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Theme – Books On My Spring TBR

I have so many books I want to read this year but these are the books I want to crackers on with in Spring (note how I haven’t mentioned a year 😂)

Venom by Bex Hogan

Lore by Alexandra Bracken

Namesake by Adrienne Young

Rule of Wolves by Leigh Bardugo

Witches Steeped in Gold by Ciannon Smart

Crown of Gilded Bones by Jennifer L Armentrout

Wild Wind by Kristen Ashley

Chase the Dark by Annette Marie

Girl the Sea Gave Back by Adrienne Young

Ironside by Holly Black

 

Are any of these on your list?

Title: Wild Wind

Series: Chaos #6.6

Author: Kristen Ashley

When he was sixteen years old, Jagger Black laid eyes on the girl who was his. At a cemetery. During her mother’s funeral.

For years, their lives cross, they feel the pull of their connection, but then they go their separate ways.

But when Jagger sees that girl chasing someone down the street, he doesn’t think twice before he wades right in. And when he gets a full-on dose of the woman she’s become, he knows he finally has to decide if he’s all in or if it’s time to cut her loose.

She’s ready to be cut loose.

But Jagger is all in.

So Jagger and Archie finally pull their heads out their perverbials and get it on. It’s hot, heavy and intense but of course, troubles afoot. But not the kind of trouble I thought. It was heartbreaking and actually very sweet.

I loved seeing how they got to this point.

The loss,
The advice,
The care,
But then the carelessness,
Not listening to your own advice,
For no gain.

Chapter 6 especially twanged my heartstrings, all of Archie’s wants, so cute (well most of them!)

Joker will always own my heart but Jagger has wormed his way in there a little bit!

FEBRUARY 2021
WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS!

‘Where might humans be in 1,000 years from now? Will there be artificial intelligence roaming the streets, flying cars? Or will we be living in a dystopian world? What if we discovered some form of magic? The future holds limitless possibilities, and this theme explores those ideas!‘

Items inspired by Warcross, Vicious, Red Rising, The Lunar Chronicles and more!

🖤 The Lunar Chronicles Candle by @flickthewick
🖤 Moon shaped Fairy Lights
🖤 Enamel Pin inspired by Villians by VE Schwab designed by @jezhawk
🖤 Pillow Case designed by @chattynora, illustrated by @lizzart.zardonicz inspired by Red Rising by Pierce Brown
🖤 Cutlery Set featuring quotes from Warcross by Marie Lu and the box features a design of Emika from the book illustrated by @warickaart.
🖤 Tarot cards: inspired by Spin the Dawn by Elizabeth Lim.

📚 BOOK OF THE MONTH 📚

This Golden Flame by Emily Victoria

✔ Exclusive cover
✔ Signed
✔ Sprayed edges
✔ Foil embossing on the naked cover
✔ Artwork on reverse of dust jacket by @warickaart

I’m in a state of shock!

This cannot be right?!

Surely?

Only 2 books that I want that are releasing in April?

Again, that cannot be right!

My bank account is rejoicing along with my tbr pile though!

Witches Steeped in Gold by Ciannon Smart

The Crown of Gilded Bones by Jennifer L Armentrout

Have I forgotten any??!!

Title: City of Bones

Series: The Mortal Instruments #1

Author: Cassandra Clare

When fifteen-year-old Clary Fray heads out to the Pandemonium Club in New York City, she hardly expects to witness a murder― much less a murder committed by three teenagers covered with strange tattoos and brandishing bizarre weapons. Then the body disappears into thin air. It’s hard to call the police when the murderers are invisible to everyone else and when there is nothing―not even a smear of blood―to show that a boy has died. Or was he a boy?

This is Clary’s first meeting with the Shadowhunters, warriors dedicated to ridding the earth of demons. It’s also her first encounter with Jace, a Shadowhunter who looks a little like an angel and acts a lot like a jerk. Within twenty-four hours Clary is pulled into Jace’s world with a vengeance when her mother disappears and Clary herself is attacked by a demon. But why would demons be interested in ordinary mundanes like Clary and her mother? And how did Clary suddenly get the Sight? The Shadowhunters would like to know…

So here I am embarking on this huge journey. A journey to read this series and all the others, I think a total of 19 books as I type this!!!!

