It's Monday! What Are You Reading #721, March 31st

It's Monday! What Are You Reading is a weekly meme hosted by Book Date where we share what we read this past week, what we hope to read this week...and anything in between! This is a great way to plan out your reading week and see what others are currently reading as well...you never know where that next "must read" book will come from!

What happened in the past week:

Weekly Memes:
It's Monday! What Are You Reading #720
Teaser Tuesday #728
WWW Wednesday #728
WOW #724
Will the Time Come #721
Third Sentence Thursday #711
Random Reads #697
First Lines Friday #724
Book Blogger Hop #390

Monthly ARC's May Round Up

Monthly Series April Round Up

The Reward Challenge Update #706
Wheel of TBR #253
How Well I Stuck to It #558
Wrote that Review Update #555

Week 13 Reviews:
A Sorceress of His Own

Rendezvous With Yesterday

Lost Boy

Beneath the Burning Sea

Holy Terrors

Rebel in the Deep

All the Stars and Teeth

All the Tides and Fate

The Dark Days Club

Lusus Naturae

The Dark Days Pact

The Dark Days Deceit 

A Duke Never Tells

Folk-Spelled

The Love Con

A Dead and Stormy Night

Queen of Ruin

Mortal Follies

Confounding Oaths

Tamed by a Laird

Seduced by a Rogue

Tempted by a Warrior 

Phase Out Your Seriesathon: 

Update 21

Update 22

Update 23

Update 24

Magical Readathon: Orilium: 

Update 20

Spring Equinox 2025 Sign Up

Update 21

Spring Into Reading-A-Thon: 

Update 18

Update 19

Update 20

Update 21

Update 22

Update 23

Update 24

Update 25 and Wrap Up

Roll of Reads Readathon: 

Update 10

Update 11 and Wrap Up

Random:

The Bookworm Revolution April 2025 TBR

Book Battle April 2025 TBR

OK, so I got 48 posts in 7 days, it was a pretty good reading week, I had to rush to complete everything that I wanted to read, which carried over into the start of this week, not to mention starting to plan my various April TBR's. The books and never ending, but I love it, even when it crushes me! What about you guys? Happy reading!

So this week I want to read whatever I want! 

Week 13 Review: A Duke Never Tells

From Goodreads:

Bridgerton meets Evie Dunmore in a sparkling new regency romcom from New York Times bestselling author Suzanne Enoch, A Duke Never Tells , in which an heiress disguises herself as a maid in her fiancé's household to see if he really is too good to be true.

Before entering into a supremely-advantageous arranged marriage with James Clay, the new Duke of Earnhurst, clever, independent Lady Meg Pinwell has to see if he's really the rake he's rumored to be. But how is a well-bred young lady going to make sure he's all that he seems?

With the help of her Aunt Clara, they plan some discreet reconnaissance at the Duke's country estate. Meg will pretend to be her aunt's maid/companion to see the true state of affairs at Earnhurst Manor.

But Meg isn't the only one pretending to be someone she isn't. In order to escape Clara (who is surely a marriage hunter!), James has traded places with the excellent Riniken, the former Duke's butler. Soon everyone is falling in love with the absolute wrong person! They say the course of true love never does run smooth… at Earnhurst, it's running amuck!

My Review:
Loved reading this book! The set up of a double identity switch, everybody pretending to be someone else, was so much fun! That real feelings come to call for all of them, even though they're either supposed to marry the other, or that they're not supposed to be involved, yeah, it was so much fun!

This is a double love story, and we get all 4 of their perspectives, and it was a tad bit confusing, trying to keep up with who was who and who knew what, and where we'd last seen them and where the characters had last seen them. It was a bit of juggling, but it was worth it for this story! 

Watching as these pairs fell in love, not knowing the truth about each other, was so hilarious. Since the ladies were trying to see if he was going to make Meg a good husband, while James doesn't want the responsibility of being Duke, so passes his butler off as the Duke, and himself as the butler, all the pretending and switching left them with the one that they should be with, which is just so funny to me! 

There was all the drama, from the secrets and misunderstandings, and I was here for it. I didn't know how the truth was going to come out, but I couldn't wait, because on one hand, they were deceiving each other, but on the other, those secrets almost meant that they could be with the one that they loved. So I really enjoyed that! 

Really enjoyed reading this book and I can't wait to read more by Suzanne Enoch! 

