Date: August 17, 2025

Promises to Keep by Genevieve Graham

I have a Little Free Library on my front lawn, and every once in a while somebody will drop off something interesting so I’ll grab it to read for myself. Recently somebody left a half-dozen historical romance books so I thought I would check them out. Promises to Keep was one of them. I hadn’t […]

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Throne of Glass by Sarah J Maas

The library hold list for anything Sarah J Mass is crazypants. Finally this book arrived – looking absolutely tortured. It’s very obviously a popular series. I guess I was just lucky that I actually got the first one in the series. I have all the sequels on hold, so hold your breath to find out […]

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Haunting Adeline by H D Carlton

Oh boy, this book. Where do I even start. OK, so two things. The first thing, rape fantasy is NOT uncommon. At all. It serves a function, especially for people who are raised in a culture where sexuality is not always treated in a healthy manner. (In other words, all of us.) Fantasizing about rape […]

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The Emperor of Evening Stars by Laura Thalassa

When I reserved this book from the library I didn’t realize that it isn’t part of the main plot line. Instead it’s the story of Des’ childhood, growing up with his mother and hiding from his father the King until he gets a chance to kill the man who sired him and take over the […]

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Dark Harmony by Laura Thalassa

We now enter the next part of the Thief of Souls’ plan as all the sleeping warriors start waking up and attacking their kingdoms. In retrospect, it was probably a bad idea to inter them with their weapons. The quest to figure out WHY IS FATHER ALIVE takes them to a place that is leeched […]

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A Strange Hymn by Laura Thalassa

So book 2 picks up right away from book 1. Callie is traumatized by her wings. I won’t lie, I find it really weird that she doesn’t want wings. I want wings. She can give me her wings. I guess it’s because he’s 500 years old, but Des’ taste in band t-shirts always makes me […]

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