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Phoenix Rising
Phoenix Rising
Valerie Ullmer | 2024 | Contemporary, LGBTQ+, Romance
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
It's a bit different to the usual adding a third troupe, and I do like a difference.
Independent reviewer for Archaeolibrarian, I was gifted my copy of this book.

For the most part, I liked this book. It's a bit different to the usual adding a third troupe, and I do like a difference.

Luka and Burton live together, but at the beginning of this book, they are NOT a couple. Phoenix thinks they are. They both want Phoenix in their lives, but they also want each other.

Mostly, its three guys getting down and dirty, There is much, MUCH smexy times. I'm usually one to say I like my books on the smexy side, but I also like some story with my smex. And apart from these three getting together, the only real plot line is Phoenix' father and him getting his comeuppence. It was a bit too much smexy times, if I'm totally honest.

Some minor editing niggles: misplaced names was the biggest for me.

Did I love it? No. But I did enjoy it, and it's the first I've read of this author. I'd like to jump into their world.

4 good stars

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Nov 15, 2024 (Updated Nov 15, 2024)  
Extraction Play (Leather and Lattes #2)
Extraction Play (Leather and Lattes #2)
Katherine McIntyre | 2024 | Contemporary, LGBTQ+, Romance
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
loved the attraction burned hot and bright! (0 more)
I was gifted my copy of this book.

Eva is Micah's sister, we met her and Pixie in book one, Immersion Play. It's not necessary to read that book, but it will give you a better picture of this group of people, and of what Micah went through. It has some relevance here.

I really enjoyed this, but I couldn't quite love it.

Why?? I dunno, but I love McIntyre's work, you know I do, I've followed her from the very beginning. My only reasoning would be, it's not you, its me.

I have some stuff going on in my personal life that is affecting my reading enjoyment.

I liked that both Eva and Pixie got a say. I liked the super smexy scenes which are at times, MORE than just Pixie and Eva.

I loved that the chemistry between these two was powerful and stays strong, even if Picie might lose her best friend and Eva might lose her brother.

I love that we catch up with all the guys from Whipped and some things are laid out for book 3.

I'm sorry I couldn't love it!

4 stars

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Fangs & Freaks (Shifters of Myth and Legends #1)
Fangs & Freaks (Shifters of Myth and Legends #1)
Cassie Lein, Bre Rose | 2025 | Paranormal, Romance
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
FANGS & FREAKS is the first book in the Shifters of Myth and Legends series and features Bloody Mary. Bellonna was wrongly accused of being a witch by her so-called best friend, pressed and burnt. At the last moment, she calls on Lilith to help and spends the next three hundred or so years becoming Bloody Mary.

Varys is a unicorn who was kidnapped. Blackwell is the psycho boy, and Warrick is his brother and president of the MC. These four cause chaos and wreak mayhem on pretty much every page and I am here for it.

It is a dark read with TWs, so take note! It is fast-paced and with plenty of bl00d and s3x, although only one scene with the four of them together. Although not a traditional one, our guys do get a HEA.

This was a great read that I definitely recommend and I look forward to reading more in this series.

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Merissa
Archaeolibrarian - I Dig Good Books!
Apr 1, 2025
  
Rough Harmony (Rough Harmony #0.5)
Rough Harmony (Rough Harmony #0.5)
K.C. Wells | 2026 | Contemporary, LGBTQ+, Romance
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
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ROUGH HARMONY is a prequel novella to a series of the same name. It's about an all-male, all-queer, leather-bound, a capella group that is the brainchild of Max and Theo.

You don't get much, but what you do get is enough to intrigue and draw you in, giving enough information on each singer to leave you wanting more. Each man is broken in their own way, searching for something to help them be.

Each chapter is either Max, Theo, or one of the new guys. It is hard not to find it at least a little repetitive when each one has to audition, but it's also hard to avoid. I found it hard to remember names, attitudes, and the little bit of backstory that we did get, but I know with a full-length novel, it will be easier.

A great prequel that has whetted my appetite, and I can't wait for more. A quick but intriguing read that I definitely recommend.

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Merissa
Archaeolibrarian - I Dig Good Books!
Feb 16, 2026