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“No one else gets a say in who you share your body with or what you do with it. No one.”“Then burn for me, my ember. I to see you become a flame.”“Get. Your. Fucking. Hands. Off. Her.”
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A Kiss of Iron is full of scorching angst. We went from angst to scorch to more angst. There was so much secrecy happening BUT there was also truth behind their actions.

Katherine knew that obeying meant safe and safety was good. Kat was always calculating what was safe and what wasn't. She has been through so much trauma that she didn't allow herself to enjoy the little things. I love seeing Kat's character grow. She was an ember waiting to be ignited.

Bastian. I love his touch her and die deamenor. He is your morally gray character that is is full of mystery. There's still so much that we don't know about him as much as he revealed to Kat. 

I love the banter between kat and Bastian. I love their chemistry. I love how well they worked together. What started out as a fake relationship blurred into something else that is becoming very real.

“uncle” Rufus deserves whatever wrath Bastian gives him. This is where you choose your family and blood doesn't mean family. Rufus makes my blood boil!!!

Overall, I really enjoyed this book and all the tropes it offered from morraly gray, forced proximity, touch her and die to shadow magic and more. In addition to that, the fake relationship trope was written so well that I truly enjoyed this book, that is coming from someone that does not like fake dating tropes. 

I can't wait to read the next book because the way this ended? Yeah, I need it now. 

𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲
⊹ Morally grey character 
⊹ Touch her and die
⊹ Force proximity 
⊹ Enemies to lover
⊹ Shadow magic
⊹ Fake relationship 
⊹ Court intrigue
𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂

Thank you for providing an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. 

Moonlight & Fire has potential and there was some tropes that I really enjoyed, but there's just something missing for me. I do like that we weren't bombarded with so much world building like other fantasy books.

I actually like Aurion and his bravado character. He is the knight and shining armor that will save you from the vile world kind of guy.

As for Lunielle, she just seems so childish, I was hoping a really good character development from her, but, that didn't really happen. I do like that she's not selfish in her own ways, I mean the girl is trying to save her kingdom. She's just way too whiny for my liking.

Lord Sepher. Okay, I like his character because who doesn't like the villain? He is the type of man that will burn the world for you and I am here for that.

Honestly my favorite characters are Ulric and Fendrel (I probably misspelled their names). There wasn't much context on the “love” aspect between the characters, it just sort of happened (in my opinion). 

But overall, this had a really shocking ending and WTF?!? I can definitely see it happening with the royalty during that time though. 

 ❝ 𝓓𝓸𝓷'𝓽 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓴𝓷𝓸𝔀? 𝓣𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓮'𝓼 𝓪 𝓯𝓲𝓷𝓮 𝓵𝓲𝓷𝓮 𝓫𝓮𝓽𝔀𝓮𝓮𝓷 𝓵𝓸𝓿𝓮 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓱𝓪𝓽𝓮. ❞    ✑ Before The Raven Queen, I highly recommend reading the 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗹 (𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗔𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿). Doing so makes TRQ so much more 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲 when things finally happen because HELLO! What the hell?! Like, finally, right?    ✑ Anyways, 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗤𝘂𝗲𝗲𝗻 is dystopian meets fantasy. It follows 𝗙𝗶𝗻 and 𝗗𝗲𝗹'𝘀 POV. 𝙸 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚑 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖. I love Del's devotion to her son. She will do anything to protect him, and I mean 𝗔𝗡𝗬𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗚. I love Fin. I love his caring aspect, his devotion to his people, and his family. 𝗟𝗶𝗮𝗺 is adorable, and I will 𝚞𝚗𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎 anyone that hurts him. I love 𝗔𝗱𝗮, 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝗻, 𝗛𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗟𝘆𝗿𝗮. 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚎 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙸 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚖𝚢 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔, 𝚒𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚐𝚘 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚕. I liked 𝗚𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗵'𝘀 character from the prequel, and I love him even more in this one; I did not expect him to do what he did.    ✑ The pacing for TRQ was a mix for me; it was slow at the beginning, but when things 𝙵𝙸𝙽𝙰𝙻𝙻𝚈 happened, it went by quickly because I couldn't stop reading. I just had to know what would happen and needed things to happen. However, it did slow down just a little bit somewhere in the middle.    ✑ Overall, I enjoyed this book, and I cannot wait to read the next book because of the way this ended. 𝙸 𝚌𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚟𝚎 𝚒𝚝 𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚢.    ✑ 𝕀𝕗 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕝𝕚𝕜𝕖  ⊹ 𝚂𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎  ⊹ 𝚂𝚕𝚘𝚠 𝚋𝚞𝚛𝚗  ⊹ 𝙳𝚢𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚙𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝚏𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚜𝚢  ⊹ 𝙿𝚘𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚞𝚎  ✑ 𝕋𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕓𝕠𝕠𝕜 𝕞𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥 𝕓𝕖 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕪𝕠𝕦    Thank you to the Lindseys for providing an ARC copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. 

