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This was actually a pretty tame week. This time I really have nothing to note! Work is slowly picking up. It comes it droves. Like one hour our requests come in back to back to back and everyone gets an assignment, then the next few hours are absolutely quiet and it rolls into tomorrow as well. All just the calm before the storm. We will probably just steadily increase for the next month or two before the September storm hits! Lol.
I didn't get too much this week! Which was nice after all I got last week!
Can you trust the dark when you know that it lies?
Kierse McKenna just shattered the Monster Treaty. Again.
It wasn’t entirely her fault. The job was supposed to be simple: steal a goblin-made bracelet off of the Queen of the Nymphs in her own palace. Trade the bracelet for a way to uncover the truth about her past. Except everything goes sideways.
And then he shows up to save her.
Graves—the warlock who ensnared her, betrayed her, and left her to fend for herself. He’s a villain. A monster draped in charm and shadows. And gods help her, he always knows exactly what she wants.
But Graves never does anything for free. He has a job for his favorite little thief. One that will pit her against the most powerful monsters in existence, including his mortal enemy, the Oak King.
An ancient artifact has been located, and only together can they hope to steal it. She just has to let him in.
But once she lets a monster in, he’s impossible to forget… and even harder to resist.
K.A. Linde’s The Robin on the Oak Throne is the
second installment in her Oak &
Holly Cycle series and is quite an exciting read for a second book! The
danger and action really amp up in this one and my emotions have definitely
been put through the ringer with everything that happened!
Kierse and Gen are across the country as Kierse plans to steal
a bracelet to get herself into the Goblin Market in order to find out more
about herself and her wisp abilities. But it’s not long before Graves comes
from her…just in the knick of time and offers her a job. Help him steal the
cauldron, one of the powerful objects he and Lorcan are gunning for and he’d
help her with her powers.
Kierse is reluctant to trust Graves again so soon, but she
cannot deny the connection between them and her feelings for him haven’t really
diminished despite the secrets he kept from her. He promises her that he is
trying to change and open up to her more and this shows over the course of the
novel.
Kierse is trying to access some memories of hers that have
been hidden by a spell, memories of her parents in particular and what really
happened to them.
This book was packed full of…everything! I mean so much
happens in this one that my mind is still reeling over everything and trying to
retain enough information to coherently review the book! Needless to say it has
left me awestruck and speechless, but oh the opinions I have! The opinions and
things I cannot really give voice to because of spoilers! But omg, SO. MUCH.
HAPPENS.
This book will definitely have you changing your opinion on
certain characters. I know some of my skepticism with some has gone fully into
one direction and other characters have now made me skeptical of them! It’s
quite a wild rush to say the least! So many emotions, so many feelings and I am
left tongue tied for very good reasons!
Linde still treats us to an excellent romance though! While
Kierse and Graves start out on the rocks, you know it won’t be too long before
the heat fires up between them again! And, oh my, were things steamy between
them! I can’t really tell if Linde is
trying to build up a love triangle in this series with Graves and Lorcan. I
mean, I know what “team” I’m on already but as the story moved along, you were
never quite sure what was going to happen. Never fear, the steaminess came
mainly from Graves with just a few “wondering” moments with Lorcan. Kierse
definitely makes her choice well before the end of the novel.
One of my favorite things about this series is the
characters! There’s a great cast of characters here and in good variety! They
are not perfect, they are flawed and sometimes you love them and other times
you hate them and sometimes you just want to throttle them. But in the end…you
just love them! Lol. Seriously, my opinions on pretty much every character in
this book changed at least 2-3 times each! I feel like we’re in a good place
for the main players, but there’s still more to come, so we shall see!
Just as you think things are settling into a good ending
place, literal chaos ensues! Things went from smooth and almost steady to
non-stop chaos! My heart was racing for the last 50 or so pages! It was
unbelievable! Things end with a bit more cliffhanger nostalgia than we had the
last time around and it’s going to make the wait for the third book pretty
rough but that book will be epic whenever we can get our hands on it! I had just
attended one of Linde’s tour stops for this one and it’s not quite written yet,
but she said, “don’t worry, I’ll make my deadline!” Lol.
The Robin on the Oak
Throne is what one would call a game changer! This book seriously shakes up
everything we thought we knew was going down in this series and in this world.
