Tome Thursday: Dreams Never Seen

 

Hello everyone!

 

Back to our post-apocalyptic world we go.

 

I mean, it's about time, isn't it?

 

I keep picking up books and reading through them and whatnot, but I also always circle back to the ones that stick to the top of my favourites list.

 

Sarah Westill and her books are certainly on there! I'm still very much eagerly awaiting the release of her newest book, beginning another series, but in the meantime I'm working through where it all began.

 

Mom and dad still have plenty of adventures to share, after all!

 

So for tonight, we're ditching the slowly-turning-colder Northern hemisphere, although of course in Sziveria it's even more brutal than here with us.

 

We're headed someplace warmer, and much more exotic.

 

Let's see where and why in Dreams Never Seen!

 

Tome Thursday: Addie and the AI Boyfriend

 

Hello everyone!

 

Welcome back to the blog for another interesting ride tonight.

 

I first stumbled over this author on BookSirens when I randomly chose a book of theirs that talked about vampires - I know, cliche, right?

 

But I ended up liking their writing style so I figured, when I got the notification that they had another ARC up to choose from, I could take a second look.

 

Turns out, their contemporary stuff is even better than their historic fiction one!

 

And I'm not even joking.

 

You might look at the title and think to yourself: oh this is some Avengers stuff. You'd be right, too, BUT it's still a fun thing to read through and you have tons of fun while trying to figure out what's going on.

 

So without further ado, let's hop right in and see what exactly Sarah Saponiara has to say in Addie and the AI Boyfriend.

 

Tome Thursday: Gilded Rose

 

Hello everyone!

 

I'm finally back.

 

Well, it's a relative term, as I'm still working to get rid of the rather persistent cough that's currently trying to keep my life absolutely miserable, but I at least don't feel like I need to sleep all the time and do nothing else anymore.

 

That said, it's time to get right down to business.

 

And what better way than with a book that stole my heart just before the seasonal cold did?

 

I swear I occasionally trip and fall face-first into a book collection from an author that I ought to have known long before this, but only discovered now, and end up loving them to bits.

 

Emma Hamm is an author like that, and I'm DEFINITELY reading just about anything and everything of hers I can get my grubby little hands on ASAP.

 

For tonight, though, I'm focusing on just the one book, which is a re-telling, conveniently enough.

 

Let's looks at Gilded Rose.

 

Tome Thursday: Letting Go

 

Hello everyone!

 

Welcome back.

 

Tonight, we're going to take a look at a very special book that I REALLY wanted to talk about, but ended up needing to take a mini break because, well, life happened.

 

Anyway.

 

So most of you know (or should know, based on this blog of course) that I'm a religious fan of Serenity Woods and a part of her ARC team.

 

Well, she was spreading the word about a writing friend of hers, Ms Angela Day, who was going to be launching her first book in a small town contemporary series, and who at the time was looking for some readers to, you know, get things going.

 

Turns out she's an absolute sweetheart. And guess who got so very kindly sent an ARC of this first book of hers?

 

Ladies and gentlemen, Letting Go.

 

Tome Thursday: Frozen Flowers Fallen

 

Hello everyone!

 

And welcome, yet again, to ANOTHER story which happens in our favourite post-apocalyptic world, Sziveria!

 

Yes, yes, I know, you're probably asking yourself 'does this woman read anything else?!' and I promise that I do.

 

In fact I have like, five other books lined up from BookSirens right now that I have to chew through at some point, not to mention Sarah J. Maas and her Crescent City series, or even J. R. Ward with her Black Dagger Brotherhood and other spin-offs, really.

 

BUT.

 

When I got the email that Sarah Westill listed a new ARC on my favourite ARC site? I just had to look. It turned out to be of a novella I've been DYING to get my hands on, but that can be tricky given that they were originally only published through Amazon.

 

Now I had the chance. I JUMPED. Duh. Because it's a prequel to Guardians of Sziveria and is called Frozen Flowers Fallen.

 

Tome Thursday: Wolvenguard

 

Hello everyone!

 

And welcome back.

 

As you can see, we're more on track this week with the blog posts and everything, so hopefully I don't derail again in the coming weeks as work gets busier.

 

But that aside, do I have a treat for you!

 

BookSirens just remains the gift that keeps on giving, and it keeps supplying me with absolutely wonderful stories to read, or in this case, continuations to the series that I started on there.

 

Sarah Westill, as well, is an author I never would have picked up otherwise, yet here we are, seven or eight books in, and I'm still just as much on the edge of my seat now as I was when I picked up Wintersfall way back when at this point.

And the story keeps getting better with each new book in the series!

Guardians of Sziveria is a really, really riveting read, and I highly recommend it, which is why tonight we're taking a look at its newest installment: Wolvenguard.

Tome Thursday: Snowfall and Secrets

 

Hello everyone!

 

And welcome to the final Christmas-themed review of the calendar year!

 

Man, it blew over fast.

 

Come next week, we're looking at some really exciting works to review, because did I read some FANTASTIC books as the year drew to a close.

