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Jack by Layla Fae

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funny fast-paced
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3.0

Get yourself a pining pumpkin demon who makes his own lube and springs king size beds with a click of a finger. What a dreamboat.
Surrender by Vivian Blake

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dark mysterious slow-paced
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3.0

This was interesting? Not strictly HEA since the "hero" is an entity and feeds on her fear. Dark smutty novella of a dancer who enjoys her work.
Voluptuous by Felicity Niven

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emotional hopeful medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

Oh sweet angst. Brave heroine with a long time crushing on father's friend, scandalously patched up marriage, completed with sad breeding. This novella had all the feels and yearning. Needed more breeding but it was very sweet.
Pumpkin Pounder by Laura Lovely, Madame de Boudoir

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emotional lighthearted medium-paced
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  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

This was so sweet. The author did great work for a novella, the character building and the insta-love connection felt grounded yet magical. Also hilarious. I went in without reading the blurb and it was a fun surprise finding out what the title meant.
Captivated by Eve Dangerfield, Tessa Bailey

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I loved this. Was it perfect? Not quite but it hit all the emotional highs and the CNC was magnificent. Tessa Bailey and Eve Dangerfield are a deadly combination and I ate it up. I can pick out distinct bits of each author and they worked very well together. I couldn't get enough of the heroine tugging on the hero's grumpy bells and him asserting dominance with care. Oh swoon.
Bang Gang by Jade West

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challenging emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

My goodness, this was intense. I didn't expect motherhood and being woman realism, especially not an emotional gang bang. This was rough, sweet and angsty. Definitely one I will think about a lot.
Merry Ever After by Tessa Bailey

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hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

I loved the sweet hero and of course he's got a dirty mouth and loves pumping deep and giving praises. Heroine is also a giver and trying to do her best as a single mother but sometimes a good girl needs a daddy. Short and sweet, just what I wanted. Not super Christmassy necessarily but I'm not fussed.

Thanks to Amazon Original Stories and Netgalley for the review copy and this is my honest review.
Guarded by a broody biker by Cassie Mint

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hopeful fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

Short and sweet. I really bought the insta love and the timidness of the heroine bringing out the protectiveness of the hero and how she was still bold to go after what she wanted which was the big leather-clad softie.
Magic Bleeds by Ilona Andrews

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adventurous challenging emotional medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

This was so dramatic and full of giddy moments with the heroine doing her thing and of course the jealousy plots. Combine this reading with the Curran's POV chapters from Ilona Andrews's website makes the ending so much sweeter.
Magic Mourns by Ilona Andrews

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adventurous fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes

3.0

Action packed novella to fill in gaps between Magic Strikes and Magic Bleeds while still having a couple of gaps itself. I liked the Greek myth inclusion as it's been hinted previously.