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ARC Review: Courier of Death by Cara Devlin

Courier of Death Cara Devlin Publisher: First Cup Press Publication Date: June 14, 2025 Series or Standalone: Spencer & Reid Mysteries #3 Links: Amazon – Goodreads – StoryGraph Rating: MY REVIEW CW: grief; physical violence; infidelity; misogyny Courier of Death was easily one of my most anticipated reads of 2025, and thankfully, I did not have to wait long for it! After the ending of…

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April & May 2025 Reading Recap

Do you ever just feel creatively, emotionally, and mentally tapped out? Cause that was me in May. And that’s why there were no posts last month and why I’m over a month overdue on my April recap. May hit me like a ton of bricks, and I was just EXHAUSTED. I barely even read anything as I was just so tapped out. I took a step back from reviewing and even posting on Instagram to reset, refresh, and…

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ARC Review: A Tempest of Desire by Lorraine Heath

A Tempest of Desire Lorraine Heath Publisher: Avon Publication Date: December 24, 2024 Series or Standalone: Scandalous Gentlemen of St. James #5 Links: Amazon – Barnes & Noble – Goodreads – StoryGraph Rating: MY REVIEW CW: PTSD; death; alcoholism; death of a parent  It pains me to write this review, and I’ve been putting it off for MONTHS. Let me start by saying that I absolutely ADORE…

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ARC Review: Method of Revenge by Cara Devlin

Method of Revenge Cara Devlin Publisher: First Cup Press Publication Date: March 29, 2025 Series or Standalone: Spencer & Reid Mysteries #2 Links: Amazon – Barnes & Noble – Goodreads – StoryGraph Rating: MY REVIEW CW: death; grief; violence; dementia; child death   Oh. My. God.  It’s been a long time since a book left me literally gobsmacked. But that was my actual reaction after…

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March 2025 Reading Recap

I feel like March was the month where I finally found my reading mojo! After months of feeling like it had been taking me forever to finish books, I felt like I was FLYING through books this month. Having one print book, one audiobook, and one digital book in rotation at all times definitely helped. And I think that’s reflected in the fact I’ve read seven books this month – the most since last…

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ARC Review: The Beast Takes a Bride by Julie Anne Long

The Beast Takes a Bride Julie Anne Long Publisher: Avon Books Publication Date: October 22, 2024 Series or Standalone: The Palace of Rogues #8 Links: Amazon – Barnes & Noble – Goodreads – StoryGraph Rating: MY REVIEW CW: Abandonment  ���The ultimate punishment for her original crime would be to fall in love with a man she had likely already lost forever.“ Why did I wait so long to read…

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ARC Review: A Gentleman's Gentleman by T.J. Alexander

A Gentleman’s Gentleman T.J. Alexander Publisher: Vintage Publication Date: March 11, 2025 Series or Standalone: Standalone Links: Amazon – Barnes & Noble – Goodreads – StoryGraph Rating: MY REVIEW CW: deaith of a sibling; death (on page); grief; panic attacks; transphobia; deadnaming   Oh, the happy tears I cried while reading this book! In a time when trans rights are under attack, we…

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February 2025 Reading Recap

Another month done and dusted! While February is a short month, I got a ton of reading done, even if I only finished 4 books this month. In addition to the four books I read, I made some major progress on The Silmarillion and finished half of The Scholar and the Last Faerie for a March book club. Here’s what I read in February: Continue reading February 2025 Reading Recap

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ARC Review: The Kiss Lottery by Ilsa Madden-Mills

The Kiss Lottery Ilsa Madden-Mills Publisher: Montlake Publication Date: February 11, 2025 Series or Standalone: Standalone Links: Amazon – Goodreads – StoryGraph Rating: MY REVIEW CW: Bullying; car accident; cheating (not main couple); death of a parent Wow. I did not like this. I have liked other full-length contemporary romances from Ilsa Madden-Mills, so I thought a cute little…

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January 2025 Reading Recap

First month of the year. Done and dusted!  While I have yet to formalize any reading goals, I’ve once again set my default goal of a hundred books read in 2025. I fell woefully short last year as it was a not-so-great year for me personally, but I’m feeling as optimistic as one can be about 2025, given everything else going on in the world right now (particularly here in the States). January…

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ARC Review: The Trouble with Inventing a Viscount by Vivienne Lorret

The Trouble with Inventing a Viscount Vivienne Lorret Publisher: Avon Books Publication Date: September 24, 2024 Series or Standalone: The Liar’s Club #2 Links: Amazon – Barnes & Noble – Goodreads – StoryGraph Rating: MY REVIEW CW: Death of a child; death of a parent; drowning; grief; abandonment; sexual assault; violence I wasn’t the biggest fan of It Had to Be the Duke, book one in the…

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ARC Review: Shadow at the Morgue by Cara Devlin

Shadow at the Morgue Cara Devlin Publisher: First Cup Press Publication Date: January 25, 2025 Series or Standalone: Spencer & Reid Mysteries Links: Amazon – Barnes & Noble – Goodreads – StoryGraph Rating: MY REVIEW CW: Murder; death; blood; gore; violence; death of a parent/sibling/child; grief; classism; sexism; dementia; confinement; cancer/terminal illness; suicide; references to…

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ARC Review: Earl Crush by Alexandra Vasti

Earl Crush Alexandra Vasti Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin Publication Date: January 21, 2025 Series or Standalone: Belvoir’s Library Trilogy Links: Amazon – Barnes & Noble – Goodreads – StoryGraph Rating: CW: Gun violence; vomit; references to homophobia and death of a parent Mistaken Identity! Road Trips! Fake Marriage! Spies! Zebras?  You get all this and more in Alexandra Vasti’s…

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December 2024 Reading Recap

Well, we are somehow already halfway through January, and I’ve still not recapped my December 2024 reads or done any year-end recaps.  Can you tell I’ve not been feeling creative lately? Cause those creative juices have really not been flowing recently. I haven’t even written any the blogs I need for ARCs yet, either… I hope at some point later this month that I can get a 2024 reading recap up…

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Fable Reader App Controversy: Generative AI, Racism, and Why I Won’t Use Fable

Well, 2025 is starting on a sour note for the bookish community as there is controversy surrounding one of the newer book-tracking apps, Fable.  I’m so enraged by what’s happening that I needed to summarize what’s going on, why generative AI is bad, and why I won’t be using Fable as a reading-tracking app. Continue reading Fable Reader App Controversy: Generative AI, Racism, and Why I Won’t…

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November 2024 Reading Recap

Wow, I feel like November was over in the blink of an eye, and now we’re racing toward the end of the year!  November wasn’t the best reading month for me, but I decided to book a last-minute solo trip to Munich, Germany, over Thanksgiving, so a lot of my free time was devoted to planning that. And I have zero regrets as I had such a great trip and hit up all the Christmas markets! I did get…

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Review: An Island Princess Starts a Scandal by Adriana Herrera

An Island Princess Starts a Scandal Adriana Herrera Publisher: Canary Street Press Publication Date: May 30, 2023 Series or Standalone: Las Léonas #2 Links: Amazon – Barnes & Noble – Goodreads – StoryGraph Rating: MY REVIEW CW: Lesbophobia, homophobia, misogyny, racism, emotional abuse Well, this was a disappointing read. After really enjoying A Caribbean Heiress in Paris, I was looking…