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Book Review "𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒖𝒔, 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒆𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔.” Rating:  ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5 Spice:  🔥🔥🔥 Tropes:  Reverse harem (still establishing), dark romance, vigilante heroine, gangs, pierced 🍆 Series:  Black Creek #2 🚨Out now🚨 *Check triggers before reading* This book takes us back to Black Creek and takes place shortly after Sawyer agrees to help Cain and Oliver with the Antonelli's. As they come up with a plan, we start to see more of Enzo (Lorenzo) and Dante's life. Sawyer spends most of the book with Cain and Oliver, but towards the last 40% of the book she is with Enzo and Dante. The story is interesting and there are so many different players. I have this feeling there's so much more we don't know and I'm excited to see how the plot progresses. Right now my favorite guy is Oliver. I don't usually love the one who&

  Book Review "𝑩𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝑪𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒌 𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒄𝒊𝒕𝒚, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒕'𝒔 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒛𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕. 𝑳𝒆𝒕'𝒔 𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒂𝒃𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒖𝒕𝒆 𝒇𝒖𝒄𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒂𝒚𝒉𝒆𝒎." Rating:  ⭐⭐⭐.5 Spice:  🔥🔥.5 Tropes:  Small town, marriage of convenience, forced proximity, grumpy/sunshine, DVP, "toys are teammates" *Check triggers before reading* This was my first book by Lena Hendrix. I have some bookstagram friends who love her books, so I was excited to read this book. I'm still not 100% sure how I feel about this book. The beginning was a bit confusing and there was a lot of information shared, but also a lot of vagueness? It felt like I had to read her previous release to understand the story, but I think they're both technically standalones, so that was confusing. Once the story went on, I started to enjoy the romance. The tension was good and I was just waiting for them to finally be together. I wish we would've just had more

Book Review "𝑨𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒍, 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒆 𝒊𝒔𝒏'𝒕 𝒂 𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒌 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒎𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒏 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚." Rating:  ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5 Spice:  🔥🔥🔥 Tropes:  Billionaire romance, reverse age gap (6 years), matchmaker/client, forbidden Series:  Falling For Whiskey #1 🚨Out now!🚨 *Check triggers before reading* I have to stop reading books that end on a cliffhanger because I know how much they ruin my life. And the way this one ended?! Dagger straight to the heart. As you can tell, I enjoyed this book! Grace and Cash are so electric together. They meet on a plane when they were both going through major changes. They spend the weekend together, but they don't share much about themselves. When they go back to reality, they discover Cash is the client Grace is tasked with finding a wife and Grace is married. Grace is getting a divorce from her cheating ex, but Cash doesn't know that, so he's furious with her. The angst while they&#

Book Review "𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝑰 𝒌𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔. 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝑰 𝒌𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒎𝒔 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆. 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒊𝒓 𝑰 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒚 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕. 𝑰 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒐 𝒎𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒂 𝒐𝒇 𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒐𝒐 𝒎𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕." Rating:  ⭐⭐⭐ Spice:  🔥 Tropes:  Brother's best friend/best friend's sister, amnesia, small town romance, romantic suspense/mystery Series:  Rose Canyon #1 🚨Out now!🚨 *Check triggers before reading* This book started off well, and I was intrigued by the mystery of who killed Brielle's brother. I was also excited to see her recover her memories with the help of Spencer. I figured out one of the "twists" before it was shared with the reader, and it gave me all the angst I was looking for. I appreciated that we got Spencer&

  Book Review "𝒀𝒐𝒖'𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒘, 𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒏'𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖? 𝑩𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒅𝒆𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒖𝒔." Rating:  ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Spice:  None Tropes:  Reverse harem (not fully established yet), MMCs are foster brothers,  dark romance, slow burn Series:  Lost Souls #1 🎉Out today!🎉 *Check triggers before reading* I'm completely obsessed with this series. Eden's story pulls you in from the very first page and takes you on a ride the entire time. It's fast paced plot wise and I couldn't put it down. I have so many questions about Eden's past that I need answers to. I need book two IMMEDIATELY. Eden has had a rough life at the hands of every man that's ever been in her life. She escapes one dangerous situation only to be manipulated into another. Eden endures a lot of pain and suffering, yet is somehow strong through it all. This book is DARK and there's no shying away from her pain. There's a small glimpse of the light at

Book Review 𝑾𝒆'𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒔, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒚𝒃𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕'𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆—𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒍 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒈𝒖𝒊𝒔𝒆. 𝑰 𝒈𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒔 𝒂 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒍 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒆, 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒘𝒐 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒐 𝒄𝒓𝒖𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔. Rating:  ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Spice:  🔥🔥🔥🔥 Tropes:  MMF, best friend's wife/husband's best friend, one bed only, best friends to lovers Series:  Salacious Players' Club #3 🚨Out today!🚨 *Check triggers before reading* This is the second MMF book of Sara's that I've read and I'm obsessed with how she writes this trope. She does a great job of showing how important trust, understanding, and communication are in a poly relationship. Isabel, Drake, and Hunter are truly soulmates. I loved how connected Isabel and Drake were in their friendship before they were together. When he called her his g

