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Step into a sanctuary of Wicked Tales & Wild Romances, where we explore the most captivating corners of dark fantasy and heart-tugging rom-coms. This is more than just a reading log; it’s a collection of Curated Chronicles for the Modern She-Wolf who isn’t afraid to get lost in the shadows or fall for the monster. ​Whether it’s a slow-burn magic system or a spicy contemporary trope, every story here is chosen to be Wildly Devoured.

  • When Grumpy Met Sunshine

    By Charlotte Stein. Pub Date Feb 6, 2024

    5*s, 4 x Spice ❤

    Publisher’s Synopsis:

    “When grumpy ex-footballer Alfie Harding gets badgered into selling his memoirs, he knows he’s never going to be able to write them. He hates revealing a single thing about himself, is allergic to most emotions, and can’t imagine doing a good job of putting pen to paper.

    And so in walks curvy, cheery, cute as heck ghostwriter Mabel Willicker, who knows just how to sunshine and sass her way into getting every little detail out of Alfie. They banter and bicker their way to writing his life story, both of them sure they’ll never be anything other than at odds.

    But after their business arrangement is mistaken for a budding romance, the pair have to pretend to be an item for a public who’s ravenous for more of this Cinderella story. Or at least, it feels like it’s pretend—until each slow burn step in their fake relationship sparks a heat neither can control. Now they just have to decide: is this sizzling chemistry just for show? Or something so real it might just give them their fairytale ending?”

    REVIEW

    When Grumpy Met Sunshine is the kind of romance I live for. Curvy/plus sized cheery MC? Check. Tall, handsome, super broody love interest? Check. A super unlikely romance, hijinks, spice, and a strangers to friends to lovers trope? Yes. Yes. Yes. Also yes. It’s a “something’s there that wasn’t there before” and I’m here for it.

    Mabel is a ghost writer and her latest assignment, writing a biography for footballer Alfie Harding, she’s ready for complications. She’s not the first ghost writer to try to tackle Alfie’s story. He’s rejected several who could have done the job. However, Mabel wins Alfie over when she stands up for herself on first meeting him. Unfortunately, what Mabel thought would be the biggest issue with this assignment, namely Alfie’s forbidding and grumpy nature, turns out to be less of an issue than the media speculation that they are a couple.

    What I loved most about this story was the friendship that blossomed between them and the way Stein wrote the potent chemistry of the two. It’s hard not to feel what the characters are experiencing and you end up falling in love right alongside them. Obviously this kicks up the impact of the spicy parts, and the ending is so heartwarming you may find out when you’re done reading that your face is a little wet for some odd reason.

    Thanks to Netgalley, Charlotte Stein, and St. Martin’s Press for an advanced copy of this ebook in exchange for an honest, personal review.

  • The Duke Starts a Scandal

    By Sophie Jordan, Pub Date Oct 23 2023

    5 Stars, 3 🌶️🌶️🌶️ . This was my favorite installment in the Duke Hunt series!

    Publisher’s Synopsis:

    “A duke with secrets. 

    Lucian, the newly minted Duke of Penning, has much to prove— to himself, his family and the ton. Craving spotless respectability, he must find an aristocratic wife. Unfortunately, he can’t keep his eyes—and thoughts—off his deliciously distracting housekeeper. Such a dalliance can only mar the facade he’s constructed to protect his sisters’ future from the demons of his past…but this fiery passion is a temptation he cannot resist. While Susanna may not the bride he needs, she is everything he desires. 

     A woman with a past.

    As the housekeeper to one of the grandest estates in England, Susanna Lockhart has worked determinedly to become all that is proper and efficient, and she never steps over the line. Romance is an indulgence for the upper class, not for her—and most especially not with her employer. But every smoldering glance from the surly, handsome duke calls to the long-buried reckless wanton inside Susanna. A love between them can never be, but will Lucian and Susanna risk being together…Even if it starts a scandal…”

    My Two Pence:

    The Duke Hunt was a great Jordan series. I am a sucker for spicy historical romance, and this entire series was less of the Ton and set in a provincial town. That did not at all detract from the story or time period. If anything, that made it feel far more delicious.

    This installment – unfortunately, the final one – was especially tasty and had a healthy dose of my favorite enemies-to-lovers trope. The story is based on the actual duke arriving to the estate and finding a housekeeper that has been employed there for quite a while. The country manor has been under her care since the last (actual) duke was in residence, as is basically the only home she has ever known. Then the two start butting heads with how the house should be run. But at some point, that animosity turns into something far more delicious, and the risks reap their own rewards.

