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funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Not to be creepy, but I feel like Morgan Elizabeth and I would be best friends. I just vibe with her writing that much.
๐ ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ ๐๐ป๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป: Never Been Worse by Morgan Elizabeth
๐ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐: The Evergreen Park character series. Book 3.
๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐น๐: E-book ARC on Kindle. ๐๏ธ on KU
๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฟ๐ฒ: Rockstar romance
๐ ๐ง๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐: Marriage of convenience, he falls first, golden retriever/black cat.
๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ป๐ผ๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐: After a rough breakup, Harper's reputation is in shambles. Wes, her friend who also happens to be a rockstar who needs help deflecting attention from a bandmate, asks her to marry him so they can both benefit from the positive press.
๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐: Listen, I've got to be honest. I am always going to be a fan of a man who is down bad for YEARS, just waiting for his chance on the sidelines. And Wes was that guy.
Never Been Worse had all of my favorite things in it, and was also relatively chill on the drama. I loved how they got married spontaneously. I loved how Wes held his ground, and there was no gray area - he told her he wanted her and that was that. He let Harper come to him, and when the fireworks started they never stopped.
Just being completely honest, I am kind of over the whole revenge thing at this point. The Seasons for Revenge series did it really well, and I felt a little eye roll seeing it pop up here too. I say that knowing it only knocked it down a half point for me - I literally cracked up the entire time, regardless because the characters were all hysterical and the relationship dynamics from the first two books were *chef's kiss* on display. And if you haven't read that previous series, you wouldn't notice this at all. I just could have done without that aspect of the book in general.
Overall, I see that signature pink cover, and I am ready to ride for Morgan Elizabeth every time... and this book was no different.
๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด: 4.5/5 โญโญโญโญ
๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น: 3/5 ๐ถ๐ถ๐ถ
๐ฐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐จ๐น๐ช ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐.
๐ ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ ๐๐ป๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป: Never Been Worse by Morgan Elizabeth
๐ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐: The Evergreen Park character series. Book 3.
๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐น๐: E-book ARC on Kindle. ๐๏ธ on KU
๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฟ๐ฒ: Rockstar romance
๐ ๐ง๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐: Marriage of convenience, he falls first, golden retriever/black cat.
๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ป๐ผ๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐: After a rough breakup, Harper's reputation is in shambles. Wes, her friend who also happens to be a rockstar who needs help deflecting attention from a bandmate, asks her to marry him so they can both benefit from the positive press.
๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐: Listen, I've got to be honest. I am always going to be a fan of a man who is down bad for YEARS, just waiting for his chance on the sidelines. And Wes was that guy.
Never Been Worse had all of my favorite things in it, and was also relatively chill on the drama. I loved how they got married spontaneously. I loved how Wes held his ground, and there was no gray area - he told her he wanted her and that was that. He let Harper come to him, and when the fireworks started they never stopped.
Just being completely honest, I am kind of over the whole revenge thing at this point. The Seasons for Revenge series did it really well, and I felt a little eye roll seeing it pop up here too. I say that knowing it only knocked it down a half point for me - I literally cracked up the entire time, regardless because the characters were all hysterical and the relationship dynamics from the first two books were *chef's kiss* on display. And if you haven't read that previous series, you wouldn't notice this at all. I just could have done without that aspect of the book in general.
Overall, I see that signature pink cover, and I am ready to ride for Morgan Elizabeth every time... and this book was no different.
๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด: 4.5/5 โญโญโญโญ
๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น: 3/5 ๐ถ๐ถ๐ถ
๐ฐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐จ๐น๐ช ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐.
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This one was good, but not great like I hoped.
๐ ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ ๐๐ป๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป: Crash Landing by Annie McQuaid
๐ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐: Standalone
๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐น๐: E-book ARC courtesy of Netgalley.
๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฟ๐ฒ: Contemporary romance
๐ ๐ง๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐: Survival, second chance, enemies-to-lovers.
๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ป๐ผ๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐: Piper and Wyatt's plane crashes in route to their best friend's wedding, leaving them stranded on an island to work out issues from their past.
๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐: I might have pumped this one up in my head a little bit. The cover was gorgeous. I loved the concept. I haven't read a lot of plane crash/wilderness survival books so I thought this would be a bit different.