 

I plan on reading a couple more of those but, for the time being, let me just say most of January is already filled up review wise.

 

As for tonight?

 

Tonight, we take a hike to snowy Michigan, the land where there's plenty of snow measured in actual feet, which I haven't seen in a heck of a long time.

 

Kimmy Loth wrote a romance series, you see, and the first book in it is called Snowfall and Secrets.

 

Tome Thursday: Iron Flame

 

Hello everyone!

 

And welcome back to Basgiath.

 

Oh you all knew I'd be going there, particularly after being LATE as all get-out for Fourth Wing thanks to my laptop issues back in the day.

 

I have no such ones now.

 

And I have a physical copy for the book to boot!

 

Ahem.

 

So let's not chatter too much and waste time while we have it, because there are a bunch of impatient dragons waiting, one of which is probably the biggest, grouchiest, sarcastic Dragon Dad of all time, and who needs to hang with Optimus Prime just so they can compare experiences.

 

I bet that would make for an awesome conversation.

 

But without further ado - ladies and gentlemen: Iron Flame.

 

Tome Thursday: Beauty and the Billionaire Boss

 

Hello everyone!

 

As always happens, we return to one of my favourite authors of all time, if not THE favourite, at least in the contemporary romance genre.

 

Because if it isn't broke, why fix it, right?

 

Ha!

 

I tend to truly enjoy reading about good men who have a lot of money but don't turn into assholes about it. When all is said and done, I firmly believe that there's plenty more of those in the world than there are idiots, we just hear about the idiots more often because, well, idioting.

 

And Serenity Woods likes to even the odds for the good guys by keeping on writing so many good books!

 

The Boss in a Billion series has been steadily growing and will continue to do so with a third trilogy set in another, different city of New Zealand, so I'm stoked.

 

Then again, I always am.

 

Without more blathering from me, let's have a quick look at Beauty and the Billionaire Boss, shall we?

 

Tome Thursday: Fourth Wing

 

Hello everyone!

 

As you can see, we're back on the blogging grind, which I'm happy with to be honest.

 

I've missed being able to type my thoughts out haha!

 

Tonight we take a look at internet sensation which has taken the book world by storm. Literally and pretty much also figuratively and everything in between.

 

I'll admit that I never would have picked it up ... but a really good friend of mine, one of my best friends even, just kept on and on about how good this was, so I thought to myself, you know what? If so many are saying this is good, then I'll read it too.

 

I haven't regretted it since, and have picked up an actual physical copy of the book.

 

Because this is what I do: I read e-books then decide whether or not I want the actual thing.

 

So without further ado, it's time to put on our flying leathers, pin our hair back, and get ready to kick some serious ass.

 

Basgiath college awaits in Fourth Wing.

 

Tome Thursday: Tempt

 

Hello everyone!

 

I have a rather delectable book for you tonight.

 

LOL that came off way worse than I thought it would, but anyway. Let's move on with the show.

 

So my main focus, when reading and choosing books to review for this blog, is usually fantasy-related or maybe it's going to be sci-fi or something.

 

Every once in a while, however, I end up on the other side of the fence.

 

I like to call it my personal Dark Side, because I'm dramatic like that.

 

And this particular dark side is relatively harmless - it just has a lot of very thirsty books that don't engage the brain all that much and mostly just give you a rush of endorphins so you can then go about your day happier haha.

 

Tonight's choice is exactly one of those. I stumbled over it randomly enough - I think one of my Goodreads friends read it and it popped on my feed.

 

So I figured, why the heck not, right? Let's take a look at a book very aptly named Tempt.

 

Tome Thursday: Survaine

 

Hello everyone!

 

Back to the inhospitable lands of Sziveria we go!

 

Honestly, I'm SO stoked, and so excited to be reviewing this book. I didn't anticipate to enjoy the series as much as I am, because originally when I picked up the first book I totally expected it to just be a sort of easy-read, mind-numbing romance where the main characters do the deed more than there's substance to plot.

 

Turns out, there's plenty of that to go around AND the plot is even better!

 

I'm all for espionage and grand conspiracies, and the theories are thickening now more than ever, the further we go into the universe at large.

 

We started in a pretty self-contained group, but it's expanded SO. FREAKING. MUCH.

 

And I'm totally here for it, particularly with what I can see coming in the not-so-far future.

 

Before I get carried away, though, let's just sit down and review the latest installment in this riveting series, shall we? Survaine, if it pleases the audience.

 

Saturday Snippet: One Night with the Billionaire Boss

 

 

One bet, one night, and one hot billionaire.

The book releases today, so make sure to grab a copy!

 

xx

*image not mine

Tome Thursday: Ericksen

 

Hello everyone!

 

And then we return to BookSirens.

 

Well, no one can say I'm not consistent haha.

 

But I've been following this particular author since I VERY randomly stumbled over her first novel from the Guardians of Sziveria series, and I have to tell you it's well worth it.

 

I've read a whole lot of post-apocalyptic books by this point, but these kind of hit the cherry on top of the cake for me.

