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Cursed Love by Pelaam (3 Stars)

Dec2

Shifters and mages working together to save true love!

Conall, a ranch owner and shifter, is afraid he might have missed his chance to find his soul mate. He’s living with his dear friends and ranch hands, Jackson and Annie, and trying to make ends meet. A potential buyer of his goods brings her assistant, Blaine, and there is an instant attraction between Blaine and Conall. Unfortunately, something is wrong with Blaine but nobody can determine the problem. In an interesting twist, the author tells the story from Conall’s and Annie’s points of view. It works, in this case, since Annie is key in helping to resolve the danger surrounding Blaine.

The characters were interesting and the concept for the story was creative. With tighter editing, the story could have had a lot of great potential. Additional dialogue between Conall and Blaine would have helped to make the romance more believable.

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Originally reviewed for The Romance Reviews. Complimentary copy provided by author/publisher for an honest review.
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Unwrapping Hank by Eli Easton (5 Stars)

Nov25

Very sweet, but also deeply touching, holiday story about two college fraternity brothers. Hank and Sloane have an interesting connection from the beginning which swings between almost-friends and almost-enemies. There is clearly an attraction of some sort, but Hank can’t seem to make up his mind on what he wants. Sloane is a patient person and doesn’t mind putting the effort into figuring out what makes Hank tick. A special holiday vacation turns into the trip of a lifetime in more ways than one. I was glad we got to hear from both of the characters in order to avoid having Hank come across as a jerk. The characters were extremely well-developed, and the story had so many wonderful layers to it.

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Drinker Class X by Sasha Miller (3 Stars)

Nov10

It’s a new world, where humans co-exist with drinkers–people who must drink blood to survive.

Drinkers that go rogue, by attacking and turning other humans, are hunted down by the Department of Drinker Control. Laurence Wickes was a member of the DDC, until he was attacked and turned into a drinker. Now he needs to meet with a psychiatrist to determine if he can join society again and under what circumstances.

The author built an interesting world with drinkers and humans living together somewhat comfortably with each other. There are a lot of rules for the drinkers to follow, including getting classified in order to determine what rights they’ll have. Laurence was a good cop who is now forced to figure out what he’s going to do with his life after being turned into a drinker. He develops a crush on his psychiatrist, Dr. Ira Ashdown.

Ira has a secret that ends up putting him and Laurence into imminent danger. Although the two of them are locked up together for a few days, they didn’t spend that time getting to know each other better. This definitely made the story more of a mystery than a romance. Although both of the characters were likable, I never developed any kind of emotional connection to either of them. If more time had been spent on dialogue, instead of detailed descriptions of clothing and surroundings, it would have worked better for me. In the end, it was an easy read with some new concepts.

If you’re in the mood for a paranormal mystery, along with a light romance, this is an enjoyable story.

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Originally reviewed for The Romance Reviews. Complimentary copy provided by author/publisher for an honest review.
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Raising the Rent by J.L. Merrow (3.5 Stars)

Nov6

Told only from Nathan’s POV, this was a cute romance. The story was a bit sad because Nathan was dirt poor, trying to go to college while working the streets, and then he gets physically assaulted. Stephen, Nathan’s professor, takes him in, but they never really have any serious conversations to make me understand why they were together. The ending was also really abrupt, which would have worked if I had believed in the relationship.

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