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Wild Scottish Fortune by Tricia O'Malley
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
I am absolutely in love with this series and I’m so thankful to Tricia for writing it.
The Enchanted Highlands Series is like a warm hug from your best friends. Every book just gives you that warm happy feeling while also making you believe in love and magick.
Wild Scottish Fortune was absolutely fantastic. Orla, an orphan who’s used to everyone leaving, has extremely high walls keeping everyone out. While on the job for Common Gin’s newest build, she meets Finlay, who she immediately writes off as being too posh to get her. Time and circumstance show Orla that you can’t judge people based on your own fears, and that family is what you make it, not what you’re born into. Of course being able to see ghosts and finding out you’re a Knight of the Order of Caledonia complicates things as well. Will Orla learn to trust others and in herself or will she continue keeping everyone at bay ensuring she never gets hurt?
I absolutely loved the way Tricia slightly changed how she wrote this book. Introducing the order earlier in the book and having the fmc deal with that plus the budding relationship for longer packed a bit more of an emotional punch. I just fall more in love with this word with each book.
I received this book as an arc and am leaving this review on my own volition.
The Enchanted Highlands Series is like a warm hug from your best friends. Every book just gives you that warm happy feeling while also making you believe in love and magick.
Wild Scottish Fortune was absolutely fantastic. Orla, an orphan who’s used to everyone leaving, has extremely high walls keeping everyone out. While on the job for Common Gin’s newest build, she meets Finlay, who she immediately writes off as being too posh to get her. Time and circumstance show Orla that you can’t judge people based on your own fears, and that family is what you make it, not what you’re born into. Of course being able to see ghosts and finding out you’re a Knight of the Order of Caledonia complicates things as well. Will Orla learn to trust others and in herself or will she continue keeping everyone at bay ensuring she never gets hurt?
I absolutely loved the way Tricia slightly changed how she wrote this book. Introducing the order earlier in the book and having the fmc deal with that plus the budding relationship for longer packed a bit more of an emotional punch. I just fall more in love with this word with each book.
I received this book as an arc and am leaving this review on my own volition.
A Heart For Her Mates by Lola Blix
Cute, fun, short
I enjoyed this novella. It was fun, short, and had a sprinkle of spice. I liked how the author made sure each partner had a relationship with the other and not just everyone’s attention focused on one person. I might check out the rest of the series.
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.75
Cute, fun, short
I enjoyed this novella. It was fun, short, and had a sprinkle of spice. I liked how the author made sure each partner had a relationship with the other and not just everyone’s attention focused on one person. I might check out the rest of the series.
The Omega Problem Part One by Elizabeth Dunlap
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Ok I actually really enjoyed this book. I picked it up during a stuff your Ereader day and honestly forgot about it until I needed a novella to get me out of a book slump. This definitely did the trick.
If you like Omegaverse with male omegas, female alphas, mm pairings, fake dating, and an employee/boss relationship than this is for you. It’s short, interesting, and hot.
If you like Omegaverse with male omegas, female alphas, mm pairings, fake dating, and an employee/boss relationship than this is for you. It’s short, interesting, and hot.
The Omega Problem Part Two by Elizabeth Dunlap
emotional
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Book two of the omega problem ended pretty much how you’d expect it to, but I still enjoyed myself.
What happens when the fake dating turns into a fake marriage and the fake feelings start to become anything but? Add in alpha and omega pheromones confusing things even more and you’ve got the recipe for disaster or….a perfect ending.
What happens when the fake dating turns into a fake marriage and the fake feelings start to become anything but? Add in alpha and omega pheromones confusing things even more and you’ve got the recipe for disaster or….a perfect ending.
Goldie & The Bear by Imani Jay
emotional
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
I enjoyed this book more than the first in the series. The author took their time with the story and made you care about the relationship this time around and I appreciated that
Knot Ready by Imani Jay
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
This was a quick read. Would’ve enjoyed it a bit more with another chapter or two to give a bit of depth but not bad. Enjoyable steamy read.
Smut by Karina Halle
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
OMG The way I absolutely ate this book up!!! It was SOOO GOOD! Smut is toted as Karina’s love letter to self publishing and it absolutely is! As someone who reads almost exclusively indie authors, this book was everything! The way the characters broke the fourth wall, and were just dorks the whole time was so good. I couldn’t stop laughing. I love that it was such a light hearted book. The spice was of course great but the tension was even better. I could gush about this book for days. Smut is a hilarious, tongue in cheek, spicy look at how the world treats romance and erotica authors and why that’s frankly, stupid. It also teaches you not judge a book by its cover, literally.
Taken to the Shadow Realm: a Sapphic Demon Auction Romance by Elle Mae
dark
emotional
funny
fast-paced
4.5
I am absolutely loving these demon novellas. They’re super short but fun and full of all the emotions you need in a demon romance. They're short, spicy, and get you invested enough for it to all make sense.
Humanity's Sentencing by Ruthie Bowles
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
5.0
This novella is incredible. It’s heartbreaking, it’s hopeful, it’s…jarring…it’s our future if humanity doesn’t get it together. This story was originally published in an anthology and I’m so glad it’s been published on its own. Everyone should read this. I read the audiobook and the author recorded it. She did an absolutely phenomenal job!!
Lore of the Wilds by Analeigh Sbrana
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
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? No
5.0
I literally just finished this book moments ago and my brain is broken . That ending?! AHHHH!
Lore of the Wilds is such a good book. It’s a fantasy novel that makes you question everything. The parallels between what’s happened to the humans and what happened during the trans Atlantic slave trade are so stark and beautiful and haunting that not seeing them, shows you’re not paying attention. This book celebrates blackness in fantasy, celebrates platonic male and female relationships, celebrates curiosity and wonder and how even the ordinary things can be extraordinary. It’s the story of a human, in a world where fae rule and are cruel, who risks her life to hopefully make everyone else’s life easier by doing a simple task. All she has to do is enter the library no fae can, clean it up, and report if she finds any magical items. The problem? Humans can’t use magic. Lore, ever determined, believes she can learn enough to free her people or at least get them back home. Along the way Lore ends up making friends….and finding a magical journal that seems to call to her…
Trouble seems to follow quickly after that and leads Lore on the adventure of her life, with twists and turns you won’t see coming until it’s too late.
Lore of the Wilds is such a good book. It’s a fantasy novel that makes you question everything. The parallels between what’s happened to the humans and what happened during the trans Atlantic slave trade are so stark and beautiful and haunting that not seeing them, shows you’re not paying attention. This book celebrates blackness in fantasy, celebrates platonic male and female relationships, celebrates curiosity and wonder and how even the ordinary things can be extraordinary. It’s the story of a human, in a world where fae rule and are cruel, who risks her life to hopefully make everyone else’s life easier by doing a simple task. All she has to do is enter the library no fae can, clean it up, and report if she finds any magical items. The problem? Humans can’t use magic. Lore, ever determined, believes she can learn enough to free her people or at least get them back home. Along the way Lore ends up making friends….and finding a magical journal that seems to call to her…
Trouble seems to follow quickly after that and leads Lore on the adventure of her life, with twists and turns you won’t see coming until it’s too late.