Writing you from the bed of my AirBnB in Japan. Sorry about August, it just kinda got away from me...

All right, I tried to read 5 books this month and I got through 3. Highest to lowest, let's go.

Breath Mints / Battle Scars
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5/5)
Dramione smut is always high on my list. This was a very toxic and damaged Draco/Hermione 8th year post war Order wins. It had me angry crying at the 95% mark and I was about to lose my shit, but it was HEA so don't worry.

Glitch
⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4/5)
There was no substance to this book. Contemporary that reads very Gen Z. It was literally 90% smut. Good palate cleanser.

To Brew A Scandal
⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4/5)
A very cute, very short (for Dramione) victorian era with pretty much all the cannon events but set back in time. It was fun and cute, but both D/H were off in their characterizations, likely just due to the time period, but D was not as grey and vicious and H was not as bright or fiery.

Slaying the Shadow Prince
DNF
The prose is fine, its legible...it just reads very YA. The opening sequence is a very childish fight with a boy obsessed with her that puts them in combat with monsters. The MMC is a hot shadow daddy but he's not actually morally grey, or the enemy. FMC is chaotic and irrational in bad ways. Couldn't put up with it after 15%.

Knock Down Dragon Out
DNF
Got this on a bookbub deal and thought heck it, why not, love a good dragon shagon, but not this one. Made it about 5% in and the FMC is not in a mental space I wanted to inhabit for 4-8 hours. Don't know how else to put it. She's whiny...

Anyway, that's it! Hope I get to read some more when I'm home T_T