Books to curl up with: GOOD MORNNG IT IS DAY 2 OF READER ROUNDUP

Books to curl up with: GOOD MORNNG IT IS DAY 2 OF READER ROUNDUP:   Good morning peeps yes it is day two of reader round up and today I have another new to me author. Beth A. Freely and her book THE WATERS ...

GOOD MORNNG IT IS DAY 2 OF READER ROUNDUP

  Good morning peeps yes it is day two of reader round up and today I have another new to me author. Beth A. Freely and her book THE WATERS OF RYUJIN.

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Beauty. Betrayal. A love that defies centuries.

Cursed by the Shogun and transformed into a water dragon by the sea god Ryujin, Hanzo Ikeda has guarded the hidden lake for over a century, forgotten, feared, and alone. Bound by magic and grief, his humanity fades with each passing year… until she arrives.

Asuka, the Shogun’s youngest daughter, is destined for a marriage of politics and power. But when she strays too close to the forbidden waters, she awakens the creature whispered about in palace legends. Instead of a monster, she finds a man with a sorrowful gaze and a soul as deep as the lake.

Drawn to one another through dreams, secrets, and stolen moments, Asuka and Hanzo must defy the forces that seek to keep them apart. But love alone may not be enough to break the ancient curse, or survive the storm it will unleash.

                           MY REVIEW 

  After accidently shooting a priced animal, Hanzo is cursed by the Shogun and turned into a water dragon by Ryujin. He has guarded a secret lake each year loosing a little bit of his humanity each year. Until Asuka comes to visit the lake, the youngest daughter of the Shogun. She strays too close to the waters and awakens the creature at its depths. But instead of the monster that was whispered about through out the palace she finds a man with a beautiful but haunted soul and eyes that look so sad. They are drawn to each other through stolen moments, dreams and secrets . They have to fight the forces that are trying to keep them apart but will love be able to keep them together or would the the curse never be broken. 

    This is a very interesting retelling of beauty and the beast, wrapped up in Japanese folk lore. Hanzo was a well liked bowman in the Shoguns army. But there is a loneliness to him also that we really get to see once he is cursed. He is haunted and until Asuka comes into his life he was ready to just exist. Asuka brought him back . Asuka is the sweetest all she wants is a true love . She is tired of being a pawn and promised in marriage for politics and power. She may seem soft and sweet but there is a will in her that will put most people to shame. They belong together and Hanzo will risk it all to fight for her. These characters are such sweet characters and well written. 

    Yes this is a retelling of beauty and the beast but I am going to say it is actually one of the better retellings .It is set in 1700 Japan. Which is a fun twist . Reading Hanzo's story had me in tears a few times the author really brings the emotion when we see Hanzo really struggling and ready to become the monster he was turned into. This is a book that you can sit down and read and get lost in the story of redemption, love and the ends to what a man would do for the woman he loves 

GOOD MORNING IT IS DAY ONE OF READER ROUND UP

  Goof morning my peeps yes I am back after a reading hiatus. Today is the first day of the spring READER'S ROUND UP and I have for you a new to me author. P. D Alleva and his book ECHOES OF THE FORGOTTEN, WEB OF MALEVOLENCE .

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Winter, 1971. Grief drives teenager Michael Tedesco into exile—straight into the arms of a grandfather he barely knows, hidden deep within the sun-bleached isolation of the Florida Keys. At first glance, the island feels like paradise. But paradise has a memory. The locals watch too closely. Speak too little. And when they do speak, it’s only in hushed warnings—stories of Naia Tomes, a witch who once stalked the island… a woman said to have fed on human flesh before the newcomers put her down. Buried. Forgotten. Or so they claim. Because something is stirring again. The wind carries whispers that shouldn’t exist. Shadows linger where nothing should stand. And Michael begins to realize the truth the island has been hiding: Naia Tomes is not finished. As the past claws its way back into the present, Michael is pulled deeper into a suffocating nightmare—one woven from secrets, superstition, and blood. The kind of horror that doesn’t just haunt you… It waits for you. And on this island, revenge is not a story. It’s a ritual. 

