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Book Review: Midlife Bounty Hunter

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Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

40 and kicking ass

Nice fantasy/sci-fi adventure book! I’m looking forward to reading more in this series!

Breena is a 40+ year old recently divorced woman who returns to her hometown of Savannah to get back to her roots. Her ex has stolen her grandmother’s house and she is trying to earn money to buy it back.

I really liked how Breena is starting to gain confidence and own herself in this first book. I love when she cops an attitude and kicks ass.

I’m nearing 40 and totally get all the body aches and pains that you don’t have at 20. I can also sympathize with a lot of Breena’s thoughts about the younger kids.

Even with all this good there were a few things that annoyed me. I didn’t like how Breena kept referring to her ex as Himself. I wish she would have used a different nickname or explained it a lot earlier in the book. Also, I got really tired of heard how old and out of shape she is. She did too. Lol.

Overall, this is a solid book and I’m looking forward to continuing with this series. If you’re looking for this type of book you might enjoy it. It’s worth the try. Happy reading y’all!!

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Book Review: Dare Number One: Kiss Like You Mean It

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Rating: ⭐⭐⭐

Too short

This really short book is cute and fun, but it’s not my speed.

I’m not going to lie, I downloaded it for the title. I enjoyed the idea of the dare, which is exactly what this book was. No more and no less.

Holly and Cameron were friends growing up, but Holly always had a crush on him.

Now, their friend Michelle is having a truth or dare contest of sorts. All dares must be completed with another person.

Holly chooses her crush, Cameron to do the dare with. The dare winds up being to kiss Cameron, take a video, and post it to social media.

I’ve just explained enough of the book to get you to 50%. If I give you anymore, you won’t need to read the book.

I was really hoping for more. More plot, more book, just more. I think this book took place over two days, but hours go missing. One minute Holly is making waffles and the next Cameron is ordering Chinese. Sorry guys, now you’re at 75% book completion.

The kissing scenes – crap 80%- were good and steamy. 🤣 Literally steamy 🤣 85%. Don’t expect more than heavy petting though. This is definitely PG-13 friendly. Sex isn’t mentioned or attempted.

There were also a few editing issues. The biggest was was Katia’s name was Katie in a few spots. I’m still not sure what her name actually is?

Overall, this book is fine. It’s really too short to be amazing. Personally, I wouldn’t read it. I’m sure you can figure out how it ends. Maybe read it if you only have a few hours to read and want to finish an entire book in that time. Otherwise move on folks, there’s plenty of other books out there. Happy reading y’all!!

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Book Review: Drop Dead Gorgeous

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Absolutely NOT Dreadful

Be still my geeky heart ❤️ This book is made for trivia loving, socially awkward geeks!

Zoey and Blake meet when Zoey crashes into his car. Zoey is the county coroner and Blake is an insurance agent. Through a serendipitous event where Zoey winds up doing the autopsy on someone who had a life insurance policy through Blake’s company, Zoey and Blake wind up working together to figure out how the man died.

There was a lot I enjoyed about this book! Zoey is my favorite type of character! She’s quirky, funny, and emotionally grows throughout the book. I loved her talking to dead bodies and the random trivia game her and Blake played.

More importantly, I think everyone deserves a boyfriend like Blake. He always puts Zoey first. He realized she was touching wooden objects for luck, so he went out and bought a bunch of wooden objects to put around his house, so she would always have something lucky to touch. And he embraces and loves everything that makes her who she is without trying to change her.

Give this book a try if it sounds like a good fit for you. It’s pretty good! Happy reading y’all!

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Book Review: The Promise of Hades

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Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Yes yes yes!!

This whole series is phenomenal! I think I’m going to continue to read these books until I’m sick of Greek mythology. Haha.

In this book, Persephone faces her final trials. Her brother Sam comes from the mortal world to Olympus with her. Persephone and Hades discover who is after her and what their end game is and we find out who will be Hades’ new bride.

Everything about this book was done so well. We even got to see Buddy come back for one final scene. The writer(s) did a great job of bringing everything together and tying up most loose ends, but allowing room for spin offs and sequels.

If you enjoy Greek mythology, you should be reading this series! These are quick reads that you won’t be able to put down. Happy reading y’all!!

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Book Review: The Passion of Hades

The Passion of Hades by Eliza Raine
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

It keeps getting better!!

