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Fading Stars by Marisa Kazwey

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dark emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

 4.5 stars!

The number of times I cried while reading this!!

This book was beautifully heart-wrenching. The characters had so much depth and I loved the elements of astrology / Halley’s Comet.

-I feel like a few parts dragged on a little too long but otherwise, this was amazing! Marissa's writing is so smooth and lyrical, I cant wait to read more of her stories.


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Thank you for reaching out and sending me an ARC, Marissa!!
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Nothing Without You by Izza Malik

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dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

 4 stars!

I’ll admit the first 120 pages were hard to get through

I didn’t like Christian at times but he slowly grew on me and their budding romance was so sweet in the end

This was such an emotional book

Also the smut was so perfect 😭

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-childhood friends to lovers
-spicyyyy
-second chance romance
-forced prox
-marriage of convenience
-one bed
-first love
-dual pov


Prereview -
ahhh I just got my ARC i'm so excited!!


Thank you for the ARC, Izza!

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My Roommate Is a Vampire by Jenna Levine

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adventurous funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

 4.5 stars

This was so much fun!

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The Final Gambit by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

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adventurous challenging emotional informative inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

 3.5 stars, mixed feelings

I liked the first 80% of the book, but I didn't like the ending, why would she would give away 90% of her billions rip ughh so annoying


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Moon Soul by Nathaniel Luscombe

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad fast-paced

4.0

Rise of the Phoenix Queen by Shaquilla Lunsford

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adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

 4.5 stars rounded up!!

"I would wipe this world clean for you"


This was such a good second book in the series! I loved seeing Silivia's power come to life during the battle against the Queen to take her rightful place on the Throne.

Silivia's trials were fun. I was not too fond of the love triangle (which carried on from book 1) but glad that it got sorted because I would have been so sad if it wasn't GHOST (Daniel Lokswood) 🥵

The few spicy scenes omg!!

I NEED BOOK 3!! I need to know what becomes of her sister😭😭

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❥moderate spice
❥enemies to lovers
❥claiming the throne
❥forced prox
❥adventure
❥magic
❥action packed
❥fmc can call animals
❥spiritbond (fated mates)
❥fae
❥talking dragons
❥shapshifters
❥fmc can call animals
❥magical creatures
❥strong FMC

Thank you for the ARC, Shaquilla!
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Build Me Up by Caitlin Klassen

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dark emotional inspiring lighthearted tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

From the Ground Up by Caitlin Klassen

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adventurous emotional funny inspiring lighthearted relaxing medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

 wait this was actually so cute

The way I devoured this!! I loved the banter and their chemistry!
I loved the home renovation aspect of this and seeing their budding romance grow!!

Definitely one of my fav couples

I wish this had Scott’s pov tho ;(
I feel like besides their ‘rivalry’/banter there wasn’t major tension

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-rivals to lovers
-found family
-a little spice
-small town

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Of Flames and Fallacies by Courtney Whims

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.5

 4.5 stars!

THE CLIFFHANGER!!
this book has me in a chokehold I NEED MORE!!

I loved every minute of this!!

this definitely had vibes from The Storm Crow, Crown of Feathers & Eragon, i would also say Fourth Wing too though I haven't read it yet but from the spoilers/snippets/talking dragon parts probably some similarities?

This was so fun and I absolutely love all the characters.. well maybe except Cole, I'm not sure why but I wasn't vibing with him and I'm not sure how I feel about the love triangle... one reason being not liking Cole but his sweet words near the end tugged at my heartstrings ;-;

I'm all for Darian though!!



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❥Dragons
❥Banter
❥Morally grey characters
❥Spice
❥Second-chance romance
❥Found Family
❥Love Triangles
❥Fake Identity
❥Fake Sibblings
❥Slow burn
❥Enemies to Lovers
❥Prophecy
❥ Forced proximity
❥Plot Twists

Thank you for the ARC, Courtney<3

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Kiss and Make Love by Luna Day

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.5

 4.5 stars, full Review on my blog!

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Kiss and Make Love by Luna Day is a fun collection of spicy short stories. Each story featured unique characters, with varying lengths and spice levels. They all had a different trope, and were all incredibly fun! These delightful, swoon-worthy stories that kept were all well-written and kept me hooked from start to finish. I did feel like a couple of the stories felt forced and maybe a little too spicy. But overall I had a great time!!

I couldn't help but fall in love with some of these characters! I will need full versions of some of these stories, especially Brett & Spencer, Layla & James, and Gabriel & June!! 🥵🥵

Also, can we talk about Georgia & Marco! That fantasy at the back of the bakery!! oh my god!! Luna PLEASE I beg for a full version of this one too!! And let's not forget about Quinn & Megan, their story was too short, they were best friends in high school and I'm so curious about their little rendezvous after the Blind Date event!

This collection is perfect as a palate cleanser or for something short to read between books (which is exactly what I'm doing right now!). With so many ARCs on my list, this was ideal for reading in between. Also, I forgot to mention how cool the Table of Contents at the beginning was, it gave an overview of each story's length and steam level.

I had the opportunity to read Luna's debut Three Hearts Hideaway (an amazing why choose—which you should also check out!). I've been searching for more Canadian authors; she has become one of my go-to authors and I can't wait for her next book. She's been teasing the heck out of it on Instagram/the end of this book, fake dating/baking romance; I'm squealing with anticipation! Wondering if it's Georgia & Marco's story 🤞🏼

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𝓣𝓻𝓸𝓹𝓮𝓼/𝓣𝓱𝓮𝓶𝓮𝓼:
❥MM / FM / FF
❥Touch her and d!e
❥Annoyance to lovers
❥Rivals to lovers
❥Friends to lovers
❥Brothers Bestfriend
❥Forced Proximity
❥Grumpy FMC x Sunshine MMC
❥Professor x Student
❥One night stand
❥Age Gap
❥Late Night Library Hookup
❥Italian Stallion MMC
❥Funny moments
❥Sweet moments

Thank you for the ARC Luna!

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