Monthly Wrap Up

January was a strange reading month for me. I went into a little slump – which does happen from time to time. So I didn’t read as much as I would love to. My reading was also up and down and I had some great reads, but also a lot of crap ones. 

Anyway let’s get into it, here are my reads for January 2021. Like always they are in no particular order. 

Dead Man Walking (The Fallen Men #6) by Giana Darling: I did a re-read of this before I wrote my review. This book will not be for everyone and those goes for the series as well. This is the darkest of the 6, and the hardest to read for sure. But I can’t wait to see where more of this world is taken. 4 Stars | Review 

Medicine Man (Heartstone) by Saffron A. Kent: I went into this book, knowing that I might not enjoy it, but I kept an open mind. I quote enjoy age gap romances and that part of this book didn’t faze me at all. I finished the book feeling cold. The romance didn’t spark anything for me. The characters feel flat and the story was blah. 2 Stars | Full Review

A Holiday Temptation by Tiffany Patterson:  I picked this one up on a whim. I didn’t know too much about it and sounded interesting. And while I didn’t hate it, I didn’t love it either. Both protagonists were okay and I liked getting to know their stories. I really enjoyed the fact that it features a disabled protagonist and that made me keep on reading. 2.5 Stars | Review 

Deep Redemption (Hades Hangmen #4) by Tillie Cole: I felt like doing a re-read of these, not the whole series, just a few and this is one of them that I picked. This is one of my least favourite of the series though. 2.5 Stars  Review 

Damnable Grace (Hades Hangmen #5) by Tillie Cole: This is the second re-read of the series that I did this month. This one is a hard read for sure, it’s full of a lot of things – and I have said this before this series is not for everyone. 3 Stars | Review 

Bohdi (King’s Descendants MC #6) by Bella Jewel: I was really looking forward to this to the last book in this series. I found both of the protagonist so interesting in their books, but they lacked so much in this one. Nothing felt right. It was boring at times and the characters were flat. I didn’t feel the connection in regards to the romance and I was left hanging for me. 2 Stars | Full Review

Unconditional by Q.B. Tyler: This came up on my Kindle Unlimited recommendations and I thought why not. I didn’t really know what I felt like reading and this sounded interesting. However, I was disappointed. I wasn’t able to connect with any of the characters, the plot felt weak and I just did not enjoy it. 2.5 Stars | Review

Ever After Always (Bergman Brothers #3) by Chloe Liese: I just love this series so much. I’ve said this before but I don’t read many full contemporary romances but this series is so good! While this is my least favourite of the series, I still love it so much. The characters are fantastic, the romance hit hard and I can’t wait to read more. 4 stars 

Custom Built (Fast & Fury #1) by Chantal Fernando: I didn’t know that Chantal Fernando was bringing out another series until I found this one. And I was pretty disappointed when I finished. It fell flat for me. I wasn’t able to really connect with either of the protagonists and while I did enjoy the romance. I didn’t love it. 2 Stars | Full Review

My Darling Duke (Sinful Wallflowers #1) by Stacy Reid: I had heard of Stacy Reid before, but I just never picked anything from her up. But I was asked to review the second book in the series, so I picked up book one. And loved it so much. The romance was fantastic, I loved the plot so much and it has disability rep! 4 Stars 

Tangle of Need (Psy-Changeling #11) by Nalini Singh: I was not expecting to like this one as much as I did. I enjoyed both of these characters on their own, but I didn’t know what to expect when they are thrown together. But it was just fantastic and a fantastic book to read in January. 4 Stars 

Thunder (Hell’s Handlers MC #10) by Lilly Atlas: I totally forgot that this came out last year and I had to jump on it right away. It was such a fun and interesting read. Obviously, there was a lot of tension and high stakes in this one. But the romacne was fantastic and I loved seeing everyone again. 3 Stars | Review 

Her Wicked Marquess (Sinful Wallflowers #2) by Stacy Reid: As soon as I finished the first book I wanted to jump on this one – and gosh did I love it. If you haven’t picked up this series and want some new historical romance – then pick this one up. I was smiling the whole time I read this one. So much. 4 Stars 

The Midnight Lie (The Midnight Lie #1) by Marie Rutkoski: There were some highs and some lows and a lot of thoughts in between. One of my main issues with the book was that there was not a lot happening for a very long period of time – and normally don’t mind the build-up, but this took forever. Add to that, I couldn’t connect with any of the characters really and it made it for a longer read. This was also Ely’s and mine January Buddy Read. 3.5 Stars Full Review | Discussion With Ely

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And those are the books that I read in January! What did you read this month? Did we read anything that is the same? Let’s Chat!