Review: Ouroboros

Author: Genevieve I. Eldredge.

Genre: Fantasy, LGBTQ+, Romance.

Rating: 🍫🍫🍫🍫

Blurb: 

All introverted geek girl Syl Skye wants is to get close to her girlfriend. But when you can kill with a simple touch, a normal date night’s not really in the cards.

As it happens, Syl is also a sleeper-princess of the fair Fae. Last year after a freak accident, her power Awakened, granting her white flame to purify the darkness.

Rouen Rivoche is that darkness—a dark Fae princess whose power to bewitch mortals is as terrifying as the violet lightning she controls. Rouen is Syl’s total opposite. Her mortal enemy.

She’s also Syl’s beloved girlfriend.

And even though they joined forces to defeat the evil Circuit Fae who harnessed the killing magic in technology to take over the school…that was so last year.

Now, Syl’s touch could mean Rouen’s death. Her increasing power is spiraling out of control, threatening to burn down everything she and Rouen have built together.

Their lives, their love, their very world.

Cover Review:

The cover of Ouroboros is as gorgeous as the other two books in the series. 

Book Review: 

Ouroboros is the second book in the Circuit Fae series and it's just as awesome as book one. Maybe even more.

I love how much Syl's character has developed over the two books. She's turned into a warrior, from an introvert, geekish girl. 

And contrastingly, Euphoria, or Rouen, has turned from the unbending, dark warrior into a sweet, beautiful soul. 

Add them both, a bit of love, and a whole lot of fantasy filled adventure, and you have Ouroboros. 

The story kept me hooked till the very last page, the thrill and suspense being perfect. There was just the right amount of sweetness and sarcasm to make the narration perfect. 

All in all, Ouroboros was a fun filled, fantastical roller coaster ride, and I'm super excited for the book three! 

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You can read my review of the previous two books in the series here:

Book 1: Moribund ($0.99 only!)

Book 1.5: Derailed.

Review: Queens Of Geek

Author: Jen Wilde

Genre: YA, Romance, LGBTQ.

Rating: 🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫♥️

Blurb:

Charlie likes to stand out. She’s a vlogger and actress promoting her first movie at SupaCon, and this is her chance to show fans she’s over her public breakup with co-star Reese Ryan. When internet-famous cool-girl actress Alyssa Huntington arrives as a surprise guest, it seems Charlie’s long-time crush on her isn’t as one-sided as she thought.

Taylor likes to blend in. Her brain is wired differently, making her fear change. And there’s one thing in her life she knows will never change: her friendship with her best guy friend Jamie—no matter how much she may secretly want it to. But when she hears about a fan contest for her favorite fandom, she starts to rethink her rules on playing it safe.

Queens of Geek by Jen Wilde, chosen by readers like you for Macmillan's young adult imprint Swoon Reads, is an empowering novel for anyone who has ever felt that fandom is family.

Cover Review:

Pink hair. Do I need anything else?! I absolutely, most definitely love it. 

Book Review: 

Queens Of Geek was a beautiful, heart-touching story about us. 

Yes, you read that right. It was a story about us, the geeks, the bookworms, the fandom queens and kings. All of us. 

Queens Of Geek follows the three best friends, Taylor, Charlie and Jamie on their visit to the SupaCon. 

The story is not just another Young Adult book. It deals with topics ranging from bisexuality to social anxiety, standing up for yourself and for those you care about. 

Queens Of Geek was raw, beautiful and honest. 

My Chatter:

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Oh my God, you definitely need to read this book guys and girls! It's the most beautiful, real and heartwarming book I've read in a long time! 

The characters in this one run through crazy mazes, jump on trampolines that are disguised into bookish places, fawn over bookish goodies, cosplay and basically do everything we do or dream of doing one day. 

Taylor deals with social anxiety on a daily basis, and finds her solace in writing. She hates talking because her sentences and thoughts always get muddled up when she tries to talk, but she loves writing. Exactly. Like. Me. I could relate to her on every page. 

Charlie is bisexual. And open about it. But when a relationship with her co-star breaks her heart, she loses some of her confidence. And her caution, her pride, her need to be more than the hot star's girlfriend? It was all real. 

