The Serpent's Throne by Kathryn Ann Kingsley

The Serpent's Throne 

by Kathryn Ann Kingsley

My Rating: 🟊🟊🟊🟊🟊

Spice Rating: 🌶🌶

Blurb:

I swore I’d kill Raziel Nostrom. Now he owns my heart…

After a shattering betrayal, Nadi and Raziel flee into the Wild—the endless labyrinth of caves that is home to the fae.

Nadi trained for years to infiltrate and kill a ruthless family of vampires. Now she faces an even deadlier challenge—returning to her own family with their most hated enemy by her side.

In a realm of flickering lights and terrifying monsters, the desire that binds her to Raziel only grows stronger. Enemies and allies wish to tear them apart, but she still craves his razor-sharp smile, his touch, his bite…

In the city above, Raziel’s siblings are building a new world, where vampires rule with no restraint and no mercy. Soon their power will be untouchable.

Nadi and Raziel only have each other. Two shattered and broken things, in a world that wants them dead. Two perfect assassins, sharpened to a killing edge and hungry for revenge.

Their love was forged in blood. And it will end in blood…

A thrilling and addictive dark vampire romance, the Bloodlines series is perfect for fans of Carissa Broadbent, Keri Lake, and Kaylie Smith.

My Review:

Some series end and leave you satisfied. This one ended and left me absolutely wrecked in the best way possible.

The Serpent's Throne is the conclusion to the Bloodlines series and let me be clear, it delivered everything and then some. High expectations? Shattered. I went in ready and still was not prepared.

Nadi and Raziel. Together one last time. Fighting for revenge, fighting for power and somewhere in the middle of all that beautiful chaos, fighting for each other. These two are deliciously dark, completely unhinged and perfectly matched. They are morally grey at best and unapologetically monstrous at their core, and that is exactly why you cannot stop reading. They do not pretend to be good. They simply choose each other, again and again, in the most broken and breathtaking way possible.

Watching them grow across this series has been something special. By this final book they are more open, more vulnerable and more electric than ever. Their chemistry is scorching. Their love story is the kind that is impossible and forbidden and yet feels completely inevitable. I cried. I gasped. I fell even harder for Raziel than I thought possible and I did not think that was something I was capable of doing at this point.

The world building continues to expand beautifully here. Seeing more of the Wilds and the fae added such richness to an already fascinating world. The political scheming, the plot twists, the secrets layered throughout kept me completely locked in. I tried to slow down and savor it. The book did not let me.

This series is seriously underrated and if you have been sleeping on it, wake up. If you love dark romantasy with morally complex characters who make questionable choices and zero apologies, this is your series. Start from the beginning and clear your schedule because you will not be putting these books down.

What a marvel. What a ride. I already miss them.

 

I Punched an Alien and Now We're in Couples Therapy by Kimberly Lemming

 I Punched an Alien and Now 

We're in Couples Therapy 

by, Kimberly Lemming

My Rating: 🟊🟊🟊🟊🟊

Spice Rating: 🌶🌶

Blurb:

A zany and sexy romance about a woman who finds herself stranded on a far-off planet and mated to the warlord alien king, from USA Today bestselling author Kimberly Lemming.

It’s not in Blair’s nature to just give up. Not when she’s beamed up to a spaceship and then dropped on an alien planet. Not even when she’s in the middle of a forest fire surrounded by dinosaurs. And definitely not when she’s captured by an arrogant alien king. If King Osid thinks he can break her, he’s in for a shock. Blair lives by one If you stay ready, you never have to get ready.

But absolutely nothing could have prepared her for finding out that she’s that arrogant King Osid’s mate.

Despite recent hiccups, the alien researchers are determined to get their breeding program back on track. With that in mind, Blair and Osid are bundled off to the research center for what they’re told is couples counseling. As they face a series of increasingly dangerous challenges, it soon becomes clear the research aliens may have confused an episode of The Bachelor with Survivor. Bonding over their common enemy, and shall we say...encouraged by love darts, Blair and Osid let down their walls (and take off their clothes). When they discover that there are—somehow—even more secret plans in the works, another hilarious, steamy, over-the-top adventure is in store.

My Review:

I Punched an Alien and Now We're in Couples Therapy by Kimberly Lemming

Let me tell you something. Kimberly Lemming does not just write books. She architects worlds. Every single time, without fail, she pulls you in so deep you forget you're even reading. Her wit is razor sharp, her worlds are jaw-droppingly vivid, and her characters? Absolutely unforgettable. From her unapologetically badass female leads to her commentary that will have you cackling out loud, there is something on every page for every kind of reader. I picked up one of her books once. ONE TIME. And immediately hunted down every other title I could find. No regrets. Zero.

This book? No different. It opens with pure, glorious chaos and that chaos snowballs into more chaos and before you even realize what happened, you are completely and hopelessly hooked.

Our leading lady Blair is not the one. She is strong-minded, sharp as a blade, and does not care who you are or what planet you're from. She is not taking bull from anybody. When Blair gets thrown into an alien world that is as breathtakingly beautiful as it is deadly, she's trying to make sense of it all. Then she's tasked with saving a drowning alien male and let's just say that decision changes everything. I'll say no more. You'll thank me later.

This book has romance that will make your heart race, adventure that keeps you on the edge of your seat, creatures that could only come from a truly brilliant mind and DINOSAURS. Yes. Dinosaurs.

If you are looking for a world you didn't know you needed, this is your sign. Absolute must-read.