I really enjoyed this journey. I enjoyed the world building that the Lindsey's have created. I really like the idea of having abilities and how each of them has different abilities.

I love Del and Fin's character. I love their familiars Sid and Beast. 

The World After is a unique dystopian world with star crossed romance with a hint of fantasy. I wasn't expecting this to be dystopian because I just dove right in, but, I really enjoyed this one ♥️ I can't wait to learn more about this world. 

❝ᴛʜᴀᴛ's ᴡʜᴀᴛ ғʀɪᴇɴᴅs ᴅᴏ, sᴍᴀᴄᴋ ʏᴏᴜ ᴜᴘsɪᴅᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ʜᴇᴀᴅ ᴡʜᴇɴ ʏᴏᴜ sᴛᴀʀᴛ ʟᴇᴛᴛɪɴɢ ʏᴏᴜʀ ʜᴏʀᴍᴏɴᴇs ɢᴇᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴇᴛᴛᴇʀ ᴏғ ʏᴏᴜ.❞

✑ 𝗚𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗻 is a twisted retelling of The Little Mermaid meets Loki that's anything but a fairy tale. This book has sʜɪғᴛᴇʀs, ɢʜᴏᴜʟs, ᴠᴀᴍᴘɪʀᴇs, ᴡᴀʀʟᴏᴄᴋs ᴀɴᴅ ᴡɪᴛᴄʜᴇs. You'll never know who to trust; foes look like friends, and heroes are deliciously wicked. 

✑ 𝗖𝗶𝗻 is the heroine of this twisted fairy tale, who's got a wicked family that wants her dead. 𝗦𝗵𝗲'𝘀 𝗮 𝗳𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗿 after all that she went through with her so-called family. ‘Dying' was the best thing that happened to her because it freed her from her family. Until one of her brothers walked into her tiny bookshop and discovered that she was still alive—dragging her back to the Grayling pack to take the punishment meant for her mother, making her into a 𝗴𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿. 

✑ 𝗚𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗻 was a short and quick read. It was ridiculous, but I loved it because I could not stop laughing. I love the chapter titles. 𝗜 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝗯𝗲. She is my favorite sidekick who sticks with Cin through and through. I also adore the other characters and would love to have more background story of them. 

✑ 𝗜 𝗗𝗘𝗦𝗣𝗜𝗦𝗘, I mean that deep in my bones, I despise her family. 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗽𝗲𝗿 is a piece of garbage, and her brothers are garbage. I thought her sister was on her side, but I was proven wrong. 

✑ Golden left me hanging! And I'm hoping that mate bond takes a turn for someone else.

⚠️ Check for TW ⚠️

The Demon of the Wood is a dual POV of Kaemon and Melina written in 3rd person.

Kaemon. Kaemon is a demon that lives in the woods. He is such a sweet cinnamon roll, and I ADORE him. Kaemon has his trauma, which prevents him from letting anyone in his life till he meets Melina. I love how he is with Melina and his patience toward her ❤️.

Melina. Melina lives a harsh life, and I am here for her character development! She deserves to be happy after all she's been through with her so-called family. I am sad and mad for her. I am proud of how far she's gone, of her little accomplishments.

Melina's uncle and cousins can rot in hell! Let me add Gregory to that list because he is a d*ckwad!

The Demon of the Wood was short and sweet. I love Kaemon. I am here for Melina's character development. I love the side characters who welcomed Melina with open arms.

If you like forced proximityenemies - friends - loversfound familymatesThis book might be for you.

Wrath and Emilia have me in a chokehold! I love them so much. These two have been through hell, literally and figuratively. The amount of devotion they have for each other is impeccable, it's the kind that would make anyone envious. Wrath and Emilia are made for each other, as above so below.

❝If you do not allow me to pass, I will return. And when I come back, I'll have the might of House Wrath's army. No one will keep me from him. Not you. Not my sister. Not any other cursed creature in this realm or any other. If I come back, I will unleash my power. I will burn all you hold dear. That, I can promise, is no threat. It's a vow.❞

❝𝐹𝒶𝓉𝑒 𝓂𝒶𝓎 𝒹𝑒𝒶𝓁 𝒾𝓉𝓈 𝒽𝒶𝓃𝒹, 𝓉𝓇𝓎 𝑒𝓃𝒸𝑜𝓊𝓇𝒶𝑔𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝓅𝒶𝓉𝒽 𝑜𝓇 𝒾𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓇𝓋𝑒𝓃𝑒, 𝒷𝓊𝓉 𝓌𝑒 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝓊𝓁𝓉𝒾𝓂𝒶𝓉𝑒𝓁𝓎 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝑒 𝓉𝑜 𝒸𝒽𝑜𝑜𝓈𝑒 𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝑜𝓌𝓃 𝒹𝑒𝓈𝓉𝒾𝓃𝓎.❞

𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗱𝗼𝗺 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗱 starts immediately where KoTW left off. I enjoyed this book more than I did KoTW. 𝗜 𝗮𝗺 𝗶𝗻 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗘𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗪𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗵. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝙀𝙑𝙀𝙍𝙔𝙏𝙃𝙄𝙉𝙂!

