Happy Monday, friends! And happy April! 🌸 Spring is finally here—the sun is shining, the weather is warming up, and I couldn’t be happier about it. Here in France, we’ve moved the clocks forward, so the days feel a little longer, which I love.
March had its ups and downs for me reading-wise. I had my first DNF of the year (which is always a little disappointing), and I hit a reading slump around the middle of the month. Thankfully, I managed to pull myself out of it by the end! I don’t know about you, but I tend to fall into a reading slump after a bad or disappointing book. I feel like that’s an unpopular opinion since most people seem to slump after finishing an amazing book. But here I am, struggling because a book didn’t live up to my expectations, lol. Anyone else relate? 😅
Blood, Iron and Bone by Sera Foxe ⭐⭐✨
Summary
Aurelia, a mortal girl, hears a strange call in the night and is compelled to answer…
In another world, Andar, betrothed to the future High Queen of Áithrim, can’t understand why his supposed fated mate looks so right, but feels so wrong…
Duty, fate, blood iron and bone collide under a cursed sky…
In a kingdom on the precipice of the fulfillment or failure of its most famous prophecy, thrown together by fate and terrifying circumstance, a motley band of Fae and Human alike must come together for the good of the realm, even as the darkness that covers the land threatens to become permanent.—thwarting Emily and her petty plans to sabotage his return.
You can check my review of the book!
Lovely Shattered Secrets by Abbey Easton
Summary
I only want to start over after my life falls apart into bloody pieces. When the bus stops in Cypress Falls, I can’t think of a more beautiful place to find myself again.
The last thing I expect is to literally fall into the arms of the devastatingly handsome, broody small town cop.
Atlas Ranes has his own story of tragedy. Always feeling the weight of the world on his shoulders, I want nothing more than to make him see that he deserves everything he wants in life: Love. Happiness. Family.
But when our pasts catch up with us, the secrets we keep threaten everything…Including the lives we’ve worked so hard to put back together.
I rarely DNF books, but this one just wasn’t for me. I couldn’t connect with it at all.
The FMC was introduced with a backstory full of trauma caused by a man, or at least, that’s what I gathered from her POV. But then, in the next second, she’s literally jumping into the arms of a man she barely knows … from the deck of a boat! Like, how old are you? Where did all that trauma suddenly disappear to? And it doesn’t stop there, she sleeps next to him. Girl, you have deep-seated trust issues, and yet you’re completely fine doing this?!
And just when I thought it couldn’t get worse, she accepts his offer to live in his guesthouse, sharing a kitchen with two complete strangers. At that point, I was done. That was my breaking point, and I officially DNF’d. 🤦♀️
An overdue match by Sarah Monzon ⭐⭐
Summary
Before Logan Barnes was hockey’s hottest bad boy, he was my brother’s best friend … and my first crush. Oh, yeah—and the guy who ghosted me and broke my teenage heart.
Now Logan is back in Harvest Hollow, but not willingly. Recovering from an injury (and some bad press), he’s stuck playing for our minor league team.
Which means I’ll be working with him almost daily.
As the hockey team’s social media manager, it’s my job to wrangle all the guys into filming TikTok trending videos. But Logan doesn’t want to be wrangled.
Turns out … neither does my heart.
Because my old crush never died.
And when Logan becomes my accidental fake boyfriend, those old feelings flare hot enough to melt the ice.
But this is all totally one-sided. Totally fake. Isn’t it?
No matter what signals he seems to be giving me or how real things start to feel, I know Logan’s not home for good.
I survived Logan leaving me once. But this time, I’m not so sure my heart will recover…
Read my review and my mood board of this book!
Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo ⭐⭐⭐✨
Summary
Surrounded by enemies, the once-great nation of Ravka has been torn in two by the Shadow Fold, a swath of near impenetrable darkness crawling with monsters who feast on human flesh. Now its fate may rest on the shoulders of one lonely refugee.
Alina Starkov has never been good at anything. But when her regiment is attacked on the Fold and her best friend is brutally injured, Alina reveals a dormant power that saves his life—a power that could be the key to setting her war-ravaged country free. Wrenched from everything she knows, Alina is whisked away to the royal court to be trained as a member of the Grisha, the magical elite led by the mysterious Darkling.
Yet nothing in this lavish world is what it seems. With darkness looming and an entire kingdom depending on her untamed power, Alina will have to confront the secrets of the Grisha . . . and the secrets of her heart.
Review coming soon.
The Quit List by Katie Bailey ⭐⭐⭐
Summary
He quit believing in love a long time ago. She won’t quit until she finds The One… and he’s everything she’s NOT looking for.
Holly Greene is on a mission to find her happily ever after. And her journey to love does not include a detour to Bad Boy Bartenderville, population Jax Grainger.
Jax may be witty, smart-mouthed, and handsome, but he’s the kind of guy who views love as a four-letter word… and the last thing Holly needs is to waste any more time.
She’s in her seeking Prince Charming era, not her playboy villain era.
But after he saves her from the world’s worst date, Holly sees an opportunity: Jax may not check any of the boxes on her list, but he’s the perfect person to help her find a man who does.
All she has to do is stick to the plan—and stay out of the sexy bartender’s arms.
Easy peasy lemon sque… Oops.
Review coming soon.
finished four books in March and had my first DNF of the year! 📚 Currently, I’m 25% into Deep End by Ali Hazelwood and 68% into A Harvest of Hearts by Andrea Eames. Hoping April brings better reads because my average rating last month was pretty low, I need some great books to make up for it!
How was your reading month? What was your favorite book you read in March?
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