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The White Veena - REVIEW

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    The White Veena Author: Aksheeya Review Type: ARC Review ꘎♡━━━━━♡꘎ G enre:  Short Story/Horror/Thriller S ummary of the  N ovel:  A new resident in Thanjavur finds a peculiar, intricately carved white veena tucked away in their rented room. Fascinated by the instrument’s unique design and haunted by the dreams it invokes, they set out to unearth the history behind its creation. What they uncover is a romance wrapped in passion and music...and drenched in blood. ♡.﹀﹀﹀﹀.♡ T rigger  W arnings:  Mentions of domestic abuse Suicide Death of Spouse Desecration of a Corpse E NDING  T YPE  Tragic yet Fulfilling T ROPES:  Unnamed protagonist  Horror-Romance S pice  L evel: NONE ♡.﹀﹀﹀﹀.♡ R eview ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ── ⟢ ・⸝⸝ When I first saw this book, what immediately captured me was the name. Veena is a name significant in my family, and it's rare to see such antiquated names in novels, so even though the word references the musical instrument...

Author Interview: Vanessa Morgan

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This week, I had the pleasure of interviewing Vanessa Morgan about her upcoming novel, MEOW! CATS IIN HORROR, SCI-FI, AND FANTASY MOVIES. Links will be put below to all of her socials and to her book! Fellow cat lovers, lovers of horror, sci-fi, and fantasy, or any and all authors and readers, do check out Vanessa Morgan's work! Follow VANESSA MORGAN Bluesky FaceBook BUY VANESSA'S BOOK ︶⊹︶︶เญจเญง︶︶⊹︶ 1). Please introduce yourself! Let our readers know a little about you, whatever it may be! Hi, everyone! I'm Vanessa Morgan, a writer from Belgium. I wrote several horror novels, a cat book, and four movie reference guides. I'm also the creator of  Traveling Cats , the only travel blog dedicated to cat lovers. If you love books, movies, and cats, we have a lot in common! 2) In a few sentences, what's your book about? What is its genre, pitch, and rating? My latest book,  Meow! Cats in Horror, Sci-Fi, and Fantasy Movies , is a reference guide that helps you discover genre ...

Twisted Love - REVIEW

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    Twisted Love Author: Ana Huang Review Type: Reading Challenge ꘎♡━━━━━♡꘎ G enre:  Dark Romance/Billionaire Romance S ummary of the  N ovel:  Alex Volkov is a devil blessed with the face of an angel and cursed with a past he can't escape. Driven by a tragedy that has haunted him for most of his life, his ruthless pursuits for success and vengeance leave little room for matters of the heart. But when he's forced to look after his best friend's sister, he starts to feel something in his chest: A crack. A melt. A fire that could end his world as he knew it. *** Ava Chen is a free spirit trapped by nightmares of a childhood she can't remember. But despite her broken past, she's never stopped seeing the beauty in the world...including the heart beneath the icy exterior of a man she shouldn't want. Her brother's best friend. Her neighbor. Her savior and her downfall. Theirs is a love that was never supposed to happen-but when it does, it unleashes secrets that c...

Oh No! There's An Incubus in My Hot Spring - REVIEW

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    Oh No, There's an Incubus in my Hot Spring Author: Ember Holt Review Type: ARC  ꘎♡━━━━━♡꘎ G enre:  Cozy Romance/Short Story/Paranormal S ummary of the N ovel:  My boyfriend cheated on me, so I bought a possibly haunted hot spring in BFE, Colorado. Oops. To make matters worse, the owner of my competition seems determined to crush my fledgling business at every turn. Oh, and the rumors are true…there’s an incubus demon trapped in my hot spring. Just when I thought my life might get started, I find out my rival is blocking my contractor requests, making it impossible to get this dump running again. So, in a bid to save my business, I reluctantly negotiate with the demon: his infernal magic for my business’s success. The catch? I have to let him get me hotter than the steaming waters to fuel his power and promise him freedom when my business has legs. But what started as a purely pragmatic arrangement soon blurs into something dangerously sensual. I yearn for ou...

Book Review: My Christmas Knight by Anne Knight

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  My Christmas Knight: Anne Knight ꘎♡━━━━━♡꘎ Genre: Romance/Short Story Summary of the Novel:  Sir Dennis Fairplace, knighted war hero of Crimea, has had enough of England and family. Overwhelmed by Christmas Day celebrations, he flees his family’s home to board a train northward, but a run-in with brawlers interrupts his plans. Blanche Badnarrow, cloistered ward of her uncle, the cruel Bishop Badnarrow, secretly plans to elope with her lover to Scotland. But at the last minute, he abandons her at the station. That leaves the bishop determined to make someone—anyone—wed his “ruined” niece. Enter Dennis, who stumbles into the bishop’s private rail car while trying to avoid a brawl, and finds himself a captive bridegroom. Blanche and Dennis must escape their prison before her uncle grows tired of their reluctance to wed and throws Dennis from the moving train. As they plot their getaway, the couple begin to wonder—would marriage to one another be so bad after all? Trigger Warnin...

