Tag: Captive/ Captivity

• The Night Prince (Book 2), by Lauren Palphreyman

  

  This is book 2 of the series. If you’d like to read our review for book 1, The Wolf King, check out this link! Book Stats Book Rating Overall: ⭐⭐⭐⭐/5 Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️/5 Summary & Review After the cliffhanger we got in The Wolf King, book 1, I couldn’t wait to start this one! To make…

  Two Halves, One Brian

  May 11, 2026

  Shayna’s Reviews

  Arranged Marriage, Audiobook, Author – Lauren Palphreyman, Banter, Book – Trilogy, Captive/ Captivity, Cliffhanger, Enemies-to-Lovers, Fated Mates/ Soulmates, Forced Proximity, Hidden Power, Indie Author, Kindle Unlimited, Magical Prophecy, Narration – Duet, Narrator – Sean Masters, Narrator – Shane East, Narrator – Zara Hampton-Brown, POV – First Person, Publisher – Author/Self Published, Publisher – Simon Maverick, Romantasy, Slow Burn, Spoiler Free, Touch Her and Die, Virgin FMC, Werewolves

• Alchemised, by SenLinYu

  

  Our next joint review is the super popular (and very large) dark fantasy, Alchemised. Book Stats Shayna’s Review Book Rating: ⭐⭐⭐/5 stars & 🌶️/5 for spice For those who may not know, SenLinYu originally wrote a fanfiction, Manacled, that was sort of a mix between a Harry Potter dystopian and The Handsmaid’s Tale. It was…

  Two Halves, One Brian

  March 30, 2026

  Ronni & Shayna – Joint Review

  Author – SenLinYu, Book – Standalone, Captive/ Captivity, Dark Romance, Enemies-to-Lovers, Gothic Dark Fantasy, Memory Lapse/ Amnesia, POV – Third Person, Publisher – Del Rey, Revenge, Slow Burn, Spoiler Free, Unreliable Narrator

• Anathema (Book 1), by Keri Lake

  

  Book Stats Book Rating Overall: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐/5 Spice: 🌶️🌶️/5 Summary & Review To say I love this book is such an understatement. I’ve actually read it 3 times so far, but this is the first review I’ve done on it simply because when I’ve read it previously I didn’t yet do public reviews. 🤷‍♀️ Let me…

  Two Halves, One Brian

  March 15, 2026

  Shayna’s Reviews

  5 stars, Age Gap, Audiobook, Author – Keri Lake, Banter, Book – Trilogy, Captive/ Captivity, Cliffhanger, Enemies-to-Lovers, Forced Proximity, Gothic Dark Fantasy, Hidden Power, Indie Author, Kindle Unlimited, Magical Prophecy, Monsters, Narration – Duet, Narrator – James Cassidy, Narrator – Melissa Barr, One Bed, POV – First Person, POV – Third Person, Publisher – Author/Self Published, Publisher – Podium Audio, Romantasy, Secret Past, Sexual Abuse, Slow Burn, Spoiler Free, Touch Her and Die, Virgin FMC, Yearning/ Longing