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Retro Review: How to Wake an Undead City by Hailey Edwards

September 5, 2025 by Angela Leave a Comment

Review originally posted 5/30/2019 by Angela. How to Wake an Undead City by Hailey EdwardsThe Beginner’s Guide to Necromancy #6Urban FantasyMay 28, 2019-- Self Published Savannah has fallen to the vampires, and it’s up to Grier to take out their leader, Gaspard Lacroix, and restore peace. Lacroix might be more powerful and immune to her magic, but she’s got a plan. Too bad it’s got holes big enough for a new threat to waltz through while the city is on her knees.Now Grier must risk Continue Reading

Retro Review: How to Live an Undead Lie by Hailey Edwards

August 29, 2025 by Angela Leave a Comment

Review originally posted on 12/17/2018 by Angela. How to Live an Undead Lie by Hailey EdwardsThe Beginner’s Guide to Necromancy #5Urban FantasyDecember 11, 2018 Self PublishedFavorite Quote:“I had never belonged to someone before and had them belong to me too.” Oh, how I love this series. Let me count the ways. The fifth book in The Beginner’s Guide to Necromancy series starts off pretty much where the last book leaves off, with Grier really starting to embrace her role Continue Reading

Retro Review: How to Dance an Undead Waltz by Hailey Edwards

August 22, 2025 by Angela Leave a Comment

Review originally posted on 9/3/2018 by Angela. How to Dance an Undead Waltz by Hailey EdwardsBeginner’s Guide to Necromancy #4Urban FantasyAugust 22, 2018 Self Published Favorite Quote: Once upon a time, I had wanted to corrupt the boy next door. From here, the boy down the hall was looking ripe for debauching to me. Reviewed by Angela Before I get into my review I just want to say I can’t believe there are people who still haven’t started reading this series yet.  Continue Reading

Review: Fair Market Value by Hailey Edwards

May 16, 2024 by Angela Leave a Comment

Fair Market Value by Hailey EdwardsThe Body Shop #1Urban Fantasy04/18/2024- Self-PublishedARC Review by Angela Hailey Edwards is an auto-buy for me in the Urban Fantasy genre. This world she's created that started with the Beginner's Guide to Necromancy series is top-notch. The Body Shop is the newest series in this interconnected world and introduces Mary Frances Talbot, Frankie to her friends, who is a Necromancer, living with her siblings and running a garage. She also leases out Continue Reading

Angela’s KU Update!

April 28, 2023 by Angela 5 Comments

I know how hard it is to wade through the Kindle Unlimited offerings, so I'm going to update y'all on what I've found and loved in the last few weeks. Xiveri Mates by Elizabeth StephensScience Fiction Romance I read the first five books in this series, back to back, last week. Like gobbled them up and couldn't stop turning pages. Which is weird for me since I tend to hop around from genre to genre, not reading the same one twice in a row. I'm kind of surprised that this series hasn't Continue Reading

Angela’s Most Anticipated for 2021

January 7, 2021 by Angela 4 Comments

Contemporary Romance: Shipped by Angie Hockman- Release date 01/19/2021- Billed as "The Unhoneymooners meets The Hating Game", an enemies to lovers on a cruise ship? Yes, please. The Dating Plan by Sara Desai- Release date 03/16/2021- This is the follow-up to The Marriage Game and it features the fake dating trope. Sweethand (Island Bites Book 1) by N.G. Peltier- 03/30/2021- Enemies to lovers who are stuck together for a wedding.... and I really love this cover. The Continue Reading

Angela’s TBR Update

December 14, 2020 by Angela 3 Comments

I still have ARCs to read before the end of the year, but I also have a TON of books sitting on my TBR that I've really been looking forward to reading. So I decided to skip some of my must read books, and jump over to my massive TBR list. *All of the titles listed below are available on Kindle Unlimited I discovered Annette Marie's Guild Codex series when it was just Tori and her three mage BFFs fighting the bad guys. This series evolved into quite an exciting, edge of your seat urban Continue Reading

Angela’s TBR Update

September 16, 2020 by Angela 4 Comments

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 TBR Update- Mini Reviews for books by Hailey Edwards, Ann Aguirre, and Ilona Andrews

January 22, 2020 by Angela 8 Comments

All of the books in this post I either purchased or were available in KU. All are also self-published. Sweep With Me (Innkeeper Chronicles #4.5) by Ilona Andrews 01/14/2020- I love Ilona Andrews and I especially love this series, so of course I one-clicked the pre-order button when I saw that I was releasing right after the new year. Sweep With Me is a novella length addition to the Innkeeper Chronicles and features Dina, Sean, and Gertrude Hunt. As with any Ilona Andrews book, Continue Reading

Angela’s TBR Mini Reviews- Books by Kerrigan Byrne, Hailey Edwards, and Annette Marie

November 19, 2019 by Angela 2 Comments

Slaying Monsters for the Feeble (Guild Codex: Demonized #2) by Annette Marie 11/1- I discovered this author on KU and have really enjoyed her writing. The Guild Codex: Demonized is actually a spin-off from the original series, Guild Codex: Spellbound. The main character of Demonized is introduced several books into the Spellbound series and I was hooked as soon as I met her on page. Now I think I enjoy her series even more than the original. I love the dynamics between Robin and her Continue Reading

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