Author: firewhiskeyreader

  • ARC Reviews of Inheritance,  Witches Get Stuff Done, and Playing the Witch Card

    ARC Reviews of Inheritance, Witches Get Stuff Done, and Playing the Witch Card

    This group of three ARC reviews brings you a major win that I can’t stop thinking about (Inheritance), the start of a series I’m more intrigued by than my rating suggests I should be (Witches Get Stuff Done), and a DNF because the book made me anxious (Playing the Witch Card). So all in all,…

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  • My Favorite Reads of Summer 2023

    My Favorite Reads of Summer 2023

    The past three months have been weird in terms of my reading and so this list is a little eclectic and I know that some of these will for sure be on my favorites list at the end of the year whereas a couple of them were definitely my favorite reads in the last three…

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  • Contemporary (Mostly) Romance (Mostly) ARC Reviews: Full Moon Over Freedom, The Long Game, and Her Own Happiness

    Contemporary (Mostly) Romance (Mostly) ARC Reviews: Full Moon Over Freedom, The Long Game, and Her Own Happiness

    I read some more of my ARCs! Is my Netgalley score still on the struggle bus because I can’t seem to stop requesting books? Yes. Yes, it is. But never mind that, let’s talk about three books that you can already purchase because I am, as usual, behind. First up, let’s talk about Full Moon…

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  • September Wrap Up + October TBR

    September Wrap Up + October TBR

    September is my birthday month and generally is a month I really love, but this September was full of… a lot of not great things. Also, I feel like I’m fighting off a reading slump, or maybe it’s just a little dip in my mental health. But I did manage to read 20 books and…

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  • Historical ARC Reviews: The Poisoner’s Ring, The Notorious Lord Knightly, and A Nobleman’s Guide to Seducing a Scoundrel

    Historical ARC Reviews: The Poisoner’s Ring, The Notorious Lord Knightly, and A Nobleman’s Guide to Seducing a Scoundrel

    I’m really delighted to be able to give you some ARC reviews, even if they are largely months late. Oops. The Poisoner’s Ring by Kelley Armstrong is the second book in a historical mystery series that I am really addicted to at the moment. The Notorious Lord Knightly is book two in The Chessmen series…

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  • #FallInLoveBingo Announcement and TBR

    #FallInLoveBingo Announcement and TBR

    I know I’ve talked about the fact that Twitter feeling like it’s just fading has really made it hard to focus on content creation, but the place that most affected me was in determining whether or not #FallInLoveBingo needed to return. Fortunately for anyone else who loves a bingo challenge, I was asked on Discord…

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  • ARC Reviews: Play to Win, Family Lore, and Shucked

    ARC Reviews: Play to Win, Family Lore, and Shucked

    I am so behind on ARC reviews and I am fairly confident I will never catch up. However, here are three books that I think a lot of people will love that I’m delighted to tell you about my perspective on. I did receive e-ARCs of Play to Win by Jodie Slaughter and Family Lore…

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  • Tier Ranking 2023 Releases I Read from May – August

    Tier Ranking 2023 Releases I Read from May – August

    I have read so many 2023 releases in the last four months. So many. Specifically, I’ve read 44 since May 1, 2023. And, what’s really exciting to me, is that I’ve really enjoyed so many of them and can’t wait to tell you about them. So let’s get started!

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  • Speculative Romance ARCs: Sweep of the Heart, Not Your Ex’s Hexes, and The Witch is Back

    Speculative Romance ARCs: Sweep of the Heart, Not Your Ex’s Hexes, and The Witch is Back

    Reviewing these books has taken such a long time and I have no good excuse beyond I just haven’t been able to find the words to talk about one of them. But here we are, finally completing this dramatically overdue post. The three books we’re talking about today are Sweep of the Heart by Ilona…

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  • August Wrap Up + September TBR

    August Wrap Up + September TBR

    Taylor Swift knew exactly what she was talking about when she sang “August slipped away like a moment in time,” because wow, did August absolutely fly away. Anyway, here we are to talk about the 25 books I read in August and my September hopefuls.

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