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Manga Review 5 out of 5 stars! "I'll take ANYONE at this point. Be it man, woman, human, or even the undead. . ." - Sakura Sakura Amamitsutsuki is worn out! Being short staffed, taking care of his youngest brother, and managing a bathhouse for his grandparents is a lot. Luckily or maybe unluckily a vampire decides that Sakura's family's bathhouse is the perfect remedy for his mental/physical fatigue and hangover. Sakura did declare he would take anyone. He just didn't intend for it to include a pact, a demon familiar, a vampire who makes annoying advances, and chaotic supernatural situations. Maybe he should have been more specific when calling out to the Universe. . . I was looking through NetGalley because I haven't read a manga in a while. Coming across this amusing title and falling in love with the description! I've missed reading mangas! The artwork is classic, simple, and beautiful. Enjoyed watching the array of emotions on Sakura's face, pr...

Book Review 5 out of 5 stars! "Things following me on vacation is something I can relate to." - Leigha When it rains it POURS at times! After a major misunderstanding with a guy, she thought she was exclusive with, Leigha decides to hop on a plane. Arriving in Cabo, Mexico early for her parents fiftieth celebration. Only to get a text from her boss that she may no longer have a job?! Refusing to allow things she cannot change, or control weigh her down Leigha embraces this vacation. I mean the breathtaking scenery, her mom's lengthy itinerary list, and Margaritas will help to relax her. But when a body is found and the hotel management seems to be so blaze about the matter Leigha may just have to solve things. It's so she can have peace of mind and truly relax! This is a very quick read! Roughly sixty-eight pages of fun. I kept feeling like this was a Saturday morning classic cartoon. Scooby Doo vibes minus the large friend group and Scooby. Fast paced, very lighthear...

Audiobook Review Narrator Kitty Kell y 5 out of 5 stars!   Alice decided the best birthday present for her partner Joe was a baby! Though to be fair she didn't plan on that or even imagine she would be pregnant at thirty. Maybe a little later. Nevertheless, the baby is coming and like most soon-to-be-parents the chaotic city is no place to raise a child. Penton seems like the ideal place to peacefully and safely raise their first born. There're also natural remedy practices, hippies, and environmentally conscious residents of this small town. Everything would have been picturesque if it wasn't for the murder. The sleepy town is about to be shaken awake by this case unfolding. Being a prime suspect Alice and her new-found, expectant mums decide to do a little investigating themselves. All on maternity leave or otherwise they have nothing to do but wait for their due dates. So why not be like Mrs. Marple? All those sleepless, crime binging nights are about to pay off, hopeful...

Audiobook Review Narrator Laura Edwards 5 out of 5 stars! Have you ever messed up so badly that you just need to get on a plane and leave it all behind? Well, Carina does just that! It's time to move forward and wipe the slate clean. What better place than Jamaica! Being part Jamaican, Carina wishes to reconnect with her roots and see all the things her mother talked about.  Carina is to be a nanny for the Hall family. A prominent and political family on the island who run a tight ship within Blackbead manor. Carina's fine with this because she wants this change and needs it! But something is haunting her and causing issues. Could her past be catching up to her? Did she truly think she could escape? Is this thing a piece of someone else's past?  Maybe with the help of some newfound friends she will be able to get to the bottom of things before it's too late. I was surfing through Libby trying to find my next read when I found this book. I loved the narrator's voice ...

Book Review 5 out of 5 stars! First and foremost! This is the final book in the trilogy! Major spoilers ahead! * * * * “Kade. We’re not killing you. I’d burn the town down myself before I let that happen.” - Theo The clock has run out! The boys have less than two weeks to figure out how they're going to save the town and each other! Kade wanted to be a part of a grand story more than anything but now that he's involved in one, he wants out. To be able to walk away with Theo by his side and live a normal life. To finally be able to touch his boyfriend without the threat of burns! Kade has a plan that he believes will work, it has to! Theo's determined not to lose Kade no matter what. Both of them are trying to stay a step ahead of Theo's sire who is enjoying the game of cat and mouse. Only when school mates go missing and one of their classmates is acting awfully suspicious, they need to step up. Can the two find the perfect loophole in time? Are they doomed along with t...

Book Review 5 out of 5 stars! "Maybe I have horrible taste in men, but I have pretty amazing taste in friends." - Gwen Gwen's life changes for the best when she becomes a widow. Sounds utterly horrible but after what she's had to deal with and several members of Hallow's Cove community this is bliss. Until the legal documents come rolling in with fine print clauses. . . The game store that Gwen and Gabe have dreamed of for years, and both had a hand in bringing to life, is about to be snatched away from them. Unless Gwen has a baby. An heir to the Fairfield name to be specific. Luckily her best friend just so happens to be hot and the stepbrother to her late husband meaning Fairfield blood! This can just be a new "level" of their friendship, right? No romantic feelings involved just two friends coming together to make a baby, so they don't lose their business. What could possibly go wrong. . .  “I’ve been thinking. I wonder if Gabriel might be scarin...

Book Review 5 out of 5 stars! First and foremost! This is the second installment of the trilogy! First book ended on a cliffhanger and this one picks up right where it left off! Spoilers ahead! * * * * "The visions, the tree—those roots were in them. Kade and Theo. Knotted together in ways they still didn’t understand." Monster, Kade Renfield, and Golden Boy, Theo Fairgood, are still just that. Playing the parts of "town freak/outcast" and "town idol" while keeping up the public hatred of one another. Yet, somethings off because Felicity's sharp tongue has dulled and Aaron seems to be cowed. But Kade has other things to be concerned about because behind closed doors Theo and him are on a vampire mystery adventure! An odd friendship has formed between the two and they now know of a deadline! When all this madness is going to reach a big crescendo and one of them may not walk away from this alive or newly undead. Only the closer they get to uncovering th...

ARC Review (yes, I'm a little late) 5 out of 5 stars! "Monsters seemed like the answer to my relationship troubles, but I’m starting to think that the problem is me. Maybe I’m not mate material." - Hayley Like most people who have been in relationships and many dates it feels like there's a dark cloud hanging over you. A string of bad relationships that ended in a dumpster fire to say the least or fuel for a fictional novel. Hayley's at her wits end and just wants to find the one! Is that too much to ask?! Maybe she will find her perfect partner with a monster instead of a human. Only as she gets more acquainted with Hallow's Cove and the single status residences she discovers that even in this small town it's still hard to find her match. Giving up is the solution but she isn't ready to scrap her dreams of happily ever after and babies! What she doesn't know is that her mate has already found her and is completely smitten. . . Will Jake ever get u...