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REVIEW: Dark Poison by Bella Jewel

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      Book Review "𝒀𝒐𝒖 π’Œπ’π’π’˜ 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’Žπ’π’Žπ’†π’π’• π’Šπ’ π’π’Šπ’‡π’† π’˜π’‰π’†π’ π’†π’—π’†π’“π’šπ’•π’‰π’Šπ’π’ˆ π’šπ’π’– π’•π’‰π’π’–π’ˆπ’‰π’• π’šπ’π’– π’˜π’†π’“π’†, π’Šπ’” π’”π’–π’…π’…π’†π’π’π’š π’˜π’“π’π’π’ˆ? 𝑻𝒉𝒆 π’Žπ’π’Žπ’†π’π’• 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 π’„π’‰π’‚π’π’ˆπ’†π’” π’†π’—π’†π’“π’šπ’•π’‰π’Šπ’π’ˆ. 𝑰𝒕 π’„π’‰π’‚π’π’ˆπ’†π’” π’˜π’‰π’ π’šπ’π’– 𝒂𝒓𝒆, π’˜π’‰π’‚π’• π’šπ’π’– π’ƒπ’†π’π’Šπ’†π’—π’† π’šπ’π’– 𝒂𝒓𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 π’˜π’‰π’ π’šπ’π’–'𝒓𝒆 π’ˆπ’π’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆. 𝒀𝒐𝒖'𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 π’Žπ’π’Žπ’†π’π’•, π‘Ύπ’Šπ’π’π’π’˜." Rating:  ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Spice:  πŸ”₯πŸ”₯.5 Tropes:  Kidnapping, enemies to lovers, dark romance Series:  Dark Brothers #1 *Check triggers before reading* Willow is out with a friend when she's approached by Jagger. He's tall, dark, handsome, and solely focused on her. They spend the night dancing and drinking together. When they step outside for air, Willow starts to feel unwell and she passes out. She wakes up in a strange place, locked up, and she realizes Jagger drugged and kidnapped her. He tells Willow her father, who she thought was dead, is alive and
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REVIEW: Dirty Ledger by Alta Hensley and Livia Grant

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    Book Review "𝑰 π’˜π’‚π’” π’”π’•π’–π’‘π’Šπ’… π’†π’π’π’–π’ˆπ’‰ 𝒕𝒐 π’•π’‰π’Šπ’π’Œ 𝑰 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒏 π’šπ’π’– 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒐𝒇 π’Žπ’š 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 π’†π’—π’†π’“π’š 𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒅, 𝑰 π’˜π’‚π’” π’Žπ’π’“π’† 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 π’šπ’π’– 𝒂𝒓𝒆 π’Šπ’Žπ’‘π’π’”π’”π’Šπ’ƒπ’π’† 𝒕𝒐 π’‡π’π’“π’ˆπ’†π’•." Rating:  ⭐⭐⭐.5 Spice:  πŸ”₯πŸ”₯ Tropes:  Criminal cleaner/socialite, forced proximity,  dark romance, insta love vibes, billionaire Series:  Dark Pen #2 *Check triggers before reading* Rowan is a socialite staying at The Whitney. She comes back to the hotel after being out with a friend. Unbeknownst to Rowan, she is being stalked by a man. He attacks Rowan in her room, but she's able to defend herself. In the aftermath of the attack, Rowan realizes she needs help. She calls her friend, and hotel owner, Katja, who contacts a friend to help. Z, a criminal cleaner, finds Rowan in her room, and takes over the scene. He discovers that the man isn't someone random, but the son of a prominent mafia leader. Rowa
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REVIEW: Devil's Contract by Alta Hensley and Livia Grant

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    Book Review "𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 π’Žπ’†?" "𝑰 π’•π’‰π’Šπ’π’Œ 𝑰'𝒗𝒆 π’‚π’π’˜π’‚π’šπ’” 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒅 π’šπ’π’– π’Šπ’ 𝒐𝒏𝒆 π’˜π’‚π’š 𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓. 𝑰 π’˜π’‚π’” 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒐𝒐 π’‚π’‡π’“π’‚π’Šπ’… 𝒕𝒐 π’‚π’…π’Žπ’Šπ’• π’Šπ’•, 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒐 π’Žπ’šπ’”π’†π’π’‡." Rating:  ⭐⭐⭐ Spice:  πŸ”₯πŸ”₯.5 Tropes:  Friends to enemies to lovers, billionaire crime lord, hotel heiress,  dark romance, spanking, public play Series: Dark Pen #1 *Check triggers before reading* Katja and Dex grew up together at The Whitney. Their dads had an agreement that worked for decades until one day Katja ended that contract. She kicked Dex out of the hotel and they went from friends to enemies. Years later, Katja needs Dex's help and has to pay the price for her missteps. I was excited for this book and had high hopes for it, but I was let down. I didn't care for either of the main characters. I understand why Dex was upset, but I didn't fully buy into how he treated Katja. It just didn't feel like what happened warra
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REVIEW: Liberty Falls by Lee Jacquot

