It’s been a great start to November which makes me really excited to see what the rest of the month brings. I have had some books I’ve already loved, some books I really haven’t and then others sat in the middle. But today I thought I would share my thoughts on the last books five I’ve read. 

Let’s just get right into it. Now I’m writing this post on the 7th, so I may have read a few more books after this. But as of right now these are my last five reads. Please remember to check the individual trigger warnings for each book. 

Court of the Vampire Queen by Katee Robert: This has been on my tbr for a little while now. And I finally got around to picking it up. This one is the printed and traditionally published version of Katee’s indie series Bloodline Vampires. 

When I heard that this was getting traditionally published, I knew I had to get on it. While this isn’t my favourite of all the books I’ve read from Katee, I still had such a blast reading this poly romance. 

It’s sexy and dangerous and I didn’t want to put it down. Right from the start, you know what you are getting into and I loved that. This book isn’t forever one. It’s not fast-paced, and there isn’t a whole lot that happens plot-wise at times. But I still have a great time reading it. 

One Last Shot by Julia Connors: I honestly didn’t know what to expect from this book going in. All I know was that I felt like reading an ice hockey romance, and this came up on my tiktok feed. 

This is a second chance, marriage on convenience, childhood friends to lovers. And it works. I did want to love this book more than I did, but I just couldn’t. I liked the romance, the plot was pretty good and the writing was just okay. 

But things were missing from it. I wanted to see a little bit more of the relationship between our two protagonists. I think it relied on a lot of old feelings and didn’t explore their relationship now. There were gaps in times that I think could have been used to explore their growing closers once more. I still enjoyed it overall, but I didn’t love it. 

Dublin Ink (Dublin Ink #1) by Sienna Blake: okay I am going, to be honest with you here. I am not sure why I kept on reading this one. Maybe I thought it would get better, but I ended up more confused. 

This is an age-gap, grumpy, angsty romance. I think. It’s a little confusing. I wasn’t a massive fan of the age gap in this one. Our female protagonist is under 18 and it just didn’t feel right. 

I didn’t basically like any of the characters, but I also think we didn’t get to know them a whole lot. A lot was going on and at times I was just confused. It felt very jumpy. This book was just not for me. 

Power Plays & Straight A’s (CU Hockey #1) by Eden Finley and Saxon James: I’ve read a few Eden Finley books before and when a co-worker told me to pick this up. I couldn’t say no. And while I did enjoy reading this one. I didn’t love it. 

The romance was cute, and I really enjoyed our protagonists. But something was stopping me from really loving it. 

It’s a MM romance, with a brother’s best friend and ice hockey. Like yes, please. There were so many times that I giggled to myself reading this because I did have such a great time reading it. I am really looking forward to reading the rest of the series.

Faith & the Dead End Devils (Sweet Omegaverse #8) by Kathryn Moon: Don’t mind me having a little cry over here, over the fact that is the last in this series for now. I started this series with Lola and the Millionaires last year. And this has by far become one of my favourite series.

I adored that we got to back to an MC group here and what happens when omega is thrown into the mix. I liked Faith. She is wild and is experiencing a lot of new things. Throw in alphas and a beta into the mix and things are going to get very interesting. 

While this isn’t my favourite in the series, I still really did enjoy it and loved being back in this sweet omegaverse, seeing some old faces. And having a wild ride. 

And there we go. Those are my thoughts on my last five reads. Have you read any of these? What did you think of them? Are you planning on reading any of them? What are some of the books that you have read lately? Let’s chat!