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Debbiereadsbook (1846 KP) rated Royally Arranged (The Royal Series #2) in Books
May 22, 2024
This is book 2 in the Royal Series. I have not read book one, Royally Screwed and a quick read of that blurb tells me you don't need to read that one before this. Those characters do not appear in this book. It's also the first book I've read of Mallory's. I'll come back to that.
Rafe needs a wife, a temporary arrangement, while his twin brother, his ELDER twin, gets a clean bill of health. A business arrangement which Astoria enters, with a shelf life to the arrangement. At least it started as such.
I liked this. It follows a proven track: an arranged marriage; they have sex (which wasn't part of the arrangement) there is a major fall out, and then a make up, and all is happy in the world. And sometimes you need to see what's coming at ya, like a freight train, and ain't nothin' you can do to stop it. And I LIKED that in this book!
It's steamy in places, but I didn't find it overly heavy on the smexy times. I didn't find it particularly emotional, either. Rafe lost his wife and son, but you don't FEEL that pain from him.
I think that is what I missed the most in the book: emotional connection. Yes, they have smex and do all the things they are supposed to, but I didn't find an EMOTIONAL connection between them. They do say those three little words, but again, I didn't FEEL the love between them.
As I said, my first book by Mallory. I'd like to delve into the backlist of this author to see if I can find that connection. Might just be how the author writes, is all.
So, because I felt that was missing, I gave this book
4 stars
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Whispers in the Snow (Heartwarming Christmas)
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Merissa (14198 KP) rated Resist Me Not (Bloody Desires) in Books
Sep 4, 2025
Now, of course, killing anyone is never supposed to be good, but how it is done here gives an excellent moral debate, and as shown in a group conversation, this same question has been asked many times. It becomes personal for Walker when he knows what Trey is doing. After all, he is a doctor dedicated to saving lives, while Trey is taking them. But is it as clean-cut and concise as that?
While I thoroughly enjoyed this story, there were parts that I didn't feel necessary. Firstly, there was the Daddy part. That was more of a term of endearment than anything else. And did Daddy and good boy really have to be in italics most of the time? I didn't feel any need to emphasise those words in the context they were being used in. They could have been changed for different terms, and it would still read perfectly. And secondly, was how many times First Do No Harm was mentioned. I get that was the question of the moment; I didn't need the repetition to compound on it.
Trey was an excellently written character, showing depth and thought that you might not expect. Walker was a little more self-righteous, a little more bland, until the end--that part, I loved!
I am loving this series and have no hesitation in recommending it if morally grey stories are your thing.
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Merissa
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Sep 4, 2025
Cinder and His Dragon (Colorado Dragons #2)
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Debbiereadsbook (1846 KP) rated Heart of Dust: Revised Edition (Death's Embrace #1) in Books
Apr 18, 2026
This book is billed as coalpunk. Now, I had no idea what that meant, and I had to look it up. The world runs on coal, surprisingly!
And it's coal that has become Doran's life. He wants the mines made safe, or shut but the Archon ruler just wants coal and to make money. he doesn't care that people are dying.
What I enjoyed about this most, was the world building. As the first in series, in a completely different world, sometimes the world building can feel tedious. Here, however, you get it in enough dribs abd drabs to be able to form a picture that makes (some) sense and you can add the dribs and drabs to it as it comes along. I loved being able to keep up with it all!
There is drama, and action here, and it comes across wonderfully! Some is a little graphic, but I think it is needed to get the point that Doran will do anything to free the people from the mines.
There is NO romance, at all. Clean too. And I didn't even care about that!
What I did care about, though, and this is the ONLY reason this book gets 4 and not 5 stars, was that only Doran gets a say. I knew that, I really did, but I kept waiting for Nathaniel to speak and he doesn't. I think I needed in his head at key points along the way, mostly when Doran tells him his name. Nathaniel's reaction was unexpected, but you do get an explanation later on. But I needed Nathaniel and I don't get him.
I'm invested in these people, and their lives, I look forward to catching up with them in the next book.
4 very VERY good stars
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