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Highlights:
I wanted to start this series since the second book was announced and I was happy to see it available from my library! Telise and Raz'jin were great! I usually don't love insta-love but here it was done very well and I loved them together. The mutual yearning and their connection was amazing. I also really liked where the plot of this story went. I couldn't have predicted it and that was exciting. There is some big miscommunication's happening but it was executed well and made sense for the story.
Horn Level: 5/5
I wanted to start this series since the second book was announced and I was happy to see it available from my library! Telise and Raz'jin were great! I usually don't love insta-love but here it was done very well and I loved them together. The mutual yearning and their connection was amazing. I also really liked where the plot of this story went. I couldn't have predicted it and that was exciting. There is some big miscommunication's happening but it was executed well and made sense for the story.
Horn Level: 5/5
Highlights:
I loved both Vincent and Wesley's character immediately and the books premise. Vincent a lonely dejected vampire and Wesley a grieving son looking to get closure and revenge for his mother's death. I'm obsessed with analyzing characters and both Vincent and Wesley are so interesting with how they parallel and contrast with each other that it felt like a special treat for my brain. They way they viewed the world because of who they are was so different and it gave you such a peak into how much identity can change your understanding of reality. I also loved how this story showed how marginalized people are stereotyped, fetishized, and shut out of society. This was written very well especially using the contrasting perspectives between Vincent and Wesley and how oblivious privileged people can be to how the minorities are treated.
Lowlights:
I feel as though there is a lot of repetition of internal character motivations in the beginning. We heard Wesley say "I am doing this to lure Vincent in and get revenge for my mother" so many times in his internal monologue that it feels unnecessary. I don't think readers need to be reminded multiple times a scene.
Horn Level: 3/5
I loved both Vincent and Wesley's character immediately and the books premise. Vincent a lonely dejected vampire and Wesley a grieving son looking to get closure and revenge for his mother's death. I'm obsessed with analyzing characters and both Vincent and Wesley are so interesting with how they parallel and contrast with each other that it felt like a special treat for my brain. They way they viewed the world because of who they are was so different and it gave you such a peak into how much identity can change your understanding of reality. I also loved how this story showed how marginalized people are stereotyped, fetishized, and shut out of society. This was written very well especially using the contrasting perspectives between Vincent and Wesley and how oblivious privileged people can be to how the minorities are treated.
Lowlights:
I feel as though there is a lot of repetition of internal character motivations in the beginning. We heard Wesley say "I am doing this to lure Vincent in and get revenge for my mother" so many times in his internal monologue that it feels unnecessary. I don't think readers need to be reminded multiple times a scene.
Horn Level: 3/5
"It feels good to have this. To have a man desire you so intensely and completely, the mere look of you drives him feral."
Highlights:
I'm obsessed with Aria and Igor. Their romance was so sweet (and spicy). I really liked their banter and how playful they were together. The plot itself I liked too. Aria as this beautiful queen tossed aside by the king and Igor as this banished heir to the throne. I loved watching Aria heal and come into herself and Igor prove his worth as a king. The villains in this story actually felt scared which added a lot of tension to the climatic moments. I think there was a great balance of fluffiness, spice and plot.
Horn Level: 5/5
The Good
I loved how fluffy, sweet and awkward this book was. Marvin was so relatable. He is a shy, awkward, cat lover. I loved the inclusion of his Jewish side with the yiddish phases and slang. Olan was so awkward and nerdy which I really liked. I found him and Illona's relationship so cute and endearing. I also found his story really interesting and felt for him. The relationship progression in this book was done really well and felt realistic. I loved both Olan and Marvin and was rooting for them a lot.
The Bad
As someone with a similar past as Marvin, I'm conflicted on how I feel. As a child of an addict, I cannot imagine the amount of work and therapy it would take to be able to be in a relationship with someone in recovery. I really understood why this made him so anxious and lead to the push and pull in his relationship with Olan. I got triggered just reading it, I cannot imagine being it in. A part of dating someone in recovery is accepting the possibility of them relapsing and knowing you may have of aid them through that which is something I wish was discussed more.
