Title: My Blade, Your Back

Series: Dark Forces #2

Author: KM Moronova

Genre: Dark Military Romance

Year of publication: 2025

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BOOKS IN THE SERIES

Your Knife, My Heart review

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BLURB

Broken. Lost. Unforgiven.

One month after surviving the Under Trials, Emery Maves finds herself in a world she doesn’t recognize―with a man whose cold eyes are haunted by secrets she can’t remember. Stripped of her memories, Emery is tormented by dreams of danger, death, and deceit. The only constant is the lure of the experimental drug that shatters her mind but leaves her almost invincible―and the dangerous pull of the man called Mori.

Cameron Mortem is fighting a battle he thought he’d already lost. He knows letting Emery in could destroy them both, but her amnesia is a curse neither of them can outrun. Forced together on a high-stakes level black mission that goes disastrously wrong, they find themselves thrust deeply into the underworld of the black market with an unexpected foe.

But as old scars are torn open and hidden plots unravel, Emery discovers she’s more tangled in this world than she ever imagined. And Cameron will have to face the one person he fears most: himself.

Loyalties will be tested. Secrets will be weaponized. Their bond―once forged in blood―may be the only thing that can save them. If they don’t lose themselves first.

Back with Emery and Cam right where the last book left off, Emery is struggling with memory loss after the violent events at the end of book one.
The big questions loom: will Emery get her memory back? Will Cam try and win her back? And can they survive the mission with Fury Squad intact?

This was such a good ending to the story. It delivers the same mix of action and passion from book one—and, of course, Cam completely stole my heart all over again. I love him.

The plot moves at a fast pace, weaving in tropes like amnesia, touch her and die, and found family. I don’t usually enjoy the amnesia trope, but it really worked here.

If you’re into emotional, messy relationships wrapped in a dark military romance—with plenty of grit and gore—this one is definitely for you.

Absolutely fabulous.

⭐ Rating: 4 out of 5

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Top Ten Tuesday is featured by That Artsy Reader Girl. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.

Topic: April Showers – Blue Book Covers!

Fury Bound by Sable Sorensen
King of Ravens by Clare Sager
Your Knife, My Heart by KM Moronova
The House Saphir by Marissa Meyer
Voidwalker by SA MacLean

Accomplice to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer
A Tribute of Fire by Sariah Wilson
Ragpicker King by Cassandra Clare
Elusive by Genevieve Cogman
Funny Story by Emily Henry

What blue books do you have?

The Sunday Post is a blog news meme hosted by Caffeinated Reviewer  It’s a chance to share news, a post to recap the past week on your blog and showcase books and things we have received.

Hope you’ve had a good week!

This week I was back to work (from home) but my son still had the week off from school. The non-rushed mornings just feel so refreshing but, as we are back to normal this coming week, I know my blood pressure will be up!!!!

No books finished this week, in fact, not even a word was read (again!!!) so for this post I’m going to show the books I am currently trying to start (the struggle is real!)

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The Faraway Inn by Sarah Beth Durst
The Tricky Business of Faerie Bargains by Reena McCarty

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Feature – May Book Releases
Mini Review – Wolf Worm by T Kingfisher

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Book Review – A Sea Change by Cassandra Clare

What have you read lately?

Title: Wolf Worm

Author: T Kingfisher

Genre: Gothic Horror

Year of publication: 2026

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BLURB

The year is 1899 and Sonia Wilson is a scientific illustrator without work, prospects, or hope. When the reclusive Dr. Halder offers her a position illustrating his vast collection of insects, Sonia jumps at the chance to move to his North Carolina manor house and put her talents to use. But soon enough she finds that there are darker things at work than the Carolina woods. What happened to her predecessor, Halder’s wife? Why are animals acting so strangely, and what is behind the peculiar local whispers about “blood thiefs?”

With the aid of the housekeeper and a local healer, Sonia discovers that Halder’s entomological studies have taken him down a dark road full of parasitic maggots that burrow into human flesh, and that his monstrous experiments may grow to encompass his newest illustrator as well.

As someone who really doesn’t like bugs or creepy crawlies, I’m not entirely sure why I picked this up — maybe I wanted to challenge myself!

It’s a great story and very well written… but my goodness, it was horrible in the best possible way!!! The bugs were genuinely the stuff of my worst nightmares!!!

It was deeply creepy, with some disturbing scenes, and I’m very glad I read it well before bedtime so I didn’t end up dreaming about insects all night!

⭐ Rating: 3.75 out of 5

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Here are some new books releasing in May 2026 that I’m most excited for…

I think 3 books is actually quite good….but I preordered them a loooong time ago so is it good?!!!

Fury Bound by Sable Sorensen
Blood Bound by Ellis Hunter
Broken Dove by Dani Francis

Will you be getting any of these?

Top Ten Tuesday is featured by That Artsy Reader Girl. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.

