Nanii

The minute I saw this book on TikTok with “submissive MMC” I knew I had to pick it up immediately. I just love reading about submissive men whimpering for their woman, it just hits different. I do wish this book would’ve been spicier, but it was still an enjoyable read. The Hispanic family dynamics were so accurate, I loved that. I also loved that a lot of the conversations were in Spanish. Speaking of Spanish conversations, this book might be a bit hard to follow for those that do not know any Spanish so keep that in mind in case you decide you want to pick this book up for yourself. I did feel like the kidnapping and the rescuing could’ve been dragged out a little more, the rescuing felt a bit rushed to me, but it is what it is. Overall, I did find this book enjoyable, and I look forward to the next book in the series.

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐓𝐨 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 ↴

🩵 Amnesia

🩷 Light Mafia

🩵 Roommates

🩷 He’s a Virgin

🩵 Billionaire Boss

🩷 Contractual FWB

🩵 She Teaches Him

𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 ↴

Kidnapping

🫧 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 📖

I thought I was going to love this book from start to finish… that’s not the case. Francesca was naive as hell when it came to her family, which made her annoying. How do you walk in on your sister in your husband’s bed, acknowledge that she was trying to ruin your marriage on behalf of your mother, and then believe her when she calls crying that she’s pregnant and that she needs help to escape, that she cannot leave on her own because apparently, they took all her belongings except her phone 🤨… Francesca walked into a trap that everyone else could see from a mile away because “she’s my sister” man, fuck your sister. I hate FMCs that allow their family to run every aspect of their lives. Yes, I get that her inheritance was on the line, but I seriously would’ve said “fuck the inheritance”. If you can’t have free will, what good is the inheritance?

I hate that after Graham went to find his wife they took Florence with them. This ho lied to get her sister in the hands of Giovanni and her mother and they just forgave her? Fuck that, let that ho claw her own way out of the prison she so willingly accepted.

𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐫 ↴

This is an Advanced Reader copy. Although this book was given to me as an ARC my thoughts are my own. Thank you, Penelope Black, for the ARC opportunity!

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐓𝐨 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 ↴

Dog Mom

Mutual Pining

Slow Burn Swoon

He Calls Her Sunshine

Marriage of Convenience

🫧 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 📖

I ATE THIS BOOK UP. I have never read a dark rom-com but I was here for it. I loved Ezra and Kindra though I wish Ezra would’ve told her the truth sooner. I felt so bad after she found out the truth about her brother and I’m glad she was able to accept that her brother was a monster. Bennett got on my nerves a little bit, but I got where he was coming from so that gained him points and him assaulting fruit was not on my bingo card. It was disturbing and hilarious asf because my lord there are TWO other women on that island (not counting the FMC) and this man goes for a PINEAPPLE(???). Cat was annoying and a bit dramatic, she gave me weird vibes at first. The hatred those two have for each other has me excited for their book though!

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐓𝐨 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 ↴

🪚 Banter

🔪 Serial Killers

🪚 Dark Humor

🔪 Plus-Sized FMC

🪚 MMC w/ Glasses

🔪 Forced Proximity

🪚 Dangerous Chemistry

🔪 Black Cat x Cinnamon Roll

🪚 One-Night Stand that spirals into CHAOS

𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 ↴

Non-consensual cannibalism • Gorey hobbies • Macabre retreat activities • Consensual drowning • Mentions of child abuse

🔪 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 📖

• 𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐈 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 “𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐬𝐥𝐮𝐭” 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐈 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠? Yes.

𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐈 𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐮𝐩 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 “𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐬𝐥𝐮𝐭”? Also, yes.

I LOVED Abigail and Logan’s relationship. I loved that Abbie was not opposed to the arranged marriage and that Logan made an effort to get to know her and go on dates before getting down to business 😉😏. I am obsessed with Logan, his love for animals and his desire to take down everyone in the sex trafficking “business” might’ve gained him lots of points. The spice was spicing, and the friendships were everything. What happened to that one side character was unnecessary! 😢 They didn’t have to, nor did they deserve to go out like that. THEY DESERVED BETTER! Apart from that death I honestly have no complaints about this book. Loved it and I 100% recommend it!

𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐫 ↴

This is an Advanced Reader copy. Although this book was given to me as an ARC my thoughts are my own. Thank you, Shannon Jade, for the ARC opportunity!

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐓𝐨 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 ↴

💀 Mafia

💚 “My Wife”

💀 “Good Slut”

💚 Pierced Hero

💀 Forced Proximity

💚 Viking x Princess

💀 Grumpy x Sunshine

💚 Arranged Marriage

𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 ↴

Violence • Diagnosis and mentions of infertility • Death of a side character • Mentions of sex trafficking • Praise & degradation • Spanking

💀 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 📖

Sarah’s husband goes missing and I immediately think that she killed him. Boy, was I wrong…

The book was doing so well and then we were given that ending… It was a bit disappointing. Sarah was acting suspicious so rightfully I spent the entire book blaming her for her husband’s disappearance and the whole time she had nothing to do with it. There is so much build-up for nothing IMO. The new information that was received about her husband was a bit shocking (out of everything he could’ve been doing I did not expect what he was actually doing) but it was entertaining at least. I wouldn’t recommend this book but if you’re going into it just know it's more of a mystery than a thriller. I hope to find better books from this author.

𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐫 ↴

This is an Advanced Listener copy. Although this book was given to me as an ALC my thoughts are my own. Thank you, Tamara L. Miller and NetGalley for the ALC opportunity!

🫧 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 📖

This is the final book in the midsummer series, and I was not prepared to dislike Miri as much as I did towards the end. I should’ve guessed that Miri would leave like she always did but I fully expected her to stay true to her promise and stay with Ivy & Carter. The long-awaited battle was more than I expected. I certainly did not expect two of the four to DIE (Jena how dare you play with my feelings like that?) Jena had me ready to crash out, my emotions were all over the place, but I knew it could not end with the four of them being separated. The spicy scenes were amazing as always. I loved that Ivy & Miri finally took control of their own lives (granted that Miri had to be dragged away from the altar after planning to go through with such a ridiculous wedding to please her grandmother). I will miss the four of them (some more than others) and though this is the end of Midsummer I look forward to more of Jena’s work.

𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐫 ↴

This is an Advanced Reader copy. Although this book was given to me as an ARC my thoughts are my own. Thank you, Jena Doyle, for the ARC opportunity!

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐓𝐨 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 ↴

🧚🏽‍♀️ MMFF

✨ Angsty

🧚🏽‍♀️ Evil Fairies

✨ Series Finale

🧚🏽‍♀️ Chaotic Bisexuals

✨ Arranged Marriage

🧚🏽‍♀️ Queer Shakespeare

𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 ↴

Mention of rape

✨ 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 📖

I really wanted to like this book considering that it is my first sapphic mafia romance. I went into it intending to love it 100% and then Emilia entered the chat and showed her true colors. The audacity of that woman to choose everyone else but Chiara and then ask her to be by her side every step of the way (for her wedding) while Chiara suffered in silence was sealed the deal. Emilia was selfish. She wanted to have her cake and eat it too. The further I got into the story the more I hated her.

Stefan deserved better and if he turned out to be an absolute asshole after Chiara was so cold to him and then called off their engagement (because Emilia finally decided that she wanted to choose her because “Angelo couldn’t protect her the way Chiara could”) I wouldn’t have blamed him. No one will ever change my mind that if she (Emilia) hadn’t been kidnapped she never would’ve called off her engagement to Angelo. The plot itself was good and the writing style was even better, if it weren’t for Emilia and how much she irked my soul, this would’ve been rated higher.

𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐫 ↴

This is an Advanced Reader copy. Although this book was given to me as an ARC my thoughts are my own. Thank you, K.G. Smith and BookishBubbly PR for the ARC opportunity!

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐓𝐨 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 ↴

🔫 Found Family

🌹 Mafia Romance

🔫 Forbidden Love

🌹 Touch Her & Die

🔫 Sapphic Romance

🌹 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 📖