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The Fae Princes by Nikki St. Crowe Book Review

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The Fae Princes by Nikki St. Crowe

Blurb

I thought Peter Pan was a myth and Neverland a fairytale. A story spun by my mother who had lost her mind a long time ago.

But there was no denying the overwhelming shadow cast by Peter Pan when he was standing in my house.

Pan took me captive to Neverland and I somehow found my place among him and the Lost Boys.

I’ve never looked back.

Now I’m entangled right alongside him in a war we can’t seem to escape. We thought we had defeated our enemies.

We thought we could finally have our happily ever after.

But there was one enemy we never saw coming.

A fairy who has nothing to lose and everything to gain.

The fairy with golden wings and a dark, twisted heart.

She wants Neverland and she’ll stop at nothing to have it. Including destroying anyone who stands in her way, even her own flesh and blood.

NOTE: The Fae Princes is a reimagining of Peter and Wendy. Characters have been aged up for this darker, grittier version. If you like your enemies to lovers romance with hot, ruthless, morally gray love interests, you’ll enjoy this series. You can expect hate kissing, fighting, bickering, and ‘touch her and I’ll unalive you’ vibes. The Fae Princes is the final book in the main storyline for the Vicious Lost Boys Series.

Sensitive Content

Here are the potentially sensitive content that I observed while reading this book:

  • Abandonment
  • Alcohol
  • Blood
  • Death of a parent
  • Gore
  • Kidnapping
  • Injury
  • Misogyny
  • Murder
  • Rape
  • Sexual content
  • Physical abuse
  • Profanity
  • Toxic relationship
  • Violence

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Vicious Cravings by Elliott Rose Book Review

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Blurb

She wants to restore her power… they want to find their missing piece.

Healer. Claimer of Souls. The Mortala.

Keeping secrets was a language Nelloix spoke fluently. Making sure those secrets–the kind a witch like her could only evade for so long–stay hidden is the only way to prevent the nightmares of her past from catching her.

She dared break away from those who sought to bind her power for eternity. Her punishment? A shattered heart to match her broken magic. Swearing off love, fate, and bonding with another being in order to keep both herself and others safe from the curse within.

Time has nearly run out, unless she can find the elusive ingredient she needs for a potion. A botanical extract so rare, Nell might as well abandon all hope…

When shadows from the past find her, what if it’s too late to outrun fate?

Predators. Monsters. Vampires.

Mischief and order. Light and dark. Two fated mates desperate to find the third member of their soul bond. But some mysteries were meant to remain concealed.

Love casts the deepest scars. Both Hunter and Ace have been torn apart by a witch before. Will they be able to overcome their greatest fears–the darkest parts of their own vampiric natures–when their world collides with a mystifying green-eyed witch.

The one who seeks something only they can provide…

Dark cravings pull on an invisible thread weaving three souls together, but will they survive the forces threatening to tear them all apart?

Sensitive Content

Here is the sensitive content I observed while reading this book

  • Alcohol
  • Blood
  • Drug use
  • Death of a loved one
  • Gore
  • Group Sex
  • Murder
  • Profanity
  • Sexually Explicit Scenes
  • Violence

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Kingdom of the Cursed by Kerri Maniscalco Book Review

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Kingdom of the Cursed

Blurb

After selling her soul to become Queen of the Wicked, Emilia travels to the Seven Circles with the enigmatic Prince of Wrath, where she’s introduced to a seductive world of vice.

She vows to do whatever it takes to avenge her beloved sister, Vittoria… even if that means accepting the hand of the Prince of Pride, the king of demons.

The first rule in the court of the Wicked? Trust no one. With back-stabbing princes, luxurious palaces, mysterious party invitations, and conflicting clues about who really killed her twin, Emilia finds herself more alone than ever before. Can she even trust Wrath, her one-time ally in the mortal world… or is he keeping dangerous secrets about his true nature?

Emilia will be tested in every way as she seeks a series of magical objects that will unlock the clues of her past and the answers she craves…

One sister.
Two sinful princes.
Infinite deception with a side of revenge… Welcome to Hell.

Sensitive Content

Here is the potentially sensitive content I observed while reading this book:

  • Alcohol
  • Blood
  • Confinement
  • Death
  • Drug use
  • Emotional Abuse
  • Gaslighting
  • Gore
  • Grief
  • Injury
  • Misogyny
  • Physical Abuse
  • Profanity
  • Rape
  • Sexism
  • Toxic Relationship
  • Violence

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War by Laura Thalassa Book Review

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War by Laura Thalassa

Blurb

They came to earth―Pestilence, War, Famine, Death―four horsemen riding their screaming steeds, racing to the corners of the world. Four horsemen with the power to destroy all of humanity.

They came to earth, and they came to end us all.

