31
May, 2023

May Wrap Up

I have mentioned this before on Instagram, but I have had a difficult time this month with feeling unwell and have therefore found it very hard to stay focused enough to read, but I am proud of managing three books. To perk myself up, I did order eight new books. I have no idea where I am putting them, but they are very pretty, and I am excited to get started on them!

I also joined the #EightBookBash challenge, which is where you choose eight books off of your physical TBR (To Be Read) to read before the end of the year, and I am so happy with being able to fit If I Stay in before the end of this month.

None of the books this month really stood out to me, but I think my favourite would have to be The Pleasures of Autumn, purely for the growth of Sinead, and I look forward to her short story that I will read in the upcoming months.

I still have not decided yet, but what will be your first book for June?

22
May, 2023

REVIEW: The Pleasures of Autumn by Evie Hunter

Rating: 4 out of 5.

The Pleasures of Autumn is the third Erotic Romance Novel in the Pleasures series by Evie Hunter (a pen name for the combined work of two authors). The problem with leading two lives is that no matter how hard you try to draw a line between the two worlds and how good you may become at lying, eventually the truth will come out, whether you want it to or not. Sinead O’Sullivan has this knowledge breathing down her neck when the Fire of Autumn, an astronomically expensive ruby, is stolen from her place of work and she is the only suspect. Niall Moore, an expert in protection and investigation, is hired to not only find the ruby but also keep Sinead under her bail conditions. On both sides, trust is hard to give, but the heat between them is ever-growing. Despite Niall using every trick in his bag, he knows Sinead is lying about something. All the evidence is stacked against her, and there is no way to prove her innocence except that she is adamant that she knows who took it, if only someone would believe her. But with a ruby so well known and only one suspect, the police are not the only ones with Sinead in their crosshairs.

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30
Apr, 2023

April Wrap Up

It was a busy month this time around; in fact, I have two favourite books this month. One being In Isabeau’s Eyes by Lora Leigh and the other The Pleasures of Summer by Evie Hunter. Both the main characters in both books tugged at my heartstrings while making my cheeks heat from laughter and spice. I look forward to the next installment of the Kentucky Nights series by Lora Leigh when it is released. I even plan on reading the Nauti series that had some part to play in In Isabeau’s Eyes. I am slowly making my way through the Pleasures series by Evie Hunter. It is bigger than I initially thought, but I am enjoying it, and I am very much looking forward to Sinead’s book. Thanks to the authors mentioned above, I have two new book boyfriends: Tracker Calloway and Flynn Grant!

I did have one DNF (did not finish) book this month, Destined to Play by Indigo Bloom. This is the first DNF of the year and the first for me in a while. I usually push through and rarely give a book one star, but I had to stop at 100 pages. Consent started to feel very loose for me, and I could not continue. I was worried maybe it was just me being silly, but I flipped to the end, and consent was grey at best. Personally, I am not a fan of dubious consent or non-consent for that matter (dubcon/noncon).

What was your favourite book this month? Or did you have any DNF’s?