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ARC Book Review - Breaking Beauty (Lovely Broken Doll: The Beautiful Trilogy Book 1)

  Book Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Liath Byrne (Rua) isn't sure what has happened. She was at a ball being chased by a man, and then when she woke up she was in a mental asylum. Everyone is calling her Rua, not her Liath. Is she Rua or Liath? Which one is she?  Dr. Bron Deargán meets with her for her therapy. He says oh this is just like Rua does it. She says don't you mean me? Twists and turns as to what is going on and why Liath is in the asylum.  Dr. Bron Deargán seems to be struggling with his feelings for Liath (Rua). It's like he wants to erase her and begin anew as Rua. Almost feels like Handmaid Tale of when they wanted the woman to be 'quiet' seen and not heard. Is that what is going on at the asylum, they are 'resetting' the young woman who are trapped inside? Breaking Beauty is a dark gothic love triangle with psychological thriller vibes that contains two morally gray anti-heros that you will hate before they make you submit to them.  I did receive a free a...

ARC Book Review - Her Ex-Husband's Brother, by Kora Nyx

  Book Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Book Tropes:  Forbidden love,  high angst,  Protective tattoo artist hero,  Single-dad hero,  Woman escaping an abusive marriage,  He helps her reclaim her life,  Hurt/comfort,  Found family,  Small-town romance,  Mental-health representation,  Divorcée finds love Lennon is newly seperated. She just left her husand, and winds up in the RV Park August is at. Which is where her mom is at also, but her mom doesn't have space for her, so, Lennon stays with another family instead at the RV park. Her ex or soon to be ex is Jake. Who Lennon has left. Jake is also August's brother.   August is a tattoo artist, he has a 4yr old son he splits time and custody with his ex. He does live in a RV his ex's parents gave to him, and he's happy in the RV in the RV Park.  August has always felt like his older brother Jake and his mother have always conspired against him. Making him feel and think a certain w...

ARC Book Review - Darkest Kiss (Romance Fairytale Retellings #2), by Vivian Wood

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  Book Rating:  Book Tropes: Dark mafia romance · Sleeping Beauty retelling · Obsessive hero · Stalker · Captive heroine · Sunshine and psycho · Forced proximity · Touch her and die · Age gap · Anti-hero   Noemi Caruso works in a bookstore her mother once owned and worked in. She loves the simple life of books and customers. She is very shy and she doesn't like change/chaotic life. Her parents died when she was younger, and her aunt and uncle bring her over for dinner, and outings. There is a group of men who rent out the upper floors of the same building Noemi is in and they are part of another mob family - The Vitellis.     Rian, works for the mob, he is very tech savvy stalker and a hitman for the mob. Rian has been following The Vitellis and the men working in the crew. In doing that he has seen Noemi come and go from the same building and her bookstore. Rian has a fixation on Noemi and he's started following her and tracking her, making sure nothi...

ARC Book Review - Tracking Wolfe (Made Marian Legacy Book 4), by Lucy Lennox

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  Book Rating:   ️ ️ ️ ️ Book Tropes: m/m romance. Tracker skills. Secret identity.  Trace Bishop works as a search and rescue expert in Montana. He loves what he does. When the Marian family called and said Wolf was missing he had to go and search for him. He is the best at finding Wolfe - as he’s found him a few times when he was younger. Now that Wolfe is 30, it’s not like his dads can state he is a runaway. Trace finds Wolfe and tracks him down. But Trace is worried about what the dads - his best friends will say if he acts on his feelings to Wolfe. With Wolfe and him having a 17 yr age gap is that more reason to vault a potential romance with him?  Wolfe Marian, he has just turned 30. He is on a quest to see what he wants out of life. What his purpose is. He sets off in a RV Van and hits to back trails with camp grounds. He finds a set of rv campers going to a few different sites across the Southwest. He falls into the group very easily. Wolfe is also hiding tha...

ARC Book Review - The Graves Academy #1 Speak No Claim M. Robinson

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  Book Rating:  Book Tropes: Dark Academia, Peruvian heroine, Dark romance, Enemies to lovers, Secret Society/Brotherhood, Touch Her and Die, “You Don’t Belong Here” Energy,  Morally Gray Hero, Obsessive/Possessive MMC, Predator/Prey Vibes, Blood Oath/Ritual Initiation, "Rules don’t apply to us”, “I’ll ruin you” energy, Elite university hierarchy   Hennessy Belladonna is 20, just starting her sophomore year in college. She is half Peruvian and half Italian. Her uncle set her up with a scholarship to go to his alumni university, The Graves Academy in Connecticut.  Her uncle is the director of the international programs at the university. He was using her to get back into the good graces of the family by helping her further her education. Hennessy is use to the Amazon & the rainforest in her backyard. She's not use to East Coast Tree's and how populated & busy everything is on the East Coast side. Hennessy's father died when she was younger. She doesn...

ARC Book Review - Beg Me (Play Me #5) by Adriana Locke

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  Book Rating:  Book Tropes: Single Dad, Fake Dating, Small Town, Brother's Best Friend   This is book #5 in the series. You can read each as a standalone. The characters from each book carry over into each other.    Markie St. James, is very competitive. She wants to win at pickle ball and most of all things she does. Markie does a lot of little jobs in the small town. She is also Mira's sister and very close with Astrid, Audrey, Gianna, Nettie and their grandmother Lolly.    Jory Plath, her brother’s best friend, a single dad, and a professional rugby player. Jorry has an active 11 yr old - Gus who will run the world one day. They are both new in the small town of Sugar Creek. Jory knows a few guys from the Rugby team. He doesn't realize those how small town gossip works.    Markie talks Jory into being her partner for the pickle ball tournament. Markie and Jory go from pickleball partners to fake dating. And the more time she spends with h...

Book Review - Shield of Sparrows (Shield of Sparrows #1) by Devney Perry

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  Book Rating:  Book Tropes:  Enemies to lovers,  Forced Marriage,  Slow Burn,  Magical System, Spicy,  Plot Twist,  One Bed,  Monsters, Touch her and Die. The Guardian (Ransom) - is always next to Zavier. Everyone says he is 2nd in command, but, Princess Odessa isn't sure.  When The Guardian & Zavier is in the realm Odessa is, they agree to kill the sea monsters that are plagueing the land. They kill 7 sea monsters. Now, for the payment he wants for killing the monsters is Odessa's hand in marriage. Not her sisters like it was arranged. The Guardian is usually close to Odessa. He usually is a few steps behind her. He doesn't know let he out of his sight much. He stays in the same room with her, but, sleeps on the floor.  Prince Zavier (Dray) - Never really speaks. But, he has spoken a few words to Princess Odessa. Zavier states he wants to marry Odessa not her sister like was arranged. The Prince never talks with Odessa let alo...