    The spice is great and Sophie Jordan is definitely one of my autoread authors. She never sacrifices plot for spice and the tension in her books is absolutely mouth watering. I highly suggest her to anyone, and The Duke Hunt series in their totality as well!

    Thank you to Sophie Jordan, Avon Harper Voyager, and Netgalley for the advanced copy!

  • Never Wager With a Wallflower

    By Virginia Heath, Pub Date Nov 7, 2023

    4*s, 2 Spice. Another delightful romance rom com from Virginia Heath!

    Publisher’s Synopsis:

    “Miss Venus Merriwell has been waiting for her prince to come since the tender age of fourteen. She wants a man who is a selfless academic like her, and free from all the wretched vices her gambler father enjoyed far too much before he left the Merriwell sisters practically destitute. Unfortunately, after a slew of romantic disappointments, there is still no sign of that prince at twenty-three and the only one true love of her life is the bursting-at-the-seams orphanage in Covent Garden that she works tirelessly for. An orphanage that desperately needs to expand into the empty building next door.

    For Galahad Sinclair, gambling isn’t just his life, it’s in his blood. He grew up and learned the trade at his grandfather’s knee in a tavern on the far away banks of the Hudson in New York. But when fate took all that away and dragged him across the sea to London, it made sense to set up shop here. He’s spent five years making a success out of his gaming hall in the sleazy docks of the East End. Enough that he can finally afford to buy the pleasure palace of his dreams—and where better than in the capital’s sinful heart, Covent Garden? The only fly in his ointment is the perfect building he’s just bought to put it in also happens to be right next door to the orphanage run by his cousin’s wife’s youngest sister. A pious, disapproving and unsettling siren he has avoided like the plague since she flattened him five years ago.

    While Venus and Galahad lock horns over practically everything, and while her malevolent orphans do their darndest to sabotage his lifelong dream, can either of them take the ultimate gamble—and learn to love thy neighbor?”

    Showing My Hand:

    This is the final installment in the Merriwell Sisters series. The series is great, you should really check it out!

    The final installment follows Venus, the youngest Merriwell sister, a few years after the first book. I highly suggest reading at least the first one to give you a good idea of who Galahad is and is not, and also the shared history between the two. 

    Venus and Galahad are rivals. Venus, who spend the majority of her time at a London orphanage reading books and helping with the children, is wanting to find a way to expand the building into the one next door for the purposes of housing the growing population of parentless kids in London. As she seeks out the new owner of the property to request the building be donated to the cause, she runs into a familiar face, one belonging to a person she once tackled to the ground in an ill-placed bid to protect her sister from harm. 

    Galahad is the proprietor of a very successful gaming hell near the docks, thankfully grown and long separated from the machinations of his wicked father that brought him from America to London. He is looking to expand into Covent Garden and build his empire further, and he has found the absolute perfect place to put his plan in action. Unfortunately for him, he’s not the only one with eyes set on the building in question. Venus Merriwether, who once tackled him in his cousin’s garden in at night in a fit of protective rage, is also vying for the property which is connected to the orphanage she holds dear. Despite how attractive he finds the now adult woman who rivals the goddess for which she is named, he almost has his very dreams in his grasp and he refuses to let her tackle those from him as well. 

    In the end, it comes down to a bet between the two. However, they do not realize yet that the true stakes are more than just the building and their dreams, but also their hearts. 

    This book had a lot of heart. There was also a lot of adventure and some side characters that I really hope to see in future Heath books. The orphaned twins were absolute CHARACTERS and I hope she has plans to expand their stories. I was a little sad by the end of this one. I really enjoyed the whole thing, including Venus’s trips to the gaming hells and the fact that she was very intelligent and her family refused to play cards with her because she was so good. But she definitely met her match in Galahad, and Galahad never expected Venus. It was a rivals to lovers romance and one of my favorite tropes. 

    All books are now available. I highly recommend this series if you like a good historical romcom with a little spice!

    Thank you to Netgalley, St. Martin’s Press, and Virginia Heath for the advanced copy in exchange for this review. 

  • Not That Duke

    By Eloisa James, Pub Date July 25, 2023

    4.5*s. 4 🌶️. Excellent bookish romance with great spice.

    Publisher’s Synopsis:

    “The Duke of Huntington has no interest in an eccentric redhead who frowns at him over her spectacles…until he realizes that she is the only possible duchess for him.

