Tag: Caretaking

Kiss of the Basilisk | Lindsay Straube

Posted 07/11/2025 by Hilarye in Book Reviews / 0 Comments
Kiss of the Basilisk | Lindsay Straube
Star Rating: 2.5 Stars
Spice Level: 5 Flames
Series: Split or Swallow #1
Published by Bloom Books on 02/25/2025
Format: Kindle (525 Pages) 📖 Purchased
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About fifteen years ago, a friend of mine showed up at my house with a DVD in hand. (Stay with me—I promise this story relates to this utterly unhinged book filled with basilisk banging.) The movie in question: Gentlemen Broncos. And if you’ve seen this cinematic fever dream, you probably know where I’m going with this. If you haven’t—add it to your watch list—you can thank me later. For the record, I watched all 90 Yeast-Lord-filled minutes of Gentlemen Broncos. I didn’t fall asleep. I didn’t pause to pee. I’m not entirely sure I blinked—or breathed. I was utterly […]

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Left of Forever | Tarah DeWitt

Posted 06/13/2025 by Hilarye in Book Reviews / 0 Comments
Left of Forever | Tarah DeWitt
Star Rating: 4.5 Stars
Spice Level: 4 Flames
All-Time Favorite
Series: Spunes #2
Published by St. Martin’s Griffin on 05/20/2025
Format: Kindle (323 Pages) 📖 Purchased
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Tarah DeWitt never disappoints. This masterpiece was everything I wanted it to be, and more. I laughed, I cried, I laughed harder, I cried a little more, and then I outright SOBBED. At the end of the book, I was ugly crying while simultaneously smiling from ear to ear and laughing through my tears. I have but 3 thoughts (while I’m still sobbing): (Spoiler: I absolutely squealed with delight.)🪿

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Scythe & Sparrow | Brynne Weaver

Posted 03/07/2025 by Hilarye in Book Reviews / 0 Comments
Scythe & Sparrow | Brynne Weaver
Star Rating: 5 Stars
Spice Level: 4 Flames
All-Time Favorite
Series: Ruinous Love #3
Published by Zando on 02/11/2025
Format: Kindle (416 Pages) 📖 Purchased
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Rose is a quirky motorcycle-riding, tarot card-reading circus performer who helps abused women escape their dangerous partners by ANY means necessary. Fionn is a sexy doctor with two serial killer brothers, two badass serial killer sisters-in-law, and a hefty dose of childhood trauma he’s desperately trying to escape. Together, Fionn and Rose crochet a sex swing with the Suture Sisters (a hilarious group of crocheting octogenarians), unalive a handful of abusive dudes (who REALLY deserved it), and experience some seriously fucked up stuff (The Phantom and David). They make cotton candy undeniably sexy (IYKYK), redefine sexy clowns (I’m […]

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