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Book Title: Lights Out
Author: Navessa Allen
Favorite book of Quarter 1 -2025 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5⭐️: Favorite: Absolutely loved it; one of the best reads.

5 🌶️: Extra Spicy: Lots of explicit scenes, including various kinks and tropes.

4🔪: Severe: High levels of violence, disturbing themes, and graphic content. Multiple trigger warnings needed. (avg 4.67 ~~5 stars)

i wont say this is my "favorite" for the year because its only March, but this is definitely my favorite for Quarter 1 of 2025.

this is the best book I have read so far this year! i love the story line and the plot.

i love the set up, and how they meet, how they actually already know each other. that makes it a little less creepy.

the brad storyline is just, like whoa, wasnt expecting that at all but. i wasnt expecting him to be a full on k.ill3r... but after the "investigation" and hes totally a cereal un-aliver - so he deserved what he got, but a little anti-climatic.

i genuinely appreciate that it had a story line and not just smut smut smut. the inner monologues and the banter are my favorite! it seemed so realistic.

Date Posted: 03/31/2025

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Book Title: Broken Beauty (Titan Falls #1)
Author: Ketley Allison
Favorite book of May-2025 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5⭐️: Favorite: Absolutely loved it; one of the best reads.
5 🌶️: Extra Spicy: Lots of explicit scenes, including various kinks and tropes.
5🔪: Extreme: Very dark and twisted. Contains explicit violence, graphic scenes, and numerous triggers. Not for the faint of heart.
check your triggers.
loved this book. Rio is my favorite. i need more of him.
the storyline is pretty cool. i like the mystery of finding a mysterious treasure.
Date Posted: 05/13/2025

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Book Title: Hellish Witch (arc review)
Author: Sakura Black ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4⭐️: Very Good / 5 🌶️: Extra Spicy / 5🔪: Extreme

NOTES>Check your trigger warnings. ARC Review. probably spoilers. read at your own risk.

✅Brothers best friend. I am here for it.
✅ Touch her and perish. i am here for it. these are like my FAVS.
✅incredible Schmex scenes ... while flying. yes please. (theres a tail scene too. )
Killian from the beginning "and yet id break every rule for you" and "if i find you with a body, i'll bury it for you" (heart swoon- i honestly knew from the very second those words flew out of his mouth he was already done for.) he quiet literally is laying his heart and his loyalty down at her feet... her blindness is infuriating throughout the whole book, until the very end "we were so stupid." (yes eve, yes you were.) Eve constantly thinks that Killian is only there because her "brother/uncle" told him to follow her and babysit, when so clearly that is not the case ... and Eve's final recognition of "you are the reason they call me the widow-witch" like, chefs kiss.

Killian has been pining for her for his whole "free" life and i am obsessed with him. he's been dropping hints, and scenting his desire towards her for years. like when i picture Killian in my head, he has that diabolical, unhinged smile that quirks up and reaches his eyes like "oh you think that was crazy, just wait there's more".

there are so many pieces of the story that i want to talk about, but im afraid it would spoil to much of it!

however i think this is the first time i read "knotting" with a demon. so that was interesting.. not mad about it at all though. i loved his playfulness during the "after glow stage" like when she wakes up. he was so happy, and she had to go and screw it up again thinking that she forced him into something he didnt want. FTLOG Eve stahp! he likes you, he REALLY likes you.

also: the coven they go to, super weird. i got "cult" vibes from the beginning. sunshine boy just seemed off, and not concerned about the hunters at all, and that felt weird.. (in hindsight makes perfect sense). and the elder... yuck, like instant dislike. super pushy, culty, i'll only help you if you join us. like what. no thanks.

and some really big action spoilers that i wont mention insert here(my kindle was like 50 min left of the book - my anxiety was overflowing with you better wrap this up in nice little HEA for me or im gonna be upset!!!)..... but the way that scene ends, and her and killian leave together.. nice save. i like that.

CONS: *the hellcat, few things i didn't like... i get it - she's a cat, and the snooty-patooty behavior that all cats have, nailed that perfectly..... but having to reiterate that the cats fluffball tail had a hidden stinger in it. honestly felt like forced foreshadowing, one or two hints, sure no problem, but it felt like it was mentioned 3-5 times (i didn't honestly count) in a matter of a couple pages felt really forced. *some of the writing, or Eve's inner monologue, sometimes was hard to interpret. is she saying this out loud, or was this in her head.. maybe it was just me, but i had to re-read some sections to understand the "flow" of the conversation and internally in my head as i was reading was "ok this makes more sense if she said "this section" in her head.

