Tag: Slow Burn
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Take Me Under, by Dakota Willink
Book Stats Book Rating Overall: ⭐⭐⭐⭐/ 5 Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️/ 5 Summary & Review What do you get when you cross a rich bachelor looking for a rare coin and a poor archaeologist trying to get funds to complete the project she promised her father on his death bed that she’d continue? That’s right – Take…
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Married to the Mafia, by Lucy Smoke
Book Stats Book Rating Overall: ⭐⭐⭐⭐/ 5 Spice: 🌶️🌶️/ 5 Summary & Review This was a fun listen. I hadn’t heard either of the narrators before (Lisa Zimmerman or Gomez Pugh), but both did a great job with their characters. This was a dual narration, not a duet, so be mindful that during Daisy’s chapters,…
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The Night We Met, by Abby Jimenez
Book Stats Book Ratings Book Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐/5 stars Spice Rating: 🌶️/5 chili peppers Summary & Review If Abby Jimenez writes a book, I’ll read it. She is such a wonderful Rom-Com author and I adore all of her work. So imagine my excitement when this book became available to borrow on Libby! I paused all…
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Eldritch (Book 2), by Keri Lake
This is book 2 of the series. For our summary and review of book 1, Anathema, check out this link! Book Stats Book Rating Overall: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐/5 Spice: 🌶️🌶️/5 Summary & Review If you read my review of Anathema, book 1 of the series, you’ll know how much I loved not only the writing and plot,…
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Mariposa (Book 1), by Lexie Axelson
Book Stats Book Rating Overall: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐/5 Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️/5 Summary & Review To be totally honest, I was nervous starting this book because it has some seriously mixed reviews. So many negative ones talking about characters lacking chemistry, things being rushed, the MMC being bland, etc. Ultimately, I was intrigued by the premise and James Cassidy…
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Sinner & Saint, by J.L. Beck
Book Stats: Book Rating Overall: ⭐⭐⭐/ 5 Spice: 🌶️🌶️/ 5 Summary & Review This book has some wonderful tropes – Small town, age gap, morally grey MMC, cowboy romance, bad boy X preacher’s daughter, enemies-to-lovers, forced marriage, etc. There’s a lot going on there and I was ecstatic for that! Prior to this book, I…
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All Your Deadly Truths (Book 2), by M.L. Burns
Book Stats Book Rating Overall: ⭐⭐⭐⭐/5 Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️/5 Summary & Review This is book 2 of the series. For our review of book 1, All Your Bloody Lies, check out this link! And if you’ve read book 1, you’ll know that it ended with quite the cliffhanger. I was NOT ready for that and I…
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Shield of Sparrows (Book 1), by Devney Perry
Book Stats Book Rating Overall: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐/5 Spice: 🌶️🌶️/5 Summary & Review I initially read the ebook, available on Kindle Unlimited, in May 2025. Book 2 will be available for me to read soon (thank you, Libby!), so I wanted to do a re-read so the details would be fresh in my mind, but I decided…
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Where Shadows Whisper (Book 1), by Amara Phoenix
Book Stats Summary & Review This book started off quickly, immediately drawing me in. It was mysterious and tense, making it clear the FMC was rushing to escape something dark. Throughout the book, you get glimpses into Elaina’s life through the little bit she says and the nightmares she has. It’s enough to start painting…
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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…