    Bespeckled and freckled, Lady Stella Corsham at least has a dowry that has attracted a crowd of fortune-hunting suitors—which definitely doesn’t include the sinfully handsome Silvester Parnell, Duke of Huntington, who laughingly calls her “Specs” as he chases after elegant rivals.

    And then—The worst happens. Marriage.

    To the duke. To a man marrying her for all the wrong reasons.

    How can Silvester possibly convince Stella that he’s fallen in love with the quirky woman he married? Especially after she laughingly announces that she’s in love—but not with that duke. Not with her husband.

    Review:

    First of all, yes–of course I loved it. Eloisa James put a lot of herself into this one and I’ve never felt more connected to one of her characters. Short? Check. Curvy? Check. Freckled and bespeckled? Check. Super bookish? I have a book blog. Not sure who would argue with that one, so check. …Secretly lusty? It’s possible.

    Second – the publisher’s synopsis leaves so much out. This was such a great, spicy book. Yes, there’s sort of an enemies to lovers situation going on, but it’s more of an enemies to friends to lovers situation.

    Stella has been made to feel like a sore thumb of the ton since her debut. With her freckles and spectacles, only her dowry seems to be attracting anyone. However, she’d honestly rather be by herself living next to a bookstore than married to a man who doesn’t care for her in some way as a person. Especially Silvester Harwood, the most eligible bachelor in Britain – and a duke. But she knows that wouldn’t pan out as he seems to be in love with Yasmin, a gorgeous French debutante with easy, infectious smiles.

    Silvester is very fond of Yasmin, even though his eccentric mother has set her cap on him marrying the sharp witted and also somewhat eccentric Stella. He truly does not have designs for her, though he does find her to be quite intelligent and good for a conversation. However, when they go for a picnic and Stella falls in the water trying to get help his mother out Silvester is met with Stella’s unexpected curves that have been hidden behind what has previously been deemed fashionable but didn’t even hint at the luscious creature in front of him. This is all completely unbeknownst to Stella.

    Silvester and Stella soon become friends with the help of her kitten, Specs, and neither knows the depth of lust they feel for one another. And secretly, Silvester’s thoughts of Stella are less chaste than anyone might expect.

    This book gets pretty spicy at times. I gave it four chilis because the scenes were written very well and the fact that Silvester was basically reduced to a primal being in his lust for Stella. This also got me in my chest a few times. I really felt the feelings Stella had regarding not being first for Silvester. Everyone wants to be somebody’s someone, and just because she wasn’t conventional didn’t make her any less deserving of feeling beautiful and loved. She felt inadequate, but she had no idea how untrue that was.

    Thanks to Netgalley, Eloisa James, and Avon and Harper Voyager for the advanced copy in exchange for this review.

  • A Rivalry of Hearts

    Fae Flings and Corset Strings Book 1

    By Tessonja Odette, Pub Date June 12, 2024

    5*s, 5🌶️s. I cannot say enough about this one. I was so surprised and delighted by it!

    Publisher’s Synopsis:

    “They say never bargain with the fae. They also say don’t get drunk on fae wine. Yet romance author Edwina Danforth has managed a blunder with both on her first visit to the infamous faelands. Now she’s trapped in a magic-fueled bet she barely remembers with a man she’d be happier to forget. The terms? Whoever can bed the most lovers during their month-long dueling book tour wins a coveted publishing contract.

    The win should be easy for Edwina. She’s known for penning scintillating tales of whirlwind romance. There’s just one problem: her imagination vastly exceeds her bedroom experience. But when failure means plummeting her career back into obscurity, losing isn’t an option.

    Her handsome fae rival, William Haywood, poses an even greater challenge. Not only are his looks as aggravatingly perfect as his track record behind closed doors, but he has his own reasons for playing to win, and he won’t go down without a fight. Unless, of course, it’s a different kind of going down. In that case, he’s fair game.

    Edwina and William clash in a rivalry of romance. But what happens when their objects of desire…turn out to be each other?”

    Like Biting Into Fairy Fruit!

    From the moment that Edwina steps off the boat on the Fae Isles, which was the first page, this book absolutely swept me away. It is definitely one of my absolute favorite tropes, rivals/enemies to lovers, and it was funny, heartfelt, and oh so so spicy! But you could probably tell that from the synopsis.