It gave me exactly what it said it would, though, and nothing more. The depth of the pair's issues were high-school level, and it didn't feel like enough. I didn't love the FMC, especially her choice to switch professions at the end of the book. It just felt like it all wasn't developed enough - the characters, the story, etc. There were some bright spots, and emotions that showed through, for sure, it just wasn't something that moved me.
๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด: 3/5 โญโญโญ
๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น: 2/5 ๐ถ๐ถ
๐ฐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
๐๐ ๐จ๐น๐ช ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐.
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Sav R. Miller got me to read this book with a two-sentence Threads post. This is what it said: โMy Rapunzel remix with a bisexual science-loving mafia princess and the bisexual mafia boss who will do literally anything to win his wife back--starting with murder and ending with begging--releases this Tuesday.โ
๐ ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ ๐๐ป๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป: Stolen Vows by Sav R. Miller
๐ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐: Black Rose Auction character series.
Book 4.
๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐น๐: E-book on Kindle. ๐ on KU.
๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฟ๐ฒ: Mafia romance
๐ ๐ง๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐: Opposites attract, second chance, heโs loved her all along, women in STEM.
๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ป๐ผ๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐: Stella is forced to marry Leo when her father canโt pay his debts. But she escapes - and seven years later heโs ready to get her back.
๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐: You guys know Iโm picky about mafia romances. My qualms begin and usually end with the FMCs. But when I tell you this girlie goes to collegeโฆ it made me so happy.
Yes youโre still dealing with a virgin FMC, but Sav R. Miller works the story so well it doesnโt matter. And if you love seeing a powerful man just fall to his knees for his woman, Leo is your guy.
This is the second Iโve read of the Black Rose Auction series - by accident really - and Iโve really enjoyed both so far.
๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด: 4/5 โญโญโญโญ
๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น: 3.5/5 ๐ถ๐ถ๐ถ
๐ ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ ๐๐ป๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป: Stolen Vows by Sav R. Miller
๐ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐: Black Rose Auction character series.
Book 4.
๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐น๐: E-book on Kindle. ๐ on KU.
๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฟ๐ฒ: Mafia romance
๐ ๐ง๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐: Opposites attract, second chance, heโs loved her all along, women in STEM.
๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ป๐ผ๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐: Stella is forced to marry Leo when her father canโt pay his debts. But she escapes - and seven years later heโs ready to get her back.
๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐: You guys know Iโm picky about mafia romances. My qualms begin and usually end with the FMCs. But when I tell you this girlie goes to collegeโฆ it made me so happy.
Yes youโre still dealing with a virgin FMC, but Sav R. Miller works the story so well it doesnโt matter. And if you love seeing a powerful man just fall to his knees for his woman, Leo is your guy.
This is the second Iโve read of the Black Rose Auction series - by accident really - and Iโve really enjoyed both so far.
๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด: 4/5 โญโญโญโญ
๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น: 3.5/5 ๐ถ๐ถ๐ถ
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Blake Black continues to have me in an absolute chokehold.
๐ ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ ๐๐ป๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป: Scattered Glitter by Blake Black
๐ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐: Glitter and Gleam Duet, Part 1.
๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐น๐: E-book ARC on Kindle. ๐๏ธ on KU.
๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฟ๐ฒ: Why Choose romance
๐ ๐ง๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐: Golden retriever, black cat, hidden identity, Vegas vibes.
๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ป๐ผ๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐: Novalee is hiding out in Vegas as a stripper, alive but not living. She meets a family of men who promise her a chance to feel alive againโthe only caveat being that she has to help them bring down the one person who destroyed their family.
๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐: Yea, I get that that synopsis is a little vague - but it's part one of a duet, so sue me.
I really enjoyed the Soulful Seas duet when I read it last winter, so I've been keeping an eye out on my next go-round with Blake Black. And this world was intriguing to say the least. A stripper and pickpocket drowning in grief. A cast of men shadowed by trauma, with this unexplained magic. It's Oceans 11 meets Now You See Me, all under the beautiful neon lights on Vegas.
Part one was GREAT. Blake Black really set up a cast of characters you cant help but be intrigued by. I loved Sylus, the golden retriever who is so loud in love, just as much as I loved Alaric, the homebound agoraphobe who can't bring himself to leave the house. There's a lot to solve in book 2, and I am so glad it's only a month away, because I can't get enough.
๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด: 4.5/5 โญโญโญโญ
๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น: 3.5/5 ๐ถ๐ถ๐ถ
๐ฐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
๐๐ ๐จ๐น๐ช ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐.
emotional
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Thereโs something about this paranormal universe that just makes me happy to be back.
๐ ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ ๐๐ป๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป: A Rebel Without Claws by Juliette Cross
๐ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐: Southern Charm character series.
Book 1.
๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐น๐: E-book on Kindle. ๐ on KU.
๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฟ๐ฒ: Paranormal romance
๐ ๐ง๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐: Professional fighter, reformed bad boy, opposites attract, fated mates.
๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ป๐ผ๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐: Ronan moves to Louisiana to fight professionally, leaving a dark past behind in Texas. There he meets Celine, a young witch with a protective family, who might be his match in more ways than one.
๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐: I was searching for paranormal romances once and asked my followers to recommend me some, and about 70% of them said the Stay a Spell series. I motored through them, happy as a clam, because they were such fun reads. And now we get the next generation.
Celine and Ronanโs story was like a hug. Not much couple drama, great character development, a wolf who wonโt stop once heโs found his woman. The โsecond genโ of it all wasnโt bad either - I donโt feel like you NEED to read the first series to understand the second, and there werenโt too many characters to keep track of.
Iโm definitely going to dig into these as they release this time, so I donโt miss a second of the fun.
๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด: 4.5/5 โญโญโญโญ
๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น: 3/5 ๐ถ๐ถ๐ถ
๐ ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ ๐๐ป๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป: A Rebel Without Claws by Juliette Cross
๐ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐: Southern Charm character series.
Book 1.
๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐น๐: E-book on Kindle. ๐ on KU.
๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฟ๐ฒ: Paranormal romance
๐ ๐ง๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐: Professional fighter, reformed bad boy, opposites attract, fated mates.
๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ป๐ผ๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐: Ronan moves to Louisiana to fight professionally, leaving a dark past behind in Texas. There he meets Celine, a young witch with a protective family, who might be his match in more ways than one.
๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐: I was searching for paranormal romances once and asked my followers to recommend me some, and about 70% of them said the Stay a Spell series. I motored through them, happy as a clam, because they were such fun reads. And now we get the next generation.
Celine and Ronanโs story was like a hug. Not much couple drama, great character development, a wolf who wonโt stop once heโs found his woman. The โsecond genโ of it all wasnโt bad either - I donโt feel like you NEED to read the first series to understand the second, and there werenโt too many characters to keep track of.
Iโm definitely going to dig into these as they release this time, so I donโt miss a second of the fun.
๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด: 4.5/5 โญโญโญโญ
๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น: 3/5 ๐ถ๐ถ๐ถ
dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I haven't really paid attention to this series, but I can't turn down a chance to read anything new from Sara Cate. And this was short, sweet and perfectly smutty.
๐ ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ ๐๐ป๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป: Shattered Innocence by Sara Cate
๐ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐: Black Rose Auction character series. Book 5.
๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐น๐: E-book ARC on Kindle. ๐๏ธ on KU.
๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฟ๐ฒ: Fairytale retelling
๐ ๐ง๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐: FFM, Cinderella vibes, novella, taboo
๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ป๐ผ๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐: Birdie has been locked away by her step mother, and now she's being sold at auction to the highest bidder. Her step-sister tries to save her by begging the powerful Alaric Stone to intervene.
๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐: Sara Cate books always hit the spot, and this came at the perfect time when I needed something short and perfectly spicy.
I liked the vibe of this book. Darkish, fairytale retelling with these taboo vibes. Very Sara Cate-ish to have it seem like a love triangle when in fact they all are very much into each other. And we all end in one spicy little happy family.
The pages turn quickly on this one - so I highly recommend it to help reset if you're in a book slump, or for a busy weekend where you don't have time for something too deep. You'll find yourself in love with these ladies - and well, Alaric too :)
๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด: 4/5 โญโญโญโญ
๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น: 3.5/5 ๐ถ๐ถ๐ถ
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๐๐ ๐จ๐น๐ช ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐.