Title: Tourner/Sauter

Series: Ironside Academy #2/3

Author: Jane Washington

As friends become enemies and enemies become villains, the Ironside underbelly casts a very wide shadow over everyone within its walls. The academy that once promised Isobel Carter salvation has pulled back the curtain and revealed itself for what it truly is.

A pretty little prison.

She may have been reduced to a puppet behind a screen, but at least the Alphas of Dorm A are there to heighten her performances, quicken her breath, and flood her face with colour for the cameras.

Maybe they will even catch her when she falls.

Or maybe they have been pulling the strings all along.

The bars of her prison may be gilded, but survival is a messy game, and what do Sigmas do when they can’t keep their hands clean?

They get filthy.

Beware the pretty monsters, because this social media game just got brutal.

Tourner

The continuation….and it’s heating up!

We start right where we left off in book 1, a sweet kiss and then more secrets, distrust, a tour and more horrible Icon behaviour!

We also get a couple more kisses from our hendecagon (!) and I can confirm the tension and chemistry is heating up, I can tell this is going to be off the charts!

Isabel takes it all in her stride, maybe that’s her nature as a sigma? But she is growing stronger, I can see her character growth being immense!

My fave still is Theo with Sato hot on his heels! I cannot tell you how hooked I am on this series!

As I said in book 1 at the end of my review, can’t stop, am off to get the next book!




Sauter

To say that I’m obsessed with this series is an understatement, I actually can’t get enough!

I whizzed through this book the same as I did with the others because I am so hooked!

We’re back with the Alphas and Isobel and their bond, and Isobel, is getting stronger and stronger…and there is more than just tension and chemistry this time….there’s juicy goings on!!!

I’m in love with all the Alphas for different reasons. Theo and Oscar are still my faves though!!!

I’ve never read a book with 10 mates before and I can honestly say, how it’s written, it’s perfection!

Now I can’t believe I need to wait until the end of May for the next book but I suppose it will give me a good excuse for a reread closer to the time!!!

Hello March!!!

Hope March is great for you!

“Springtime is the land awakening.
The March winds are the morning yawn.”
― Lewis Grizzard

By March, the worst of the winter would be over. The snow would thaw, the rivers begin to run and the world would wake into itself again.” ―Neil Gaiman

Title: My Roommate is a Vampire

Author: Jenna Levine

Cassie Greenberg loves being an artist, but it’s a tough way to make a living. On the brink of eviction, she’s desperate when she finds a too-good-to-be-true apartment in a beautiful Chicago neighborhood. Cassie knows there has to be a catch—only someone with a secret to hide would rent out a room for that price.

Of course, her new roommate Frederick J. Fitzwilliam is far from normal. He sleeps all day, is out at night on business, and talks like he walked out of a regency romance novel. He also leaves Cassie heart-melting notes around the apartment, cares about her art, and asks about her day. And he doesn’t look half bad shirtless, on the rare occasions they’re both home and awake. But when Cassie finds bags of blood in the fridge that definitely weren’t there earlier, Frederick has to come clean…

Cassie’s sexy new roommate is a vampire. And he has a proposition for her.

I’d heard some great reviews from my book friends so grabbed it and I’m so glad I did!

Cassie moves in with Frederick who is secretly a vampire! Frederick is basically stuck in the 18th century and wants Cassie to show him the ropes in the modern day world.

Frederick was so awkward but I absolutely adored him! His stilted language, his love of letters and his absolute shock at seeing a bikini was amusing! He’s not your typical alpha vamp!

Their attraction is almost instant but it takes them a while to get there and it was sublime!!

It was lighthearted and fun, I smirked in some places and aww’d in others!

My only complaint is that a ‘situation’ was cleared up very easily and I feel like it shouldn’t have been!

Frederick’s friend, Reginald, was a great supporting character and was that a little nugget thrown in about what maybe comes next? Reginald and….mystery person?!

Fairyloot Adult – February 2024

Vikings

A Nordic inspired fantasy romance where our heroine possesses a drop of Goddess blood and is desperate to prove her strength and unite a fractured nation whilst resisting her attraction to the King’s son.

A Fate Inked in Blood by Danielle L Jensen

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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: Covers/Titles with Things Found in Nature

Tunnel of Bones by VE Schwab
From Blood and Ash by JLA
House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
Iron Raven by Julie Kagawa
Crave by Tracy Wolff
The Gilded Cage by Lynette Noni
Serpent and Dove by Shelby Mahurin
Threadneedle by Cari Thomas
A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske
A River Enchanted by Rebecca Ross

What would you choose?

Title: Plier

Series: Ironside Academy #1

Author: Jane Washington

Ironside is more than a regular academy. It’s also the biggest reality TV show in the world … and a very elaborate, very luxurious prison. Their hallowed halls are ruled by the powerful Betas and the middling Omegas, with the plentiful Deltas as their main targets, but this year, the officials are stirring things up.

Isobel Carter—the only rare Sigma to be accepted—is the first sign. But there are others. Many others. A sudden influx of precious Alphas will turn academy life, and Isobel’s life, upside down. She might be the lowest rung on the ladder, but in order to survive Ironside, where social media is king and consequences are deadly, she will need to make her mark.

She will need to climb.

