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...
![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...
![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...
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...
![Book Review: The Dichotomy of Angels by N.R. Walker [Audiobook]](https://metaphorsandmoonlight.com/wp-content/uploads/Book-Review-The-Dichotomy-of-Angels-by-N.R.-Walker-255x255.jpg)
Chasan and Nathaniel are angels fated to be together because of the twin flames in their souls, and Chasan has always wanted it, but Nathaniel has spent a thousand years pushing him away. When they're assigned a mission on Earth together, it will be their last chance to sort things out between them because Chasan, and all of Heaven, can't stand waiting any...
![Book Review: A Marvellous Light (The Last Binding Book 1) by Freya Marske [Audiobook]](https://metaphorsandmoonlight.com/wp-content/uploads/Book-Review-A-Marvellous-Light-The-Last-Binding-Book-1-by-Freya-Marske-255x255.jpg)
Robin gets a new job only to discover the existence of magic, get cursed by the people who killed his predecessor, and unlock his latent gift of foresight. Edwin, who is supposed to work with Robin, takes on the task of trying to figure out why people are after him and curing him of his curse, and the two unexpectedly find themselves developing feelings amidst the danger and mystery they're...
![Book Review: The King of Infinite Space by Lyndsay Faye [Audiobook]](https://metaphorsandmoonlight.com/wp-content/uploads/Book-Review-The-King-of-Infinite-Space-by-Lyndsay-Faye-255x255.jpg)
When Ben's father dies, he asks his best friend---even though they haven't talked in months---to come back to the States because he needs him. When they discover it might've been murder, they attempt to unravel the mystery, while also navigating Ben's internal struggles and the fact that Horatio is hopelessly in love. Meanwhile, Ben's ex starts unraveling her own mysteries with the help of three...
