A bit delayed in scheduling my next batch of reviews… mostly because I’m now officially a Working Mum. And my daughter is refusing to sleep. And basically, just general life… which is probably why there are also a whole lot of rereads in this batch.

Series

• Can’t Get Enough by G.A. Aiken (Dragon Kin #0.1)
• Playing with Fire ReRead by R.J. Blain (A Magical Romantic Comedy (with a Body Count) #1)
• Hoofin’ It ReRead by R.J. Blain (A Magical Romantic Comedy (with a Body Count) #2)
• Hearth, Home, and Havoc ReRead by R.J. Blain (A Magical Romantic Comedy (with a Body Count) #3)
• Love of the Witch by Deanna Chase (Witches of Keating Hollow #6)
• Storm Called ReRead by Susan Copperfield (Royal States #1)
• Taken ReRead by Susan Copperfield (Royal States #1.5)
• Fresh Brewed Murder by Emmeline Duncan (Ground Rules Mystery #1)
• The Ruins of Gorlan ReRead by John Flanagan (The Ranger’s Apprentice #1)
• Icebreaker by Hannah Grace (Maple Hills #1)
• Tower of Thorns by Laura Greenwood (Grimm Academy #1)
• Aurora Rising by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff (Aurora Cycle #1)
• Badger to the Bone ReRead by Shelly Laurenston (Honey Badger Chronicles #3)
• Christmas Pride ReRead by Shelly Laurenston (Pride #0.8)
• Shaw’s Tail ReRead by Shelly Laurenston (Pride #0.9)
• The Mane Event ReRead by Shelly Laurenston (Pride #1)
• The Beast in Him ReRead by Shelly Laurenston (Pride #2)
• The Mane Attraction ReRead by Shelly Laurenston (Pride #3)
• The Mane Squeeze ReRead by Shelly Laurenston (Pride #4)
• Beast Behaving Badly ReRead by Shelly Laurenston (Pride #5)
• Big Bad Beast ReRead by Shelly Laurenston (Pride #6)
• Bear Meets Girl ReRead by Shelly Laurenston (Pride #7)
• Wolf with Benefits ReRead by Shelly Laurenston (Pride #8)
• Bite Me ReRead by Shelly Laurenston (Pride #9)
• Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire (Wayward Children #2)
• Sabriel ReRead by Garth Nix (Abhorsen #1)
• The Magic in the Weaving ReRead by Tamora Pierce (Emelan #1)
• Pyramids by Terry Pratchett (Discworld #7)
• Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse (The Sixth World #1)
• Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto (Aunties #1)

Short story collections

• Howl for It ReRead by Shelly Laurenston & Cynthia Eden

Standalones – Novels

• Bits and Pieces by Whoopi Goldberg
• A Cup of Water Under My Bed by Daisy Hernandez
• Owl Be Bear For You by DJ Jennings
• The Book Shop Girl & the Billionaire by Jennie Kew
• The Dead Take the A Train by Cassandra Khaw & Richard Kadrey
• My Fight / Your Fight by Ronda Rousey
• White Rose by Kip Wilson

Standalones – Novellas

• Bloodchild by Octavia E. Butler

It’s been hectic, but in the best way. Which has meant a little bit less reading, but still all of the enjoyment and fun. A lot of rereads in amongst things though, mostly because you know… a hectic life and my brain feeling like it’s going to explode.

