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Book Review: The Afterlife of Holly Chase by Cynthia Hand [Audiobook]

One Christmas Eve, Holly was visited by three ghosts who urged her to change her ways, but she didn't listen. Five years later, she's spending her afterlife working for that very same company as the Ghost of Christmas Past and hating every minute of it, until she unexpectedly finds herself relating to their newest...

Book Review: Static by L.A. Witt [Audiobook]

Alex is a shifter, which means he can shift between male and female forms, but his straight boyfriend, Damon, doesn't know. This becomes a problem when Alex gets stuck in male form. As Alex tries to find a way to get his shifting back, the two will have to figure out how to navigate their...

Book Review: Wayward Son (Simon Snow Book 2) by Rainbow Rowell [+ Audiobook]

Simon Snow was the chosen one, but now that he's done what he was supposed to do, he can't seem to get past the trauma or do anything with his life. Hoping to bring him out of his funk, Penny convinces Simon and Baz to take a road trip through the US, but the three of them seem to find magical trouble wherever they...

Book Review: Sacrificed (Baal’s Heart Book 2) by Bey Deckard [Audiobook]

The pirate crew of Baal's Heart are heading into new and treacherous territory: the Devil's Isles. When they find a land steeped in the blood of sacrifices, it tests Jon's, Tom's, and Baltsaros's strength to overcome their own inner demons as well as the strength of their newly formed...

Book Review: An Heir to Thorns and Steel (Blood Ladders Trilogy Book 1) by M.C.A. Hogarth [Audiobook]

Morgan is a university student studying folklore when he discovers that not only are elves real, he might be their prince. Hoping to find a cure for his worsening disability, he goes to their lands and sets off on a quest, getting further entangled in danger and elf...

Book Review: Evolved by N.R. Walker [Audiobook]

Lloyd, a 41-year-old professor, has struggled to maintain a relationship---because of his OCD and misophonia, he can't deal with the messiness and noisiness of other people---so he decides to try getting an android companion named Shaun. But Shaun starts to develop an unusual amount of sentience and emotion, and unless they can keep it hidden from the company who made him, Shaun, and their...

Book Review: Three Days Till Dawn (Antiquity’s Gate Book 1) by R.F. Hurteau

Long after an apocalyptic event, the last remaining humans on Earth are living in a domed society in Antarctica with the elves who stayed behind to help them. When best friends Felix and Ripley learn that Felix's wife is having twins but will have to have one removed because of the one child policy, they have to find a way out or a place to hide before that...

Book Review: Salt Magic, Skin Magic by Lee Welch [Audiobook]

Thornby has been trapped on his father's estate for over a year with some sort of magic, so when magician John Blake shows up, Thornby reaches out to him for help. John is stumped by the strange magic but is determined to free Thornby, and things get even more complicated as the men start to fall for each...

Book Review: Caged (Baal’s Heart Book 1) by Bey Deckard [Audiobook]

With no friends and only his unloving step-father as family, Jon's life is boring and miserable, so when he gets kidnapped and offered a job aboard Baltsaro's pirate ship, he accepts. But when he unexpectedly develops feelings for the cruel captain, and the captain takes a liking to him in return, it creates a riff between captain and first mate, and all three of them will have to sort out...

Book Review: Daughter of the Pirate King (Daughter of the Pirate King Book 1) by Tricia Levenseller [Audiobook]

Alosa purposely gets herself kidnapped by another ship on a mission for her father in order to find a piece of map she knows they must have, but, although she can escape any time she wants, finding the map proves harder than she thought. She also wasn't expecting to develop feelings for the first mate, but the more time she spends around him, the more she's drawn to...