December is chugging along and there is a list of things that I need to do... that I keep forgetting to do. :) Story of my life, yeah? Writing is going alright. 200% better than October and already 100% than November.
Reading has been alright.
Series:
Author(s): T. Kingfisher
Length: audiobook is about 5 hrs
Genre: Fantasy / YA
Notes: I needed something outside what I normally read because I was in a reading slump and my mood-reading-meter wasn't helping me. I'd seen this a few time and I think it was on my wish list a while ago but I moved it off because... no real mood for YA. But I listened to the sample and went for it. I really enjoyed the book and following Oliver and his adorable familiar on his quest to bring rain to his community. There are lessons here about the price of betrayal, types of courage, and how to value yourself even though you aren't who/what you want to be. My only complaint is that I wanted more of a reunion scene at the end. I loved Oliver's mother just as much as he did and I really wanted to see them interact.
Blurb: Oliver was a very minor mage. His familiar reminded him of this several times a day. He only knew three spells, and one of them was to control his allergy to armadillo dander.
His attempts to summon elementals resulted in nosebleeds, and there is nothing more embarrassing than having your elemental leave the circle to get you a tissue, pat you comfortingly, and then disappear in a puff of magic. The armadillo had about wet himself laughing.
He was a very minor mage. Unfortunately, he was all they had.
His attempts to summon elementals resulted in nosebleeds, and there is nothing more embarrassing than having your elemental leave the circle to get you a tissue, pat you comfortingly, and then disappear in a puff of magic. The armadillo had about wet himself laughing.
He was a very minor mage. Unfortunately, he was all they had.
Title: Perfectly Imperfect Pixie
Series:
Author(s): MJ May
Length: 367 pages
Genre: Romance / Urban Fantasy-ish / Paranormal / Gay / Reading
Notes: I'm about half way through when writing this post. Phil is one of those sunshine characters that you want to shelter and keep safe. There is a lot going on plotwise, which I love, so the romance is on the slow to medium burn rate. It's taken Sed a few to actually see Phil. The villain has been introduced and though their HEA is promised, I'm still biting my nails.
Blurb: Size matters. Pixies are supposed to be petite, beautifully lithe creatures with gossamer wings. Sporting luscious, ombre pink hair and fluttering pink wings, Phil meets two out of three of those criteria. At over six feet tall, no one would dare call Phil petite. As a home-and-hearth pixie, Phil yearns to find a home and family he can bond to. When no one’s willing to hire a pixie of his stature, Phil is forced to find work elsewhere. Turns out, pixies make terrible bouncers.
The sudden death of Sedrick’s brother and sister-in-law left Sedrick Voss a pack of one—plus two young, traumatized were children. Sedrick needs help. He needs a home-and-hearth pixie. But pixies are small, delicate creatures nowhere near sturdy enough to stand up to a couple of growing werewolves. Phil seems like the perfect answer—a pixie that might be able to physically withstand small werewolf teeth and claws.
Phil is overjoyed, finally able to do a job that speaks to his heart and soul. But peace is a hard-won commodity. Sedrick is in the middle of a nasty custody battle with his niece and nephew’s maternal grandfather—one of the most arrogantly deceitful werewolf alphas to ever lead a pack. If their grandfather gets custody, Sedrick’s niece and nephew are in for a lifetime of manipulation.
Between the custody battle, noxiously invasive garden gnomes, and fairy lawyers, Phil and Sedrick struggle to keep their home and family safe. Werewolves and pixies don’t mate. Phil and Sedrick are about to challenge that misconception.
Perfectly Imperfect Pixie is a m/m standalone title with a HEA, a rough but kind werewolf, fairy lawyers, vampire bar owners, dwarf miners, questionably intelligent humans, pesky garden gnomes, and charming pixies.
Title: Worse Guy
Series:
Author(s): Ruby Dixon
Length: 234 page
Genre: Romance / Monster Romance / Villain Romance / Sci-Fi / Alien / Curvy Woman / POC FMC /
Notes: Since I read Bad Guy and liked it, I thought I'd give this one a try. This is another clone of Crulden with implanted memories from the real Crulden and very different from the Crulden clone from Bad Guy. There is still the element of him discovering who he was and what he wanted to be once he felt sure he was no longer a prisoner. I really like Bee. It doesn't dodge that she's been traumatized and how she uses all the tools available to her to keep herself safe. At this point in the story, it looks like there won't be a 'sex heals all trauma' aspect, which pleases me immensely. I would love to see a different kind of relationship for these two. I also really enjoy this look at the Masaka (not sure I spelled that correctly since I have the audiobooks) who are the favorable MCs in her popular Blue Barbarian series, but here they align to a more natural person scale. Bee is easier on them and their shortcomings than I would be, but she works the misogynistic alien society to her advantage where I would be yelling and screaming. I'm about half way through, maybe more, as I'm writing this. I listen to this when I'm crocheting so I probably won't finish for another couple of days.
Blurb: Crulden the Ruiner is the most dangerous gladiator in the galaxy.
I’m his clone - equally ugly, equally dangerous, and just as feared. I’m also being held captive, since no one trusts a creature like me to be let loose.
A curvy, determined human named Bee doesn’t think I’m a creature, though. In fact, she thinks I just need a guide. She’s got half the males on this planet eating out of her hand, and she’s confident she can do the same with me.
The managing little female has no idea what she’s in for. I’m not some fool to be led around by my tail. But…the champion in me loves a challenge.
A champion also wants to win a prize. So I tell Bee I’ll go along with her plans if she kisses me…right on my tusk-filled mouth.
I never expected her to say yes…
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Title: Problem Child
Series: The Wolfverse
Author(s): Sam Hall
Length: 438 pages
Genre: Romance / Paranormal / RH
Notes: There are a couple of reasons why I gave this book a try. Even though there are omegas in this world who typically pair up with the alphas (like in the other omegaverses), this is about the Beta getting her alpha wolf pack. There is also the secret child trope that tickled my mood radar and it wasn't a series. The end is an HEA and I didn't have to read more than one book to get to it. This is a series but the only real interconnectedness that matters is that it's all set in the same world, and though I'm guessing that there is some crossover from somewhere with the people at the clinic, you didn't need to know anything about them. This is a high heat story, so lots of smexy times, some of which I skimmed though I did notice that the author did a good job using those scenes as part of the character building and relationship and not just for titillation. I might try another book in this world since I enjoyed this one.
Blurb: One night of fun with a gorgeous guy, that’s all I thought this was, but when Ben walked out my door, he left behind more than just a heart that ached a little.
There’s no way I should’ve been able to get pregnant, yet here I am.
For nine long years, I’ve been fighting to bring my daughter up right, trying to cater for all her unique needs, even as I go to bed every night knowing I’m failing her. So, when I’m offered help by Riley Taylor from the world famous Crowe Corp, I jump at the chance.
But that’s when I run into him.
He shouldn’t look that good, not after all this time and his brothers shouldn’t be clustering closer, trying to catch my scent. He definitely shouldn’t be looking at my daughter with awe and wonder, knowing exactly where her blonde hair comes from.
Ben and his pack want to be part of her life, but more than that, they want their mate and they think I might be her.
If you loved A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing and wanted more of Riley and the gang’s story, join Lily as she struggles to balance motherhood, bringing up a very strong willed daughter, being a beta in an alpha’s world and being forced to consider another chance at love.
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