I’m on the countdown to Christmas now! Look out for my blogmas posts starting tomorrow!
May you never be too grown up to search the skies on Christmas Eve.
‘Mankind is a great, an immense family. This is proved by what we feel in our hearts at Christmas.’
– Pope John XXIII
“Maybe Christmas,” he thought, “doesn’t come from a store. Maybe Christmas… perhaps… means a little bit more.”
– How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Dr. Suess
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.
I hope you had a great week!
It’s December tomorrow, the home of Christmas and my fave time of year!
We’ve had a busy week of a hospital appointment for my son, my annual celiac check and we put up our Christmas tree!
I’ve got this week off work! I’m going to do some Christmas shopping and might even wrap some!
Metal Slinger by Rachel Schneider
⭐️⭐️⭐️.75
See my reviews soon!
Unboxing – Fairyloot Romantasy: November
Calendar – Happy Thanksgiving
Review – Psycho Shifters by Jasmine Mas
Calendar – December
Blogmas – Announcement
Blogmas – Anticipated 25 Books Look Back
Blogmas – Fave Christmas Films
What have you read lately?
Title: Psycho Shifters
Series: Cruel Shifterverse #1
Author: Jasmine Mas
Fight like a girl…or a shifter of lore.
After growing up with nothing, I’ve finally found my path to freedom: I’m a shifter, an elite soldier who transforms into a monster.
All I have to do is survive.
I didn’t count on my three 6’5 roommates. Covered in tattoos, jeweled, and horned, these are like no men I’ve ever dealt with before.
They don’t think I belong.
They don’t think I’m strong enough for war.
They don’t think I can fight.
I’m about to prove them wrong.
The only problem, can I survive them discovering the secrets of my past? In the battle for life and death, everyone is so much more than they seem.
Jax, Ascher, and Cobra are going to be devastated when they discover my truth…just wait until they see my shifted form.
Sadie has been beaten and downtrodden her whole life, but when she’s tested and is the first female Alpha, she gets a lot more than she bargained for in 3 male Alphas who guard a portal between worlds.
Hands down Cobra was my fave. Was there any doubt? Dark, damaged, dirty and dangerous. Perfection.
I would have liked to see more world building and there was a lot of repetition of words that made me frown BUT I really enjoyed it and gorged in a day!
Oh and there was a part containing toenails that made my stomach churn and I wanted to vomit!
Of course I’m reading the next book!
Sound like something you’d like?
Wishing you a happy and healthy holiday season.
Hope it’s full of family, food and fun!
Thanksgiving is a time of togetherness and gratitude. ~ Nigel Hamilton
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: Thanksgiving Freebie
We don’t celebrate Thanksgiving here in England but I wish all my American friends a very happy Thanksgiving and hope you have a day of love, laughter, family and good food!
So not really 100% bookish but here is my list:
My son ❤
My family 💓
Good health 🩺
Laughter with my friends and work colleagues 🤭
Good books (and not so good books!) 📚
My bookish friends (also with laughter!)📖
My job – love being a project manager 👩💼
And finally, a special shout out to coffee! ☕
What are you thankful for this year (or any year!)
What are yours?
Fairyloot Romantasy – November 2025
Love is the Key
Perfect for readers that love:
🏹 Dystopian Vibes
⚔️ High-Stakes Survival
🔥 A Fight for Freedom
To Cage a Wild Bird by Brooke Fast
🖤 An exclusive redesigned cover by @aeadraws
🖤 A reversible dust jacket by @tomrobertsillustration
🖤 Full colour artwork on the hardcover by @lamonyo with foil by @blanca.design
🖤 Character artwork on the endpapers by @lamonyo with foil by @blanca.design (different front and back)
🖤 Digitally sprayed edges on all three edges by @aeadraws
🖤 Bonus Chapter: opening of chapter two from a different POV
🖤 Head and Tail bands
🖤 Author letter
A deadly prison. A forbidden romance. A fight for survival.
THERE’S ONLY ONE RULE IN ENDLOCK: OBEY OR DIE.