                        MY REVIEW 

 Michael has lost so much in his young life , his mother and father killed in a car accident. He is put in the care of his grandfather , who he has never met and is moved to an isolated area off the Florida keys. Bur with all things come meeting new people and making friends and just trying to belong. He runs into a beautiful young woman coming out of the swamp water. Lilith who befriends him. While still trying to figure this place he is put into danger by a gang who whisper the name Naia he is pulled in deep to the history and the lore of what happened years ago and the ritual of what could happen.

   This is one of those reads that will give you the willies . It is a folk lore that has so much packed into it. Michael is a sweet kid that has had it rough after he was the only survivor from the car accident. He just wants a place to actually belong. He is also plagued with nightmares that are seeming to be true. He is a strong kid who wants a sense of belonging in a place where they don't take kindly to strangers. Lilith is a young woman who just happens to run into him in the marsh, she is mysterious and aloof when you meet her. You really want to dive into her and figure her out because there is more to her than meets the eye. There is a gang of teens that well you can't and shouldn't trust . Each character is well written and there is room to expand them even more . The folk lore aspect is really good and it gives you the creeps cause you know that there are areas that believe in the folklores of the past . 

    This is good read, it will give you the willies through out but over all the story is a fun fast read . This is a new to me author that has a knack for writing horror. This would be a good read for your fall reading list just in time for Halloween. I can't wait to dive into his other stories . 

Books to curl up with: GOOD DAY EVERYONE

Books to curl up with: GOOD DAY EVERYONE:  Good day everyone, it has been a long 2 weeks on  the farm we are finally over the cold crud that wouldn't leave. So we are going to fi...

GOOD DAY EVERYONE

 Good day everyone, it has been a long 2 weeks on  the farm we are finally over the cold crud that wouldn't leave. So we are going to finally get this blog post done. Today we have for you CREPE CAPERS  book 46 in the HAVEN HOLLOW series by Hp Mallory and J.R Rain 

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 If there’s one thing I’ve learned as Haven Hollow’s High Witch, it’s this: when life gets weird, it usually means someone cursed something.

And lately? Things are getting very weird.

It started with a simple package delivered to my shop, Wanda’s Witchery. Inside were two rings—one for me and one for my cousin Astrid. I thought they were a sweet surprise.

Turns out they were a curse.

Now Astrid has her humanity back… and I’ve been turned into the very thing I’ve spent my life fighting.

A vampire.

No heartbeat. No magic. And an overwhelming craving for blood that I’m trying very hard not to indulge—especially when it comes to my annoyingly attractive vampire husband, Lorcan.

But becoming undead is only the beginning of my problems.

Someone hired private investigators to spy on me. The vampire establishment is starting to question whether my “turning” was real. And if they discover the truth about the lie that kept me alive, they won’t just be angry.

They’ll kill me.

As if that weren’t enough, the cursed rings may be connected to a terrifying entity using my cousin as a pawn—a creature powerful enough to rewrite magic itself.

Which means my sudden transformation might not be an accident.

It might be a move in someone else’s game.

Now I have to figure out who’s behind the curse, why they targeted us, and how to survive vampire politics without losing the town—and the life—I love.

Because I may be undead now…

…but I’m still Wanda Depraysie.

And if someone thinks turning me into a vampire is going to stop me from solving this mystery, they clearly don’t know witches very well.

                          MY REVIEW 

 Welcome back to the Hollow, Wanda is going about her business  playing at being a vampire and being High Witch of the Scapegoat coven. Until the evening she goes to work and gets a surprise in the mail a set of mysterious rings for her and Astrid , With out thinking both Wanda and Astrid slip the rings on and poof things change . Astrid who was changed by a vampire is now healthy and breathing. Wanda on the other hand has been turned into a vampire with no reach of her witch power. There is someone or something out there wanting to prove that Wanda isn't a real vampire and now that she is one. Things are about to get a little chaotic and a little bloody. Will they be able to figure out what happened and keep two vampires off their back about Wanda . Lorcan is working over time to figure it out and keep his nemesis in check.  Will the survive the night and will Wanda do what she is destined to do . 