Author: Suzanne Enoch
Read: March 26th, 2025
Source: NetGalley 
Reason Why: Love her writing and it sounded really good, and it's a Historical Fiction 2025 Book, SAC 2025 Book and a WoW Book! 
Publisher: Dreamscape Media
Expected Publication: April 1st 2025 

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars

WWW Wednesday #728, March 26th

To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions…

• What are you currently reading?
• What did you recently finish reading?
• What do you think you'll read next?

Thanks to MizB of Should Be Writing now A Daily Rhythm for starting this meme! And thanks now to Taking on a World of Words for reviving it! 

I'm currently listening to A Duke Never Tells, and I'm really enjoying it! 

I'm also reading Folk-Spelled, and it's so good! 

I read The Dark Days Deceit, and it was a wonderful end to the series! 

I'm going to be reading The Love Con, and I can't wait, it sounds really good! 

What about you guys? Happy reading!

Waiting on Wednesday #723, March 19th

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating!

A Drop of Corruption by Robert Jackson Bennett

Expected Publication: April 1st, 2025

From Goodreads:

The brilliant detective Ana Dolabra may have finally met her match in the gripping sequel to The Tainted Cup—from the bestselling author of The Founders Trilogy.

In the canton of Yarrowdale, at the very edge of the Empire’s reach, an impossible crime has occurred. A Treasury officer has disappeared into thin air—abducted from his quarters while the door and windows remained locked from the inside, in a building whose entrances and exits are all under constant guard.

To solve the case, the Empire calls on its most brilliant and mercurial investigator, the great Ana Dolabra. At her side, as always, is her bemused assistant Dinios Kol.

Before long, Ana’s discovered that they’re not investigating a disappearance, but a murder—and that the killing was just the first chess move by an adversary who seems to be able to pass through warded doors like a ghost, and who can predict every one of Ana’s moves as though they can see the future.

Worse still, the killer seems to be targeting the high-security compound known as the Shroud. Here, the Empire's greatest minds dissect fallen Titans to harness the volatile magic found in their blood. Should it fall, the destruction would be terrible indeed—and the Empire itself will grind to a halt, robbed of the magic that allows its wheels of power to turn.

Din has seen Ana solve impossible cases before. But this time, with the stakes higher than ever and Ana seemingly a step behind their adversary at every turn, he fears that his superior has finally met an enemy she can’t defeat.

Holy Terrors by Margaret Owen

Expected Publication: April 1st, 2025

From Goodreads:

It's been nearly two years since Vanja brought down the cult she started, and she’s still paying the price. As the Pfennigeist, she bucks the law in order to help the desperate and haunt the corrupt all across the empire—and no matter what, she works alone.

But an impossible killer is tearing through royalty, and leaving Vanja’s signature red penny on every victim. Suddenly the Pfennigeist is no longer a folk hero but a nightmare. When even the Blessed Empress falls, the empire’s seven royal families must gather to elect her successor within a matter of weeks, or risk the collapse of reality itself… even though it puts every house in the killer’s sights.

Vanja tells herself she’s wading into the royalty’s vicious games only to save the name she made, and the loved ones also in jeopardy. But the Order of Prefects has also put their sharpest official on the case, the one who swore he’d always find Vanja—until she broke his heart. Journeyman Prefect Emeric Conrad may no longer be the boy Vanja knew, but they’ll have to work together one last time to have any chance of surviving the deadly catastrophe coming for them all.

With bloody conspiracy, sinister magic, and old adverseries closing in, it will take everything Vanja has to save not just the people she loves, but the future she’s fought for. In this thrilling final chapter of the Indie Next series Little Thieves, New York Times-bestselling author Margaret Owen shows us the pain and beauty of choosing which demons to face, and which to forgive.

Sweet Obsession by Katee Robert

Expected Publication: April 1st, 2025

From Goodreads:

He was mine to protect. Mine to adore. Mine to lose forever.

*A scorchingly hot modern retelling of Poseidon and Icarus.*

Icarus may not have flown particularly close to the sun, but he has fallen…right into the rough hands of Olympus's own Poseidon. Being held captive by the gentle giant wouldn't be so bad if Olympus wasn't on the eve of destruction…or if Poseidon stopped looking at him with those irresistibly stormy eyes.

Poseidon doesn't have time to babysit his increasingly bratty prisoner, but he has no choice: Olympus is officially at war, and someone has to keep their best bargaining chip out of harm's way. The thing is, the longer Poseidon is with Icarus, the more he starts to care for his sworn enemy...and the more he realizes that Icarus isn't the villain he's been made out to be. There's a warmth to him, a vulnerability, that Poseidon finds difficult to ignore or deny.

Now with Circe and the Aeaens at the gate and Olympus a hair's breadth away from falling, Poseidon will have to make a difficult choice: about himself, about his allegiances, and about the man who woke his heart from its long slumber only to threaten to break it for good...

Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping (On a Dead Man) by Jesse Q. Sutanto 

Expected Publication: April 1st, 2025

From Goodreads:

Vera Wong is back and as meddling as ever in this follow-up to the hit Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers.…

Ever since a man was found dead in Vera's teahouse, life has been good. For Vera that is. She’s surrounded by loved ones, her shop is bustling, and best of all, her son, Tilly, has a girlfriend! All thanks to Vera, because Tilly's girlfriend is none other than Officer Selena Gray. The very same Officer Gray that she had harassed while investigating the teahouse murder. Still, Vera wishes more dead bodies would pop up in her shop, but one mustn't be ungrateful, even if one is slightly...bored.

Then Vera comes across a distressed young woman who is obviously in need of her kindly guidance. The young woman is looking for a missing friend. Fortunately, while cat-sitting at Tilly and Selena's, Vera finds a treasure Selena's briefcase. Inside is a file about the death of an enigmatic influencer—who also happens to be the friend that the young woman was looking for.

Online, Xander had it a parade of private jets, fabulous parties with socialites, and a burgeoning career as a social media influencer. The only problem is, after his body is fished out of Mission Bay, the police can't seem to actually identify him. Who is Xander Lin? Nobody knows. Every contact is a dead end. Everybody claims not to know him, not even his parents.

Vera is determined to solve Xander's murder. After all, doing so would surely be a big favor to Selena, and there is nothing she wouldn't do for her future daughter-in-law.

Dead Post Society by Diane Kelly

Expected Publication: April 1st, 2025

From Goodreads:

The seventh in the House-Flipper mystery series set in Nashville, TN, where the real estate market is to die for.

Carpenter Whitney Whitaker and her cousin Buck are no strangers to murder. After all, they’ve encountered corpses on their properties before. But this is the first time they’d decided to take a chance on a property where two murders have already occurred. Most buildings on the former boarding school property have been repurposed for an upscale retirement community, but the developer had no use for the headmaster’s house given its violent history. The headmaster and his wife were killed there decades earlier, their deaths remaining a mystery to this day.

Still, it seems a shame to see the beautiful Victorian give way to decay or the wrecking ball, even if many claim the unsettled souls of the victims still wander its halls, seeking retribution and justice. Can Whitney and Buck exorcise the structure’s demons, solve the cold case, and give the building new life? Or will ghosts from the past seek to silence them forever?

Reluctant Witch by Melissa Marr

Expected Publication: April 1st, 2025

From Goodreads:

The Magicians meets One Last Stop in the sequel to Remedial Magic by New York Times bestselling author Melissa Marr!

After discovering she's a witch and being whisked away to the magical land of Crenshaw, Ellie wants nothing more than to spend time with her new wife, Prospero, who has magically altered Ellie's memories to convince her of exactly that.

Prospero herself is guilt-wracked after erasing Ellie's memories and being forced into a sham marriage with the woman she loves for real. But Crenshaw is dying, poisoned by Prospero's enemies who want their community to return to the human world, and she will do anything to save it.

The most powerful witch in anyone's memory is in Prospero's home, in her bed, with no idea that she's a prisoner there... yet.

As the very fabric of their world is being destroyed, Ellie and Prospero must find a way to work together and save the world, and themselves.

Gifted & Talented by Olivie Blake

Expected Publication: April 1st, 2025

From Goodreads:

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Atlas Six comes the story of three siblings who, upon the death of their father, are forced to reckon with their long-festering rivalries, dangerous abilities, and the crushing weight of all their unrealized adolescent potential.

Where there’s a will, there’s a war.

Thayer Wren, the brilliant CEO of Wrenfare Magitech and so-called father of modern technology, is dead. Any one of his three telepathically and electrokinetically gifted children would be a plausible inheritor to the Wrenfare throne.

