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murder mystery folded into fantasy? YES PLEASE

This plot is an onion that just keeps revealing something new. Not sure how I feel about it yet.

A slow start but I'm kinda intrigued?

I think this one just isn’t for me. I am appreciating the nods that I’m seeing to the inspiration of beauty and the beast and Anastasia, but the modern day meets fantasy just isn’t doing it for me.

"Dr. Lennox, release the dolphins" was not a sentence I thought I'd hear but it's an island of absurd in this horror and I'm loving it!

I love the fire sprite. I'd kill for him.

and we got a "my wife" moment!

Rereading via audio. If the physical book had me kicking my feet giddy at the yearning, the audio has me basically doing the can can. Utter perfection.

somehow the audiobook is full of even more yearning. If I was kicking my feet giddy at the physical book I'm basically doing the can can at the audio.

This is different than any other romance heavy book I've read and I don't hate it. But I have also hit the miscommunication point (annoyed face)

Look. All I know is that this couple is so stinking cute. Also Samantha Brentmoor can do no wrong. I love her narration always.

I'm enjoying this, but I wonder if (for me personally) setting up the mmc as the villain went too hard? I'm unsure how I'll get back on their side just because he's been fairly callous and cocky so far. I mean that is the point.. so we will see.

Truly a haunted house story!

I'm not as big of a fan of the Frenchman as I need to be for this book. However, I will say I am enjoying the backstory content.

Allie Shante writes characters that make you feel. You love them, you root for them, you get your heart broken by or for them. This one is no different in that regard. You'll want to pick this up!

Just read this part of the synopsis and laughing too much...

"Gideon has a sword, some dirty magazines, and no more time for undead bullshit."

This reads like monster romance but make it contemporary and it's honestly really fun!

"call me lazy, call me a bitch... but you can't deny I'm one hell of a witch" October Winters supremacy!

I'm LOVING this so far.

Definitely has echoes (or what's pre echoes? since it came before) of Blood of Hercules story with multiple mmc that will probably end up as love interests and a fmc that comes from a poor background but her blood reveals she's something special. For me this one isn't hitting as hard. It's a lot of description about physicality but I'm just not interested in the relationships so far?

This is fine? I'm a bit disappointed I think because things moved too fast. It's insta love or insta connection at least. I haven't been able to care about the characters as much as I wanted to. The problem for me is my inability to suspend my belief for this one and the fact that the fmc doesn't really have friends (that's a personal annoyance of mine).

Night at the Museum meets Kate and Leopold with a sprinkle of toy story?

It's giving Witcher vibes but slightly different. Like if Witcher focused more on how gone for Ynnefer Geralt is. :)

I'm calling it. This is going to be up there with the Chestnut Springs series!

This is a rollercoaster because I love the world and the characters are interesting, but I'm 70% through and I have seven hours left. :(

I love urban fantasy, but this book is looooong

This is a fantastic reminder of why I love urban fantasy.

I'm finding that interview style books to tell a story are kind of my jam?