  The gang is back and well funnier than ever . Wanda is one of those characters that you love and you love to hate her sometimes .She is brainy and walks softly and carries a really big magical stick. But we also get to see her venerable and scared as she works on being a vampire and trying to find her power again . Lorcan is her trusted sidekick and her husband, and man you really get to know him better in this book. We find out who is after them and it sets them up for an epic fight . Poppy and the rest of the gang are back also to help figure out how to help her get back to her true self. Each character is like coming home and settling down with some really good friends . 

This is a hilarious book and you can't stop laughing all the way through the book. Each character is well written and very complex. You love them and their faults .These authors have really made an epic story, the hollow have changed and become its own character through out the books. I would strongly suggest you read the other books in the series but if you wanted to you could read this book as a stand alone. Check out this series you will love it.  

Books to curl up with: GOOD MORNING PEEPS

Books to curl up with: GOOD MORNING PEEPS:   Well it was spring outside but today I woke up to snow falling on the farm. I like the moisture but I donot like the white stuff . It is a...

GOOD MORNING PEEPS

  Well it was spring outside but today I woke up to snow falling on the farm. I like the moisture but I donot like the white stuff . It is a good day to stay indoors and read some good books . Today I have for you book 3 in the Villians of Kassel . FEAST OF THE FALLEN by Lydia Miceals . 

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             They call it a game. But games have rules, and mine were written in blood.

I was starving when I applied to The Feast of the Fallen—a twisted hunt where the world’s most elite billionaires pay millions to chase women like me through a gilded labyrinth until dawn.

One million dollars just to play. Two million if I'm caught.

I told myself I'd run, hide, and take the money–unharmed–so I could finally escape the poverty that's been choking me my entire life.

But I didn't count on him.

Jack Thorne, the phantom host, who built an empire from ash and blood, watched from the shadows while men hunted like monsters in a storm of his own creation. But when a reckless guest breaks his rules and goes too far, Jack steps out of the darkness, revealing himself as the most dangerous player of all–one who looks like a savior but will stop at nothing for revenge.

Jack doesn't negotiate with giants. He watches them gorge themselves on power until their true nature spills out. Then he brings the axe.

                          MY REVIEW 

 Daisy is doing everything to survive , she has been working the same job since her mother and her were working together. Then her mother dies and she is stuck feeling so alone . Until the day she is presented a way of getting out of her predicament . One night of being hunted by billionaires who want to dominate her and take her. She is trying to figure everything out and just wants to get through the night. Then Jack Thorne walks in , the phantom host of this night . He is powerful and honestly the most cunning . When Daisy breaks the rules it is time for him to step in and deal with her but will he be able to let the delicate flower go after he has her in his life.

   This is a very intense book Daisy and Jack have been through sooooo much. Daisy is as innocent as innocent can get . She is sweet and kind but is also really naive when it comes to the ways of the world . Underneath it all though she is a fighter and has a spine of steel when it comes to protecting herself . Jack is well he has had such a hard life , he was sold to a the age of 6 to a man with money . He was tortured and abused for most of his life . He only knew pain for the longest time until he finally gets away and finds the caring and love with an older woman of the night . Then Jack finally knows what it means to have a caring person to lean on. As they have grown up you see the scars of their past deeply embedded into their souls . Such emotional characters that you will love to hate . 

  This is one of  those books where honestly people can tell you about but you really aren't ready for the emotions that will bubble up as you read.  The characters are so well written and complex . You know you will love them and want to wrap them up in warm blankets and give them hot chocolate and tell them that everything will be ok. The author really does write some twisted stories . She puts her characters into situations that will break most people . I have actually shed a few tears through out this book. This is one of those books that will have you up all night and have you thinking about why it happened all night long . This can be read as a stand alone but be prepared for the triggers that might not bring up some feelings .