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Back again to delve into my monthly haul to see if I actually stuck with my promise to myself of only getting 3 books a month.
If I had taken a lie detector test when I made this ‘rule’, the needle would’ve been jumping all over the place 😂😂
I only went over by 1 but in my defence (it’s not really a defence!), that 1 was an impulse buy and I bought it with the intention for my son to listen to (who am I trying to kid???!)
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🎧 Audio
🧚♀️ Fairyloot
Incendiary by Zoraidya Cordova
Five days ago, I shared a surprise post about my next book. If you missed it… check it out here: My co-author also shared a post on his/her blog, and together, we asked you to figure out who we were secretly working with… who’s excited to discover my secret co-author? If you’ve been reading the […]
Series: Nighthuntress #1
Author: Jeaniene Frost
Half-vampire Catherine Crawfield is going after the undead with a vengeance, hoping that one of these deadbeats is her father – the one responsible for ruining her mother’s life. Then she’s captured by Bones, a vampire bounty hunter, and is forced into an unlikely partnership.
In exchange for help finding her father, Cat agrees to train with the sexy night stalker until her battle reflexes are as sharp as his fangs. She’s amazed she doesn’t end up as his dinner – are there actually good vampires? Pretty soon Bones will have her convinced that being half-dead doesn’t have to be all bad. But before she can enjoy her status as kick-ass demon hunter, Cat and Bones are pursued by a group of killers. Now Cat will have to choose a side … and Bones is turning out to be as tempting as any man with a heartbeat.
This was a reccie from a book friend so I decided to dive in to the audio….
It was a fun story, half vamp, half human teaming up with a full vamp…..Bones the bounty hunter!
At first I had a hard time imagining Bones as some sort of hunk due to the accent on the audio, it hurt my English ears, but then I looked up some fan pics and I was totally on board!
Club scene. Yes please.
In fact all those scenes!
Yes I’m here for the love!!!
Bones is amazing.
Him and Kat and their funny banter made me listen to this book with a smile on my face. He is just so refreshingly honest with his feelings for Kat.
Kat though, her questionable decisions and total blindness when it came to Bones made me want to throttle her!
As I said, a totally fun story with an ending that broke my heart!
With Shanah being super busy and taking a well deserved blog break, there is no Top 5 Tuesday for June so I thought I’d have a go at doing my own (not all the time, I struggled to come up with 5 weeks worth!!!)
I was toying with idea of a half year book-ish reflection and to set me up for the next half year – very loosely!
Last week we had books from my TBR that I predict will be 5 stars and this week I’ve chosen books on my TBR because of someone else’s recommendation.
Once I looked I realised there were a lot of books on my tbr in this category, it seems I suffer with FOMO! I’ve narrowed it down to 5!
What books have you got on your TBR that are reccies from friends?
Isn’t it just ‘beautiful’!!!!
I haven’t read this book yet but am absolutely in love with the cover of this book.
The candle smells out of this world, blood orange, rose and cashmere musk and has a special topper with a quote from the book.
Do you collect candles to go along with your books?
I admit I had to stop as I was overrun with candles but, now I have burnt some, I can begin my obsession again!
Fairyloot – May 2020
Theme = Desert Dreams
‘Get swept away in lands filled with fairy tales, magic and djinn!’
Items inspired by We Hunt The Flame, The City of Brass, An Ember in the Ashes, Rebel of the Sands and The Forbidden Wish.
Included was:
🖤 Bookish Tin designed by @chattynora
🖤 Bookish Wooden Spoon engraved with a design by @kdpletters
🖤 Tea Towel by @eviebookish
🖤 Bath Salts by Little Heart Gifts
🖤 Tribal Desert Candle hand-poured by Wick and Fable
🖤 Sunglasses Pouch by @kitstercronk
🖤 Tarot cards: Inspired by ToG by @Gabriella.bujdoso
BOOK OF THE MONTH
Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust
Inspired by Persian mythology. In this original fairy tale, a girl is cursed to be poisonous to the touch.
EXCLUSIVE COVER ✔
SPRAYED EDGES ✔
ARTWORK ON REVERSE OF DUST JACKET by @orikye ✔
SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ✔
This series was just heaven for me.
And what better to make it feel more like heaven than wafting some ‘inspired’ by candles round your room?!
And believe me the smell of this candle is just delish…..flowers, magic and spring rain!
It smells so fresh and clean, just like the air when rain has hit spring flowers.
Do you have bookish candles?
It feels like so long since I’ve done a tag, but I think this one is fitting for me at the moment…..freaking out at the size of my tbr (but there really is nothing new there!)
This tag was created by EarlyGreyBooks (see her vid here).
BEST BOOK YOU’VE READ IN 2020 SO FAR
BEST SEQUEL YOU’VE READ IN 2020 SO FAR
NEW RELEASE YOU HAVEN’T READ, BUT WANT TO
Incendiary by Zoraida Cordova
MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THE YEAR
BIGGEST SURPRISE
This book was everything. Funny, beautiful and totally heart warming.
FAVORITE NEW AUTHOR (DEBUT OR ONE YOU KNEW)
Lani Lynn Vale
Credit to lanilynnvale.com
I started reading Lani in 2020 and she has me hook, line and sinker with her alpha characters!
NEWEST FICTIONAL CRUSH
Kaliis Gilwraeth…need I say more?!
Credit to the mega talented @charliebowater
NEWEST FAVORITE CHARACTER
There is specific fan art that is 100% Bones for me but I’m not sure of the origins of the photo so probably copyrighted up to the eyeballs so I haven’t posted!
BOOK THAT MADE YOU HAPPY
The Queen of the rock chicks is back….this makes me happy and reading this book made me totally happy!
FAVORITE REVIEW YOU’VE WRITTEN SO FAR THIS YEAR
Probably for Aurora Burning
To say I was excited to read this is an understatement. Yes, I went in with high expectations. And oh my lanta, this book should come with a warning = Buckle up people, cause this is one hell of a ride!
‘Know the past, or suffer the future’
I wasn’t prepared for this. Mentally, physically, everything!
It was not just good, it was phenomenal!
There are so many things I loved about this book, the plot, the characters, new and original, the feeling of family, Scarlett, Fin and the mystery of Zila’s earrings!
But the clear winners for me are Aurora and Kal. I’m a romantic at heart and I was so interested in The Pull. Every time the word Be’shmai was uttered I melted in a puddle of love (please don’t read too much into that!!!!)
‘She is smoke and starlight, she is blood and fire, she is a song in my veins as old as time and deep as the Void.’
We get a little bit of everyone’s lives. The journey they each had to take to get where they are now and what the future could possibly bring. It was mostly heartbreaking but there was beauty there too.
It was non-stop action, mystery and drama. I was actually out of breath reading it! I mean these poor kids couldn’t catch a break! And that ending….I was like wtf, where’s the rest….noooooooooooo, it cannot be left like that!
They did it. The authors wrote a humdinger of a second book. Words fail me. It was totally and utterly amazing.
MOST BEAUTIFUL BOOK YOU’VE BOUGHT OR RECEIVED SO FAR IN 2020
Bone Criers Moon by Kathryn Purdie
My copy is a Fairyloot exclusive and is so beautiful!
WHAT BOOKS DO YOU NEED TO READ BY THE END OF THIS YEAR?
Right.
How long have you got?
*starts listing 150 books*
And that’s it!