The day Jerusalem falls to the horsemen, Miriam Elmahdy knows her life is over. Houses are burning, the streets run red with blood, and a traitorous army is massacring her people. There is no surviving this, especially not once Miriam catches the eye of War himself. But when the massive and terrifying horseman corners Miriam, he calls her his heaven-sent wife, and instead of killing her, he takes her back to his camp.

Now Miriam faces a terrifying future, helplessly watching her world burn town by town, and the one responsible for it is her seemingly indestructible “husband,” who refuses to let her go. But there’s another side to him, one that’s gentle and loving and set on winning her over, and she might not be strong enough to resist.

However, if there’s one thing Miriam has learned, it’s that love and war cannot coexist. She must make the ultimate choice: surrender to War and watch humankind fall, or sacrifice everything to stop him.

Sensitive Content

Here is the potentially sensitive content that I observed while reading:

  • Animal Death
  • Blood
  • Child death
  • Confinement
  • Death of a parent
  • Emotional Abuse
  • Fire
  • Grief
  • Gore
  • Gun Violence
  • Injury
  • Kidnapping
  • Murder
  • Physical Abuse
  • Rape
  • Pregnancy
  • Sexism
  • Sexual harassment
  • Sexually explicit scenes
  • Suicidal Attempts/Ideation
  • Torture
  • Vomit

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A Game of Retribution by Scarlett St. Clair Book Review

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Blurb

Become enchanted by the fantasy world of gods and mortals in bestselling author Scarlett St. Clair’s reimagined New Greece. Readers are “hopelessly addicted” to the story of Hades and Persephone.

Hades, God of the Dead, does not take sides or bend the rules. He makes no exceptions to these values—not for god or mortal, even his lover, Persephone, Goddess of Spring.

Usually, fear prevents retaliation.

But not this time.

When Hera, Goddess of Women, approaches Hades with a plan to overthrow Zeus, he declines to offer help. As punishment, Hera sentences Hades to perform a series of labors. Between killing mythical monsters and recovering deadly stolen artifacts, each feat seems more impossible than the last and draws his attention away from Persephone—whose own tragedy has left her questioning whether she can be Queen of the Underworld.

Can Hades maintain the balance he craves?

Sensitive Content

Here is the potentially sensitive content I observed white reading:

  • Blood
  • Car Accident
  • Death
  • Gaslighting
  • Gore
  • Grief
  • Injury
  • Kidnapping
  • Murder
  • Physical abuse
  • Profanity
  • Sexual Assault
  • Suicidal ideation
  • Torture
  • Toxic relationship
  • Vomit
  • War

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The Queen’s Temptation by Elliott Rose Book Review

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Blurb

He’s her bodyguard, and she’s committed to her crown.

Charmer. Rogue. Protector.

In his three hundred years Niall of Nocturne had never pretended to be a good man–or Witch for that matter.

It was meant to be a moment of hedonistic pleasure, until the beautiful Fae he met in the tavern that night ran away after just one kiss.

It should have been simple. Pure pleasure. No emotions attached.

No matter how gorgeous or captivating she was, he shouldn’t be thinking of her still. The mysterious woman he now can’t get out of his mind no matter how hard he tries.

The one who just walked into the room wearing a crown.

His mission was supposed to be simple: act as personal bodyguard and magical escort to the soon-to-be crowned Queen of the Fae.

The problem is… now that he’s had a taste of the forbidden, can he bring himself to let her go?

***

Fierce. Duty-bound. Queen.

Ruby inherited a crown dripping with the blood of her lineage. A royal bloodline bound for eons by an ancient curse.

She was never meant to sit on the Fae throne.

While the alluring, roguish Witch might have easily seduced her that night, she came to her senses the moment their kiss was interrupted.

It was meant to be one last night of personal freedom before fulfilling her duty. A future sacrificed indefinitely to the crown and bound to an unwanted political betrothal.

Discovering her fated mate was never part of the plan.

Neither was finding her handsome stranger waiting for her in the Fae Court. The Witch now entrusted with being her round the clock protection as Queen.
Now temptation has left her no choice… the curse placed on Fae Royals will always claim its victims. She’ll do everything in her power to ensure her mate never discovers the truth.

Sensitive Content

Here is some of the sensitive content I observed while reading:

  • Alcohol
  • Blood
  • Murder
  • Profanity
  • Sexually explicit scenes
  • Violence

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Bloodmarked by Tracy Deonn Book Review

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Bloodmarked The Legendborn cycle tracy deonn

Blurb

The shadows have risen, and the line is law.

All Bree wanted was to uncover the truth behind her mother’s death. So she infiltrated the Legendborn Order, a secret society descended from King Arthur’s knights—only to discover her own ancestral power. Now, Bree has become someone new:

A Medium. A Bloodcrafter. A Scion.

