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Book Review: Volik

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  ✨ New York Times Bestselling Author S.J. Tilly ✨ Brings us a brand new series where the men are still possessive. The women are still curvy. There's just a bit of a twist... and a bite. VOLIK - Bonded Souls Book One Forget what you think you know. Forget the fairy tales and lore of old. Vampires are real. And for the past seventy years, they’ve walked openly among us. They’re bigger and stronger than humans, with black eyes, horns, and powers that shouldn’t be possible. Volik is one of these vampires. Living in the small town of Hemlock Hills, he spends his days locked in his office at Stalden University. Wasting time. Waiting. Until Nix, the new journalism professor, arrives … and changes everything. This is the story about the day they met. What happened after. And how their bond started a sequence of events that changed the world. NIX It’s my first day as a substitute professor. I’m in a new city, with new coworkers, and all I want to do is keep my head down. And maybe catch a...
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Audiobook Review: The Next One

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  How did one question about the future end everything? A love lost when you thought it was meant to be your forever will cause havoc upon the soul. Now she’s left counting the hours after the heartbreak—where love feels like a virus, memories feel like wounds, and the loss of him feels like death. But the worst part of it all, is that she already hates the one who will come next… My Review This is the type of audiobook that you will want to do a relisten to. The first time you absorb the story but the next time, you will get to really experience the story. Maxine Mitchell is amazing. I have listened to other ALCs narrated by her and she brings great depth. That is what is needed for this story.  I love that the FMC does not have a name. This makes her someone that anyone can relate to in a way this story kind of read like a poem. You could feel the heartache of something lost and moving forward. This short story packs a punch!
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Audiobook Review: The Trial of Leopold & Loeb: Dickie & Babe

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  Description * The true story that inspired Donna Tartt's The Secret History *  The Trial of Leopold and Loeb: Dickie & Babe revisits one of the most unsettling criminal cases of the twentieth century.   It is a feature-length, standalone audiobook in the tradition of a radio play. [ This title isn't currently promoting ... There are plenty of ways to listen to it - the cheapest being our new Video Presentation - an illustrated audiobook that plays online - no sign-up required, $2.99: Direct from www.classic-crime.com ] The Leopold and Loeb case has echoed through literature and culture for a century, influencing writers from Patrick Hamilton to Donna Tartt, and film directors like Hitchcock. Its enduring fascination lies not only in what happened, but in the questions it continues to raise. Set against the social and intellectual climate of 1920s Chicago, it invites listeners into a world shaped by early modern psychology, cultural anxiety about homosexuality, an...
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Book Review: Complicitly

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  A sapphic romance following Veronica and Luna from the Star-Crossed Duet. In this small-town, evil is just a curtain away. And everyone in it is complicit. Luna Death is a silent affair. I watch it play out before my eyes. Over and over again an endless loop that never allows me any reprieve. I want to scream to escape this personal torment, but I can’t. I promised her I wouldn’t. And in the center of all my pain and suffering there is a single beacon of light. The one person I should never fall for. The one person I must save. The only one I have left. Veronica Death is a loud affair. It screeches in my ears as I attempt to sleep. Begging me to stop it, to do anything to change its course. But no matter how hard I try, I can’t see what matters most. I’m going insane. Thoroughly so. And with the news of my father’s release from prison? It ramps up two-fold. It’s nearly too much, but then I find her. A single quiet soul. Except her mouth is anything but. Luna wants nothing to do w...
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Book Review: Wild Mate

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  All I want is a pack. All they want is to see me dead. After my pack is brutally murdered, I’m branded a traitor because I survived. Alphas put me on a hit list as a wild wolf—too dangerous to live. The only safe haven is Heartsflame Academy, a school for magic folk to find their mates. The Alphas can’t touch me here. But my asshole fated mate can. As heir to the strongest pack, he’s furious because my existence ruins his life. To make matters worse, my obsessed ex-boyfriend won’t keep his lying mouth off me, and a charming vampire claims that he’s the answer to all my problems. …until this year’s Mating Games reveal secrets only the dead can keep. I’m more powerful than anyone bargained for—and a bigger threat now than ever. I can’t control my magic any more than I can control my heart. Alistair may be fated, but his touch burns. Revyn may love me, but our past hurts. Callum may want me, but his intentions hide. I didn’t enroll at Heartsflame to take a mate, but I’m left with no...
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Book Review: Slime Sweets and Dungeon Treats

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  Forget about fighting monsters. Be a Slime Friend instead! When Hazel wakes up in a dungeon full of monsters, she’s told to choose a weapon and start fighting. Instead, she picks a grilled cheese, because who needs weapons when you’ve got food? The system rewards her ridiculous decision with a brand-new class: Culinary Mage . Instead of grinding monsters, Hazel’s winning over slimes with homemade treats and discovering that a good meal can do far more than fill an empty stomach. With her new food-based skills, Hazel opens a cozy little cafe in the middle of the dungeon. Before long, all kinds of monsters are flocking to her door for treats, slimes are evolving before her eyes, and even other adventurers begin wondering if there’s more to life than fighting their way to the next floor. But in a dungeon built for battle, can Hazel really change the rules with nothing but delicious food, stubborn optimism, and a pack of hungry slimes? Featuring found family, whimsical magic, and a ...
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Audiobook Review: The Ghosts of Wonky Inn

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  Alf has tried to banish her demons. And her ghosts. But memories of her recent past linger and keep her awake. Every night it’s the same. Insomnia. When she does eventually drift off, she’s woken almost immediately by a sobbing spirit. He says he's lost. And worse than that, someone is trying to kill him. Who is this sad specimen of a spirit? And where does he belong? And how do you kill someone...who is already dead? Find out what Alf gets up to next as the Wonky Inn adventures continue. My Review I listened to the audiobook version. Kim Bretton does a really good job of narrating all of the cast of characters. I felt like she brought out all of the personalities of the characters both female and male. In fact, I liked that the ALC was singerly narrated by just one person.  This second book in this series picks up and things get crazier. I do have to admit that the idea of owning a haunted inn, kind of sounds like fun. You would always have guests. The ghost inhabiting her ...
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