ACourt of Silver Flames | SarahJ Maas | Bloomsbury | Pub: 2/16/21 “That’s the key, isn’t it? To know the darkness will always remain, but how you choose to face it, handle it…that’s the important part. To not let it consume. To focus upon the good, the things that fill you with wonder. The struggle with darkness is worth it, just to see such things.” Sarah J Maas did it again! A Court of Silver Flames is about Nesta, a fire breathing dragon personified and, our wonderful warrior, Cassian. Nesta was forced into becoming High Fae and she hasn’t adjusted well to this new life. She’s picked up a lot of bad habits and her family has had enough. They are worried she will destroy herself. She is forced to train and get a job. Through training with Cassian and working in the library with the priestesses, Nesta does some serious soul searching and growing as a High Fae. The oh so steamy sexy time is also rather delightful. I know some people did not enjoy this installment for...
The Girl From Silent Lake | Leslie Wolfe | Bookouture | Pub: Feb 19, 2021 This is my first book from Leslie Wolfe and I am now an avid fan! I can say with 100% certainty that I will keep reading the Kay Sharp Series! I loved everything about this book! I really fell in love with FBI Profiler Kay and the Mount Chester Detective and I really want to know where this story will go. There’re two stories in one in this book, we have Kay Sharp’s story, and then we have the unsub’s story as well. We do get both POV’s in the novel and I really loved this since I could get a glimpse of the unsub’s childhood. It made me more invested in the development of the story! The book contained everything that I personally love (murder, mystery, different POVs, possible romance) and this book left me at the edge of my seat the whole time! As for the ending, all I have to say is that was a BOMB ending and I highly recommend his book! Thank you to Bookouture for providing me with an electronic AR...
  Piransesi | Susanna Clarke | Bloomsbury | Pub: 9/15/20   “Perhaps that is what it is like being with other people. Perhaps even people you like and admire immensely can make you see the World in ways you would rather not.” I ordered this book from Book of the Month (BOTM) a few months ago. The synopsis was intriguing, and it was listed as a Fantasy, a genre which I started loving early in 2020. I am not sure I would call it Fantasy, more like Fantasy and Gothic Horror combined (in my opinion). It is fantasy in that it takes place in a different world, but it is Horror to me in just the events that take place throughout and the ending. Also, you if you pick up this book, you will be confused for about 65%/70% of it. The story throws you right into the madness of hallways and thoughts that make ZERO sense. Oh, the story is also written in a type of journal format and our main character created his own calendar… so, yes, confusing. You follow Piranesi as he wanders the ha...
  Malibu Rising | Taylor Jenkins Reid | Ballantine Books | Pub: 6/1/21 “If I exist on this Earth, someone loves you.” As many of you know, I read Daisy Jones & The Six as my first read of 2021 and then I became a huge Taylor Jenkins Reid (TJR) fan. I immediately ordered The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo , added the rest of TJR’s backlist to my AmazonWishlist (my birthday is March 19 th just saying), and then I logged into Netgalley for the first time in months and requested TJR’s upcoming book Malibu Rising . I also preordered the UK edition of Malibu Rising before reading the Advanced Readers Copy (ARC) because that is how much faith I had in this book. Now this was an ARC so there were still errors and it is not what the final version will be exactly like but that’s okay, it was still a masterpiece. Malibu Rising takes place in Malibu, California and the book is just ONE DAY of time. There are bits and pieces of the past sprinkled in and I would say the balance of this on...
  A Killer's Daughter | Jenna Kernan | Bookouture | Pub: Feb 11, 2021 When I saw the cover of this book, I just HAD to read it. A book revolving around a serial killer’s daughter. I’m in. I’ve never read a book that revolves around that topic so that was a nice variation of the thrillers I’m used to reading. First off, I initially thought the book was slow, there wasn’t much action, there was lots of repeating, and I was getting a bit bored. However, as the book kept progressing it got better and better and overall ended up absolutely loving it! For me, this novel was totally unpredictable, which is a big bonus for me since I read mostly Thrillers and have seen so many of the same twists. Also, this book includes many creepy and vivid details of the murders and I was there for it! If you don’t enjoy that type of writing, you might not like this book. However, my favorite part of the book was the main characters. I love romance in Thrillers, so I absolutely loved the dynamic...
  Houseof Earth and Blood | SarahJ Maas | Bloomsbury | Pub: 3/3/20   “Look towards where it hurts the most. That’s always where the answers are.” Where to begin… I had started this book a couple of months ago, but the beginning had been a lot of world building and I wasn’t gripped. I reminded myself that I am a mood reader and that I just wasn’t in the mood for it. Fast forward to February 1 and I just had to pick it back up. It was literally calling to me. I had finally gotten beyond the world building and was in for a wild ride. Bryce, half human and half fae, lost her best friend to a brutal demon murder. Hunt, fallen angel, is a slave to the archangels. Bryce and Hunt are forced to combine forces to find a missing artifact and to solve some murders before the big summit. Will they achieve their goal? I found it extremely difficult to put this book down once the world building was done. It gripped me. And just when I thought I knew what way was up, we were going dow...
  Bridgerton: The Duke & I | JuliaQuinn | Avon | Pub: 6/27/06 “Now doesn’t even compare to tomorrow. And tomorrow couldn’t possibly compete with the next day. As perfect as I feel this very moment, tomorrow is going to be even better. Ah, Daff, every day I’m going to love you more. I promise you that. Every day…” I recently binge watched Bridgerton on Netflix and boy oh boy WHAT A SHOW! Immediately following my binge watch, I decided I had to read the series. I bought book one, The Duke & I , and fell in love with The Bridgertons all over again. In the books the siblings are less involved than in the show, which is perfectly fine with me, we mostly are just focused on Simon and Daphne. There were definitely similarities to the show but also lots of differences. For example, in the show no one but the two of them knew they were faking courtship but in the book, Anthony also knew it was fake. That’s just one example and all you will get from me. Julia Quinn also includes a seco...