Wow! This series has me hooked! I can’t wait to start the next book!

Persy moves onto round two of the trials and regains some of her previous power. In this book she faces some scary sea monsters and endurance tests. She also starts regaining her bond with Hades. Yay!!

There was more sex related scenes in this book than the last. I have no doubt that if this book continues on its current path, there will be some sex scenes in our future.

There is so much action, adventure, romance, and mystery in this book that it’s very difficult to put down! Luckily, it’s also short, so you won’t be lacking sleep for too long while you stay up reading it. 😂

Give this series a try if Greek mythology is your thing. This is definitely worth it! Happy reading y’all!!

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Book Review: The Power of Hades

The Power of Hades by Eliza Raine
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Yes Yes Yes!! This a great quick read fantasy book! I’ve already moved onto the second book before writing this, because I couldn’t take the time to stop and review this one. I had to start reading the next one now!

Knowing a little Greek mythology might help you in this book, but it’s not necessary, because Persephone (the leading female) doesn’t remember her own history. So, we’re all learning the history together.

In this book, Persephone (Persy), is a human living a normal life in New York, when she’s abducted by Zeus and taken to the Underworld. There, she’s forced to compete to be Hades bride. However, she quickly finds out she was previously a powerful and feared goddess who was married to Hades. In order to live, she must compete in the trials against gods and demigods who all have powers, while she’s still a human.

There’s a fair amount of grammar mistakes throughout this book, but there aren’t enough to detract from the overall book. It’s been a while since I’ve read a book with this many though, so I feel like it’s worth mentioning in case you’re put off by that.

There aren’t any sex scenes, but there are a few scenes that start to look like they’re heading in that direction. Maybe in some future books there will be some? It doesn’t really need them, the plot and writing is great on it’s own.

Overall, this is a fantastic book! Kudos to the authors! If you’re a fantasy reader, definitely consider adding this to your must read list. Happy reading y’all!

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Book Review: Happily Letter After

Happily Letter After by Vi Keeland
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Sadie + Sebastian forever

I LOVE fate books. This fate book hits you right in the feels and you won’t be able to put it down!

Here’s a little about the book:

Sadie is a dating columnist who also does the Santa wishes in the winter. In the summer, she receives a Santa letter from a little girl who reminds her a lot of herself and can’t help but honor the little girl’s request.

This one request snowballs into multiple requests and eventually leads to Sadie becoming the little girls dog trainer and a huge crush on the little girl’s Dad, Sebastian.

Here’s what makes this book special:

This book has that IT factor that made it hard to put down. Every time you were about to put it down, something else would happen and you convince yourself you just need to get past this event. That event leads to another and another and pretty soon you realize it’s 3 am and your alarm is going off in 3 hours. Dang!

There are a few well done and realistic sex scenes and a lot of lead up to the first scene. Yippee! Nicely done ladies!

More than anything else, Sadie really impressed me. The way she embraces the death of Sebastian’s wife, Amanda, and ensures their little girl never forgets her is amazing. Her mindset and lack of jealousy shows incredibly mature she is for her age. I absolutely loved her way of handling every situation.

Finally, the end had me in tears of happiness. Even recalling reading it is making me tear up. Even though I understood why they did it, I was so mad when they tore up the letter without reading it, but don’t give up folks! Read all the way through the final epilogue. You will get the answer you’re looking for 😉

This is a must read! I really hope you enjoy it as much as I did. Happy reading y’all!!

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Book Review: Single Dad Seeks Juliet

Single Dad Seeks Juliet by Max Monroe
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Better than a Romeo and Juliet

Max Monroe delivers another hilarious 🤣 page turning RomCom! You won’t want to put this one down!

Jake is a single dad, who’s teenage daughter signs him up for a Bachelor Anonymous contest to try and have him meet a woman through a series of blind dates who he will fall in love with. Holley is the reporter assigned to documenting and organizing the dates. Little does she know, she’s the one who is falling in love with the Bachelor.

This book is so good! I had forgotten how funny Max Monroe is. My husband asked me a few times what was so funny while I was reading. I read some of the parts to him and he snickered too!

I normally love strong funny women leads. Holley isn’t the kind of strong who would be a leading FBI agent, but she is the kind of strong who goes after what she wants when she figures out what that is. She may do it in an awkward and often hilarious way, but she will do it.