    Edwina is a spicy romance author, and William Haywood is a poet. The tour was supposed to only be for Edwina, but complicates on her voyage made her miss at least two weeks of the paid tour. Now, she’s sharing the tour with the infuriating Haywood and there are stakes: the person who sells the most books during the tour will win a three book publishing contract. They both have their own desperate reasons to win. However, during an ill fated evening that included a fae drink that had the potential to cause an inflated ego and Edwina’s all too human constitution, they find themselves in the middle of a fae bargain. The bet? Which one can bed the most people throughout the tour.

    The problem is, Edwina’s books are less based on experience and far more on flights of fancy. And Haywood? He’s hiding his true self under a mask that his desire and care for Edwina can’t hide. He has secrets that he can’t let get out, but he also doesn’t want Edwina to get away.

    Honestly, the SPICE and the tension between Edwina and William are absolute *chef’s kiss* material. I was hooked from the first page to the last. I honestly have a mind to read this a second time and I NEVER do that. This was my first Tessonja Odette book and I am chomping at the bit to get into more of her work!

    Thank you to Victory Editing, Tessonja Odette, and Netgalley for the advanced copy in exchange for the above partial review.

  • The Primal Need for Stories and the Luxury of Books

    Daily writing prompt
    What’s the one luxury you can’t live without?
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    There is one thing I learned when studying history and that is the primal need for connection for any being with even a modicum of intelligence, especially humans. There is no greater building block to meeting that need than the moments shared through stories and storytelling.

    There is a historical record of our social needs going back to our hunting and gathering days. Our ancestors sat around the fire and told one another about their experiences, or communicated how they were able to take down a mammoth, or where the best berries were, or even tales of predators they had encountered in the woods.

    There has always been some form of folkloric allegory at play, and superstitions that sprang from commonality which formed into religion from there. All from the human connection based in stories. It’s how we have survived as long as we have–the intelligence to take from our environment and communicate our experiences to those around us.

    During modern times, we have more methods than our ancestors did in regards to being able to keep up with our social needs and how things are happening around us. Social media, television, books, internet – all built on stories. Fiction, non fiction – but with the modern filters we experience these days, it’s so very hard to tell what in our world is fact. Our craving for something tangible has left us all feeling ravenous.

    The pandemic certainly didn’t help. It forced us all into our own boxes, with very little chance to embrace the commonalities we all have, to experience and celebrate the flaws that make us human. Matter of fact, it seems that over time we have done the exact opposite of seeking human connection and have used the filter of social media to blur our humanity. In doing so, we’ve become less connected than we’ve ever been to one another, our flaws feeling like only our own as seemingly perfect people parade across our For You pages, only further isolating ourselves. Our stories cannot be shared when we don’t find commonality.

    So what does this have to do with books, which have always been considered a luxury item throughout history? As an avid reader and book blogger, books are the one thing in this world aside from my family and friends that allow me and people like me to experience true human connection. There have been so many times that I’ve emerged from a book with an overwhelming drive to discuss it and have been lucky enough to discover another reader just as driven to do the same.

    Often, book people speak in a tongue meant only for those who have opened the same book and experienced the same exact stories. Avid readers are passionate people who come from all walks of life and filter these tales through their personal experiences, and by finding a community of individuals whose eyes have touched the same words, we can experience not only the story we have read, but also understand ourselves and one another better through personal interpretation.

    When you find the people who love the same books you do or challenge your preconceived notions through the filter of the story you’ve both read, there is a feeling of being part of something greater. Something raw and primal and real, regardless of the genre.

    One could argue that television may give you the same ability toward human connection, and I would only minimally agree. I enjoy a good TV show, but there are visual artists that have already filled in the blanks for you. It’s hard to take something that has already been interpreted for more than one of your senses and reinterpret it through your filter to the same depths that are allowed when reading. It’s one reason readers often say the dreaded phrase “The book was better.” It’s because to us, it was.

    Our ability to take words in black and white and color them in our heads in a way that feels so very personal.We braid them with our deeply rooted beliefs and emotions and create for ourselves an experience no film maker can hope to touch. It’s not because they didn’t create something beautiful, it’s just that the connection we have with the story will always be unique to us and the community we share it with.

    In summation, when asked, “What’s the one luxury you can’t live without?,” my answer is books. Without books, I miss so many chances to connection, so many chances to learn new things, or live a thousand lives I could never dream up on my own. I would miss out on a community of people who are just as impassioned as I am about the work an author puts in to create an art form that can be enjoyed in different ways by so many others.

    From fireside folklore to book club meetings over FaceTime, the method of storytelling may have evolved, but our need for stories is eternal.

    How do you meet the need when it calls?

  • Where The Hell Have I Been?

    I wish I could tell you, honestly.

