Genre: Romance

Soulless by Gail Carriger

I need to be honest straight into this and say – Soulless is a bit silly. This is a book about a declared spinster – a young Victorian lady in her twenties – who just so happens to have no soul. It’s an unfortunate side-effect of her birth, as her father is also soulless. She’s also half-Italian, which is a constant source of difficulty for her in civilized society. She doesn’t really talk about her preternatural state, but she does argue with werewolves, flirt with vampires, and stab people with parasols. Really, Soulless is a typical cheeky paranormal romance with a steampunk edge, […]

Posted June 15, 2019 in Reviews // 0 Comments //

Storm and Fury by Jennifer L. Armentrout

First of all, I want to share that Storm and Fury is a spin-off series from Jennifer’s The Dark Elements series. While I felt like this could be read as a standalone without a great deal of confusion, many other do suggest reading The Dark Elements first. Just wanted to throw that out there. Okay. Where to begin? There are a few aspects of Storm and Fury I want to discuss, the first fundamentally being that this book was NOT for me. I read the summary and thought this was going to be a fantasy action novel with light tones of romance […]

Posted May 29, 2019 in Reviews // 6 Comments //

Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge

If you’re looking for a dark Beauty and the Beast retelling with a dangerous, passionate (but not overly graphic love story), you’ll enjoy Cruel Beauty. Cruel Beauty is about Nyx, a young lady whose father has sold her away after making a deal with The Gentle Lord. Her father hopes she’ll kill the Gentle Lord and free the land of his demons. However, after a few weeks in his house, Nyx learns that everything is not quite as it appears. Freeing her land will not be so simple as bringing down his house, nor killing the Gentle Lord. And what’s worse, she […]

Posted April 20, 2019 in Reviews // 2 Comments //

These Broken Stars by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner

I went into this book ready to dislike it. Really, I expected to have so many eye rolls and to think it was ridiculous. I kind of wanted to skip it? But I’m glad I didn’t. Despite it’s moments of cheesiness, I really enjoyed These Broken Stars! So lets get into it. But first! Some love for that brilliant cover, ja? I’ve got serious cover love for this one… so pretty. Okay. So I’m going to start with the bad. As far as the characters go in this one, I really wasn’t a fan. The books is split into two POVs: Lilac LaRue, […]

Posted April 15, 2019 in Reviews // 0 Comments //

Until I Die by Amy Plum

Picking up Until I Die, I figured that I would hate it and regret my decision in continuing the Revenants series. I remembered that Die For Me was not my usual fare, being very fluffy and as I called it in 2017, a “kissing book”. But I liked Die For Me … and I liked Until I Die. Continuing the theme with the first book, I wouldn’t say that this is a masterpiece of literature. It’s aimed for fans of paranormal romance, but what I like about it the realistic way that characters react to things. Vincent and the other Revenants are immortal. They […]

Posted March 20, 2019 in Reviews // 0 Comments //

The Darkest Part of the Forest by Holly Black

I have to confess I wasn’t expecting much from The Darkest Part of the Forest. There are a lot of Holly black fans out there, so I can understand how that statement is most likely shocking. Truth be told, my previous experience with Holly Black has only been the Spiderwick Chronicles and while creative, I found them a little off-putting. Also, I experienced them as an adult, so the magic didn’t really work on me. I’m glad I kept other Holly Black titles on my TBR, because if there is a Queen of Faerie, it’s Holly. The integration between faerie and […]

Posted March 6, 2019 in Reviews // 9 Comments //