Or at least, so they like to think.

Meredith, textbook accomplished eldest daughter and the head of her own groundbreaking biotech company, has recently cured mental illness. You're welcome! If only her father's fortune wasn't her last hope for keeping her journalist ex-boyfriend from exposing what she really is: a total fraud.

Arthur, second-youngest congressman in history, fights the good fight every day of his life. And yet, his wife might be leaving him, and he's losing his re-election campaign. But his dead father’s approval in the form of a seat on the Wrenfare throne might just turn his sinking ship around.

Eilidh, once the world's most famous ballerina, has spent the last five years as a run-of-the-mill marketing executive at her father’s company after a life-altering injury put an end to her prodigious career. She might be lacking in accolades compared to her siblings, but if her father left her everything, it would finally validate her worth—by confirming she'd been his favorite all along.

On the pipeline of gifted kid to clinically depressed adult, nobody wins—but which Wren will come out on top?

Faithbreaker by Hannah Kaner

Expected Publication: April 1st, 2025

From Goodreads:

THE EPIC FINALE TO THE INSTANT NO. 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING FALLEN GODS TRILOGYIn the epic finale to the #1 internationally bestselling Fallen Gods trilogy that started with Godkiller, the fate of Middren hangs in the balance as mighty gods and mortal heroes clash in a final battle for supremacy.

War has come. The fire god Hseth is leading an unstoppable army south, consuming everything in her path. Middren’s only hope of survival is to unify allies and old foes against a common enemy.

Elo navigates an uneasy alliance with Arren; his friend, his enemy, and his king. Now they each must decide how much they're willing to sacrifice to turn the tides of war.

Meanwhile, Inara joins her mother on their ship, the Silverswift, to seek aid. Still grappling with her powers, Inara must reconcile who she is and where she belongs, while Skediceth has to question if their bond will be enough to keep them safe.

Kissen has no allegiance to the old ways of Middren. But, as she tries to find her family, she is forced to question what, and whose, future she is fighting for.

In Faithbreaker, Hannah Kaner delivers a powerful conclusion to the Fallen Gods trilogy, masterfully weaving together love and sacrifice, loyalty and betrayal, and the true meaning of faith.

The Coven Tendency by Zoe Hana Mikuta

Expected Publication: April 1st, 2025

From Goodreads:

Zoe Hana Mikuta delivers a bloody and unrelenting fantasy about young witches dangling on the edge of love and obsession, of magic and madness, of life and death (and death and death and death). . .

Just like her mother and her mother’s mother, 18-year-old Vanity Adams is destined to lead a lavish life under the patronship of the Museum, someday taking her place as its premiere necromantic Spectacle and the centerpiece of their weekly soirees thrown for the City’s elite.

But until that day, Vanity (and the other young witches of the Museum) is isolated from the outside world and purged of her magic—magic being particularly unstable for teenagers and often leading to antisocial conduct, mood swings, bloodlust, delusions, and, most concerning, a habitual, violent obsession with one another.

To all of this, Vanity Well, whatever. Better than being confined to the Sanatorium with the less fortunate witches, imprisoned in a chemically induced coma as her blood is harvested to make World, the City’s favorite designer drug. At least she’ll be dead someday, there’s always that. And at least the Museum has Arrogance, Vanity’s twin sister, who just might remember how to do magic, and who just might be where our story begins. . . .

A Duke Never Tells by Suzanne Enoch

Expected Publication: April 1st, 2025

From Goodreads:

Bridgerton meets Evie Dunmore in a sparkling new regency romcom from New York Times bestselling author Suzanne Enoch, A Duke Never Tells , in which an heiress disguises herself as a maid in her fiancé's household to see if he really is too good to be true.

Before entering into a supremely-advantageous arranged marriage with James Clay, the new Duke of Earnhurst, clever, independent Lady Meg Pinwell has to see if he’s really the rake he’s rumored to be. But how is a well-bred young lady going to make sure he’s all that he seems?

With the help of her Aunt Clara, they plan some discreet reconnaissance at the Duke’s country estate. Meg will pretend to be her aunt’s maid/companion to see the true state of affairs at Earnhurst Manor.