Graphic Novel

• Sisters of Sorrow Volume 1 by Kurt Sutter, Courtney Alameda & Heonjin Kim

Non-fiction

• Roar by Dr. Stacy T. Sims

Series

• Magic Burns ReRead by Ilona Andrews (Kate Daniels #2)
• Stolen ReRead by Kelley Armstrong (Otherworld #2)
• 101 Ways to Die by R.J. Blain (A Magical Romantic Comedy (with a Body Count) #21)
• After Care by L.B. Dunbar (Sexy Silver Foxes #1)
• Hot and Badgered ReRead by Shelly Laurenston (Honey Badger Chronicles #1)
• In a Badger Way ReRead by Shelly Laurenston (Honey Badger Chronicles #2)
• Miss Congeniality ReRead by Shelly Laurenston (Pride #0.5)
• Like a Wolf with a Bone ReRead by Shelly Laurenston (Pride #0.75)
• Feel the Heat by Kate Meader (Hot in the Kitchen #1)
• The Two Week Roommate by Roxie Noir (Wildwood Society #2)
• Along Came a Spider by James Patterson (Alex Cross #1)
• In the Hand of the Goddess ReRead by Tamora Pierce (Tortall #2)
• Better Haunts and Garden Gnomes by Michelle M. Pillow ((Un)lucky Valley #1)
• Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett (Discworld #6)
• Best Laid Plans by Piper Rayne (Blue Collar Brothers #0.5)
• You Had Your Chance, Lee Burrows by Piper Rayne (Kingsmen Football Stars #1)
• The Issue with Bad Boy Roommates by Piper Rayne (Lake Starlight #2)
• A Co-Worker’s Crush by Piper Rayne (The Rooftop Crew #6)
• Neanderthal Seeks Human ReRead by Penny Reid (Knitting in the City #1)
• Truth or Beard ReRead by Penny Reid (Winston Brothers #1)
• Trace of Copper by Anne Renwick (Elemental Steampunk Tales #1)
• Deadlock by Moira Rogers (Southern Arcana #3)
• Tastes Like Shakkar by Nisha Sharma (If Shakespeare Was an Auntie #2)
• The Darkest Fire by Gena Showalter (Lords of the Underworld #0.5)
• Branded by Fire ReRead by Nalini Singh (Psy-Changeling #6)
• Blaze of Memory ReRead by Nalini Singh (Psy-Changeling #7)
• Checking You Out by Ann Whynot & SmartyPants Romance (Green Valley Library #4)

Standalones – Novels

• The Rose Code by Kate Quinn
• The Woman in Me by Britney Spears

The end of 2024 was just as hectic and insane as the rest of the year, but the beginning of 2025 has been a little slower and nicer. Which has meant that I’ve read a lot since the last update. Many fun books, some with a Christmas theme, others with just an all round fun story line.

Series

• Rose with My Fake Fiance by Liz Alden (Aged Like Fine Wine #1)
• The Second Chance in the Mediterranean by Liz Alden (Love and Wanderlust #3)
• The Secret Ingredient by Kilby Blades (Hot in the Kitchen #1)
• The What If Guy by Lauren Blakely (The Guys Who Got Away #3)
• The Collector by Shannon K. Butcher (Sentinel Wars #3.5)
• Open Fire by M.E. Carter (Florida Glaze Hockey #3)
• Soul of the Witch by Deanna Chase (Witches of Keating Hollow #1)
• Raising a Demon by Amy Cissell (Eden Valley #1)
• Baby, It’s Cold Outside by Giana Darling (Anti-Heroes in Love #2.5)
• A Most Inconvenient Earl by Claire Delacroix (The Brides of North Barrows #4)
• Naughty-ish by L.B. Dunbar (Holiday Hotties #2)
• Protecting Piper by Cynthia Eden (Wilde Ways #1)
• The Rostikov Legacy by Charlotte E. English (Malykant Mysteries #1)
• Away Game (Rebels) by Cathryn Fox (Scotia Storms #1)
• Sacred Evil by Heather Graham (Krewe of Hunters #3)
• Potion Making for Disastrous Witches by Laura Greenwood (Obscure Academy #5)
• Pumpkin Carving for Superstitious Witches by Laura Greenwood (Obscure Academy #5.5)
• The Reindeer’s Spell by Laura Greenwood (The Paranormal Council #12)
• Rock Hard Cowboy by Christina Hovland (Mile High Matched #1.5)
• Tough Cookie by Talia Hunter & SmartyPants Romance (Donner Bakery #3)
• Peppermint and Pentacles by Melanie Karsak (Red Cape Society #3)
• Rebel Yule by Kate Meader (Rookie Rebels #5.5)
• Best Fake Fiance by Roxie Noir (Loveless Brothers #2)
• Alanna: The First Adventure by Tamora Pierce ReRead (Tortall #1)
• The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan ReRead (Percy Jackson and the Olympians #1)
• Everybody Wants to Rune the World by Mandy M. Roth (Bewitchingly Ever After #2)
• Dorian by Nalini Singh ReRead (Psy-Changeling ReRead #5.1)
• Hallelujah by Skye Warren (One for the Money #0.5)
• Baking Bad by Kim M. Watt (Beaufort Scales Mystery #1)
• O Come All Ye Faithful by Amelia Wilde (Beast of Bishop’s Landing #3.5)

