tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21321116552008435522024-03-15T21:10:13.458-04:00Liv The Book NerdOlivia ~ Liv the Book Nerdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14788598633616072187noreply@blogger.comBlogger704125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2132111655200843552.post-62081840863345024382023-04-14T00:00:00.000-04:002023-04-14T00:00:00.183-04:00{Review} Radiant Sin (Dark Olympus #4) by Katee Robert<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjooMOQ-UUU61zq5TFbBwilkW15GrDJagByO1mkYSQFEjp3GMmjpJvrQzAEhVTs7PfEEYcgF-dDSRc73OXEUXsLlGBWc0ushPeUFpMfRB1eS3_NdCG-z2POt692FaiMtGkcKLtkWR-kw0eEiYmUeVcXV5SA5rANSFVFZ_8i-GEdfytWPmqHvi0NaN1GiA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="600" height="391" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjooMOQ-UUU61zq5TFbBwilkW15GrDJagByO1mkYSQFEjp3GMmjpJvrQzAEhVTs7PfEEYcgF-dDSRc73OXEUXsLlGBWc0ushPeUFpMfRB1eS3_NdCG-z2POt692FaiMtGkcKLtkWR-kw0eEiYmUeVcXV5SA5rANSFVFZ_8i-GEdfytWPmqHvi0NaN1GiA=w261-h391" width="261" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Page count: 345</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Published on: February 7, 2023</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Genres: adult romance, mythology retelling</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Format: audiobook (borrowed from library), but I also have a paperback from her Patreon </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">[<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/172825700X/ref=x_gr_w_bb_sin?ie=UTF8&tag=x_gr_w_bb_sin-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=172825700X&SubscriptionId=1MGPYB6YW3HWK55XCGG2" target="_blank">Purchase Here</a>]</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Rating</b>: 4.75/5 ✨</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Spice: 4/5 🌶️</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>CW</b>: Body shaming (referenced briefly, historical), murder, blood, guns, explicit sex</div><div><br /></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>• T R O P E S •</b></span></div></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">✨ fake dating</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">✨ boss x employeee</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">✨ espionage</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">✨ I hate everyone but you</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">✨ pining and slow burn</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Synopsis:</span></h2><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>There's nowhere more dangerous than Olympus...and no one more captivating than its golden god: Apollo. Keeper of secrets, master of his shining realm...and the only man I am powerless to deny.</i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>*A scorchingly hot modern retelling of Apollo and Cassandra that's as sinful as it is sweet.*</i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>As a disgraced member of a fallen house, Cassandra Gataki has seen firsthand what comes from trusting the venomous Thirteen. But when the maddeningly gorgeous and kind Apollo asks her to go undercover as his plus-one at a week-long party hosted by a dangerous new power player...Cassandra reluctantly agrees to have his back.</i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>On one condition: when it's all over, and Apollo has the ammunition he needs to protect Olympus, she and her sister will be allowed to leave. For good.</i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>Apollo may be the city's official spymaster, but it's his ability to inspire others that keeps him at the top. Despite what the rest of Olympus says, there's no one he trusts more than Cassandra. Yet even as their fake relationship takes a wicked turn for the scaldingly hot, a very real danger surfaces... threatening not only Cassandra and Apollo, but the very heart of Olympus itself.</i></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Review</span>:</span></h2><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">KR has done it again. I have a hard time believing that her Dark Olympus books are going to get even better and then she exceeds my expectations again. I didn’t think I could love her books more and then I read Radiant Sin.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I’m always a sucker for fake dating and angst, but holy crap this book just did it for me. The way that KR crafts her characters is just so fabulous. She adds layers of depth to their characterization and their story and I am just so hooked. I loved Cassandra and Apollo’s relationship and the romance that built throughout the book. I really didn’t think I could love anyone more than Psyche and Eros, but I’m thoroughly in love with both Apollo and Cassandra. They’re both so soft for each other and they’re so stubborn about admitting their feelings. I loved them so much.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Ugh but let’s talk about how their 🌶️ tensionnnn! Someone please comment below with your thoughts because I have SO MANY! Too many for a spoiler free review. I LOVED Apollo. He was so hot; and ugh, Cassandra! She was also SO HOT! I loved the dynamic explored in this book. Probably too much, but I’m a sucker for Apollo. I couldn’t get over it. I’m still not over how hot he was.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Of all the Dark Olympus couples and groups, who is your favorite? I really think that Radiant Sin & Cassandra x Apollo is my favorite, but I really think Cruel Seduction may surpass it later this year.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Also who is going to the Cruel Seduction tour later this year? I was going to go to the RS tour, but promptly bought a ticket to the CS tour when it was cancelled. I’m so excited 🥰</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="background-color: #ffe7e5; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Happy reading, friends!</span></p><p style="background-color: #ffe7e5; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Olivia</span></p><p style="background-color: #ffe7e5; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Liv the Book Nerd</b></span></p><p style="background-color: #ffe7e5; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><a href="https://twitter.com/livthebooknerd" style="color: #00994d; font-family: georgia; line-height: 19.32px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">Twitter</span></a><span style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1WpVqAI7NA9vkmViJ-X-WAj0-l0IaKebnoxL3Yg2VsYQkZsVm0H1Nml1OD1kNucFY33xWA1vOAhnr6-7Q6OE3haZJQ6l5oQqEfIP9p8SZXKRP5G0EgZglLg8ceWyvPx0FyGHpZ8A-h0mZbw5j0MixSHHsKE-R8mzziVb23QtUhjeb640HT6IJOR2qrQ/s500/persues.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="333" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1WpVqAI7NA9vkmViJ-X-WAj0-l0IaKebnoxL3Yg2VsYQkZsVm0H1Nml1OD1kNucFY33xWA1vOAhnr6-7Q6OE3haZJQ6l5oQqEfIP9p8SZXKRP5G0EgZglLg8ceWyvPx0FyGHpZ8A-h0mZbw5j0MixSHHsKE-R8mzziVb23QtUhjeb640HT6IJOR2qrQ/w294-h442/persues.jpg" width="294" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Page count: 304</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Publisher: Dutton</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Published on: February 21, 2023</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Genres: adult historical fiction, mythology, retelling</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Format: eARC via NetGalley</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">[<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0B2MJNMMJ/ref=x_gr_bb_kindle?caller=Goodreads&tag=x_gr_bb_kindle-20" target="_blank">Purchase Here</a>]</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Rating</b>: 4/5 ✨</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>CW</b>: violence, rape, murder, sexual assault, death, kidnapping, confinement, sexism, sexual violence, grief, abandonment, child abuse, animal death, emotional abuse, physical abuse, domestic abuse, misogyny, slavery, blood, pregnancy</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">^^ Please consider that these elements are found throughout Greek history and mythology. These will always be found in books that retell the epics and Greek mythos and folklore. 'Twas a violent time to be alive.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><h2 style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> S Y N O P S I S :</span></h2><div><div><i>Nationally bestselling author of Daughters of Sparta Claire Heywood returns with an imaginative and female-centered reinterpretation of the myth of the great hero Perseus, told through the voices of three women who are sidelined in the traditional version—his mother, Danae; his trophy, Medusa; and his wife, Andromeda—but whose viewpoints reveal a man who is not, in fact, a hero at all.</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>Danae: Banished from her homeland thanks to a prophecy foretelling that her unborn child will one day cause the death of her father, the king of Argos, Danae finds herself stranded, pregnant, and alone in a remote fishing village. It’s a harsh new world for a young woman who grew up as a coddled princess, and forging a new life for herself and for her young son Perseus will be the hardest thing she’s ever done.</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>Medusa: As a member of a reclusive band of women who live deep in the woods, known as the Gorgons, Medusa has eschewed all contact with the outside world. That is, until the day she finds an injured boy named Perseus in the forest.</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>Andromeda: When a harsh sandstorm threatens to destroy her nomadic desert tribe’s way of life, Andromeda knows that a sacrifice will be required to appease the gods and end the storm. But when a forceful young Perseus interferes, Andromeda’s life is set on an entirely new path.</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>As Perseus becomes increasingly obsessed with the promise of his own destiny, his heroic journey casts a shadow of violence and destruction across all three women’s lives. But even as he tries to silence them, the women may find that reclaiming their voices is their only hope for lifting themselves into a better future.</i></div></div><h2 style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></h2><h2 style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;">R E V I E W :</span></h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I really loved reading <i>The Shadow of Perseus</i>. Heywood has taken every fantasy element from the Greek stories and has constructed the myths that surround the hero, Perseus, and reestablished it as a story from history.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I've always been a sucker for feminist retellings. So often, women are just plain overlooked or overshadowed by their male counterparts. When they said "history is written by the victors," they weren't kidding.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">This book follows the three main women from Perseus's origin story: Danae, his mother; Andromeda, his wife; and Medusa, the "monster" he slayed.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Each woman is incredibly well developed. Their voices and stories were so addicting and I just flew through this book. I also really loved the commentary throughout as they grappled with the terrible actions and decisions that were being made around them and affecting how their lives would turn out. When Heywood took out the fantasy elements that come with Greek mythology, it really just amplified how horribly women were treated in the ancient times. This book was incredible to read -- a really quick-paced novel with gripping narrators and focuses -- but it was in no way an easy book to read.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The one thing I had wished for was more page time with Perseus. The shifting perspective between the women was really enlightening to how each of them took in his behavior, his personality, etc., but I genuinely would have like to know, in his own words or thoughts, what he thought of himself. Obviously, it's pretty evident that he really thought highly of himself -- or that he wanted to be perceived to be so big and wonderful -- but I don't know. I think it would be really interesting to be inside his head as he slowly succumbs to his toxic masculinity.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I was really curious how Heywood would grapple with Perseus's paternity, but from the get-go, she subverts the truth of his birth. It really adds to the tension (and the irony) that surrounds his every action. Even early on, since he truly believed he was the son of Zeus, he had an air about him. But from the perspective of his mother, we see how delusional an fragile he is. He's incredibly traumatized -- which is really sad -- but also even if his mother were to reveal that he wasn't of godly birth; he doesn't respect her enough to actually believe her. It's incredibly wild to me to see his gradual downfall as he consistently treats everyone he meets like a lesser person -- especially the women of his life. He's just a demanding, irritable, delusional young man who refuses to take accountability. That is evident as well in his consistent lies and boastful stories he tells of his horrible escapades.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I really wish I could adequately share how much I loved Andromeda's parts of the book. Her defiance and resilience were not only inspiring, but also incredibly depressing. Because why do women have to be the one who have to endure? It makes me so angry.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I genuinely wish Medusa's portion of the book had been longer, but only because I needed more of Heywood's version of the Gorgons. I also wish her budding adoration for Perseus was better developed. I really didn't understand her almost instant interest in him. I understand that she was longing for a relationship she could never have, but she was blatantly ignoring the red flags she had pointed out herself.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Overall, I really enjoyed this book. I loved how she utilized ancient geography and expanded upon a more realistic version of what traveling and trading would mean to the Greeks. As ancient conqueror's it makes so much sense to see them venturing toward more areas of the world around them. I also love how human every single character was. The book was incredibly well done and I'm just thrilled that I could read it early.</div><div><br /></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><p style="background-color: #ffe7e5; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Happy reading, friends!</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="background-color: #ffe7e5; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Olivia</span></p><p style="background-color: #ffe7e5; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Liv the Book Nerd</b></span></p><p style="background-color: #ffe7e5; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: start;"><a href="https://twitter.com/livthebooknerd" style="color: #00994d; font-family: georgia; line-height: 19.32px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">Twitter</span></a><span style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia; line-height: 19.32px;"><b> //</b> </span><a href="http://www.instagram.com/livthebooknerd" style="color: #00994d; font-family: georgia; line-height: 19.32px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">Instagram</span></a><span style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia; line-height: 19.32px;"> <b>//</b></span><span style="color: #93c47d; font-family: georgia; line-height: 19.32px;"><b> </b><a href="http://livthebooknerdblog.tumblr.com/" style="color: #00994d; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">Tumblr</span></a></span><span style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia; line-height: 19.32px;"> <b>//</b> </span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/15231061-olivia-williford" style="color: #00994d; font-family: georgia; line-height: 19.32px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">Goodreads</span></a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: georgia; line-height: 19.32px;"><span style="color: #181818;"> </span><span style="color: #181818;">//</span><span style="color: #181818;"> </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLAlrPyVD2rNc70aJiJbHvQ" style="color: #00994d; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">YouTube</span></a><span style="color: #181818;"> <b>//</b> </span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: georgia; line-height: 19.32px;"><span style="color: #93c47d; line-height: 19.32px;"><a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/liv-book-nerd-13398057" style="color: #ee4760; line-height: 19.32px; text-decoration-line: none;">Bloglovin</a> </span></span><b style="color: #333333; font-family: georgia;">//</b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: georgia;"> </span><a href="https://www.bookdepository.com/?a_aid=ltbnblog" style="color: #93c47d; font-family: georgia; text-decoration-line: none;">Book Depository Affiliate Code</a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: georgia;"> </span><b style="color: #333333; font-family: georgia;">//</b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: georgia;"> </span><a href="https://www.mybotm.com/ey0k8o7uh7b0ggb9" style="color: #aa0033; font-family: georgia; text-decoration-line: none;">Book of the Month affiliate link</a></p></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><br /><p></p>Olivia ~ Liv the Book Nerdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14788598633616072187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2132111655200843552.post-73778632464523274052023-04-07T00:00:00.001-04:002023-04-07T00:00:00.191-04:00{Review} Girls Weekend (Girls Weekend #1) by C.M. Nascosta<p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWEcS_4RNqfEgFgHWmgSMk0S9PheC-embNNnI2K1rCT8KzTJ87u6GNSLxYxWitURRw_fTQIPr9M_0mG5aJrxHt6no46Gr7Pc-GoyOCtv74oZqIp7evljZA5NhBrbc5e24iJt6Cg8jQHoq2j_6kGkzFXVmrPBWqMqxceHH1JAqNUtI616jjXjRi9NNSRQ/s4063/girls%20weekend.