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Falling in Reverse by Hazel Grace

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

5.0

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Sub/Genre: Opposites Attract Dark Romance
Storyline Rating: 5/5 ⭐️
Spice Rating: 3.5/5 🌶️
Tropes: Wrong Side of the tracks, Rivals, Ememies to ??, Stalking, Bada$$ FMC, Why Choose, Touch her and☠️, OTT Protective MMCs, Sharing is caring
Triggers: Drug running, mentions of addiction, mentions of murder, 
Ending: the cliffhanger of all cliffhangers

So I learned a lesson with this book.
Author Hazel Grace is the Queen of Cliffhangers. ::sobs::

In a world of gang rivalries, Bay finds herself in the middle of 4 men. One her best friend, Levi who will do anything to keep her and the family safe. But that also means keeping her away from the rival crew and their three leaders.

Torn, Cairo and Reeve.

Three men who find themselves stalking Bay Astor because she keeps running through their streets, thinking she’s clever. And from the jump the three of them each take on a new obsession.
F$&@ Bay.
Love Bay.
Kill Bay. 
Finding the Forward, Part One: A Why Choose Omegaverse Hockey Romance by Jane Handler

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Sub/Genre: Contemporary Sport Omegaverse
Storyline Rating: 5/5 ⭐️
Spice Rating: 4/5 🌶️
Tropes: Omegaverse, MMFMM, Scent Match, Pack, Found Family, The One That Got Away, Designation hiding, Female Alpha, Male Omega, Sports
Triggers: Family Trauma, Neglectful Parents, Drug Use, Mentions of ODing (survived)
Ending: Cliffhanger!!! BOOOOO!!! I need book 2 STAT 

NOOOOO! A cliffhanger?!?!?

Ugh. But you know, it was worth it to read this book. The way Jane Handler rights their characters… so detailed. So BELIEVABLE!

Verity meets Grif on a plane. They get a little frisky but don’t exchange info.

For 4 months Grif is looking for Air Plane girl and vice versa. By all miracles they find one another.

Grif has a pack. Verity is an alpha with no training. How will it work and will the pack accept her?? Flaws and all??

READ THIS BOOK FOR THE ANSWER

Dark & Deceitful (Sacred Sinners MC: Nomad Book 1) by Bink Cummings

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dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Sub/Genre: Contemporary Motorcycle Club Romance
Storyline Rating: 5/5 ⭐️
Spice Rating: 2.5/5 🌶️
Tropes: Motorcycle Club, Nomads, Possessive MMC, Kind & Loving Baddie FMC, Love Triangle-ISH, Second Chance-ISH
Triggers: CONSTANT TALK OF CHEATING. Oh, and human trafficking.
Ending: Cliffhanger!!!

Don’t mind me, I’m just going to SCREAM INTO THE VOID for a moment. Because the cliffhanger had me gasping.

This story had me in a chokehold. I ATE IT UP. The way Bink writes their characters, I felt what they felt. And even though I hate cheating in books, because it hurts my heart way too much… I academy DEVOURED this book.

Kali is a fiesty FMC who wants to be divorced from her dumb, cheating husband. Dark refuses to sign the papers, even though he lives with his current baby momma and kid.

Lines get blurred when they go under cover for a job. 

Listen. I’m not giving any more details. This is a MUST READ and I don’t want to ruin a dang thing.
Who Invited The Demon To Tea? by Marilu Moser

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adventurous funny hopeful informative lighthearted mysterious tense 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

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Sub/Genre: Contemporary Paranormal
Storyline Rating: 5/5 ⭐️
Spice Rating: 2/5 🌶️
Tropes: Demon MMC, Tea Connoisseur FMC, Accidental Summoning, Forced Proximity, Fake Dating, Friends to Lovers, Slow Burn
Ending: A super cute HEA! 

Squeeee!! What a fun story!

Davina inherits her favorite uncles house and all the fun stuff he collected over the years. Including the fairytale book… which turns out to be full of spells.

Like a summoning spell.

Ta da! Enter Mendax in all his demon glory. All he wants is to find out how he was summoned so he stays around and the two become friends.

Enjoy!

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Deal Breaker: A Second Chance Romance by Amanda K. Mann

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dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Sub/Genre: Contemporary Small Town
Storyline Rating: 5/5 ⭐️
Spice Rating: 3/5 🌶️
Dark Rating: 1.5/5 🖤
Emotional Rating: 2/5 🥺
Tropes: Second Chance, First Love, Small Town, Bad BoyXGood Girl, Street Racing, Traumatic Past
Triggers: Suicidal Ideation, Driving Drunk, Drug Use, Death
Ending: A VERY SAD HEA with an epilogue hinting at the next book.

