Melodica

THIS WAS A GOOD READ. REID AND LOU WAS DONE PERFECTLY IMO. I'M SO HAPPY IT WAS NOT AN INSTA-LOVE TYPE OF SITUATION. THIS BOOK IS SET IN A TIME WHERE MAGIC IS FROWNED UP AND WITCHES ARE BEING HUNTED BY CHASSEURS. A VERY RELIGIOUS GROUP DEDICATED TO ENDING ALL WITCHES. REID IS A CHASSEUR AND LOU IS A WITCH, ONLY NO ONE KNOWS IT YET. A SITUATION OCCURS IN FRONT OF THE TOWN THAT PUTS REID IN A STICKY SITUATION AND HE IS FORCED TO MARRY LOU OR HE'D HAVE TO LEAVE THE CHURCH. WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THIS ARRAGEMENT IS THAT EVEN THOUGH THE CHOICE WAS MADE FOR THEM THEY TOOK THEIR MARRIAGE SERIOUS. REID WAS IN LOVE WITH SOMEONE ELSE FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE AND LET THE GIRL KNOW THAT HE WILL NOT HURT HIS WIFE, ULTIMATELY CHOOSING LOU OVER HER. WHEN REID FINALLY DISCOVERS THE TRUTH HIS WORLD COMES CRASHING DOWN AND EVERYTHING HE ONCE BELIEVED HE WAS STARTING TO QUESTION. HE REFUSES TO ACCEPT THE TRUTH AT FIRST BUT FINALLY COMING TO TERMS WITH HIS WIFE BEING A WITCH HE ACCEPTS HER. A GREAT START TO THE SERIES.

This was exactly what I wanted but not at all what I expected.

WOW

You ever read a book and realize how fucked up you might be because you enjoyed it a little too much? That's how dark romance has me feeling every time I read it. This book had it all, and I still wanted more.

Juliet is a girl fresh out of high school, working in a diner to help support her and her grandmother. She runs a true crime podcast, and her best friend is Vicky. Vicky is from a mafia family, and she can only see Juliet once a week. Juliet is not allowed to ask questions or know anything about Vicky or her life. Vicky is usually accompanied by her brother William, who just sits in silence and listens.

Nick, aka Malice, is the older brother of Vicky and William. He is the crime boss for their family. He is cruel, uncaring, and a little psychotic (but so are the other brothers). He tends to fall for Juliet and makes his claim on her. It started out as a way to get under William's skin and make him finally fight for something, but he ends up having real feelings for her. Anthony is the younger brother who has gone through a traumatic event and blames his older brother. Anthony also falls for Juliet and would do anything to keep her. I genuinely liked Anthony, but I like Nick more.

William just rubs me the wrong way. He had three years with Juliet when he sneaked off with Vicky to see her, but he made no move. The minute she starts to fall for Nick, he becomes this jealous monster. And jealousy is a powerful feeling and causes a person to do all sorts of cruel things. He brings Vicky back home, and she is pissed because Juliet is messing around with all her brothers. Pissed because the one thing she wanted for herself was separate from her brothers they stole, and she does the unthinkable; she betrays her brothers by siding with the enemy to kill them and Juliet.


This book was a lot, but not enough. It touched on a subject or character's past, but didn't dive into the issue. I just want to know what happened to Juliet's mom.

Re-Reading Sorcerer's Stone: A Love Letter with Some Side-Eye

Rating: 10/10 – Would 100% spend Christmas at the Burrow.

Let's get one thing straight: I love the movies, but the fact that they butchered and glossed over so much from the books? Unforgivable. (Yes, I said it, Snape-style. But we'll get to him.)

Starting this book again is like throwing on your comfiest hoodie, hearing the Hogwarts Express whistle in the distance, and realizing the cupboard under the stairs era is over — we're back, baby.

Let's talk Dursleys. The absolute worst. I don't care if it's “children's literature” — locking a kid in a cupboard and starving him is abuse, not quirky character design.

Snape? A whole adult man beefing with an 11-year-old. Over what? A schoolboy grudge? Grow up, Severus. Drink some calming draught and log off.

Malfoy is the OG rich kid you avoid at brunch. He's every “my dad will hear about this” kid rolled into one bleach-blond bundle of insecurity.

But now — the golden trio