Book Review: Breaking Away by Sookh Kaur

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Breaking Away: Sookh Kaur  ꘎♡━━━━━♡꘎ Genre: Romance Summary of the Novel:  Dmitri Lokhov is the rival team’s hot, tattooed, grumpy defenseman. When he loses his calm, knocking my fiancรฉ out on the ice, I’m shocked. Until I learn that he lost his cool over a nasty comment about me… made by my fiancรฉ! I break my wedding off, but the best way to get revenge? Fake date the grumpy rival. Trigger Warnings:  Family Trauma Brief Mentions of Anxiety Spice Level: ๐ŸŒถ️๐ŸŒถ️๐ŸŒถ️ ๐ŸŒถ️ ๐ŸŒถ️ ♡.﹀﹀﹀﹀.♡ Review ★ ★ ★★ Breaking Away by Sookh Kaur is a beautiful romantic comedy about love, family, and identity! The story follows Kavi and Dmitri, one an aspiring photographer and the other a star hockey player. This fake-dating, friends-to-lovers story follows Kavi as she finally finds her own voice through the help of Dmitri and her newfound friends while challenging the demands of her father, the coach of Dmitri's team rival, and Tyler, her ex-fiance and the hockey captain of said team, who's an u...

Book Review: Made Over by Meredith - Sophie Andrews

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  Made Over by Meredith: Sophie Andrews ꘎♡━━━━━♡꘎ Genre: Novella/Romance Summary of the Novel:  Turning my best friend’s brother into the perfect boyfriend wasn’t supposed to make me jealous… Aiden Hart is a good guy. A shy accountant with adorkable swagger, who just needs a makeover and some coaching to get out of the friend zone. And I gladly volunteer. After peeling back his layers and stripping off his ill-fitting clothes, Aiden surprises me by proving he knows his way around a woman’s body like he does a Rubik’s Cube. But Aiden still has his dates, so I push him out the door, even as my ears are still ringing from the explosive double O he insisted on giving me. Now I’m the one left to think about how Aiden sees through my facade of make-up and clothes to the  real  me. I’m caught between my fears and the idea of something more with the last man I ever thought possible. And I’m not sure I’m ready to admit that I want in Aiden’s bed, because that also means admit...

Book Review: Ancilla by Sera Maddox Drake

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  Ancilla: Sera Maddox Drake ꘎♡━━━━━♡꘎ Genre: Literary/Erotica   (The author lists various genres for their book) Summary of the Novel:  The shy librarian and the young university scholar meet in a bookstore. Although he doesn't know it yet, she's the partner he's been waiting for his whole life. Meanwhile, she's had to start her whole life over. What happens next, between the two of them, is magic...Since he's become her tutor in magickal and erotic arts, that's to be expected. Trigger Warnings:  Mentions of homophobia, BDSM practices, scenes, and language that some readers may find uncomfortable.  Spice Level: ๐ŸŒถ️๐ŸŒถ️๐ŸŒถ️๐ŸŒถ️๐ŸŒถ️๐ŸŒถ️๐ŸŒถ️๐ŸŒถ️ ♡.﹀﹀﹀﹀.♡ Review ★ ★ ★★★ I had the honor of knowing Sera Maddox Drake on Wattpad before I was blown away by their book. I'll preface my review by saying that I read the entire novel, word for word, chapter for chapter, and it was one of the most incredible, well-written books I'd ever read in my life! Forget 50 Shades, 365...

Welcome to My Blog - An Introduction

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❤️❤️❤️ HELLO EVERYONE!! Welcome to my blog! I'm Shreya, and I'm glad you decided to join me on my writing and reading journey! I've been an avid reader since I was little and I've always had a passion for writing! I'm a Liberal Arts Major and I aspire to become a published author or/and work for a publishing agency. But before we get into the awesome books I'll be posting about, let me introduce you to some fun facts about me!  ALL ABOUT SHREYA:  ๐Ÿ’œI'm an only child ๐Ÿ’œI'm a romance lover (though I'm sure none of you would have gotten that...haha) ๐Ÿ’œ I'm Mauritian-American with Indian ancestry  ๐Ÿ’œI love Anime (Spy x Family, Fruits Basket, Maid Sama fans ๐Ÿ‘€) ๐Ÿ’œI also enjoy Manga! My current read is Alice in Borderland ๐Ÿ’œMy favorite color is * gasp* purple!  ๐Ÿ’œI love lions and wolves  ๐Ÿ’œI have Emery-Dreyfuss Muscular Dystrophy  ๐Ÿ’œMy favorite authors are Agatha Christie, Rick Riordan & John Green.