Book Review "𝑩𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝑪𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒌 𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒄𝒊𝒕𝒚, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒕'𝒔 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒛𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕. 𝑳𝒆𝒕'𝒔 𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒂𝒃𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒖𝒕𝒆 𝒇𝒖𝒄𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒂𝒚𝒉𝒆𝒎." Rating:  ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Spice:  🔥🔥 Tropes:  Reverse harem, dark romance, gangs, vigilante heroine, pierced  🍆 Series:  Black Creek #1 *Check triggers before reading* This was a solid start to the series that has me excited to dive in to book two. This book sets up the world of Black Creek and begins to kick off what is bound to be a wild ride as the series continues. I might be obsessed with Sawyer. She's such a great heroine. She's tough, sarcastic, doesn't put up with shit from men, and cares about bettering the world. Are her methods totally legal? No. Do I care? Not one bit 😂 Sawyer's harem isn't established yet but we do meet two of her men, Oliver and Cain. They both bring out a different side of Sawyer. I love that Sawyer feels safe enough to soften when she&

Book Review "𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒍𝒆𝒈𝒔 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰'𝒍𝒍 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒑 𝒎𝒚 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒍. 𝑼𝒏𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆." "𝑶𝒉 𝒏𝒐, 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒊𝒕." "𝑮𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒈𝒊𝒓𝒍. 𝑵𝒐𝒘 𝒍𝒂𝒚 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒍𝒆𝒕 𝒎𝒆 𝒆𝒂𝒕." Rating:  ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Spice:  🔥🔥.5 Tropes:  Interracial romance, one night stand, billionaire Series:  Gentlemen Rogues #1 🚨Out today!🚨 *Check triggers before reading* I enjoyed this book and thought it was a great novella to introduce the series. I simply adore Saffron and Lachlan. They had an immediate connection from the beginning. They were so effortless in how they bonded and just fit so well together. Their chemistry was off the charts and Lachlan is a VERY attentive man 👀🥵 From the jump, I was hooked on Saffron. She's a fun, complex, witty heroine that made me laugh quite a few times. I like how layered she is as a character and I just wanted to know more about he

Book Review "𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝑰 𝒆𝒙𝒊𝒔𝒕, 𝑳𝒊𝒍𝒚. 𝑻𝒐 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚." Rating:  ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5 Spice:  🔥🔥🔥🔥 Tropes:  Paranormal romance, reverse harem, demons Series: Twisted Legends Collection #5 🚨Out now!🚨 *Check triggers before reading* This was a great paranormal reverse harem romance. The premise was intriguing and I couldn't stop turning the page trying to figure out what was going to happen next. I loved the dynamic with Lily and her men. All of their nicknames for her made me swoon for them 🥰 Lily was a great heroine. She's witty, strong, stubborn, and shows a level of vulnerability. I appreciated her vulnerability and it showcased her strength. I love that she's sarcastic with her men and holds her own. Lily is proud of her curvy body and we love to see it 👏🏻 Lily's men 😍 I loved Matthias from the beginning. He's so addicted to her from the beginning (as he should be) and I loved h

Book Review "𝑾𝒉𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒆𝒕𝒂𝒉 𝒉𝒆𝒆𝒍𝒔?" "𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚'𝒓𝒆 𝒎𝒚 𝒍𝒖𝒄𝒌𝒚 𝒑𝒖𝒎𝒑𝒔." "𝑹𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚? 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒅, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒊𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒏. 𝑾𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒖𝒏𝒍𝒖𝒄𝒌𝒚 𝒑𝒖𝒎𝒑𝒔?" "𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚'𝒓𝒆 𝒍𝒖𝒄𝒌𝒚 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝑰 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝑰 𝒎𝒆𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖." Rating:  ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Spice:  🔥🔥.5 Tropes:  Office romance, enemies to lovers, one room only Series:  Sex and Bonds #1 🚨Out now🚨 *Check triggers before reading* I absolutely adore this book! It was so cute and such a fun read. My face hurt from smiling like a fool at Nora and Theo the entire time. Nora and Theo are great together! They banter so well in the beginning and made me laugh at some of their bets. I adored how they started to fall for one another through their sim

Book Review "𝑰𝒕'𝒔 𝒇𝒖𝒏𝒏𝒚 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝑰 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒃𝒆 𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒆. 𝒀𝒐𝒖'𝒓𝒆 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒕𝒖𝒈𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑰'𝒎 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅, 𝒊𝒕'𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒚 𝒐𝒘𝒏. 𝑨 𝒈𝒖𝒊𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖." Rating:  ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Spice:  🔥🔥🔥🔥 Tropes:  Age gap (14 years), grumpy/sunshine, ice play, impact play, forced proximity, one hot night Series:  Locked In #1 🚨Out now!🚨 *Check triggers before reading* This book was a quick, fun read that I couldn't put down! Rumor and Dante are HOT together. Their connection is felt from the beginning and their spicy times were so so so good 🥵 I LOVE Rumor so much. She's so go with the flow and carefree. Rumor fits the sunshine trope so well, but she brings sass that just made me love her. Dante is so sexy, dear lord 🥵 He&#

Book Review "𝑰 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝑪𝒂𝒔𝒔, 𝑰'𝒍𝒍 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉 𝒚𝒐𝒖." "𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒌 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒆." Rating:  ⭐⭐⭐ Spice:  🔥🔥.5  (It's probably spicier, but many scenes turned me off that it didn't feel that spicy to me) Tropes:  Age gap, dark romance, love triangle (kind of) *Check triggers before reading* Let me start by saying I LOVE Jade West. Teach Me Dirty is one of my favorite books (the spice with Helen and Mark is sooooo good and their love story is perfect) and I absolutely adore Sugar Daddies. I was so excited when she announced she had a new book coming out. I knew this book was twisted and dark, but I guess I didn't expect to be undecided when I finished it. I don't want to give anything away, so this review is going to be on the vague side. I recommend going into this book without spoilers so you can get the full experience. Jade does a great job of writing a story that is intriguing and explo