Short story collections

• Kissing Santa Claus by Donna Kauffman, Jill Shalvis & HelenKay Dimon

Standalones – Novels

• Able by Dylan Alcott
• My Favorite Holidate by Lauren Blakely
• The Seeker’s Shadow by Isadora Brown
• Return of the Nutcracker Prince by Jasmine C. Caldwell
• Sacrifice Me by Sarra Cannon
• The Amber Isle by Ashley Capes
• Love Me Like You Do by Erika Kelly
• The Savage Wild by Roxie Noir
• Joyful Courage by Dr. Casey O’Roarty
• Ho Ho Hell No by Skye Winter

Standalones – Novellas

• Queen of Diamonds by Carina Alyce
• Crystal Skull by Jessica Andersen
• It’s Hotter at Christmas by HelenKay Dimon
• Bah, Handsome! by Jill Shalvis
• Joy to the World by Nicole Zoltack

Standalones – Short stories

• Arabian Phoenix by India Edghill
• Wrapped in Red by Sam Mariano
• Daphne by Dawn Raffel
• A Brief Lesson in Native American Astronomy by Rebecca Roanhorse
• This Christmas by Theodora Taylor

It has been a horrible few weeks. Enough said about that. Here’s what I’ve read in that shitty time.

Series

• Cyclone by Carina Alyce (MetroGen After Hours #0.5)
• Chasing Alys by Morgana Bevan (True Platinum #1)
• Booked for Kidnapping by R.J. Blain (Vigilante Magical Librarians #2)
• Defying Our Forever by Claudia Burgoa (The Baker’s Creek Billionaire Brothers #3)
• Breaking His Code by Patricia D. Eddy (Away from Keyboard #1)
• Dead Man by Domino Finn (Black Magic Outlaw #1)
• Grendel & Beowulf by C. Gockel (Urban Magick and Folklore #3)
• Blind Dates for Lonely Gorgons by Laura Greenwood (Obscure Academy #4.5)
• The Care and Feeding of Stray Vampires by Molly Harper (Half-Moon Hollow #1)
• Finding Magic by Stacia Kane (Downside Ghosts #0.5)
• Fluffy by Julia Kent (Do-Over #1)
• Hell’s Fury by Jackie Kessler (Hell on Earth #4.6)
• Black Dog by Caitlin Kittredge (Hellhound Chronicles #1)
• Game Changer by Piper Lawson (King of the Court #1)
• Field Rules by Carla Luna (Romancing the Ruins #1)
• Dyeing Wishes by Molly MacRae (Haunted Yarn Shop Mystery #2)
• Tailed by Seanan McGuire & Kelley Armstrong (InCryptid #0.90)
• Dirty Pucking Player by Gwyn McNamee (The Fury Family #1)
• Enemies with Benefits by Roxie Noir (Loveless Brothers #1)
• Fooled Around and Spelled in Love by Michelle M. Pillow (Happily Everlasting #3)
• Curses and Cupcakes by Michelle M. Pillow (Happily Everlasting #6)
• Countdown to a Kiss by Piper Rayne (Hockey Hotties #0.5)
• False Start by Piper Rayne (Kingsmen Football Stars #0.5)
• Don’t Stop Bewitching by Mandy M. Roth (Bewitchingly Ever After #1)
• Dating Dr. Dil by Nisha Sharma (If Shakespeare Was an Auntie #1)
• Fixer by Jeff Somers (The Ustari Cycle #0.5)

Standalones – Novels

• Clawed by Ophelia Bell
• Claiming Her SEAL by Kat Cantrell
• Fake Dating a Witch by Brigid Hunt
• Goblins in Georgia by Diane Jones
• Darkangel by Christine Pope
• Drowning Mermaids by Nadia Scrieva