 

I mean, it's not often that the world is SO completely dismantled, after all, not to mention the fact that it doesn't really have much semblance to what we know and (mostly) love today, though I could of course be wrong and just not see it.

 

However, considering I'm now five books in, I'd like to think I know SOMETHING here.

 

Sarah Westill has created a world well worth stepping into.

 

Her Ericksen novella just goes to show that the statement still stands.

 

Tome Thursday: The Last Daughter

 

Hello everyone!

 

Back at it again with some more BookSirens ARC suggestions, because why wouldn't I be?

 

I think the site is one of the best sites out there for people to be able to read books prior to release or even after release without needing to spend so much money on an actual edition right off the bat, what if you don't like it?

 

This way, if you love the ARCs you're reading, you'll probably buy the book anyway and support the author like that!

 

Plus I mean ... Norse mythology.

 

Come ON we all love the Norse sagas, and with Santa Monica's God of War Ragnarok release almost right around the corner, this is getting a bit of an added boost if you ask me.

 

It's a great time to do anything Norse mythos related! 

So make sure to bring warm clothes, because it's going to get cold before it gets hot.

The Last Daughter by Alexis L. Menard is up.

Tome Thursday: Love's Misaligning Magic

 

Hello everyone!

 

This week's book of choice for the review is somewhat different from my regulars because it's, one, very short, and two, somehow the middle book of the grouping which I normally don't do if I can help it.

 

I'm slightly pedantic in that I prefer reading even trilogies that CAN have books in them read as standalones in their proper order, but unfortunately for me I couldn't get my hands on the first book, so needed to start with book two.

 

Not to worry, however, because I have PLANS.

 

I will definitely be reading the first book and then figuring out how it all ends once the third releases!

 

Oh and, where did I get the copy of my book, do you ask?

 

So funny you should ask, really.

 

BookSirens, naturally.

 

I made sure to take a few ARC copies with me to vacation when I took off, and this was one of them, so let's jump right in, shall we?

 

Loves Misaligning Magic, yes please!

 

Tome Thursday: Walk the Plank

 

Hello everyone!

 

So just as I prepare to head to the seaside for vacation, I always make sure that the books I have on my reading list get cleared off before I do so, seeing as I don't feel like dragging all of them with me when I don't have to.

 

This is one of them!

 

It's the third in the batch of books I nabbed off BookSirens that one time, and I have to say that it was incredibly enjoyable, just as the first two.

 

But then I mean, pirates, right?

 

Nothing beats pirates in the middle of summer!

 

Especially when paired up with vampires for some reason or another ... that kind of thing sounds completely absurd when you think about it, but when you actually want to read it, you find it works out, somehow.

 

I don't know how, but it does. Marilyn Barr's Walk the Plank is up next, and hopefully you enjoy it.

 

Tome Thursday: Asherwick

 

Hello everyone!

 

After bopping about and reading pretty much everything and anything for a bit there, I'm finally returning to a series that I've fallen in love with and cannot WAIT to read more of.

 

This doesn't happen often anymore, I'll admit.

 

I'm a much pickier reader now than I used to be even up to ten years ago, but that doesn't mean it can't happen, as clearly evidenced in this current situation of mine haha.

 

And the best part of it is that all the books came from BookSirens so I basically got them for free.

 

How cool is that???

 

I'm SO happy to have been invited along for the ride, and I honestly can't wait for the next installment, because I've had a look on the author's blog just what's coming next, and hooo boy, let me tell you, it will be AWESOME.

 

Until then however, we need to play catch-up.

 

It's time to have a look at Asherwick.

 

Tome Thursday: Kynhaven

 

Hello everyone!

 

Did you miss me?

 

I know I've been a little bit behind this week, and I'm sorry about that - life suddenly got unexpectedly busy and all I could really do was hold on for the ride.

 

It's FINALLY calmed down enough that I can actually sit and type out a blog post though.

 

And oh, boy, do I have a good one.

 

I am SO thankful for picking up the first of Sarah Westill's novels completely on a whim and without knowing what I was getting myself into. I thought I'd be reading some lighthearted romance, but what I got has been so much more.

 

And so much better, too!

 

So without further ado, let's not dawdle anymore, shall we?

 

Because the next book in the saga, Kynhaven, is waiting.

 

Tome Thursday: Ghost of the Gaelic Moon

 

Hello everyone!

 

I have a slightly different book review for you tonight, seeing as I don't usually go for the paranormal in any way, shape or form.

 

Yeah, I'm basically a coward. LOL.

 

But this one got me as I was browsing some new ARC suggestions on BookSirens, that online hub of authors and reviewers where we exchange opinions and books, because it had an interesting enough premise.

 

I mean, a woman goes to Ireland and falls in love with a ghost? What's not to be intrigued about?

 

So I decided to pick up a copy of this book and sit down to read it over the course of the last two days or so.

 

And the only reason it took two days was because of of the fact that I needed to give my eyes a break in between, otherwise I probably would have gone right through it in one sitting.

 

But enough of me blabbering - Ghost of the Gaelic Moon wants an introduction!