But Meg isn’t the only one pretending to be someone she isn’ In order to escape Clara (who is surely a marriage hunter!), James has traded places with the excellent Riniken, the former Duke’s butler. Soon everyone is falling in love with the absolute wrong person! They say the course of true love never does run smooth… at Earnhurst, it’s running amuck!

There's some really fantastic books kicking off the month of April! I've read a couple, and they're all authors that I've loved, and I can't wait for these books to be out in the world! What about you guys? Happy reading! 

It's Monday! What Are You Reading #649, November 13th

It's Monday! What Are You Reading is a weekly meme hosted by Book Date where we share what we read this past week, what we hope to read this week...and anything in between! This is a great way to plan out your reading week and see what others are currently reading as well...you never know where that next "must read" book will come from!

What happened in the past week:

Weekly Memes:
It's Monday! What Are You Reading #648
Teaser Tuesday #656
WWW Wednesday #656
WOW #652
Will the Time Come #649
Third Sentence Thursday #639
Random Reads #625
First Lines Friday #652
Book Blogger Hop #318

Monthly ARC's Update 53

21 Books to Read in 2021 Update 37

The Reward Challenge Update #634

Wheel of TBR #181
How Well I Stuck to It #486
Wrote that Review Update #483

Week 45 Reviews:
Tragedy Girl

What Feasts at Night

The Obsession

The New Girl

Iron Flame

Dating Disasters by Emma Nash

Every Duke Has His Day

Eragon

Last Girl Breathing

Belador Cosaint

Treoir Dragon Hoard

Magical Readathon: Orilium: 

Update 58

Update 59

Clear Your S**t Readathon: 

Update 3

Update 4

Update 5

Update 6

Update 7

Update 8

Update 9

Update 10

Next to be Published November: 

Update 6

Update 7

Update 8

Update 9

Update 10

Update 11

Update 12

Phase Out Your TBR: 

Update 3

Update 4

Update 5

Random:
Jesse Q. Sutanto Author Page

Christine Riccio Author Page

OK, so I got 46 posts in 7 days, I had a decent week, I read an OK amount, I'm taking November a bit slow, but there's plenty to read still! Can't wait for next week! What about you guys? Happy reading!

So this week I want to read Dark Heir! 

In this riveting sequel to the New York Times bestselling novel Dark Rise, Will and his allies have survived the Dark's first assault, but at a terrible cost.

A new threat from the past is rising, and only a handful of heroes remain to fight. Pursued by dark forces, Will and his allies must leave the safety of the Hall and travel to the heart of the ancient world, making new and dangerous alliances, and revealing the shocking secrets of the past.

But Will is carrying a dark secret of his own—his true identity. Drawn to the beautiful and deadly James St. Clair, Will is pulled ever deeper into the web of the past, and finds himself tempted by the darkness within. As the ancient world threatens to return, can Will and his friends fight their fate? Or will the truths they learn tear their world apart?

Dark Heir is the explosive and highly anticipated sequel to the New York Times bestselling Dark Rise, from global phenomenon C. S. Pacat.

Week 45 Review: Every Duke Has His Day

From Goodreads:

Michael Blumley, Duke of Loriton (age 28), is viewed as an eccentric by his peers in the ton. He does his duty, of course, but his interest—and talent—lies in the science of electricity. He has no interest in what the frivolities of Society. When his favorite aunt, Mary, Lady Harris, leaves her precious, well-behaved black poodle, Lancelot in his care while she travels his life takes an interesting turn.

Elizabeth "Bitsy" Dockering (age 19), third daughter of a viscount, is enjoying her second Season in London. She is a Diamond of the Season and is adored by all—and especially by her precious black poodle, Galahad. To everyone else, however, Galahad is a demon dog. So much so that Peter Cordray, one of Bitsy's most insistent beaux and a particular victim of Galahad's bad manners and sharp teeth, has hired a petty thief (Jimmy Bly) to steal the dog, clearing the way for his suit.

When the two dogs and their "people" meet in the park, chaos ensues and unknowingly results in a dog swap. Which means Lancelot is kidnapped instead of Galahad! But when both dogs go missing in an ever thickening dognapping plot, Michael and Elizabeth end up coming together to scour London, recover Lancelot and Galahad all while falling in love.

My Review:
Oh, this was such a enjoyable read! That it's about dogs crashing into one another, getting switched, and then dognapped, forcing their owners to work together to get their dogs was just so enjoyable to read! That we also got the story of the person hired to do the dognapping was just so great! 

