So good! Our heroes deal with the fallout from the Kejari, there is a lot of push and pull as they adapt to their new roles 

I was ready for them to stop fighting & start f*cking

The ending was a bit of a frenzy but it all made perfect sense with what they had been building to 

This story is a “duet” but I’m excited to read more from this world (&Mische’s story) 

To set expectations: it’s more fantasy than romantasy, but the relationship is a key feature

Sunny is a gumiho (9 tailed fox spirit) who has fled the magical world of the Four Kingdoms &now living in present day Las Vegas. She is pursued by someone from her past & has no choice but to return. 

It was slow &sweet to start, at about 65-70% it gets extremely chaotic. Emotions are erratic. There’s def some pacing issues but I would continue the series. 

Friends to Lovers trope, with an ominous prophecy, &mix of Korean folktales. 

Stunningggg. A great conclusion (?) to the trilogy. 

Mysteries new & old collide. I love the wordplay with the deities (Fate worse than Death, Chaos descends). 

The moody & elegant vibes are a major appeal but the characters &the main love story were glorious.  

An interesting read detailing Victoria’s Secret’s  iconic moments -including positives (US size 12 models in the 90s during heroin chic, Heidi to Gisele to Gigi) &lows (regression away from inclusivity in the 2010s, ties to Epstein) &everything in between (fast fashion, PINK sweatsuits) &more.

The timeline meandered even within subsections which was distracting. This was best when it strayed from its founder Wexler &focussed on their impact on media &models

ARC provided by publisher in exchange for honest review 

Published in 2013, a peak for dystopians with outbreaks &zombies. A genre standard is the Strong Female Character(tm) protagonist, but not here. Sal is recovering from an accident, suffering amnesia, her parents treat her like a child, she devolves into panic &can’t do much on her own. At times infuriating, but real. She quickly progresses as people turn sleepwalker from their genetic implants 

Book 1 ends with questions as the conspiracy grows.

his was even steamier than the 1st, I don’t know that it’s a good thing, it bordered on “impossible for the human body” &the dirty talk (honest-girl/honest-guy thing?) was so cringe. Part of my dislike is likely that I find a lot of age-gap romances yucky, &while Sean Bell tried to give Zenny control -it’s impossible under the circumstances. 

That being said I liked Sean’s character development, there were a few emotional scenes that humanized him

Soft pick. Very suspenseful, definitely kept me reading, but I don’t know that it will stand out in the long run. 

Family drama, buried secrets, a missing girl, a cold case, a serial killer & local legend intersect.
The story is well told, more family/small town drama than mystery. 

OBSESSED. This was SO good. 

More High Fantasy than Romantasy (I expected the latter). It’s very driven by the trials, & action scenes. Weird vampire rules. But all very very compelling. Compulsively readable. Loved the MCs. (there is a romantic plot with lots of tension & a  bit of🌶️) excited to read on in the series