Date Posted: 03/28/2025

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Book Title: Take Me To Hell
Author: Sakura Black ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
4⭐️: top tier. - Great story /characters but something was missing
4 🌶️: lots of scenes, Neapolitan
3🔪: Intermediate: Noticeable violence or dark themes. Contains some graphic scenes and potential triggers.
~avg 3.67 out of 5, round for 4

I thoroughly enjoyed this book way more than i honestly expected. i love the "little mouse" nickname althought i dont think it ever went into detail about how she got the nickname, except a little squeak she made... but i thought she did that after the nickname for the first time. .. any way thats not really important.

the bad guy from the beginning "fenton" (spell check, i listed to the audio so idk), he was just a sleezeball from the start and i had expectations of him being involved, but i didnt expect the "coven leader" to be involved.

and whats with this supposed best friend who sold her out for her crush. and was acting jealous and "wishy-washy" from the start. idk just something about that didn't set right... your supposed best friend is usually more understanding and open to at least listening to your side of the story... i guess towards the end it comes out that she was never really a friend, just took pity on the orphan girl.... but then tries to attack her behind her back, and then pleads for mercy when she is caught trying to attack from behind... like the most cagey, two faced, sleeze-ball of a humanoid there ever was. she is worse than the Fenton IMO.

not particularly fond of the "your my mate" after only a few days.... so i completely appreciated the FMC resistance and questioning "what happens if we don't work out, then what happens".

Date Posted: 03/24/2025

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Book Title: Sunrise of the Reaping
Author: Suzanne Collins ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5⭐️: Favorite: Absolutely loved it; one of the best reads.
1 🫑: Mild: Very light romance, with perhaps a kiss or two.
3🔪: Intermediate: Noticeable violence or dark themes. Contains some graphic scenes and potential triggers.
my heart is not ok. poor haymitch. i just dont even know what to say to this right now.
i need time to recover from this.

Date POsted: 4/17/2025

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Book Title: Credence
Author: Penelope Douglas ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ pre-read expectations: I love reverse harems. that is why we are here. that is all. be back in a few days!
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3⭐️: Good: Enjoyable read with some flaws.
3 🌶️: Medium Heat: Several intimate scenes, moderately explicit.
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im not really sure how i feel about this book. super nice that the estranged "uncle" let her come stay with him. not surprised there was a heated moment there that obviously led to something more. it wasnt her real uncle so that doesnt bother me at all. its almost liek "well i had one might as well have the rest of them also" mentality and then went to her "not really related" cousins. theyre both horn dogs. but theyre early 20's so thats completely expected.

THE TRAUMA of the older one. my heart. reading books or even watching movies that has anything to do with children instantly shatters me now that ive have kids of my own. my mind and my heart were just IN PIECES.

still super confused on how you can "connect" with someone who never speaks.... but it happened, and surprisingly it was what he needed in the end to want to speak again... and then go on to have a child of his own. like full circle redemption. love that for him.

but family dinner, or ANY family occasion has to be weirddddddd.

overall i didnt hate the book but i wouldnt re-read it.

Date Posted: 04/17/2025

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Book Title: Just Say Yes (King Family #5)
Author: Lena Hendrix
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4⭐️: Very Good: Really liked the book, with minor issues.
4 🌶️: High Heat: Many explicit scenes, detailed descriptions.
0🔪: self-explanatory

the most violence was a parking lot brawl and a bloody nose. but a most definitely a well deserved blow to the face. Trent is a giant heaping d-bag and how logan didn't know how trashy his "since childhood" friend was, is honestly very surprising.

but I'm glad it ended the way it did for MJ and Logan.

i also didn't read any of the other stories before reading this one. Honestly, not sure how this one was recommended to me with out the whole series being recommended also.

however i believe they are all part of the same small town universe, but not necessary to read all to understand. this one by its self wrapped up everything. and i didn't end with any cliff hanger type questions.

Date Posted: 05/13/2025

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Book Title: The Bookstore Sisters
Author: Alice Hoffman
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3⭐️: Good: Enjoyable read with some flaws.
quick read. short story. no spice. no trigger enducing plot. just a story about to estranged sisters finding each other again. the daughter violet is awful and rude.
Date Posted: 05/13/2025

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Book Title: Discovering Mr. X (The Men #2)
Author: Elle Nicoll ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
4⭐️: Very Good: Really liked the book, with minor issues.
4 🌶️: High Heat: Many explicit scenes, detailed descriptions.
0🔪: self-explanatory.

i like the beginning of the story how there is a "meet-cute" at the airport. he seems fixated on her, and she honestly doesnt remember the encounter at all. something she says sticks with him because its something his mom use to say.

if they could have just left it at that then i think i would have liked the book better. the whole "fate" thing, and then his mom and her mom were best friends and they actually knew each other as babies is idk,... too weird for me... too "coincidence" for me.

for her to have THAT much of her past be non existent because of a horrible accident. and then magically get a piece back after meeting your boyfriends mom... like thats just to "hocus pocus" for me.

i like magicy books dont get me wrong, but i wasnt expecting this book to be "fated mate" type energy.

