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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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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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The Hunted Heir | Holly Renee

Posted 09/27/2024 by Hilarye in ARC Review, Book Reviews / 0 Comments
The Hunted Heir | Holly Renee
Star Rating: 4 Stars
Spice Level: 4 Flames
Series: The Veiled Kingdom #2
Published by Independent Publisher on 08/20/2024
Format: DRC (364 Pages) 📖 Valentine PR
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The Hunted Heir dives straight into the action, picking up where the jaw-dropping cliffhanger ending of The Veiled Kingdom left off—damn you, Dacre. The pulse-pounding adventure and sizzling romance will leave you breathless, furiously turning pages, and staying up way past your bedtime. And speaking of romance—buckle up, baby, because you are in for one hell of a ride. Verena is on the run once more. Barely escaping the hidden city and Dacre’s stunning betrayal—which still lingers like an open wound—she must alone navigate Marmoris’ treacherous landscape. Her true identity as the princess is no longer a secret; the […]

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