#BookReview: Spark of the Everflame (Kindred's Curse #1) by @authorpenncole @atriabooks

When old secrets catch fire, everything will burn.In a mortal world colonized by the gods and ruled over by the Descended, their cruel offspring, Diem Bellator yearns to escape the insular life of her poor village.Her mother’s sudden disappearance—and the discovery of a dangerous secret about her past—offer Diem an unexpected opportunity to enter the dark world of Descended royalty and unlock the web of mysteries her mother left behind.With the dying King’s handsome, mysterious heir watching her every move, and a ruthless mortal alliance recruiting her to join the growing civil war, Diem will have to navigate the unwritten rules of...

#BookReview: Jackson: Montgomery Ranch Cowboy by @fionawolfe_books

".... if only she knew the things I could do to her, what I will do to her… but she’ll beg me first."Heir to his family's sprawling multimillion-dollar ranch; Jackson Montgomery has always been certain of his future—until the most enticing woman he's ever encountered moves into his aunt and uncle's house.Handsome and capable; he's never had to go far for female attention but this woman; with her feisty spirit and mouthwatering curves, fires his blood in a way no other woman has before.Her hungry gaze tells him she wants him...but she doesn't seem to be taking him seriously!Confusion, anger, and lust war within him as his body yearns...

#BookReview: The Prince and the Player by @nora.phoenix @rachelsrandomresources

The royally romantic, enemies-to-lovers college romance for fans of Casey McQuiston, Alexis Hall and Jax Calder. I’m determined to win over the one guy who hates me…but I never expected to fall for himBeing a prince may seem like a fairytale, but to me, it’s not all sunshine and rainbows. That’s why I’m excited when I get permission from my uncle—the king of Norway—to go undercover as a student at an American college for a year. And I’m even more ecstatic to be selected for their football team. Soccer, I mean. The only problem? Farron, the team captain, dislikes me on sight. Determined to win him over, I start a charm offensive,...

#BookReview: The Mother Self: Poems by @taliagutin

In this debut collection of poetry, The Mother Self guides readers along the raw and transformative path of early motherhood.The Mother Self is a collection of poetry that poignantly unveils the journey of a new mother navigating the complexities of early motherhood. Accessible and engaging, each poem captures a mother's delicate dance as she embraces her new identity and grieves her past self, all while finding solace in the sacred bond with her son. Readers are invited to explore the beauty and challenges of this period of life with grace and authenticity and to linger in the quiet spaces of a mother’s heart, where...

#BookTour: Blood of the Blackthorn (The Eternal Curse Book 1) by @rociocarranzawrites @rrbooktours @rrbooktours1

Blood of the Blackthorn (The Eternal Curse Book 1)Publication Date: March 11, 2025Genre: Dark Romantasy 🥀Forbidden Love 🩸Magic & Witchcraft 🥀Unreliable Prophecy 🩸Political Intrigue 🥀Secrets & Betrayal 🩸Feminine Rage   HOW FAR ARE YOU WILLING TO GO TO KEEP YOUR SECRETS? After years of living as a lady in the Givensmir court - a life of luxury and opulence - Eve's past has slowly come back to haunt her. One of secrets and magic that courses through her veins, thought to have been long forgotten. Now, a princess lies mysteriously dead before her in the great hall. The eyes of the duplicitous court are everywhere. And...

#BookReview: The Restless Dark by @ericawatersbooks

Enter Cloudkiss Canyon at your own risk.The Cloudkiss Killer is dead. Now a true-crime podcast is hosting a contest to find his bones.Lucy was almost the serial killer’s final victim. Carolina is a true-crime fan who fears her own rage. Maggie is a psychology student with a little too much to hide.All of them are looking for answers, for a new identity, for a place to bury their secrets.But there are more than bones hiding in the shadows…sometimes the darkness inside is more frightening than anything the dead leave behind.Perfect for fans of Sadie and Wilder Girls, this newest novel from Erica Waters follows three girls...

#BookTour: The Elf Witch by @jacquelyngilmore_books @rrbooktours @rrbooktours1

The Elf Witch (The Plot of the Six Saint Series Book 1) Publication Date: March 11, 2025 Genre: Dark Romantasy 🔥 Witchy vibes and a unique magic system🔥 Betrayal🔥 Plot twists🔥 Banter🔥 Morally-black characters🔥 Love triangle🔥 Deadly magic trials🔥 Spice and angst🔥 Badass but feminine FMC🔥 Feminist rage🔥 Slow burn For fans of One Dark Window and From Blood and Ash comes a haunting, slow-burn fantasy romance about villains. It follows a formerly magicless elf as she suddenly comes into powers that her kingdom has never seen and the duplicitous prince she must bargain with to save them at whatever cost—even her soul. After her grandmother's...