I didn’t know Amanda K Mann was going to make me CRY LIKE A BABY with this book. Yet here I am!

Hadley goes back to her hometown for her best friends wedding. The best friend who is now making her walk does the aisle with her ex boyfriend Ethan. Ethan that ghosted her after planning a future with here.

The two have unfinished business and need to learn to get along before the wedding. But nine years is a long time… and they are two very different people now.
Two Nights in Argyll by Jac Franklin

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective fast-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

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Sub/Genre: Contemporary MMFM
Storyline Rating: 5/5 ⭐️
Spice Rating: 4/5 🌶️
Dark Rating: Zilch
Tropes: grumpyXsunshine, Insta-attraction, No Strings Weekend, Breeding Kink, Primal Kink, Sub/Dom, Bratting, Third Act Break Up, Plus Sized FMC
Ending: A spicy HEA

AAAHHH Jac Franklin has me in a chokehold with this story!

Chrissy’s friend not only signs her up on a fetish website, but also answers an ad for a weekend getaway with 3 men. Not thinking they’d be interested in a plus sized gal like herself she meets up with them to decline the experience… only for them to tell her she’s their exact type.

The spice is REAL in this story. But don’t you dare think that’s all this is. The plot is fantastic!!! This story has everything from laughter to tears, but the growth of the characters as well as the HEA makes it worth every second.
Bound by J.L. Quick

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dark emotional hopeful tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Sub/Genre: Irish Mafia
Storyline Rating: 5/5 ⭐️
Spice Rating: 4/5 🌶️
Dark Rating: 1.5/5 🖤
Tropes: Mafia, Second Chance, Single Dad, Nanny, Friends to Lovers, First Love, Found Family, Forced Proximity, Rope Play, Dom/Sub, Touch Her and ☠️
Triggers: Unaliving, Sexual Assault, Adultnapping, Trafficking 
Ending: HEA 

The Evans brothers are my new favorite Mafia Family. Bound is book 2. 

Quinn & Declan have a secret. One that could cause issues. But after Quinn was hurt as a way to get to the brothers, they decided she needs to be kept safe. So she is enlisted as Declan’s daughter’s nanny. Now they are stuck living under the same roof together…

Will they cave?!
The Pass Protection by Alexis Buxton

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emotional funny hopeful informative lighthearted reflective tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Sub/Genre: College Sport Romance 
Storyline Rating: 5/5 ⭐️
Spice Rating: 4/5 🌶️
Dark Rating: 0.5/5 🖤
Tropes: Football Player MMC, Coaches Daughter FMC, Brothers Friend, Forbidden Relationship, Mental Health Rep, Athlete v Athlete, Roomates to Lovers, Stalker
Ending: HEA

Alexis Burton is a new to me author but I couldn’t pass up a good football romance book. I am so glad I didn’t!!!

This story has angst, laughter, steam and so much banter!!!

Bret moves across country and transfers to a new school — and into a football player rental by using her “masculine” sounding name as her in.

From there she runs into Crew, her crush and the sparks start to fly!!! He becomes her rock, her safety net if you will, and together they fall.

Their forbidden relationship is fun and easy going while her ex stalking her has your heart racing for her. 

This is a most read!
Axe-identally Married by Daphne Elliot

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Sub/Genre: Lumbersnack Smalltown 
Storyline Rating: 5/5 ⭐️
Spice Rating: 3/5 🌶️
Dark Rating: 0/5 🖤
Tropes: Small Town, Lumbersnack, Plus Sized FMC, Misunderstood MMC, Marriage of Convenience, Slow Burn
Ending: HEA with a sneak of hopefully the next book

Daphne Elliot is the Queen of Full Figured Small Town Romance!

 This story was perfect. Town doctor struggles to find her way in a town where everyone thinks she’s still a baby while ex-hockey star can’t seem to escape any of his mistakes.

The two of them together make the perfect couple… but they both agree their Vegas marriage is for convenience only.

Or is it??
This Thing of Ours: An Omegaverse Romance by Lucy Scott Bryan

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challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Sub/Genre: Omegaverse 
Storyline Rating: 5/5 ⭐️
Spice Rating: 5/5 🌶️
Dark Rating: 2/5 🖤
Tropes: Omegaverse, Runaway Omega, Found Family, Forced Proximity, Fake Fiancé, Mafia, Packs & Heats
Triggers: Trafficking, Guns, Death
Ending: HEA!

Some books just hit you different. And this is one of them. I love Omegaverse. But give me an Omegaverse that focuses on more than just the scent match. But rather on an omega that wants to know it’s more than “fate”.

This story has it all, including 2 bad ass twin Alphas, a smooth talking Beta and an Omega who learns her place is by their sides.