Review: Grave

Title: Grave
Series: the Dark Kings
Author: Shantel Tessier
Release Date: August 31

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My life went to hell years ago, and I've had a death wish ever since then with fast cars, women, and drugs. They don't call me Grave for nothing!

But I do it because I need to feel something... anything. What's life worth living for without the high?

And then I saw her!

She's too good for me, and I should stay away. But like an addict, I switch one drug for another, and I'll be taking her to hell with me.

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I'm anything but sweet, despite what people think, so when he tells me I'm too good for him and I'm better off without him, I don't listen.

My life was simple before Grave stepped through that door, but who wants simple?

He makes me feel alive. It took one touch, and I became addicted!

But therein lies the problem. Addiction is Grave's middle name, and when he tells me he's taking me to hell with him, I don't know whether to take that as a threat or a promise!

Oh My goodness!! I'm at a loss for words. I just finished Grave. And let's just say I was. Here. For. It.
Grave's life went to hell all those years ago. Filling the void with fast cars, women, drugs and alcohol. There is a reason why he is called Grave, and it's for the fact that he has a death wish. He needs those things to help him feel something... Anything. Besides, without that high, is life even worth living?
Then he saw her. April. She's too good for him and he should stay away. But like an addict, he's switching one drug for another and taking her down to hell with him.
Despite what people thing, April is anything but sweet. So when she sees Grave, she doesn't listen to those warning her to stay away. Her life was simple before, Grave... But who wants simple? One touch made her feel alive. When Grave says he's taking her to hell with him, she doesn't know if it's a threat or a promise.
I have been loving this series since the beginning, with Code of Silence and then with Titan. And I have loved every word of their stories, including Grave. Him and April's relationship was fire. It was fast, and crazy, and was just... Them.

Grave is one of the four Kings who run Kingdom, the palace in the middle of Las Vegas' strip that is so much more than just a casino and hotel. He loves his cars fast, his women who give him whatever he wants and always chasing that high, whether it's racing, fighting, alcohol or drugs. Anything to make him feel something, other then what he feels day in and day out since his life went to hell. He's tatted up, with piercings, and always had that unobtainable bad boy quality to him.
April has been on her own looking after her younger brother for years. They have barely been getting by. So when the tatted up bad boy walks into her flower shop she reaches out to him. She isn't the sweet girl next door, but she definitely isn't ready to be immersed into the deep end right off the bat. But she is exactly the girl to be able to handle Grave. She's strong, and her own person. And they work together. I absolutely loved loved loved this book, and I cannot wait to dive into more of the Kingdom series and see more of what Shantel has to offer!! 4.5 ⭐ out of 5⭐.

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Review: Backup Plan

Title: Backup Plan
Series: Silver Ridge
Author: Emily Goodwin
Release Date: August 24

When we were only kids, Sam Harris and I made a promise we'd marry each other if we were still single when we turned thirty. Well, my thirtieth birthday has come and gone and I'm still as single as ever.

And as far as I know, so is Sam.

But it's been ages since we've seen each other, and after what he did to me our senior year of college, I wouldn't put his ring on my finger even if he begged me to marry him. Never mind his devilish good looks. Or the fact that the playboy partier is a doctor now.

Nope, I'm sticking to my guns with this, and when I go back to my hometown of Silver Ridge for the first time in years, I won't pay him the slightest bit of attention. Well...until he convinces me to go out for drinks to catch up. I knew it was a bad idea the moment I agreed to it.

And then he brings up our childhood promise.

It might be fun and games to him, but it's not to me. Because as much a I don't want to admit it, Sam has always been my first choice. And I don't want to be nothing more than his backup plan.

You guyyyyssss!!
So if you don't already know, I love Emily Goodwin's books, and this was no different!!
Childhood friends, Chloe and Sam made a pact as kids, that if they were both still single after thirty, they would get married to each other.
It's been years since they have talked let alone seen each other, and Chloe wouldn't dare put his ring on her finger, even if he begged her to. Never mind that he is more good looking than ever, and a doctor... He still holds on to his Playboy ways.
But when Chloe is back in their home town, they run into each other. Drinks with Sam may be a bad idea... But Chloe agrees anyways. And then he brings up their old pact.
Getting with Chloe may just be fun and games to Sam, but he has always been her first choice. And Chloe fears she is nothing but Sam's back up plan.
Seriously you guys, grab this book! It's a friend's to lovers slow burn filled with allllll the angst.
If you guys have read the Dawson Family series, you may remember Sam as Archer's friend and roommate. If you havent- then those should be your next books after this!
Sam is a Doctor in Chicago, and back in his home town to visit family. Who he doesn't expect to run into is Chloe. They have a past together. Even though they mostly ran in different crowds, they were friends, up until they moved away for college years ago. He didn't expect to see her around, but now that he did, he can't get her off his mind.
Sam was a Playboy, Chloe was dubbed as creepy and weird. He was older by two years. The timing was all wrong. And then they drifted apart. Sam wasn't going to let Chloe slip away so easily this time around.
I loved loved loved this book. I loved Sam and Chloe's relationship & the chemistry between them. Sam was a Playboy, who never wanted anything serious. Chloe was smart, and relatable and she didn't care what anyone thought of her. She was uniquely herself in everything, and I absolutely loved that. The chemistry was hot and explosive, the angst real. And I cannot wait to grab the next book to find out what happens next between these two!
If you love friends to lovers romance filled with allll the angst and insane chemistry then you need this book! 4⭐ out of 5⭐.

