Into the Windwracked Wilds by A. Deborah BakerThe Up and Under #3YA FantasyOctober 24, 2022, by Tordotcom Another great adventure in the Up and Under. I enjoy this series almost as much as this author's Wayward Children novels. This is the third book following along as Zib and Avery journey along the Improbable Road with their companions, Crow Girl, and Drowned Girl. This might just be their most perilous adventure yet as they find themselves being swallowed up by a prehistoric sea Continue Reading
Scenic Sunday- The Clockwork Boys by T. Kingfisher
I know Romancelandia is all in for this author's more romantic fantasy books, mainly the Saint of Steel series. And if you haven't added those to your Kindle yet, you really should get on that, but THIS is the book that started my love for T. Kingfisher. Definitely fantasy with just a dash of romance, but FUNNY and action-packed. It's also in the same world as the series mentioned above, which made my reading of the novels that came after much easier. Here's the blurb: A paladin, an Continue Reading
Angela’s Minis- Peculiar Tastes Series: The Hellmouth Guardian’s Lover by Adriana Herrera and The Vixen’s Deceit by Nikki Sloane
The Hellmouth Guardian's Lover by Adriana HerreraPeculiar Tastes #3PNR/Erotic RomanceOctober 4, 2022ARC This is a second chance, enemies to lovers romance between a Sentinel and his former Hellmouth Guardian. Things happened during their former relationship to tear them apart, but now August has come to ask for Adriane's help sealing a breach and rescuing August's current Guardian. August stayed with the order FOR REASONS and after being exiled Adriane built a new life and a thriving Continue Reading
Angela’s Minis- Peculiar Tastes Series: The Death God’s Sacrifice by Jenny Nordbak and The Demon’s Bargain by Katee Robert
The Kickstarter for this series, Peculiar Tastes, was all over Twitter in July and August and featured a great line-up of authors writing fantasy romance with sizzle. Contributors to the Kickstarter had a choice of bundles with add-ons of great artwork and other goodies. The official release date for the series on Amazon was yesterday, so you'll see my reviews for them this week. Here are the first two books in the series... The Death God's Sacrifice by Jenny NordbakPeculiar Tastes #1Fantasy Continue Reading
Review: Only Bad Options by Jennifer Estep
Only Bad Options by Jennifer EstepGalactic Bonds #1Science Fiction RomanceSeptember 20, 2022- Self PublishedARC Review by Angela I've always enjoyed Jennifer Estep's fantasy and urban fantasy novels, so when I heard she was writing a book set in space I was immediately all in. Gimme. Only Bad Options features fated mates, enemies to lovers, and protagonists from completely different stations in life tropes. If fated mates isn't your thing, don't worry there is no instalove Continue Reading
Review: Rival Radio by Kathryn Nolan
Rival Radio by Kathryn NolanContemporary RomanceMay 20, 2022, by That's What She Said Publishing Review by Melanie I normally review a lot of ARCs for Smexy but I have to make an exception for this book, which came out in May of this year. I don’t know how I managed to miss a book that so very clearly tapped into all of my romance novel catnips but I’m glad I finally got my eyeballs on it because I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It’s a workplace romance with two bickering radio hosts Continue Reading
Review: Beauty and the Thief by Shana Galen
Beauty and the Thief by Shana GalenThe Royal Saboteurs #1Historical RomanceAugust 9, 2022- Self Published ARC Review by Angela I enjoyed this book so much! I thought I had read this author before, but according to Goodreads, I haven't. Going in I had no idea what to expect other than the blurb mentioning a charming conman and the secretary for the leader of an organization called The Royal Saboteurs. I was pleasantly surprised when the excitement began literally from the first Continue Reading
Review: Reverse by Kate Stewart
Reverse by Kate StewartRockstar RomanceJuly 16, 2022Self-Published Review by Jen Kate Stewart is one of my fave authors. I LOVED the Ravenhood trilogy (one of my top reads of 2020), The Underdogs series and Drive. Reverse is the sequel to Drive. You must read Drive first, there just isn’t anyway for Reverse to really make sense without knowing that story. I read Drive years ago and the gist is, there’s a major angsty love triangle between Reid, Stella and Nate. Stella is a budding Continue Reading
Angela’s Minis- What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher and A Shattered Silver Crown by Kai Butler
What Moves the Dead by T. KingfisherHorror/FantasyJuly 12, 2022 by Tor NightfireARC T. Kingfisher is known for fantasy and more recently, romantic fantasy, but I believe her horror novels and novellas to be some of her best work. This retelling of Poe's The Fall of the House of Usher is creepy and chilling and well done. Our narrator for this story is retired Lieutenant Alex Easton, who is summoned to the Usher estate by their childhood friend Roderick, on behalf of his dying sister Continue Reading
Review: The Devil You Know by Elizabeth O’Roark
The Devil You Know by Elizabeth O'RoarkDevil #3Contemporary RomanceJune 23, 2022Self PublishedARC Review by Angela Having gobbled up the first two books in this series in just the last couple of months, my anticipation for Ben's book was sky high. Ben- the lawyer, best friend of Hayes from A Deal with the Devil, Ben- who helped Drew extract herself from her terrible manager in The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea, Ben- who according to the blurb, and the heroine of The Devil You Know, was Continue Reading