A cosy Christmassy monster romance with a LOT of smut thrown in! Jack Frost is too young to get married, and he's eager to tell the unsus2.5 stars ⭐️
A cosy Christmassy monster romance with a LOT of smut thrown in! Jack Frost is too young to get married, and he's eager to tell the unsuspecting bride waiting for him that he made a mistake in sending his blood sample. Only the moment he sees her, he realises she's extremely attractive, and before he knows it, she isn't letting him go so easily. She berates, bullies and harries him into getting married to her. And he soon realises he enjoys her particular brand of dominance... immensely.
Oh, God. He kneeled. A man kneeled for me in front of an audience, and I had never felt so� so� wanted. It was like he really cared.
Jack Frost wasn't my favorite in the series, but it was one of the better instalments for sure. Mostly I really enjoyed it because Layla Fae explores a domme/sub relationship which adds a fun twist to the story. It wasn't your typical dominant male monster fic and I LOVED how Jack was so whipped (literally and figuratively). Scarlett pegs him, paddles his ass, edges him... the list goes on. And he calls her "snowdrop", which in my opinion is the sweetest pet name ever. The spicy scenes were so well-written too, with the perfect balance of smut and sexual tension.
Plot-wise it was a bit silly, but in a magical way. Yule fairy-men visit the town every year and will punish you if you don't smile when they walk by. Scarlett gets caught frowning for some reason and they place a curse on her, dooming her to be followed by yowling black cats for the rest of the Yule season. Jack and Scarlett are forced to journey to a nearby mountain lake to break the curse. But nothing happens to them and they return safely. Although it sounds unserious and doesn't add much to the story I didn't mind it much as long as we got more smut! Yes the smut was that good ...more
A Viking warrior king who falls in love with you at first sight, gives you his virginity, swears up and down that you’re a holy gift from the gods, trA Viking warrior king who falls in love with you at first sight, gives you his virginity, swears up and down that you’re a holy gift from the gods, treats you like a queen yet brutally tortures your enemies, tries his best never to make mistakes with you, and would move mountains and go to the ends of the earth for you? I'm sat ...more
Did I ever hate this series? Well I can't remember saying that. I'm a new person now Did I ever hate this series? Well I can't remember saying that. I'm a new person now ...more
Looking back through my Kindle notes, I realised I didn't highlight or annotate any quotes in this book at all. It was just completely forgettable. YeLooking back through my Kindle notes, I realised I didn't highlight or annotate any quotes in this book at all. It was just completely forgettable. Yet I'm starting to find these books so addictive because I can speed through them in approximately half an hour. Also, it's exam and thesis season and I don't have the time or mental energy to get into a new fantasy book, so this series has been a godsend because I'm not very attached to the world or characters.
The couple here is Caelum/Jade. There's some other-woman drama though ...more
In this instalment of monster erotica, a human girl is mated to a dragon prince. Except she has to pass a series of trials while competing with dragonIn this instalment of monster erotica, a human girl is mated to a dragon prince. Except she has to pass a series of trials while competing with dragon females in order to become the dragons' queen. Can the dragons truly accept a human as their queen?
I was quite excited for this one because WINGS ‼️ However I was quickly disappointed. The spicy scenes were decent enough but there was barely any mention of wings ...more
Eden Ember has already immensely disappointed me once (see: Wed to the Minotaur) but I decided to give her another chance solely because I'm very partEden Ember has already immensely disappointed me once (see: Wed to the Minotaur) but I decided to give her another chance solely because I'm very partial to men with wings, and also Jalen and Chelsea look so beautiful on the cover!!!
But those are the only good things I have to say about the entire book.
I understand that the book is only 100+ pages and there isn’t a lot of time or opportunity to develop complex characters and a gripping storyline. But Carissa Broadbent was able to do far, far better in Six Scorched Roses with only an additional 50+ pages�..
First of all, the author can't even get her own facts straight. I remember clearly in Minotaur that Chelsea wed a bear shifter and moved west, but somehow here she is married to a phoenix. No problem, I overlooked that for the sake of the story. But next, the phoenixes thrive on the "fire mountains of the west" according to Jalen, yet later Chelsea observes multiple times that their village is cold???
And finally, how am I supposed to root for a MMC who’s an absolute asshole lol he killed any semblance of romance in this book. These are some of his thoughts:
“Look, an angel,� someone yells from the ground. Stupid Terrans. They are still amazed by the sights of such ordinary things. Silly creatures they are, no better than baby making machines.
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I almost feel sorry for her, whoever she will be. Maybe her sense of purpose will come when she mothers my child. No one has told me that I need to sire more than one. My duty will conclude once she becomes pregnant.
After a few chapters he somehow falls in love with her despite thinking of her purely as a vessel for his heirs at first. Sadly, I was completely done with the bullshit by then. The “conflict� that was included (Chelsea was away when their house burned down and Jalen flew away grieving, thinking she had perished) was literally a huge misunderstanding and I have no idea why there was such a big deal made out of it. You expect me to believe that after a couple of weeks, he falls so deeply in love with her that he can’t live without her?