Topic: Book Titles That Describe Me/My Life

Better in Black – my favourite clothes colour!
Blackthorn – my favourite cider!
Great Big Beautiful Life – what I want!
Happy Place – reading on my bed!
Beach Read – does it get any better than that?!
Namesake – my initials are the same as my Grandad (on purpose!)
It Seemed Like a Good Idea At The Time – the actual story of my life!

What would yours be?

The Sunday Post is a blog news meme hosted by Caffeinated Reviewer  It’s a chance to share news, a post to recap the past week on your blog and showcase books and things we have received.

Hope you’ve had a good week!

So this post is meant to show what I’ve read etc but I have been so ill for over a week that I haven’t read anything!

I haven’t been as ill as I was for years and it hit me for six! I totally lost my voice for 7 days, it was so painful! Luckily it has started coming back so I can get by at work tomorrow! 

So…nothing read so I thought I would show you a March book haul! It’s only small as I was on a no spend! A free ebook, a pre-order and an arc!

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Books I Bought
I Am Grey by Jane Washington (free ebook)
Mother of Death and Dawn by Carissa Broadbent (preorder)


Advanced Reader Copies
The Shadow Prince by Helen Scheuerer

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Review – To Cage a Wild Bird by Brooke Fast
Review – Your Knife, My Heart by KM Moronova

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Feature – May Book Releases
Mini Review – Wolf Worm by T Kingfisher

What have you read lately?

Title: Your Knife, My Heart

Series: Dark Forces #1

Author: KM Moronova

Genre: Dark Military Romance

Year of publication: 2025

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QUOTE

‘My fatal flaw is the desire to fix broken things that don’t want or care to be fixed. I’m drawn to them like vultures are to carcasses.’

BLURB

Dark. Deadly. Irresistible.

Cameron Mortem has a problem―he can’t stop killing his partners. Officially labeled clinically insane, he’s also one of the most lethal assets in the Dark Forces, a brutal underground military operation built on obedience, survival, and silence. But an experimental drug has fractured his control, making him a liability whenever someone else is on the field. As punishment, he’s thrown back into the Under Trials―a merciless boot camp designed to break the weak and sharpen the ruthless.

His one directive? Don’t kill the new girl.

Emery Maves narrowly escapes a death sentence after her own brutal crimes, only to find herself forced into the same violent world. Assigned to Cameron, she’s expected to survive the Trials and her partner’s unstable nature. But Emery quickly realizes there’s more to Cameron than bloodlust and body counts. Beneath the madness lies a terrifying allure―and a strange, dangerous tenderness.

As the Trials push them to their limits, Emery must navigate the brutal demands of the Dark Forces while resisting the pull of a man who could just as easily kill her as protect her. And Cameron must fight the one urge he’s never been able to overcome.

Their bond is intoxicating, chaotic, and born of violence. And if it doesn’t destroy them both, it might just save them.

I must admit I was a bit obsessed by this. Not quite sure what that says about me!

It was dark, savage, gory and a bit addictive!

Cameron Mortem is damaged, so damaged. He is a soldier on experimental drugs that make him basically half rabid animal! ‘He is what I imagine chaos looks like.’

Emery is thrown into a situation that she isn’t prepared for at all. Trials for the Dark Forces and a partner who has killed all his previous partners.

Brutal military unit
Violent trials
Explosive chemistry
Really raunchy, spicy schexy times
A fast paced story full of suspense 
Tortured main guy who is actually delish!

This book was relentless and that flippin ending nearly finished me off!

‘You are the bearer of my soul.’

⭐ Rating: 4.5 out of 5

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Title: To Cage a Wild Bird

Series: Divided Fates #1

Author: Brooke Fast

Genre: Dystopian Romantasy

Year of publication: 2025

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BLURB

In the city of Dividium, the law is simple: commit a crime, and your punishment is a life sentence in Endlock.

Raven Thorne is Dividium’s most notorious bounty hunter, living on the edge of society. But when her younger brother, Jed, is sentenced to Endlock, Raven will do anything to save him—even if it means getting herself arrested.

Now trapped in a prison where danger lurks around every corner, Raven must use all her cunning and strength to protect Jed—and herself if she is to complete her perilous mission. But there’s one obstacle she never expected: the prison guard who stirs something deep inside her. The man she should hate. The man whose true motives seem impossible to pin down.

In a world where trust is a weapon and love is a liability, Raven must decide if she will risk everything to tear down a vicious system.

Bounty hunter, Raven, sets up a crime to get into Endlock Prison to try and save her brother, Jed.

Before she commits her crime, she has a chance encounter with someone who she had instant attraction with, Vale. And guess who’s also in the prison…….

I really enjoyed this book, I listened to it in a day so you know that’s the mark of a great read!

~ The rich prosper, the poor suffer
~ Absolutely vile hunts
~ Dystopian type read
~ Fight for survival
~ Found family
~ Morally grey, protective prison guard
~ Secrets
~ Insta attraction/lust/love

I liked the ending because it leaves the door open for book 2 but not with a massive cliffie! When is this being released?!

⭐ Rating: 4.5 out of 5

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