Indie Accords Final Check In
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!