❝𝒯𝒽𝑒𝓇𝑒 𝒾𝓈 𝓃𝑜𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓂𝑜𝓇𝑒 𝒹𝒶𝓃𝑔𝑒𝓇𝑜𝓊𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓃 𝒶 𝓌𝑜𝓂𝒶𝓃 𝓌𝒽𝑜 𝑜𝓌𝓃𝓈 𝓌𝒽𝑜 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝒾𝓈 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒶𝓅𝑜𝓁𝑜𝑔𝒾𝓏𝑒𝓈 𝓉𝑜 𝓃𝑜 𝑜𝓃𝑒.❞

𝗞𝗼𝗧𝗖 shows us Emilia's struggles as she slowly learns some truths behind Vittoria's murder. I like seeing her character development throughout the book, and I am glad she finally stopped and thought through all her theories. Emilia finally learned to let herself feel and I am here. 

❝𝒯𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝒹𝑒𝓂𝑜𝓃, 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓁𝒾𝓋𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝑒𝓂𝒷𝑜𝒹𝒾𝓂𝑒𝓃𝓉 𝑜𝒻 𝓈𝒾𝓃, 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝓈𝑜 𝓂𝓊𝒸𝒽 𝓂𝑜𝓇𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓂𝑜𝓃𝓈𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝓈𝓊𝓅𝓅𝑜𝓈𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝑜 𝒷𝑒.❞

𝗪𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝘀 𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗬𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗚. I don't have much to say except that man/demon/the embodiment of Wrath is pure perfection! 

KoTC shed some light on some of the mysteries from KoTW, some twists and turns that I did not see coming, while others stood out as if in a spotlight. There are still some questions that need answering, and I cannot wait to finally (hopefully) get my answers from the Kingdom of the Feared. 

❝𝐼𝓉 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝓈𝓉𝓇𝒶𝓃𝑔𝑒 𝓌𝑒 𝓌𝑒𝓇𝑒 𝒸𝒶𝓁𝓁𝑒𝒹 𝑒𝓋𝒾𝓁 𝓌𝒽𝑒𝓃 𝒽𝓊𝓂𝒶𝓃𝓈 𝓌𝑒𝓇𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝑜𝓃𝑒𝓈 𝓌𝒽𝑜 𝑒𝓃𝒿𝑜𝓎𝑒𝒹 𝓌𝒶𝓉𝒸𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓊𝓈𝒷𝓊𝓇𝓃.❞
❝𝐸𝓂𝑜𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃𝓈 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝓅𝑜𝓌𝑒𝓇𝒻𝓊𝓁 𝒻𝑜𝓇𝒸𝑒𝓈. 𝒫𝑒𝑜𝓅𝓁𝑒 𝓀𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓂𝓊𝒸𝒽 𝓁𝑒𝓈𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓃 𝑔𝓇𝑒𝑒𝒹 𝑜𝓇 𝒿𝑒𝒶𝓁𝑜𝓊𝓈𝓎.❞
☾ What took me so long to read this book? I wasn't even aware that it existed! 𝗞𝗼𝗧𝗪 is plot driven, I enjoyed the pacing and the characters. It kept me engaged plus who doesn't love witchy books with a dash of prince Wrath and a murder to solve.
☾ 𝗘𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗮. She wasn't your typical badass FMC. She was the sweet, content with a life running a restaurant and discovering new spices for new recipes. She wasn't about that dating, adventurous life, not until she found her twin sister, 𝗩𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗮, dead. I enjoyed seeing her growth, her ups and downs.
❝𝐿𝒾𝓋𝑒 𝓁𝑜𝓃𝑔 𝑒𝓃𝑜𝓊𝑔𝒽 𝓉𝑜 𝒽𝒶𝓉𝑒 𝓂𝑒 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈.❞
❝𝐻𝑒 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝒹𝑒𝒶𝓉𝒽 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓇𝒶𝑔𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒻𝒾𝓇𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒶𝓃𝓎𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝓈𝓉𝓊𝓅𝒾𝒹 𝑒𝓃𝑜𝓊𝑔𝒽 𝓉𝑜 𝒻𝑜𝓇𝑔𝑒𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓌𝑜𝓊𝓁𝒹 𝒷𝑒𝒸𝑜𝓃𝓈𝓊𝓂𝑒𝒹 𝒷𝓎 𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝒾𝓃𝒻𝑒𝓇𝓃𝑜.❞
☾ 𝗪𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗵. Why is he sweet? I f**king love him. I love his character, a demon with a sense of fashion, sweet yet deadly. His short answers are ridiculous. He is full of mystery we have yet to uncover and I cannot wait to uncover that. 
❝𝐿𝑜𝓋𝑒 𝒾𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓂𝑜𝓈𝓉 𝓅𝑜𝓌𝑒𝓇𝒻𝓊𝓁 𝑀𝒶𝑔𝒾𝒸. 𝒜𝒷𝑜𝓋𝑒 𝒶𝓁𝓁 𝑒𝓁𝓈𝑒, 𝓇𝑒𝓂𝑒𝓂𝒷𝑒𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉. 𝐼𝓉 𝓌𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝒶𝓁𝓌𝒶𝓎𝓈 𝑔𝓊𝒾𝒹𝑒 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓌𝒽𝑒𝓇𝑒 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓃𝑒𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝑜 𝑔𝑜.❞
☾ I love the banter between Wrath and Emilia. I think they've got undeniable chemistry and really enjoyed their moments together. I do wish they had more moments together. KoTW brought 𝗦𝗟𝗢𝗪𝗕𝗨𝗥𝗡 to a whole new level.
☾ I enjoyed this book so much there were shocking moments that I did not see coming but kinda got suspicious. I love the suspense that KoTW gave, however, what kept it from getting a 5 star was the writing style in some parts - I thought I had missed something so I would flip to the other page to see - but I didn't, it just feels like it jumped a little. With that being said, I cannot wait to read 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗱𝗼𝗺 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗖𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗱. 

