noellelovesbooks's reviews
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 A historical romance full of mystery, shenanigans, and so much more. Sadly, I don't think it was the right time for me to read this book. I loved both the leading lady and leading man and the mystery was fun...but it was starting to feel really drawn out. Both the idea of a relationship between the two and the big mystery they were both working towards sorting out...I ended up putting it down at the 65% mark...hoping to pick it back up in the future when I'm more in a historical mood. 🤞🏽 

 Content Warnings: sexual content, violence, body shaming, bullying, classism, sexism, sexual harassment, death of loved ones, and grief.

I'm not a big fan of the miscommunication trope but I love how Nadia handled this one. The first half of the book is really us seeing them meet and date when they're in college and that ends on a huge miscommunication...then the 2nd half picks up, years later, when they meet again and attempt to fight their mutual attraction. 

 Content Warnings: sexual content, violence, gun violence, murder, blood, gore, torture, anxiety, drugging, PTSD, ...what do you call it when the guy switches her birth control for sugar pills?...consensual sex but forced breeding? 🤷🏽‍♀️
Mention of: death of a parent[s], suicide, emotional abuse, body shaming, abandonment, addiction, infidelity,

It's been a while since I read an alliance book...and felt a little slumpy...but boy did Dom get me out of it lol

Now King is still my favorite member of the Alliance but Dom's a close second.

It was easy to relate to Valentine's upbringing by a woman who really should never have had children...and in fact seemed to only have Valentine as a way to try to set herself up for the rest of her life...and when that didn't work she took it out on Valentine each and every time she could. Valentine never felt like she belonged or was wanted and just desperately wanted to feel like she did/was.

Enter Dominic...a man with a large family who constantly praises her, worships her body, and seems to be the perfect man...except the part where their meet cute...wasn't so coincidental.

I did think the big bad in this book was kinda lame...and seemed a bit thrown in...like the ending just felt a bit rushed and thrown together...but I'm hoping the next book clears that up a bit...

I'm also hoping in the future Aspen gets a book...I'd like to know more about her and I think getting her inner thoughts/monologue could be really fun. 

 I'd really been looking forward to diving into this series but I had to DNF around 40% ...from the start the writing was more telling than showing and I tried really hard to look past it...but I just couldn't keep going... 

Content Warnings: violence, murder, death, bullying, and mention of rape.

Sydney was such a likeable character in TVA that I was excited to jump into her own spin off...especially knowing we would see so many familiar faces. 

Going from Rose's inner thoughts and her world where she was a dhampir high school student surrounded by fellow dhampir and moroi...to Sydney pretending to being in high school, unfamiliar with being so closely surrounded by so many dhampir/moroi was a fun switch up.

This first book took me a little to get into and felt like it bounced around quite a bit, plot wise, but I'm confident that I'll continue to enjoy this journey with Sydney!

 Content warnings: sexual content, sexual violence, sexual harassment, violence, kidnapping, blood, gore, murder, death, body horror, torture, and mention of domestic abuse and death of parents.

What did I just read? 😅

I've read quite a few stalker/kidnapper/serial killer romances but this one definitely had the most unhinged leading man...

The ending felt extremely rush...so the entire novella felt off balance...if the beginning would have been a little shorter and a little more was added to the end...it would have felt more balanced. 

 Content Warnings: sexual content and degradation. Mention of: cheating and toxic relationships.

What a fun throuple novella! I loved the pre-established relationship between Leo and Jace and just how comfortable and secure they were in their relationship that there was no issue or jealously when it came to adding a third. 

Content Warnings: sexual content

Ahh what a cute novella! When reading, "A Merry Little Meet Cute" Angel and Luca's relationship was hard to figure out...we could tell something was there but we weren't really given any info...so this novella was perfect. Not only did it clear up exactly what happened during the events of "A Merry Little Meet Cute" but it also showed us the evolution of their relationship, both getting out of their comfort zone and opening up to the love they had for each other. 

 Content Warnings: sexual content, sexual violence, CNC, degradation, ...honestly there's a lot

What I love about this book is it really is more about Ella regaining her own self confidence and finding her self worth, while exploring her own sexuality.

Another thing I love is the way the book is written, because she's in "entertainer" she's given proposals to read through and decide if she wants to accept...and the best part is each proposal lists exactly what is wanted/expected for the clients experience so if you, as the reader, read through the proposal and realize it's not something you can handle you can always skip the entire scene and move onto scenes you are comfortable reading. 

 Content Warnings: sexual content, toxic relationships, emotional abuse, gaslighting, bullying, misogyny, and classism.

I saw a preview of this book on TT and new i needed to read it...I mean an FBI agent falling for the girl he's being paid to keep an eye on...and trying to save her from her deadly revenge plot?!

So like book 2...this one started off a little slow for me...and I was worried. Once I hit about the 40% mark or so I was fully invested in this couple and their HEA.

Though I enjoyed their story I don't think it lived up to the hype I had for it in my head 😅