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💬: "“Why did you try to jump in front of the train?” she asked. Blake closed his eyes. That’s right, the last thing he remembered was the train. “Did you stop me?” he asked incredulously. “Damn it, why?” She raised a brow."

Frost, Jeaniene. Devil to Pay (Night Huntress) (p. 7). HarperCollins. Kindle Edition. 

📖Genres: fantasy, romance, urban fantasy, paranormal, vampires

📚Page Count: 89

🎧Audiobook Length: 02h 18min

👩🏾‍🏫My Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ - 3/5 
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TW -

Devil to Pay is a novella and it's book 3.5 in Jeaniene Frost's Night Huntress Series. Blake, a human

possessed by a demon

and Elise, a vampire sired by Mencheres are the main characters of this novella. The story starts off with Blake trying to commit suicide and Elise saves him. I don't want to say much else (just so I don't spoil things) about this story other than, Elise and Blake start to get to know each other after she saves him. 

This was just okay. I understand that it's a novella and it's supposed to be short, but it was just too short for my liking. The specific parts of the story were there, like the plot and climax, the problem is that just about every scene/chapter was too short to make me care. I will say that the story did have an interesting start.

There was a singular spicy scene and it started spontaneously and, in my opinion, it was too short. I'm giving it 2 🌶️ chilies out of 5 chilies🌶️.

Overall, this novella was just okay. Although we somewhat got backstory on the main characters of this novella, it was too short to make me care about the characters that were new. I'm going to give this 3 stars out of 5.
⭐️⭐️⭐️ - 3/5  Stars

I listened to this for free on [Hoopladigital.com]

💬: N/A

📖Genres: fantasy, romance, urban fantasy, paranormal, vampires

📚Page Count: N/A

🎧Audiobook Length: 07h 27min

👩🏾‍🏫My Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - 5/5 
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At Grave's End (Dramatized Edition) is a graphic audio published by the company Graphic Audio and written by Jeaniene Frost, based on the third book in her Night Huntress series, At Grave's End.  In this book someone new is after our favorite couple, we meet new but also very old vampires, there's a ton of action, and even some sad and emotional bits. This addition to the series was a roller coast, one that I want to continue to ride. 

There was only one thing I didn't like, and that was the minor sexual assault that happens to Cat while she's in the club scene. She does end up

beating up the people who touched her without permission,

so I supposed there was that at least. 

There weren't many spicy scenes in this, if I remember correctly there was one. It was done well so I enjoyed it. I'm giving the spicy scenes three chilies 🌶️🌶️🌶️ out of five chilies

Each addition to this series is better than the last, and book 3 (Dramatized) is no exception. I'm so delighted to be experiencing this series for the first time. I'm giving this 5 out of 5 stars instead.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - 5/5  Stars

I listened to this for free on [Hoopladigital.com]

💬: "Bones traced the lines in Cat’s tattoo. Every notch and curve was identical to the one he had on his upper arm. She’d memorized his cross-bones so thoroughly that a picture couldn’t have been more accurate. His emotions fired like the finale of a fireworks show."

Frost, Jeaniene. Both Feet in the Grave: A Night Huntress Novel (pp. 80-81). NYLA. Kindle Edition. 

📖Genres: fantasy, romance, urban fantasy, paranormal, vampires

📚Page Count: 335

🎧Audiobook Length: 10h 06min

👩🏾‍🏫My Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - 4.5/5 
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Both Feet in the Grave written by Jeaniene Frost, is an alternate perspective book based on the second book in her Night Huntress series, One Foot in the Grave. Both Feet in the Grave was more exciting than the original second book in the series, I really love Bones as a character and his thoughts and decisions are interesting to follow. I'm really excited to read the third book from his perspective (if the author ends up writing it), but for now let's discuss Both Feet in the Grave. 

Cat and Bones have been separated at this point for 4 or 5 years, neither of them has contacted the other in this time span. Cat is now working as

a special agent in a Supernatural department of a special government agency.

By happenstance Cat and Bones end up once again crossing each other's paths. 

There were so many cool actions scenes and we all know that Cat is a badass, but these alternate perspective books are definitely where Bones shines. I think both the main characters are really cool but these books tell so much of Bones' background story, it's all so interesting. 

The spicy scenes were really enjoyable. I'm giving the spicy scenes three point five chilies 🌶️🌶️🌶️.5 out of five chilies

There was a lot of action in this novel, but there was also a bit of romance. I think the action overweighs the romance, but the story is still a good one either way. I'm giving this 5 out of 5 stars. 
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - 5/5  Stars

I listened to this for free on the library app [Hoopla Digital]

💬: "“Some women, some men,” Pam said, dusting her hands together as if she were talking about some infectious pest. “They are like everyone else who has a secret life—most of them are quite pleasant, fairly harmless.” Though Pam didn’t sound too positive when she said that. “But the bad ones tend to contaminate the good.”

