So, my first mistake was making a ton of assumptions prior to reading this. I found this book at a thrift shop. It was mysterious looking, the back cover set the path for a dark romance. A scarred man with hooks for arms.

My imagination went into overdrive. All the kinky shit this man can do with those hooks was thrilling. Would there blood play? Bdsm? Or cutting?

Then I looked at the ratings. Ok with an average rating of 3 stars which translates to Its Good, I felt like this was promising.

There is no other way to describe my horror 5 pages in when I find out my anticipated dark man is a 15 year old boy. WTF!! I should have researched this more, but in my defense it didn't pull up as young adult in my meager search. I feel like that would have been an important factiod.

I prayed for a time jump and for this story to take a dirty turn. But NO. Instead I spent 190 pages reading/breezing through irrelevant paragraphs, unnecessary details, no violence, and an anticlimactic ending.

I feel like so much MORE could have been done with these characters. Even as a YA. I don't need sex to enjoy a book and I sure didn't want two 15 year olds hooking up, but damn I would have appreciated a dash of violence. Just a bit of a bloody confrontation.

This isn't a bad story but it needs to be edited so hard and given an actual ending.

To be honest, l liked Lucius. He's nerdy, awkward, and sarcastic. But Aurora was fickle and I feel like she saw him as a fetish despite the lack of physical touch between them, which again was fine because they were only 15

“The past has nothing else to say, but the future is an endless song,”

I struggled reading this. I don't know if it's because of the anxiety of knowing it was the last book or because there were a lot of parts that just seemed to drag.

Elise acted a bit cray. I know it was her grief, but I absolutely hate it when women mistreat their men. Especially men who will literally die or kill for you. She had more than one crazy moment and I was not impressed.

What I was impressed with was muther fking Eugene Dipper. Ummm where is his story?? Inquiring minds want to know.

I knew who King was by book 2. Or should I say I had theories and they came true. That was exciting however I wish I had MORE if that makes sense. Going against him was like beating a dead horse. There was stand off after stand off and the final end was a bit anticlimactic for ME. But I could be jaded.

Ryder was my favoritest King in this book. He put my heart and emotions through SO SO much. Thank glob for Lion King references that helped me from going unhinged when shit hit the fan.

I posted in a reader group and I feel this is important to mention in my review so that who ever is reading can Google search this and tell me I'm lying. But don't the Kipling Brothers give you McPoyle from Always Sunny in Philadelphia vibes?? Look that shit up and tell me I'm wrong?!?!

If I played FK, Marry, Kill with these men, I would Marry Ryder, FK Gabrial, and Kill Dante. Leon would be watching and laughing at it all until he realized Dante was for real real dead then he'd kill me. But totally worth it.

Overall, I really liked this series. It was unexpected, bad ass, funny, sexy, dark, and pulled at my heartstrings. The last 5 chapters were perfecto. With the exception of my boy Eugene I feel like all answers were provided and I can go to sleep knowing Elise and her Kings all lived HEA.

My original plan was to jump over Zodiac Academy and go straight to Rosa's story. BUT due to events in this book I shalt be doing so.

I highly recommend this series.

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I'd much rather gain satisfaction from a leather-bound beast with a thick spine and enough dirty words to get my pages turning." - Laini

Not gonna lie, the first few chapters were rough. I was irritated with the men in this series. I thought to myself this shit is not cute and I was annoyed. I thought to myself that I was disappointed and feared that this book was going to get a lower rating.

BUT then.... shit popped off. There were so many moments that made me laugh. The Bromance in this book is everything. I've never read a RH where the men struggled so much. Not just with sharing but with actually accepting friendship amongst themselves.

Leon's antics were everything. I have officially added Snaklet and Boyfriend in-law to my personal dictionary.

But wait, since the intro, I have loved Rosa and Roary. I loved the draw between them and seeing how I've never read the Zodiac Academy a part of me wondered if maybe she had a story in that series. NOPE, our girl has her own fucking series!!!!!! 10 years in the future, so she will be a grown ass woman. But I imagine no less bad ass.

But I digress. There is a lot more Gareth in this book. I was on the edge of my seat and I have sooo many theories. ONE of which was proven true at the end of this book.

I am so ready for book 5 and then to JUMP over Zodiac Academy to my girl Rosa.

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At first I didn't understand WHY Leon was on the cover of this book. He's just a big goof ball. A majority of this story seemed to focus on Ryder and Gabrial, so I was like okay, maybe Leon is just on the cover because he's HOT AF.

Maybe I'm showing my age but despite the fact that this character is ONLY 19-20 years old, in my mind he's Jared Leto.

But the shit went down and our boy showed up and showed out, and my heart broke, then I cheered and it was magic.

I'm seriously officially obsessed with this series now.

