What I read this week: Kill the Queen by Jennifer Estep Crown of Shards #1 Fantasy October 2, 2018 by Harper Voyager Favorite Quote: "Traitors always pay for their sins," I hissed. Kill the Queen is the first book in Jennifer Estep's brand new fantasy series, Crown of Shards. I picked this book up to read at the end of the day, thinking I would get in a few chapters before bed and then finish it the next day. HAHAHAHA. It wasn't until I was huddled with my Kindle under my comforter at 2 Continue Reading
Smex Scene Sunday….Where Mandi Is Still Obsessed with A Court of Mist and Fury
Yes, this book came out years ago. Yes, I only just read it this week. Yes, I will be obsessed and in love with Rhy and Feyre forever. They are my mate. We have mated and you can't break the bond, damn it!!! The journey to the HEA, which starts in book one, and is confirmed in book two, is epic. It's soooooo well done. There are twists and turns, tons of sexual tension, heart break and then the best courtship and romance. This is a three-book series (I'm about 1/3 into book three) and if you Continue Reading
Weekly Wrap-Up
This week at Smexy…. Angela talked about: A review Phoenix Unbound by Grace D43raven (fantasy) A Notorious Vow by Joanna Shupe (historical) B review Last Night With An Earl by Kelly Bowen (historical) B+ review Rebel Hard by Nalini Singh (contemporary) Tori talked about: C review Dragonsworn by Sherrilyn Kenyon (pnr) C review Easy Death by Charlaine Harris (alternate history) B review Death Doesn't Bargain by Sherrilyn Kenyon (historical pnr) Sheena talked about: Grip by Continue Reading
Review: How She Likes it by Carla de Guzman
How She Likes it by Carla de Guzman Romance Contemporary 2018 Midnight Books Reviewed by Kini I picked this book up after seeing it teased on Twitter. Guzman is part of #romanceclass on Twitter and this was my first read by her. The heroine is an heiress and the hero is her assistant. I love when an author uses this trope and I was curious to see how the power dynamic would be portrayed. It was no squicky at all and worked well for me. Isabel is the CEO of a make-up company and in Continue Reading
Kini’s Friday Kisses
The world is kind of on fire these days and books have been hit or miss for me. I also picked up no less than 3 books this week and because of blurbs or start dates, decided not to read them. FYI- If you are in the MD/DC/VA area, come out to the Baltimore Book Festival where Maryland Romance Writers will have a tent filled with panels and romance peeps, including me. Here is the full schedule. Never Sweeter by Charlotte Stein- I saw several people on Twitter talking about this and I felt like Continue Reading
Helyce’s Thursday Thoughts
Cross Breed by Lora Leigh Breeds #23 Paranormal Romance September 25, 2018 Berkley Reviewed by Helyce Note: Might be a little bit rambly... I remember when I found the Breeds. I came upon a book at my local used bookstore. I don’t remember which one it was, but it fueled my love of science fiction with its very imaginative theme of altering genetics and creating a completely different species by splicing animal and human DNA. Not a human who could shift into an animal--something Continue Reading
What Mandi Has Been Reading
First, the good stuff. And oooooooh, have I fallen in love with a series. This has been out for years, and for all those years I've seen people rave about it on Twitter, and I had it sitting in my TBR. And now I've read book one, A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas, and I'm halfway through book two, A Court of Mist and Fury, and I'm. In. Love. Book one starts maybe a tiny bit slow, and although I was ready to give it four solid star, when I hit the 70% mark (for those that have Continue Reading
Sheena’s Wistful/Wanton Wednesday!
Wednesdays are for Lovers! Today's sweetly saucy treats are from Kennedy Ryan's 2017 breakout hit novel, Grip. Grip is an enthralling story of interracial romance between a music artist and the passionate woman who manages his career. Grip and does not shy away from any of the ideals and prejudices that many are too politically correct to acknowledge - head on- amidst one of the sexiest, and provocative true love romances Ryan has penned to date. It's pretty fantastic folks. Resisting an Continue Reading
Tori’s Tuesday Tinys
Dragonsworn by Sherrilyn Kenyon Dark-Hunter, #26 Paranormal Romance August 1, 2018 Medea’s beloved parents and deamons have fallen ill from a plague unleashed by Apollo. The only thing that can save them is a dragonstone. However, the holder of such a stone hates everyone. Angry over centuries of betrayal, Falcyn just wants to be left alone and lives for the day the world finally destroys itself. That is until a God’s need for revenge pulls Falcyn back into the game. Now he has to decide Continue Reading
Mills & Boon Book Club Review
Earlier this month I jumped at the chance to receive a book box from Mills & Boon. When I started reading romance I had seen ad olds for Harlequin and how they used to send out a collection so I have always been intrigued by this concept. The subscription has several different subgenres you can choose from, but I went for the Dare line. I have seen several of the titles but just haven’t had the chance to read any. Y’all know the reader struggle is very real. You can see my unboxing on my Continue Reading