Harris, Charlaine. Dead to the World (Sookie Stackhouse Book 4) (p. 46). Penguin Publishing Group. Kindle Edition. 

📖Genres: fantasy, romance, urban fantasy, paranormal, paranormal romance, shapeshifters, vampires

📚Page Count: 292

🎧Audiobook Length: 9h 59min

👩🏾‍🏫My Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️  - 3/5 
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Dead to the World is the fourth book in the Sookie Stackhouse Vampire Murder Mystery series, this series is the inspiration for the HBO show, True Blood. This addition to the series was okay, it was interesting for sure. We get introduced to new characters and new magical/mythical/supernatural entities and, of course, there's a mystery to solve. In this novel Sookie's brother goes missing and she's doing everything she can to find him. Meanwhile, Eric has completely lost his memory. Can she find her brother alive and help Eric with his memory loss?

In book four, Sookie ends up

finally starting something romantic with Eric, though I'm not sure how I feel about it because he had amnesia and couldn't remember anything from the past. I would definitely say she took advantage of the situation by sleeping with him.

Sookie's brother is missing and she uses Eric's as well as some other people's help to try and find him. I love the mystery aspect of these books and that's one of the main things that keeps me coming back to this series (even though I didn't like books 2 or 3.)

The spicy scenes in this were okay, some were fade to black and some were on page. I'd say overall they weren't spectacular but that were alright. I'm giving this 2.5 chilies out out 5 chilies 🌶️ worth of spice. 

Overall, this book was just okay. I don't think it was better than book 1 (which has been my favorite so far.) I'm going to give this 3 stars out of 5
⭐️⭐️⭐️ 3/5 Stars

I read this for free on [Libbyapp.com]

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📖Genres: shoujo, romance, humor, manga, graphic novels, comics

📚Page Count: 186

🎧Audiobook Length: N/A

👩🏾‍🏫My Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 5/5 

My Love Story!!, Volume 11 by Kazune Kawahara was a delight to read and it reminded me of the same kind of allure that the first few volumes of "My Love Story" has. In this volume, Takeo's, Sunakawa's, and Yamato's schools are having field trips to the same area. Takeo is having thoughts about

taking his relationship with Yamato to the next step

therefore he's trying to stay close to her but also keep his distance. In the next part of this manga, Yamato has secret that she plans on revealing to Takeo. What could the secret possibly be? In the last part of this manga, Sunakawa makes a new attractive friend, will Takeo get jealous? 

This manga was so funny and pleasant to read. After having read volume 9 and not really liking it all that much, I wasn't excited to read volume 11 (especially because volume 9 was my lowest rated book of the series and volume 10 was my second lowest rated book in this series.) I'm so happy that I didn't give up on this manga because this volume was great.

This addition to My Love Story was exactly what the series needed, in my opinion. I'm excited to continue on with the series again after feeling slightly uninterested after having read the two volumes that came before this one. I'm giving this 5 stars out of 5.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I read this manga for free on [Libbyapp.com]

💬: N/A

📖Genres: fantasy, romance, urban fantasy, paranormal, vampires

📚Page Count: N/A

🎧Audiobook Length: 07h 27min

👩🏾‍🏫My Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.25 - 4.25/5 
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One Foot in the Grave (Dramatized Edition) is a graphic audio published by the company Graphic Audio and written by Jeaniene Frost, based on the second book in her Night Huntress series, One Foot in the Grave. Cat Crawfield hasn't seen Bones in about four or five years, but after she's targeted for assignation, Bones might be the only one who can help her. After having worked as

Special Agent Crawfield

for the last four (or five) years she definitely has acquired some new (and old) enemies. Will Bones be able to save Cat from the impending danger? Will they be able to rekindle their lost relationship?

I really enjoyed this addition to the Night Huntress graphic audio series, it was so entertaining. There was so much going on and the music, sounds, and voice actors really came together to help tell an exciting story. 

The spicy scenes were okay in this. They weren't the best but they weren't terrible I'm giving the spicy scenes three chilies 🌶️🌶️🌶️ out of five chilies

This was really exciting and all the elements came together to make a really nice dramatized adaption of One Foot in the Grave. I'm giving this 4.5 out of 5 stars instead.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - 4.5/5  Stars

I listened to this for free on [Hoopladigital.com]

💬: "The breath slammed out of her lungs. Flames shot through her body, from her breast to her deepest core. The strange roaring was back in her head. Need was on her. Not some gentle emotion, not a pleasant feeling, but a raging tidal wave of hunger, of craving."