We were (possibly, likely, or if you were me, totally) wrong! What happens next
is tenuous at best but I have some ideas! I cannot wait to see what will happen
next in this completely awesome series.
If you’re a fan of supernatural type characters, fast paced,
action packed and steamy romantic reads, then this will be one for you! It’s
truly unbelievable!
Overall Rating 5/5 stars
Magic can do a lot—give you flight, show you mermaids, help you taste the stars, and… solve the budget crisis? That's what the grown-ups will do with it if they ever make it to Neverland to steal its magic and bring their children home.
However, Gwen doesn't know this. She's just a sixteen-year-old girl with a place on the debate team and a powerful crush on Jay, the soon-to-be homecoming king. She doesn't know her little sister could actually run away with Peter Pan, or that she might have to chase after her to bring her home safe. Gwen will find out though—and when she does, she'll discover she's in the middle of a looming war between Neverland and reality.
She'll be out of place as a teenager in Neverland, but she won't be the only one. Peter Pan's constant treks back to the mainland have slowly aged him into adolescence as well. Soon, Gwen will have to decide whether she's going to join impish, playful Peter in his fight for eternal youth… or if she's going to scramble back to reality in time for the homecoming dance.
I added The Neverland Wars by Audrey Greathouse to my TBR pile in September of 2016 as I always love a good Peter Pan retelling in some fashion! I love it when Peter's the good guy and looking to be a teen and fall in love, I love it when he ends up being the villain and Hook is the hot tortured hero! Lol! So I definitely still want to read this one and I see that it's a trilogy but I know I do not have the other two books so hopefully if I like this one enough I can still track down those other two! That's always my fear when I wait too long to pick up a book and not buy the sequels with it! So as you might have noticed, I have rectified that over the years! Lol.
New York Times bestselling author and BookTok sensation Carissa Broadbent returns with a brand new novel in the Crowns of Nyaxia series, The Fallen & the Kiss of Dusk.
Mische made the ultimate sacrifice to save those she loves – and plunged the world into an eternal night. Now, imprisoned by the gods and obsessed with revenge, Asar is desperate to find her again.
When a goddess offers them a final path to redemption – and back to each other – Asar and Mische embark on an extraordinary mission. Together, they must seize the power of the god of death so Asar may do the impossible: ascend to true divinity.
Their journey will take them through mortal and immortal realms, alongside both old friends and ruthless enemies. But as the underworld teeters on the brink of collapse and the gods prepare for a war, Asar and Mische must decide what they are willing to sacrifice for the power to defy death. In a game of vengeful gods and ancient betrayals, there are some debts that even love may not be able to repay.
I really enjoyed the first duology of The Crowns of Nyaxia and having binged them together, I decided it would be better to wait and binge the next sets together as well! So I still need to read the first book to this one and I realllllly want to read the extra long novella novel Slaying the Vampire Conqueror soon too! So I need to throw that in the mix. Likely before I read the first book of this one!
TITLE: The Fallen & The Kiss of Dusk
AUTHOR: Carissa Broadbent
PUBLISHER: Bramble
GENRE: Fantasy Romance
RELEASE DATE: August 5, 2025
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"'Miss McKenna,' Graves said in irritation, stuck on the other side of the door.'What are you, a vampire? Should I invite you in?'" p 62
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This wasn't a bad week! I had off on Thursday for the holiday so I used it to my advantage and drove to KC for a book signing! K.A. Linde was going to be at a bookstore there and since it was only a 4 hour drive, I thought, WHY NOT?! It was a lot of fun too! I found an outlet mall nearby and killed some hours there and bought a wee bit too much! Lol. This month was REALLY bad for impulse purchases as there were book signings I had to buy tickets in advance for, then there was exclusive book drops I couldn't pass up on, which was good as the books sold out before making it to general sales or even sub sales! So yeah, yikes! I'll share a few of my deals down below since some were bookish in nature! That's always the bad part about shopping alone, there's no one to talk you out of buying something. Or I guess it's also bad that I am usually pretty good at reining myself in with impulse purchases, but when I let myself slip just a wee bit...stuff happens and all of sudden I am really slipping! It also hurt me that both my parents have birthdays in June, Mother's Day was last month, Father's Day is also in June...so yeah...June was not good for me!
Anyway, here's what I bought and received this week...as obviously I bought book signing tickets too, but those won't show themselves for awhile! Lol.
