Candace
I did NOT expect most of this. I did however see the baking bun coming. This has to be one of my favorite monster dark romances. The way Sara wrote this book, fully engulfs your mind and leaves a lingering for more. Even though what she has written leaves you filling fulfilled. You just want more of this awesome world! Absolutely a 5 star read!
I don't know where to begin, but for starters this book made me feel EVERYTHING, all the feelings. It was an emotional roller-coaster that I honestly did not want to get off of. This is and absolutely was the perfect sequel to The Daisy Chain Reaction. It gave a deep dive into every single character and their lives before during and after the climax of TDCR. It was well put together flowed beautifully with book 1 and left me wanting for nothing. The writing was flawless, the setting perfect, the emotion on point. I got lost in this book, both books, and I never wanted to come out. This was definitely the most emotion inducing read of 2025. Grab a box of tissues and prepare for The Daisy Chain Collapse.
Sara is out for revenge in this amazingly dark and twisted story. This book hooked me in on the first page and I was still hooked at the last. It leaves you on a cliffhanger that will have you wishing December 2nd was already here. I loved this novella, everything about it. The scene, the story, the characters, all of it, everything. It's dark, it's spicy and unhinged! It's perfect!
This is an amazingly written book. I see why there is so much hype behind this book. Maevyth, left by the wood as a baby, raised in a town who considered her cursed, learns she is so much more than meets the eye. Zevander, a cursed royal from the other side of the vale, sent to kill her but finds that he can't. She's different, the last of her kind, and the prominent Royals are determined to kill her. This book has you hooked from the beginning to end. They both have a past, but the future, it's about them both.
Violet was less annoving here. She still irks me because of her reactions to Xaden. but she slowly begins to understand how a soldiers life works. Cat is introduced and 1 KNOW without a doubt it will be trouble Things work out, eventually. And the ending' It also absolutely broke my heart. This sucked. I felt physical heart break on more than one occasion.
Ugh. Violet annoved me so entirelv I almost dnfd this, but I trusted the process and watched her come into her own. This book his on every single emotion like it was a 12 step program to love a book. And by the end, could not put it down and IMMEDIATELY grabbed Iron Flame! Finish the book, I'm telling you, it is WORTH it.
I so loved this book! I loved the way it didn't follow the normal routine of rich guy falling, rich guy's mom hates the girl, and rich guy gets stuck with mom's planned “wife”. You know the routine I'm talking about. He stood on business for Ingrid! And I love that. This was a spicy, yet, cozy read filled with laughter, love and a happily ever after. I refused to put down until I finished it!
This was a page turner for sure! My absolute favorite part of this book is the way Lisa Acerbo weaved the past and present of our amazing FMC, Prudence, together. This story was written in a way that allowed natural character development and allowed the plot to twist and deepen as it went. Every chapter was a new adventure and another reason to keep turning the pages! The banter was witty, the love was soulful, and the ending, absolutely worth the wait. I often found myself getting lost in the pages and tuning the world completely out as I followed Prudence from her past to her present. I knew she was meant for something more, from the hardships she endured in the very first chapter. By the end, she was so much more than just Prudence.
I loved this book! It takes every dark romance readers inner thoughts and fantasies and puts them into a spicy short read. This is one of those books that will make you feel everything the fmc is feeling and make you want to experience everything she's experiencing! The MMC, oh my...he's every woman's dark fantasy. This book takes place in a winter wonderland. Chased through a tree farm by Luke, Seraphina gets to live out her darkest fantasies. Tied up by Christmas lights and ravaged in a gingerbread house. what could be better?
check your triggers!!! if you have any! and enjoy this spicy read!
This was a wonderfully refreshing step back from the normal fantasy and warewolf reads! This was a sweet and slow burn found pack/family romance. It was a huge difference from the brooding alpha male norm. It was refreshing! I loved this completely! And my poor heart at the end! I can't wait for the actual release so I can qrab a copy and I am stoked to read part 2!
This was an amazing tale of self discovery. Our fearless heroine, Morgana, takes off to Scotland to care for her grandfather, after finding out that her beloved grandmother had passed away. Plagued with what her mother calls, “a conditon,” Morgana meets a handsome stranger named Finn. After meeting Finn, and realizing that she couldn't sense his feelings, Morgana begins to realize that there may be more to him than meets the eye.
Morgana realizes there is more to her, after receiving a fur coat from her grandfather that belonged to her grandmother. After falling into the sea wearing her grandmother's coat, Morgana wakes in a world filled with the “drowned,” mermaids, sirens, and sea monsters of legend. Even more, she learns that she is something different completely. And that her destiny is tied to a prophecy thousands of years old.
Navigating a new world and discovering hidden secrets about her grandmother, her ancestors and learning what she truly is, Morgana embarks on a gut wrenching quest to bring peace to her new underwater world.
