Reading has been hit or miss lately and honestly it has been hard to really get lost in books. Although I was able to finish all these books it is possible that any lack of enjoyment of them is reflective of the world at large and not the book. Dear Enemy by Kristen Callihan- Delilah and Macon didn’t get along when they were children. One could even say that he bullied her and she responded in kind. The flashbacks of them as kids and antagonizing each other were at times hard to read. They Continue Reading
Guest Post: Introduction to Faerie world by M.A. Grant
It’s a pleasure to visit Smexy Books to discuss the world of THE DARKEST COURT series, where three Unseelie princes attempt to win an apocalyptic Faerie civil war. One of my great joys while writing the series was reinterpreting legends of the fae and creating something new from my favorite stories. Each book focuses on one of the three main factions of the Faerie world: UNSEELIE COURT The Unseelie, or Winter Court, open the series in THE PRINCE OF AIR AND DARKNESS. The old stories Continue Reading
Guest Post: American Sweethearts Playlist by Adriana Herrera
Hello Smexy readers! Can you believe we made it here? The last Dreamers story and this one is our M/F. Y'a'll I love these two and their playlist probably my favorite of the series. it's the perfect mix of breakup songs and old skool Latinx. I mean I start with Selena and we go from there. These songs are a great way to send off this series just as Pris and Juanpa are ideal to send off the Dreamers. Their love story is a hard-won one but it's also one that everyone in their lives is Continue Reading
Dream Maker by Kristen Ashley
Dream Maker doesn't release until May 26, but I wanted to share this review early so you know what decision to make :) I am not expert in Kristen Ashley’s books, but I have read over 30 of them. For me, Ashley is at her best when she doesn't go too far off course from her typical formula (damsel in distress/women in peril + alphahole + over the top drama + interesting cast of characters + overly long descriptions and conversations). I found that Dream Maker didn’t stray too far from Continue Reading
Guest Post: Difficult People by Julianna Keyes
Julianna is here today to talk about Difficult People. Her newest novel, Bench Player, is out on March 30. I've already read and I can confirm, the heroine and hero are both difficult, but in the best of ways. People say I’m difficult, and sometimes that’s a badge of honor. – Bill Murray I like difficult people. Maybe not so much in real life, but in books? Yeah, I love ’em. Give me your prickly, your sarcastic, your snarky, your flawed. I want ’em all. And the reason I want them is Continue Reading
Monday Mini’s- Mini reviews for books by Christina Lauren and Katie Porter
The Honey Don’t List by Christina Lauren- I have read many of Lauren’s books. They are usually very enjoyable to me. Although I really disliked the last one, Twice in a Blue Moon for lots of reasons. I still wanted to read this book. I didn’t love it and I didn’t hate it. It felt similar in a few ways to Dating You Hating You, work enemies of some sort that fall in love. (CW: workplace sexism, emotional abuse by boss, disabled heroine) There was nothing spectacular about this book for me. Continue Reading
Top Ten March 20, 2020
Y’all, we try to keep it light here at SmexyBooks and have it be a respite from the happenings of the world, but the world is kind of scary right now. All of us at the Smexy team are doing our best to be socially distant and help flatten the curve and we hope that all of you are faring well in these uncertain times. We hope that our posts/content provides you comfort or an escape, if even for a few moments during these times. I’ve been trying hard to bookmark and save funny and cute things Continue Reading
Kini’s Friday Kisses- Mini reviews for books by Corinne Michaels and Allison Ashley
All I Ask by Corinne Michaels- I picked this up at the recommendation of my good friend Estelle, publicist at Forever Romance. She told me it was a second chance romance between single parents who are 35 ish. I felt like I needed to read this and then had really high expectations. (CW: widower hero, grief, ailing parent) The heroine, Teagan, is struggling to get by. She runs her parents antique store. She is raising her teenage daughter alone. One day the school calls and Teagan’s Continue Reading
Sexcerpt: Hers to Tame by Rhenna Morgan
It's Monday and we thought it might be nice to start the day with a sexy excerpt! I am so excited to share Kir and Cassie’s story! I knew the second I wrote Cassie into book one—HIS TO DEFEND—that she and Kir were meant to be together. (Even if both of them were too stubborn to go with the flow their first time around.) In this excerpt, they’ve both finally overcome the bulk of the fears that have kept them apart for months. And that opening? The risk Cassie’s finally willing to take in Continue Reading
Kini’s Friday Kisses: Mini reviews for books by Tammy Robinson, Ainslie Paton, and Nalini Singh
Photos of You by Tammy Robinson- This is 100% not a romance, but it does have a romantic arc. I knew going in this would not have an HEA but I wanted to give it a try. CW: death, dying, main character with breast cancer. The main protagonist, Ava, discovers her cancer has not only returned but it is aggressively terminal. She wants the rest of her life to be on her terms and decides to have a wedding before she dies. It was a journey that had some brutal moments as Ava talked about her Continue Reading