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Audiobook Review: Christmas Sprites Collection by Macy Blake

Oct 13, 2023 | 0 comments

Story Rating: 4.5 stars Audio Rating: 4.5 stars Narrator: Michael Dean Length: 9 hours, 51 minutes Audiobook Buy Links: Amazon/Audible | iBooks Book Buy Links: Amazon | iBooks This is a review of a collection of four stories that feature Christmas sprites who find...

Review: The Orc and the Manny by Chloe Archer

Oct 12, 2023 | 0 comments

Rating: 4 stars Buy Links: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Orc historian, Targan Wildethorne, has recently become the guardian to two young orklings after his close friend’s death. Targan is a researcher and writer and is used to mostly quiet...

FILED UNDER: 4 stars, Contemporary, Jay's Reviews, Paranormal
TAGGED: Chloe Archer, kids, Monsters Hollow series, nanny, orc, self published, small town

Audiobook Review: The Jackal’s House by Anna Butler

Sep 27, 2023 | 0 comments

Story Rating: 4.25 stars Audio Rating: 4 stars Narrator: Gary Furlong Length: 11 hours, 14 minutes Audiobook Buy Links: Amazon/Audible | iBooks Book Buy Links: Amazon | iBooks Rafe Lancaster and Ned Winter have grown incredibly close, and Rafe is happy and content...

FILED UNDER: 4 stars, 4.25 stars, Alternate World, Audiobook, Jay's Reviews, Steampunk
TAGGED: Anna Butler, archeologist, Decent Fellows Press, established couple, Gary Furlong, kids, Lancaster’s Luck Series, veteran

Review: Destination: Love by Rian Durant

Sep 11, 2023 | 0 comments

Rating: 2 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel William is a newly hired history teacher in a tiny town near Portland, Oregon. He took several bus rides to get all the way there from Florida, where he’d been attending school and working as...

FILED UNDER: 2 stars, Contemporary, Veronica's Reviews
TAGGED: age gap, kids, Rian Durant, self published, sex worker, teacher

Review: To Love the Dragon King by Antonia Aquilante

Sep 8, 2023 | 0 comments

Rating: 3.5 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Sascha knows that the life of a concubine didn’t necessarily involve love. He was raised and trained knowing he would be gifted or sold to the person his parents thought was best for him, and...

FILED UNDER: 3.5 stars, Elizabeth's reviews, Fantasy
TAGGED: Antonia Aquilante, arranged marriage, dragon, Dragons of Ivria series, kids, royalty, self published, sex worker, shifter

Review: Exiled by Jessie Walker

Sep 1, 2023 | 0 comments

Rating: 4.5 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Eighteen-year-old Skyler has been misunderstood and traumatized his entire life. His parents have never understood his challenges and Skyler has been sent to one horrible facility after the...

FILED UNDER: 4.5 stars, Contemporary, Michelle's Reviews
TAGGED: abuse, alcoholic, Jessie Walker, kids, mental health, self published, Unlucky 13 series

Review: Awakening the Sheriff by Nora Phoenix

Aug 25, 2023 | 0 comments

Rating: 4 stars Buy Links: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Keaton Perry has recently moved to the small town of Forestville looking for a fresh start for his teen sons. His 16-year-old, Byron, had started getting into trouble with the wrong crowd and...

FILED UNDER: 4 stars, Contemporary, Jay's Reviews
TAGGED: bisexual, coming out, Forestville Silver Foxes series, kids, law enforcement, Nora Phoenix, older character, self published, small town, teacher

Review: Where There’s a Will by Anna Sparrows

Aug 15, 2023 | 0 comments

Rating: 3.75 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Connor thought his life was going well. He likes his job as an events coordinator and lives with his boyfriend. Sure, things haven’t been going as well in his relationship and sure, Connor...