And Jamie. Jamie was the sweetest, perfect nerd. He was probably the most laid-back of the three. The calm, collected person. And yet he loses his cool to defend his friend when someone mocks Taylor.

A Fan Art I made inspired by this book!

All three of them, and all of the minor characters, they were all so real. And so many issues were brought into light by the author in such a sweet, simple read.

How people still mock people with social anxiety.

How some people still frown upon bisexuality.

How overcoming your fears isn't easy, but so worth it.

How the society's expectations sometimes turn you into a completely different person.

Queens Of Geek was beautiful.

It was real.

*Chatter hereby ends* 

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Review: Unicorn Tracks

Author: Julia Embers.

Genre: Fantasy, LGBT.

Rating: 🍫🍫🍫🍫

Blurb:

After a savage attack drives her from her home, sixteen-year-old Mnemba finds a place in her cousin Tumelo’s successful safari business, where she quickly excels as a guide. Surrounding herself with nature and the mystical animals inhabiting the savannah not only allows Mnemba’s tracking skills to shine, it helps her to hide from the terrible memories that haunt her.

Mnemba is employed to guide Mr. Harving and his daughter, Kara, through the wilderness as they study unicorns. The young women are drawn to each other, despite that fact that Kara is betrothed. During their research, they discover a conspiracy by a group of poachers to capture the Unicorns and exploit their supernatural strength to build a railway. Together, they must find a way to protect the creatures Kara adores while resisting the love they know they can never indulge.

Cover Review:

The cover is so colorfully eye-catching! It's what made me borrow this book and I'm glad I did!

Book Review:

Unicorn Tracks was a cute, albeit short read. 

The characters were sweet, the setting was beautiful and the animals only added to the flair. 

I love how casually the fantasy elements were merged into the scenes. Like how normal it was to spot a mermaid, or a unicorn! 

The adventure itself was well written and an enjoyable ride. 

I wish the story had gone on longer, because I'd have loved to read more of Mnemba and Kara. 

All in all, Unicorn Tracks was colorful, beautiful and a super sweet read!

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Review: Past Imperfect

Author: Carrie Pack.

Genre: Adventure, Romance, LGBT.

Rating: 🍫🍫🍫🍫

Blurb: 

Now on the run from the corporation that turned him into a lab experiment, Miles finds himself in a fight for his life as he unravels the complicated relationships he shares with ex-boyfriend Adam, whom he still loves, and wife Ana, whose allegiance he cannot trust.

Meanwhile, nineteen-year-old Bethany Carter is on the run from her past and present. Having escaped the same institution that trapped Miles, she must find a way to safely manage the schizophrenia that triggers her time travel while navigating unpredictable bouts of paranoia.

As Miles and Bethany’s lives become more intertwined, Dr. Branagan, the man who made their lives a living hell at Longleaf Retreat, will stop at nothing to continue his research, even if it means destroying his subjects in the process.

Cover Review:

The cover is just as beautiful as the one of the previous book. If anything, the blue-purple theme looks even more beautiful! 

Book Review:

Adam and Miles continue to be an awesome pair of characters, but Bethany stole my heart once again. Her no bullshit attitude gets me every time!

I'd been so eager to read this one after I read it's prequel. The wait for NetGalley's approval had been a difficult one. I don't know what I'd have done if they had declined my request!

Past Imperfect had more adventure, more content and more everything! It swept me away right from the beginning and I didn't rest until I reached the end—except for those times when my mom wouldn't let me go!

The one character that developed massively was Ana. From hating her in the last book, I came to kinda liking her. She developed a lot in the span of one book, and I definitely prefer this version of her. 

Past Imperfect was the perfect ending to the duology. Everything was wrapped up nicely, and everyone who deserves a happy ending got one. 

Past Imperfect did not let me down in the slightest, and I'm so glad I got a chance to read it! 

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Review: In The Present Tense

Author: Carrie Pack.

Genre: LGBT, Adventure, Romance. 

Rating: 🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫

Blurb:

Miles Lawson goes to sleep dreaming of a future with his boyfriend Adam, but wakes to find he is married to Ana, an acquaintance from high school. When he learns he has been time traveling, Miles is consumed with finding a cure for his rare condition—and finding his first love.

