Deal with a Demon by Ami Wright

4 Stars

Would you make a deal with a monster?

I need money. My rent is overdue, my aircon is busted and my bank account is overdrawn. So when I get an email from Monstrous Deals offering discreet well-paying clients willing to negotiate all sorts of arrangements, I’m not too proud to sign up.

Then I meet Rin. Impeccably styled, perfectly cultured and devastatingly gorgeous, this handsome billionaire is too good to be true. When I find out exactly what he has in mind, it’s even more unbelievable. Beneath his smooth, polished facade, hides a beast. A ferocious oni demon set on devouring one thing: my pleasure. Over and over again.

Will he demand more than I can give? Is that even a thing? Or will Rin be the answer to all of my fantasies?

 

I loved this book and I loved the narrators. The story itself was super cute. It was interesting. FMC signs up to be a plaything for MMC. He falls in love and wants to keep her but miscommunications abound. They eventually find their way to HEA and it was worth it to listen to.

Book 1 Monstrous Deals

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Seven Year Itch by Amy Daws

3.5 Stars

All I wanted was a casual plus-one to my brother's destination wedding, but those idiots on my family tree hacked my dating profile and sabotaged my quest for the perfect weekend fling. Now I'm stuck on a tropical vacation with only my hand to keep me company.

Until I’m forced to share a room with the bane of my existence: my sister-in-law’s best friend.

Dakota has hated me for the past seven years. I wasn’t losing much sleep over her screaming rants because she was some other guy’s problem. Or she was, until she got divorced.

Being stuck in paradise with a woman who loathes your very existence doesn't sound hot, but after an unexpected moment in our shared palapa, she starts screaming at me in a different way.

What happens in paradise stays in paradise. That is, until Dakota shows up on my mountain with a proposition: be her wingman to help her regain her pre-divorce confidence.

Suddenly, Dakota’s not just the person I love to fight with. She’s the woman I want everything with.

Dakota frustrated me so much in this book. She was very much like a Karen and was a dick to Calder. She does get better the more you get to know her but I never got passed it. I just never liked her. Loved his tinder profile and how he was with his family and cats.

Book 2 Mountain Men Matchmaker

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Eat Me by Amber Vale

2.5 Stars

She fell into Wonderland expecting madness—

Not monsters who'd burn kingdoms just to make her moan.

 

When Alice enters a sensual, twisted version of Wonderland, she doesn't find tea parties— she finds monsters.

 

A shapeshifting Cheshire seduces her with purring growls and a tongue that brings out her desire— whether she wants it to or not.

 

A Jabberwocky watches her pleasure through magical mirrors, slowly burning for her as he waits his turn.

 

And from far away, a Bandersnatch seduces her with his words, unable to do anything more than wait— driven by instinct, consumed with hunger for her, and aching to fill her until she can take no more.

 

In this world, magic feeds on lust. Desire burns stronger than ever. And her monsters want a taste of her.

My review is not so nice but that is because I didn’t realize it was a play off of Alice in Wonderland. I am not a fan of Alice in Wonderland. If you love Alice in Wonderland you will probably enjoy reading this. The story was well written and I will probably try something else by this author.

Book 1 Monsters of Wonderland

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Bossed by the Orc by Saam King

4 Stars

The damsel in distress is supposed to fall for prince charming, not the monster in her fairy tale…right?

 

Cleaning offices was far from Penelope’s dream job. But dreams don’t pay the bills, and if she wanted to save her family’s home, she needed money fast. Her grumpy, annoyingly sexy orc boss didn’t factor into her plans at all. Or so she kept telling herself…

 

Dristan was too busy running his empire to waste time on things like romance. Then he saw his pretty new employee and everything changed. He knows Penelope would be a perfect mate. Too bad wooing is not part of his skillset…

 

When danger finds its way to Penelope’s door, Dristan will do anything to protect her. But when all is said and done, will it be enough to convince her to take a shot at happily ever after? Or will their love story end before it ever truly begins?

I really enjoyed this book. MMC was so grumpy and crabby even with FMC. He was so in for her but his personality was 100% grumpy. I enjoyed reading him falling for her. I loved watching him lose his mind when others talked with her and also being such a dick to everyone.