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4063" data-original-width="2713" height="421" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWEcS_4RNqfEgFgHWmgSMk0S9PheC-embNNnI2K1rCT8KzTJ87u6GNSLxYxWitURRw_fTQIPr9M_0mG5aJrxHt6no46Gr7Pc-GoyOCtv74oZqIp7evljZA5NhBrbc5e24iJt6Cg8jQHoq2j_6kGkzFXVmrPBWqMqxceHH1JAqNUtI616jjXjRi9NNSRQ/w282-h421/girls%20weekend.jpg" width="282" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Page count:</b> 180</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="background-color: #ffe7e5; clear: both; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #ffe7e5; clear: both; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Publisher:</b> Meduas Editoriale</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #ffe7e5; clear: both; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #ffe7e5; clear: both; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Published on:</b> February 4, 2021</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #ffe7e5; clear: both; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #ffe7e5; 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clear: both; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #ffe7e5; clear: both; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #ffe7e5; clear: both; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; text-align: left;">- shifts POVs between the 3 FMCs</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #ffe7e5; clear: both; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; text-align: left;">- vacation romance to a nudist community</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #ffe7e5; clear: both; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; text-align: left;">- short & spicy</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #ffe7e5; clear: both; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; text-align: left;">- orcs & elves</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #ffe7e5; clear: both; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><h2><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large; text-align: left;">Synopsis:</span></h2></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #ffe7e5; clear: both; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><div style="text-align: left;">A weekend with friends, fun in the sun, and huge, naked orcs. What could be better?</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">That’s what three suburban elves think when they book a trip to an orc nudist resort, well known for its libidinous residents and hedonistic parties. Ris, Lurielle, and Silva arrive with plans to sample the DTF locals and work on their tans, not catch feelings.</div><div style="text-align: left;">When Lurielle meets a syrupy-voiced gentleman who seems interested in more than just a weekend fling, she finds sticking to the plan is easier said than done. From a public bathhouse to a back alley pub, the trip has unintended consequences on the lives of the three work friends and the orcs they meet.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Can a weekend of no-strings sex actually end in love?</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></i></span></div><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Review:</span></h2><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CoiYtVyP1A2/" target="_blank">[Check out my Instagram review here!]</a></span></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">This was just so much fun to read. I had the best time reading these elf girls’ stories and I can’t wait to dive into Parties once I get through my ARCs.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I really love how each girl had their part of the story and how their experiences throughout their vacations helped them become better versions of themselves. I also just really loved the MMCs too. They were so dreamy and I am so eager to get to know them better in Parties.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Nascosta’s writing style is so addicting and the romance storylines they create are just too fun. If you’re looking for spicy low-stakes fantasy, this is for you. Even if this wasn’t monster romance, I think Nascosta would be known for their excellent storytelling and style. The romances are the perfect blend of soft & sweet and spicy & hotttt.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I cannot wait to keep making my way through CM Nascosta’s work this year. I read Morning Glory & Mabon Fest last year and really had a good time, so I know I’m going to just have the best time this year.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Happy reading, friends!</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Olivia</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Liv the Book Nerd</b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://twitter.com/livthebooknerd" style="color: #00994d; font-family: georgia; line-height: 19.32px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">Twitter</span></a><span style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia; line-height: 19.32px;"><b> //</b> </span><a href="http://www.instagram.com/livthebooknerd" style="color: #00994d; font-family: georgia; line-height: 19.32px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">Instagram</span></a><span style="color: #181818; 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text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCNU24jRWmYQSbvajBFNQbkX1XjS0_qoNkWEtVBg7iPhdiRXoXGSepV0fYpckFkosNp4W4OUiZ1wp5VeKMhBjgA6D0ZBofrcz5db-6bBoGYCcmuYk_1ljCG5n2hRF1kZI8vFin2Rr_k6-2Cfeot3N4tZirj542ncByCTGxkevU7SeDUszrfk-G5JE2HA/s500/cruel%20deception.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="333" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCNU24jRWmYQSbvajBFNQbkX1XjS0_qoNkWEtVBg7iPhdiRXoXGSepV0fYpckFkosNp4W4OUiZ1wp5VeKMhBjgA6D0ZBofrcz5db-6bBoGYCcmuYk_1ljCG5n2hRF1kZI8vFin2Rr_k6-2Cfeot3N4tZirj542ncByCTGxkevU7SeDUszrfk-G5JE2HA/w274-h412/cruel%20deception.jpg" width="274" /></a></div><br /></div></div><p></p><p style="background-color: #ffe7e5; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Page count: 307</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><p style="background-color: #ffe7e5; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Publisher: Monica Kayne</span></p><p style="background-color: #ffe7e5; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Published on: February 9, 2023</span></p><p style="background-color: #ffe7e5; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Genres: adult mafia romance, dark romance</span></p><p style="background-color: #ffe7e5; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Format: ebook from The Smuthood and the author</span></p><p style="background-color: #ffe7e5; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">[<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BBSKSNKP/ref=x_gr_bb_kindle?caller=Goodreads&tag=x_gr_bb_kindle-20" style="color: #6aa84f; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Purchase Here</a>]</span></p></div></div></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Rating: 1.75/5 ✨</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Spice: 1/5 rating 2/5 🌶️</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">CW: bullying, harassment, domestic abuse, emotional abuse, physical abuse, gun violence, blood, murder, stalking, toxic masculinity and misogyny, and confinement</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>- T R O P E S -</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">• arranged marriage</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">• enemies to lovers</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">• mafia romance</span></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Synopsis:</span></h2><div><div><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: georgia;"><i>He won me in a game of poker. Now I'm betting everything on him.</i></span></div><div><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: georgia;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: georgia;"><i>Daniil Kozlov is the worst kind of monster. Sinfully gorgeous , wrapped in Hugo Boss and tattoos, underneath the surface he's a snake hiding behind a veneer of easy charm .</i></span></div><div><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: georgia;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: georgia;"><i>We come from the same underworld but couldn't be more different. He's second in line to the Kozlov Bratva, a powerful player in New York's Russian mafia . I'm the niece of a Colombian cartel boss, desperate for a way out.</i></span></div><div><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: georgia;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: georgia;"><i>But after a game of high-stakes poker , I become his property.</i></span></div><div><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: georgia;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: georgia;"><i>His to use in any way he pleases.</i></span></div><div><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: georgia;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: georgia;"><i>His wife.</i></span></div><div><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: georgia;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: georgia;"><i>He seduces my body with his filthy words and dark promises , but he'll never capture my heart.</i></span></div><div><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: georgia;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: georgia;"><i>What my new husband doesn't know is that the only thing I care about is getting revenge on my family's killer. And I'll take down anyone in my path. Even him.</i></span></div><div><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: georgia;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: georgia;"><i>The Kozlov Empire is a series of interconnected standalone books about the sexy, morally gray Kozlov brothers. The books don't need to be read in order, but it's way more fun if you do! This series has no cheating, no cliffhangers, and a guaranteed happily ever after.</i></span></div></div><div><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Review:</span></h2><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">✨ Thank you </span><a href="http://www.instagram.com/thesmuthood" style="font-family: georgia;" target="_blank">@thesmuthood</a><span style="font-family: georgia;"> for the eARC & making me a part of the tour for the initial release. ✨</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Unfortunately, I really don’t think dark mafia romance is for me. I really had a hard time pushing myself to finish this one. I honestly should have DNF’d, but I really wanted to give it an honest try.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">I know that this book is beloved by its readers so far, so please just keep in mind that this concept was just not my cup of tea.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Unfortunately, this just fell flat for me. The writing style wasn’t my favorite —especially the dialogue. Overall, this felt really two dimensional and unrealistic. Now, I know that I’m supposed to suspend my disbelief when it comes to these kinds of books. That, I can do! But this was just not good for me. The characters had minimal chemistry, their relationship was really unrealistic and their sexual encounters were just really unrealistic. Their chemistry was just nonexistent and I just couldn’t get behind any of their loving encounters. It felt too forced.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">When it comes to the plot, it had a decent premise, but it was just too over the top for me. I just didn’t have a great time reading this book.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">I hate to be so negative because I know this book is someone’s total jam, but it wasn’t for me. I could definitely see how much the author loves to write and how in love with dark romance she is. I wish I had liked this more, but I was just a no from me.</span></p><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #ffe7e5; clear: both;"><span class="TextRun SCXW63113705 BCX0" color="windowtext" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW63113705 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Happy reading, friends!</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #ffe7e5; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="TextRun SCXW63113705 BCX0" color="windowtext" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; 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font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Publisher:</b> Miranda Sapphire</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Published on:</b> February 23, 2023</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Genres</b>: adult paranormal romance, cozy fantasy, monster romance</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Format</b>: eARC (provided by author for an honest review) </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">[<a href="https://www.amazon.com/How-Your-Moth-er-Star-Crossed-Cryptids-ebook/dp/B0BVLC3SQK/ref=sr_1_2?crid=3PFNKNIDRJ1TL&keywords=how+i+met+your+moth-er&qid=1679795600&sprefix=how+i+met+your+moth-er%2Caps%2C132&sr=8-2" style="color: #6aa84f; 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font-size: 15.4px;">- hurt/comfort</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 15.4px;"><br /></span></span></div><h3 style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Synopsis:</b></span></h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 15.4px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Elliot is just trying to keep it all together when a creature of legend crash-lands in front of him one stormy night. Though he’s huge and intimidating, Elliot has to admit that his unexpected guest is also sweet and kind—but can he trust him?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Can Elliot let himself…want him?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Content Warnings: graphic sex scenes, mention of transphobia and homophobia (not shown), mention of drug abuse and minor confrontation with an intoxicated person, estranged birth family, death of a family member (not shown), some depictions of anxiety and depression (mild).</div></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 15.4px;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 15.4px;"><br /></span></span></div><h3 style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Review</span><span style="font-size: 15.4px;">:</span></span></h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 15.4px;">I had the joy of beta/sensitivity reading this lovely monster romance novella and I had an absolute blast. This is probably one of the best monster romances I’ve read in a while and I just need to push this into more peoples’ hands. Please read this!</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 15.4px;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 15.4px;">This was one of the sweetest monster romances I’ve read yet. Not only is Elliot a total sweetie, but Bis! What a dream boat of a mothman! His genuine care for Elliot was just delightful. I love how the two communicated and I loved being in Bis’s head as his feelings for Elliot grew. His adoration for Elliot was absolutely adorable from the get-go, but the genuine care that he had to understand how he was feeling and processing everything? That was just A++. Bis is the blueprint for healthy novella length monster romance monster leads.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 15.4px;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 15.4px;">If you’re looking for a queer monster romance, you need to check this one out. I’m so obsessed and I’ll be gifting my friends copies and pushing them to read it ASAP. Consider yourself lovingly pushed. Just read it!