#BookReview: Strike the Zither (Kingdom of Three, #1) by @joanhewrites

The year is 414 of the Xin Dynasty, and chaos abounds. A puppet empress is on the throne. The realm has fractured into three factions and three warlordesses hoping to claim the continent for themselves.But Zephyr knows it’s no contest.Orphaned at a young age, Zephyr took control of her fate by becoming the best strategist of the land and serving under Xin Ren, a warlordess whose loyalty to the empress is double-edged—while Ren’s honor draws Zephyr to her cause, it also jeopardizes their survival in a war where one must betray or be betrayed. When Zephyr is forced to infiltrate an enemy camp to keep Ren’s followers from being slaughtered,...

#BookReview: The Dreamers by @ryanpenske

An epic tale of survival, magic, and romance...Teenage Stella Grey has always felt an intense recurring sense of déjà vu...often plagued by strong dreams that feel more real than her waking moments. One ill-fated morning, her dream from the night before actually comes to life, as she awakens and finds her house ransacked and her mother unconscious near their broken-in front door. Her next moments are scary, shocking, and earth-shattering as she is kidnapped and delivered to a Gothic mansion, The Manor de Rêves. Over the next few days Stella grapples with where she is and why she was taken. She is trapped by a cast of chilling...

#BookReview: Wishtress by @nadinebrandes

She didn't ask to be the Wishtress.Myrthe was born with the ability to turn her tears into wishes. But when a granted wish goes wrong, she is cursed: the next tear she sheds will kill her. She must travel to the Well to break the curse before it claims her life—and before the king's militairen find her. To survive the journey, Myrthe must harden her heart to keep herself from crying even a single tear.He can stop time with a snap of his fingers.Bastiaan's powerful—and rare—Talent came in handy when he kidnapped the old king. Now the new king has a job for him: find the Wishtress and deliver her to the schloss. But Bastiaan...

#BookReview: The Depths by @nicolesperance

A tropical island full of secrets. Two Victorian ghosts, trapped for eternity. And a seventeen-year-old girl determined not to be next.Eulalie Island should be a paradise, but to Addie Spencer, it's more like a prison.Forced to tag along to the remote island on her mother's honeymoon, Addie isn't thrilled about being trapped there for two weeks. The island is stunning, with its secluded beaches and forests full of white flowers. But there's something eerie and unsettling about the place.After Addie meets an enigmatic boy on the beach, all the flowers start turning pink. The island loves you, he tells her. But she can't stop sleepwalking...

#BookTour: The Usher of Spring (Blood of the Seasons Book 1) by @worley_bird @rrbooktours

The Usher of Spring (Blood of the Seasons Book 1)Publication Date: March 2, 2025Genre: Dark RomantasySlow-burnSweet romanceGreek and Norse mythologyGladiatorsMagical creaturesBetrayalForbidden magic “Despite my curse, we’re still family? Right?” "Of course Maev, nothing will ever change that.” In the frozen realm of Aringuard, the heart of an ancient god governs the seasons. Every four years, the goddess Erinyes chooses a new Usher of Spring; a young girl who must travel the lands carrying the immortal heart and spilling its blood so that Spring may bloom. To be the Usher of Spring is the greatest honor. But to be their servant is a death...

#BookReview: Shades of Rust and Ruin (Shades of Rust and Ruin, #1) by @aghoward_writes

Author A.G. Howard launches a dark new YA fantasy series about a girl whose family is cursed by HalloweenPhoenix “Nix” Loring knows her family is under a Halloween curse. When she was three, her parents tragically died on October 31st. Eleven years later, her twin sister Lark suffered a similar fate. Ever since, Nix has battled survivor guilt. She can't even find comfort in Clarey, Lark's boyfriend and the one person who understands her pain, because Nix's hidden feelings for him go far beyond friendship. All that remains are her sketches, where she finds solace among the goblins and faeries in her imaginary world of Mystiquel....

