Lately I've been trying to devote full review posts, which take more time and energy, to books I really like. So for this quick reviews post, I've got a bunch of books I did not like and rated lower than 3 stars. We can't like every book, right? For the most part, despite having quite a few issues with some of these, they're "not for me" books, not necessarily bad books. But one was quite...
![Book Review: Summer Sons by Lee Mandelo [Audiobook]](https://metaphorsandmoonlight.com/wp-content/uploads/Book-Review-Summer-Sons-by-Lee-Mandelo-255x255.jpg)
πOne of my faves!π
Andrew and Eddie grew up together, but then Eddie left to start his graduate program early, and now he's dead and haunting Andrew. When Andrew arrives in Nashville, he realizes there was a lot Eddie didn't tell him and sets out to solve the mystery of his friend's death while navigating grief, sexuality, a dangerous ghost, and Eddie's mysterious new...
Albert is a vampire, but he's unable to stop himself from turning into bat each day when the sun rises, which is how he ends up getting accidentally shipped to Japan. Once there, he'll need help from the strangers who decided to take in the bat, but first he'll have to convince them that he really is a...
![Short Story Review: Wolf Hall by Harper Fox [Audiobook]](https://metaphorsandmoonlight.com/wp-content/uploads/Short-Story-Review-Wolf-Hall-by-Harper-Fox-255x255.jpg)
πOne of my faves!π
Blackmailed and attacked by his ex who wants his help robbing a store, David flees into the woods where he runs into a strange but beautiful and kind young man who takes him to his home. But the man thinks himself to be a werewolf, and David is intent on staying the night, whether to prove him wrong or to find out the...
Everyone knows Drosselmeier as the mysterious toymaker and godfather to the Stahlbaum children who gifts them with a Nutcracker one Christmas Eve. From his childhood as a foundling in a forest, to his confusing teen and young adult years with different families in Germany, to his old age making toys for Klara, this book tells the story of his...
Brody is unhappy---feeling inferior to his brother, feeling invisible to his parents, being bothered by bullies, worrying about his future---so when a cute, confident boy chases off his bullies and invites him to hang out the next night, he goes. What he finds is an alternate dimension called Everland where he feels accepted and happy, but when the doors to Everland start disappearing, Brody and...
πOne of my faves!π
After the events of the last book, Reylan is unhappy and just wants to make his life go back to being as close to normal as possible, but the sudden attacks by members of the Scimitar make that difficult. When Reylan rescues an injured priest who already knows about the supernatural, Reylan finds himself both distrusting of and attracted to the man. Meanwhile, things in Reylan's life only get...
When Rudy's family moves to a strange island in order to heal his brother's cystic fibrosis with magical fish, he befriends a fishboy named Teeth who's even lonelier than he is. But the closer he gets to Teeth, and the more truth he finds out, the more complicated his life...
Despite the werewolf problems of the last book being over, Reylan's formerly simple life as a vampire has been turned upside down now that he has a werewolf lover, a human in his thrall (aka a mannequin), and a newfound semi-alliance with the Arcadia Trust. But when humans start disappearing and mannequins start becoming crazed, not only does it does it stir up politics between two supernatural...
One night while walking home from a club, the vampire Reylan and his soon-to-be meal are attacked by a newly changed werewolf named Jorgas, and Reylan's human companion is killed. But a wild werewolf out killing humans is unacceptable and puts all the supernaturals risk, so Reylan agrees to help bring Jorgas in to the Arcardia Trust. Except vampires are asexual creatures and being both fascinated...