These two are very different people. Michael, the duke, is a scientist, he's not a people person, he doesn't like social interactions like dances. Elizabeth, Bitsy, she's an utter people person, parties are a favourite activity for her to do. They shouldn't get along-and they don't at the beginning, but as they spend more time together, oh, they were great! 

That Michael uses his scientific mind as basis to investigate the crime, in finding the butcher who is selling the meat, to use reports of sightings-both false and positive-to narrow down the search area, was so very clever! 

Throughout the story, we would get the perspective of Jimmy Bly, the thief. Which was really heartwarming, because he doesn't have a lot pf prospective, which is why he lives a life of crime. But he has a lady who he's sweet on-but the circumstances just line up. It was so great to have their love story alongside Bitsy and Michael's! That the one suitor thought to get rid of Galahad so that things could continue-yeah, watching his downfall was so utterly satisfying! 

This was such an enjoyable read, and I'd love to read more by Suzanne Enoch! 

Author: Suzanne Enoch 
Read: November 8th, 2023 
Source: NetGalley 
Reason Why: Sounded really great, and it's a Historical Fiction 2023 Book and a SAC 2023 Book!
Publisher: Dreamscape Media
Published: September 19th 2023

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars

Next to be Published November Update 9

So I've read my next book for the Next to be Published November, and it was Every Duke Has His Day, and I'll be reading Last Girl Breathing next! 

My Reading Journey:

Good Girls Don't Die by Christina Henry 

Started On: November 1st

Finished On: November 1st, 10:26 PM

Pages Read: 337

Loveboat Forever by Abigail Hing Wen

Started On: November 2nd

Finished On: November 2nd, 8:03 PM

Pages Read: 400

They're Watching You by Chelsea Ichaso

Started On: November 3rd

Finished On: November 3rd, 7:19 PM

Pages Read: 352

Tragedy Girl by Christine Hurley Deriso

Started On: November 4th

Finished On: November 4th, 6:47 PM

Pages Read: 240

What Feasts at Night by T. Kingfisher

Started On: November 5th

Finished On: November 5th, 8:23 PM

Pages Read: 176

The Obsession by Jesse Q. Sutanto

Started On: November 6th

Finished On: November 6th, 7:51 PM

Pages Read: 452

The New Girl by Jesse Q. Sutanto

Started On: November 7th

Finished On: November 7th, 10:35 AM

Pages Read: 370

Dating Disasters of Emma Nash by by Chloe Seager

Started On: November 8th

Finished On: November 8th, 9:01 PM

Pages Read: 336

Every Duke Has His Day by Suzanne Enoch 

Started On: November 9th

Finished On: November 9th, 10:35 AM

Pages Read: 320

Last Girl Breathing by Court Stevens

Started On: November 10th

Currently On: Page 0 of 400

Books Read: 9

Goal: 30 Books

Pages Read: 2983

Clear Your S**t Readathon Update 5

So I've read my next book for the Clear Your S**t Readathon, and it was Every Duke Has His Day which is for the prompt Leo, and I'll be reading Last Girl Breathing next! 

My Reading Journey:

Loveboat Forever by Abigail Hing Wen

Prompt Fulfilled: Virgo

Started On: November 2nd

Finished On: November 2nd, 8:03 PM

Pages Read: 400

What Feasts at Night by T. Kingfisher

Prompt Fulfilled: Air Element

Started On: November 5th

Finished On: November 5th, 8:23 PM

Pages Read: 176

Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros

Prompt Fulfilled: Fire Signs

Started On: November 7th

Finished On: November 7th, 11:13 PM

Pages Read: 878

Dating Disasters of Emma Nash by by Chloe Seager

Prompt Fulfilled: Fire Element

Started On: November 8th

Finished On: November 8th, 9:01 PM

Pages Read: 336

Every Duke Has His Day by Suzanne Enoch 

Prompt Fulfilled: Leo

Started On: November 9th

Finished On: November 9th, 10:35 AM

Pages Read: 320

Last Girl Breathing by Court Stevens

Prompt Fulfilled: Water Element

Started On: November 10th

Currently On: Page 0 of 400

Prompts Left: Gemini, Libra, Aquarius, Air Signs, Free Space, Mini Boss, Taurus, Capricorn, Earth Element, Earth Signs, Side Quest, Aries, Sagittarius, Mini Boss, Free space, Cancer, Pisces, Scorpio, Water signs, Free Space, Boss Battle

Books Read: 5

Pages Read: 1800

Next to be Published November Update 8

So I've read my next book for the Next to be Published November, and it was Dating Disasters of Emma Nash, and I'll be reading Every Duke Has His Day next! 

