Tag: Cursed
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Blood & Steel (Book 1), by Helen Scheuerer
So this is a super hyped up romantasy series about warriors fighting to protect the land against monsters. This story focuses a lot on Althea “Thea” Zoltaire, who suffers the heavy burden of having a fate stone that predicts she’ll die at 27. Her only true goal in life is to be a Warsword and…
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All Your Bloody Lies (Book 1), by M.L. Burns
Book Stats Book Rating Overall: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐/5 Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️/5 Summary & Review Let me start by saying my 5 year old saw me put in my earbuds and asked, “Are you listening to a book?”. I said yeah and she asks, “What’s it called?” So I read the title and her response was, “Is it a…
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The Things Gods Break, by Abigail Owen (WITH spoilers)
This is book 2 of the series. For our summary and review of book 1, The Games Gods Play, check out this link for our spoiler-free review or this link for our more in-depth review! Book Stats Book Rating Overall: ⭐⭐⭐⭐/5 Spice: 🌶️🌶️/5 Summary This review DOES contain spoilers from the book. If you’d prefer a review…
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The Games Gods Play by Abigail Owen: Summary and Review – (WITH SPOILERS)
Book Stats Format: AudiobookNarrator: Piper GoodeveLength: 17 hours 57 minutesChapters: 111Narrator POV: First person narration; all from the main female character’s POV Summary (with spoilers) This review DOES contain spoilers from the book. If you’d prefer a review without spoilers, please check out this post instead! In this modern retelling of Greek mythology, gods choose…
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Starling House, by Alix E. Harrow
For our book club, we settled on a fantasy book this time. Starling House follows Opal and Arthur’s story. Opal is a poor, orphaned woman with crooked teeth (I know because this was mentioned 10 bazillion times). She is trying to provide for her 16-year-old brother and save enough money to get him out of…
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The Anatomy of Magic, by Alexis L. Menard
Book Stats Book Rating Overall: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐/ 5 Spice: 🌶️🌶️/ 5 Summary & Review First and foremost, the audiobook. Fucking PHENOMENAL. Seriously, I expected great things when Savannah Thomas and Sean Masters were listed as the narrators, but damn! It exceeded my high expectations! These two both perform so amazingly on their own, but together? *Chef’s…
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Once Upon a Demon’s Heart, by K.M. Moronova
Book Stats Book Rating Overall: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ / 5 Spice: 🌶️🌶️/ 5 Summary & Review I have been so excited to dive into this book because I keep seeing K.M. Moronova’s name pop up all over the dark romance community. And a book with demons and demigods? Yes, please! This story is told through 1st person…
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The Lost Coast, by Daniel Robinson
Book Stats Book Rating Overall: ⭐⭐⭐ / 5 Spice: 🌶️/ 5 Summary & Review The Lost Coast, by Daniel Robinson, starts off strong with a violent massacre. Immediately, we’re transported into a story where white settlers decide they need to kill 250 Wiyot tribe members, sparing no one, not even women or children. It was…
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The Sorrowstones, by Felix Blackwell
We decided to try something new in our book club and chose something from the horror genre, rather than a thriller or fantasy. The Sorrowstones, by Felix Blackwell. This story follows Cole Graves, who starts receiving little statues/ figurines throughout the years from an unknown person. He quickly learns that these little statues have extraordinary…
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The Frost Witch, by Emberly Ash
Book Stats Book Rating Overall: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ / 5 Spice: 🌶️🌶️ / 5 Summary & Review Let me start with the narration. This isn’t a duet narration; it’s considered a dual narration. But really, Lilly Drake narrates the whole thing except for the epilogue. She does a great job with the story and bringing the characters…