Initial thought: Candy cane and peppermint will never be fking the same, and I am okay with that!Full review to come later 🤭-Actual Review“I want to be loved but not the easy kind that I offer others. Not one that's immediate. I want something passionate that I feel down to my toes. Where my eyes roll back as he pleasures me and my entire body flames with yearning.”This book was fking ADORABLE! My brain could not create words because all it wanted to do was giddily scream. Dear Monster Claus was pure bliss and the perfect read if you're looking for that Christmas spirit with a side of monster. I adore Xo and her innocence; she's so innocent that she's got me all flustered. I was blushing so much it reached the north pole. Then Arson was introduced. I love his grumpy personality, which fits perfectly with Xo's sunshine personality. He is too adorable in a sexy kinda way and way too f**king HOT.

I adore this grumpy/sunshine trope so much! 

Dark magic and a raging libido. 

“There's only me, and Roran, and his hard, ribbed cock that's turning me into a kebab.”

Initial reaction: It's without a doubt a 5-star, but WTF! The way this book just broke my heart. I need a moment to process my heartache.

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❝ A true man won't cut you down as you fight your battles, nor will he fight them for you. A true man will help sharpen your sword, guard your back and fight at your side in the face of whatever darkness comes. ❞

Althea Zoltaire

Blood and Steel

LOVE

This book had every trope I wanted, from slow burn to force proximity, and let's not forget the epic battle.

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IT HURTS SO MUCH

If you like:
▸ Slow Burn
▸ Force Proximity
▸ Warrior FMC
▸ Broody/Tortured MMC
▸ Epic Battles
This book is for you!

Was there a plot? Not really, but, I mean Juniper did warn you about it. Until Dawn is a short, monstrous novella and was gloriously smutty in the world of monster smut and I am here for it! The way this book ended was very cute! 

If you like:
▸ Tail play
▸ Breeding kink
▸ Knotting
▸ Spitting
▸ A really long forked tongue
This book is for you! 

⚠️ Do look up content warning ⚠️ 

This book was cute, it was HOT AF, it was everything I never thought I wanted, and it's got tentacles! 
Cyrus. I love Cryus and his sweet personality. I love how understanding he is when it comes to Reece. But you know what's hot? Those damn tentacles! Cy really knows how to put them to use. And when Cryus goes dominant? It was chef kiss I mean who would have thought that was possible with his gently self and all that. 
Reece. I love how Reece's arc character grew. Yes, he was an ahole (he even admitted to it), however, he also had a really traumatizing childhood, but you know what? He is trying his best dammit! Reece is a fking sweetheart and a big teddy bear underneath all that tough exterior. 
The fact that Reece is the reason why Cyrus has something worth living for and  Cy is the reason why Reese is slowly healing. Reece and Cyrus both deserve to be happy together ♡
I honestly love this whole circle, yes even Fallon and I hope he too gets his HEA. I love that we got to see Atlas and Tegan. We even got to see more of Reece's and Tegan's mom. 

