📚 The Legacy Series | Book 2 ⭐ 3.75/5 🖤 Light spoilers ahead! I loved book one, so I went into this with high hopes. But this one took me longer to finish because I lost interest during some parts. I finished confused about the characters, torn on the romance, and still invested enough to need

Welcome to Sunday Shelf Talk! Every Sunday, I’m opening up a different bookish conversation—and we’re starting with dark romance. 🥀 These books can have you blushing one minute, questioning your judgment the next, and staring at the wall after the last page. 😂👀 I just finished Pen Pal, and it

📖 Pen Pal by J.T. Geissinger ⭐ 4.5/5 🔥 Spicy—and right on point! Y’all… I finished this book and had to sit there for a minute. 😮‍💨 The mysterious letters, unsettling moments, and intense chemistry kept me invested, but I was completely unprepared for how everything would come together! Kay

⭐ 4.25/5 | Heartbroken & Still Hooked 💔 This one HURT. 😭 I was hopeful one minute and ready to argue with fictional characters the next. Four books in, and I’m too attached not to stress over every decision. 😂 👑 The Heirs have me conflicted. Darius inspires both sympathy and frustration,

It’s been a little while since I posted, but I’ve definitely still been reading. Life got busy, my TBR kept growing, and apparently I spent September choosing dark romance, emotional damage, morally gray characters, and magical chaos for fun. 😂📖 I finished 7 books this month: 🖤 Haunting Adeli

The Reckoning definitely pulled me deeper into this series. The storyline feels bigger now. It’s not just Tory and Darcy trying to survive Zodiac Academy anymore. The politics, family history, powers, friendships, and relationships are all starting to connect, and you can tell everything is buildin

Soooo… apparently I posted my Ruthless Fae review before realizing I NEVER POSTED MY REVIEW FOR BOOK 1. 😭😂 We’re just going to pretend I meant to do that. I went into The Awakening thinking Zodiac Academy might be too young for me. Magical academy, young characters… I wasn’t convinced this wa

⭐ 3.75/5 🤯 Mind Blown 🌶️ Some Spice Okay, Ruthless Fae definitely pulled me deeper into Zodiac Academy. Book 1 introduced me to the world, but Book 2 made me start looking at these characters completely differently. 👀 The multiple POVs were one of my favorite parts because I wasn’t just see

Please tell me I’m not the only one who cannot read quietly 😂📖 When I’m reading, I’m FULLY involved. There is no sitting peacefully and minding my business over here. 📖 I make my own commentary the entire time. 😱 I gasp, scream “AHHH!” and react OUT LOUD. 👀 My reactions have everybody aroun

Daggermouth surprised me more than I expected. 🖤 The beginning was a little slow for me, and the writing style definitely took some getting used to. It felt dense in places, but once I adjusted, I got way more invested in Shadera Kael, Greyson Serel, Elara, and the world around them. Shadera

📚✨ If a book doesn’t emotionally wreck me, make me question everyone’s choices, and convince me that “just one more chapter” is a reasonable decision at 2 a.m., did I even enjoy it? 😂🖤 Hi, I’m Rissa 💜, and reading is one of my favorite ways to escape reality—especially when the story is dark, ob

I’m 10 chapters in and already fully invested. 😂 I’ve been switching between the physical copy and my Kindle, depending on where I’m reading, and using the audiobook too when I want that immersive-reading experience. And hearing Teddy Hamilton as Greyson is still messing with me a little because

If you’ve read Hunting Adeline, then Where’s Molly? really feels like it completes the circle. Molly was one of those characters I kept thinking about after finishing Hunting Adeline, so finally getting more of her story gave me the closure I didn’t realize I still wanted. I really liked that

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 5/5 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ Extra Spicy 🤯 Mind Blown Even though Haunting Adeline ended on a cliffhanger, Hunting Adeline was really easy to dive right into. I was pulled back into the story almost immediately. This book was dark, intense, emotional, suspenseful, and addictive. Emotionally, I

If you have Kindle Unlimited, do you usually just read the book through KU and keep it moving? 👀📱 ORRRR… if you end up absolutely LOVING the book, do you go back and actually buy it? 😂💕 Because now I’m curious how everybody else handles this little reader problem. 😩📚 Do you: 📖 Buy the p

I finally finished Haunting Adeline and whew… this book had me questioning my moral compass from beginning to end. 😭🖤 It was dark, eerie, intense, suspenseful, addictive, and completely unhinged. I kept having those moments where my brain was saying “girl, absolutely not” while my hand was still

August was giving dark romance, romantasy, chaos, spice, and emotional damage 😭🌶️ My top reads were definitely Satan’s Affair and Does It Hurt?. Satan’s Affair was my favorite AND spiciest read of the month, while Does It Hurt? was the biggest surprise because I did not expect to get that hooked

I thought I was getting dark carnival chaos. I got that… plus emotional damage. 😭🖤 Satan’s Affair was fast-paced, addictive, twisted, suspenseful, and completely unpredictable. The carnival setting was eerie and atmospheric, the writing was easy to fall into, and Sibby absolutely carried this

It’s 10:49 PM and apparently I’ve decided bedtime is optional again. 😂📚 Tonight’s read is Satan’s Affair by H.D. Carlton. After finishing Does It Hurt?, I figured I might as well keep traveling down the dark and unhinged rabbit hole. I’m doing Kindle + audiobook tonight, because immersive rea

⭐ 4.5/5 This book was dark, chaotic, twisty, and completely addictive. 😭😂 I went into Does It Hurt? expecting dark romance, but this gave me suspense, survival, obsession, trauma, secrets, psychological tension, spice, and enough questionable decisions to keep me stressed for these people. Sa