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I work my ass off in the gym not to be weak and she makes my heart stop just by holding my damn hand. Maybe I need to up my protein doses. - Ryder

Someone lied to me. They said books 1 and 2 were SLOW. Ummm no this was good af. I have no complaints. I like the mystery and action.

Sadly I got ahead of myself and just finished book 4 so I can't even focus on WTF happened at the end of book two to give a detailed review. But even without me remembering all the details, I will always remember how it made me feel and this bitch felt excited and turned on enough to power through TWO more books before coming back. So if that doesn't tell you something then I don't know what else to say.

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She loved a book more than she loved sex. - In reference to Laini

In my best Britney Spears voice "Oops I did it again, I found a series, to consume my life" LOl Just go with it.

First, let me say I had NO idea what I was getting into when I picked this book to be the D in my alphabet challenge. I simply did a search for D books, liked the cover and challenged myself to read it in 2022 as part of this crazy challenge.

Turns out I opened Pandora's box. I went in blind, having never read any books by this author. (yeah, I didn't jump on the Zodiac bandwagon... but I will now)

Things I love about this series- The heroine is badass, it's a RH, there are multiple POVS, not just from the love interests.

Premise, Elise's brother is dead. She refuses to believe it was an overdose. She transfers to his school undercover to investigate the true cause of death, and exact vengeance on those responsible.

Elisa is a vampire, the "kings" in her life are a Neaman Lion, Harpy, Vampire, and Storm Dragon. All very unique. powerful, sexy, stubborn, alpha, and not fans of one another.

There is a ton of action and secrets to be uncovered. I felt like this was pretty fast paced and kept me engaged. I've heard the first two books are slow but I think it's only in reference to the spicy sexy time scenes. But the sexual tension and flirting is enough to warm up the room for sure.


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"We are all children of blood and bone. All instruments of vengeance and virtue."

This is a game changer. This story and the upcoming film will spark conversation and debate in our nation. People will lay awake at night replaying the pain, joy, fear, disappointment, love, loyalty and anger this story encompasses.


I'm not sure how I can love something as much as I loved this yet be speechless as to how to describe it. Maya Angelou said "People may not remember exactly what you did, or what you said, but they will always remember how you made them feel". This truth could not apply more than it does in this moment for me.

Zélie Adebola and Princess Amari are the heroines that every little brown girl needs. Both represent a different type of strength and fierceness driven by kind hearts, love, loyalty, and a need to do the right things.

This book is a journey created by the gods themselves forced by the hands of evil, prejudice, and ignorance.

It's a must read for all. I can't wait for the film as I know it will be a cinematic wonder if crews are able to bring the landscape, costumes, and overall emotion to life.

Onward to Book 2!!!

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This was such a fantastic treat that quenched my inner True Crime fan girl. Our girl Joyce is funny, relatable, lovable, and just has the worst luck. All she wants to do is have a nice dinner party and stock her deep freezer.

The struggle is real in this one. I greatly enjoyed watching the events of the night play out, completely oblivious to the gem that awaited at the end.

Kudos to the author for providing a very detailed yet lighthearted and funny look at the obstacles that everyday cannibals deal with.

I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily

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"Ah, pretty baby, I'm not going to break you. I'm going to ruin you, and you're going to love every fucking minute of it." - Cord Decker

Let a bitch get chug a pint of water real quick, because I am parched from the heat in these pages. This book was freaking fire!! Nichole Rose understood the muther fking assignment when she wrote this one.

This is the 6th and final book in the Galentine's Getaway series. Each book features one of 6 authors who are attending a writer's retreat and experience instalove and get an HEA. I will admit that I have been critical with some of the other books. I feel like as a whole this series started off strong, then kind of went down a generic path, which was a bit disappointing, then BAM ended with a volcanic eruption!!!!!

We are talking kinks bitches!!! This dirty talking dom, is good with his hands and when he choked our girl I gushed!! His breeding kink OMFG that was ... YES. I was not prepared for that. And even though she never called him daddy, I sooo got a daddy vibe from him. Last, I never thought I would like the freaking pet name Pretty Baby but yeah, it grew on me. I want to be Cord's pretty baby!! Lastly there is an age gap but it's not a main focus. Simply mentioned, no real hang ups and I appreciated that as we already dealt with a Silver Fox (Atlas) in this series.

So, not only was this the longest book in the entire series, but the author did not regurgitate scenes like the others nor did the epilogue go down the path of telling other 5 ladies HEA. She focused on our main characters, and it was magic.

The timeline for Cord and Cassia is longer than the rest of the girls since they met 6 weeks prior to the retreat when Cord emailed Cassia to complain about her writing. He antagonized, flirted, and tempted her. Their connection on both an emotional and physical level was a wild ride.

I can say this was the BEST book in the series. Highly recommend.

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