Traveling more frequently, Miles assembles the puzzle pieces of his life and, in doing so, alienates his wife. As he loses control, Miles must realize that sometimes fixing your past mistakes means changing your future. But will he be able to convince Adam he is telling the truth before it’s too late?

Cover Review:

The cover is colorful and eye-catching. Definitely my type of cover. I loved it. 

Book Review:

The first thing I did after finishing this book was look for it's sequel. I found out that it releases in August, so I rushed to NetGalley and requested it. I seriously don't know how I'll live if my request is declined. 

This book is perfection. There's time travel, there's messy romance, there's YA and there's a whole lot of suspense. I mean, what's not to like? 

Despite their many flaws, Miles and Adam are such beautiful crafted characters. They're real. So is Bethany. 

I felt so many emotions while reading this book. I laughed, I cried, I felt afraid for them and I got angry. Damn did I get angry!

The character I hated the most though, was Ana. She wasn't supposed to be the villain in the story, but she's the one who I ended up hating the most. You'll know why when you read it. 

All in all, In The Present Tense was a beautiful, mesmerising page-turner that left me wanting for more. 

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Review: Certain Requirements

Author: Elinor Zimmerman.

Genre: LGBTQ, Romance, Erotica. 

Rating: 🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫

Blurb:

Phoenix Gomez wants nothing more than to be a full-time aerial dancer, and after years of hard work, her dream is coming true. 

That’s until her Oakland rent spikes and her roommate moves across the country with his boyfriend. Desperate for a way to make a living, she accepts a position with a woman looking for a live-in submissive. 

Phoenix has always kept her love of kinky submission strictly behind the bedroom door and inside the bounds of romantic relationships, until she meets Kris Andersen.

Why would Kris―a dapper butch, seasoned dominant, and tech hotshot―be interested in such an arrangement? Because in her rigidly ordered life, she has no time to fall in love. When Phoenix challenges the rules Kris thought she wanted, their connection grows, only to be put to the test when Phoenix’s career threatens to take her away from the Bay.

Cover Review:

The cover features Phoenix, the main character, performing her Ariel dance. It's not too creative, but it relates to the story well. 

Book Review:

Woah, this was one intense read. There wasn't a moment that I thought the story was slowing down, or turning boring. 

It was steamy, sexy, kinky and heartbreaking all at the same time. To be honest, this was the LGBT form of Fifty Shades, only Certain Requirements was hundred times better. 

The characters were well crafted, easy to relate to, despite their different careers and fun to read. 

Though I loved all the characters, my absolute favourite will have to be John, because he was such a good friend. The kind of friend everyone should have. 

Certain Requirements is the kind of book that won't let you go until you turn the last page, and when you do that? You'll be smiling widely, making everyone think you've gone crazy. (Thank God I finished it at night!)

So yeah, go on and preorder this really awesome book!

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Review: Traffic & Weather

Author: Magnolia Robbins.

Genre: Romance, LGBT. 

Rating: 🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫

Blurb:

When hard-working TV producer Elizabeth ‘Liz’ Mudd is fired from a local news program, her career begins to look as bleak as her hapless love life. After stumbling into a job working for a failing morning news show, Liz decides to revitalize it by bringing on her idol and long time crush, reporter Dawn Reynolds.

World-renowned Dawn Reynolds has spanned the globe reporting the news for nearly two decades, resulting in more fame and admiration than she could have ever imagined. Yet, even with all the success, after a bitter divorce, her romantic life seemed bleak. That is until she meets the charmingly beautiful Liz Mudd.

As fate brings the producer and TV anchor together to try and save the morning show, the two can’t deny the intense attraction they have towards one another. Even still, between Dawn’s high maintenance lifestyle and Liz’s need for control, they often find it hard to get along at work.

With the future of the morning show, their careers, and their love lives in their hands, the two must find a way to work together, or they risk losing the things they love most for good.

A steamy contemporary lesbian romance set in the unique and often dysfunctional world of morning television.

