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Amelia Hutchins – The Elite Guards Series Reading Order

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FAE CHRONICLES SPINOFF!!! Book #4 JUST WENT LIVE!! Hugely popular author within our crew, and #2 apparently has an uber jerk-face hero! YAY  US!!! 😛

Ela: Amelia Hutchins also released A Demon’s Dark Embrace (The Elite Guards #1)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The Fae Chronicles spin off (kind of)….this is where she focuses on Ryder’s brothers :)

Tessa: *begins cursing* So, of course I had to get Demon’s Dark Embrace.

Ela: Of course you HAD TO GET A DEMON’S DARK EMBRACE!!!!!!!!!!!!

MichelleS: Finished Claiming The Dragon King. Man, he was hard to love. Total jerk-face. Wanted to slap him around. But that’s why I read this stuff, right?? Great addition to this super sexy series. read more

Calia Read – The Surviving Time Trilogy Reading Order

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BREAKING NEWS UPDATE!!! THE TRILOGY IS COMPLETE!!! Book #3 (Echoes of Time) Just. Went. Live!!! ➔➔➔➔➔➔

<— THIS TRILOGY SOUNDS LIKE MY ANGSTY ROMANCE DREAM COME TRUE!!! Holy moly, it’s got everything I love. A love triangle? A past moody husband that is back in her life… and time travel (throwing her back in his!!)

MichelleS: I’m reading a perfect “summer read”. It’s a time travel romance. She’s an antique store owner who finds a photograph she’s drawn to. She gets thrown back to 1912 Charleston & is the wife of a broody, well off man who hates her. She wants to get back to her fiancé in 2017. Really good story so far! It’s called The Surviving Trace. It’s got the formula I love: feisty girl, brooding man. Yay. read more

Amy A. Bartol – Second Born Series Reading Order

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<— DYSTOPIAN ALERT & OMG I LOVE the sound of this one.

Tessa: Something definitely unique and fantasy is Secondborn by Amy Bartol.  :) I really liked that series, and am waiting with bated breath for the last of the trilogy. (I think it will be anyway?)

…Secondborn and Traitor Born by Amy Bartol just blew me away. It was so high in angst, GAH. I loved it.

Nay: I’m going to check out this Secondborn series, even if it is YA. If they’re angsty enough, sometimes I end up loving them more than some of the corny NAs out there. read more

Reader Question – Looking for paranormal/fantasy books with a strong storyline and a side of romance…

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Jenna is having other-worldly cravings 😉 and she’s hoping our book crew has some recommendations!

Right off the bat, I know TONS in our crew here will say Anne Bishops “The Others” series (I read #1 and loved it – here’s my 5-STAR review – and I should totally continue devouring them as our crew have).

She asks:

Hi Maryse!

I was hoping you’d help put me out of my book funk misery by asking your readers for some recommendations?!

Books where the storyline is based purely on romance no longer holds interest for me (sob). read more

Holly Black – The Folk of the Air Series Reading Order

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BOOK BULLY ALERT!!! Actually, it seems there are MANY bullies in this fantasy series, and it’s calling my name. AND! To make things even more exciting for me, the heroine is a human!! I LOVE when that happens!!

<— P.S. Book #1 is on sale right now (DEAL  OF THE DAY!!), ’cause #2 is going live in just a few days!!

Tessa: Cruel Prince. *swoons* EVERYTHING I love in a book, including a huge bully. 🙂

Robyn: I also finished Cruel Prince. I have to say that this book is absolutely one of my best of 2018 reads. It was so well written. It took me there on every page. I can’t wait to see how everything unfolds in book 2. read more