</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: georgia; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: georgia; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: left;"><p style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Happy reading, friends!</span></p><p style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Olivia</span></p><p style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Liv the Book Nerd</b></span></p><p style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;"><a href="https://twitter.com/livthebooknerd" style="color: #00994d; font-family: georgia; line-height: 19.32px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">Twitter</span></a><span style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Page count:</b> 175</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Publisher:</b> Catrina Bell</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Published on:</b> March 20, 2023</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Genres</b>: adult paranormal romance, cozy fantasy</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Format</b>: eARC (provided by author for an honest review) </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">[<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Hot-Button-Issue-Opposites-Paranormal-ebook/dp/B0BVKTDLTD/ref=sr_1_1?adid=082VK13VJJCZTQYGWWCZ&campaign=211041&creative=374001&keywords=Hot+Button+Issue&qid=1679794436&s=books&sr=1-1" target="_blank">Purchase Here</a>]</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Rating</b>: 4/5 ✨</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Spice</b>: 2/5 🌶️</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>• T R O P E S •</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">- shifter x witch</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">- MF romance</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">- found family</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>CW</b>: pro-choice theme, microaggressions, parental pressure, allergy skin reaction, police violence, sexual content, swearing and vulgar language, pregnancy (epilogue)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><h3 style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Synopsis:</b></span></h3></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>After a surprising, new law passes restricting reproductive rights, a roller derby witch and the shifter she has a crush on must work together to plan a last minute protest.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>Good Blanca is a high-profile lawyer with a brilliant legal mind. She's everything her parents hoped she would be - impressive and successful. Bad Blanca is a beautiful mess. She dresses in fishnet tights, flirts with sexy werewolves, and just made the Hel Stars roller derby team. Oh, and she’s secretly a witch.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>Thorin is her opposite in every way. The happy-go-lucky flirt struggles with supernatural aggression he can’t quite control. His attraction to Blanca makes things even more complicated.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>When Blanca’s powerful client, a state senator, proposes new legislation restricting reproductive rights, the line separating the good and bad in her life becomes blurry. Derby is chaos, and soon everything goes off the rails. How far will she go to defend her values and the people she loves?</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">~ ~ ~</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><h3 style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Review:</span></h3><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CqDGu6jrC2k/" target="_blank">[ Check out my original review on Instagram here!]</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>Hot Button Issue </i>is an adorably romantic and feel-good novella about a 30 year old lawyer (who is secretly a witch) who discovers all the research and work she's done to help pass progressive legislation was used to strip the rights of the women of her community.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This novella was an absolute treat to read. Thank you <a href="http://www.instagram.com/catrinabell" target="_blank">@catrinabell</a> for accepting me onto your ARC team!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I absolutely adored Blanca and Thorin and their journeys to loving themselves and being the people they want to be.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I really loved the magical elements of Blanca's witchy identity and the passion she had for making her community the best place it could be. I also loved her passion for roller derby and her team. The way she thought about her friends was just lovely and I especially loved how she interacted with Thorin.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Thorin is just the sweetest shifter I've ever read about. His compassion and desire to do what is right for all is just lovely to read about. He honestly reminded me a lot of my husband in the ways he interacted with his friends. Well, he's not as flirty as Thorin, but he's flirty with me. 😉. Thorin is the kind of teddy bear/cinnamon roll character I always love. I love how the sweeter and spicier elements of his personality were executed. He's just SO LOVELY. (That's the word that sums up this book, I think.) I also really loved how Bell established how shifters come to be in this world. It was a really fresh take and I can’t wait to read more about this world.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">If you love sweet paranormal stories with a progressive plot line, this one is for you. I'm so thankful I got to read this story to help promote it because it was just a delightful reading experience. I really cannot recommend it enough. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">To my left-leaning babes, this one is for you! ✨</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p style="background-color: #ffe7e5; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Happy reading, friends!</span></p><p style="background-color: #ffe7e5; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Olivia</span></p><p style="background-color: #ffe7e5; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Liv the Book Nerd</b></span></p><p style="background-color: #ffe7e5; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;"><a href="https://twitter.com/livthebooknerd" style="color: #00994d; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div style="background-color: #ffe7e5; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><u>Page count:</u> 557</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="background-color: #ffe7e5;"><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><u>Publisher</u>: Emilia Emerson</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><u>Published on:</u> March 1, 2023</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><u>Genres</u>: adult romance, paranormal, dark romance</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><u>Format</u>: eARC in exchange for an honest review</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">[<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BRDBVMNR/ref=x_gr_bb_amazon?ie=UTF8&tag=x_gr_bb_amazon-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B0BRDBVMNR&SubscriptionId=1MGPYB6YW3HWK55XCGG2" style="color: #6aa84f; 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text-align: left;"><b><u><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;">Synopsis:</span></u></b></h3></div><p><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">What if everything forbidden to me — freedom, love, pleasure — could be mine?</span></i></p><p><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">Would I be brave enough to take it?</span></i></p><p><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">Five years ago, Josie Porter’s life was about to begin: she was going to escape her abusive family, move in with her best friend, and start college. Now, scarred from years of government torture in the Designation Academy, her dreams are long gone. Her only goal now is survival.</span></i></p><p><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">With the Designation Government out to pair every omega with often brutal alpha packs, Josie has to turn to black-market suppressants to disguise her biology. But when the supply runs out, Josie can no longer run from her designation.</span></i></p><p><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">Cam, Ben, and Theo Ashwood had given up on their dream to find an omega, refusing to participate in the government’s oppressive policies. But when the underground anti-government Alliance asks them to help an omega in need, they can’t say no. They never expected to meet her — their fated mate.</span></i></p><p><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">Suddenly surrounded by alphas desperate to tend to her every need, Josie finds herself feeling things she only dreamed of as a child — love, trust…hope.</span></i></p><p><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">But even the protection of her fiercely loyal pack can’t stand against those determined to tear them apart.</span></i></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Review:</span></h3><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: georgia;">This book had all of the potential, but I really wish a few things had been tweaked to make it the best it could be. Going into Forbidden, I really enjoyed Josie and her pack. However, as the story continued, the plot became repetitive and Josie’s constant negativity toward herself was lowkey exhausting.</span></p><p><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;">When it came to the romance, I really enjoyed it! I loved how Cam, Ben, and Theo really nurtured Josie and her spirit. This book had a beautiful message about self love and growing and healing after traumatic events. I was a big big fan of those elements. They were really well done.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;">Overall, this book was a lovely read. I wish some of the more repetitive bits had been cut to make the book a bit shorter (Who am I asking for a book to be shorter? Sometimes it’s truly needed! Swear!).</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;">I’m definitely intrigued enough to read the sequel, but I’m wary of it being just as long and repetitive… 🤔</span></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Happy reading, friends!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Olivia</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Liv the Book Nerd</b></span></p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/livthebooknerd" style="background-color: #ffe7e5; color: #00994d; font-family: georgia; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 19.32px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">Twitter</span></a><span style="background-color: #ffe7e5; color: #181818; font-family: georgia; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 19.32px;"><b> //</b> </span><a href="http://www.instagram.com/livthebooknerd" style="background-color: #ffe7e5; color: #00994d; font-family: georgia; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 19.32px; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="2004" height="397" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Qj6TyD3xnYmIh6jDNqdZHNjp54RG4oG5yOpTDrg1wn3rqKbRWc6SjSJaMb0ltVWa3ZPySWxwCuPuuZl3hH4yPTMjG9lGephZzDVFteiDQM3cffb4EvCi6zQ4inRgGFtfhxxKXM3mgzP6MIcgriyjWD5IVme-zfXKtp81GJR2Js5wqjz1cMBW9O4c_A/w311-h397/43708884.jpg" width="311" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><u>Page count:</u> 128</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><u>Publisher</u>: Ebury Press</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><u>Published on:</u> October 10. 2019</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><u>Genres</u>: Children's graphic novel, philosophy, fiction, art</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><u>Format</u>: physically borrowed from library</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">[<a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-boy-the-mole-the-fox-and-the-horse-charlie-mackesy/18305799?ean=9780062976581" target="_blank">Purchase Here</a>]</span></div></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><u>Rating</u>: 5/5 ✨ </b></span></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><u>Synopsis:</u></b></span></h3><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>Enter the world of Charlie's four unlikely friends, discover their story and their most important life lessons. The boy, the mole, the fox and the horse have been shared millions of times online - perhaps you've seen them? They've also been recreated by children in schools and hung on hospital walls. They sometimes even appear on lamp posts and on cafe and bookshop windows. Perhaps you saw the boy and mole on the Comic Relief T-shirt, Love Wins?</i></span></p><p><i><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></i></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>Here, you will find them together in this book of Charlie's most-loved drawings, adventuring into the Wild and exploring the thoughts and feelings that unite us all.</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Review:</span></h3><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>“What do you want to be when you grow up?”</i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>“Kind.”</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">This was just excellent. Absolutely excellent. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">This book was so emotional. I'm filled with so much relief and hope and love for the people around me. This book is a book of friendship and unconditional love. It's about finding your family -- not those that are bound by blood to love you, but it's about the people you meet along the way -- the people that love you for who you are in that moment and love you as you grow and change into the person you want to be. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">I loved this little book. I don't think anyone should go a day of their life not knowing about the lonely little boy, the sweet little mole, the fox who is wary to trust, and the horse who is healing in his own way. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Thank you <a href="http://instagram.com/bookish.brenna" target="_blank">Brenna (@bookish.brenna)</a> for encouraging me to read this! </span></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: #ffe7e5; clear: both; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; text-align: left;"><span class="TextRun SCXW63113705 BCX0" color="windowtext" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW63113705 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; 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The hottest club in Los Angeles may be stealing her customers, but for one night she wants to ditch her responsibilities and indulge her fantasies.</span></i></p><p><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">When relief unexpectedly arrives fur-free and with fangs, the witch gets more than she bargained for. An anonymous one-night stand becomes a whole lot more complicated when it's with a mind-reading vampire... especially when Vlad might be the one responsible for her nightlife nightmares.</span></i></p><p><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">Blood Moon is a Strange Moon novella taking place in the same universe as Titan: A Gargoyle Daddy Dom, and takes place between Book 1 and Book 2 in the Romancing His Stone series. Don’t be surprised if a gargoyle or other familiar characters make an appearance.</span></i></p><p><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">***Please note the Strange Moon Novella series is lighter in tone and plot than the Romancing His Stone series, but packs the same spicy punch.***</span></i></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><u>Review:</u></span></h3><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">I’m back at it with another spicy monster lover romance! This time it’s the addicting novella by Jillian Graves, <i>Blood Moon. </i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">This was all that I needed. I loved JG’s writing style, the characters, the tropes, the spice — it was so much fun. I honestly wish this had been longer and spicier, but that’s what I get for reading a novella. I even knew it was short when I went into it!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">The only reason I didn’t give this 5 stars is because I felt like the story could have been slightly longer to convince me of the character’s chemistry. They were definitely great for each other, but I wasn’t fully convinced by the end of the book of their compatibility to lead them into a long term relationship. I’m just crossing my fingers and toes for more Vlad x Hazel content. I really did love them so much. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Other than than wanting it to be longer, this novella was so addicting and fun to read. I really didn't want to put it down once I started it. </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">If you’re a Twilight girly searching for more vamps to love, this monster romance is for you -- especially if you're searching for something quick and spicy.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">[<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CoVJY_ug1E1/" target="_blank">Check out my post on Instagram!</a>]</span></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: #ffe7e5; clear: both; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: left;"><span class="TextRun SCXW63113705 BCX0" color="windowtext" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW63113705 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; 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He's a star football player, manages his OCD well (enough), and comes out on top in all his classes . . . except the ones he shares with his ex-best friend, Celine.</div><div><br /></div><div>Celine Bangura is conspiracy-theory-obsessed. Social media followers eat up her takes on everything from UFOs to holiday overconsumption--yet, she's still not cool enough for the popular kids' table. Which is why Brad abandoned her for the in-crowd years ago. (At least, that's how Celine sees it.)</div><div><br /></div><div>These days, there's nothing between them other than petty insults and academic rivalry. So when Celine signs up for a survival course in the woods, she's surprised to find Brad right beside her.</div><div><br /></div><div>Forced to work as a team for the chance to win a grand prize, these two teens must trudge through not just mud and dirt but their messy past. And as this adventure brings them closer together, they begin to remember the good bits of their history. But has too much time passed . . . or just enough to spark a whole new kind of relationship?</div></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><u><br /></u></span></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><u>Review: </u></span></h3><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Hey, guys!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span> <span> </span> </span>While I wasn’t really in the mood to read a YA romance, I still had so much fun reading this book with my book club. I really loved Bradley. He was the best character in this book and I was constantly giggling at his affection for Celine was just so heartwarming and sweet. Celine, unfortunately, was not my favorite. I found her to be unnecessarily mean at times - however! her feelings and motives end up making sense and her backstory and eventual vulnerability really caused me to warm up to her. The characterization was so nicely done and the characters were so realistic. I loved the romantic bits throughout & the characters passion for their hobbies was so nice to read about. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span> <span> </span> </span>I had a hard time plowing through this book at times because of the pacing. It just felt like this story was just missing that extra layer of depth that I’m used to in Talia Hibbert books. I really wish that there had been more of a focus on their friends and family. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span> </span><span> </span>I also really love Bradley’s love of writing. It was quite evident that Hibbert took inspiration from her own feelings. It was so relatable. Celine, however, just didn’t feel as connected to her love for the law. Her desire to go into law just didn’t seem as real. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span> </span><span> </span>Overall, this was so sweet. I loved the banter and the awesome one liners. Swipe to see my tabs! If you’re looking for a sweet YA rom-com that will make you laugh and possibly shed a tear, this is for you! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">[<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CoNV5Rir5Lw/" target="_blank">Review on Instagram</a>]</span></p><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><u>More Talia Hibbert Reviews:</u></span></h4><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><a href="http://livthebooknerd.blogspot.com/2020/01/fall-early-winter-2019-reading-wrap-up.html" target="_blank">Get A Life, Chloe Brown </a></i></span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="http://livthebooknerd.blogspot.com/2020/01/fall-early-winter-2019-reading-wrap-up.html" target="_blank">The Princess Trap</a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><a href="http://livthebooknerd.blogspot.com/2020/09/review-take-hint-dani-brown-brown.html" target="_blank">Take A Hint, Dani Brown</a></i></span></li></ul><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Happy reading, friends!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Olivia</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Liv the Book Nerd</b></span></p><p><b><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: #ffe7e5; 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She’d rather skip being homeschooled completely and spend time with her best friend, Blob Ghost. But the mall is getting boring, and B.G. is cursed to haunt it, tethered there by some unseen force. And now Beetle’s old best friend, Kat, is back in town for a sorcery apprenticeship with her Aunt Hollowbone. Kat is everything Beetle wants to be: beautiful, cool, great at magic, and kind of famous online. Beetle’s quickly being left in the dust.</span></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">But Kat’s mentor has set her own vile scheme in motion. If Blob Ghost doesn’t escape the mall soon, their afterlife might be coming to a very sticky end. Now, Beetle has less than a week to rescue her best ghost, encourage Kat to stand up for herself, and confront the magic she’s been avoiding for far too long. And hopefully ride a broom without crashing.</span></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">~ ~ ~</span></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><u>R E V I E W:</u></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I was so thrilled when my book club decided to read this. It’s safe to say that it was well beloved by all of us.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I loved everything about this graphic novel. The art and colors are just gorgeous, the world is well thought out and so fascinating, the characters and their designs was enchanting, and the relationships and plot that were developed were just too fun. The details the background were just so so good! I was particularly thrilled by the anthropomorphic frogs at the beginning, the details on the Hollowbones’ tails and necks, the pet fluffy spider, and the giant skeleton woman (also found on the back cover!). I can’t forget to mention Beetle and Kat because I just love them sooo much. And aaaah!!! 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font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Published on: January 7, 2023</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Genres: Adult fantasy romance, monster romance</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Format: ebook personally purchased</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: georgia; font-size: 15.4px;">Rating: 4/5 ✨</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: georgia; font-size: 15.4px;">Spice Level: 2.5-3/5 🌶️</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: georgia; font-size: 15.4px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 15.4px;">- monster romance</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 15.4px;">- both MCs are switches in the bedroom</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 15.4px;">- MMC has a tail and horns</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 15.4px;">- very romcom-y with wonderful spice</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 15.4px;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 15.4px;"><u>Synopsis: </u></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 15.4px;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 15.4px;"><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Did I swipe right on the wrong guy?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">This is a question Maeve has no choice but to ask herself as her boyfriend’s sins pile up.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Besides the usual dirty socks on the floor, the dishes left sitting beside the sink, and having to clean up after him like his damned mother, now he’s brought home three solid black puppies. At the request of his boss, who’s been holding a promotion over his head since the beginning of their relationship.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">So fine. She’ll watch the puppies. They are pretty cute, after all.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">…If she can ignore the way they guard the bedroom door with glowing red eyes.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">What’s not cute? Galen’s shirts appearing in the hamper with the same two tears along the shoulder blades, the late-night walks, and the weird chanting in the middle of the living room.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Determined to get to the bottom of her boyfriend’s sudden weirdness, Maeve concocts a plan, a series of tests to figure out what the hell Galen is exactly.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Vampire? Werewolf? Something from Hell itself?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">She’s damned well going to find out, even if she has to use all the salt in the pantry.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">~</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Is Maeve right to lead her own investigation into her boyfriend’s weird antics? Get in on this silly adventure and learn How Not to Date a Demon.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">~ ~ ~</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">R E V I E W:</div></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 15.4px;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 15.4px;">This book was just incredibly fun. I really loved how the characters communicated their needs for their relationship and in the bedroom.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 15.4px;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 15.4px;">For a demon, Galen is the sweetest cinnamon roll. I wouldn’t have known he was a demon either, so Maeve’s confusion was just so valid to me. I loved how they came to terms with his monster status.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 15.4px;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 15.4px;">I think the reason I gave it 4 stars is because I wanted more from the world building. I’m not sure if I missed it at the beginning, but I had no idea that monsters had been reintroduced to the world at large in general. Knowing that monsters were becoming more accepted in society would have been really good to know. However, I really don’t know if that’s just something I missed. Once the rest of the books come out, you bet your booty I’ll be snagging all of them. I’m so invested. The world that the book ended with was so fascinating and the concept of hell that Lana Kole ended with is incredible. I want more!</span></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: georgia; font-size: 15.4px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: georgia; font-size: 15.4px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><span class="TextRun SCXW63113705 BCX0" color="windowtext" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW63113705 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Happy reading, friends!</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; 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clear: both; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Page count: 271</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #ffe7e5; clear: both; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Publisher: Kathryn Moon</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Published on: December 27, 2022</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Genres: Adult fantasy romance, monster romance, paranormal, erotica</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Format: ebook and paperback personally purchased</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div></div><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #ffe7e5; font-family: georgia; font-size: 15.4px;">[</span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09QXR3P6C/ref=x_gr_bb_kindle?caller=Goodreads&tag=x_gr_bb_kindle-20" style="background-color: #ffe7e5; color: #6aa84f; font-family: georgia; font-size: 15.4px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Purchase Here</a><span style="background-color: #ffe7e5; font-family: georgia; font-size: 15.4px;">]</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">This book is only $3.99 for Kindle, so if you're interested, I cannot recommend it enough!</span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Rating: 5/5 ✨</span></span></p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Spice: 5/5 🌶</span></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #262626;" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626;">CW: [<a href="https://www.kathrynmoon.com/content-warnings" target="_blank">see author website</a>]</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626;">[<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60056721-games-with-the-orc?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_18" target="_blank">Synopsis</a>]</span></div></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">I know I know. This isn't the typical read that you'd find on my blog. But since diving into Katee Robert's backlist and recent releases, I'm absolutely loving paranormal, fantasy, and monster romances. If KR recommends it, I read it. And this book was phenomenal. If you like monster romance or if you've been loving Katee Roberts' books like I have. I cannot recommend this enough.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">This book was honestly some of the best monster romance I’ve ever read. It was the perfect mixture of softness and sexy good times. This was probably one of the spiciest books I’ve ever read, but it also had the best established consent and aftercare that I’ve ever read.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">I’ve gone and and forth about whether I think this needs more plot or not, but I think I’m thoroughly content with all that I read. I honestly would have loved this if it was longer, but only because I didn’t want this story to end. I loved meeting Sunny and Khell’ar. I didn’t think that orc romances would be something I liked, but if they’re like this, I want more. This was everything I could have wanted. I cannot wait for more books that follow the shenanigans of The Monster Smash Agency. I cannot wait to read more from Moon's backlist too. Her writing is just phenomenal.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #ffe7e5; clear: both; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><span class="TextRun SCXW63113705 BCX0" color="windowtext" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW63113705 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Happy reading, friends!</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #ffe7e5; clear: both; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; 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text-align: left;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">I honestly went into this because:</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">1) it was recommended by some monster lover bookstagrammers that I love </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">2) after looking it up on Goodreads, I saw that the MMC had some wild monster anatomy that sounded to hilarious and fun to pass on.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Xòchitl is a Cupid. Cupids bring love to humans and other creatures, but they’re forbidden from finding love and having relationships with others. Arson is a draegyn and is a part of the Santana line that brings Christmas cheer to the human world. Santana.. Santa.. see the connection? Unfortunately, Arson is just not feeling the Christmas cheer this year. He’s bored and just isn’t finding any joy in his job. But when he starts receiving letters from the sweet, Christmas loving Xo, he’s intrigued. Xo just wants to experience love and she thinks Santa can help her find that love.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span> </span><span> </span>This book was unhinged in the best way. While their chemistry is hot hot hot, their attraction is a little Insta-lovey for me, I still really loved it. Xo and Arson are the sweetest kinds of monsters and their growing love for each other was just so nice to read about. Not to mention, their chemistry in the bedroom is just 🔥⚡️🔥</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span> </span><span> </span>This was everything I needed between my heavier reads. I decided to read this around 11:30 at night and read until 1am. I had to pick it back up when I woke up this morning and promptly finished it as fast as I could. I’m not one for holiday romances, but I honestly could be persuaded to read even more if they’re this cute.