Date Posted: 5/13/2025

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Book Title: Beautiful Little Freaks (ARC REVIEW)
Author: Tylor Paige ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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ive only read slash or pass, and love it! so i have high expectations for this book! I am very thankful to have received an e-ARC so i get to start reading before many... makes a girl feel special. but I am VERY intrigued about how she plans to turn Gatsby into a horror book...I'll be back in a couple of days.!
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4⭐️: Very Good: Really liked the book, with minor issues.
4 🌶️: High Heat: Many explicit scenes, detailed descriptions.
4🔪: Severe: High levels of violence, disturbing themes, and graphic content. Multiple trigger warnings needed.

to start, its not what i expected. but i think that was coming from the "slash or pass" expectations of anticipating more gore.

i loved and appreciated how daisy and gatsby began. bringing a modern version of "meeting online" to the old story.

the OG TGG and this book have VERY similar stories, obviously, but Ty still managed to make it completely hers.

again it didnt have the horror i expected it to be. looking back, i guess i would have expected more detailed about WHAT was done to the special dinner guest... not gonna lie, the "extra party" upstairs was a blindside. i thought it was being served to the unknowningly "downstairs" party guest. i totally expected the "eat the right" to be takin in full comedy aspect of tricking the rich into eating the rich. i feel like that was a missed opportunity.

THE TRAUMA unloaded. yikes. poor emile for suffering in such a way, i cant fathom that kind of cruelty from his own mother. like some people dont deserve to reproduce. and all those women who participated. "im only a monster because you created me" or something like that. but still. like even to the very end they thought they did nothing wrong.

and in homage to the OG, "gatsby" still died but emile and shiloh live on. happy ending.

i still have questions tho. we learn what happens to the fiance in the end, and gatsby pays for a cover up. but realistically the little girl would have questions, right? like Tuth, just says i'll take her. love that, but i feel like it was tied up in a pretty little bow to much, and it doesnt really make sense. shes a 6yr old little girl that technically lost her dad, and her "mom" turned into an "aunt" and her new adoptive parents are strangers to her... and no one raised any questions about this?

anyway, i still thoroughly enjoyed the book.

Date Posted: 4/17/2025

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Book Title: When The Moon Hatched
Author: Sarah A Parker ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
5⭐️: Favorite: Absolutely loved it; one of the best reads.
3 🌶️: Medium Heat: Several intimate scenes, moderately explicit.
3🔪: Intermediate: Noticeable violence or dark themes. Contains some graphic scenes and potential triggers.
~avg 3.67 out of 5, round for 4

idk how my dumbself keeps picking books that are unfinished series. im enraged at myself for not being able to read the next book. i hate cliff hangers yet i continue to do this to myself.

this book honestly took me a while and few different attempts to get started and interested in the book, the first few chapters, are underwhelming. but this book is so worth it. it takes almost the first half of the book to get invested.... and the FMC is very irritating. the constant berating of her self of not being good enough for anyones love or affection. hate that.

im honestly not a fan of the Multiple points of view... as in more than two. normally its the FMC and the MMC, but you have a few chapters that are 2 or 3 other female side characters, and a male side character. however they are important to the story... so they are necessary im just not use to having so many different POVs in a book.

also, MMC, chefs kiss. and his "moonbeam"... his heart for her, and he constantly just lays his heart at her feet and she just tramples it over and over and he continues to try and save her.

and did this book just end with the secret love child being in a cage, and NEE returning to her! im crying. thats going to break the FMC even more when that truth is revealed.

book 2 better be the end of the series. i need closure.

Date Posted: 03/25/2025

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Book Title: THe Rockstar Shifter Protector's Curse (ARC REVIEW)
Author: Samuels, Sloan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
3⭐️: Good: Enjoyable read with some flaws.
2 🫑: Low Heat: Some romantic scenes, but nothing explicit.
1🔪: Mild: Little to no violence or disturbing content. Suitable for most readers.

cute quick read. honestly liked how the MMC and MFC started out already knowing each other and there wasnt this long drawn out meet-cute.

i feel like there could have been more development on how or what exactly happened for them to be cursed. but given that i read the book in a day, i think that shows that its not a super long book so there wasnt really time to delve to far deep into everything.

i personally would have liked a more detailed explanation on who the bad guy was, and how the cat/ alex came to be entrapped by the bad guy, and then how the MFC seemed to know the cat before he was a cat. like obviously there is more to the story there, but i feel like im missing something.

but i liked story line, i think it could be improved had the book been a longer more detailed version. this honestly seemed like a rough draft of something that was in the beginning stages of production and not about to be released already.

Date Posted: 04/17/2025

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Book Title: Pestilence
Author: Laura Thalassa ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
3⭐️:average. - Not mind blowing but didn't hate.
2 🫑: a little sprinkle of spice
4🔪: Severe: High levels of violence, disturbing themes, and graphic content. Multiple trigger warnings needed.
~AVG 3 stars.

it seemed more ogling then spicy. but i liked the story. it was very hot and cold for their reactions towards each other. and that seemed to repeate to frequently for me. like I get it, youre enemies-to-lovers. your not supposed to like each other, but you do, but you dont, but you do, but you dont, but you do. and then finally, i ugess to bring the book closer, it was just , ok i surrender.. and then the epilogue, oh hey my brother is coming, just so nonchalant. eh. probably wont read the rest of the series. i like that it was a HEA, even though its part of a series.

Date Posted: 03/24/2025

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