Standalones – Novellas

• Ever Night by Gena Showalter

Standalones – Short stories

• The Wild Heart by Anne Bishop
• Shelter from the Storm by Louisa Burton
• The Phoenix by Isobelle Carmody
• Fisher-Bird by T. Kingfisher
• King of the Kingless by Jay Lake
• The Shell Box by Karawynn Long
• The Last Flight of Daedalus by Anthony Marra
• Apex Jump by David J. Schwartz
• Your Garnet Eyes by Katherine Vaz
• Ivory Bones by Susan Wade
• God Mode by Daniel H. Wilson

Lots of reading and diving into some fun literary rabbit holes lately. A great way to check out a little after a tough day with two littles. ❤

Series

• The Mapmaker’s Apprentice by C.J. Archer (Glass and Steele #2)
• Up in Smoke by R.J. Blain (The Fox Witch #2)
• Catnapped by R.J. Blain (A Magical Romantic Comedy (with a Body Count) #18)
• Inquisitor by R.J. Blain (Witch & Wolf #1)
• A Moment Like You by Claudia Burgoa (The Baker’s Creek Billionaire Brothers #2)
• Gift of the Witch by Deanna Chase (Keating Hollow Happily Ever Afters #1)
• Jace by Deanna Chase (Wolves of the Rising Sun #1)
• Bonds by Susan Copperfield (Royal States #6)
• Pints & Potions by T.M. Cromer (The Unlucky Charms #1)
• Sweet Distraction by Lainey Davis (Stag Brothers #1)
• Wyrde and Wayward by Charlotte E. English (House of Werth #1)
• Shammed by Bernadette Franklin (Holiday Fun #2)
• Pumpkin Spice and All Things Nice by Laura Greenwood (Cauldron Coffee Shop #1)
• Secret Santa for Grumpy Elves by Laura Greenwood (Obscure Academy #3.5)
• Born to Be Badger by Shelly Laurenston (Honey Badger Chronicles #5)
• Midnight Blue-Light Special by Seanan McGuire (InCryptid #2)
• Blocked by Seanan McGuire (InCryptid #2.1)
• Black as Blood by Seanan McGuire (InCryptid #2.6)
• White as a Raven’s Wing by Seanan McGuire (InCryptid #2.7)
• A Local Habitation by Seanan McGuire (October Daye #2)
• An Artificial Night by Seanan McGuire (October Daye #3)
• Witchful Thinking by Kristen Painter (Happily Everlasting World #4)
• Once Hunted, Twice Shy by Mandy M. Roth (Happily Everlasting World #2)
• Total Eclipse of the Hunt by Mandy M. Roth (Happily Everlasting World #5)
• Sacred Places by Mandy M. Roth (Druid #1)
• Blaze of Glory by Mandy M. Roth (Prospect Springs Shifter #1)

Standalones – Novellas

• Need You Now by Lisa Renee Jones
• Blood and Roses by Angela Knight ReRead
• About That… by Sylvie Stewart

Standalones – Novels

• Shift Happens by T.M. Baumgartner
• Stargazy Pie by Victoria Goddard
• The Night Calling by Juliana Haygert
• Innocence Lost by Patty Jansen
• When an Alpha Purrs by Eve Langlais
• Big Ben by Nana Malone
• Tents & Tights by Molly O’Hare
• Misbegotten by Kat Parrish
• The Polar Bear’s Fake Mate by Sophie Stern

Standalones – Short stories

• The Forest by Laird Barron
• Corfu by Isobelle Carmody
• The Monster Game by Isobelle Carmody
• Sorcery by Cathy Clamp
• Precious by Nalo Hopkinson
• Phantoms of the Midway by Seanan McGuire
• Hearts a la Carte by Karuna Riazi
• The Missing Ingredient by Rebecca Roanhorse
• The Sea Hag by Melissa Lee Shaw
• Catnyp by Delia Sherman
• Desperate Choices by Anna Windsor
• Olivia’s Table by Alyssa Wong