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.

Hi everyone, hope you’ve had a good week?

It’s been a good week (which is always nice!)

Back to work for me but my son was still on school holidays so the not rushing around everywhere for me has meant I have read more!

I’ve been on a KU/romantasy binge and I have been flowing through the books! But my KU list only has a couple on it now so know my reading will slow right down!

---

What I’ve Read

A Kingdom of Venom and Vows by Holly Renee
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

A Deal with the Elf King by Elise Kova
⭐️⭐️⭐️.75

Ambrosia by CN Crawford
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Unbroken Bonds by J Bree
⭐️⭐️⭐️.75

---

New arrivals

None – have been so good!

---

You might have missed…..

Unboxing – Illumicrate March 2023
Unboxing – Fairyloot YA March 2023
Feature – Books releasing May that I need!
Review – The Roommate by Rosie Danan

---

What have you read lately?

Title: The Roommate

Series: The Shameless series #1

Author: Rosie Danan

House Rules:
Do your own dishes.
Knock before entering the bathroom.
Never look up your roommate online.

The Wheatons are infamous among the east coast elite for their lack of impulse control, except for their daughter Clara. She’s the consummate socialite: over-achieving, well-mannered, predictable. But every Wheaton has their weakness. When Clara’s childhood crush invites her to move cross-country, the offer is too much to resist. Unfortunately, it’s also too good to be true.

After a bait-and-switch, Clara finds herself sharing a lease with a charming stranger. Josh might be a bit too perceptive—not to mention handsome—for comfort, but there’s a good chance he and Clara could have survived sharing a summer sublet if she hadn’t looked him up on the Internet…

Once she learns how Josh has made a name for himself, Clara realizes living with him might make her the Wheaton’s most scandalous story yet. His professional prowess inspires her to take tackling the stigma against female desire into her own hands. They may not agree on much, but Josh and Clara both believe women deserve better sex. What they decide to do about it will change both of their lives, and if they’re lucky, they’ll help everyone else get lucky too.

‘Do your own dishes.
Knock before entering the bathroom.
Never look up your roommate online.’

That last one has got Clara in a heap of what she thinks is trouble with her new roommate, Josh!

Josh is defo not an accountant but thinks he can help Clara who, in turn, markets a business idea to Josh!

I must admit, I was dubious as to whether I’d like this but I really did, it was such a fun read!

Although Clara did annoy me at some points, because her decisions were selfish, that was overshadowed by their banter and Josh’s inner monologue!

This was a spicy, sweet read!

I’m trying. I really am. But I seem to fail each month at trying not to buy books!!!! And May will be no exception 🤣🤣

Here’s what’s tantalising me that’s releasing in May (that I’ll probably buy!!)

Iron Vow by Julie Kagawa
Painted Devils by Margaret Owen
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

What books are you looking forward to?

March theme – Eternal!

The revolution is near… but power is eternal, and it’s time to pick a side. Will you rebel, or will you join the powers that be?

Items inspired by The Bear and the Nightingale, Kingdom of the Wicked and two fandom neutral items.

🖤 The Winternight Ceramic Plate designed by @blanca.design
🖤 Wrath Metal Boommark designed by @monolimeart
🖤 Bookish Sticker Sheet designed by @no0onedesigns
🖤 Tarot Pouch designed by @thequirkycupcollective
🖤 Elspeth and Ravyn Tarots (One Dark Window)

BOOK OF THE MONTH

Seven Faceless Saints by MK Lobb

Exclusive cover
Digitally sprayed edges
Foiled hardcover by @blanca.designs
Endpaper artwork by @dianadworak
Signed

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: Titles with Animals In Them and/or Covers with Animals On Them

Lets just jump straight in!

Foxhole Court by Nora Sakavic
Dragons Promise by Elizabeth Lim
Serpent and Dove by Shelby Mahurin
Wolfsong by TJ Klune
Six Crimson Cranes by Elizabeth Lim
Wolf and the Woodsman by Ava Reid
Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
Viper by Bex Hogan
Iron Raven by Julie Kagawa
Rule of Wolves by Leigh Bardugo

What books would you have chosen?

March theme – Live Like Legends

Stories are passed on and told for generations, so if we only have one life, we may as well live like legends.

This month is a fandom neutral box inspired by Greek Mythology.

💛 Realm of the Gods Mini Teapot designed by @niallcgrant
💛 Greek Myths Book Pot designed by @chattynora
💛 Olympian Sticker Sheet designed by @moehrenkunstshop
💛 Journey to the Underworld Lunch Bag designed by @creativewannabe

💛 FEATURED BOOK 💛

Lies We Sing to the Sea by Sarah Underwood

Redesigned cover
Digitally printed edges
Foiled hardcover @niallcgrant
Foiled endpapers @niallcgrant
Signed

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.

HAPPY EASTER 🐣

Hi everyone, hope you’ve had a good week?

It’s literally been a week of eating here and I am fit to burst!!!!

Me and my son had the week off and we had Nandos, Subway, it was my Mums birthday so we had a meal out, we had an Easter roast earlier and of course, chocolate!!!

My week off meant I had a great reading week too!

---

What I’ve Read

🎧 Secretly Yours by Tessa Bailey
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

🎧 The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Stars and Smoke by Marie Lu
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

Lord of Embers by CN Crawford
⭐️⭐️⭐️.75

Garden of Serpents by CN Crawford
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

---

New arrivals

Seven Faceless Saints by MK Lobb
Lies We Sing to the Sea by Sarah Underwood

---

You might have missed…..

Review – Icebreaker by Hannah Grace
Feature – Book Club: April books
Review – Stars and Smoke by Marie Lu
Unboxing – Fairyloot Adult March 23
Review – A Taste of Iron and Gold by Alexandra Rowland

---

What have you read lately?

Happy Easter! 🐰🐣

‘Easter egg hunts are proof that children can find things when they really want.’ – unknown

‘Easter spells out beauty, the rare beauty of new life.” — S.D. Gordon

‘Easter is the only time when it’s perfectly safe to put all of your eggs in one basket.’ – Evan Esar

Title: A Taste of Gold and Iron

Author: Alexandra Rowland

Kadou, the shy prince of Arasht, finds himself at odds with one of the most powerful ambassadors at court—the body-father of the queen’s new child—in an altercation which results in his humiliation.

To prove his loyalty to the queen, his sister, Kadou takes responsibility for the investigation of a break-in at one of their guilds, with the help of his newly appointed bodyguard, the coldly handsome Evemer, who seems to tolerate him at best. In Arasht, where princes can touch-taste precious metals with their fingers and myth runs side by side with history, counterfeiting is heresy, and the conspiracy they discover could cripple the kingdom’s financial standing and bring about its ruin.

Oh this was so beautiful, Evemer and Kadou made my life!

In this queer fantasy we have Kadou. He is a Prince, his sister is the Sultan. After an ‘incident’ Kadou is assigned a quiet, stoic personal guard called Evemer and this is their hate to love, slow burn romance whilst solving a mystery!!!

I must admit I don’t normally gel with slow burn but this was so emosh and delish that I loved it!

There were so many things I loved about this book and I made a list (I love a list!!!!):

~ Such great rep of anxiety and panic disorder,
~ The Khayalar – personal guards who are trained for literally everything!
~ The fact that ‘fathers’ are expendable in this world,
~ Hate to love and sort of one bed tropes!
~ The alleyway! That made my heart grow sooooo big!
~ The hair washing – gaaaah my heart!!!!!
~ The narrator was fab!

But that ending…..why did it end there? Is there a book 2? I thought this was a standalone but I take it that it’s not?