Speaking of doing it 😉 For those of you interested, there is one sex scene. By the time it comes around, you’re already so worked up from the previous “almost sex” events, the release is definitely needed!

Overall, this book is definitely worth the read! And hopefully I’ll remember to read Garret’s story when it comes out. Happy reading y’all!!

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Book Review: A Temporary Marriage

A Temporary Marriage by Summer Dowell
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I’m glad this book was temporary

This is a perfectly fine romance if you’re looking for a very mild Hallmarky romance. Two kisses, little to no drama, and no real climaxes (of either kind) sum up this book. I’ll give you a little overview, then we can talk more about my thoughts 😉

Ryan and Kylee have known each other for several years. Kylee has had a secret crush on Ryan, but he’s never showed any interest other than friends. Ryan has a disaster at work that leaves him wanting access to his trust fund, which he can only access after he marries. So, he asks Kylee to fake marry him.

I’ll let you read the rest of the book if you want, but I won’t be encouraging it. This book is seriously lacking that IT factor. It’s written in third person, which in itself is NOT a bad thing, but this one spends a lot of time monologuing about the same three things.

1. Does he/she actually like me? Or are they pretending?
2. I don’t like deceiving these really nice people.
3. What will happen when we split?

If you enjoy reading those three things over and over, then this is a good book for you. Also, if you’re looking for something mild and quick, then this is also a good book.

Me? I like strong female leads who get stuff done. They’re funny, witty, and charismatic. This is not that type of book. Kylee is not that type of girl. She’s meek and mild and I forgot her name when I went to write this.

Anyhow, if you’re looking for the next great page turner, this is definitely not that book. There were a few funny moments, but not enough to call this a RomCom. There was such a small climax that I wondered if I missed it. And overall, this book was generally lacking.

I won’t be reading the other books in this series. Happy reading y’all!!

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Book Review: Falling for Your Best Friend’s Twin

Falling for Your Best Friend's Twin (Love Clichés, #1)

Falling for Your Best Friend’s Twin by Emma St. Clair
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Abby + Zane forever

Abby is a cute and quirky computer programmer who is hired to diagnose and fix a bug Zane’s company has with their software. Zane is also Abby’s best friend, Zoey’s, HOT twin brother.

Zane and Abby have known each other for a while, but this is the first time they’ve been this close. Abby has always had a little crush on Zane, but now her crush has escalated.

Will they get together? Does Zane feel the same way for Abby? I’ll give you a hint…

This book would make a good Hallmark movie! They could even have sequels for each of Abby’s friends!

The Hallmark hint also included the lack of sex in the book. There isn’t anything other than kissing. So, if you’re looking for a hot and steamy romance that’ll have you reaching for relief, this isn’t the right book for you.

However, if you’re looking for a book that’ll have you laughing out loud. Look no further. Emma St. Clair delivered comedy like a pro. This book had me cracking up several times. Give this book a try. It was a good one! Happy reading y’all!!

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Book Review: Thirst 5 The Sacred Veil

Thirst No. 5: The Sacred Veil by Christopher Pike
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I want more, more, more!

Sita has had my heart since I met her. Her spunk, wit, and most importantly, her love, empathy, and compassion makes for the perfect lead character. If you haven’t started this series yet, you should!

In this book, Sita must confront someone who she fought against in the past, but barely got away from. Unfortunately, she blocked her memories from the past event and must unlock them to confront the evils she’s facing now.

I loved hearing more stories about Krishna! In this book we get to read about another memory Sita has with Krishna and Yaksha. There’s something in the memories of Krishna that makes me smile when I read them.

I can’t say enough good about this series! But with the good, there is one big sad part…I’m not ready to say goodbye to Sita 😢

Admittedly, I went online and googled to find out what comes next for my favorite hero. I came across a recent post by Christopher Pike that says he has books 6 and 7 planned. I want them now!! Haha.

I hope he doesn’t wait too long to write them. I want to read the conclusion of Sita’s story!! I hope you give this series a try! Happy reading y’all!

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Book Review: Thirst 4 The Shadow of Death

Thirst No. 4: The Shadow of Death by Christopher Pike
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

We all a need Sita In Our Lives

Sita is the being who watches over all of humanity and ensures good will always win. She banishes evil and lets good flourish. If I didn’t love her before this book, I definitely would now.

