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Book Review: Dauntless Summer (Harmony of Seasons Book 2) by Emmaline Strange [Audiobook]

Cosmo was content to spend his summers mingling with humans and doing his godly duties, so he's not happy when he wakes this year to find his brother is there and wants him to help cure their 400-year-long curse. But he reluctantly agrees and sets out with the prince's guard, Leofric, and despite the way they are constantly getting on each others' nerves, they find themselves growing...

Book Review: Bright Spring (Harmony of Seasons Book 1) by Emmaline Strange [Audiobook]

Alexios is a prince with an impending political marriage he doesn't want, especially when a strange, beautiful man saves him in the forest. Auro is a god of spring, he and his brothers cursed to only awaken during their assigned season. But as the two men grow closer, the more motivated they become to figure out how they can stay...

Book Review: Reborn (The World of Reforged Book 2) by Seth Hadden [Audiobook]

Izra has been having visions of Oren for years, but Oren doesn't believe in visions or fate or Izra's gods. But when a dangerous political situation throws the two men together, all of Oren's beliefs will be...

Book Review: Running Close to the Wind by Alexandra Rowland [Audiobook]

Avra has accidentally stolen government secrets, so he flees to the sea and ends up asking his sorta ex, who is a pirate captain but is not at all happy to see him, for help. They make a plan to sell the info, but between a sexy new crew member, a nosy ambassador looking for the thief, and horny sea serpents, shenanigans...

Book Review: Voyage of the Damned by Frances White [Audiobook]

Ganymedes is forced to go on a 12-day ship voyage with the 11 other Blessed heirs of the provinces who all hate him, and they don't even know his secret: he has no magical ability. But when the murders start, he's determined to find the killer and bring justice to the...

Book Review: Cursed Cocktails (Tales of Aedrea Book 1) by S.L. Rowland [Audiobook]

Rhoren is an elven blood mage, but the magic has taken its toll on his body, so he moves to a warmer climate and decides to open a tavern using his late father's recipes. He teams up with bartender Callum, and they grow close while making new friends and running a business...

Book Review: Court of Wanderers (Silver Under Nightfall Book 2) by Rin Chupeco [Audiobook]

Vampire hunter Remy has decided to join his vampire partners as they venture deeper into court politics, in an attempt to stop the Night Empress once and for all. Between mutated creatures, mind control, enemy vampires, and the machinations of supposed allies, there's no shortage of danger, but the connection between the three of them is only growing...

Book Review: Born of Scourge by S. Jean

Every so often, a star falls and is given a human form, in order to banish the shadowy scourge that overtakes the lands. Sol is tired of his fellow stars dying for unappreciative humans and plans to eradicate them, but getting to know some of them on the journey has him questioning his...

Book Review: All the Hidden Paths (The Tithenai Chronicles Book 2) by Foz Meadows [Audiobook]

Vel and Cae would like some time to relax after the events of the last book, but politics never stop, and they're summoned to Cae's grandmother's court. But throughout their journey and their stay, murder attempts, seductions, and more are thrown at them, and they struggle with trying to survive while also figuring out their new...

Book Review: The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez [Audiobook]

Told as a story within a story, Keema and Jun travel across their world with a dying goddess in order to end the rule of the Emperor and his three sons known as the Three Terrors. But the Terrors are looking for this goddess---their mother---and Jun's blood-soaked past and the people's hatred for him further complicates their...