And if I ever see the line �My mate shoves the cloth between her legs to cover her bloody hole.� during a spicy scene again, I think I’m going to have to bleach my eyes out. ...more
Compared to the first book this was an absolute train wreck. Eden Ember's writing constantly made me cringe, and the fmc Auryn was a spineless idiot wCompared to the first book this was an absolute train wreck. Eden Ember's writing constantly made me cringe, and the fmc Auryn was a spineless idiot who was crying because she missed her family one moment, and in the next 2-3 pages she gave me whiplash because she suddenly became enthusiastic and in love out of nowhere. Everything felt contrived and unnecessary, especially the dialogue and the side characters. There were so many typos, grammatical errors and nonsensical statements that made me want to claw my own eyes out. And the story was either absolute chaos with no link between events, or purely insignificant with superfluous details, so the plot was basically nonexistent.
For example, the paragraph "Vrakius wanted to get rid of me. Well, okay, maybe not get rid of me because he doesn’t like me, but to keep me safe. We climbed back into the caravan after eating dinner." made me regret reading it. The tenses are inconsistent, Auryn jumps from thought to thought out of nowhere, and I don't get why she's so needy and clingy after barely a day of knowing her groom??? And this paragraph is already an instance of the author's better writing. You can imagine the quality of the rest of the book.
Remind me never to read a book by Eden Ember, ever. I'm convinced that literally anything would be a better use of my time.
PSA to authors: Please don't underestimate the importance of having a good editor/proofreader. I'm begging you. You'll save yourself and the reader so much torture.
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If you see me reading this please look away ...more
I've read many bad books, but Say You Swear takes the cake as the most awful book I've ever read in my entire life. I dragged mysI'M FINALLY FREE!!!!!
I've read many bad books, but Say You Swear takes the cake as the most awful book I've ever read in my entire life. I dragged myself through 500+ pages of this book, and it was such terrible drivel that it literally sent me straight into a reading slump. Characters are boring and one-dimensional, the writing is the worst I've ever seen, the tropes are straight out of a bad 2013 teenage movie, and it reads like a poorly thought-out Wattpad fanfiction. In fact, that's doing it too much justice. It's even worse than the Wattpad fanfic I read when I was twelve, and I can't even imagine enduring that now. How is this, I quote, "an unforgettable tiktok sensation"???
After The Spanish Love Deception and If He Had Been With Me, this is the third recommendation I’ve taken from booktok. Both the earlier books I read turned out to be huge misses, and I thought maybe third time’s the charm right? NOOOOO. This book wasn’t even bad � it was just plain garbage. I wouldn’t even use it as toilet paper.
The only explanation I can think of is that girlies on booktok really hype up absolute trash nowadays. One girl’s trash is another’s treasure and all that. Well I’ve learned my lesson; after getting burned by booktok one too many times this is the last straw. Clearly our tastes are vastly different and so I’m never, ever going to take a booktok recommendation ever again ...more
Literally the worst book I've ever read, I wouldn't even use it as toilet paper.... rant review INCOMING because I've never been angrier reading a booLiterally the worst book I've ever read, I wouldn't even use it as toilet paper.... rant review INCOMING because I've never been angrier reading a book. And sorry to everyone who liked it ...more
"I will read EVERYTHING Ali Hazelwood writes,� I say vehemently, clicking on "Buy Now" even as I see my bank balance drop to a single, pathetic digit."I will read EVERYTHING Ali Hazelwood writes,� I say vehemently, clicking on "Buy Now" even as I see my bank balance drop to a single, pathetic digit.
When it comes to Ali and her books, my standards are probably so ridiculously low that she could publish her grocery list and I'd still give it 5 stars. I am, first and foremost, a shameless Ali Hazelwood apologist. Her knack for writing toe-curling chemistry, delicious tension, cute interactions that leave me giggling and squealing, and my absolute favorite trope � “guy falls first and harder but girl is clueless� has cemented her as one of my all-time favorite authors.
And yet, this year she still managed to deliver two books (technically, one book and one novella) that disappointed me immensely, especially since I clicked “buy now� without hesitation when I saw her name on the cover.
"I was in love with you when I was fifteen, and . . . if I’m honest, not much has changed. Just . . . come home with me. Let me take care of you. Let me make you happy. I can tell that you’re lonely, and . . . honestly, so am I. I’ll never not be until we’re together.�
It's not that I hated the book. I just didn't feel anything at all, which is not what I expect going into Ali's books. Honestly Marc and Jamie are okay characters, but the buildup in this one fell short, there just wasn't any chemistry, and Marc kinda gave me the creeps. Not through any fault of his!! I think personally I just couldn't stomach the best friend's younger brother trope. The only cute moment was when Marc broke up with the girl he was seeing under ten minutes when she called Jamie a bitch for accidentally walking into her ...more
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