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Indie Accords Final Check In

Indie Accords Final Check In

August 7, 2022 Posted by angelreads Indie Accords No Comments

I can’t believe that July is over! And with July over it also means my first Indie Accords is over. I had so much fun reading all these indie books and sharing all the posts about indie books this month. You can check all the indie accords posts I did this month here. 

So let’s get into what you are here for. During the Indie Accords, I read 20 books, got 2 full black-out bingos, and read over 6300 pages. I read some books that have been on both my physical and kindle tbr for some time now. I also finished some series that I’ve been reading for a while, as well as started some new series too.

As I got black-out bingos by the third week meant that I also read books that didn’t have any promotes attached to them. There were also some books that I used for more than one prompt. I didn’t want to do that too much, but I did do it three times throughout the readathon. But enough of all this, let’s get into the books that I read for the indie accords. 

So I ended up reading 2 books from the same series as my host favourites. I wasn’t really feeling the other books that I picked in my tbr for host favourite. And in the end, I ended up reading; Lovelight Farms (Lovelight #1) by B.K. Borison and In the Weeds (Lovelight #2) by B.K. Borison. I loved both of them and they ended up being 4-star reads for me. 

At first, I thought that this was going to be easy. But a lot of indie accords, especially in the romance genre are from Australia. In the end, I picked Rock Addiction (Rock Kiss #1) by Nalini Singh and Reign (The Sainthood – Boys of Lowell High #3) by Siobhan Davis. I’ve been wanting to start the Rock Kiss series by Nalini for a while, so I did. And I finished up my Sainthood series by reading Reign. 

I could have included so many books in this prompt but I ended up going with Savage Lover (Brutal Birthright #3) by Sophie Lark, which was a re-read but just look at him! Ablaze (The Firecracker Cousins #2) by A.H. Cunningham. I read the first book in this series a few months ago and really enjoy, and while I didn’t love Ablaze as much, I still enjoyed it. Plus look at that cover, it’s hot! 

So for this, I picked up some physical romances that I have had on my tbr for a little bit now. For the last few years, I’ve been reading mostly ebooks. I use Kindle Unlimited a lot and it just makes it easier when travelling to and from work every day. So for this one, I read The Beast (Wicked Villains #4) by Katee Robert and The Sea Witch (Wicked Villains #5) by Katee Robert. 

I’ve been trying to leave as many reviews as I can of all the books I’ve been reading this month. I’m a bit behind but trying to catch up on them as soon as I can. However, the books that I picked for this prompt were Resurrection (The Sainthood – Boys of Lowell High #1) by Siobhan Davis – Review and Last on the List (Wait With Me #5) by Amy Daws – Review. 

The two books I picked for this were Rock Addiction (Rock Kiss #1) by Nalini Singh, which ended up as a 4-star read. And In the Weeds (Lovelight #2) by B.K. Borison which was also a 4-star read, it did come close to a 4.5 though. I’ve loved nearly everything I’ve read from Nalini so far, and this was the first contemporary book I’ve read from her, I’m so excited to continue. And after loving Lovelight Farms, I knew In the Weeds could have been a 5-star. 

I continued a few series with this one. I first read Little Taste of Need (Creature Cafe #7) by Clio Evans, which has 95 reviews on Goodreads. While I didn’t love this one, I did enjoy it, and I’m so close to finishing the series, but I have caught up now. Then for the second one, I picked Ablaze (The Firecracker Cousins #2) by A.H. Cunningham again for this prompt. 

For this prompt, I’ve read some books that have not only been on my tbr a while but ones that I just keep on seeing everywhere. First I read That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon (Mead Mishaps #1) by Kimberly Lemming. Which I seriously had the best time reading. It was so much fun. I could not put it down. Then I picked up the very popular The Awakening (Zodiac Academy #1) by Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti. And while I didn’t love it, I did enjoy it and I will be reading more. 

I could have picked a lot of books this month for this one, but I ended up with Little Risk of Fall (Creature Cafe #8) by Clio Evans, which features a MM relationship. And Queen Takes Rose (Wicked Villains #6) by Katee Robert which has FF relationship and is the last in the series. I’m so sad that I have finished this series, but I have so many more, Katee Robert, to go. 

And these were the books that I read that weren’t part of any prompt, or I filled out all the prompts when I read them. 

Rebellion (The Sainthood – Boys of Lowell High #2) by Siobhan Davis | Moonstruck (Necessary Evils #3) by Onley James. | The Never King (Vicious Lost Boys #1) by Nikki St. Crowe | The Dark One (Vicious Lost Boys #2) by Nikki St. Crowe.

Black Swan (A Demon’s Guide to the Afterlife #3) by Kel Carpenter and Aurelia Jane.

And there we go. Those are all the books I read for the indie accords, the prompts I completed and everything in between. Were you a part of the Indie Accords? What did you read? Let’s Chat! 

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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. 

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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. 🖤

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