❝𝒥𝓊𝓈𝓉 𝒷𝑒𝒸𝒶𝓊𝓈𝑒 𝓈𝑜𝓂𝑒𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝓈𝒽𝒶𝓇𝑒𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓈𝒶𝓂𝑒 𝒷𝓁𝑜𝑜𝒹𝓁𝒾𝓃𝑒 𝒶𝓈 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒹𝑜𝑒𝓈𝓃'𝓉 𝓂𝑒𝒶𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝒹𝑒𝓈𝑒𝓇𝓋𝑒 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝓉𝒾𝓂𝑒 𝑜𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝑜𝓊𝑔𝒽𝓉𝓈.❞

❝𝒩𝑜𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒾𝓈 𝓂𝑜𝓇𝑒 𝓅𝑜𝓌𝑒𝓇𝒻𝓊𝓁, 𝓂𝑜𝓇𝑒 𝓁𝒾𝒻𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓁𝓂-𝒶𝓁𝓉𝑒𝓇𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒶𝒷𝒾𝓁𝒾𝓉𝓎 𝓉𝑜 𝒻𝑒𝑒𝓁. 𝒯𝑜 𝑒𝓍𝓅𝑒𝓇𝒾𝑒𝓃𝒸𝑒 𝑒𝓂𝑜𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃. 𝐿𝑜𝓋𝑒. 𝐻𝒶𝓉𝑒. 𝒟𝑒𝓈𝒾𝓇𝑒. 𝒯𝑜 𝒸𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝑜𝓃𝑒𝓈𝑒𝓁𝒻. 𝒯𝑜 𝒸𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝒶𝓃𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇.❞

☾ The emotion I went through with this book was TORTURE. When I thought my heart was already bleeding, it bled even more. When it hurt, it hurt BAD. When I cried, I was bawling. WTF! 

❝𝐿𝑜𝓋𝑒 𝓂𝒶𝓀𝑒𝓈 𝒶𝓃𝓎𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓅𝑜𝓈𝓈𝒾𝒷𝓁𝑒. 𝑀𝒶𝓀𝑒𝓈 𝒶𝓃𝓎𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝒸𝒶𝓅𝒶𝒷𝓁𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓊𝓃𝑒𝓍𝓅𝑒𝒸𝓉𝑒𝒹.❞

☾ 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗮. Sera is more of a hardhead than Poppy. I love her, but sometimes I wanna strangle her, but I still love her. I love her tenacity. That sparring between her and Nyktos was ᴀᴍᴀᴢɪɴɢ! That ᴄᴜʀᴛꜱʏ at the end was 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘧𝘴 𝘬𝘪𝘴𝘴. Sera has me shrieking when she teases Nyktos, ᴍʏ ɢɪʀʟ ʜᴀꜱ ɢᴏᴛ ꜱᴏᴍᴇ ᴄᴏᴜʀᴀɢᴇ. Sera is a badass FMC that has struggled so much as a character, and I feel for her. I love her braveness and her flaws. When she finally realized she was seen, heard, and acknowledged, there was no stopping her.

☾ 𝗡𝘆𝗸𝘁𝗼𝘀.. Nyktos is a total badass when he goes all primal. I love him, but there were moments when I wanted to punch him in the face; like, WTF, dude? But I still love him. My heart broke for that man. Seeing how he is with Jadis heart eyes then seeing him blush? Ah, that was so damn cute! I love his obsession with Sera's hair, and I have to question where all those hair ties went. Nyktos may not have the capability to love, but he knows how to show he 𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗘𝗦. I am here for his protectiveness over our dear Sera; the number of threats this man made was 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘧𝘴 𝘬𝘪𝘴𝘴. 

❝𝑰 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏. 𝑺𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒌 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆? 𝑳𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒆𝒓? 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝑰 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒃𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒄𝒐𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒍𝒚 𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒅𝒓𝒂𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑨𝒃𝒚𝒔𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒖𝒓𝒚 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒐 𝒅𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂 𝒉𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒘 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒐𝒖𝒕. 𝑫𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒆?❞

☾ The tension between Nyktos and Sera was 𝗣𝗔𝗟𝗣𝗔𝗕𝗟𝗘 and had me screaming. I love their banter. And when do they get together? ɪᴛ ᴡᴀꜱ ʜᴏᴛ ᴀꜰ! Their relationship is written so well that you can feel the shift when it happened, and it was blissful. 

☾ 𝗡𝗲𝗸𝘁𝗮𝘀. I love him. He is terrific; he is the wingman (you know he is). 𝗝𝗮𝗱𝗶𝘀 is the cutest little draken, and so is 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗿-𝗯𝘂𝘁𝘁. I honestly really love everyone in the Shadowlands.

☾ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴇᴠᴇʟᴀᴛɪᴏɴꜱ? ᴡᴏᴡ. ɪ ᴅɪᴅ ɴᴏᴛ ᴡᴀɴᴛ ᴛʜɪꜱ ʙᴏᴏᴋ ᴛᴏ ᴇɴᴅ. ɪ ɴᴇᴇᴅᴇᴅ ᴍᴏʀᴇ.

Why is this book so adorable? It was short and sweet with lovable characters. It was instant attraction between the two MCs. I love that it has a dual POV. I had a grin the entire time I was reading it. Atlas is adorable. Tegan is adorable. They're both adorable and cheesy but I love them. I love Tegan's feistiness and girl brought it out against Atlas's ex (GO TEGAN!). Tegan cannot stop oogling our dear Atlas, while Atlas has no control over his wagging tail around Tegan and I am here for it, dammit! 