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span> </span><span> </span>If you’re looking for a spicy read with wild monster anatomy, spice that will make your face flush as pink as Xo, and sweet sweet epilogues to give you the warm and fuzzies, this is for you. I cannot wait to push this onto <a href="http://instagram.com/aerindaniels" target="_blank">@aerindaniels</a>, <a href="http://instagram.com/kj.the.nerd">@kj.the.nerd</a>, and <a href="http://instagram.com/moony_manga" target="_blank">@moony_manga</a>. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">😈😈😈</span></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: #ffe7e5; clear: both; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><span class="TextRun SCXW63113705 BCX0" color="windowtext" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW63113705 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; 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clear: both; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: start;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><span class="TextRun SCXW63113705 BCX0" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: windowtext; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Publisher: Marvel</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW63113705 BCX0" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: windowtext; 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font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><span class="TextRun SCXW63113705 BCX0" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: windowtext; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW63113705 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Format: ebook personally purchased</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><span class="TextRun SCXW63113705 BCX0" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: windowtext; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; 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text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Purchase Here</a>]</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><span class="TextRun SCXW63113705 BCX0" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; white-space: pre-wrap;">Rating: 4 stars</span></div></span></div></div></div></div><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Synopsis:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>The best character ever is back in her own series and about to glam up the whole Marvel Universe! Jennifer Walters, the Sensational She-Hulk, is no longer savage - and now she needs to put her life back together. She's got a legal career to rebuild, friends to reacquaint herself with (and maybe represent in a court of law), and enemies to... well, she may not want to connect with them, but they are definitely going to connect with her. And Jen is about to be sent down a road she's never travelled - one that will shake up her life... and possibly the whole Marvel Universe! </i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">~ ~ ~</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: georgia;">I don’t know what’s in the water, but I have just been consuming only 4.5-5 star reads so far this year. What a blessing!</span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #262626;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626;">I finally picked up this gorgeous comic book because it was blessedly only $2.99. For a grad student, that’s practically free — well not really, but I could afford it and that’s important to me. Anyway, I knew I would love this going into it because I know that this story only gets 10 issues. I’m not sure what’s up with my brain, but longer comic runs do not get finished — at least for me. I don’t manage to finish them. I’m pretty sure that will change this year because I’ve really gotten into following the weekly/bi-weekly journeys of certain manga series, but I digress.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #262626;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #262626;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626;">She-Hulk is a new favorite character. I already know I’ll be searching out more content and more world lore because I’ve genuinely never consumed She-Hulk specific Marvel content. After reading this, I’m mad that I haven’t! I don’t know what brought these fascinating characters to where they are in this volume, but I’m involved now! I need backstory! I want more Jack of Hearts! I need more domestic interactions between the heroes! It’s great!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #262626;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #262626;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626;">If you’ve been thinking of diving into She-Hulk, specifically Rainbow Rowell’s go at it- do it! I loved her Runaways issues, so it’s not surprising that I loved this.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #262626;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #262626;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">‼️ </span></b>The .5 stars I docked off is easily remedied and reflects on my reading experience. I just don’t know the history so that took me out of it. That part of the rating does not reflect on the story itself. It’s merely my experience.</span></span><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626;"><br /></span></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #ffe7e5; clear: both; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><span class="TextRun SCXW63113705 BCX0" color="windowtext" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW63113705 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Happy reading, friends!</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #ffe7e5; clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">In January, I read 14 books - including novellas, comics, graphic novels, novels, manga, and novelettes. I had an excellent reading month. I started the year with so many 5 star reads. I spent the month bouncing between my Rick Riordan reread, monster romance, and myth inspired books. It was so much fun.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">✨Books Read:✨</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">-<i> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CnPvOf6vAb6/" target="_blank">The Lost Hero</a></i><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CnPvOf6vAb6/" target="_blank"> </a></span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CnPvOf6vAb6/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: georgia;">by Rick Riordan </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">~ 5 stars</span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">-<i> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CnUbnFuLDCv/" target="_blank">The Son of Neptune</a></i><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CnUbnFuLDCv/" target="_blank"> </a></span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CnUbnFuLDCv/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: georgia;">by Rick Riordan</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">~ 5 stars</span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">- <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CnfKWHbPA0-/" target="_blank"><i>The Mark of Athena</i> </a></span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CnfKWHbPA0-/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: georgia;">by Rick Riordan</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">~ 5 stars</span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">- <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CoC_xNkrqsw/" target="_blank"><i>The House of Hades</i> </a></span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CoC_xNkrqsw/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: georgia;">by Rick Riordan</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">~ 5 stars</span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">- <i>Spy x Family vol 11</i> ~ 4 stars</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">- <i>Chainsaw Man vol 13 </i>~ 3 stars</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">- <i>Highly Suspicious & Unfairly Cute</i> by Talia Hibbert ~ 3 stars</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">- <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Cn9098sL6UM/" target="_blank"><i>Beetle and the Hollowbones</i> by Aliza Layne ~ 5 stars</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">- <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CnaetDlLuzF/" target="_blank"><i>Games With the Orc </i>by Kathryn Moon ~ 5 stars</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">- <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CnpNvBgrzmF/" target="_blank"><i>How Not To Date a Demon</i> by Lana Kole ~ 4 stars</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">- <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Cnzxovzr4ev/" target="_blank"><i>Dear Monster Claus</i> by Maeve Black ~ 4 stars</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">- <i>Blood Moon</i> by Jillian Graves ~ 4 stars</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">- <i>A Lady of Rooksgrave</i> by Kathryn Moon ~ 4 stars</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CnXAcRcrPSl/" target="_blank">- <i>She-Hulk; Jen's Back</i> by Rainbow Rowell ~ 4 stars</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>More reviews coming soon on my Instagram page and here! </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">✨<u>Favorite Read:</u> <i>Games With the Orc</i>!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">✨<u>Least Favorite: </u><i>Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute</i> 😕 - Still so much fun, but I was just not in the mood for YA this month. I loved reading and discussing this with my book club though! So much fun!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">✨<u># Pages Read:</u> 4,269</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">✨<u>Shortest Book:</u> Blood Moon</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">✨<u>Longest Book:</u> The House of Hades</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">✨<u>Average Rating:</u> 4.4 stars (What a great reading month! Ahh!)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">⚡️See any favorites? Or do you have any recs based on what I read and loved? I'd love any monster romance recs I can get. I couldn't get enough of them!</span></div></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #ffe7e5; clear: both; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><span class="TextRun SCXW63113705 BCX0" color="windowtext" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW63113705 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Happy reading, friends!</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #ffe7e5; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="535" height="493" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqbW3W6Bmzyh701EUsIYOI2-4lrT86e_WrmLhmXCS_wmVz8xarjaLHOvshLytEgzoDTcgmbcB3tfy_6denAPYZ4X_uO1JQ8c2LOUYC8dycXckmNLJqCRlYYlf9PS7OEIhDqa7XNNU_YGqVAD8-K7-RuALRzTJ156Ij7P-m_bxNUoQtDZ_qfswYoDiJfA/w330-h493/91VAnVDqMpL._AC_UF700,800_QL80_.jpg" width="330" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Page count: 407</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Publisher: Del Rey Books</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Published on: September 27, 2022</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Genres: Adult fantasy</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Format: Hardback personally purchased</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">[<a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-golden-enclaves-naomi-novik/17789027?ean=9780593158357" target="_blank">Purchase Here</a>]</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Rating: 4.5 stars</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><u>TW:</u> torture, death, gore, violence, child death, classism, murder, confinement, emotional abuse, child abuse, racism, war</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">#3/3 in the Scholomance Trilogy </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><u>Book 1:</u> <a href="https://livthebooknerd.blogspot.com/2021/04/review-deadly-education-scholomance-1.html" target="_blank">A Deadly Education: 4/5 stars</a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><u>Book 2:</u> The Last Graduate: 5/5 stars</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">[<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CktNwJ0rNiE/" target="_blank">original mini review on Instagram</a>]</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><u>Synopsis:</u></span></p><p><i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915;">Saving the world is a test no school of magic can prepare you for in the triumphant conclusion to the <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">New York Times</span> bestselling trilogy that began with <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">A Deadly Education</span> and <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Last Graduate</span>.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; margin: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915;">The one thing you never talk about while you're in the Scholomance is what you'll do when you get out. Not even the richest enclaver would tempt fate that way. But it's all we dream about, the hideously slim chance we'll survive to make it out the gates and improbably find ourselves with a life ahead of us, a life outside the Scholomance halls.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; margin: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915;">And now the impossible dream has come true. I'm out, we're </span><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915;">all</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915;"> out--and I didn't even have to turn into a monstrous dark witch to make it happen. So much for my great-grandmother's prophecy of doom and destruction. I didn't kill enclavers, I </span><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915;">saved</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915;"> them. Me, and Orion, and our allies. Our graduation plan worked to perfection: we saved everyone and made the world safe for all wizards and brought peace and harmony to all the enclaves of the world.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; margin: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915;">Ha, only joking! Actually it's gone all wrong. Someone else has picked up the project of destroying enclaves in my stead, and probably everyone we saved is about to get killed in the brewing enclave war on the horizon. And the first thing I've got to do now, having miraculously got out of the Scholomance, is turn straight around and find a way back in.</span></span></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>~ ~ ~</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">To say I've enjoyed this series is an understatement. Did the first book have a questionable anecdote? Yes it did, but it was fixed and readers have seemed to forgive Novik for her shortsightedness and appreciate her candor and urgency in fixing the wording. For that, I did not feel conflicted in finishing this series. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">I’ve really fallen in love with the Scholomance series. I think Novik has created a main character that is so incredibly realistic. I was kind of nervous about how she would represent the diaspora that comes with being from two cultures, but I also am not of that demographic. I can’t firmly speak to it, but from what I studied and from the classes I took in college, this seemed to be so beautifully done. Obviously, if POC readers disagree, what they say is so much more important that what I think. I can’t speak to it. I really really loved how El's character shifted and changed with her environment for the better. Her character growth was absolutely lovely. She really was a powerhouse in this book. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>The Golden Enclaves</i> exceeded my expectations. I really wasn't sure where she was going with this book when I finished<i> The Last Graduate</i>. It was incredible and I really had no idea what to expect. Once I read it, everything made so much sense. Every little puzzle piece fit just right and the little moments mentioned in the first novel came back full circle at the end. I loved it. That's one of my favorite things about reading fantasy novels with such lush and interesting worlds. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Overall, I really loved this book. Novik’s writing style and the way she builds worlds and progresses story arcs is just phenomenal. I wish more people talked about these books in my little social media circle. They’re so good! I plan on diving into her dragon series once I'm back into my epic fantasy mood. </span></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: #ffe7e5; clear: both; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><span class="TextRun SCXW63113705 BCX0" color="windowtext" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW63113705 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Happy reading, friends!</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #ffe7e5; clear: both; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><span class="TextRun SCXW63113705 BCX0" color="windowtext" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW63113705 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: georgia; white-space: normal;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;"><span color="windowtext" style="font-family: georgia;">Olivia</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Liv the Book Nerd</b></div><div style="color: #00994d; line-height: 19.32px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://twitter.com/livthebooknerd" style="color: #00994d; line-height: 19.32px; text-decoration-line: none;"></a><a href="https://twitter.com/livthebooknerd" style="color: #00994d; line-height: 19.32px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">Twitter</span></a><span style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.32px;"><b> //</b> </span><a href="http://www.instagram.com/livthebooknerd" style="color: #00994d; line-height: 19.32px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">Instagram</span></a><span style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.32px;"> <b>//</b></span><span style="color: #93c47d; line-height: 19.32px;"><b> </b><a href="http://livthebooknerdblog.tumblr.com/" style="color: #00994d; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">Tumblr</span></a></span><span style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.32px;"> <b>//</b> </span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/15231061-olivia-williford" style="color: #00994d; line-height: 19.32px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">Goodreads</span></a><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 19.32px;"><span style="color: #181818;"> </span><span style="color: #181818;">//</span><span style="color: #181818;"> </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLAlrPyVD2rNc70aJiJbHvQ" style="color: #00994d; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">YouTube</span></a><span style="color: #181818;"> <b>//</b> </span></span><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 19.32px;"><span style="color: #93c47d; line-height: 19.32px;"><a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/liv-book-nerd-13398057" style="color: #ee4760; line-height: 19.32px; text-decoration-line: none;">Bloglovin</a> </span></span><b style="color: #333333;">//</b><span style="color: #333333;"> </span><a href="https://www.bookdepository.com/?a_aid=ltbnblog" style="color: #93c47d; text-decoration-line: none;">Book Depository Affiliate Code</a><span style="color: #333333;"> </span><b style="color: #333333;">//</b><span style="color: #333333;"> </span><a href="https://www.mybotm.com/ey0k8o7uh7b0ggb9" style="color: #aa0033; text-decoration-line: none;">Book of the Month affiliate link</a></div></span></div></div></span></span></div><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p>Olivia ~ Liv the Book Nerdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14788598633616072187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2132111655200843552.post-37688412819619999392023-01-10T13:16:00.001-05:002023-01-10T13:16:31.960-05:002022 Reading Statistics <p> <span style="font-family: georgia;">Hello, lovely people!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">I haven't updated in a hot minute, but I just wanted to touch base to cap off 2022. I'm not going to post my ususal yearly wrap up, but I did want to share my reading statistics and share some links if you're curious about what I managed to read in 2022.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">My life is currently in a state of chaos and I'm not sure when it will slow down, but if you'd like to keep up with my reading shenanigans, please head over to <a href="http://www.instagram.com/livthebooknerd" target="_blank">Instagram</a> and <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/15231061-olivia-livthebooknerd" target="_blank">Goodreads</a> to keep tabs on what I'm reading and getting up to. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">A quick life update! I'm still married to my best friend, Alex. Our first year of marriage was so wonderful. He's teaching full time and has finished his schooling for now. He's so incredible and wonderful. We've had a lot of financial stress this year and lots of trials that have only brought us closer. For one, our car was broken into and we lost some items and my bank accounts were hijacked, but that worked itself out. It just wasn't fun to have to replace items and get our car fixed. But we're safe and making sure we're safer when we're in bigger cities. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOz6n67LUVDRU8fNtXfUKNd5yDkM7jLg21ByU1tFyGELNezqJ9abvq1a06pnhW-AI9L0y5UoyvPmoGp6ecFbN9ooTui-tn0rhW0UFLwOfD3qxnXfb_KDi6gPsqlMHJE1-LkQ4x66Px580ml0IeO1zF4zTSl6x4BU4cCZj7ojRStcDKQHvcxM-NKZHsiQ/s1402/liv%20n%20alex.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1402" data-original-width="1189" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOz6n67LUVDRU8fNtXfUKNd5yDkM7jLg21ByU1tFyGELNezqJ9abvq1a06pnhW-AI9L0y5UoyvPmoGp6ecFbN9ooTui-tn0rhW0UFLwOfD3qxnXfb_KDi6gPsqlMHJE1-LkQ4x66Px580ml0IeO1zF4zTSl6x4BU4cCZj7ojRStcDKQHvcxM-NKZHsiQ/w301-h356/liv%20n%20alex.jpg" width="301" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">I'm currently working at my alma mater in the library and I'm enrolled in classes to get a master's degree in informatics and library science. I'm in my second semester (day 2!) and I'm having a blast. I'm also working hella part time at a famous coffee chain, but those shifts are just side quests to get more loot to pay the bills. I'm having a great time with my classes and it's all online, so it's just really nice to be able to study and work on my homework before a library shift or on a day off on my couch. It's the opposite of stressful most days.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">I'm still working on my novel, tentatively titled <i>Freyja, </i>and I've been participating in the various NaNoWriMo challenges. I "won" the last official NaNoWriMo and added 50k words to my current manuscript. It's currently sitting at 180k words and I'm still working to finish at the end of this year. I'm aiming for 200k words, but I wouldn't be surprised if it ended up sitting at a higher total. If you're also participating, let's be buddies on the NaNo website! I'm <a href="https://nanowrimo.org/participants/livthebooknerd" target="_blank">livthebooknerd</a> over there too. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Now to the reading statistics!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">In 2022, I managed to read 155 books. I met my reading goal by the skin of my teeth. A good portion of those books were manga and graphic novels. I was absolutely in my manga era in 2022. We can thank my best friend, Renee for that. I started or read so many fun new series and I'm having a great time continuing them. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm48wVFLV7T/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw-aSnR0eOelS0hWwWobSJjFuNIXSDP3qcJBEiWeVG1DeErvKZ64BeCL08yvmYGkKAMEb2VWFXzeL67ku_4aLpkkWVIZihU6Uk3VeJEK6hugcYVpARYya4oxuwfsDh1lYPVn-QYGkqFhrsgfle7JJ80_GfjbdlJadbLBa90c-z0fIL4ELQz1e6OpDsGA/w432-h432/27C399D0-6BE2-4220-9F24-C9D536000714.JPG" width="432" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">(not all are shown in the picture)</span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><u>Number of Books Read:</u> 155</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><u>Number of Pages Read:</u> 37,514</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><u>Average Length</u>: 242 pages</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><u>Average Rating</u>: 4.1 stars</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><u>Shortest Book:</u> <i>Layover </i>by Emily Henry (9 pages)</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><u>Longest Book:</u><i> House of Sky and Breath</i> by Sarah J. Maas (807 pages)</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><u>Most Popular</u>: <i>Percy Jackson and the Lightening Thief </i> by Rick Riordan (shelved 3.7+ million times on Goodreads)</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><u>Least Popular</u>: <i>Ruri Dragon</i> by Shindou Masaoki (shelved 66 times on Goodreads)</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><u>Highest Rated:</u> <i>The Rosebud Boy</i> by Rainbow Rowell (4.77 average rating on Goodreads)</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Interested in the masterlist? Check out my <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/user/year_in_books/2022/15231061" target="_blank">Year in Books on Goodreads</a>!</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Well, that's that! I'll be posting my top favorites and my top 5 ...probably tomorrow? We'll see! Questions? Just comment below! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: #ffe7e5; clear: both; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; text-align: center;"><span class="TextRun SCXW63113705 BCX0" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: windowtext; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW63113705 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Happy reading, friends!</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #ffe7e5; clear: both; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; text-align: center;"><span class="TextRun SCXW63113705 BCX0" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; 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So I picked 18? The picking process was so fun, but I can’t say I was overly organized, but I had fun picking these books! </span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">These 18 are not in any particular order and there are a couple that aren't in the picture because I just don't own them yet. </span></div><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CbBbiaCL_cs/" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">◦ <i>Sweat and Soap </i>by Kintetsu Yamada (series)</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><i>◦ The Never King by Nikki St. Crowe</i></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: italic;">◦ Wotakoi </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">by Fujita (series)</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: italic;">◦ Spy x Family </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">by Tatsuya Endo (series)</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: italic;">◦ Chainsaw Man</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> by Tatsuki Fujimoto (series)</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: italic;">◦ The Dragon’s Bride </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">by Katee Robert</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><a href="https://livthebooknerd.blogspot.com/2022/01/review-witchs-heart-by-genevieve.html" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: italic;">◦ The Witch’s Heart </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">by Genevieve Gornichec </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: italic;">◦ Love on the Brain </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">by Ali Hazelwood</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: italic;">◦ Nick and Charlie </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">by Alice Oseman</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: italic;">◦ The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">by Sangu Mandanna</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: italic;">◦ The Heart Principle </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">by Helen Hoang</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: italic;">◦ The Death God’s Sacrifice </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">by Jenny Nordbak</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CjHR9TzAfnZ/" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: italic;">◦ Gender Queer </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">by Maia Kobabe</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /></a><a href="https://livthebooknerd.blogspot.com/2022/09/review-go-hex-yourself-hex-1-by-jessica.html" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: italic;">◦ Go Hex Yourself </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">by Jessica Clare</span></a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: italic;">◦ An Absolutely Remarkable Thing </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">by Hank Green</span></span></p><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: georgia; font-style: italic;">◦ A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: georgia;">by Hank Green</span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://livthebooknerd.blogspot.com/2022/08/review-krakens-sacrifice-deal-with.html" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: italic;">◦ The Kraken’s Sacrifice </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">by Katee Robert</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: italic;">◦ House of Sky and Breath </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">by Sarah J. Maas</span></span><p></p><p></p><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">This was the year that I really just dove into manga and immersed myself into their anime adaptions. I also really fell in love with Katee Robert and her wonderful romances. I've found what I really love to read and I've just been letting myself mood read and pick up what I want when I want to read it. Sometimes it's stressful because I've managed to pick up 10 books at once, but I always manage to fix it and finish more books. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">What were your favorite reads from 2022? Let's discuss in the comments!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #ffe7e5; clear: both; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><span class="TextRun SCXW63113705 BCX0" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: windowtext; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW63113705 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Happy reading, friends!</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #ffe7e5; clear: both; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; 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<div style="text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;">~ HGTV home reno vibes, formerly famous main characters, former child stars ~</div><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">
Goodreads synopsis:
</span><div style="text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Shelby Springfield has spent the last ten years trying to overcome her past. As a former child star and lack luster pop star, it's difficult to move on from her widely documented and public meltdown and incredibly humiliating public break up with her former co-star, Lyle.</i></div><i style="white-space: pre-wrap;">
When Shelby is asked to be the star of a home renovation show, she can't help but accept. Especially if her other co-star and first love, Cameron, is involved.
</i><div style="text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>This book was so adorable! I can't thank Macmillan enough for sending this my way. Shelby and Cameron were so so sweet and their love story was so much fun to read. I'm always searching for a delightful second chance romance storyline and this definitely scratched the itch.</i></div><i style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Cameron has made a name for himself as a widely popular nature documentary videographer. When he's asked to co-star in a home renovation show with his former best friend and first love, Shelby, he can't refuse.</i></div></i>
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<div style="text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Thank you for the ARC, Macmillan!</b></div><div style="text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>** All thoughts are my own and I have received no financial compensation for my honest review **</b></div><div style="text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> Shelby (27) has lived a quiet, secluded life away from the spotlight since she left L.A. She's created her own business where she refurbishes and restores furniture and works with her father to flip houses in the community. She's found purpose and peace since her wild child days in L.A. I absolutely loved seeing Shelby's growth throughout this book. Her journey to love herself isn't easy, and forgiving herself and moving past her mistakes is just as hard of a task. I was so invested in her journey and I loved the HEA that resulted.
