a trope? Because it should be 😂) at it's best. Both males never got over the other completely, trying to stay away did nothing to quash the feelings for each other. And when they collide again after all this time.....😮‍💨😮‍💨🔥.  There's a bit of action, meddling powerful witches and a lot of self-reflection going on and I loved every second of this fast paced holiday novella!