It was almost a 5 star, almost. I felt like it was a bit too short. Characters were introduced but didn't fully show up (i.e., Tegan's mom and brother). I really could care less about Jade so I was fine only seeing her that one time.

⊹ 𝗔 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗱𝗼𝗺 𝗼𝗳 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗙𝗲𝗮𝗿 is being told by Zeke and Raven's POV, and I'm a sucker for dual POV. I wanted to devour this book but didn't want it to end.

❝𝒫𝓁𝑒𝒶𝓈𝑒 𝒸𝑜𝓂𝑒 𝒷𝒶𝒸𝓀 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓎 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝓂𝑒, 𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝒽𝒾𝓈𝓅𝑒𝓇𝑒𝒹. 𝑅𝒶𝓋𝑒𝓃, 𝓅𝓁𝑒𝒶𝓈𝑒. 𝒟𝑜𝓃'𝓉 𝓁𝑒𝓉 𝒽𝒾𝓂 𝓉𝑜𝓊𝒸𝒽 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒶𝓈 𝐼 𝒽𝒶𝓋𝑒.❞

⊹ 𝗭𝗲𝗸𝗲'𝘀 𝗣𝗢𝗩 𝗶𝘀 𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗬𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗚. I love seeing his adoration and his love for Raven. I love that he 𝗗𝗜𝗗𝗡'𝗧 give up. 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙧𝙧𝙚𝙫𝙤𝙘𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙮 𝙞𝙣 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙍𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙣. 𝙃𝙚 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙨; 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙨 𝙞𝙩 ♡ With Zeke's POV, we see his struggle with everything. I love the devotion he's got for Raven and his family. Everything he does has always been about them. Seeing him so broken was heartbreaking. I don't think there is anything about this man that I hate.

⊹ 𝗠𝘆 𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗲𝘁, 𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝗥𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻. She sees the good in everyone, even if they don't fing deserve it. She's so pure, and all I wanna do is protect her. All she wanted was to be loved, to have that family she could trust and rely on. I would give anything to see that smile on her face and to hear her laugh because it is entrancing. 𝗜 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗼 𝗱𝗮𝗺𝗻 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆! With 𝗥𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻'𝘀 𝗣𝗢𝗩, we get to see her struggle against, well, everything. But we also get to see her get stronger [not that she wasn't such a strong, badass witch queen already]. I think I swoon for her as much as Zeke swoon's for Raven.❝𝒴𝑜𝓊 𝒹𝑜𝓃'𝓉 𝒽𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝓉𝑜 𝓇𝒾𝓈𝓀 𝓈𝑜𝓂𝑒𝑜𝓃𝑒'𝓈 𝓁𝒾𝒻𝑒 𝓉𝑜 𝑔𝑒𝓉 𝒶 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝒸𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝑜𝓊𝓉 𝑜𝒻 𝓂𝑒. 𝒜𝓁𝓁 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒽𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝓉𝑜 𝒹𝑜 𝒾𝓈 𝓁𝑜𝑜𝓀 𝒶𝓉 𝓈𝑜𝓂𝑒𝑜𝓃𝑒, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝐼 𝓌𝒶𝓃𝓉 𝓉𝑜 𝓌𝓇𝒶𝓅 𝓂𝓎 𝒽𝒶𝓃𝒹𝓈 𝒶𝓇𝑜𝓊𝓃𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝒾𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝓇𝑜𝒶𝓉.❞❝𝑀𝓎 𝒷𝓇𝑜𝓀𝑒𝓃 𝓂𝒶𝓃, 𝓈𝓊𝓇𝓇𝑜𝓊𝓃𝒹𝑒𝒹 𝒷𝓎 𝓈𝒽𝒶𝒹𝑜𝓌𝓈, 𝓉𝒽𝑜𝓊𝑔𝒽𝓉 𝓈𝑜 𝓁𝒾𝓉𝓉𝓁𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝒽𝒾𝓂𝓈𝑒𝓁𝒻 𝓌𝒽𝑒𝓃 𝒽𝑒 𝒹𝒾𝒹𝓃'𝓉 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓁𝒾𝓏𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇𝓎𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔.❞❝𝒴𝑜𝓊 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝓁𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉, 𝑅𝒶𝓋𝑒𝓃. 𝒴𝑜𝓊 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝓂𝓎 𝓁𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉.❞⊹ I fell in love with 𝗭𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻 even 𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗘 than I did with Fury. They're beautiful and broken, but I love them just as they are. 𝗜 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗭𝗲𝗸𝗲, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗶𝗲 𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 ♡ These two burns for each other, they crave for each other, they were destined for each other, and together they are 𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗘.⊹ I never thought I would fall in love with some of the characters I didn't like in Fury, but I was wrong because I love Jeanine. 𝗝𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗲 is the kind of best friend that anyone would be lucky to have. She deserves so much happiness.⊹ There were new characters introduced in this book that I adored! Eva is the cutest little girl EVER ♡ I am forever grateful to Theodore. I am so happy to see Arthur and Grace.⊹ 𝕀 𝕝𝕠𝕧𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕔𝕙𝕠𝕤𝕖𝕟 𝕗𝕒𝕞𝕚𝕝𝕪 𝕤𝕠 𝕞𝕦𝕔𝕙 ♡⊹ All this to say that I love this book so much. From chosen family, touched her and you die, fated mates, grumpy/sunshine 𝗔 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗱𝗼𝗺 𝗼𝗳 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗙𝗲𝗮𝗿 has all the tropes that I love and more ♡ The spice? It was 𝗙𝗟𝗔𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗚🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 There were twists and turns that I did not see coming, and my mind just blew 🤯 There were so many mysteries that I need answers to, and I cannot wait to find out more about it in 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝟯.⊹ 𝗧𝗼 𝗖𝗮𝗱𝗲.𝗔 𝗕𝗜𝗚 𝗙𝗨 🤬🤬🤬Cade is the scum of the earth! Whitney has written him so well that I absolutely fking 𝗛𝗔𝗧𝗘 him, and he needs to die. You didn't deserve Raven then; you 𝗗𝗢 𝗡𝗢𝗧 deserve her now!