The chemistry between Shelby and Cam is undeniable. Their friendship is so so sweet and I honestly loved the minor miscommunication that aided them in admitting their feelings for one another. It was realistic and really really cute.
I loved the themes throughout this book, particularly the focus on personal change and growth. Humans are meant to evolve with their experiences and I felt like Hahn represented humanity and their tenacious spirit through her characters. It was absolutely fantastic and I definitely teared up a little when I got to the end of the book. The payoff is so worth it to me.
Cameron (28) is one of the sweetest fictional men. I loved his perspectives throughout because he was just sooo smitten with Shelby. I loved seeing him get to grow as a person and actually pursue his passions despite the hardships that arose. His relationship with Shelby's dad was so wonderful and I loved how he fell for not just Shelby, but the life she's created and a livelihood that he finds fulfillment.
One thing that I missed in this book was flashbacks. Cam and Shelby's relationship was believable, but their chemistry kind of lacking sometimes. I felt like there should have been a few more flashbacks to really solidify their backstory. I really wanted more from their past and I felt like it would have filled in the holes where the story lacked. If there had been more, I think that S&C's development, growth, and romantic chemistry would have felt even more believable. The events of the past just seemed so incredibly important to the characters, but we only got a glimpse of how they actively affected their lives. It was talked about, but there wasn't enough showing for my taste.
Overall, this was so much fun to read. I can't wait to shove this into the hands of my romance-loving friends. They're going to love this so so much.
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">I definitely recommend this one! 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-webkit-user-drag: none; color: windowtext; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Publisher: Bethany Weaver</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW63113705 BCX0" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: windowtext; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:lang="EN-US">Published on: October 13, 2022</span><span class="EOP SCXW63113705 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"335551550":1,"335551620":1}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; 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font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><span class="TextRun SCXW63113705 BCX0" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: windowtext; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW63113705 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="TextRun SCXW63113705 BCX0" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW63113705 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 15.4px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tropes: best friends to lovers, small-town romance, Halloween romance
Spice: 🌶.5/5
Rating: 4/5 stars</span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><span class="TextRun SCXW63113705 BCX0" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: windowtext; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW63113705 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><span class="TextRun SCXW63113705 BCX0" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: windowtext; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW63113705 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/62083542-mr-october" target="_blank">Goodreads synopsis:</a></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="TextRun SCXW63113705 BCX0" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW63113705 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 15.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>Halloween has come early in this steamy, friends to lovers, teacher/teacher romance filled with secret pining, fun hijinks, and quirky small-town feels.
Sabrina is no stranger to the Halloween pranks played around Grimsby, Indiana in the month of October. In fact, she is the recipient of nearly all of them. Usually, she would laugh it off and spend the rest of month looking over her shoulder anxiously awaiting the next scare. But not this year. She’s ready to fight prank with prank…starting with her best friend and Grimsby High’s favorite history teacher: Mr. October.</i></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><span class="TextRun SCXW63113705 BCX0" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: windowtext; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW63113705 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><span class="TextRun SCXW63113705 BCX0" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: windowtext; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW63113705 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">~ ~ ~</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><span class="TextRun SCXW63113705 BCX0" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: windowtext; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW63113705 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><span class="TextRun SCXW63113705 BCX0" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: windowtext; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW63113705 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Hey, guys!</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><span class="TextRun SCXW63113705 BCX0" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: windowtext; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW63113705 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><span class="TextRun SCXW63113705 BCX0" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: windowtext; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW63113705 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I had the pleasure of reading my friend, Bethany's, Halloween romance novella while I was down with COVID -- and I have to say that it was one of the highlights from those two weeks! Bethany and I graduated together from Indiana University and I had the pleasure of taking classes with her throughout my four years of undergrad. When she told me she was releasing a novella, I was ecstatic! Her work is so much fun to read and she writes romance like no other. Any snippets of her work that I got to consume while at IU was just absolutely phenomenal. She's so talented. </span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><span class="TextRun SCXW63113705 BCX0" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: windowtext; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW63113705 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><span class="TextRun SCXW63113705 BCX0" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: windowtext; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW63113705 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Needless to say, I'm biased toward her work. But that isn't going to stop me from hyping her up to the gods. I can't recommend her work enough. When her full-length books come out, prepare to be sick of me because she is THAT. GOOD. </span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><span class="TextRun SCXW63113705 BCX0" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: windowtext; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW63113705 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">I'm absolutely a sucker for any kind of romance, but I love a holiday centered read. I'm a huge fan of Halloween romance novellas. It's always such a great time. A fantastic mixture of cozy, spooky, and hilarious. Bethany didn't disappoint!</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Mr. October </i>is sixty-five pages of fun and swoony romance. It follows Sabrina and Adam who are best friends and coworkers at a school. I won't explain because it's sixty five pages! They fall in love and things get spicy. It's so much fun! </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 15.4px;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">There are two reasons why this only got four stars, but they're selfish reasons: </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 15.4px;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 15.4px;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">1) I really wanted just a bit more. Just maybe five thousand more words tacked onto the fifteen thousand. Some of the plot points were a smidge too rushed or glossed over, but overall, it worked so so well. I'm just always grooving for more from Bethany. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 15.4px;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 15.4px;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">2) </span></span><span style="font-size: 15.4px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I've read snippets of Bethany's upcoming work. It's just SO GOOD. Compared to the stories she is preparing for 2023, this story was just four stars for me. Those that are reading this review are going to go absolutely feral for Bethany's upcoming work. <b>Preorder them</b>! You won't be disappointed!</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><span class="TextRun SCXW63113705 BCX0" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: windowtext; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW63113705 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15.4px;">If you love cozy, fall themed romances, this is one to pick up. You'll love <i>Mr. October</i> and the easily frightened Sabrina and swoony Adam October. You need this novella in your life. Also! It comes out on my birthday! It's fate! 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font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW63113705 BCX0" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: windowtext; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:lang="EN-US">Published on: February 8, 2022</span><span class="EOP SCXW63113705 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"335551550":1,"335551620":1}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: windowtext; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><span class="TextRun SCXW63113705 BCX0" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; 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audio via public library</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><span class="TextRun SCXW63113705 BCX0" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: windowtext; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW63113705 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="TextRun SCXW63113705 BCX0" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: windowtext; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 15.4px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i>Catalina Martín desperately needs a date to her sister’s wedding. Especially since her little white lie about her American boyfriend has spiraled out of control. Now everyone she knows—including her ex and his fiancée—will be there and eager to meet him.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i>She only has four weeks to find someone willing to cross the Atlantic and aid in her deception. New York to Spain is no short flight and her raucous family won’t be easy to fool.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i>Enter Aaron Blackford—her tall, handsome, condescending colleague—who surprisingly offers to step in. She’d rather refuse; never has there been a more aggravating, blood-boiling, and insufferable man.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i>But Catalina is desperate, and as the wedding draws nearer, Aaron looks like her best option. And she begins to realize he might not be as terrible in the real world as he is at the office.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">~~~</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;">When it comes to </span><i style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;">The Spanish Love Deception</i><span style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;">, I really thought that I would love it. I really enjoy a slow burn romance, especially when it’s done well. My friends Paige and KJ LOVE this book. They love Aaron Blackford and I had genuinely only heard phenomenal things about this book. Overall, I’m really not sure how to feel about this book because it had an equal amount of things that I just really didn’t like and things that I was absolutely obsessed with. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;">In </span><i style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;">TSLD</i><span style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;">, the story features a Clark Kent type (sign me up), an enemies to lovers dynamic, the one-bed trope (because he broke his bed!!!), an office romance, international travel (they go to Spain!), and I was promised pining. I got all of those! What a treat! Unfortunately, we also get willful ignorance on our heroine’s part, oodles of the misinformation trope, and lackluster chemistry once the characters actually get together.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;">This book was incredibly engaging. I really really enjoyed the reading experience. I tandem read between the audio and an ebook. I even stayed up until 1am to finish. (For context, I haven’t done that in forever! To be quite frank, getting COVID has absolutely ruined my sleep schedule. But anyway!) Once I finished it, I just felt …empty? And disappointed, I think. The story was just missing something for me. I really wanted to love this book! It’s a book community darling! The author has impeccable taste and is a genuinely wonderful person. I wanted to love her book! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;">Once I finished — and even during moments while reading — I felt like this book was too long. The lead-up to their actual trip took way too much time. There were moments that felt crucial for the story, but I genuinely think a lot of it could have been cut or condensed. At least 100 pages could have disappeared and I wouldn’t have minded. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;">L</span><span style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;">et’s talk about Aaron Blackford because wow. I love that man. I genuinely wish the book had been from his perspective. He’s so stoic and quiet and I would have loved to get his internal angst and pining on page. He’s sooo sweet and he does far too much for Lina. He’s always thinking about how he can make her happy and bring joy to her life. He sacrifices so much and is so selfless; I just didn’t think Lina deserved it. She willfully ignores his affection for her. She actively disregard his plain language and the sweet things he said because it was easier to hate him. She also shut down multiple conversations that could have cleared the air because she knew what he was about to say. She was incredibly selfish and I ended up not enjoying her character by the end. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;">Overall, I liked this book, but it just fell flat for me. I absolutely adored Aaron. He was so swoon-worthy and I wish I had read more from his perspective. He was incredibly dreamy. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;">I</span><span style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;">’m not sure if I’ll read </span><i style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;">The American Roommate Experiment</i><span style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;">. I really liked the premise, but I’m not 100% into Armas’ writing style (unfortunately).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;">Happy reading, friends!</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Olivia</span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Liv the Book Nerd</b></div><div style="color: #00994d; 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text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhPKFJ0omkfqVt3_PC8gffwMjjnwQkTRbaxtRPwFrbUINrcWECkLLrWNGoxnKJWWAMMKBvZZr1opLH6y-BEbbaC4gRUykUpoN3-5ipLQ-39jNNOizHknogTisADanb5h4TIfhCAorQjzHZ_eqvn9vY1z7xHwFTqMimrEbCued8u1hS-v2Ou1i2C5IXAzA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2471" data-original-width="1647" height="363" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhPKFJ0omkfqVt3_PC8gffwMjjnwQkTRbaxtRPwFrbUINrcWECkLLrWNGoxnKJWWAMMKBvZZr1opLH6y-BEbbaC4gRUykUpoN3-5ipLQ-39jNNOizHknogTisADanb5h4TIfhCAorQjzHZ_eqvn9vY1z7xHwFTqMimrEbCued8u1hS-v2Ou1i2C5IXAzA=w242-h363" width="242" /></span></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: #ffe7e5; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="TextRun SCXW63113705 BCX0" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: windowtext; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Page count: 384</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="background-color: #ffe7e5; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="TextRun SCXW63113705 BCX0" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: windowtext; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Publisher: Berkley Books</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #ffe7e5; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="TextRun SCXW63113705 BCX0" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: windowtext; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:lang="EN-US">Published on: April 19, 2022</span><span class="EOP SCXW63113705 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"335551550":1,"335551620":1}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: windowtext; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #ffe7e5; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="TextRun SCXW63113705 BCX0" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: windowtext; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Genres: Adult romance, paranormal fantasy</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #ffe7e5; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="TextRun SCXW63113705 BCX0" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: windowtext; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW63113705 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Format: paperback - personally purchased</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #ffe7e5; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="TextRun SCXW63113705 BCX0" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: windowtext; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW63113705 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #ffe7e5; clear: both; text-align: center;"><u><span style="font-family: georgia;">Goodreads synopsis:</span></u></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #ffe7e5; clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #ffe7e5; clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">When Reggie Johnson answers a job ad in the paper, she's astonished to find that she's not applying to work at her favorite card game, Spellcraft: The Magicking. Instead, she's applying to be an actual familiar for an actual witch. As in, real magic.