Cover Review:

As all of the author's other books, this book too has a cute cover that I'm absolutely in love with! 💖

Book Review:

Well, what should I say? I've read almost all of the author's novels, and none of them have ever disappointed me. 

Traffic & Weather was realistic, sweet, entertaining, steamy and a whole lot of fun.

The characters were well crafted, the storyline was a hit and it ended in the best possible way.

"Oh, and one last thing." Dawn said, and my head shook. 

"I swear, you are the most high maintenance person-"

"I love you."

My only complain, that continues on from the author's very first book is that they're all too short! Such awesome books deserve more pages!

Anyways, I still absolutely loved Traffic & Weather.

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Review: Derailed

Author: Genevieve Iseult Eldredge.

Genre: Fantasy, LGBT, YA.

Rating: 🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫

Blurb:

Syl Skye. Rouen Rivoche. Star-crossed lovers who should be mortal enemies. This is the story of how they met.

A nightly excursion to DC. A goth-rock show. One innocent train ride. That’s all it takes for high school sophomore Syl Skye’s perfectly normal world to come crashing down.

Because unbeknownst to her, she’s a sleeper-princess of the fair Fae—a vessel of Fae power that has yet to Awaken—and there are dark Fae who want her dead, dead, dead.

Rouen Rivoche is one of those dark Fae. Bound to the Agravaine the dark Fae Huntsman who is dedicated to wiping out all sleeper-princesses, Rouen has no choice but to hunt Syl down and spill her blood.

But a chance meeting in a nightclub, a brush of their hands, a lingering look… Despite herself, Rouen is attracted to Syl. And when she lets Syl get away…that’s when their troubles really begin.

After all, every couple has their issues, right?

Cover Review:

The cover is beautiful. One day, I'm gonna have this on my shelf, I swear!

Book Review:

In the short span of a book and a half (As Derailed is just a Novella) Syl and Rouen a.k.a. Euphoria have quickly become one of my most favorite couples. 

They're the perfect good girl, bad girl duo, and together, they're absolutely one of the cutest couples I've ever met. 

Derailed was just as awesome as the Book One, Moribund. There was just enough amount of action, destruction, fantasy, evil, good and the butterflies. 

Now, I'll excitedly wait for Ouroboros, the book two, and maybe re-read Moribund in the time being. 

Derailed was absolutely beautiful and I loved every part of it. It has made the wait for the next book even more unbearable! 

By the way, you can read my review of the Book One, Moribund here.

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I wholeheartedly recommend this book to every fantasy lover! 💖

Review: Due North

Author: Magnolia Robbins.

Genre: Romance, LGBT, Fantasy.

Rating: 🍫🍫🍫🍫

Blurb:

On a perfectly ordinary Christmas night, Santa Claus found Mitzi Mayfield in a tiny bassinet in Manhattan. For twenty years, Mitzi knew nothing but the comfort of her small magical village in the North Pole and the love of the Claus’ who had adopted her. That was until she was thrust into the real world on an adventure to find her birth parents. Finding love, however, was the last thing on her mind.

The very idea of Christmas made real-life scrooge Amelia Banner ill. A high-end accountant, her days were predictable and orderly, just the way she liked it. Yet even still, Amelia had always felt like there was something missing from her life.

When fate brings Mitzi and Amelia together on a cold December night, they find their lives quickly intertwining. While Amelia helps Mitzi on her journey of self-discovery, she herself discovers a little bit of love for the season. As the two begin to fall for one another, secrets of their lives begin to reveal themselves and their fairytale romance starts to get complicated.

Do Mitzi and Amelia let their past define them? Or do they realize that maybe all they really want for Christmas, is each other?

Cover Review:

The cover is sweet, Christmassy and super cute!

Book Review:

I loved the idea of the novel as well as the characters, and it was a sweet story, and totally festive. 

A good Christmas read, but at the same time I found it to be too cheesy. 

I liked the storyline, and some of the characters, but I found Mitzi too sweet. Much too sweet. 

Though the book was pretty short so I don't mind it much. 

Overall, Due North was a cute, sweet read and I enjoyed reading it!

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Which was the best Christmas themed book you read this year? Let me know in the comments!