I liked this, a research station in Antarctica is attacked because of a virus found in the permafrost, leaving the cook & a gruff (former military) scientist on the run through the frozen conditions

The romance was fun, the action& setting was interesting… but I didn’t like the villain POV or care who was really behind it or any of the “black-ops” stuff.. could have just kept it a regular woman & regular-ish man in this tense situation. 

LOVED IT. I was worried because I thought this would be related to Cinderella is Dead, which wasn’t totally for me… but it wasn’t and the fairytale references & imagery were elaborate & fun. I loved the characters, it was so good! 

I didn’t go back and read the novellas between 3 & 4 which is recommended, but aside from some new friends it was fine. Well, not fine, it is the end of days after all. The spice was good, but Willow was so back & forth with Max, major situations drag, the ending is vague… eh 

I wanted to like it. It started off strong, (FMC is taken by the Dragon, no one knows why the girls are taken from the village, but it turns out less nefarious than she guessed, subverts so tropes when the ‘handsome prince’ arrives) but it got …confusing? Or maybe it just didn’t hold my attention. But suddenly there were a lot of characters & battles built up to end in mere pages… +forced love story… 

Friends reunite for the 1st time since a tragedy 12 years ago for a Christmas Party to help 1 friend “get closure”. I had it figured pretty early, but it’s still well told & twisty considering the length of the story

A quick & festive listen. I find Talia Hibbert balances the cuteness, spicy & emotional baggage well in general and I loved the set up here (a woman seeks employment from a hot well known tattoo artist) along with the good deeds & the Christmas spirit that permeates the book.

I have LOVED this series & this was a great installment. Dasha has to face her demons (internal & real, it is magic after all) & choose how to move forward with her life while dealing with trauma from losing her parents, sabotaging her relationships & hosting a legendary dark power. 

This book came along way from the starting premises but I’ve enjoyed the progression to higher stakes & harder topics.

This was a very dark gritty horror. I can’t say it wasn’t well done, but I will say I wanted to be done reading it atleast 100 pages before it ended. it was endlessly gory & the bullying Oskar experienced was stomach turning. I’m not typically squeamish but it got to be ALOT. I love a gross ugly vampire story & the atmospheric mystery surrounding Oskar’s neighbor delivered for sure. 

Terrible. Bratty “supermodel” Kayleigh asks Santa for a “Daddy” for Christmas, her wishes are answered when she wakes up to her brother’s friend who is snowed in at her parents house. 

 

Cringe dialogue. I don’t want to kink shame but I don’t even feel like it’s explained well & instead of age play Kayleigh just seems pathetically immature.

I liked it, the worldbuilding is good, Emilia’s depiction of grief was so visceral, Wrath… I’m not sure about what’s going on with his motives here -but I’m very interested to find out. Too much happens at the end, &things that seemed like a big deal fizzled, plenty for the next 2 books to resolve.