    Y’all. Depression and an excessively busy schedule can be a real bitch when you want to keep up with a hobby you’re passionate about. Over the course of the last…7 months? I’ve been reading and preparing to write, but apathy is the enemy of progress, and burnout is the mother of both.

    I’m sure you all know what I’m talking about. Life is hard around these parts these days. If you’re feeling the way I’ve felt, I highly recommend taking a quick stop and becoming ‘one’ with that person inside you. Do this often–make time for her/him/them.

    I didn’t, and that shit can burn you out right quick.

    In an interesting/scary/necessary turn of events, the universe made it well known that I needed a break. I’ve had to sit back and relax, release, and reassess. I took a break from my hobbies and all the things I love that even resembled work of any type (with the exception of books, but that’s like breathing for me and doesn’t count). As it was before the universe intervened, I was working 50 hour weeks coupled with the last few semesters of my second bachelors and had left very little in the way of energy to put toward anything, including writing. Not to mention the pervasive existential dread that seems to be permeating all of our nerve centers, but that goes without saying. Burning the candle that hot will melt you down into the table if you let it. I hope you can trust me on that and take better care of yourself than I did!

    All that said, one way I’ve been taking better care of me is by reading genres I know I love and giving my brain some tasty little tidbits to chew. I’m looking forward to writing about all the pages I’ve gathered as I’ve rolled along. There are some reviews covering spicy romances, dark fantasies, and even a space heist coming soon!

    In conclusion: Listen to what the forces beyond you are saying. Try to catch those voices when they are whispers and don’t be a pound cake (dense) like I was and not take heed of them until they start screaming into your face. Matter of fact, read a low stakes fantasy like Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree when you need to reset. It’s super cozy and warm and it helped me through some tough emotions. Need I say review coming soon?

    Forever Bookish,

    SL Wolf

  • The Baker and the Bard

    By Fern Haught, Pub Date 3/5/2024

    4.5*s. Best enjoyed when you need a quick visual cozy fantasy.

    Publisher’s Synopsis:

    “Juniper and Hadley have a good thing going in Larkspur, spending their respective days apprenticing at a little bakery and performing at the local inn. But when a stranger makes an unusual order at the bakery, the two friends (and Hadley’s pet snake, Fern) set out on a journey to forage the magical mushrooms needed to make the requested galette pastries.

    Along the way, Juniper and Hadley stumble across a mystery too compelling to ignore: Something has been coming out of the woods at night and eating the local farmers’ crops, leaving only a trail of glowy goo behind. Intent on finally going on an adventure that could fuel their bardic craft, Hadley tows Juniper into the woods to investigate.

    What started as a simple errand to pick mushrooms soon turns into a thrilling quest to save some furry new friends—and their caretaker, a softspoken little fey named Thistle—who are in danger of losing their home.”

    REVIEW:

    This story was super cute. Fairies, bakeries, a little bit of love? This seems to be the time for cozy fantasy, and this graphic novel totally fits the bill.

    The soft pink and green illustrations and characters learning to be happy with who they are that are also willing to accept love and help those who are unlike them in small but profound ways. The friendships and self-acceptance were depicted in such easy and wonderful ways that I almost didn’t want it to end. 

    This graphic novel is so beautiful and happy and I plan to revisit it when I need a pick me up. It is definitely a book to pick up when you want someone soft and light and still full of magic and low stakes adventure. 

    Thank you to Netgalley and publisher, MacMillan Children’s, for the advanced copy in exchange for this fair and honest review. 

  • A Fate Inked in Blood 

    Saga of the Unfated, Book One

    by Danielle L Jensen. Pub Date 2/27/2024

    FIVE. GLOWING. STARS. Best enjoyed when you want high adventure and a broken heart.

    Publisher’s Synopsis

    “Bound in an unwanted marriage, Freya spends her days gutting fish, but dreams of becoming a warrior. And of putting an axe in her boorish husband’s back.

    Freya’s dreams abruptly become reality when her husband betrays her to the region’s jarl, landing her in a fight to the death against his son, Bjorn. To survive, Freya is forced to reveal her deepest secret: She possesses a drop of a goddess’s blood, which makes her a shield maiden with magic capable of repelling any attack. It was foretold such a magic would unite the fractured nation of Skaland beneath the one who controls the shield maiden’s fate.