Format:
Ebook — Kindle Unlimited
The Rating
I give this book a 4/5
I loved how fluffy, sweet and awkward this book was. Marvin was so relatable. He is a shy, awkward, cat lover. I loved the inclusion of his Jewish side with the yiddish phases and slang. Olan was so awkward and nerdy which I really liked. I found him and Illona's relationship so cute and endearing. I also found his story really interesting and felt for him. The relationship progression in this book was done really well and felt realistic. I loved both Olan and Marvin and was rooting for them a lot.
The Bad
As someone with a similar past as Marvin, I'm conflicted on how I feel. As a child of an addict, I cannot imagine the amount of work and therapy it would take to be able to be in a relationship with someone in recovery. I really understood why this made him so anxious and lead to the push and pull in his relationship with Olan. I got triggered just reading it, I cannot imagine being it in. A part of dating someone in recovery is accepting the possibility of them relapsing and knowing you may have of aid them through that which is something I wish was discussed more.
Format:
Ebook — Kindle Unlimited
The Rating
I give this book a 4/5
The Good
The chemistry here is dangerously good. Usually I don't like insta-lust/insta-live type stories but this didn't feel like that, it felt like a real connection between them with great flirting and conversations. The conversations flowed well and felt like them really learning about each other and building that connection. They got together so quickly I wondered how this book would be 600+ pages but I really loved how we get more than just their love story and get their actual relationship. Scarlet and Viggo both have their own personal traumas, friends, jobs, and worries that we see play-out in the story that make them feel like complex real people.
The Bad
I do wish that in their arguments that the resolutions felt better resolved. They always made up but I wish they had more real and serious conversations about their issues.
Format:
Ebook — Libby
The Rating
I give this book a 4/5
The chemistry here is dangerously good. Usually I don't like insta-lust/insta-live type stories but this didn't feel like that, it felt like a real connection between them with great flirting and conversations. The conversations flowed well and felt like them really learning about each other and building that connection. They got together so quickly I wondered how this book would be 600+ pages but I really loved how we get more than just their love story and get their actual relationship. Scarlet and Viggo both have their own personal traumas, friends, jobs, and worries that we see play-out in the story that make them feel like complex real people.
The Bad
I do wish that in their arguments that the resolutions felt better resolved. They always made up but I wish they had more real and serious conversations about their issues.
Format:
Ebook — Libby
The Rating
I give this book a 4/5
Highlights:
The beginning of this story was very different than the previous books in this series and I enjoyed that. A lot if different world building involved. Raewyn is our fmc this book and is totally different than the previous heroines. I loved we finally learned more about the elves and magic of these worlds. Merikh is such a grump. He reminded me of Sandor Clegane who I adore. While I wasn't always a fan of his in this book, by the end I really liked them together and was happy with the direction this book too. I am very happy that we got a lot more overarching plot development this book especially with Jabez, the demon king. My previous critiques were that he fell very flat but this book expanded this character a lot.
Lowlights:
The beginning was a bit grueling to get through but that improved about 25% into the book. I didn't love Merikh. I'm always 50/50 on whether I'm going to like a grumpy male lead and he tended to be more dislike than like for me. He was so sensitive but so bad tempered and bad at communication. I understand why but that doesn't make me like him more. I would've been so tired of his temper tantrums by the second cold shoulder-avoidant shit he was doing over and over. I have to bring the Katerina thing up again because we got more of her characterization that she's just an evil insane person and then immediate sympathetic arc for Jabez. I'm still so annoyed about how the book's narrative dealt with her character even 2 whole books later.
Horn Level: 5/5
The beginning of this story was very different than the previous books in this series and I enjoyed that. A lot if different world building involved. Raewyn is our fmc this book and is totally different than the previous heroines. I loved we finally learned more about the elves and magic of these worlds. Merikh is such a grump. He reminded me of Sandor Clegane who I adore. While I wasn't always a fan of his in this book, by the end I really liked them together and was happy with the direction this book too. I am very happy that we got a lot more overarching plot development this book especially with Jabez, the demon king. My previous critiques were that he fell very flat but this book expanded this character a lot.