I really liked how Sita became Teri. I felt that being a newborn helped to remind her of where she came from and where she needed to be. I liked even more when she realized who Umara was and found her missing body.

I know there’s another book and I’m looking forward to it. I will definitely be mourning the loss of Sita at the end of this series. Part of me really hopes someone like her is out there keeping this world safe.

If you haven’t yet, please give this series a try. Even if you don’t like vampires, you might like this. Although this book extends more into the sci-fi world than most of the other books, so I think have have to have an open mind to sci-fi type books to like it. Happy reading y’all!!

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Book Review: Thirst 3 The Eternal Dawn

Thirst No. 3: The Eternal Dawn by Christopher Pike
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

What the??

What the what?! I’m not sure about this book, but let’s discuss and maybe I’ll decide by the end of this.

There are some spoilers here, but nothing too significant. This might even be in the blurb, but I don’t read those, because I won’t read a book most times if I do. I know, I’m odd.

Anyhow, the final book in Thirst 2 was the last book in the original series. Sita goes back in time to change history and in the final scene, she decides to go all the way back to the day Yaksha was born and kill him before he can be born and she never becomes a vampire. Then we also have a scene with Seymour closing the book as if he was authoring the story the entire time and none of it happened to begin with.

Due to that ending, I was really curious how book 3 even happened. Something must have majorly changed. So, I was expecting a rewrite of sorts on the history. I wasn’t quite expecting this though.

The biggest change is probably with Seymour. In the beginning of book 3, we find out that Sita never met Seymour. Never cured him of his AIDS, but Seymour got on a drug cocktail that did extend his life and he did write the book about Sita. They are psychically linked.

Ray, Joel, Paula, Eddie, Arturo, Kalika, Yaksha, all their stories still happened mostly the way they were originally written. Except that if you’ll remember, Sita used John’s blood to bring Seymour back from the dead, but that didn’t happen in this version. I think something was mentioned about Sita using the blood on herself.

Christopher Pike does explain pretty much every change eventually, but it’s not right away. This makes it confusing if you recently read Book 2 and you’re wondering what the heck is going on?!? Try to get past that and take this book as it is. It’s really well done, action packed, and impossible to put down at times.

I’m looking forward to reading book 4! It’s nice to be reading more Sita stories. Even if they newest villains are a little odd, they’re also incredibly interesting. Give this series a try!! Happy reading y’all!! There's a link below if you want to see or order Thirst 3!

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Book Review: Thirst 2

Thirst No. 2: Phantom, Evil Thirst, and Creatures of Forever (Thirst, #2)

Thirst No. 2: Phantom, Evil Thirst, and Creatures of Forever by Christopher Pike
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

As good as the first!

Thirst 2 is the last three books in the original last vampire series.

If I tell you anything about these, it will give them away. So, I won’t tell you about the plots. I’ll give you a hint...it involves Sita, the last vampire, and beings who want her blood and/or want her dead. Haha...that also described the first book. Yet somehow it’s not repetitive or dull to me. Quite the opposite! Try putting them down and it feels like Sita is compelling you to keep going.

I was surprised that I didn’t notice any change between this and the original series. I expected a different ending in order for the series to continue. Yet there wasn’t one. It still ends with Seymour and his computer. This makes me even more curious about the next books!!

Read this series y’all! See why Sita grabs your heart and not in that vampiry I’m going to eat it way 😉 See why when someone says “I don’t want to die,” you will always secretly respond with “then you never should have been born.” And why you suddenly find yourself googling "Krishna" and Bhagavad Gita. Happy reading y’all! Below is a link for you to read more about Thirst 2 and purchase if you so desire.

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Book Review: Whiskey Chaser

Whiskey Chaser by Lucy Score
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Bootleg Justice for the win!

This book is wonderful! I love the southernisms and characters. Scarlet is a hoot and a half. I love her spirit. She's a ball busting, confident woman that most women hope to be. She stands up for what's right and doesn't take no for an answer.

I wish I lived in a place like Bootleg, where family is everything and Bootleg is family. There’s a missing girl unsolved mystery thrown in to make things interesting and a fair amount of steamy sex!

I was super excited there was an epilogue. AND the epilogue included sneak peaks (but not too much) about the brothers. Loved this!

Give this book a try. You'll be laughing through most of it! I hope you love it as much as me. Happy reading y’all!

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