#BookReview: The Undead Truth of Us by @britneyslewis @britney.s.lewis

Death was everywhere. They all stared at me, bumping into one another and slowly coming forward.Sixteen-year-old Zharie Young is absolutely certain her mother morphed into a zombie before her untimely death, but she can't seem to figure out why. Why her mother died, why her aunt doesn't want her around, why all her dreams seem suddenly, hopelessly out of reach. And why, ever since that day, she's been seeing zombies everywhere.Then Bo moves into her apartment building―tall, skateboard in hand, freckles like stars, and an undeniable charm. Z wants nothing to do with him, but when he transforms into a half zombie right before her eyes,...

#BookReview: The Ballad of Never After (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #2) by Stephanie Garber

After Jacks, the Prince of Hearts, betrays her, Evangeline Fox swears she'll never trust him again. Now that she’s discovered her own magic, Evangeline believes she can use it to restore the chance at happily ever after that Jacks stole away.But when a new terrifying curse is revealed, Evangeline finds herself entering into a tenuous partnership with the Prince of Hearts again. Only this time, the rules have changed. Jacks isn’t the only force Evangeline needs to be wary of. In fact, he might be the only one she can trust, despite her desire to despise him.Instead of a love spell wreaking havoc on Evangeline’s life, a murderous spell...

#BookReview: Wild is the Witch by Rachel Griffin @TimesNewRachel

When eighteen-year-old witch Iris Gray accidentally enacts a curse that could have dire consequences, she must team up with a boy who hates witches to make sure her magic isn't unleashed on the world.Iris Gray knows witches aren't welcome in most towns. When she was forced to leave her last home, she left behind a father who was no longer willing to start over. And while the Witches' Council was lenient in their punishment, Iris knows they're keeping tabs on her. Now settled in Washington, Iris never lets anyone see who she really is; instead, she vents her frustrations by writing curses she never intends to cast. Otherwise, she spends...

#BookReview: Dauntless by @elisa.a.bonnin @eabwrites

A teen girl must bring together two broken worlds in order to save her nation in this lush, Filipino-inspired young adult fantasy novel from debut author Elisa A. Bonnin. “Be dauntless, for the hopes of the People rest in you.”Seri's world is defined by very clear rules: The beasts prowl the forest paths and hunt the People. The valiant explore the unknown world, kill the beasts, and gain strength from the armor they make from them. As an assistant to Eshai Unbroken, a young valor commander with a near-mythical reputation, Seri has seen first-hand the struggle to keep the beasts at bay and ensure the safety of the spreading trees...

#BookReview: Bloody Fool for Love : A Spike Prequel (Buffy the Vampire Slayer Prequels, #1) by William Ritter @Willothewords

Bloody Fool for Love from New York Times best-selling author William Ritter marks the beginning of an all-new series that explores prequel stories about fan-favorite Buffy characters.Spike just wants to enjoy the spoils of his new badass reputation. He’s now a legendary slayer-killer, and he’s returning to London―the greatest city in the world. Unfortunately, his new abode is far from ideal (mostly a dank basement), and the rest of his strange little “family” is reeling from the fact that their patriarch, Angel, abandoned them. Spike’s love, Drusilla, seems especially heartbroken over the loss and spends her time lost in her tarot...

#AudioBookTour: Heir Of The Beast (Fairy Godmother Inc. #1) by @f.r.black @rrbooktours

Heir Of The Beast: Fairy Godmother Inc. Series - Book 1 Publication Date: January 6 2025 Genre: Romantic Fantasy/ Spicy Fairytales Narrators: Alexa Borys and E.M WyldeTouch Her and 💀Morally Gray Male CharactersEnemies-to-LoversSpicy Fairytales “All you must do is sign on the dotted line, and all your romantic dreams will come true,” the Fairy Godmother says with a twinkle in her eye. This is what happens when you do not read the fine print in a very detailed contract. You miss all the things that are immediate deal breakers. Viola, a proud resident of New Orleans, lives on the top floor of an old Victorian mansion on a very normal street....

#BookReview: Master of Iron (Bladesmith, #2) by Tricia Levenseller

In Master of Iron, the conclusion to Tricia Levenseller's exciting Bladesmith YA fantasy duology, a magically gifted blacksmith with social anxiety must race against the clock to save her beloved sister and stop a devastating war. Eighteen-year-old Ziva may have defeated a deadly warlord, but the price was almost too much. Ziva is forced into a breakneck race to a nearby city with the handsome mercenary, Kellyn, and the young scholar, Petrik, to find a powerful magical healer who can save her sister's life.When the events that follow lead to Ziva and Kellyn's capture by an ambitious prince, Ziva is forced into the...