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Jess is 2% done with A Curse Carved in Bone (Saga of the Unfated, #2)
Oh no. There’s dual narration in this. One of the things I loved about the first book was the single POV.
Dec 15, 2025 03:48PM Add a comment
A Curse Carved in Bone (Saga of the Unfated, #2)

Jess
Jess is 54% done with The Death-Made Prince (Runewitch Saga, #1)
I was skimming through reviews to see if people were as confused as me with Thraga’s reaction to the midpoint reveal, and I realized something: 99% of the reviews of this book (that’s been out for over a month) are ARC reviews. It makes me question the gushing recommendations I saw on Reddit. Too many five stars, and not enough lower reviews, is suspicious.
Dec 05, 2025 09:57AM Add a comment
The Death-Made Prince (Runewitch Saga, #1)

Jess
Jess is 9% done with The Death-Made Prince (Runewitch Saga, #1)
Only 10% in so far, but I am loving this book. It’s like it was written for me. I don’t want to get my hopes up though; I’ve been burned by high expectations too much recently.
Dec 01, 2025 06:34PM Add a comment
The Death-Made Prince (Runewitch Saga, #1)

Jess
Jess is 17% done with The Second Death of Locke (The Hand and the Heart, #1)
I can tell this is not for me and I am devastated. The romantic relationship will annoy me throughout the whole book; they read as siblings to me. I wish I could gift my ebook to someone else.
Nov 27, 2025 08:23PM Add a comment
The Second Death of Locke (The Hand and the Heart, #1)

Jess
Jess is 51% done with Lady of Darkness (Lady of Darkness, #1)
I am throwing in the towel.
Nov 24, 2025 12:38PM Add a comment
Lady of Darkness (Lady of Darkness, #1)

Jess
Jess is 14% done with A Court This Cruel & Lovely (Kingdom of Lies, #1)
Amateur writing, but the base ideas are good. The execution just isn’t there. To make matters worse, the female narrator’s male voices are insane sounding. Like, truly mental they would leave it like this. Beyond parody.
Nov 23, 2025 12:50PM Add a comment
A Court This Cruel & Lovely (Kingdom of Lies, #1)

Jess
Jess is 5% done with The Irresistible Urge to Fall For Your Enemy (Dearly Beloathed, #1)
Immediately started listening to the audio when my library loan came in. Got to a point where a paper started flying up and attacking her and thought: is this Harry Potter?? Reader, it is.

You may have known that, because you’re smarter than me, and you’d be smart to avoid anything even tangentially related to that bigoted TERF. Hard pass.

Instant DNF.
Nov 11, 2025 12:11PM Add a comment
The Irresistible Urge to Fall For Your Enemy (Dearly Beloathed, #1)

Jess
Jess is 50% done with From Blood and Ash (Blood and Ash, #1)
This book is objectively terrible but also extremely addictive. I can’t explain it.
Oct 10, 2025 02:30PM Add a comment
From Blood and Ash (Blood and Ash, #1)

Jess
Jess is 24% done with Empire of the Vampire (Empire of the Vampire, #1)
Not sure how I feel about this but the audio narration is decent.
Sep 18, 2025 01:56PM Add a comment
Empire of the Vampire (Empire of the Vampire, #1)

Jess
Jess is 10% done with Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)
I think this is too young for me.
Sep 06, 2025 01:55PM Add a comment
Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)

Jess
Jess is 50% done with Silver Elite (Silver Elite, #1)
This change in circumstances and main goal should have happened much earlier.
Sep 06, 2025 01:17PM Add a comment
Silver Elite (Silver Elite, #1)

Jess
Jess is 21% done with My Stalker, My Protector
This author thinks you wear a thong OVER a bodysuit. No joke. Do women actually do this? I'm so confused.
Apr 11, 2024 12:41PM Add a comment
My Stalker, My Protector

Jess
Jess is 25% done with Until You (The Redemption, #1)
I’m loving this so far.
Jan 08, 2024 08:41PM Add a comment
Until You (The Redemption, #1)