⚠️ ᴀꜱ ᴛʜɪꜱ ɪꜱ ᴀ ᴅᴀʀᴋ ꜰᴀɴᴛᴀꜱʏ, ᴘʟᴇᴀꜱᴇ ᴄʜᴇᴄᴋ ᴛᴡꜱ ᴏɴ ᴡʜɪᴛɴᴇʏ'ꜱ ᴡᴇʙꜱɪᴛᴇ ⚠️

☾ The United broke my heart, mended it, and broke it again while mending it at the same time. The amount of emotion I went though while reading this book is ridiculous. Rives threw a few curve ball at me that I didn't see coming and it hit me hard. 
☾ August. He is still as swoon worthy as ever and he's gotten sappy when it comes to Emery, specifically when it comes to her. I still absolutely love his possessives and protectiveness over Emery and their daughter. When Augustine and August melded together, I felt that lost. I liked Augustine and all his darkness but I also really like August, so I'm glad we got the best worlds in this one. August sacrifices so so much for the sake of his kingdom, for his daughter and for his mate. Just when I thought everything was fine and dandy, shit hit the fan. 
☾ Emery. She is one strong, badass queen who has been through so much. How she was able to function after losing THAT, was beyond me. I cried for her, I broke with her. I love the way she loves with no restraint. She's compassionate but she's battling her own darkness. Her daughter is her light, August is her light, her found family is her light. I enjoyed seeing her character development in embracing her darkness because it is part of her, it is what makes her who she is. Emery's strength is unbelievable and August is damn lucky to have her and he knows it. 
☾ The passion between Emery and August is all consuming and I love them so much ♡ They are each others light when the darkness is trying to consume them. I just wanted to take Emery and August and wrap them in a damn bubble. Damn the fates. The sacrifice these two had to go threw fucking broke my heart. These two deserves to be happy. I just want them to be blissfully happy! 
☾ Callum. He has always been a big mystery from the very beginning but damn I DID NOT SEE that coming and neither did he. Then I definitely DID NOT see that other one coming, that damn bastard. It all started because of him and it kinda ended with him too. He'll always have a place in my heart ♡ 
☾ Out of character Dorian is an awesome Dorian. Ansel 😭 
☾ All this to say that they all (vamps, hybrids, witches) deserve that happy ending damn it! And I am so incredibly happy for those that did get the kind of love that Emery and August, Lily and Malcolm, Flor and Draven has ♡ 
☾ If you like books with fated mates, forbidden love, vampires, witches, wolves, and an epic battle against the Mistress this book is for you! ♡
P.S. We get to see a few POV from Sloane. 

“Truth tastes foul to those who feast on lies.”
“There's being claimed by someone, possessed not because they've paid a price for you or because they have any right to you, but because they eat, sleep, drink, piss, and sigh your name. You're the air in the lungs giving them life, the taste on a tongue providing the only nourishment they'll ever need. The edge of everything they are, blurring cruelty with kindness. Hate with love. Their beginning and their end.”
SMC did not disappoint in delivering the scorching hot scenes that had me saying holy f**k.I NEVER EXPECTED THAT. I was merely in the book and Drazhan already gave me an idea of what he can do, what he has to offer. His so called “meditation”? 🥵. He lived up to it! 
The Claw and The Crowned had me by its claws! I love the way this ended. Did my heart break? Of course it did, a few times at that. Did it fall irrevocably in love with Drazhan? YES, IT REALLY DID! Was it happy for Imryll? YES, IT WAS. I was so so happy to see that epilogue ♡
Drazhan. Drazhan is your mysterious, dark knight. Driven by vengeance for what the Rhiagains did to Witchwood Cross, to his family. Drazhan makes it his mission to destroy the crown, starting with Imryll.
Imryll. All she ever wanted was a life out of Duncarrow, she wanted freedom from all of it but fear was one thing that kept holding her back. Until one day, she met Drazhan.
“I see you. I know you. I love you.”
I absolutely love Drazhan and Imryll. Yes, they had a very complicated relationship from the very beginning (other than their slight age gap) which I honestly did not even noticed. It just made Drazhan that much sexier. Drazhan and Imryll blurred between hate and passion.
“I do love him, but it isn't enough.”
Torian. He deserved better. He deserved more than what he got. I was so so devastated for him. He really only truly loved Ryl and she loved him, she did, just not the way he loved her. 
All this to say that I love this book and everyone should read it because you won't be disappointed. It had the perfect amount of spice, plot and everything in between ♡