But the ancient war between demons and the Order is rising to a deadly peak. And Nick, the Legendborn boy Bree fell in love with, has been kidnapped.

Bree wants to fight, but the Regents who rule the Order won’t let her. To them, she is an unknown girl with unheard-of power, and as the living anchor for the spell that preserves the Legendborn cycle, she must be protected.

When the Regents reveal they will do whatever it takes to hide the war, Bree and her friends must go on the run to rescue Nick themselves. But enemies are everywhere, Bree’s powers are unpredictable and dangerous, and she can’t escape her growing attraction to Selwyn, the mage sworn to protect Nick until death.

If Bree has any hope of saving herself and the people she loves, she must learn to control her powers from the ancestors who wielded them first—without losing herself in the process.

Sensitive Content

There are no content warnings given for this book. Here is the potentially sensitive content I observed while reading this book:

  • Blood
  • Car Accident
  • Death
  • Grief
  • Gore
  • Kidnapping
  • Profanity
  • Racism
  • Rape
  • Slavery
  • Torture
  • Violence

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A Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah J Maas Book Review

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Blurb

A tender addition to the #1 New York Times bestselling Court of Thorns and Roses series by Sarah J. Maas, bridging the events of A Court of Wings and Ruin and upcoming books.

Feyre, Rhysand, and their friends are still busy rebuilding the Night Court and the vastly altered world beyond, recovering from the war that changed everything. But Winter Solstice is finally approaching, and with it, the joy of a hard-earned reprieve.

Yet even the festive atmosphere can’t keep the shadows of the past from looming. As Feyre navigates her first Winter Solstice as High Lady, her concern for those dearest to her deepens. They have more wounds than she anticipated-scars that will have a far-reaching impact on the future of their court.

Bridging the events of A Court of Wings and Ruin with the later books in the series, A Court of Frost and Starlight explores the far-reaching effects of a devastating war and the fierce love between friends.

Triggers

There are no triggers listed for this book. Here are some of the triggers I observed while reading:

  • Alcohol/Alcoholism
  • Death
  • Death of a Parent
  • Depresssion
  • Eating Disorder (negligent eating habits)
  • Grief
  • Mental Illness/Health Concerns
  • Misogyny
  • Pregnancy (mention of)
  • Profanity
  • Sexually Explicit Scenes
  • Torture (mention of)
  • Violence
  • War (mention of)

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A Kingdom of Stars and Shadows by Holly Renee Book Review

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Blurb

Destiny or desire?

Where does your allegiance lie?

I am told my union to the crowned prince will determine the fate of the kingdom, but it isn’t my betrothed who haunts my dreams. It’s the half-breed prince who stands at his side.

He is darkness and sin, and when he whispers promises of wickedness in my ear, I crave a man who I can’t have.

Every thought I have is treasonous. The way my hands ache to touch him deceitful.

Even my dreams make me a traitor to the kingdom I am sworn to protect.

But when the kingdom is attacked, I am forced to make choices I’m not prepared for. Our lies and deception are entangled in the shadows and stars, and as they unravel so shall my fate. Betray a kingdom or betray my heart.

…

A Kingdom of Stars and Shadows is book one in the Stars and Shadows Series. It contains mature language, themes, and content that may not be suitable for all readers. Reader discretion is advised.

Triggers

Here is the sensitive content I observed while reading:

  • Abusive Relationship
  • Alcohol
  • Blood
  • Death
  • Profanity
  • Sexually Explicit Scenes
  • Violence

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King of Battle and Blood by Scarlett St. Clair Book Review

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Blurb

An instant USA Today bestseller! From fan-favorite Scarlett St. Clair, the bestselling author of the Hades & Persephone series, comes a new fantasy filled with danger, darkness, and insatiable romance.

Their union is his revenge.

Isolde de Lara considers her wedding day to be her death day. To end a years-long war, she is to marry vampire king Adrian Aleksandr Vasiliev, and kill him.

But her assassination attempt is thwarted no m, and Adrian threatens that if Isolde tries to kill him again, he will raise her as the undead. Faced with the possibility of becoming the thing she hates most, Isolde seeks other ways to defy him and survive the brutal vampire court.

Except it isn’t the court she fears most―it’s Adrian. Despite their undeniable chemistry, she wonders why the king―fierce, savage, merciless―chose her as consort.

The answer will shatter her world.

Triggers

As this is a fantasy romance, there was no content warnings or triggers list so these are the potentially sensitive topics I observed while reading:

  • Alcohol
  • Blood
  • Bones
  • Death
  • Decapitation
  • Gore
  • Murder
  • Profanity
  • Sexually Explicit Scenes
  • Violence

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