My Reading Journey:

Good Girls Don't Die by Christina Henry 

Started On: November 1st

Finished On: November 1st, 10:26 PM

Pages Read: 337

Loveboat Forever by Abigail Hing Wen

Started On: November 2nd

Finished On: November 2nd, 8:03 PM

Pages Read: 400

They're Watching You by Chelsea Ichaso

Started On: November 3rd

Finished On: November 3rd, 7:19 PM

Pages Read: 352

Tragedy Girl by Christine Hurley Deriso

Started On: November 4th

Finished On: November 4th, 6:47 PM

Pages Read: 240

What Feasts at Night by T. Kingfisher

Started On: November 5th

Finished On: November 5th, 8:23 PM

Pages Read: 176

The Obsession by Jesse Q. Sutanto

Started On: November 6th

Finished On: November 6th, 7:51 PM

Pages Read: 452

The New Girl by Jesse Q. Sutanto

Started On: November 7th

Finished On: November 7th, 10:35 AM

Pages Read: 370

Dating Disasters of Emma Nash by by Chloe Seager

Started On: November 8th

Finished On: November 8th, 9:01 PM

Pages Read: 336

Every Duke Has His Day by Suzanne Enoch 

Started On: November 9th

Currently On: Page 0 of 320

Books Read: 8

Goal: 30 Books

Pages Read: 2663

Clear Your S**t Readathon Update 4

So I've read my next book for the Clear Your S**t Readathon, and it was Dating Disasters of Emma Nash which is for the prompt Fire Element, and I'll be reading Every Duke Has His Day next! 

My Reading Journey:

Loveboat Forever by Abigail Hing Wen

Prompt Fulfilled: Virgo

Started On: November 2nd

Finished On: November 2nd, 8:03 PM

Pages Read: 400

What Feasts at Night by T. Kingfisher

Prompt Fulfilled: Air Element

Started On: November 5th

Finished On: November 5th, 8:23 PM

Pages Read: 176

Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros

Prompt Fulfilled: Fire Signs

Started On: November 7th

Finished On: November 7th, 11:13 PM

Pages Read: 878

Dating Disasters of Emma Nash by by Chloe Seager

Prompt Fulfilled: Fire Element

Started On: November 8th

Finished On: November 8th, 9:01 PM

Pages Read: 336

Every Duke Has His Day by Suzanne Enoch 

Prompt Fulfilled: Leo

Started On: November 9th

Currently On: Page 0 of 320

Prompts Left: Gemini, Libra, Aquarius, Air Signs, Free Space, Mini Boss, Taurus, Capricorn, Earth Element, Earth Signs, Side Quest, Aries, Sagittarius, Mini Boss, Free space, Cancer, Pisces, Scorpio, Water Element, Water signs, Free Space, Boss Battle

Books Read: 4

Pages Read: 1800

Week 30 Review: Always a Scoundrel

From Goodreads:
Never a gentleman . . . until now.

Lord Bramwell Johns, the second son of a duke, is an unrepentant scoundrel. Now that his two closest friends are disgustingly ensconced in domestic bliss, Bram is feeling strangely restless. And not even relieving London's least deserving artistocrats of their ill-gotten jewels is enough—until the night he overhears an argument. It seems that Lady Rosamund Davies is about to be forced into marriage with a rogue even worse than himself.

Rose is well aware of Bram's scandalous reputation, so any reason for his sudden interest in her is suspect; more so since he's close friends with the man about to ruin her family! She has her own plan though, and Bram may be just what she requires—as long as she remembers that he is only looking out for himself. As long as she remembers that his kisses and caresses don't mean anything. As long as she can keep from wondering whether she can trust a scoundrel . . . with her heart.


My Review:
I loved this book! It had amazing wit, and I loved the characters and the diologue and the plot, and it was just awesome! I loved the relationships, and how they characters worked out the problems, and the plot, it was just so freaking good! And it just was emotional, how one woman tries to avoid a horrible fate that would protect her family, she'd be the only one to pay the cost, she was loyal, even if it was unfair.

