Review: Blood Bonds

 

Title: Blood Bonds

Series: The Bonds That Tie series

Author: J. Bree

Release Date: December 2021

After three years on the run, I’m back in a Resistance camp, chained to a chair as the resident monster.

Everything I ran from, all of the villains of my past, they’re all here to take another bite out of me. But this time, I’m not alone.

With my Bonds desperately trying to reach me and new friendships I never expected, I start to believe that maybe I won't become the weapon they want me to be. Maybe I’ll be a monster of my own creation.

When loyalties are questioned and Bonds are tested, everything I thought I knew gets turned upside down. Who are my friends, and who are my enemies?

Are Bond ties stronger than blood?

*Blood Bonds is a full length reverse harem PNR novel with material that may be difficult for some readers. This book will end on a cliffhanger. It's recommended for 18+ due to language and sexual situations.

When Oli's past comes to try and claim her again, she isn't alone. Her Bonds will stop at nothing to protect her, and she has friends- a family she made that she never expected. But loyalties will be tested and everything she thought she knew may be turned upside down. 

So how the heck do people handle cliffhangers? Like it's nawing feeling inside my head demanding answers and this wasn't even that bad. I haven't slept in days already bc I have been reading these books back to back already 😂😂 

But anyways, I am still loving this story and these characters. I love the possessiveness & protectiveness from Oli's bonds - but, I am still firmly team Nox and that doesn't look like it will change. 

The stories are quick paced, and fast reads. Some things I'm still a little confused on but it's not as bad as it was. 

As always, I need answers. And definitely need more of Nox. 

4.5 ⭐ out of 5⭐. 

3🌶️ out of 5🌶️. 

Trigger Warnings: NatashaReadsBooks: Trigger Warnings (www.natashareadsbooksbookblog.blogspot.com)

Review: Savage Bonds

 

Title: Savage Bonds

Series: The Bonds That Tie series

Author: J. Bree

Release Date: September 2021

With my gift coursing through my veins, the tables have turned on the Draven Campus.

I’m no longer the Giftless reject, no longer the girl who’s fair game to the other students for daring to run away from my Bonds.

But there are bigger problems heading my way.

With destiny pushing me closer and closer to each of my Bonds, I’m fighting tooth and nail against nature to keep my distance.

But they’re fighting harder to keep me in their grasp.

When it becomes clear that the Resistance is closer than we ever thought, I don’t know who I can trust.

Can I finally take control of my gift, or will it take control of me?

*Savage Bonds is a full length reverse harem PNR novel with material that may be difficult for some readers. This book will end on a cliffhanger. It's recommended for 18+ due to language and sexual situations.

What in the holy cheeseballs batman did I just read?! 

I am currently losing my FREAKIN mind right now and I need to know what happens next okay 😂😂

Oli's gift has come out to play, and she is making progress with her Bonded group, if only so she doesn't go nuclear and destroy the city. But she isn't the only threat. The resistance is out to kidnap the gifted for their own gain. 

So it's the middle of the night, but I want to scream bc of that cliffhanger. I won't be able to sleep until I get answers but I don't know how much later I can stay awake 😂😂

Although I do still feel like I'm missing information (seriously, was their a prequel series that I missed?) & Still am trying to piece together what I know, I am definitely enjoying the story & characters. I need to know how the story ends, and get all the answers to my burning questions. 

Also, I think Nox might be my favorite. Maybe it's bc we know the least about him but something about him just draws me in. But I am loving all the characters & cannot wait to learn more about each of them. These books are insanely addicting & I'm just eating them up. 

4.5 ⭐ out of 5⭐. 

3🌶️ out of 5🌶️. 

Trigger Warnings: NatashaReadsBooks: Trigger Warnings (www.natadhareadsbooksbookblog.blogspot.com)

Review: Broken Bonds

 

Title: Broken Bonds

Series: The Bonds That Tie 

Author: J. Bree

Release Date: June 2021

After the death of my mother and her Bonded, I was relieved to find my own Bonds.

I was sure everything would be okay if I had them.

It wasn’t.

The fate of our people is in my hands and I know we’re better off if I’m alone.

After five years on the run, I’m caught and dragged back to face the men I ran away from.

I thought I was doing the right thing.

Now, I’m not so sure.

North, Nox, Gryphon, Atlas, and Gabe may never forgive me but one thing is for sure.

I won’t ever forgive myself.

*Broken Bonds is a full length reverse harem PNR novel with material that may be difficult for some readers. This book will end on a cliffhanger. It's recommended for 18+ due to language and sexual situations.

After five years being on the run, Oleander was caught and brought back to the men she ran away from. Her Bonds North, Nox, Atlas Gryphon and Gabe may never forgive her. But that's okay, because she won't forgive herself either. 

But when trouble is lurking just around the corner, Oli has to decide if sharing the details with her Bonds may just get them all killed in the end. 

