Whatcha Reading? (97)

A new Saturday post where you can share with us what you are currently (or just finished) reading and I will share my brief thoughts on books that I read during the previous week.

April 30th - May 6th:

Enemies with Benefits by Annika Martin and Joanna Chambers

Rating = 4 Stars

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• Prequel novella -- literally a 60 page prologue to their full story (out May 15th).
• No HEA or HFN yet but it IS a good lead in to their story and grabbed my attention!
• Enemies to lovers
• Will is seeking revenge for the men in his unit that were killed when a mission went to shit, working with the US government he's supposed to kill the man who sold their secrets to the enemy
• Kit is the bodyguard to said man -- except there's more to his story, he's British and working with the British government undercover
• This tease gives a good look at their chemistry -- damn!
• I need the full length novel ASAP!

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Faking It by Christine d'Abo

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eARC -- Releases Tues

Rating = 3 1/2 Stars

• Fake relationship, ahoy!
• Bar owner + rich boy
• Decent, quick read, but ultimately nothing much stood out to me, good or bad
• I was able to easily put the book down for a while, didn't have that "OMG, I NEED TO BE READING RIGHT NOW!" feeling when I put it  down
• Really have nothing much to say about it, couldn't even come up with a full review for it
• Had a similar response to book 1; maybe it's d'Abo's writing? I'm not sure.
• Still, I'm curious about the third book, which will be a second chance romance
• Not a bad read, fairly low on drama and complications, fairly good on the heat level

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Crazy For You by Rina Gray

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eARC -- Releases Tues

Rating  = 1 Star

• Oh this book . . . Yeah, I did NOT like it. At all.
• Hot mess of annoying shit
• Heroine's weight
• The sex scenes
• Crazy stalker
• Horrible family suddenly forgiven
• And when it wasn't pissing me off it was just boring to read

Find my ranty review HERE

Shield of Winter by Nalini Singh

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Audiobook from Overdrive
Narrator = Angela Dawe
Narration rating = 4 - 4.5 Stars
Rating = 5 Stars

• DAMN THESE ARROWS THEY KEEP GIVING ME ALL THE FEELS
• Loved Vasic and Ivy's story -- so many feels, so great to watch it build
• Fantastic sexual tension
• No sex until nearly 75% and I did not care one bit -- and that's rare, if you know me and my love of dirty in my romances!
• Fit these two, plus their explorations leading up were so delicious and teasing that I didn't miss the actual sex early on
• Also, LOL at Vasic's porting during intimacy
• I really don't want to give away spoilers or plot points since this is nearly the end of the series, but just know that I also loved the plot continuation here, all the things that are revealed and the set up for future books
• Have I mentioned often enough that this is one of my favorite series EVER?

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Also, I did a thread on some SoW thoughts HERE

Kiss of the Irish by Lauren Hawkeye

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eARC -- Out 5/15

Rating = 1.5 Stars

• Another book that disappointed and annoyed me
• Had high hopes -- my weakness is Ireland and Irish heroes, so this one was calling my name! But it didn't follow through on the promise and I was left unsatisfied
• Also: MIA Cock Piercing.
• I have Thoughts (aka, another ranty review -- hope you guys are enjoying my rants lately! If not, too bad. :P). Review should go up Monday.

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Review on Monday!

Currently Listening To:

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I loved book 2 and since Overdrive had 3 available, decided to pick it up. Eden does really dark suspense, but very hot, too.

Currently Reading:

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I know, I know, it's been out for a bit but I'm finally getting to my ARC of it!

So what are YOU currently reading? 

Enjoy!


Until Next Time,



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