Feehan, Christine. The Awakening: The Novella That Introduced the Leopard People (Leopard series Book 1) (p. 51). Penguin Publishing Group. Kindle Edition. 

📖Genres: fantasy, romance, urban fantasy, paranormal, shapeshifters

📚Page Count: 121

🎧Audiobook Length: 3h 38min

👩🏾‍🏫My Rating: ⭐️⭐️.5 - 2.5/5 
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The Awakening by Christine Feehan is a novella and it's the first story in her series "Leopard People". Maggie inherits a house in the jungle and if I read this correctly, she just "wakes up" or "awakens" in the jungle (I'm unsure of how she actually got there.) Maggie is on the cusps of a physical and mental evolution, and she meets a man named Brandt who's supposed to help, he also says he's her mate. 

It was really evident that this was a novella with the rushed pacing. The two main characters talk for what seems like a day and after that, it seems like Maggie already trusts him. At one point Maggie mentions that she used to be asexual (or at least she thought she was asexual) but now she's having sexual cravings for Brandt and she can't explain why. Before evening knowing if she was interested Brandt kind of flashes her while he sits in the nude in her house or bungalow, he claims that she's his mate so I guess he thinks this is acceptable. 

The spicy scenes were alright, it was hard to get into them because the male protagonist was so pushy with his sexual advances, the part where he surprises and flashes her with his nude body really bothered me, he didn't even know if she was truly interested at that point. I'm giving the spicy scenes two chilies 🌶️🌶️ out of five chilies

Overall this story was a bit strange and baffling. I wish the pacing was a little smoother, and it would have been nice if we saw the characters interact with each other outside of their sexual cravings. I will read the next book in the series and give this series another chance, as of now I'm giving THIS novella 2.5 out of 5 stars. 
⭐️⭐️.5 - 2.5/5  Stars

I listened to this for free on [Libbyapp.com]

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📖Genres: fantasy, romance, romantasy, dragons, adult

📚Page Count: N/A

🎧Audiobook Length: 09h 22min

👩🏾‍🏫My Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5 - 4.5/5 
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Fourth Wing Dramatized Part 2 is the second half of the dramatized version of the novel "Fourth Wing" written by Rebecca Yarros, and part 2 continues where part 1 left off. The dramatized version really helps to add a little something to the characters, even though they're mostly still one dimensional (they happen to be more compelling with each character having their own voice actor, which made certain scenes more emotional.) 

There are still some issues that persist throughout the series and that's because the novel had these same issues and the dramatized version is just sticking to a script, so to speak. Violet and Zayden's relationship is still mostly built upon lust. Violet is a Mary Sue who went from having people try to kill her because she was the "weakest link" to now being called "the strongest rider in her generation". All the characters are one dimensional. Claiming that the romance is enemies to lovers is confusing because I don't really see a "good attempt" at that trope in this book. Towards the end of the novel and the dramatized version Zayden even says

that he was into her from the moment he set eyes on her. I maintain the pervious claim I made in my review for part 1, and that is that Zayden never planned on killing or even harming Violent. Even from the beginning.

There are issues that the dramatized version fixed, and I was surprised to notice that. Violent actually trains with

her dragons in the dramatized version, as opposed to the novel where we didn't see any dragon training or bonding at all.

We also get scenes of Violet training with various squad mates and

even Zayden

so she can get physically stronger. ALMOST none of the strange phrases the author threw in the novel (they still snuck in "holy fvcking hot" once.)

Part 2 of the dramatized version of Fourth Wing has at least 3 spicy scenes in it, they were entertaining though my main complaint about the first novel still stands (I'm a 33 year old woman and I don't care too much for reading about spicy scenes with people 10 years my junior.) I'm giving it 2 chilies 2🌶️ out of five chilies. 

Overall, both parts of the dramatized version come together to tell a story that's not as flat as the novel, though the characters are all still one dimensional and the main "romantic" relationship in the series is based off of pure lust. Both additions of the dramatized version do the original story more than just justice, they come together to tell an actually exciting story. I'm giving this 4.5 out of 5 stars.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - 4.5/5  Stars

I listened to this for free on [Hoopladigital.com]

💬: N/A

📖Genres: fantasy, romance, romantasy, dragons, adult

📚Page Count: N/A

🎧Audiobook Length: 07h 52min

👩🏾‍🏫My Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5 - 4.5/5 
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Fourth Wing Dramatized Part 1 is the first half of the dramatized version of the novel "Fourth Wing" written by Rebecca Yarros. The dramatized adaption was created by the company "Graphic Audio". This adaptation is really good and worth listening to even if you've read the original novel before. Violet Sorrengail wanted to grow up to be a scribe like her father, but since her father passed away and he isn't there anymore, Violet is forced (by her mother, The General) to join the dragon rider's quadrant instead. She is small and a bit frail, but she is also quick and cunning. Violet will do everything to survive, and she will pray that she can bond with a dragon in the end. 

