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My Last Five Reads

My Last Five Reads

July 27, 2020 Posted by angelreads Discussions 1 Comment

I love knowing what people are currently reading or what they have recently just read. So today I thought I would share my last five reads. My last few reads have all been romances as have most of my reads this year. But they have been a mix of historical, contemporary and supernatural/paranormal. I haven’t been reading much the last month, but I feel like that is changing now. Anyway, let’s get into it. Here are my last five reads. 

Wicked and the Wallflower (The Bareknuckle Bastards #1) by Sarah MacLean: I picked up my first Sarah MacLean a couple of weeks ago and just fell in love. I love her writing, her characters, the story. Once I started Wicked and the Wallflower I couldn’t put it down. The banter between Devil and Lady Felicity was so good. I can’t wait to read more in this series. I plan to pick up the next books soon. 

The King (Black Dagger Brotherhood #12) by J.R. Ward: I’m slowly making my way through this series and this was the next one to read. I enjoyed this one quite a bit. There is a lot of angst in this one. Wrath made a lot of decisions in this one, and gosh he annoyed me. But it was great to be back in Wrath’s mind. Although we might have gotten snippets from him in previous books, I liked that we got to see him more. It was a great book in the series and moved the series along. 

Under Locke by Mariana Zapata: Over the past couple of months I’ve been slowly making my way through Mariana Zapata’s backlist and I’ve been enjoying it. Under Locke is one of my favourites from the ones I’ve read so far. I enjoyed the romance, the characters and the story. It was one that included a lot of things that I love reading. The romance did have its ups and downs for me, but overall I did enjoy it.  

Hands Down by Mariana Zapata: This is Zapata’s newest release, I had already good really good things about it, so I decided to pick it up. while I didn’t love it as much as Under Locke, I still enjoyed it. I liked that it was friends to lovers and second chance romance. The characters were really enjoyable and I liked the story. 

A Widow’s Guide to Scandal (The Sons of Neptune #1) by Hallie Alexander: I just finished this one last night and I really loved it. The romance was adorable, it made me smile so much. I also liked the time that the novel was set. I don’t read many books set during the time of the American Revolution. And I can’t wait to read the rest of this series! My full review of this one will be out in the next couple of days. 

And those are my last five reads. Have you read any of these? Are you planning on reading any of these? What are some of your latest reads? Let’s Chat! 

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    July 28, 2020 at 6:32 PM

    I love Sarah MacLean!! Her books and Mariana Zapata have been some of my best discoveries this year.

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I have a love-hate relationship with this series. I have a love-hate relationship with this series. But I ended up really enjoying this one. It’s best friends to fake dating to-lovers. It’s always been you, bad-boy/good-girl, and I loved that. While Save Your Breath has quite a few tropes, it really leads itself to it, and it works. 

Aleks and Mia have known each other for years now. Since they were teenagers, that angst has been building up this whole time. And you can tell right from the get-go, it’s fantastic. I even wanted more of it, because I love pain. When Aleks went to live with Mia’s family as a teenager, sparks flew, but for many reasons, they both put their feelings aside. And well, now they are not only going to be fake-dating, but they might as well be engaged, too. 

I really enjoyed seeing how both Aleks and Mia both tried to hide how they were feeling throughout the whole ‘fake-dating’ situation, but anyone could see it. They know each other as no one else does. Aleks has a lot going on, and while I do think this was brushed over a little too much, Mia is his centre. Mia is a massive music star and is a female in the industry, so yeah, people don’t respect her. Obvsiouly because why couldn’t a female star be badass and write about the things that she has gone through? Aleks and Mia get each other, and that is very clear from the start; they are both just trying to squash everything. We get to see them slowly start to show how they feel, and well, one night it all explodes. 

Overall, I enjoyed this one a lot; it’s not my favourite of the series, but I had a great time reading it. I liked Aleks and Mia a lot as characeters and while I think the mental health aspect could have been explored a whole lot more, I can see why it wasn’t. The romance was slow and spicy, the angst was great, and the payoff for these two was what they needed. 

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Well February wasn’t the best reading month. I onl Well February wasn’t the best reading month. I only ended up reading 3 books in. 3 pretty fun books but one of my slowest readings months in a while. 

And I’m going to be honest here it’s because I’ve been constantly reading Heated Rivalry fanfics. 🤷‍♀️ I’m having the best time though. 

How was your reading in February? Any 5  star reads? 

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January was a really solid reading month. I read s January was a really solid reading month. I read some books that had been on my tbr for some time, reread a few things that peaked my interest. I also started a few new series. And just had a good time!

I just had a really good start to the year. While February is a little slow so far I’m looking forward to what I can pick up.

What did you read in January? Any 5-star reads? Let’s chat! 

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Can you believe that it’s already February? I know Can you believe that it’s already February? I know I can’t. But that means it’s a new month with more releases coming out! And that makes me excited. Some fantastic titles releasing this month and I cannot wait to read them. 📚

A couple of these are on my TBR already and some have just caught my eye and that makes me super excited to pick them up. 🖤

What are you looking forward to reading this month? Let’s chat! ✨

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