Once Lured by Blake Pierce (Riley Paige Book 4)

 

Language: French

Format: Paperback

Pages: 228

Genre: Thriller and Mystery

Rating: 5⭐

Women are turning up dead on a lone stretch of highway in Delaware. Some go missing for an inexplicable length of time, while others are turning up dead, their bodies left out for display in bizarre and mysterious ways. When a pattern is discovered, it becomes clear to the FBI that a twisted serial killer is on the hunt—luring girls in devious schemes—and that he won’t stop killing, ever.

The FBI, desperate to crack the case, urges Special Agent Riley Paige to take it on. But the brilliant Riley, still reeling from past cases, has finally found peace in her home life, and is determined to help her daughter April get back on her feet. Yet when the murders become too disturbing, too urgent—and when her former partner Bill implores her—Riley finally realizes she can’t say no.

Riley’s hunt leads her deep into the unsettling world of hitchhikers, of drifters, of women that no one else cares for. When she discovers that several women are being kept alive and that there is still time to save them, she realizes she will stop at nothing, obsessing over the case and driving herself to the brink. Yet Riley realizes her own life is falling apart, and her own fragile psyche can barely handle the strain. In a frantic race against time, she will have to plunge deep into the killer’s mind to save these women—and to save herself—from collapse.

OMG!

So far this one was the PERFECT thriller of this serie!

The way the killer act, the way Blake Pierce actually make sure you didn't notice the true about the killer condition was simply perfect for me! 

It's gore not in the way you have a lot of blood or a carnage but in the way the victims are treated.

Also my gut instinct was right about that boyfriend but never thought it would go so far and that April was so... dumb? But also.... she is a teenager, she is fully in love and will do anything to Joel (that A****) be happy and with her.... 😱😱😱

So I hope Riley kill that guy and that April get out of that place but I need a break for this serie now... because im in shock with the end of this book 😓

Dark Lover (Volume 1 - Black Dagger Brotherhood) by J. R. Ward

 

Language: Portuguese

Format: Paperback

Pages: 428

Genre: fantasy, paranormal romance

Rating: 5⭐

"The only purebred vampire left on the planet and the leader of the Black Dagger Brotherhood, Wrath has a score to settle with the slayers who killed his parents centuries ago.

But when his most trusted fighter is killed -- orphaning a half-breed daughter unaware of her heritage or her fate -- Wrath must put down his dagger and usher the beautiful female into another world.

Racked by a restlessness in her body that wasn’t there before, Beth Randall is helpless against the dangerously sexy man who comes to her at night with shadows in his eyes. His tales of the Brotherhood and blood frighten her. Yet his touch ignites a dawning new hunger one that threatens to consume them both…"

I read this book for the first time in 2010 (with exactly 18 yo) and it was my first book with erotic scenes. 

I after re-read it a couple of times when new volumes was coming but the last time it was in 2017... so please be kind with me if I miss some important points in this or others volumes.

This is the 1st volume of an ongoing serie about sexy, dark and pretty deadly vampires.

Not all vampires are like them, the ones from the Black Dagger Brotherhood are warriors! 

They fight one enemy: the Lessening Society and The Omega 

And they don't drink blood from humans because vampire blood have the nutrients that they need to be strong and heal. And guess what? They eat normal food too (or human food) 😁

This volume it's about Wrath (the king of the race) and Beth (half-breed daughter of his former friend). 

What seems to be an help to better understand her future turns into a romance where hate give place to love and a lot of 💦 scenes. 

You don't have the action right in the first chapters no no no! You first need to dig the story of each MC first and after you will have more intense scenes so at first i was thinking "where are the fights?Where are the enemies?" and after I got it! 

This one I though for moments that was a standalone and will finish like that.... heartbroken and in shock. But it got a twist that save me from trying fandoms 😂 

I craved for more about that brotherhood and each volume talk about one of the Brothers

Sick Like Me by Mayghaen D'Urso

 

Language: English

Format: Ebook

Pages: 252

Genre: Romance Suspense

Rating: 4⭐

"Amara Black was his.

His to look at.

His to touch.

His to destroy.

From the moment she became his patient, he knew she would be his seventh. Even if she didn’t fit his usual victim profile. There was something about her that drew him in; a lowly moth to her godly flame.

But when he makes his move, nothing goes according to plan.

There’s lust in her eyes where there should be fear. Calm where there should be panic. And before he knows it, she’s alive; untouched by all but the same madness that claimed him long ago.

Now, it’s only a matter of time before it consumes them both."

I keep liking this kind of books and plots and I'm not getting the "oh no" or "this is disturbing" 

 

I was not expected Amara be so cool and ok with Ezra and in a certain point I was more concerned that she will have a breakdown and go to the police...

I mean if it was with me I was like going to the police due his behavior! 😰

Well it seems that I was not wrong about the call, I was only wrong of when since I truly believed it will be before she got too involved!