This isn’t a game for the faint of heart, and those who rise should be prepared for a beautiful, brutal fall.

Beware the pretty posers, because this social media game just got dangerous.


The Hunger Games collides with America’s Got Talent, and you’ve just been invited to binge it all in high definition. But here’s some viewer discretion before you continue:

This book is a “why choose” romance with as many book boyfriends as enemies, so expect a slow-to-medium burn. If you like your omegaverse, reverse harem, and academy troupes twisted and defiled to stretch your imagination, then this is the book for you!

Now it’s time to grab some popcorn and dive right in!

It feels like it’s been so long since I got sucked into a book, like nothing else matters but the book in my hand! I devoured this in 4 hours!!!!

Isobel, a sigma, aka the lowest of the low in the pecking order, is sent by her cruel, domineering Dad to Ironside Academy, which is basically a college where everything is televised.

There she meets Theo, an alpha (the highest in the pecking order), and his 9 all so different friends, also alphas. A strange sort of friendship grows but there’s secrets and plans galore afoot!

Life is not great for Isobel, there’s tradegy and incessant bullying. My heart went out to her but she is so strong, I just loved her!

All I can say was that I was hooked, absolutely loved it and will give it all the stars!

Can’t stop because I need to go and get book 2!!!

Also, you need to read this.

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?

Back to school for my son this week and I had an eye test and I also had 7 inches of hair cut off!

My eye test wasn’t the best because I was told I’ve got something that means my retina could detach easily. I was so grossed out and thinking about it that I forgot to ask for more details!

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New Arrivals

Nothing! See how good I’m being! But I should probably fess up and say I don’t include ebooks here, maybe I should!

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What I’ve Read

Live and Let Lionel by Caroline Peckham
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

🎧 Sunbringer by Hannah Kaner
⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

🎧 My Husband and I by Ingrid Seward
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Look out for my reviews soon!

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You might have missed…..

Review – To Cage a God by Elizabeth May
Review – The Scarlet Alchemist by Kylie Lee Baker
Review – A Tempest of Tea by Hafsah Faizal
Review – So This is Ever After by FT Lukens

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What have you read lately?

Title: So This is Ever After

Author: FT Lukens

Arek hadn’t thought much about what would happen after he completed the prophecy that said he was destined to save the Kingdom of Ere from its evil ruler. So now that he’s finally managed to (somewhat clumsily) behead the evil king (turns out magical swords yanked from bogs don’t come pre-sharpened), he and his rag-tag group of quest companions are at a bit of a loss for what to do next.

As a temporary safeguard, Arek’s best friend and mage, Matt, convinces him to assume the throne until the true heir can be rescued from her tower. Except that she’s dead. Now Arek is stuck as king, a role that comes with a magical catch: choose a spouse by your eighteenth birthday, or wither away into nothing.

With his eighteenth birthday only three months away, and only Matt in on the secret, Arek embarks on a desperate bid to find a spouse to save his life—starting with his quest companions. But his attempts at wooing his friends go painfully and hilariously wrong…until he discovers that love might have been in front of him all along.

~ Firstly, that cover, makes my heart squeeze.
~ Secondly, that plot – consider me intrigued!
~ Thirdly, the narrator was absolutely fabulous, like one of the best I’ve ever listened to!

I really enjoyed this, in fact I listened to it in a day because I didn’t want to stop listening!

Arek, the chosen one and Matt his childhood friend (and Mage) and their bunch of found family have completed their mission but now Arek finds himself as King and needs to bond before he is 18…..and there isn’t much time left!

I smirked and laughed, this book was very funny and you can expect:

Fab friendships,
Miscommunication,
Inappropriate boners,
Slow burn romance,
Murder crow,
An old castle complete with staff,
A time dependent ‘mission’
How they call it bedroom activities!!!!!

This book made me feel light and floaty in the heart area!!

Title: A Tempest of Tea

Series: Blood and Tea #1

Author: Hafsah Faizal

On the streets of White Roaring, Arthie Casimir is a criminal mastermind and collector of secrets. Her prestigious tearoom transforms into an illegal bloodhouse by dark, catering to the vampires feared by society. But when her establishment is threatened, Arthie is forced to strike an unlikely deal with an alluring adversary to save it—and she can’t do the job alone.

Calling upon a band of misfits, Arthie formulates a plan to infiltrate the dark and glittering vampire society known as the Athereum. But not every member of her crew is on her side, and as the truth behind the heist unfolds, Arthie finds herself in the midst of a conspiracy that will threaten the world as she knows it.

This is a to a new-to-me author and I was pulled in by Spindrift, a teashop by day, and a bloodhouse for vampires at night…..with gangs!

I listened to the audio and the narrator was fab.

So….introducing our band of misfits:
Arthie: basically a criminal mastermind,
Jin: Arthie’s brother in all but blood,
Laith: guard and unlikely companion,
Matteo: pretty, artistic vamp,
Flick: master forger.

After Arthie has to take drastic action to save her teashop, a heist is planned (I do love a heist!)

What follows is just what the blurb promises: dark, action-packed, and swoonworthy!

The banter was great, the world building sublime and the tension, including romantic, was off the charts!

Although Arthie and Jin’s sibling bond was so, so strong, my favourites were Jin and Flick – my heart!

That ending was explosive! I need that next book!