Hopping to Happiness

This was a short easy read. Boy wants a pet, pet turns out to be a shapeshifter and love ensues. What's not to love really. Unfortunately the book felt a little too simple at some points. I read it twice before writing my review and had the same response to it. The first two chapters seemed a little slow and very repetitive. Especially the one were Bryce continuously found multiple ways of saying being gay was not his fault in his introductory section. It was written like a hard sell when it didn't need to be said that much. I don't know why, cause I'd definitely go to a shelter first myself for a pet, but the idea of shelter versus pet store also came through like a hard sell mostly for it's repetitiveness as well.

I did start to enjoy it come the third chapter though.  The book flowed faily well. had a few laughs, mostly due to Bryce in rabbit form. That's when he and the writing seemed to be at it's best. His reaction to things as a rabbit knowing he was indeed human were by far my favourite parts to read.

Sergeant Delicious

This was an enjoyable read. Short, sweet and flowed rather nicely. I liked how the story progressed over emails to the physical meeting then beyond. The bond between the two main characters felt real and I could get into it as I followed Xavier and Damien along their journey together. Also, food makes everything better so this being a partial foodie romance made it that much more entertaining.

My only real sticking point was Damien's doubts. Not that he had them, but how he behaved about having them. With all the signs clearly pointing to a love connection the better and definitely more dramatic option would be to go with it and still have all the self-doubt and worry and hope that it's just paranoia and things work out. It came off more like he didn't want a relationship instead of him being afraid that Damien didn't want one. It didn't sell well. Thankfully this didn't pop up often enough to matter.

By His Bootstraps At my neighbours mercy

This was a short, steamy read. I wanted to enjoy it but didn't. The blurb lead me to believe this was going to be a short story about someone straight giving in to not-so-straight desires. It didn't live up to that. It read more like an already gay boy continuously telling himself he's not gay only because I'm supposed to believe he's straight. There is nothing about Tyler that screams straight boy confused about lusting after his neighbour. It's mostly gay boy embarrassed that he feels a certain way about his neighbour.

The book starts with him moving into an apartment with only a pull-out couch to his name. His only link to straightness is his ex-girlfriend. That's her only purpose to hang his supposed straightness out there. His neighbour helps him with the couch as Tyler is too scrawny and weak to do it on his own. His description of his neighbour alone screams I'm gay. Instead of 'I notice you workout'. When he spies on him later that night there's zero resistance. Just lusting at the older man from his bedroom window. Skip to the next day and he's on a leash in public? Just 24hrs to leash.

Happy Endings: Demonic Magic Book 1

This book had me laughing way too much. Right from the first chapter it was clear the humour in this book was meant for me. I'm definitely a fan of witty banter. Miles was hilarious, Havoc was what every demon should be. Evil, spunky and classy all in one. And the side characters added just enough depth to keep the story vibrant and entertaining.

What I really liked about this book is that it was a romance not stylised as a romance. A lot of times you go into these LGBT themed books and it's all about the relationship. It could be a mystery, a drama, fantasy, or even espionage but the budding relationship takes centre stage and the actual plot just flits away into the background. This story, however, was about people dying, about finding out who the murderer was, and finding them before they could do too much damage. The relationship was something that happened on the side of the main focus of the story which is as it should be.

Happy Endings

There is so much I could say about this book. Started it on the way to work. Tried my hardest not to laugh but eventually, I just couldn't hold it in. Miles is hilarious. Havoc also hilarious. The side characters are colourful and well thought out. Backstories are dropped in non drag me down ways. I have a thing about italics so for that reason any flashbacks were hard for me to read but good all the same. Basically I loved this book.

What made this book sing beyond the humor was the main plot. As the blurb states 15 people drop dead at one time and Miles, whose real name I refuse to type because I won't do him like that even though he's fictional, is literally the only one who can help. It goes through the type of set up and hints/plot devices that I expect from a good suspense novel. Keeps you guessing. Trying to figure out which character is the villain or if the villain will even be exposed in this book. Is there a traitor amongst them or something much more deadly. 

Breaking Barriers

This is the first in the Hart Medical Center series. I went into this expecting one thing because of the blurb. It started off like that promise was going to be upheld. I was genuinely drawn in for a while until the accident finally happened. I was even able to look past a good bit of editing errors. But after that the book kind of sunk.

Firstly the editing, which I usually try to ignore, was too numerous in its problems. Missing words, wrong words, repeated phrases. Things like the author reworded a sentence and forgot to delete the part that wasn't needed anymore. If you're the type of person that cares about these things this book isn't for you. I've written reviews on books with editing issues and not even mentioned it but even for me, this was way, way too much.

Lost Wolves Series

I definitely have mixed feelings about this series. I started off liking it but then I found myself losing interest then getting it back then losing it. Just all over the place. That being said let's start with book one.

Omega in the Shadows:

The idea of an assassin and the man sent to kill the assassin falling in love was a good premise. The opening scene where the two main characters meet, Elijah and Rowan, was great. Even with the death of a partner that you could see a mile away. The tension was great. The pacing wasn't too off. I enjoyed it but I didn't more than enjoy it. Something about it was one note. Like I understood Elijah and his backstory but he was an established assassin so I didn't feel his continuous need to prove he was better than any alpha. He'd done it a million times over already and they all knew what he was capable of.