    Believing he’s destined to rule Skaland as king, the fanatical jarl binds Freya with a blood oath and orders Bjorn to protect her from their enemies. Desperate to prove her strength, Freya must train to fight and learn to control her magic, all while facing perilous tests set by the gods. The greatest test of all, however, may be resisting her forbidden attraction to Bjorn. If Freya succumbs to her lust for the charming and fierce warrior, she risks not only her own destiny but the fate of all the people she swore to protect.”

    REVIEW:

    One chapter into this book and I knew it was going to break my heart. The writing was absolutely fantastic, the settings incredible, and the emotion seeped into every word. I can’t tell you how much it pains me that I have to wait more than a year for the next one and I can only pray I get a Galley for it, because there is a distinct broken feeling in my chest when I think about it, and I think about it often. It both broke my reading slump and caused another one that could only be served by lighthearted romance, which feels like the exact opposite of this. 

    This book has mystery, adventure, romance, angst, war. I’m a sucker for a good Viking fantasy, and this was top tier. From the mundane to the magical, it was all described in such great ways. I fell into it so easily and coming up for air was like entering into a completely different world, familiar yet altered in some way. That’s the best part about a really good book.

    Freya’s feelings of being trapped and finding her powers, exploring her honor and duty while in fear of assassination and always being a prisoner of her own making were palpable. The relationships she develops feel so very real as does the moments of love and betrayal both in turn. Of course, with as deeply expressed as the other emotions are, the romance and spice was also top tier. The spicy scenes throughout were incredibly hot. 

    Bjorn is also an awesome character and the will they won’t they continually reached a frantic pitch throughout the book, amping up the tension and the stakes continuously. Honestly, the way he’s described? I don’t know how anyone could resist a warrior Viking with a touch-her-and-die vibe. It was pretty hot—and I’m not just talking about his fire magic. 

    The end of this story left a bit of a cliffhanger, but one that had a ton of promise for the next book. So excited to see what happens!

    Thank you to Netgalley, Danielle L Jensen, and Random House for the advanced copy in exchange for this review. 

  • Not Your Crush’s Cauldron

    Supernatural Singles, Book 3

    By April Asher, Pub Date 2/13/2024

    5*s, Best enjoyed when you need some spice, snark, and fated romance.

    Publisher’s Synopsis

    “Olive Maxwell much prefers teaching about the supernatural world to taking part in it and leaves the magical shenanigans to her two sisters—the Prima Apparent and Bounty Hunter in Training. But after assigning her college students a project designed to nudge them outside their comfort zones, Olive realizes she’s never once stepped a toe out of her own . . . and it’s about time that changed. Her first trip into the unknown? Moving in with her longtime crush, and friend . . . tattooed, motorcycle-riding, and pleasantly pierced Baxter Donovan.

    Bax Donovan, Guardian Angel not-so-extraordinaire, has acquired so many black marks on his record it looks like a Scantron test. He’s been given one last chance to keep his Guardian wings intact—a high-profile Assignment he knows all too well. Olive is usually as low-risk as it gets. Hell, she wrote the safety manual. But something landed her on the Guardian Angel[NS1] Affairs radar, and he guesses it has something to do with the heart-pounding stunts she’s determined to check off her Dare I Docket list.

    Keeping Olive out of trouble is about to be his toughest Assignment yet, and not because he’s forced to shake the dust off his feathers and embrace his inner aerialist. He’s at real risk of shattering the only Guardian Angel code of conduct rule he’s yet to break: Don’t fall in love with your Assignment. And he isn’t so sure that’s a bad thing.

    If love didn’t play by the rules, why should they?”

    REVIEW:

    APRIL ASHER – You, my dear, are always such a genius! I’ve had the absolute pleasure of reading all three of the current installments available in the Supernatural Singles series and each one gets better. 

    I will be honest. I am an academic. I am short, thick, and introverted. I absolutely see myself in Olive and her List. We could all use a little stroll outside of our comfort levels at times, and I adored this story of Olive pushing her bounds, and Bas somehow always being there to catch her if she falls – even though that had nothing to do with fate. 

    It was so great to see Bas and Olive’s developing feelings and the heat was there in a huge way. There were definitely moments when I had little room for anything outside of reading this book and I finished it super quick. Bas….oh, Bas…Sweet, troubled, tough, quiet Bas. The tattoos? The piercings? Heavens the piercings. I honestly had visceral reactions to some of those scenes. 

    As always, I loved the banter and support between the characters. Still well thought out, still absolutely realistic and three dimensional. Romantic and hilarious, I will always recommend these books to my fellow Romantasy lovers. 

    Thanks to Netgalley, April Asher, and St. Martin’s Press for an advanced copy in exchange for this review.