There was so much growth between Augustine and Emery. I love them so much. I love this found family. I love their light and their darkness.

❝ I think you will soon come to realize the heart does not care about misplaced hatred. Finding love, especially an epic love, is limitless. ❞❝ The war between selfish and selfless is the hardest battle to be fought. ❞

The Replacement follows two POVs: Emery and August. The bachelors meet paranormal with a little bit of murder mystery.

She was never meant to be a member of the Culling. He was never supposed to find his mate. Fate stepped in to ensure both. There was only one reason why the silver band of the Culling appeared on Emery's wrist, binding her to the vampire prince himself, her twin was dead. Emery was forced to leave the life she knew and compete for the heart of her enemy. Her goal was simple: keep her witch heritage a secret, find her sister's murderer, and DON'T FALL for the sinfully handsome prince while they worked together to find the culprit of her sister's murder.

Emery. I love her sarcasm, her dirty mouth, and how her personality shines. I am so happy that she was able to find friendship and family within the castle.

August. That man is 🔥. I love how possessive he gets, how much he adores his little sister, his love for his family, and his loyalty to his kingdom. He will give you the fucking world and wouldn't it be so amazing to be on the other end of that?

❝ She deserved the world. She deserved everything. He would be the one to give it to her. ❞❝ Forever in my heart. Forever in my veins. Forever on my lips. ❞

I love the chemistry between August and Emery. The tension between the two is palpable. But together? Together they were fire, they burn as one.

Malcolm.. Sweet, sweet Malcolm. He deserves the fucking world! He deserves happiness.

That ending. That ending hurts A LOT.

I love the vibe of the gothic murder mystery. I love all of the characters in their own way. Each had a story to tell even the side characters. What was side was finding out the motive behind the murder and who did it (I did not see that coming). 

There were some twist that I saw coming while there some that I didn't. I'd have to say the most exciting part was towards the end with all the surprises. 

I adore Death and Signa. 

“Because there is no freedom without sacrifice, there is no reward without suffering.”“We are always a moment away from things we love being stripped away, but that doesn't mean we stop loving them.”

A Deal with Darkness is a story about how Valdihr came to be in A Night of Wings and Starlight, or at least leading to it. The book was set 200 years ago and can be read without reading ANoWaS. As someone who has read ANoWas, it was nice to see some Azriel because I love him.

The book follows Isoldra's POV, a total badass with all her fierceness and devotion. She will protect those she loves, even if it means dying. She is a character who knows herself; I love seeing her in action.

Haalarcus, Lord of Lost Souls, is also known as Haal or Issy's favorite Dark Lord. Can I say that I adored Haal and his devotion to Issy ♡ I love the interaction between Haal and Issy.

As for Evander, I admit he was a total judgemental prick, but I started liking his little quirks, so I hope he gets his own story.

Thank you, Alexis, for an eARC copy of this book in exchange for an honest review ♡

This is my first monster romance, and it DID NOT disappoint.

The Dragon's Bride was such a great introductory book in this genre. The book follows two POVs: Briar and Sol. I never thought I'd dig this genre, but Sol is a perfect dragon daddy. I also really LOVE Briar's character development and Sol's support towards his bride. Sol is so sweet and so gentle (well, except in the bedroom), which was fucking H-O-T.

Oh, and two peens!

“He was her weakness. He was her blessing. He was her Grace, and he would save her.”

Wow. That was quite an adventure, and what an ending. The revelations? HOLY CRAP. I did not see that coming for miles! I am happy that Cassia is set with what SHE wants, which is to be by her Grace. After discovering her ancestry, I cannot wait to see what becomes of her. 

Seeing Mark's POV is always nice, and it was nice to see a glimpse of what was happening in Orthros. Seeing his devotion to his family and his circle. I love him and Lyros together. 

I love the Ashes. I love Chuma. And Monsoon had quite a revelation. 

Let's talk about Dak. WTF!? I would never have guessed that's what went through his head, and he BELIEVES IT. 

I can't wait to see what the next chapter brings.