This was so much more entertaining than the original novel. Listening to the dramatized version of Fourth Wing really felt like a gamble to me at first because, I didn't like the original novel. I rated it very low on the star scale that I use. Well, the gamble paid off because this adaptation was so interesting and exciting. 

This adaptation would ALMOST get the max stars from me, but it won't for various reason (and these reasons have mostly to do with the author's writing, so Graphic Audio literally did the best they could with what they had.) The main character is a Mary Sue and that means she's just really boring and it makes the story that much more predictable. The author doesn't really understand how to flesh out the enemies to lovers trope, the love interest does everything in his power to HELP the main character and not once does he try to hard her. The characters are all no longer one dimensional, but most of the characters still are. In order to expose the reader to exposition, the author writes in that the main character spouts off facts about the world's history and political information when she gets nervous or anxious, and that is a lazy way to get across the political and historical background of the world that was created. In the novel, we don't see Violet train with her dragons not once, that's remedied in this dramatized adaption and I was so happy that it was added in. In the original novel, there was a lot of strange verbiage, but that wasn't an issue in the dramatized version and I'm so thankful. 

Part 1 of the dramatized version of Fourth Wing doesn't have any spicy scenes in it. I'm giving it zero chilies 0🌶️ out of five chilies. (I'm keeping my chili rating in here because I think part 2 is going to have a spicy scene. I'll rate that on part 2's review.)

Overall, the dramatized version of Fourth Wing was really good. Fourth Wing the novel is; a story that is too long, one that had a Mary Sue main character, and one dimensional characters, with dragons and dragon riders as characters, but there was no dragon training in sight. The novel had a slew of problems and the dramatized version fixes a lot of the novel's issues, it was honestly so exciting to listen to. I'm giving this 4.5 out of 5 stars instead.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - 4.5/5  Stars

I listened to this for free on [Hoopladigital.com]

💬: "Zaira wove her fingers into his. “It’ll happen. This is your destiny, Aden.” Her kiss was fire and love and primal possessiveness. “Your parents dreamed too small when they wanted you to become the leader of the squad."

Singh, Nalini. Shards of Hope (Psy-Changeling Book 14) (p. 481). Penguin Publishing Group. Kindle Edition. 

📖Genres: paranormal romance, romance, urban fantasy, adult

📚Page Count: 484

🎧Audiobook Length: 15h 41min

👩🏾‍🏫My Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 5/5 

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Shards of Hope is the 14th book in the Psy/Changeling series by Nalini Singh. Two Psy Arrow soldiers, Aden and Zaira are the main characters of this book. I love the way this starts out, it was so exciting and chilling, and because this started off so powerfully and with action I was definitely invested for the duration of the book (I also went into this without knowing the synopsis because I didn't read the book's synopsis! So, if you want to go in without knowing the synopsis too, skip the rest of this paragraph.) Both Zaira and Aden

wake up in a dark cell, with no memory of how they got there. Neither of them are able to use their psychic abilities and they both know that if they don't fight to get out, it'll cost them their lives.

The story goes on from there.    

This book really reminded me why I kept reading The Psy/Changeling series after I read the first book in the series, Slave to Sensation. When I first read Slave to Sensation, the story gave me literal chills. This is the third book in the series to give me the chills! When I get the chills while reading, it either  means that I'm scared or that I'm really excited and happy with what I'm reading. I don't want to spoil anything other than the synopsis so I'll just talk about the spicy scenes and I'll mention that so many elements from previous Psy/Changeling novels have finally come together to paint a picture that I know Singh has been planning since that first book, Slave to Sensation.  

I enjoyed the spicy scenes. I think Aden and Zaira are so cute together. I'm happy the first scene basically cut to black because

I'm not a fan of scenes where the heroine is a virgin and then she has to go through all that pain and the bleeding. Ugh.

I did like the spicy scenes that game afterward though. I'm giving it three point five chilies 🌶️🌶️🌶️.5 out of five chilies

The 14th book in the Psy/Changeling series was exciting and it kept my attention for the duration of  it's 15 hour + audiobook. It was exciting, surprising, emotional, and just damn good. I'm giving this book 4 stars out of 5. 
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️  5/5 Stars

I listened to this for free on the library app [Hoopla Digital]