Did I expected the end? Not like that! I was expecting rage, blood, screams,..... but not that end! 

Thanks for the author providing me this ARC!

Crave by Tracy Wolff

 

Language: English

Format: Hardcover

Pages: 592

Genre: Fantasy, YA, Romance

Rating: 4⭐

The description is this one and yes.... it's look like Twilight 

"My whole world changed when I stepped inside the academy. Nothing is right about this place or the other students in it. Here I am, a mere mortal among gods…or monsters. I still can’t decide which of these warring factions I belong to, if I belong at all. I only know the one thing that unites them is their hatred of me.

Then there’s Jaxon Vega. A vampire with deadly secrets who hasn’t felt anything for a hundred years. But there’s something about him that calls to me, something broken in him that somehow fits with what’s broken in me.

Which could spell death for us all.

Because Jaxon walled himself off for a reason. And now someone wants to wake a sleeping monster, and I’m wondering if I was brought here intentionally—as the bait."

Ok so I read the description and I says to myself "Nop.... not interested in a fan fiction" but in Tiktok some mutuals open a "war" about Crave and Twilight to check who is the best and guess what? I decide to join and be part of this... And now the review:

Its a very but very descriptive book.. you have a lot of text and a lot of information. I assume that I got very bored in the middle of the book since it was basically a lot of description of Grace days and how she feel but arriving to the 80% of the book the action was very but very better! 

Finally got the part about why she comes to Katmere and why is so dangerous for her. 

The book is not bad at all (and comparing to the first of Twilight I prefere Crave). Of course Grace is naive but also everyone is hiding something from her. 

The big diference is that in Crave I simply liked the interactions between the characters and I was tricked by some of them... but its part of the read. 

In Twilight I was just bored with all of them.... 😅

The second book will be one of my top reads of January so keep an eye 😉

How was 2021 and Goals for 2022

2021 was better than excepted for me regarding my reading goals but if we gonna talk about my wallet and my shelves... let's says it was crazy! 

I joined a community that got tons of recommendations and helped me to read more than excepted!

Also I'm in Goodreads so it was very interesting to follow my progress and the one of my mutuals!

As you can see I've settled that in 2021 I will be reading 50 books and believe me, I was nervous to make it but in May it was already 70% done.

If I was to follow all my monthly TBR it will probably be 130 book (glade i just look at some books and said "next year" 😂)

And it was a lot of pages!! 29.435 pages in total! 

But now let's talk about 2022 business 😛

This is my Goals:

1. Read 85 books

1. Be on a Book Buying Ban (BBB) until November (its my Birthday month so I'm allowed)
2. Try to read out of my comfort zone (genres)
3. Listen my audiobooks
4. Not DNF books

Hard? Probably point 2 and 5 but.. its a Goal and it's settled 😄

 

January TBR

It's a New year and with it a new goal of reading. 

As informed in the previous post, my reading goal is 85 books, which means that I need to read an average of 7 books per month so I'm making a TBR with only 7 books. 

I will continue the last TBR essentially because I'm in the middle of series and I really want to finish them so my TBR list this month is: 

1. Once Cold
2. Once Stalked
3. Once Lost
4. Crush
5. A map of Days 
6. Sick Like Me (ARC book)
7. Lover Mine (Black Dagger Brotherhood Book 8)

As you may have notice, I start posting the reviews of the previous books of Riley Paige Serie.

I will do the same with the Black Dagger Brotherhood and with the books of Ransom Riggs (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children Series)

A book haul is expected during the month also! 

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Thanks!

As The Page Turns by Iona Morrison

Language: English

Format: PDF

Pages: 350

Genre:  paaranormal romance

Rating: 5⭐ 

Thank you to The Wild Rose Press and to Bookstagrammers.com for providing me this book!

This is the 10th book of a series but you don't need to read the previous ones to understand this story but I would suggest you to start the serie if you like paranormal, romance and suspense! 😉

About the book itself before my review:

"Peyton Reynolds has no idea that the gorgeous summer day she is enjoying is about to take a strange turn and embroil her and her boyfriend Jaxon Kincaid in another case. As the details emerge, it won’t take long for them to understand there is nothing normal about the murder Peyton has witnessed. An erratic suspect, a gathering of ghosts, and Peyton’s sudden disappearance will leave Jaxon scrambling for answers in the pages of a book left behind. They will have to think outside the box with help from the past to solve this one."

I loved this book! The way the author mixed fantasy with mystery and romance. We have ghosts, police officers that understand that particular family gift and we have murders! I mean.... Perfect! 

It was very easy to read and understand the book and I loved how the character development is done is this plot! 

The way Peyton and her cousin are very close and how Jaxon and Matt actually are working in a relation to make sure both couples are happy with that "gift/curse" was really sweet to read. 

The suspense was killing me and I wanted more and more! And got it very soon in the book!