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Review: Exodus

Title: Exodus
Series: the Ravenhood duet
Author: Kate Stewart
Release Date: Now Live!

Can you live a lie?

It’s a ghost town, this place that haunts me, the one that made me.

It’s clear to me that I’ll never outgrow Triple Falls or outlive the time I spent here.

I can still feel them all, my boys of summer.

Even when I’d sensed the danger, I gave in.

I didn’t heed a single warning. I let my sickness, my love, both rule and ruin me. I played my part, eyes wide open, tempting fate until it delivered.

There was never going to be an escape.

All of us are to blame for what happened. All of us serving our own sentences. We were careless and reckless, thinking our youth made us indestructible, exempt from our sins, and it cost us all.

I’m done pretending I didn’t leave the largest part of me between these hills and valleys, between the sea of trees that hold my secrets.

It’s the reason I’m back. To make peace with my fate.

And if I can’t grieve enough to cure myself in my time here, I’ll remain sick. That will be my curse.

But it’s time to confess, to myself more so than any other, that I’d hindered my chances because of the way I was built, and because of the men who built me.

At this point, I just want to make peace with who I am, no matter what ending I get.

Because I can no longer live a lie.

Oh my goodness you guys!!!! I am still dealing from the emotional onslaught that was the Ravenhood duet!! How do I even explain to you guys what this book has done to me, for me?!
First let me say, you HAVE to read Flock before Exodus, Exodus picks up right where Flock ends. So if you haven't read Flock yet, quit reading my review RIGHT NOW and grab Flock ( blurb & links posted below 👇) and then thank me later 😏😏😂😂. 
Exodus picks up where Flock left off. And what a whirlwind it was. Cecelia is back, and looking for answers. And she encounters the Frenchman.  He is untrusting, and unforgiving. And now Cecelia is faced with impossible decisions, and the consequences of those choices, and forced to live a lie. Everyone is to blame for what happened. And everyone must live out their sentences. But what happens when Cecelia  cannot live a lie anymore?
Seriously you guys! I don't even know what to say that won't give anything away! But these books were amazing. They were soooo much more than what I expected. They made me feel. A sobbing mess at 2 in the morning. They drew out soooo many emotions. And the angst and drama and everything. It keeps you hooked from the start, and leaves you reeling. I am still at a loss for how to explain this book without giving anything away. But it was amazing. Everything I have come to love from a Kate Stewart novel. The drama, the angst, the emotion, the music, the memories. This duet was beautifully and tragically written. It made me smile, swoon, cry, and gutted me. And I am sad that it is over, but this is a duet that will stay with you long after you turn that final page. 4.5 "crying for the moon" ⭐ out of 5 ⭐.

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Flock 
Book 1 in Ravenhood Duet 
By Kate Stewart
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Can you keep a secret?
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I grew up sick.⁣
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Let me clarify.⁣
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I grew up believing that real love stories include a martyr or demand great sacrifice to be worthy.⁣
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Because of that, I believed it, because I made myself believe it, and I bred the most masochistic of romantic hearts, which resulted in my illness.⁣
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When I lived this story, my own twisted fairy tale, it was unbeknownst to me at the time because I was young and naïve. I gave into temptation and fed the beating beast, which grew thirstier with every slash, every strike, every blow.⁣
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Triple Falls wasn’t at all what it seemed, nor were the men that swept me under their wing. But in order to keep them, I had to be in on their secrets.⁣
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Secrets that cost us everything to keep.⁣
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That’s the novelty of fiction versus reality. You can’t re-live your own love story, because by the time you’ve realized you’re living it, it’s over. At least that was the case for me and the men I trusted my foolish heart to.⁣
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Looking back, I’m convinced I willed my story into existence due to my illness.⁣
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And all were punished. 

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