In Dividium, all crimes are punishable by life in prison. A prison that’s a life sentence in more ways than one. Where the wealthy can hunt the inmates for sport.
Raven’s mission is simple: infiltrate the infamous and deadly Endlock Prison to save her brother.
There’s just one problem: Raven has a target on her back. Her reputation as the most ruthless bounty hunter in Dividium precedes her, and the inmates she’s sent to Endlock want their revenge.
So when the prison guard she’s sworn to hate becomes her only chance to survive, Raven has no choice but to trust the one person she shouldn’t…
Sound like something you’d like? I cant wait to read it!
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.
I hope you had a great week!
This week primarily only saw work for me, how boring!
Oh I also went to Costco and spent a ridiculous amount of money but I did get 3 Christmas presents!
I also started a series that I’d been eyeing up for a mood read – I read 2 of the 6 books this week but think I’m going to stop there as not really that interested anymore!
Psycho Shifters by Jasmine Mas
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Psycho Fae by Jasmine Mas
⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
See my reviews soon!
Feature – Remember, Remember
Review – Blackthorn by JT Geissinger
Calendar – Happy Thanksgiving
Review – Psycho Shifters by Jasmine Mas
What have you read lately?
Title: Blackthorn
Author: JT Geissinger
You never forget your first love. Especially when he’s also your worst nightmare.
Twelve years ago, Maven Blackthorn fled her small hometown, leaving behind the wreckage of her mother’s suspicious death. But now, drawn back for her grandmother’s funeral, Maven steps onto Blackthorn soil once more, only to find herself thrust into a fresh nightmare: her grandmother’s body has vanished.
The Blackthorns immediately suspect the Crofts—the ruthless titans of Croft Pharmaceuticals, whose bitter blood feud with the Blackthorns has spanned generations. But when Maven comes face-to-face with Ronan Croft, the son of her mother’s suspected killer and the only man she ever loved, she discovers the forbidden passion they once shared is as alive—and dangerous—as ever.
As long-buried family secrets claw their way to the surface, betrayal lurks behind every whisper, and old vendettas ignite anew. The deeper Maven digs for answers, the more treacherous the game becomes. And the one man she can never seem to escape is hiding a truth that could burn their whole world down.
In a town where the dead won’t stay buried, is love salvation…or the deadliest game of all?
Blackthorn is a page-turning gothic romance with darker themes and scenes that may not be suitable for everyone. Please see the author’s content note at the beginning of the book.
Maven and her daughter return to Maven’s hometown for her grandmother’s funeral….and lordy, it all happens!
~ A weird family, well 2 really.
~ Family feuds
~ A scary house
~ Missing bodies
~ Secrets, lies and outright untruths
~ Forbidden love
~ Scathing banter
~ Rekindling romance (or obsession/lust!)
~ Mysterious circumstances
~ A gothicy, very dark romance
It was eerie and I admit I was intrigued and scared!
I liked no-nonsense Maven and Roman was delish, he was a dirty boy!
The last 20-ish percent was wild. WILD. What was happening. It was just crazy. What the heck did I just read?! I mean it was, I don’t even know the word. But I couldn’t look away. Now I dont know what was real and what wasn’t…..world of the strange.
All I can say is beware the content warnings.
Sound like something you’d like?
I read this series between 2022/23 and remember really liking it! Recently, my friend has started to read it and I went back and looked at the series and thought I’d post about it.
The Bonds That Tie series by J Bree
My ratings:
Broken Bonds ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Savage Bonds ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Blood Bonds ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Forced Bonds ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Tragic Bonds ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Unbroken Bonds ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Basically what we have here is a girl who a central in a bonded group – all have some sort of power and they are all strong. She ran away after an incident before she met them for reasons we find out slowly in each book.
The guys are hot and lust after her due to the bond, it’s a bit dark, an RH but you don’t really see much ‘action’ until book 3 but it’s not overdone at all!
Have you read it? Sound like something you’d be interested in?
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