I read Well Met when it was released and I liked it but didn’t love it. I do LOVE the Ren Faire setting in this series. Plus they take place in Maryland, where I live and I love to see how it is depicted. I was intrigued by the secondary characters from Well Met so I was excited to see that Stacey was getting her story told in Well Played (out 9/22). I mistakenly thought Stacey was going to be paired with Mitch, so shame on me for jumping to conclusions. Once I refreshed myself on the Continue Reading
Angela’s TBR Update
Even though I have approximately seven thousand books on my ARC review spreadsheet at all times I still like to mix in books that I've purchased and have been languishing on my Kindle and Library books of whomever I'm currently glomming. Right now I'm in the middle of a Simone St. James backlist glom and a series read of Deanna Raybourn's Veronica Speedwell historical mysteries. I'm almost done with both, so if you have suggestions of what to read next please let me know. Here's what I've Continue Reading
Angela’s Minis- Reviews for The Deadly Hours Anthology and The Ghost Tree by Christina Henry
The Deadly Hours by Susanna Kearsley, C.S. Harris, Christine Trent, Anna Lee HuberHistorical Mystery/Historical Fiction/AnthologySeptember 1, 2020 by Poisoned Pen PressARC I picked up this anthology mainly because of C.S. Harris and Susanna Kearsley, but I was more than happy to get an introduction to a couple of new to me authors. This is one of the better anthologies I've read in the last several years. Each story flowed smoothly into the next and these author's voices worked very Continue Reading
Angela’s Minis- Reviews for books by K.J. Charles and Evie Dunmore
The Sugared Game by K.J. CharlesThe Will Darling Adventures #2Historical LGBT Mystery RomanceAugust 26, 2020 Self PublishedARC After getting to know Will Darling and Kim Secretan in the first book in this series, I was excited to get another chance to dive into another adventure with them. The Sugared Game kicks off two months after the events of book one, Slippery Creatures. After finally seeing closure to the inheritance process Will is officially the new owner of a bookstore and has Continue Reading
Angela’s TBR Update
Y'all... I have seven thousand books on my ARC spreadsheet to read, but instead, I keep picking up random new releases and books from my TBR that I've been meaning to read instead. Why am I like this? I've been on a historical mystery kick lately, right now I'm alternating between Deanna Raybourn's Veronica Speedwell series and Simone St. James's backlist of wonderful gothic/ghost story mysteries. I'm having so much fun. The Veronica Speedwell Series: A Curious Beginning (A Veronica Continue Reading
Angela’s Minis- The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson and Mr. Malcolm’s List by Suzanne Allain
The Year of the Witching by Alexis HendersonFantasy/HorrorJuly 21, 2020 by AceARC I've never hidden the fact that I make a lot of my book buying decisions based first off the cover and then by reading the blurb. The Year of the Witching caught my eye in a Twitter thread about up and coming, new authors of color and as soon as I clicked on the link I knew I had to get my hands on a copy. This is kind of a mash up of all the dystopian, religious cult like horror stories you've read... yet Continue Reading
Review: A Touch of Stone and Snow by Milla Vane
A Touch of Stone and Snow by Milla VaneA Gathering of Dragons #2Epic Fantasy RomanceJuly 21, 2020 by BerkleyARC Favorite Quote: "Never have you been restrained in the pleaure you give to me, and never have you held back your heart. So always I end here in this way, so utterly satisfied and fully loved, the most blessed of all women."As he was the most blessed of all men. A Touch of Stone and Snow is the second book in the breathtaking, epic fantasy romance series, A Gathering of Continue Reading
Review: The Marriage Game by Sara Desai
CW: death of sibling, discussion of secondary character’s relationship that included Intimate Partner Violence, ailing parent This is Desai’s debut, although she was previously published as Sarah Castille. She had some super sexy boxing series that I know I read at least one of those. I didn’t know what to expect from this book. I wasn’t sure if it would skew more women’s fiction than romance. For me it was a good blend of both. Layla, our female protagonist, is a little down on her Continue Reading
Angela’s Minis- Alpha Night by Nalini Singh and The Marriage Game by Sara Desai
Alpha Night by Nalini SinghPsy-Changeling Trinity #4Paranormal RomanceJune 9, 2020 by BerkleyARC Let me start this review by saying that I love this author and will read anything she writes. Literally anything. I was super excited when I read the blurb for Alpha Night and realized it would feature an Alpha wolf and Arrow pairing. What I didn't realize until I first started reading was that this couple falls into a mating at first sight. And instalove is probably my least favorite trope. Continue Reading
Angela’s Minis- A Dark and Stormy Knight by Kerrigan Byrne and Beach Read by Emily Henry
A Dark and Stormy Knight by Kerrigan ByrneVictorian Rebels #7Historical RomanceJune 2, 2020 Self PublishedARC Kerrigan Byrne quickly jumped onto my auto-buy list the moment I read the first book in the Victorian Rebels series, The Highwayman. I was with Fiction Vixen back then, so I went back through Goodreads and read my review and I was positively gushing with praise and adoration for this author's words. Jump to five years later and I still look forward to every one of Ms. Byrne's Continue Reading