Book 1 Kingverse Orc

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The Goat in the Bedroom by Amy Award

3 Stars

When your love life stinks and you're clearly the worst at choosing someone who won't break your heart, why not ask your best friend to find you a date?

Unless of course…you're in love with her.

I've been friends with Artemis since high school, when we bonded over crushing on the same guy. Six years later, we’re roommates in our shiny new post college lives—she's training for the Olympics while I start my pro football career. We’ve both recently had bad break-ups and she says if she’s going to get back out there, she needs dating lessons. Naturally, she asks me—her completely platonic roommate—to teach her.

We practice eye contact. Hand holding. Cuddling during movies. Because that's what best friends do, right? Practice intimacy? For science?

She thinks I'm being helpful. I think I'm losing my mind.

Meanwhile, I'm out here sabotaging her dates, getting jealous of my own teammates, and having heart-to-hearts with our pet goats about my feelings while she's literally in the next room.

But we're definitely just friends.

The evidence we might be idiots:

The documentary crew filming my rookie season knows.

Our pet goats know.

Everyone knows. EVERYONE.

The only people who don't know? Us.

I wanted to love this book as I was looking forward to it since meeting the FMC in the last book. I just didn’t like it. I have never wanted to skip scenes in other books by Award but there were times when I just wanted it to move on already. There was less sexy time in this book then other books and the bi relationships both main characters was kind of brushed aside. I loved the narrators and will still pick up the next book but not my favorite book.

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Beyond the Winter Kingdom by Aurelia Jane and Kel Carpenter

3.5 Stars

Faerie was a nightmare—twice kidnapped, magically bound, and held captive by my fated mate. But Eversus? That’s where the real party starts. And yes, I RSVP’d like an idiot.

Sadie’s gone. Vanished without a trace. And the only lead we have points to a realm no sane person dares to enter: a pit of smoke and ash, ruled by demons and forgotten gods. A place no fae survives.

Eversus.

Vareck—the fierce, brooding King of Faerie—is determined to be my plus one into the twin hells. He says we’re bonded. That I belong to him.

But I didn’t ask for a mate. And I had no intention of catching feelings in the middle of a hellscape.

Together, we’ll brave the realm of monsters to bring my sister home. But the deeper we go, the more I wonder if I'm the one who won’t make it back.

When a world fights to devour us, his voice is the thread I hold on to.

Because some bonds burn brighter in the dark.

And it turns out, some monsters aren’t left behind—they come with you.

I really wanted to love this as much as I loved book 1. This one was a whole lot of nothing happening. It added a bunch to the story without really moving it forward. I still liked the characters and there were new ones added with additional information added to characters from book 1. I just didn’t feel like it added enough to the first book to be awesome. It ends on cliffhanger ending. I am invested and will read the next one but it just frustrated me. The audio was good and I liked the narrators.

Book 2 Faeted Seasons

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Gargoyle on the Rocks with a Lemon Twist by Rebecca Rennick

3 Stars

Coconut Cove is a five-star, monster and human, all-inclusive hotel and resort located on the southern Florida coast. Every day is filled with sun, fun and umbrella drinks. But for Bea this is no vacation, she’s working. As a code enforcement agent, she is sent to many various types of businesses. This week she’s been tasked with inspecting the famous Coconut Cove Resort. Sure, there’s sun and maybe an umbrella drink or two, but there is no fun to be had while on the clock. That is until the manager assigns her an escort for the week, a large shirtless gargoyle who smiles excessively. How is she supposed to get any work done with a cheery talkative male distracting her with his inability to wear a shirt and all those tantalizing muscles?

Being assigned babysitter for the sexy code inspector is the best assignment Zaxon has been given since becoming a security guard at the resort. The mouthy little human and her fuck me librarian glasses entice him to no end. He can’t help but tease the tempting female, it’s too much fun getting her wound up, and even more fun when he gets to shatter her resolve and make her scream in pleasure.

But will their week of fun and lust end when her assignment is over? Is there more for them after she leaves the resort? Can he convince her to stay and ignore the presence of the sand she hates so much?

He can sure as hell try.

This book felt like it was in the middle of a series vs the first book in a series. This led me to be confused and like there was a different book/series I needed to read to better understand this book. It also led to me wanting there to be better character and world development. It was insta love and it was just meh for me to read.

Book 1 Gummy Monster Orgy

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