Clary is thrust into a world where she should totally fit in. But sort of doesn’t!
I actually really enjoyed it. I read this book quite fast, I was hooked and wanted to see what happened next!

I loved being in the Shadowhunter world, I loved learning about the world that we are inhabiting in this book and I found myself actually loving all the characters, apart from one which I’ll go onto later! But anyway, and this probably won’t surprise you, but my fave was Jace. Oh Jace……

‘To love is to destroy, and that to be loved is to be the one destroyed’

I’ll make no secret of it. I’m totally here for Jace!!!

Now the character I didn’t gel with was Simon. He got on my nerves. His non-funny, sarky comments, incessant rambles and just him being there got right on my wick!!!!

Anyway, really enjoyed it, action packed, drama filled and twists and secrets aplenty. But then that ‘thing’ at the end. Say it ain’t so. I have to have faith in love!!!

Spell your name in books

I love posts where you spell the month in books so when I saw this on IG I thought it would be a great idea for here too. I love perusing my books to see what fits!

So here we are, my name in books!

C

Crescent City by Sarah J Maas

A

Aurora Rising by Jay Kristoff

R

Roar by Cora Carmack

O

Obsidio by Jay Kristoff

What books would you use for your name?

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.

Theme = Spring Cleaning Freebie

I’ve had these books for ages and I haven’t read them so thought I would treat this post as one of those keep or chuck posts as I’ve never done one of those before!

I must say it’s hard to choose, its like trying to choose your favourite child! And really I’m still undecided about some of them 😂
These are the ones I’ve decided to 100% keep:

Savage Beauty by Casey L Bond 
Crown Of Coral and Pearl by Mara Rutherford 
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi 
Heart of the Fae by Emma Hamm
Atlas Fallen by Jessica Pierce 
Descendant of the Crane by Joan He 

These are the ones I think I’ll chuck. Probably. But I can’t make any firm promises 😕

Trickery by Jaymin Eve
Prisoner by Annika Martin
Soul of a Woman by Jamie Begley
Dishonored by Bethany Chris

Have I made a mistake on any of these? Let me know in comments!

Happy International Womens Day!

As it’s International Womens Day I thought I would bring you a book series of amazing women!

The Rock Chicks by Kristen Ashley

The women in these books are the ultimate everything! Funny, crazy and have the best of friendships with each other (and it helps that their men are hot too!!!!)

Have you read The Rock Chicks?

Title: Still Standing

Series: Wild West MC #1

Author: Kristen Ashley

This was a buddy read with the fab Sophie and Trisy Hop on over to their blogs to see their reviews!

I must apologise though because for some reason I scheduled this in for a past date (I am an idiot!)

When Clara Delany walks into the Aces High Motorcycle Club’s hangout, she’s hit rock bottom. She’s hiding her car from the repo man, she has less than two dollars in her bank account and the only employment she can get is delivering messages for a criminal.

All because of a man. Therefore, she’s sworn off them.

And then she meets West “Buck” Hardy, president of the Aces High MC.

Buck also meets her, and the minute he does, he makes it clear (to everyone but Clara) that they’re starting something. Since Clara doesn’t get that message, she decides to leave Buck and sort out her life in order to come back to him clean.

She’s not gone but hours before life hits Clara with another blow. Which means Buck and his boys have to ride in and save the day. After that, Buck makes no bones about where they stand.

But does he?

Welcome to the first novel in the Wild West MC series which will tell the stories of the brothers of the Aces High MC, the Resurrection MC, and the Chaos MC…and the women who love them.

Clara is on the downers, in fact right at the bottom because of her ex-husband. A ‘business’ meeting puts Clara in the path of West ‘Buck’ Hardy and it doesn’t go quite the way she planned!
‘I wasn’t on shaky ground. I was in the middle of an earthquake.’
Did this remind me of Chaos? Yes.
Was Buck, Tack? No.
Was I hooked? Yes.
Did I read all 528 pages in 1 day? Yes.
This book had all the hallmarks of a great, gritty, raw MC read and KA does do MC fabulously!
There was one part that I really didn’t like and I was angry at Clara for some bits of the story but I was also so sad that she thought the way she did about herself and what she had to put up with. But I guess that makes it a good story because I felt!
So to continue my questions/answer session from above, I have one last one.
Will I read the next book? Try and stop me!