Title: The Lies That Summon The Night

Author: Tessonja Odette 

Series: 

Rating: 4/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Formats Available: Physical Book, Kindle/e-book, Audiobook
Tropes/Genre: Vampires, Paranormal, Enemies to Lovers
Spice Level: 4/5🌶️

This was such a fun read. The magic system is totally unique. We don’t get enough vampire stories and this fills that voice in the best way possible. 

The spice is well written and woven in perfectly. It’s a great example of balance between pacing the story and spicy romance. Their banter is good and the characters are all likable.

I fell in love with the shades and cannot wait to see where this story goes! 

Expect an author interview and a recap and deep dive episode before book 2 comes out!

Title: Picture This 

Author: Devney Perry

Series: Haven River Ranch 2.5

Rating: 4/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Formats Available: Kindle/e-book, Audiobook
Tropes/Genre: Friends to Lovers, Short Story, Contemporary Romance,
Spice Level: 0/5🌶️

I have not read the Haven River Ranch series but now I need to sooner than later. This is a perfect little introduction to that world and to Devney’s contemporary romance novels if you have not read them.

You’re left wanting more of Delylah and Miles’ story from this, which I think is perfect. We were given just enough to hook us and get us to start really enjoying the FMC and MMC and before you know it, the short story is over.  We are even given characters to hate in such a short time.

Once I read Haven River Ranch, I am sure my rating will go up.

Big Devney Perry fan? Make sure you check out our Shield of Sparrows series coverage!

Title: The Bone King and the Starling

Author: Elizabeth Stephens

Series: Standalone

Rating: 5/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Formats Available: Physical Book, Kindle/e-book, Audiobook
Tropes/Genre: Viking Romance, Dark Romantasy, Fantasy, Novella
Spice Level:  3/5🌶️

Elizabeth is great at giving trigger warnings, I highly recommend reading those before reading this book. This story is surprisingly violent, but it is a dark romance.  

The Bone King and the Starling gives you multiple villains to want to suffer. Tori especially could have a series where he is the main villain. That guy sucks.
King Calai gives big touch her and die energy in truly the most aggressive way possible but you’re rooting for him and Starling because behind closed doors he worships her.

This is a standalone, so I recommend between series when you’re unsure what to read next.

Excited for Rachel Gillig's upcoming The Knave and the Moon? Make sure you check out our podcast for a recap and debrief. 

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Stay tuned for our The Knave and the Moon coverage. We were lucky enough  to get an arc and all we can say is 6 stars. 

We are so excited to be Rachel's conversation partners at  the sold out show at Third Place books. Didn't get tickets? Fret not, we will be recording the interview and releasing it to the pod later in September. 

Title: The Knight and the Moth
Author: Rachel Gillig
Series: The Stonewater Kingdom #1

Rating: 5/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Formats Available: Physical Book, Kindle/e-book, Audiobook
Tropes/Genre: Romantasy, Gothic Romance, Enemies to Lovers, Slow Burn, Magic Systems
Spice Level: 1/5🌶️

Books and stories are meant to evoke emotion, some make you feel more than others. The Knight and the Moth burrows its way into you and becomes a living, breathing entity. 

Pictures will be painted for you and you will be transported to every location visited. Characters will become old friends. You will feel everything written in this book. Knight and the Moth is so deeply captivating that by the end, you will be sobbing the name Bartholomew with the rest of us because you’ve become so entrenched in this book that you forget you are not actually located in the Stonewater Kingdom and searching for Omens. 

While not high in spice, you will not even need it. It is a slow burn that is paced perfectly. 

Truly one of the beautifully written books that I have read and that I will re-read again and again.

Make sure you check out our coverage on the Stonewater Kingdom Duology on the podcast. 

Title: Unbound

Author: Ali Hazelwood

Series: Bound & Unbound Book #2

Rating: 4/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Formats Available: Audiobook

Tropes/Genre: Paranormal Romance, Romantasy, Vampires, Fantasy Novella, Monster Romance

Spice Level: 3/5🌶️

Again, Ali’s Romantasy era is my favorite. Unbound left me craving more. I panicked until the epilogue came on and I got a kernel more.

A testament to how fun this story is- it left me wanting so much more of everything. I want more of Lilit's adventures, her beginnings. More of her past romances. More of what happens after the epilogue. Lilit and Roman are both likeable characters so of course I want more of them. 

I will read everything out by Ali that is paranormal and of the fantasy romance sort. I know it will have great spice (again, there is never enough), a surprise in the storyline and it will never be long enough (that’s what she said). 

Title: Taken
Author: Elizabeth Stephens
Series: Stand Alone
Rating: 4/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Formats Available: Physical Book, Kindle/e-book, Audiobook
Tropes/Genre: Sci-Fi Romance, Dystopian, Monster Romance, Post-Apocalyptic Novella
Spice Level: 3/5🌶️

In Taken, we meet Rhen who is the sole preserver of art in the future. Almost 4000 years into the future, a pod error causes her to wake up early. When she ventures out, she meets some weird ass demon type beings that kidnap her. 

Rhen's inner monologue is hilarious as she tries to navigate the new version of earth.

When I tell you I screamed with joy when communication was clear, I knew I was in deep and fully invested.

This story was so fun that you cannot put it down. Taken is definitely a top tier dystopian monster romance.

I love Pam and you will too.

In Part Two of our deep dive of A Court of Mist and Fury we disccus Chapters 24-46. You can expect a summary of the chapters and a cauldron worth of theories. 

• illyrians and witches
• Prince of the Abyss and his 23&Me
• Rhys being visited by a Prince of Hel during his nightmare
• Feyre's future
• The Attor
• Winter Solstice in the Maasverse
• The Night Court is a thin place
• Bloodhounds
• The Summer Court and its trove
• Amren

Starfall, the Veritas Orb, Hewn City and much much more!

Note: Spoilers for the entire Maasverse (Crescent City and Tog)

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We begin discussing one of our favorite books of all time, A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah Janet Maas. In part one we discuss Chapters 1-23. You can expect a theory at the top o the episode plus we theorize our hearts out, per usual. Note: Spoilers for Crescent City and Throne of Glass

• High Priestesses
• The Spring Court's ties to Hybern
• The Mother and her many aliases
• Lorcan the World Walker?
• The Inner Circle
• WTF is Rhys
• Big Weavs, the Bone Carver, and the Cauldron oh my!

and of course a lot more, including Cthona's tits. 

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Title: Hunted
Author: Kate Asher
Series: Blackwing Hearts Book 1

Rating: 5/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Formats Available: Physical Book, Kindle/E-book
Tropes/Genre: Why Choose / Reverse Harem, Dark Academia, Dark Romance, Forced Proximity, Assassins, Fiction, Slow Burn
Spice Level: 4/5🌶️

This is the why choose of my dreams! Kate Asher has done it again and created a new obsession. 

Hunted by Kate Asher made me laugh, fall in love with not one but THREE men, stressed me out with unpredictability, and kept me wanting multiple scenes to turn x rated but to my dismay, did not. 

The FMC Addie is a badass at assassin academy with a spicy attitude and she truly is the luckiest girl when it comes to her MMC situation. She hit the lottery there. 

Speaking of, I NEED more Beck, Dek and Van. Their chapters were not nearly long enough. You start to really get to know them and then the damn story ends. 

Which means, this is well written because I am hungry for more.

Hunted is captivating and will keep you hooked until you turn the page and realize you’re at the acknowledgments.

Can’t wait for book two already!

Book Release Date: August 15th

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