“Sea of Evil & Desire,” is a heart pounding, slow burn, enemies to lovers, dark romantasy that will have you captivated from the first page to the very end. The character and relationship development throughout this wonderfully written book, will have you feeling like you have known the characters your entire life. The subtle spice scenes throughout the book give a realistic buildup to the final heart stopping, passion filled climax at the end. The plot twists at the end are what makes this book so good. Throughout the entire book you are warring within yourself trying to figure out if Finn is good or evil. And just when you think you have it figured out, the ending hits you in the face and it's a shock. The cliffhanger at the end...chefs kiss!
I love how author, J. Strelou, turned this into an epic enemies to lovers tell. And I CANNOT wait to read the second installment!
From the emotional twists and turns to the epic plot twists with not one, but four of the main characters, I was on the edge of my seat. I could feel the emotions the characters were experiencing. Their pain, anger, hatred, love, happiness, and sadness seemed to jump off the pages to latch onto the reader.
This installment saw each of our characters going through some of what seemed to be the darkest moments in their lives. Truths were revealed, lies were uncovered, and mistakes were most definitely made. But this added a deeper connection to the story. This allowed you to see the human aspects of our somewhat inhuman characters. This dark and twisted fantasy, this love and hate, makes this such a wonderfully heart-stopping read. And there most definitely were heart-stopping as well as heartbreaking moments.
We get to see our leading lady, Morgana go from a shy, timid girl (in book one), to this fierce warrior in book 2. She may not have mastered her magic yet, but somehow it knows what she needs even when she doesn't. And Skye, her best friend, a tragic tale she WAS. In this book she struggles with who she was, what she became and ultimately, how her and Parker “ended”. The war is coming, Manannan is on the Horizon, the drowned are at the gates and there is still a prophecy to be discovered. Plot twist after plot twist makes the book truly engaging.
The ending of this book gives you a glimpse into what the next book will be like, but it also raises some concerning question about our characters. Will Skye be able to convince Morgana of Finn's true intentions? Will Skye and Aranare reveal their true feelings? Will Finn really let Morgana go? And the biggest question, What will Morgana become after she finds her father in the Mors? The anticipation for book 3 is in my bones and I can't wait to see what happens next!
I absolutely loved this book. This is exactly what I imagined Rita Skeeters defamatory biography of Albus Dumbledore would be like. It fully grasped her personality and how she viewed him and his beliefs. Though the book was about Dumbledore, you learned a lot about Rita's hate and insecurities in the way she wrote. Amazing book!
Is it psychological, paranormal or maybe a conspiracy? These are the explanations going through my mind as I was reading through The Daisy Chain Reaction.
You truly don't understand and figuring it out before you're meant to? Ha! Not going to happen.
If you want a book that is full of twists, turns and more questions than answers, this is most certainly your book. The emotional roller-coaster you ride while reading this, will have you laughing and crying. I love the representation of minorities in this book. And shinning a light on mental health as well as the hearing impaired community, is perfect!
I loved every minute of reading this. A.C. Nightingale really did it with this one. And don't worry, if you want more of the amazong characters from The Daisy Chain, book 2, The Daisy Chain Collapse will be released on January 1st, 2026!
I think this book was perfect. It was short and sweet, but lacked nothing. It was well rounded and detailed. Because of this, I would 100% recommend this to anyone looking for a dark psychological romance. I loved the world that was created. It was dark and beautiful. I could imagine it perfectly. The theater, the pumpkin patch and the Carnival of Souls. The ending had me shocked! I never saw it coming!
I love the writing in the book. I also love the characters on an individual level. Nadia is who I would be if I were a princess. She owns who she is and she doesn't care who doesn't like it. If she wants to hunt demons, she's going to do it. And she does! Theblove triangle aspect of this took away from the story for me. The prince wasnt right for her and neither was her friend/protector. I could have done without that, but I still enjoyed it. and by the cliffhanger, I know there is a second book to come that I will enjoy reading as well.
This book had a lot going on. The sheer amount of Trauma and abuse the mmc's inflicted on Tory and Darcy is painful to listen to. But the sheer unfiltered will these girls have is amazing. This book had me excited, happy, raging, and sad. I felt everything and I have never wanted to be a part of a book more than I wanted to be a part of this one.
I have immersed myself in this book over the last 3 hours. I had to stop and take a break because it hits home. Billy Keel, I just want to say thank you. Thank you for bringing light to what so many of us have suffered in the dark. Thank you for doing this with such care and love. Thank you for sharing your story on a stage as big as this. I'm not going to lie, it is a hard read full of truth, pain, resilience and determination, but it's definitely a very worth while read. Take breaks if you need to, it's jarring and brutal, but it's truth.
Even though Isla drove me mad in this book, I still loved it. But that cliffhanger! I am so glad I just started this series or I would have been beside myself! If you want magic, war and an epic love triangle, this is definitely your series!