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March 18, 2021 Emily Reviews

Emily’s Review: The Isle of Sin and Shadows

This island alone boasts more ghost stories than all of Louisiana combined.
And I’m one of them.
In the Louisiana swamplands, ghost stories are as much a part of childhood as chasing fireflies and crawfishing. They never much scared me, though, nor the possibility of evil out to do me harm. Until the night I watched shadows come to life and butcher everything I loved.
With a stranger’s help, I managed to escape to an isolated place miles north, and, in time, became my own ghost story. A cautionary tale for the locals.
Nearly a decade passed, before I returned to my birthplace, in hopes of unearthing long-awaited answers. Instead, I found something I wasn’t looking for. Someone. A remedy for my loneliness.
Or so I thought.
Turns out, Thierry Bergeron is no elixir. He’s a deadly poison, cursed by the demons of his past, and feared by those who call him the elusive Rougarou of the bayou. A devious rogue, whose seductive whispers and rough hands haunt my dreams. The big bad wolf that defiles me without apology, or remorse.
I should resist him, but I can’t.
And when the shadows return to stake their claim on me, his darkness is the only safe place to hide.

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: anti-hero, bayou, cajun, cartel, dark adult romance, Dark romance, dark suspense, gothic, gothic romance, gothic suspense, human sacrifice, Keri Lake, kindle unlimited, Louisiana, missing persons, murder, murder mystery, Mystery, occult, occult suspense, plot-twist, southern romance, Trigger Warning

November 28, 2020 Asis Reviews

[Asis’ Review] ARCHENEMIES by Marissa Meyer

The writing of this author apparently gets an A+ from me every time, but I think everyone already knows that. This story felt a little slower than the first one at times, I felt we had more constant action on Renegades. But on Archenemies, we actually get a lot more of the politics and social […]

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: action, alterego, anarchists, Diverse Character(s), enemies to lovers, fantasy, Fave Author(s), favorite books, plot-twist, political intrigue, sci-fi, science fiction, science-girl, Slow Burn Romance, superheroes, superpowers, supervillains, villains

June 23, 2020 Lisa Reviews

[Lisa’s Review]: Seasons of the Storm (Seasons of the Storm #1) by Elle Cosimano

Seasons of the Storm is a unique, exciting, and action-packed tale about personified seasons, starcrossed lovers, and the power of friendship. I went into this book knowing the bare minimum but loved the idea of personified seasons, and each respective season killing their predecessor each year form the get-go. Throw forbidden romance in there, and […]

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: forbidden love, greek mythology, mother nature, muder, mythology, personified seasons, plot-twist, violence

October 7, 2019 Asis Reviews

[Asis’ Review] The Wicked King by Holly Black

The Wicked King is the second book in the Folk of the Air series, you can read my review of the first book right HERE: REVIEW OF THE CRUEL PRINCE by Holly Black. There might be spoilers for the Cruel Prince ahead on this review. This book left me with the biggest book hangover of […]

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: badass heroine, dimensional characters, enemies to lovers, fae, fantasy, girl-power, plot-twist, political intrigue, royalty, Slow Burn Romance, smart characters, steamy romance, Young Adult Fantasy

September 30, 2019 Asis Reviews

[Asis’ Review] The Dead List by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Book CW: Suicide, Bullying, and a very scary clown. So, I absolutely adored this book. The pacing was great. The writing was on point. I laughed a lot. I got super scared. I fell hard for a certain someone… The characters were absolutely fantastic, endearing and felt like people I’d totally want to meet or to […]

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: best friends to lovers, bullying, childhood friends, childhood friends to lovers, childhood love, clown, forgiveness, friends, friends to enemies to lovers, Friends to Lovers, friendship, high school romance, love since childhood, mistery, plot-twist, Romance, romance suspense, scary, scary clown, small town, suspense

August 24, 2019 ideallysteph Reviews, Steph Recs

[Steph’s Review]: Death of Darkness by Dianne Duvall

Before you keep reading, keep in mind that this is ninth book of a series. There may be spoilers below for previously released books, so proceed with caution! TL;DR – Death of Darkness was everything I wanted and more; it was an action-packed, jaw-dropping, gasp-inducing, and swoon-worthy adventure. Another great book from Dianne Duvall! When […]

Filed Under: Reviews, Steph Recs Tagged With: 4.5 Stars, action, Faves of 2019, gifted ones, Immortal Guardians, paranormal romance, plot-twist, Series, Steph Recs, swoony, vampires

August 9, 2019 Asis Reviews

[Asis’ Review] RENEGADES by Marissa Meyer

ABOUT RENEGADES The book takes place in Gatlon City, a city where prodigies (humans with superpowers) live amongst regular people. In the past, prodigies had to hide and they were oppressed, but it all changed when the idealist supervillain and prodigy Ace Anarchy took the city with his group of Anarchists, and the world erupted […]

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: action, alterego, Diverse Character(s), enemies to lovers, fantasy, Fave Author(s), favorite books, girl-power, plot-twist, sci-fi, science fiction, science-girl, Slow Burn Romance, superheroes, superpowers, villains, YA, YoungAdult

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