Elle

Didn't like the way it was written. 

The ‘humour' just isn't for me. 

Couldn't get into it. 

The humour was too millennial for me. 

Bored, very slow beginning. 

Very tedious to read, I wish I could've enjoyed it. 

Too long, I lost interest. 

Lost interest. 

Very childish, felt like a bad 2013 Wattpad fanfic. 

I didn't like the FMC. 

Was incredibly cringey. 

FMC was too cringe. 

I was pushing through until the FMC did something incredibly cringey and I physically could not read anymore. 

Hard to read and I'm bored. 

Wasn't feeling it. 

I cannot believe how much I enjoyed this book. I literally could not put it down and I flew through the pages so quickly, I was upset when I had finished it. I'm not new to Maya Banks, but the way she wrote and brought her characters to life in Never Seduce A Scot was so amazing.

Graeme was a shining star, he was incredibly kind, fair, protective, and understanding when it came to Eveline. From the very beginning he recognised how difficult leaving her family and living with the enemy would be, especially considering her condition. He didn't let anyone from his clan disrespect her and made sure to shut down even his brothers when they spoke ill of her. I found Graeme to be one of the best written characters I've ever read, not once did he disappoint or anger me.

Eveline was sweet and very courageous, she stood up for herself against Graeme's clan no matter how frightening or confusing the situation, and she even overcame her debilitating fears to help her husband when he most needed it. She was naïve, but not to the point where it was frustrating, she just simply didn't know any better and that's okay, she learnt quickly. She was also smart, the way she used her disability to her advantage and evaded her betrothal to Ian. She adapted to her unfortunate situation incredibly well.

I even loved Graeme's brothers and sister. Although they started out iffy, especially his brothers, they all warmed up to Eveline and begun to treat her the way she deserved, even aiding Graeme in protecting her and enacting revenge on Eveline's and Graeme's behalf.

If you couldn't tell, I really loved this book and felt very strongly towards it. Maya did such a good job on this one.

Probably the sweetest Harlequin I've read, it wasn't overly dramatic and the MC's had genuine chemistry.

I felt Willow was a strong character, she was passionate, sweet, smart, and had a fiery temper. She wasn't meek or annoying like most FMC's in Harlequins and she had a good head on her shoulders. I especially loved how in tune she was with Achilles and the I loved the advice she gave him.

At first I thought Achilles would also defy the usual stereotypical MMC, but towards the end he kind of ruined that. I still enjoyed his character though and the conflict was very short lived so it is forgiven.

While I did enjoy the plot, I found the romance to be lacking. I didn't feel any real chemistry between the MC's and I felt declarations of love came way too fast for my liking. I wished the relationships between the characters were more fully fleshed out. There were a few scenes that we were told about but we didn't get to experience like, Tallis meeting Cami's family, Cami showing Eyke that his powers aren't so evil, and so many others.

For me this book fell victim to overhype, I kept seeing the Immortals After Dark series being recommended everywhere and that led me to expect much more.

I have very mixed feelings about whether I enjoyed A Hunger Like No Other or not. At first I wasn't really vibing with it and even contemplated DNF'ing it but I wanted to stay to see it through but then again at the 70% mark I was really antsy wanting to just get it over with. I did enjoy it but... I don't know, it didn't really hit the spot for me.

I did really like Emmaline though, I found her both strong and sweet. I loved how she evolved from meek and scared to a fierce warrior. I didn't love Lachlain, I liked him much better towards the end but his behaviour in the first half of the book I couldn't look past.

I've read my fair share of Harlequins and know what to expect at this point but this one really peeved me and left me feeling unfulfilled. In my opinion, Angelo was not at all redeemable and Gwenna was far too naïve and innocent, she had absolutely no backbone and bent over backwards for literally every character in the book.

