Since it's December, it's time to post some holiday book reviews! I read some of these last December, some of these this December, and I enjoyed them all. The first three are all in one series that features different main characters in each book, and the last two are in a different series, though none are marked as a series on Goodreads or Amazon. (Well, one is also part of a collection sort of...
Sebastian is finally free of blood magic and should be taking time to recover, but when he finds out there's a paranormal murdering people, he wants to help and agrees to help protect Wesley, who may be one of the villain's targets. Wesley and Sebastian get off to a rocky start, but the more time he spends with him, the more Wesley's stone heart starts to...
I can't believe I have to think of yet another intro. I don't do anything, this is too hard! Quick reminder, if you're doing any holiday shopping online, I have affiliate/referral links, and it helps me make a small bit of money or get my own free trials/books/etc. if you use them, at no additional cost to you! As for what I actually did this month... I started and finished playing Milky...
![Book Review: Boys of Alabama by Genevieve Hudson [Audiobook]](https://metaphorsandmoonlight.com/wp-content/uploads/Book-Review-Boys-of-Alabama-by-Genevieve-Hudson-255x255.jpg)
Max, a gay, atheist, German 16-year-old with the ability to bring dead things back to life, has just moved with his parents to a small, religious town in Alabama. The townspeople and his new friends try to pull him into their religious beliefs, while the self-proclaimed town witch Max is smitten with tries to make him understand the darker side of...
![Book Review: Winter’s Orbit by Everina Maxwell [Audiobook]](https://metaphorsandmoonlight.com/wp-content/uploads/Book-Review-Winters-Orbit-by-Everina-Maxwell-255x255.jpg)
Kiem, a low prince who has often found himself the subject of media scandals, gets assigned to marry Jainan, a diplomat from another planet in the system, for the sake of their treaty. They find themselves falling for each other, thinking the other doesn't feel the same, while working together to solve a political...
The World Next Door is a beautiful, interesting game that combines visual novel, puzzle, and optional combat elements to tell a story of a girl who visits a world of supernaturals but gets stuck there and has to figure out how to get...
![Book Review: Captive Mate (Mismatched Mates Book 2) by Eliot Grayson [Audiobook]](https://metaphorsandmoonlight.com/wp-content/uploads/Book-Review-Captive-Mate-Mismatched-Mates-Book-2-by-Eliot-Grayson-255x255.jpg)
Arik is currently the prisoner of the Armitage pack, after helping their enemies in the first book, and the love spell he has on their alpha, Matthew, is his only leverage. But the more time he and Matthew spend together, the more real feelings start to develop, complicating...
![Book Review: The Fascinators by Andrew Eliopulos [Audiobook]](https://metaphorsandmoonlight.com/wp-content/uploads/Book-Review-The-Fascinators-by-Andrew-Eliopulos-255x255.jpg)
Sam lives in a small, religious town where most people think magic shouldn't be used, and he and his two best friends are the only ones in their school's magic club. But then they accidentally get mixed up in trouble with dangerous magickers, and between that, feelings, and the pressures of life, their friendships will be...
Yes, it's another opening lines post! What can I say? They're fairly easy but also fun and interesting. I don't pay a whole lot of attention to opening lines when I'm actually reading a book, so I like going back and seeing them in books I've read. Normally I do this completely randomly, just grabbing or looking up random books I've read. But for some reason, I came upon a lot of prologues...
Three teens wake on a spaceship with no clue how they got there and have to try to figure out how to get home as strange things keep happening. But on the journey, despite struggling with missing home and a traumatic past, Noa finds himself falling for...
