alienrosey's reviews
218 reviews

Thank you NetGalley and Ballantine Books for providing the eARC in exchange for an honest review! 

This book was a solid romcom that wasnt even that romance focused. I loved it. As a certified podcast enjoyer, I immediately knew I had to read this book. Truly a witty, insightful, romantic and wacky book that makes you really think about what you want in your life as well as just how grueling audio editing can be. Cecily was such a great FMC and Will was adorable. Very easy to read and relax to, much like winding down with an episode of your favorite podcast. 

there was a character in this so evil I was gasping irl lol darker than I anticipated

This book hits crazy different when you have a small disobedient dog 

hilarious and sexy and fun as hell, pls read this series if you like wacky vampires!!!

This was fine. I think I will like this book more if I read Monsters Born and Made, I had no idea they were interconnected and probs should have been marketed as such lol not bad but didn’t blow me away. 

I think the humor style is not for me and I can’t do 400+ pages of that. I only started this book bc the MMC has the same name as my husband lol 

Fun! Do not read if you hate bugs or rats, there’s plenty of em in this lol 

 Thank you NetGalley and Disney Publishing Worldwide for providing this ARC in exchange for an honest review!

This book is one of my most anticipated releases of 2025 and I was ELATED to be able to read it early. What a wild ride this was. A Drop Of Venom was one of my fave reads this year and this book takes place around the same time. We follow Eshani, Manisha's older sister, who is surviving a war with her family the Naga people. She makes a deal with shades in order to save her family and the dark deal comes back to haunt her. We also follow Hiran, a disgraced prince of the underworld who is in hiding from his horrible older brother who views him as a threat to the throne. Together, they must work to save both realms and their families from the terrorizing Shadow King and the plauge that is threatening to wipe out the underworld. 

I truly loved how this series is meshing indian and greek mythologies. The way the underworld is described is truly haunting and got me a lil spooked at times! I also loved the new details we learn about the world and how it has influenced what we read in A Drop of Venom. This book is just as dark as the first, lots of gore and rape culture is present. Keep that in mind if you would like to pick this series up. I am very excited for this trilogy to be completed, I will be hoping to get approved for the arc of book 3 whenever that comes out! 

Wait maybe I should read more Veronica Roth. Way better than divergent for sure. Sci fi and plants what more do u need