Katherine

Pop my tire and make me stranded in Crimson Ridge because I need Lucas Rhodes to be my knight in shining armor.

This novella is everything I want in a spicy forbidden Christmas love story.

• Horses? ✅
• Hot older man? ✅
• Spunky pink haired, tattooed FMC? ✅
• Snowed in? ✅
• "Let me take care of you" but it's not just about s3x? ✅
• Forbidden love? AKA best friend's dad ✅

Did this story make me want to dye my hair pink? Yes. Did it make me want to start my other tattoo sleeve before my first one is done? Also yes.

Genuinely loved Skye and Lucas' story, I will definitely be re-reading it closer to Christmas!

Pop my tire and make me stranded in Crimson Ridge because I need Lucas Rhodes to be my knight in shining armor.

This novella is everything I want in a spicy forbidden Christmas love story.

• Horses? ✅
• Hot older man? ✅
• Spunky pink haired, tattooed FMC? ✅
• Snowed in? ✅
• "Let me take care of you" but it's not just about s3x? ✅
• Forbidden love? AKA best friend's dad ✅

Did this story make me want to dye my hair pink? Yes. Did it make me want to start my other tattoo sleeve before my first one is done? Also yes.

Genuinely loved Skye and Lucas' story, I will definitely be re-reading it closer to Christmas!

Pop my tire and make me stranded in Crimson Ridge because I need Lucas Rhodes to be my knight in shining armor.

This novella is everything I want in a spicy forbidden Christmas love story.

• Horses? ✅
• Hot older man? ✅
• Spunky pink haired, tattooed FMC? ✅
• Snowed in? ✅
• "Let me take care of you" but it's not just about s3x? ✅
• Forbidden love? AKA best friend's dad ✅

Did this story make me want to dye my hair pink? Yes. Did it make me want to start my other tattoo sleeve before my first one is done? Also yes.

Genuinely loved Skye and Lucas' story, I will definitely be re-reading it closer to Christmas!

Kalen and Sera’s tension in this book… whew! So good so hot and so angst filled!

I love a good shadow daddy x mouthy FMC pairing, it always bodes well for tension and spice when they finally give in.

The story was interesting, and I was invested in both of the main characters. Kalen is the typical shadow daddy price with powers and a broody disposition that hides a good name behind his facade. Sera is our mouthy FMC who has suffered and hates the prince, the royal family, the power but still has fire to help solve the murders.

Tropes I loved:

• he makes her eat to be healthy
• shadows with a mind of their own
• enemies to lovers
• fake dating
• fae powers
• ‘just while we are pretending’
• nicknames like Tempest and Prince

I did feel like the end wrapped up pretty quickly, and lots of things were either wrapped up super fast or not explained well or at all, and I would have liked some more detail and connecting of the dots. Also the big reveal at the end felt a little disjointed and not completely in line with the story.

But, I still enjoyed it! Excited for book 2!

Ended this book totally speechless!!

What a great book 2 in the Realms in Peril series! We start off right where we left in book 1, and things keep going from there. This book is multi POV and multi timeline, so ill talk about each one separately.

Kyra's time imprisoned by Daegel is so powerful, horrible and terrible. It was so well written, and I love her so much. I love that she is strong and fights for herself no matter what. There were definitely some surprises I was not expecting, but man they were such a surprise! Some of the stuff that happened here I swear I was not prepared for, and had me so upset/invested.

Ryker's time in their world without her, trying to find her, defend her land, and deal with everything is also written so well and I felt for him omg. I love Ryker, he is one of my favorite shadow daddies!

His grief induced manic disposition shooting around the realm trying to figure out how to save her is everything I want in a fated mate.

Malina's POV was heartbreaking and so vulnerable. I can't imagine how she is feeling, and honestly the author writes her pain and suffering and coping so well I feel like I understand what she went through. I love Malina, and I hate that she was sent to this dark place in her mind after Kyra fell into the rift. So glad Hakoa is back in the story here to help, and Can't wait for more of the 2 of them!!

Zalen's timeline was interesting. I personally did not make any connection to the rest of the story until literally the last line of the book lol. Because of this, I did not feel invested in his story. He and Maera weren't likeable to me in general, and I didn't really care about them. HOWEVER, in book 3 I very much do care about it now that I have more info.

In general, I loved this book! I love this series and cannot wait for book 3! I think If I understood a bit more about the Zalen timeline and the connection earlier in the book, this review would probably be 5 stars.

This is a cutesy, curl up with hot cocoa and a fluffy blanket, type holiday read.

Loved getting to return to Yule again, and thought the story was very cute. I like Juliet, and I loved her friend Margot and hope book 3 is about her!

Dealing with all her work stuff and family trauma, both past and on page, Juliet is such a strong FMC.

For a closed door cutsey romance this was a perfect quick read.