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A Much Better Reading Month | May Wrap Up

A Much Better Reading Month | May Wrap Up

June 3, 2021 Posted by angelreads Monthly Wrap Up No Comments

After a very slow April, I finally feel like I’m in a much better reading mood. While I didn’t read a whole lot more this month, I feel like I’m getting back into it. I did re-read quite a number of books this month and I feel that has helped me move out of my little slump. Add to that the fact Melbourne went back into lockdown, which meant I couldn’t work.  Which meant I had a lot more time to read. 

Enough of all this talk let’s get into it. As I said before I did some re-reading this month which helped with my slump. I also managed to pick up a few books that I’ve been waiting to read for a while. But here we go, like always these are in no order.  

Fugitive (Houston Defiance MC #3) by K.E. Osborn: I received the 4th book in this series for review before I realised I completely missed this one. So I finally picked it up. This might be my least favourite from the series. I like it, but I wasn’t able to connect with the character as much. The romance was really cute though | 2.5 Stars. 

Impulsive (Houston Defiance MC #4) by K.E. Osborn: As soon as I read the synopsis for this one I was intrigued. It sounds fantastic and it was. The romance was great, the characters were and I can’t wait to see where this story goes | 3 Stars.

To Love and to Loathe (The Regency Vows #2) by Martha Waters: As soon as I heard about this book I knew that I needed to read it. And I ended up loving it. It’s a fantastic historical romance and I can’t wait to read more from Martha Waters | 4 stars – Review. 

Last Will and Testament (Radleigh University #1) by Dahlia Adler: I saw this as a recommendation on a list that I was reading a little while ago and I’ve missed my college/university romances. This wasn’t it though. There was a lot of things missing for me in this one. The romance was okay – but I wanted more. The characters were here and there | 2.5 Stars.

Psy-Changeling #1 – 4 by Nalini Singh: This was a big re-read this month. I re-read it for no other reason than feeling like it. I read the first 4 books and then I pick and choose a few of the others. These first four and just fantastic. They just hit me just right. 

Psy-Changeling #5-6 & #9-10 by Nalini Singh: I couldn’t do a re-read and not read these ones. I just love them so much. I love this series so much. And I cannot wait to continue reading it – which I now will. 

Get a Life, Chloe Brown (The Brown Sisters #1) by Talia Hibbert: This is one of mine and Ely’s buddy reads and let me tell you, I loved it. I’ve been wanting to start this series for a while now and I finally did it. I took a little while to get into it, but once I did I had a blast | 4 Stars.

Heartstopper: Volume Four (Heartstopper #4) by Alice Oseman: I bought this the day it was published and came into work, but I couldn’t read it right away. I wasn’t ready for the pain. I loved it so much, it hurt but gosh it also made me smile so much |  5 stars. 

Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows #2) by Leigh Bardugo: I finally finished my re-read of Crooked Kingdom this month. I honestly don’t know why it took me so long to read – but I did it. I loved it and I can’t wait to read King of Scars | 4.5 Stars. 

And there we go. Those are the books that I read in May. Have you read any of these? What did you think? Are you planning on reading them? What did you read in May? Let’s Chat! 

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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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🏒Sports/Hockey Romance
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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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