So, I fell into this story, and loving it. It starts off slow, and builds up to more as you meet each of the characters- Oli, her Bonds and the friends she makes on the way. But I'm also left feeling a little lost and confused too, as if I'm missing something. A chapter or prequel of what might have happened (& hoping that within the following books it's cleared up). Either way, I am loving the story and characters & cant wait to learn more about each of them in turn. I don't know enough yet about any of them to have a favorite, but it won't be long before I do. 

This book is a paranormal RH/why choose romance & an intro into the world with the gifted- those who have magic & non-gifted- the humans who coexist with them, and the Bonds- which are who are fated to be together. And the Resistance, those who are against the gifted. 

It was a quick read & I cannot wait to read more from this series & see what happens next. 

4⭐ out of 5⭐. 

3🌶️ out of 5🌶️. 

Trigger Warnings: NatashaReadsBooks: Trigger Warnings (www.natadhareadsbooksbookblog.blogspot.com)

Review: The Sacrifice

 

Title: The Sacrifice

Series: a Lords novel 

Author: Shantel Tessier 

Release Date: April 6

HIS LADY

A Lord is to marry after he graduates from Barrington University, an elite college for the rich. A Lady’s job is to help him fit into a world unaware of his secret society. The Lord does not get to choose who he spends the rest of his life with. But there is always an exception to the rule. And I just so happen to be his.

I VOW. YOU VOW. WE VOW.

I was to wed a Lord of my parents’ choosing. Wealth can’t buy you everything, or I would have had freedom years ago. Instead, my strict parents made sure I lived a dull life in a mansion resembling a prison.

But on my wedding day, I was handed over to another man—an even more ruthless Lord that my family hated.

Tyson Riley Crawford only wanted me for his revenge. I’m nothing more than a debt to be paid. I didn’t have a say in the matter. So when I said my vows before the congregation, I knew I’d break them. Consequences be damned.

Too bad I underestimated my husband and didn’t realize he was more determined to punish me than I was to succeed at escaping. He’ll make me choke on those words I used to bind myself to him.

Yet even he couldn’t have seen what our future held. Ultimately, we’re all just pawns in a game that none of us can win unless you’re willing to pay the ultimate sacrifice … and even that may not be enough.

Tyson Crawford is a Lord who lost everything, and is out for revenge on the one responsible. And he will stop at nothing to get it. Laikyn was arranged to marry one Lord, until Tyson hijacked the wedding, and became her groom. 

You do not have to read the other Lords books to read this one. This is a standalone, that ties in with the other books. 

Secret societies, the dark & depraved underbelly of the city & characters who bring the heat. It will have you on the edge of your seat & gasping for breath. 

Tyson Crawford is willing to go to any lengths to get what he wants and his eyes are set on Laikyn. 

Just like the other Lords books, this is deliciously dark and sinfully hot. I love these books, this world and these characters. 

4.5 ⭐ out of 5⭐. 

5🌶️ out of 5🌶️. 

Trigger Warnings: NatashaReadsBooks: Trigger Warnings (www.natadhareadsbooksbookblog.blogspot.com)

Review: The Awakening: As Told By The Boys

 

Title: The Awakening: As Told By The Boys

Series: Zodiac Academy 

Authors: Caroline Peckham & Susanne Valenti

Release Date: August 2021

**This is a retelling of book 1 of Zodiac Academy from the perspective of Orion, Darius, Caleb, Seth and Max**

The Vega twins are alive.

Those five words circle in my mind like an oncoming storm. They change everything about the future we thought had been set in stone. They challenge everything we were raised to be and the stability of the entire kingdom.

They’re coming to our academy looking for the life that was stolen from them, but we can’t let them take it back.

So much hangs in the balance and we can’t risk the arrival of two naïve princesses destroying everything we worked so hard for.

I have trained in dark magic, overcome all challenges and stood in the shadow of Lionel Acrux for far too long already. I won’t let them come between me and his downfall.

Which means they have to go before they discover how powerful they truly are.

This is a retelling of the first book in the Zodiac Academy series from the point of view of Orion and the Heirs and should be read after you have finished the original story. It includes scenes from alternative points of view as well over 50k words of additional content and scenes which have never before been revealed. So prepare to step into the dark minds of the Zodiac boys and watch out for the heartbreak and carnage that will ensue.

So, even though this book is the Awakening but in the Boys point of view, for your first read of the series, it shouldn't be read with book 1 not immediately after, so it doesn't give anything away. 

It follows the story of the Awakening but with the point of view of Orion & the Heirs, & you find out what goes on behind the scenes of the Heirs & their thoughts on the arrival of the Vega twins, and how they plan to make the twins leave before they realize how powerful they truly are. 

I enjoyed this book- usually I love getting into the heads of the males pov's & seeing everything that goes on, and I'd love more from their povs, but was a great read. I was hoping for more of Max's pov (honestly, I don't know why bc he isn't my favorite character by any means, but I noticed the lack of his pov while reading and that stuck with me until we got his). Either way, this was a great read & I loved getting a glimpse into the Heirs & Orion's head. 

4 ⭐ out of 5⭐. 

2🌶️ out of 5🌶️. 

Trigger Warnings: NatashaReadsBooks: Trigger Warnings (www.natadhareadsbooksbookblog.blogspot.com)