Lowlights:
The beginning was a bit grueling to get through but that improved about 25% into the book. I didn't love Merikh. I'm always 50/50 on whether I'm going to like a grumpy male lead and he tended to be more dislike than like for me. He was so sensitive but so bad tempered and bad at communication. I understand why but that doesn't make me like him more. I would've been so tired of his temper tantrums by the second cold shoulder-avoidant shit he was doing over and over. I have to bring the Katerina thing up again because we got more of her characterization that she's just an evil insane person and then immediate sympathetic arc for Jabez. I'm still so annoyed about how the book's narrative dealt with her character even 2 whole books later.
Horn Level: 5/5
In usual Lemming fashion this book is hilarious. The talking sword has me dying. I love fake dating so I was excited to get into this story! It was sort and sweet, nothing much for me to really comment on.
Horn Level: 3/5
Horn Level: 3/5
Highlights:
Workplace monster romance will always have a special place in my heart! It just works! Fun fantasy world-building mixed with contemporary tropes. Pye and Avirin have great chemistry and I loved their hate to love dynamic. This book was a great mix of spice and a moving love story. I really loves Avirin's storyline about accepting herself and learning it's okay not to be perfect.
Lowlights:
There were times I couldn't figure out where the characters were supposed to be, position wise. It wasn't a big deal but sometimes I'd have to go back and reread or just be a little confused where hands and legs were.
Horn Level: 5/5
Workplace monster romance will always have a special place in my heart! It just works! Fun fantasy world-building mixed with contemporary tropes. Pye and Avirin have great chemistry and I loved their hate to love dynamic. This book was a great mix of spice and a moving love story. I really loves Avirin's storyline about accepting herself and learning it's okay not to be perfect.
Lowlights:
There were times I couldn't figure out where the characters were supposed to be, position wise. It wasn't a big deal but sometimes I'd have to go back and reread or just be a little confused where hands and legs were.
Horn Level: 5/5
Highlights:
This was a very smooth sailing romance book. I liked Erik and Maya together, they had great chemistry and communication. I liked all three plot-lines going on with them which is rare for me! I also liked that this book didn't focus too much on the hockey aspect and stuck to focusing on the romance.
Lowlights:
I wish the were was more conflict in the relationship. Every problem was immediately solved the next chapter or wasn't that much of a big deal. It lackes real tension to make me get really invested or interested.
Horn Level: 2/5
This was a very smooth sailing romance book. I liked Erik and Maya together, they had great chemistry and communication. I liked all three plot-lines going on with them which is rare for me! I also liked that this book didn't focus too much on the hockey aspect and stuck to focusing on the romance.
Lowlights:
I wish the were was more conflict in the relationship. Every problem was immediately solved the next chapter or wasn't that much of a big deal. It lackes real tension to make me get really invested or interested.
Horn Level: 2/5
Highlights:
Lowell and Moria had amazing chemistry from their first interaction. Nascosta is excellent at building relationships through natural sounding dialogue. I also love the male praise kink in this.
Lowlights:
The beginning is kind of a slog. There's a lot of character set up happening (mainly for Lowell) that I think could've been condensed. This book seems more focused on the characters journey outside of each other than the actual 'clinic' situation which would be fine if the romance wasn't the most interesting part. There was so much internal monologue, even in the middle of sex scenes. Also the spicy scenes in the book didn't move me. I think I expected them to be more interesting since it took so long to get to them but they were more meh to me. I also didn't love the direction the plot went.
Horn Level: 3/5
Lowell and Moria had amazing chemistry from their first interaction. Nascosta is excellent at building relationships through natural sounding dialogue. I also love the male praise kink in this.
Lowlights:
The beginning is kind of a slog. There's a lot of character set up happening (mainly for Lowell) that I think could've been condensed. This book seems more focused on the characters journey outside of each other than the actual 'clinic' situation which would be fine if the romance wasn't the most interesting part. There was so much internal monologue, even in the middle of sex scenes. Also the spicy scenes in the book didn't move me. I think I expected them to be more interesting since it took so long to get to them but they were more meh to me. I also didn't love the direction the plot went.
Horn Level: 3/5