I just really loved this book! I finished it in about 3 hours or so, staying up to 4 am to read it. And I had a test that day, a final, so I did get some sleep, but not as much as I should've, and it was because of how much I wanted to read this book!

A few parts were a bit awkward for me to read, because I knew that they had the potential to be embarrassing, but I liked them, too, because thye added something more to the book, something that I liked.

My favourite part was a scene right near where some of the actions of the character comes back to haunt him, but his friends help him out. It's quite funny. I'll have it down below if you want to read it, after this review is done.

This was a great book, and I'll have to look for the first 2 in the series, since this one was just awesome! You guys should definitely read this book!

Ok, for the little scene, if you want to read it now instead of in your own copy of the book, page 350-352.

The largest of the six men stepped forward, a pair of wrist irons in his hands. "Lord Bramwell Lowry Johns," he enunciated, in the too-loud voice of someone who wasn't certain of his welcome and wanted everyone to know he had a legitimate reason to be where he was, "you are under arrest. Please come peaceably and we can be out of here without too much fuss."

Frowning with the effort of keeping himself still when all he wanted to do was begin throwing punches, Bram nodded. At the Runner's gesture he held out his hands. "Go back to your parents, Rosamund," he murmured as the shackles clicked shut. She seemed inclined to stand in the middle of the floor, far too close to him, whatever anyone said.

"What are the charges?" someone from the crowd called. Someone who sounded suspiciously like Phineas Bromley. Damn it all, he'd told them to stay away.

"Lord Bramwell Lowry Johns is accused of being the Black Cat burglar. Now everyone please move aside and let us do our job."

"That's impossible," Sullivan Waring's voice came from another part of the room, unlikely as it was that he would ever attend a Society event. "I'm the Black Cat burglar." And then Lord Dunston's illegitimate son stepped forward.

Bram grimaced. For God's sake, Sully had a pregnant wife. "Leave off, Sullivan," he ordered.

"Excuse me, but you're not the Black Cat. I am." Phin moved to the front of the crowd.

"I don't know what you lads are talking about." August emerged onto the cleared dance floor. "I am certainly the Black Cat."

Good God.

"Say whatever you like," Cosgrove broke in with his silky voice, "but I have proof. A signed declaration from Father John of St. Michael's Church stating that Bramwell Johns regularly delivered stolen goods there for distribution to the poor."

A deep, cynical laugh sounded from Bran's left. "Bran Johns couldn't sep through the doors of a church without being struck by lightning." The Duke of Levonzy came forward, "I'm as likely to be the Black Cat as he is."

Murmured agreement and a scattering of laughter sounded around the room, Bram, though, couldn't take his eyes off the duke. The man hadn't precisely lied for him, but he had definitely dissembled. Levonzy. For him.

"I'm the Black Cat!" James Davies appeared, taking Rosamund's hand, but not attempting to lead her away.

Abernanthy walked onto the dance floor, as well. "We're both the Black Cat. We work together."

A heartbeat later, amid a chorus of male voices proclaiming themselves the Black Cat, he heard another round of declarations from the direction of the refreshment table, led by Lord Darshear and his older son, Phillip-Sullivan's in-laws.

Viscount Bromley rolled forward in his welled chair. "You seem to have a problem, sir," he stated to the lead Runner, "because I am the Black Cat."

"But m'lord, you're crippled."

"Nevertheless, I am the Black Cat. And given these confessions, I suggest you either arrest half the House of Lords or release Lord Bramwell." He turned his attention to Cosgrove. "And you, my lord, had best find a better way to vent your jealousies."

Clearly realizing he was outnumbered and outranked, the Runny unlocked the shackles and stepped back. "I beg your pardon, my lord. We didn't realize this was a matter of personal animosity."

Bram rubbed his wrists, more to be certain he was actually free than because the shackles had hurt. "You can't be faulted for doing your duty, sir," he replied. "After all, I supposed I'm as likely as anyone else to be the Black Cat. And perhaps knowing how many men claim his identity will discourage him from continuing his thefts. I would say you've done an admirable job tonight."

Author: Suzanne Enoch
Series: Notorious Gentlemen #3
Read: July 27th 2011
Source: Own
Reason Why: Sounded really fantastic!
Publisher: Avon
Published: April 28th 2009

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