Jess
Jess is 5% done with Well Suited (Red Lipstick Coalition, #4)
I need to remember that Teddy Hamilton has an extremely nasally voice. It’s so pronounced that even at 4x speed it still annoys me. He’s ruining what would otherwise be great prose.
Jan 01, 2024 04:36PM Add a comment
Well Suited (Red Lipstick Coalition, #4)

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Jess is 15% done with Sleeper (Name in Lights, #1)
I’m loving the tone of this.
Dec 20, 2023 10:42AM Add a comment
Sleeper (Name in Lights, #1)

Jess
Jess is 10% done with Broken French (Mediterranean, #1)
This is excellent so far, but it’s also very similar to The Nordic King. Like, uncomfortably so. I’m not suggesting anything close to plagiarism, though. It’s just that I can make a one to one comparison of the various beats or scenes.
Dec 17, 2023 05:22PM Add a comment
Broken French (Mediterranean, #1)

Jess
Jess is 75% done with Stroke of Midnight (Cinderella, #1)
I thought there’d be more story and plot to this since there are a ton of characters, but, sadly, no. And this (noncon) sex scene is just gross. Not because its noncon (I know the genre I’m reading) but because it’s disgusting. Like, gag inducing.
Jun 04, 2023 11:56AM Add a comment
Stroke of Midnight (Cinderella, #1)

Jess
Jess is 15% done with Take Me with You
I can’t believe it took me this long to realize, but this is based on the Golden State Killer. Like, the male MAIN CHARACTER is the GSK.
Jun 01, 2023 02:30PM Add a comment
Take Me with You

Jess
Jess is 3% done with Still Beating
I can’t get over this. Now two people don’t realize that if she has a phone she can Uber still? How. You don’t pay for Uber with cash.
May 30, 2023 10:47AM Add a comment
Still Beating

Jess
Jess is 3% done with Still Beating
Who doesn’t know how Uber works? And why would it matter if her wallet was stolen when she has her phone?
May 30, 2023 10:44AM Add a comment
Still Beating

Jess
Jess is 16% done with Dead Inside
I’m…real fucking disturbed for reading this. But I feel like I have to add that that’s not how abortion works. You don’t abort babies. So—I have to stress this is messed up—she wouldn’t be doing THAT at abortion clinics.
May 27, 2023 11:55PM Add a comment
Dead Inside

Jess
Jess is 52% done with Owned
This had an interesting start, but it’s so boring now.
May 08, 2023 02:45PM Add a comment
Owned

Jess
Jess is 10% done with Last Light
This isn’t as gritty as I’d like (besides the smell).
Apr 29, 2023 03:44PM Add a comment
Last Light

Jess
Jess is 48% done with Undertow
This new information doesn’t make any sense. We’re supposed to believe he lives there after he was accused of this crime? What.
Apr 27, 2023 04:45AM Add a comment
Undertow

Jess
Jess is 45% done with Heartless (Georgian, #1)
It feels like, I don’t know, the author doesn’t respect the intellect of her readers? It’s all very simplistic. But there’s nothing egregiously bad about it. And it’s at least an easy listen for when you’re doing other things.
Apr 16, 2023 05:02PM Add a comment
Heartless (Georgian, #1)

Jess
Jess is on page 364 of 448 of Welcome to Temptation (Dempseys #1)
There’s a pretty big inconsistency here in that Sophie would already know that this very person didn’t push her because she was looking at him when she was pushed!
Apr 11, 2023 05:14PM Add a comment
Welcome to Temptation (Dempseys #1)

Jess
Jess is on page 288 of 448 of Welcome to Temptation (Dempseys #1)
This book is… fine. But Sophie is a doormat who is only made interesting through Crusie’s writing skills. I’m not even sure why Phin likes her? What’s compelling here?
Apr 11, 2023 12:33PM Add a comment
Welcome to Temptation (Dempseys #1)

Jess
Jess is 5% done with Fake Empire (Kensingtons, #1)
Lots of alliteration in this book.
Feb 28, 2023 03:11PM Add a comment
Fake Empire (Kensingtons, #1)

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