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Book Review 5 out of 5 stars! First and foremost! This series can be read as standalones since each book is about a different couple. However, for a better understanding of the College and the cast of characters, I recommend reading them in order. There are recaps but not too many to giveaway the entire plots and arcs of the previous book. * * * * "I won’t let anyone see these hidden parts of me." - Regis Regis' life was ripped away from him when his mother finally came back for him. Only several years too late and with a new husband and stepbrothers in tow. The twins that everyone fears and respects at Saint-Laurent Boarding College for boys. Regis wants nothing to do with the new family, the new "home", and now school. But he knows many would sell everything they had to be where he is. Regis tries to navigate and survive in a world he knows he can never truly belong in. Money, power, endless connections it all makes him feel small and out of place. Luckily, he...

Book Review 4.5 out of 5 stars! First and foremost, this series goes in order, and this is the FINAL book of the trilogy! If you haven't read the first two books go and do that otherwise this review will be confusing and contain MAJOR spoilers! * * * * * "If I wanted to burn all my bridges in one efficient sweep, I managed it on my wedding day." - Paige Paige is on the run from every organization known to her on Earth Two! She knows the truth behind the lies and secrets but is unable to do anything about it without taking major risks. Only can she when it's not just her life on the line? Franklin. Her little man keeps her from doing something stupid, but can she afford not to do something insane? Paige knows that Ryle, Georgia, and her time are running short, and they can't keep moving from one safe house to the next. Something needs to be done and Paige is tired of waiting for someone else to make a move. She may just have to turn into her mother to get what she ...

Book Review 5 out of 5 stars! First and foremost, this series goes in order. Each book is about a different couple and may take place in a different Court, but there's an overarching plot that's on going! Not to mention other little plots popping up! This book is a key one since the couple is a very important one. So, spoilers ahead! * * * * "Oh, God… what if it is me?" - Yasmine Yasmin places the weight of everything onto her shoulders as the words leave Seki's lips. . . Yaz already having a hunch, but the confirmation is even worse. Eleven of them including herself trapped in the Fae Realm with no way to get home and it's all her fault! Yasmine doesn't know what to do or what choice she should make. Should she reject the mate bond and go home or accept and stay? "As such, we have both, perhaps, been afforded a little less scrutiny, a little more freedom in our youth. We often sought mischief when our courts came together for festivals and celebratio...

Book Review 5 out of 5 stars! First and foremost, this series goes in order! Each book is about a different main couple but there's an overarching storyline that isn't fully resolved. Potential spoilers ahead! * * * * "Already I feel the tug of wanderlust. Everything has started to feel too familiar, and I need a change of scenery. I may even leave the country this time." - Willow Willow was feeling the urge to move on but not to a completely different realm! Or maybe this is just the trippiest trip she's ever had, and she just needs to sleep it off? Only this is real, she's trapped in the Fae Realm with ten other humans! Willow's wanderlust doesn't leave her as she agrees to go to the Summer Court with four others. The call of the ocean and the beach has her practically running all the way there. But when she gets arrives odd things begin occurring. . . Suddenly Willow's having to face feelings and situations she's never been in before along w...

Book Review! 5 out of 5 stars! "Fae?" "Like, don't step in the mushroom ring, has elemental magic fae?" Seki's whisked away to the Fae realm along with ten other humans. Ah, the dream of so many fae romance readers, only Seki's not having any of it! The "High Lord" is infuriating and not giving any clear answers. Seki forms new friendships as her and the others try and figure out more about the realm, they are currently in. None of them wishing to remain here since all of them were rudely taken from their homes/lives.  But as Seki continues to remain in the Fae realm and learn more about it, she soon finds herself reconsidering going home. Something about the High Lord of the Autumn Court is pulling her toward him but she should resist, right? Will they be able to return home? Is there anything really amazing worth going home to? And what's the deal with a Fae's Mate? “He can’t lie, but don’t apologize, and don’t make any deals!” I thin...

Book Review 5 out of 5 stars! First and foremost! This is book three and the FINAL book of the "BABYLOVE" series, so potential spoilers ahead! "SUGARSNAP" takes place after book one of the companion series, "ZOMBABE".  * * * * * "Two weeks until graduation. And then the rest of their lives." Graduation cannot come soon enough! The girls are ready to kiss their smalltown goodbye and never see it again! New York or bust! But Bulldeen itself isn't ready to let Frankie and Ivy go. The two face one more challenge before they can claim the future they want. The future of being able to hold hands in public and not be looked at with terrified eyes. Only can they overcome this final attack against them or will the dark magic win?! "They were so close to getting out of here. What was one more horror?" Our girls have been through so much and have only grown closer and stronger! Frankie and Ivy want to finally be free of judging eyes and harsh ...

Book Review 5 out of 5 stars! "What the fuck are you, a zombie, a vampire, or something else that sparkles?" - Sara Sara's life comes to a screeching halt when a patient who had been stabbed decides to come back to life and demand the weapon back! Sara works in the Emergency Department and has seen it all or so she thought. . . Everyone knows about her unique gift of just knowing things even before the scans come back but her having actual magic is unheard of. Is magic even real?! Sara is soon caught between two worlds as she is dragged deeper into supernatural events. Shifters, vampires, sirens, and more are real! Oh my! Sara is the key to peace or destroying everything as she becomes closer to a man and his group, she wanted to keep her distance from all of it. There's no denying the attraction to Leszek but is it more than just their powers calling to one another? Can she really be what everyone is saying she is?  "I was another pet project to the man who seem...

Book Review 4 out of 5 stars! "As a child, she'd been nurtured not by love, but by numbers." Louisa's viewpoint of the world has been one of practicality and reason. Growing up with an abacus as a "child's toy" really helped to cement her outlook, not to mention the way her father approached things as well. Only trouble strikes her father's business and Louisa has to secure a rich husband and fast! But when our no-nonsense girl goes to England, she runs into a very independent and headstrong woman that chips away at her ideals. Maybe she was a little narrowminded and there's more to life than just numbers and profits? But this is the nineteenth century and being gay is highly frowned upon or worse! That's not how this attraction would be classified, right?  "I trust that you will not let foolish notions of romance interfere with making a profitable transaction?"  Louisa believes she has everything figured out and if she sticks to he...

Book Review 5 out of 5 stars! "But secrets do, and you carried one by yourself, kept it away from me. Now I wish you would have told me. Because just maybe, it could have saved your life." - Dominique Dominique's world shattered and was reborn into one full of single-minded obsession. . . Damien was everything to Dominique! His brother was larger than life and someone Dominique could always lean on. After an unfortunate "accident" Damien is gone and the case is closed. But Dominique knows there's more going on at the Saint-Laurent Boarding School than meets the eye. Determined to find out what really happened the night of his brother's death Dominique will stop at nothing to get answers. Even if that means attending the same college as his brother once had! The same school as that man who stole Dominique's breath away. Can he stay focused on the task at hand, or will he be distracted?  "Because with every ancient building, there is much more tha...