Her rude and entitled step-sisters and step-mother that constantly belittled and bullied her. Her own father who stole from her when she was just a child and used her as a prawn in his schemes, who was also a sniveling, spineless loser that didn't get the comeuppance he rightfully deserved and was forgiven far too easily. And the supposed Hero who treated her terribly and made her feel awful from the very first moment they met and then all through their “relationship”, if you can even call it that, and yet all he had to do was kiss her and suddenly everything was okay again. I've given myself eye strain from the amount of times I rolled my eyes at Angelo being “oh so irresistible” that Gwenna simply couldn't stay mad at him. I spent the whole book wanting to shake the woman by her shoulders and demand she stand up for herself for once.

2 stars for Piglet and Piglet only. What a good boy.

This book single-handedly pulled me out of a massive book slump. I absolutely DEVOURED it and couldn't put it down. Even though I don't typically read historical romances, I'm so glad I decided to take a chance on this one. Aydra writes beautifully and sucked me into her book purely with her words alone. The story was easy to follow and I loved the way she made her characters come alive.

The side characters were great and weren't thrown to the side when it came to the romance and I absolutely adored Elenora and Jillian's friendship and the way Nora encouraged and looked after Jilly.

Jillian was a shining star. She was witty, smart, strong, and compassionate. I admired the way she was the at times the pinnacle of gossip and still stood strong and appeared indifferent to others and stood up for herself when needed to. And I loved the way she tried to discourage James' advances by trying to offend him. It left me genuinely amused,

“I take milk and sugar,” the duke said, the corners of his mouth fighting against a grin. “Do you?” Jilly inquired sweetly. “How lovely.” She shoved the unadulterated tea across the low table toward him.”

“Jillian collected the last of the tea cakes, leaving only a bare plate. “Jillian,” Aunt Marcheline scolded. “You've left none for our guest.”“I didn't invite him,” Jilly said,”

But of course instead of taking offense, the duke loved it and thus begins James' infatuation with her, because she's not like the other “insipid women of the ton”eyeroll

Despite James' misogynistic views at times, (Hey, what's a historical romance without a sprinkle of misogyny?), and his loathing of “vacuous, empty headed London misses” , I found myself loving him, it was likely his only flaw, y'know besides the whole enacting revenge on an innocent woman thing. The way he started to fall for Jillian to a point it started to interfere with his revenge scheme and made his chest tight and his stomach heavy with guilt, it was both heart wrenching and delicious. During their sweet moments together while Jilly was finally opening up to him and allowing herself happiness again, James would get the twinges of guilt and regret and my angst loving self would grin in glee.

And when it came time for the big reveal I was not disappointed. I enjoyed the way Jilly held onto her strength and completely iced The Duke out, (there's nothing I love more then when the wronged heroine shuts down), and set boundaries in which James respected and upheld. I loved the way he showed that he cared for her and found a way to prove to her that he was sorry and he truly did love her whilst still respecting her wishes. Although his grovel wasn't strong, it was realistic and I was glad when things ended up well for them.

Aydra is an underrated gem and I can't wait to delve into her other stories and enjoy them as well.

I couldn't put this one down! The entire Tooth & Claw series has been incredible so far and it's only gotten better with the latest instalment!

I loved the chemistry between Max and Jules, it was real, entertaining, and sweet. You could tell Max truly loved Jules and was in my opinion a very solid character, he's probably my favourite MMC of the series so far. Jules started out quite timid and shy because of the damage done from her last relationship but she really blossomed when she came out of her shell and I thought she was a very strong character.

I loved the plot twist and how Max and Jules had to overcome their differences (literally) and how they achieved doing so, the angst was so good and the comfort even better. Although I did feel as if it moved a little fast in the beginning, I understand why that was and believe that everything tied up nicely in the end.

Heather is steadily creeping up the list of my all time favourite authors, her writing is amazing and the interactions between the main characters always feels natural and fluid. I cannot wait for the fourth book!

nor interested 

not interested 

absolutely god awful