Liely's Guilty Pleasures

The Maddest Obsession by Danielle Lori My rating: 2 of 5 stars 2.5 stars I have bad news. I found this book kinda boring. I stopped at three different sections, lamented my fate as I wonder why this book was so dull compared to the first book. First of all, I need to point out that individually all these characters seemed great. I love Christian. He's the main attraction of this book. He's the one who made me want to pick up this book after finishing Oblivion. The charisma of this man is through the roof. Next, we have Gianna. I also love her character in Oblivion. She's this funky, deeply scarred and multifaceted character. I was curious about her past and how she became how she was in book 1. However, as soon as I started the book, I noticed there were a few choices of writing that kind of slow this book down, and made it less desirable for me to read. I don't like the flash backs that took almost 30% of this book. Then, we were ent...

Blaste from the Past by Jessa Kane My rating: 2 of 5 stars Welp. This is not it for me. View all my reviews

Blaste from the Past by Jessa Kane My rating: 2 of 5 stars View all my reviews

All In: A Dark Billionaire Romance by C. B. Alice My rating: 3 of 5 stars View all my reviews

House Rules by C. B. Alice My rating: 3 of 5 stars View all my reviews

Colt: Prisoners of Purgatory #3 by Bella Jewel My rating: 2 of 5 stars View all my reviews

The Wild by K. Webster My rating: 5 of 5 stars Reread: July 2023 . “I want to do things no father should ever do with his daughter.” Second time around, I still don't know how to justify myself. View all my reviews

The Only One Left by Riley Sager My rating: 3 of 5 stars Hmmmm... I don't know what to think about this one. Did I like it? Did I dislike it? It was definitely something. I have no issues with the characters (or at least the main characters) but there is something about the twist... and some more twist, that I didn't quite particularly enjoy. One thing though. What people in their right mind would want to live in a tilted house, inches away from the cliff? It was to the point, where I just don't care about the mystery anymore and just screaming at these people to sort out their businesses and get the fuck out of there. Maybe that was the thing. I was more worried about the Leaning Mansion of Doom than the entire plot. The story itself, in the beginning? Sure, I was very interested in. Then, I got spook by the house and the rest kinda fell behind the scenes. To be honest, I wasn't that impressed with the whole ending. It did surprised ...

Make Me Shiver by Marie Johnston My rating: 4 of 5 stars First of all, I have to note that marriage-in-crisis and second chance romance is never my favourite trope, in fact the latter is my least favourite trope of all. However there are times when I really enjoyed them, with stipulations and this book is a best example. I like it when we have the trope and additional plot to support the story. In this case, a couple with a broken marriage wanted to reconcile despite all their differences but in the same time, they were also trying to managing a ranch and reviving the business. Now, that's more interesting for me to read than just dealing with their relationship drama alone. Onto this book, I love reading about this couple, they wanted to be together but it seemed that their priorities were never aligned and it's nice to see how they finally decided that maybe relationship should go both ways and to set your ego aside and just grab the chanc...

Odium: An Inferno World Novella by WP Woodbine My rating: 2 of 5 stars View all my reviews

Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros My rating: 5 of 5 stars Woof. What can I say that others haven't said already? It's amazing. You should read it. View all my reviews

North Queen by Nicola Tyche My rating: 3 of 5 stars *Huge thanks to the author and Netgalley for an opportunity to review an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.* What a polarizing book this was for me. I have some stuff to say but before that, let's talk about things that did work for me (with one rule: ignore the first 25% of the book). I appreciated the barest hint of magic in this one. For once, you know, I think a hint of magic in a book is exactly what I need (especially when I was tandem reading this book with a heavy magic/fantasy book). Also, court drama? I'm always into the internal turbulence of any type of institution. The messy, the better. Also, I didn't expect the marriage of convenience plot there. I was expecting the pining for the childhood best friend type of love but nope. Nice job by the author there. Nevertheless, what the author did right, she also went completely off the track in another way. Well, at...

Slumber Party by AR Taboo My rating: 2 of 5 stars I feel like I've read a similar story of this on a certain website starting with the letter 'L'. View all my reviews

Truckstop Treasure by AR Taboo My rating: 4 of 5 stars View all my reviews

Babymoon or Bust by Ava Hunter My rating: 5 of 5 stars Damn, that was a smooth read. I was anticipating the cringe and boredom... It didn't arrive. And honestly, I think the forewarning of the dead spouse trope kinda helped me... but also not really. I don't think he's that hung up on his late wife, well not as much as other reviewers pointed out. Sure, he was still mourning her even after 6 years but I don't get that feeling of our main girl being just a replacement for his dead wife. It was understandable, especially considering how she died. Anyway, dead wife aside, if you're looking for a sweet, vacation-vibe, accidental baby-on-the-way trope, between a workaholic girl and a sweet grumpy guy, then peeps, this is for you. It was a very relaxing read for me, idk why. It's so fun, low drama (except at the end there) and these two MCs are good expectant parents. I love that they communicate healthily (except at the end there)...

The Life of Anna: The Complete Dark Story by Marissa Honeycutt My rating: 2 of 5 stars Final thoughts: I don't like it. The first three books were okay, bearable. The last two were honestly horrible. Anna disappoints me. She didn't grow her backbone at all. She was the same girl as she was at the beginning, except now, she knows how to get angry. She didn't have a character growth (actually no one in this book does). The men in this book, was puppets of their own sexual desires. I'm not happy to finish this book. Sometimes I feel happy when I completed a dark romance because it was over and I feel satisfied with it. This one? Incompleted climax. ------------------- I'm gonna write this as I go. Book 1: WTF. Book 2: I'm honestly bored with the amount of sexual encounters this book has now. It's like I'm in this ennui state where I feel nothing at whatever that happened to Anna. (view spoiler) [Though it was sickening to...

Little Dancer by Tate Monroe My rating: 1 of 5 stars hmm... I'm not feeling it. It is a completely on-brand kinda book for these duos. The absolute taboo storyline (I mean the last time I read a book about a grandpa and a granddaughter, it was Jessa Kane's), a possessive older alpha asshole (not even Jeffrey Dean Morgan in my mind could fix this), completely unhuman-like interactions, and no depth whatsoever. I mean, if you're looking for an erotic book, yeah why not. Just, maybe I should stop looking for romance in books like this. Plus, voyeurism? If it was done to get a point across, I could get behind it. But as a normal kink, I don't think I can enjoy that whatsoever. View all my reviews

Mating Urge by Michelle Howard My rating: 2 of 5 stars View all my reviews

It's a feeling so empty. So lost. I just want everything to stop. I don't want to be matter anymore. It's weird to talk about this feeling. I do not exactly want to murder myself. I just want to disappear. Just evaporates my tiny cells into thin air and disappear into nothingness. It's really hard waking up everyday and reassuring myself that this day... welp, this day could be it. This day could perhaps changed your life forever. Someone is finally swooping in and saving you from yourself... and from everyone else. But no. That's fantasy. Fantasy that I only read in books. Magic doesn't belong here.