anastaciaknits's reviews
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Book was okay. Dragged a lot in the middle.  Would’ve liked to have seen more of the competition between the women. 

Minor twist st the end. 

Too dark for me to continue this series. I would’ve DNFd if I realized book was part of a series. 

Greatly enjoy Pike’s books and this one is no different! It’s fast paced, insta lust, but you know the characters are in love before they do. The MMC is a riot, and the FMC is a badass with a cyborg arm. The plot moves along faster than I’d like but all the Pike books I’ve read are novellas - but I wish they were full length books because they’re just so much fun to read

Bullying of autistic character

Slow paced RH. FMC ends up being a royal blue moon werewolf but the royal part was never really explained. Perhaps in a future book which will be a different couple. The ending was just boring. You pretty much knew how the entire story, including the ending, was going to progress and there were zero surprises or twists. The steam was okay - plentiful but nothing exciting or terribly detailed. I didn’t see any real passion between any of the characters - there were tender moments written, I just didn’t connect with any of the characters nor care what would happen to any of them. I won’t be reading a book two. 

Fun zombie book. Light hearted and not dark considering it’s a zombie book. 

FMC is divided into two halves after the witch died and the zombie takes over. Two people share the same body. 

Engaging book for the first half; second half dragged on and on and took me forever to get through. Ending wasn’t a surprise but still enjoyable to read. I do wish the finale was longer and that last 1/3 be cut some but that’s just me. 

Definitely spicey but not overly so and not terribly detailed drawn out scenes. I’m bad at rating spice but maybe a 3.5 out of 5. The scenes almost entirely are flashbacks. 

So boring, a little too intense

Book was good first half, had a string ending, but everything else just dragged and dragged on. 

This book desperately needed to be cut in half, especially the first half. Nothing happened in the first 60 pages. I understand the author was trying to show an emotional connection between two characters. That emotional connection explained the actions of the FMC for the rest of the book. 

Problem is, the author failed miserably at creating this connection. Sure, the one of the main people names Macy (who is non-binary, which is awesome diversity except the author uses the wrong pronoun many many times, especially in the beginning and end of the book) and the narrator of the story Sam (who is female) spend a lot of time together but there’s a big scene where Sam is a witch to the others about nail Polish of all things. I understand the author was trying to show the anger that was in Sam but it added nothing interesting to the plot and the scene was dragged out too long and referred back to several times in the rest of the book. There were just other scenes showing Sam was an angry person in the first 60 pages of the book that showed Sam’s character, making her to be very unlikable, but failed miserably at establishing that connection with Macy. 

The second half of the book

revolves around finding Macy after the two are separated. Over and over the author TELLS us about the connection between them but doesn’t SHOW us, making the plot of the second half of the book just unrealistic. And when they are finally reconnected again their reunion was flat and emotional.

The second half of the book was definitely the better half of the book. There are some interesting scenes but a few that were once again pointless and didn’t tie into the rest of the plot at all, ,meaning these scenes could be eliminated or better yet, add more to these scenes to add to the overall plot creating more action. 

This book also ends on a cliffhanger - one I saw coming, one I did not. The one I didn’t see coming makes me want to read the next book, but the slow plot in book one and the main character Sam being just an angry person and I repeat myself, so unlikable, makes me just not care enough to read book two. Certainly the author could write a better book two as they gain experience writing, but I’m not willing to waste my time reading another one. 

Let me be clear however - the book has a fabulous plot overall and it’s a different idea for a story. This series (duology?) has a great premise.

 I’m not sure what the book is marketed as but it definitely falls into the New Adult category for me (to be fair again, I love YA and adult books but I’m rather bored with NA books). I think I would have given this book a higher star rating if the book did some of my thoughts written above or at least some of the beginning cut out, and if Macy had the correct pronoun's throughout. That’s something that a casual beta reader would have caught, if not an actual editor. The wrong pronouns occurred at least ten times, I stopped counting at that point.  


TL:dr book had a lot of premise but fell short in the actual writing and had some major grammatical errors. 

This is a short slow burn novella. It’s a closed proximity trophe. The two MC end up sharing a small cabin right before Christmas. MMC is hopelessly in love with the FMC whose feelings lag behind his just a smudge. Of course they fall hopelessly in love and it’s a great HEA. 

This is a nice holiday read for this time of year. The smut is t anything wild, just as an FYI!

My absolute favorite book of the year. Very delightful, funny, loved the FMC and reminded me alot of myself (hello clumbsiness). The first few pages were a bit confusing because you couldn’t tell if the characters were in human or reindeer form. But overall the book was very funny and a delightful book to read. I truly hope the writer creates more books like this. I was so sad to see the book end.