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      Book Review "𝒀𝒐𝒖'𝒗𝒆 π’†π’Žπ’ƒπ’†π’…π’…π’†π’… π’šπ’π’–π’“π’”π’†π’π’‡ π’Šπ’ π’Žπ’†. π‘­π’“π’π’Ž π’šπ’π’–π’“ π’˜π’Šπ’•, π’”π’Žπ’‚π’“π’•-𝒂𝒔𝒔 π’Žπ’π’–π’•π’‰, π’„π’‰π’‚π’“π’Šπ’”π’Žπ’‚π’•π’Šπ’„ 𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 π’šπ’π’–π’“ 𝒂𝒃𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒖𝒕𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒂𝒔𝒔. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 π’‘π’“π’†π’•π’•π’Šπ’†π’”π’• π’‡π’Šπ’“π’†π’‡π’π’š 𝑰'𝒗𝒆 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰'π’Ž π’šπ’π’–π’“π’” π’Šπ’‡ π’šπ’π’–'𝒍𝒍 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 π’Žπ’†." Rating:  ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5 Spice:  πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯.5 Tropes:  Small town, frenemies to lovers, sensation play (hot & cold),  police chief/fire chief, BDSM, "toys are your friend" vibes Series:  Holinights #3 *Check triggers before reading* Y'all this novella was so good! The small town vibes mixed with the competition between two frenemies, that also happen to be the police chief and fire chief, gave major "Hallmark movie but make it rated R" vibes and I LOVED it. This is what I'll now think of whenever my mom has on a frenemies Hallmark movie πŸ˜‚ The banter, tension, and chemistry between Kameron and Aria
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ARC REVIEW: The Crash by Skye Warren and Amelia Wilde

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    Book Review "π‘»π’‰π’†π’š'𝒓𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒖𝒔. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒓𝒂𝒔𝒉 π’˜π’‚π’”π’'𝒕 𝒂𝒏 π’‚π’„π’„π’Šπ’…π’†π’π’•. 𝑰𝒕 π’˜π’‚π’” π’Žπ’†π’‚π’π’• 𝒕𝒐 π’Œπ’Šπ’π’ π’Žπ’†. 𝑨𝒏𝒅 π’šπ’π’–. 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆? π‘»π’‰π’†π’š'𝒓𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒐 π’‡π’Šπ’π’Šπ’”π’‰ 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒋𝒐𝒃." Rating:  ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Spice:  None Tropes:  Forced proximity, billionaire, grumpy/sunshine,  beginning of a Tarzan retelling Series: Deserted Island #0.5 *Check triggers before reading* The Crash is the prequel to Force of Nature, which is book one in the Deserted Island Trilogy. It follows Carter Morelli, a professor and pilot, who is taking June Porter, a prize winning photographer, on a trip to Africa. All is going well until the plane malfunctions mid-flight and they crash on a deserted island. Carter discovers it wasn't an accident and someone sabotaged the plane. I thought this was a great introduction to a new trilogy! It was pretty engaging for only being 7 chapters. I liked the tension between th
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ARC REVIEW: The Mastermind by Nadia Han

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Book Review "𝒀𝒐𝒖'𝒓𝒆 π’Žπ’š 𝒂𝒒𝒖𝒂 π’‡π’Šπ’“π’†. 𝑰 π’Œπ’π’π’˜ 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒔 π’„π’‰π’†π’†π’”π’š, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 π’Šπ’•'𝒔 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒆. 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒖𝒓𝒏 π’‚π’˜π’‚π’š 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’…π’‚π’“π’Œπ’π’†π’”π’” 𝒇𝒐𝒓 π’Žπ’†." "𝑨𝒏𝒅 π’šπ’π’– π’Šπ’π’•π’“π’π’…π’–π’„π’†π’… π’Žπ’† 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’“π’‚π’Šπ’π’ƒπ’π’˜. 𝑡𝒐𝒕 π’π’π’π’š π’…π’Šπ’… π’šπ’π’– π’ˆπ’Šπ’—π’† π’Žπ’† 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’“π’‚π’Šπ’π’ƒπ’π’˜, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 π’šπ’π’–'𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’‡π’π’‚π’Žπ’† 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 π’ˆπ’–π’Šπ’…π’†π’… π’Žπ’† π’•π’‰π’“π’π’–π’ˆπ’‰ π’Žπ’š π’…π’‚π’“π’Œ 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒍, π’Žπ’š π’ƒπ’π’‚π’„π’Œ 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕. " Rating:  ⭐⭐⭐ Spice:  πŸ”₯ Tropes:  Brother's best friend/best friend's sister, boss/employee, billionaire,  childhood friends to lovers, romantic suspense Series:  WaterFyre Rising #1 🚨Out now!🚨 *Check triggers before reading* Audri and Remi have known one another since they were kids. They've always had a soft spot for one another. They haven't seen one another in awhile but are drawn to each other. Through their relationship they start to heal their different traumas an
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ARC REVIEW: The Unmatchmakers by Jackie Lau

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    Book Review "𝑰 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 π’π’Šπ’Œπ’† 𝑰 π’ƒπ’†π’π’π’π’ˆ 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆. π‘Ύπ’Šπ’•π’‰ π’‰π’Šπ’Ž. 𝑰𝒏 π’•π’‰π’Šπ’” π’Žπ’π’Žπ’†π’π’•." Rating:  ⭐⭐⭐ Spice:  πŸ”₯.5 Tropes:  Friends to lovers, forced proximity, insta lust, vacation romance *Check triggers before reading* If you're looking for a cute summer read that is quick, this is the one for you! Leora is on vacation with her mom, her mom's two best friends, and their adult children. When Leora arrives to the house, she believes she's alone and goes out to sit on the dock. While out there, she sees a gorgeous man come out of the water and she's so stunned that she almost falls in, but he saves her. Who is the gorgeous man? The son of her mom's best friend and someone she grew up with.  They haven't seen each other in ten years and Leora is seeing Neil in a new light. There are some cute moments of them connecting together over early mornings, what kind of beach towel a person should have, and the proper way to make a s'mor
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