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Book Review: Overbite by Meg Cabot (Insatiable #2)

May 9, 2022. Meena Harper has had a lot of changes in her life recently. After being fired from her job, finding out her boyfriend is the prince of darkness whose minions have been terrorizing New York and making the toughest decision to break up with him, she just wants to restore some good in the world. When she takes up a job at the Palatine, a demon hunting organization dedicated to the eradication of evil, she thought she could finally do some good….but she will soon find out who is truly good…or evil.

Book Review: Insatiable by Meg Cabot (Insatiable #1)

April 25, 2022. Soap opera writer Meena Harper has an interesting gift - or curse, depending on how you look at it – she has visions of how each person is going to die…which really kills the mood during a date. Until she meets the mysterious yet charming Romanian history professor, Lucien Antonescu, with whom she believes she has a viable future because she oddly doesn’t have visions of his death. While Lucien is investigating a string of murders in New York and Meena’s company suddenly wants her to incorporate a vampire storyline into the soap opera, she’s about to find out that the vampire world might exist beyond the television screen.

Book Review: Vampire Seduction: Paranormal Romance by Celia Kyle and Marina Maddix (Real Men of Othercross #1)

April 18, 2022. Othercross University law student, Alena Falkov, just discovered her one true love and fated mate…then she steps into the courtroom and realizes he’s the accused who she is meant to represent during the trial. What’s more is that Luca Ravenna is a member of her family’s enemy clan and he claims he’s accused of a crime he didn’t commit. Will Alena be able to bring out the truth in the courtroom and find a way for their forbidden and controversial relationship to work out?

Book Review: Taste of Midnight: Vampire Gay Romance by Keira Andrews

March 14, 2022. When Stephen Lewis, a tax lawyer, and Xavier Dumont, a worldly young man, first meet at the DMV, sparks immediately fly. Though it has been a while since Stephen has dated, having been heartbroken by his ex, he is excited when the intriguing and mysterious Xavier asks him on a date. Neither had anticipated that the taste of one night together would start something great in both their lives.

Book Review: Lord of the Vampires by Gena Showalter (Royal House of Shadows #1)

March 7. 2022. Jane Parker is a scientist who gets to have a daily intimate look into the paranormal world through experimentation and research on vampires and other creatures. Nicolai the Vampire, once known for his power and virility, has lost his timepiece and been stripped of his memories…and of his clothes when turned into a sex slave for the ladies of Delfina. As their romance blossoms, Nicolai slowly learns that Jane, who tempts him beyond all else, might be the only hope to him regaining his memory and identity while for Jane, saving Nicolai could result in losing the only man who has sated her deepest cravings.

Book Review: Season of Storms by Andrzej Sapkowski (The Witcher Saga #8)

February 28, 2022. The Witcher Geralt of Rivia just wanted to relax and indulge in a little luxurious dining but of course, he can’t enjoy anything in peace. When he arrives at the town of Kerack, bad luck was right at the gates to greet him: he loses his witcher swords and becomes embroiled in the sorcerers’ chapter’s scandal and a potential assassination plot on the king. He needs to retrieve his precious swords back – fast – in order to fight evil and darkness as the season of storms is coming…

Book Review: The Lady of the Lake by Andrzej Sapkowski (The Witcher #7)

February 14, 2022. After traveling through the Tower of Swallows, Ciri finds herself trapped in a seemingly peaceful world of the elves that proves to be more threatening than at first glance. Desperate to escape all those hunting her, she makes use of a newfound ability to travel through space and time and strives to be reunited with Geralt and his company. The war is reaching its peak, the mercenaries have cornered all her friends and Ciri needs Geralt by her side to fight the final battle in this epic conclusion to the saga!

Book Review: The Tower of Swallows by Andrzej Sapkowski (The Witcher Saga #6)

January 31, 2022. Ciri’s time of freedom and independence with the Rats has made her notorious and now several mercenaries are hunting her down. Geralt and his allies are still racing to find the Child of the Elder Blood, forced to fight against the others who want Ciri for their own plans. Ciri is trapped as both sides of the war are determined to find her and the only place she can run to is the mythical Tower of the Swallow.

Book Review: Baptism of Fire by Andrzej Sapkowski (The Witcher Saga #5)

January 24, 2022. After the events at the Isle of Thanedd, Ciri, Yennefer and Geralt get separated from each other and Geralt suffers severe injuries which have led him to hide out in Brokilon to heal. At this time, Ciri is rumored to have been captured by Imperator/Emperor Emhyr var Emreis of Nilfgaard. Upon hearing this rumor, Geralt is now even more hell-bent than ever on retrieving Ciri back but will he reach her in time?

Book Review: The Time of Contempt by Andrzej Sapkowski (The Witcher Saga #4)

January 17, 2022. The sorcerers’ conclave, originally intended to be a diplomatic, civil discussion on how to handle the Nilfgaardian invasions, erupts in conspiracy, betrayal and internal war. Ciri is still being tirelessly hunted by all different groups and ends up having to survive on her own when Geralt suffers an injury that prevents him from being by Ciri’s side and protecting her. But injury or not, Geralt is going to search for and continue guarding his daughter by miracle so she doesn’t fall into the wrong hands.