Jovan’s Reviews

Audiobook Review: The Gentle Art of Fortune Hunting by K.J. Charles

Jul 23, 2021 | 2 comments

Story Rating: 4.75 stars Audio Rating: 4.75 stars Narrator: Cornell Collins Length: 8 hours, 1 minutes Audiobook Buy Links: Amazon/Audible | iBooks Book Buy Links: Amazon | iBooks Robin and Marianne Loxleigh (from Nottinghamshire, naturally) know better than most the...

FILED UNDER: 4.75 stars, Audiobook, Historical, Jovan's Reviews
TAGGED: Cornell Collins, enemies to lovers, K.J. Charles, opposites attract, Tantor Audio

Review: Red Hood by Zanne Suter

Jul 12, 2021 | 0 comments

Rating: 4.5 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel In the Hinterlands, the working poor eke out a meager hand to mouth existence. Unsponsored males can’t work in town, leaving the only legitimate jobs restricted to being manual laborers in...

FILED UNDER: 4.5 stars, Fairy Tale, Fantasy, Futuristic/Science Fiction, Jovan's Reviews
TAGGED: alien, BDSM elements, bondage, Evernight Publishing, gore, murder, sex worker, Zanne Suter

Review: Love, Blood, and Sanctuary Anthology

Jul 1, 2021 | 0 comments

Rating: 4 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Anthology Love, Blood, and Sanctuary is a solid anthology of three novella-length stories featuring a safe haven for supernatural beings called Sanctuary. Each author has an artistic, yet...

FILED UNDER: 4 stars, Contemporary, Jovan's Reviews, Paranormal
TAGGED: anthology, BDSM elements, blood play, Brenda Murphy, demon, Fiona Zedde, ghost, hemomancer, homophobia, Lesbian/FF, lovers reunited, magic, main character death, Megan Hart, NineStar Press, witch

Audiobook Review: The Fantastic Fluke by Sam Burns

Jun 21, 2021 | 3 comments

Story Rating: 4.25 stars Audio Rating: 4.5 stars Narrator: Joel Leslie Length: 8 hours, 13 minutes Audiobook Buy Links: Amazon/Audible | iBooks Book Buy Links: Amazon | iBooks In the 18 years since his mother’s murder, Sage McKinley has been trapped—trapped in an...

FILED UNDER: 4.25 stars, Audiobook, Contemporary, Jovan's Reviews, Paranormal
TAGGED: Fantastic Fluke series, ghost, mage, magic, murder, mystery, Sam Burns, self published, urban fantasy

Review: Wounded Air by Rick R. Reed

Jun 16, 2021 | 0 comments

Rating: 4 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel During every morning commute, Rick D’Angelo is entranced by one thing—an apartment. It captures his attention and imagination each day, and when he sees a FOR RENT sign, he can’t stop himself...

FILED UNDER: 4 stars, Contemporary, Jovan's Reviews, Paranormal
TAGGED: drug addiction, drug use, established couple, ghost, mystery, NineStar Press, Rick R. Reed

Review: Real Trouble by Elle Keaton

Jun 7, 2021 | 0 comments

Rating: 4.5 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel When Danylo (DAH-neeloh) Petyr first meets Soren Jorgensen, he thinks seducing the stoic, giant cop will be a sexy bit of fun. What he doesn’t expect is the incendiary heat that erupts...

FILED UNDER: 4.5 stars, Contemporary, Jovan's Reviews
TAGGED: chef, Dirty Dog Press, Elle Keaton, law enforcement, lovers reunited, murder, mystery, opposites attract, West Coast Forensics series

Audiobook Review: The Secrets in My Scowl by A.E. Via

May 26, 2021 | 0 comments

Story Rating: 3 stars Audio Rating: 2.75 stars Narrator: Tor Thom Length: 9 hours, 45 minutes Audiobook Buy Links: Amazon/Audible | iBooks Book Buy Links: Amazon | iBooks Divorce attorney Jacob Snowden was betrayed and abandoned by every person he loved, starting with...

FILED UNDER: 3 stars, Audiobook, Contemporary, Jovan's Reviews
TAGGED: A.E. Via, enemies to lovers, found family, hurt/comfort, lawyer, opposites attract, Tantor Audio, Tor Thom

Buddy Review: Fables Retold Anthology

May 19, 2021 | 1 comment

Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Anthology Fables Retold is a collection of six novella-length (or longer) stories, each built around the conceits of fairy tales. Camille and Jovan each reviewed three stories from the collection and have included...