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">The new job has a few perks - great room and board, excellent pay, and she's apprenticing to a powerful witch. Sure, the witch is a bit eccentric. And sure, there was that issue with the black cat Reggie would prefer to forget about. The biggest problem, however, is warlock Ben Magnus, her employer's nephew and the most arrogant, insufferable, maddening man to ever cast a spell.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">Reggie absolutely hates him. He's handsome, but he's also bossy and irritating and orders her around. Ben's butt might look great in a crystal ball vision, but that's as far as it goes. But when someone with a vendetta targets the household, she finds herself working with Ben to break a deadly curse. Apparently, when they're not fighting like cats and dogs, things get downright...bewitching.</span></i></div></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #ffe7e5; clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #ffe7e5; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;">✨ <u>Rating</u>: 5 stars</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;"><u>Spice level:</u> 🌶🌶🌶 /5</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;"><u>Tropes</u>: grumpy/sunshine; enemies to friends to lovers; forced proximity</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;"><u>CW/TW</u>: financial insecurity, death of parents (historical), toxic & manipulative parents, abandonment, mention of suicide (mention, side character, historical), murder (hist.), blood, knives, blood, death of parents (hist.)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;">This is probably one of my top favorite books from this year. I absolutely loved this spicy paranormal romance so much. Reggie and Ben had the best chemistry and I loved getting to experience how they fell for each other. This book was giving me cozy mystery, spicy witchy romance, paranormal goodness. Needless to say, it was everything I could have ever wanted.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;">If you can't tell from the cover, this book is essentially a Reylo fanfiction. I can't say that I'm part of that fandom or ship, but I definitely loved what I got from this book. (To clarify, I really enjoy SW, but it's not one of my main fandoms. I'm definitely knee-deep into the Reylo fandom. I'll leave that to my best friends.) If you're not familiar with Ali Hazelwood and her debut, Love on the Brain, first - wow! Welcome! You should definitely read it! Second, I saw that she raved about this book soon after starting and I have to agree with her! Masterful and everything you could want. 10/10. Love on the Brain is also a Reylo fanfiction that has been published. So I guess maybe I should just be pursuing witchy Reylo fic now? I'd honestly love more.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;">Anyway!</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;">This book was exactly what I needed in my life. I'm absolutely desperate to get book 2. I need that couple's story so badly. Again, I'm desperate. I won't spoil who it is because I think it's worth reading AAAALL of Go Hex Yourself, getting acquainted with the characters, and being just as excited as I am when you read the synopsis to book 2. This is your push to read GHY. I mean, you can continue reading this review, but I insist! *nudge nudge* Get on it, little chickadee!</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;">I loved Reggie and Ben so freaking much. One of the best parts of this book (for me) was that we got chapters from both of the leads' perspectives. I noticed that many people didn't enjoy Ben's POV, but those chapters made me absolutely feral. He's such a softy and I love his constant angst and devotion to Reggie -- even during the moments where he had no recollection or awareness of it.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;">Reggie was such a lovely, spunky MC. I usually have a love/hate relationship with characters that are described as "spunky," but I adored how her character was developed. She was strong, and she was a little obtuse, but she worked so hard and she does everything she can with the cards she was dealt. Her backstory is riveting and I loved seeing how she grew from her circumstances. Her parents can choke and Reggie deserves so much better. (Reasonably, yes, these are fictional characters with potential mental health issues, but just from their actions alone -- they should know better! They refuse to change and that's just horrible!)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;">I really appreciated how the conflict was handled throughout. There were multiple issues that cropped up throughout the story and there were facets of the plot that tied into the overarching conflict, but they weren't overdone. Sometimes it feels like some romance novels just have too many points of conflict that affect the characters. It gets overwhelming and strange and it usually messes with the flow and pacing of the novel. I'm happy to say that this book didn't do this AT ALL.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;">I also adored the world-building incorporated throughout. I'm obsessed with the magic system and the concepts discussed throughout. Magic users are descended from the children of the gods? That genuinely sounds plausible! Tell me more! I can't wait to learn more in book 2. Gimme gimme.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;">This book just ticked every box for me and I cannot wait to read more witchy romance from Jessica Clare. I'm unfortunately not her target reader for her other books (cowboys do not do it for me and neither do billionaires typically). I definitely need more witchy romance recs so please comment below if you have any titles you recommend.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;">Happy reading, friends!</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: #ffe7e5;">Olivia</span><br style="background-color: #ffe7e5;" /><b style="background-color: #ffe7e5;">Liv the Book Nerd<br /></b><a href="https://twitter.com/livthebooknerd" style="background-color: #ffe7e5; color: #00994d; line-height: 19.32px; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">Twitter</span></a><span style="background-color: #ffe7e5; 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margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:lang="EN-US">Published on: October 11, 2022</span><span class="EOP SCXW63113705 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"335551550":1,"335551620":1}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: windowtext; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_EmbeddedFont, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="TextRun SCXW63113705 BCX0" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: windowtext; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_EmbeddedFont, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:lang="EN-US">Genres: Adult romance, paranormal</span><span class="EOP SCXW63113705 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: windowtext; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_EmbeddedFont, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="TextRun SCXW63113705 BCX0" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: windowtext; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_EmbeddedFont, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW63113705 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Format: </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW63113705 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; 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user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">✨</span><span class="TextRun SCXW63113705 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_EmbeddedFont, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"> Rating:</span><span class="LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW63113705 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-family: WordVisiCarriageReturn_MSFontService, Georgia, Georgia_EmbeddedFont, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"><span class="SCXW63113705 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; white-space: pre !important;"> 5 stars</span></span></div><span class="TextRun EmptyTextRun SCXW63113705 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_EmbeddedFont, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div></span><p></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW63113705 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW63113705 BCX0" paraeid="{adfd56bb-e5db-4be0-9889-0f23a761d295}{205}" paraid="1141357563" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: center; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="TextRun SCXW63113705 BCX0" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_EmbeddedFont, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW63113705 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Tropes: </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW63113705 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Grumpy/Sunshine, monster romance</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW63113705 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"335551550":1,"335551620":1}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; 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user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW63113705 BCX0" paraeid="{adfd56bb-e5db-4be0-9889-0f23a761d295}{217}" paraid="749844311" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: center; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="TextRun SCXW63113705 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_EmbeddedFont, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">TW/CW: Abuse/neglect (mental/emotional, parent to child, historical), spousal death (historical, non-graphic, off-page), explicit sex, vomit (non-graphic), pregnancy termination, incidental injuries for magical purposes, grief, body shaming (historical, referenced briefly)</span><span class="EOP SCXW63113705 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"335551550":1,"335551620":1}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; 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The world has kicked her every chance it got, so she’s all too happy to leave the realm she knows behind. 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</span></span></p><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: georgia; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hello, my sweet peaches, </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: georgia; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap;">I didn’t think that I would love this sort of romance, but now I can’t get enough of them. Katee Robert has the key to my heart. She just writes romance so well and I’ve been absolutely obsessed with her work – especially this summer. </span></div><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span></div></span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">In April, my book club voted to read Katee Robert’s The Dragon’s Bride, the first book in the Deal with a Demon series, and we all loved it. It was such a fun read and we desperately wanted more. </span></div></span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span></div></span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">The best thing about KR’s monster romances is that she takes an imposing creature and humanizes them. In The Kraken’s Sacrifice, Thane was the perfect mixture of sexy, soft, and grumpy. I loved his grumpy exterior. He was absolutely delightful. Once you get through his emotional walls, he shines. I adore him and he was a beautifully complex hero for this story. </span></div></span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span></div></span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">Speaking of complexity – Catalina! What a firecracker. She is the sunshine half of the grumpy/sunshine trope and she also had an incredibly complex series of growth throughout the story. I was absolutely obsessed with her. Low key, I’m already planning on rereading during the release week (and it releases two days before my 25th bday, so that’s just fate). </span></div></span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span></div></span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">In this book, Catalina is attempting to cope with the intense amounts of abuse she’s faced throughout her life. Thane is trying to cope with the loss of his husband. Together, their characters provide exactly what each needs to move on with their lives and be the best versions of themselves. I’m not saying that Thane has to just drop his husband, but he’s learning to live again. He’s learning to love and be vulnerable again. I found it to be beautiful. </span></div></span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span></div></span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">I think what I loved the most about this book was that they weren’t together because they loved to sleep together. Their intimacy allowed them to be more vulnerable with each other, but it wasn’t what the book was based around. Rather, they had to learn to trust each other and to be friends before they allowed themselves to be their truest selves with one another. I also really loved that they won’t be having babies and that they don’t feel like their little family won’t be complete without adding another little person to the mix. KR’s representation was excellent and I loved how she handled the in-world pregnancy termination. I’m so glad she included that part. </span></div></span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span></div></span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">This is definitely on my list of favorite books of 2022. I’m so eager for the next addition to the series and you’ll definitely see more reviews for KR’s other books. </span></div></span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span></div></span><div style="text-align: left;">Until then, happy reading!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #ffe7e5;">Olivia</span><br style="background-color: #ffe7e5;" /><b style="background-color: #ffe7e5;">Liv the Book Nerd<br /></b><a href="https://twitter.com/livthebooknerd" style="background-color: #ffe7e5; color: #00994d; line-height: 19.32px; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">Twitter</span></a><span style="background-color: #ffe7e5; color: #181818; line-height: 19.32px; text-align: center;"><b> //</b> </span><a href="http://www.instagram.com/livthebooknerd" style="background-color: #ffe7e5; color: #00994d; line-height: 19.32px; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">Instagram</span></a><span style="background-color: #ffe7e5; color: #181818; line-height: 19.32px; text-align: center;"> <b>//</b></span><span style="background-color: #ffe7e5; color: #93c47d; line-height: 19.32px; text-align: center;"><b> </b><a href="http://livthebooknerdblog.tumblr.com/" style="color: #00994d; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">Tumblr</span></a></span><span style="background-color: #ffe7e5; color: #181818; line-height: 19.32px; text-align: center;"> <b>//</b> </span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/15231061-olivia-williford" style="background-color: #ffe7e5; color: #00994d; line-height: 19.32px; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">Goodreads</span></a><span style="background-color: #ffe7e5; color: #333333; line-height: 19.32px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #181818;"> </span><span style="color: #181818;">//</span><span style="color: #181818;"> </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLAlrPyVD2rNc70aJiJbHvQ" style="color: #00994d; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">YouTube</span></a><span style="color: #181818;"> <b>//</b> </span></span><span style="background-color: #ffe7e5; color: #333333; line-height: 19.32px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d; line-height: 19.32px;"><a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/liv-book-nerd-13398057" style="color: #ee4760; line-height: 19.32px; text-decoration-line: none;">Bloglovin</a> </span></span><b style="background-color: #ffe7e5; color: #333333; text-align: center;">//</b><span style="background-color: #ffe7e5; color: #333333; text-align: center;"> </span><a href="https://www.bookdepository.com/?a_aid=ltbnblog" style="background-color: #ffe7e5; color: #93c47d; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;">Book Depository Affiliate Code</a><span style="background-color: #ffe7e5; color: #333333; text-align: center;"> </span><b style="background-color: #ffe7e5; color: #333333; text-align: center;">//</b><span style="background-color: #ffe7e5; color: #333333; text-align: center;"> </span><a href="https://www.mybotm.com/ey0k8o7uh7b0ggb9" style="background-color: #ffe7e5; color: #aa0033; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;">Book of the Month affiliate link</a></div></span></div><p></p></div><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p>Olivia ~ Liv the Book Nerdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14788598633616072187noreply@blogger.com0