When the Elite pack is invited to send a few members to attend the Blood Moon with another pack in the mountains, Max jumps at the chance to spend more time with Jasper, even though Jasper is still pushing him away. The trip makes Max realize he's not as alone as he thought, but things go awry when the Blood Moon legends turn out to be not entirely made...
Jasper is back, but almost as soon as he and Crimson reunite, Crimson gets stuck in spider form, and it's going to become permanent in a few days. They and their friends will have to work together and risk their lives to get what they need and undo the curse in...
I read fewer books this year than I have probably since I started blogging ten years ago, so there's actually not ten books here. That felt like too many, and there were only six books that I rated 4.5 or 5 stars. Two of which are a duology and three of which were rereads (though I do still count rereads because if a book was that great more than once, it deserves recognition more than once). I...
Next up on my end of the year lists: characters from the books I've read and games I've played! I also sneaked one podcast in here, but the title stays because it's not worth the work of changing the graphic. I also sneaked more than ten characters in here, technically, but that's ok. And I may have talked too much about some of them when these are supposed to be quick descriptions, but I...
Starting my end of the year posts today with book covers! Believe it or not, this isn't every book I read this year... just most of them 😅 As I always like to say, books can still be amazing with more basic covers, and ultimately the most important thing is what's inside the book, but I still like to appreciate pretty...
![Book Review: My Roommate from Hell by Cale Dietrich [Audiobook]](https://metaphorsandmoonlight.com/wp-content/uploads/Book-Review-My-Roommate-From-Hell-by-Cale-Dietrich-255x255.jpg)
Owen just wants to make friends and do well in school so he can get a good job, but on his first day of college, he finds out he has a roommate from Hell, figuratively and literally. With an internship and human-demon relations on the line, the two end up in a fake relationship, Owen starts to realize having Zarmenus as a roommate and a friend isn't so bad after...
![Book Review: An Amateur Witch’s Guide to Murder by K. Valentin [Audiobook]](https://metaphorsandmoonlight.com/wp-content/uploads/Book-Review-An-Amateur-Witchs-Guide-to-Murder-by-K.-Valentin-255x255.jpg)
Mateo needs money to hire someone who can exorcise the demon in him before it kills him, so he takes a job to break a curse on a rich client. As the curse's body count rises and they discover a potential murder, he ends up in way over his head but also realizes he actually wants to...
![Book Review: The Good Vampire’s Guide to Blood & Boyfriends by Jamie D’Amato [Audiobook]](https://metaphorsandmoonlight.com/wp-content/uploads/Book-Review-The-Good-Vampires-Guide-to-Blood-Boyfriends-by-Jamie-DAmato-255x255.jpg)
College student Brennan has recently been turned into a vampire and gets caught stealing and drinking blood from a blood drive one night by the cute library aide. Cole agrees to keep his secret and they become close, but Brennan struggles to balance his vampire life with his human one, especially when another vampire starts plotting...
![Book Review: Thirsty by Lucy Lehane [Audiobook]](https://metaphorsandmoonlight.com/wp-content/uploads/Book-Review-Thirsty-by-Lucy-Lehane-255x255.jpg)
Charlie is an advice columnist with an increasing number of questions about supernaturals, so when he runs into an old vampire acquaintance, he makes a deal to learn more, under the pretense that it's for his thesis. Lorenzo only agrees because he sees an opportunity for revenge on Charlie for ruining his past relationship. But as they spend more time together, they start falling for each...
Spain, 1980, Alex gets injured during a protest and is rescued by a man named Jago. They hit it off, and Jago turns out to be a big help with the show Alex and his friends are creating, but there's something strange about him, and even more strange things start happening after he shows up in their...
