Chantie's Book Reviews

  Book Source: Store Cross-Post Review:  Chantie's Goodreads Review Type: Ongoing Series Starred Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐/5 Spice Rating: 🌶/5 Four Psychos (The Dark Side, #1) Review Four Psychos? Honestly, I never understood why the book is called this. Yes, there were four guys. Were they psychos? No. Or not my type of psychos. I went into the book, thinking dark and riveting. I never got that. Nor the spice. But...yep...I liked it, nonetheless. Kristy gave me something I never expected to gobble up like Four Psychos whether the men were stable or not.  Lucifer? Now, that is the definition of psycho and what I was expecting from the four stars. I would totally date him. Not in real life, though. But he seems hot in my head. In an age-gap kind of romance.  A sad side note - I never read the synopsis, so I went into this blind. I should really stop doing this.  If anyone would ask me who was my favorite out of the four men, I wouldn't know. Their knight in ghostly armor ate...

  Book Sourse: Kindle Cross-Post Review:  Chantie's Goodreads Review Type: Ongoing Series  Starred Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐/5 Smut Rating: 🌶/5 Mindf*ck Series, book 1 - 5 Review This review will be for all the books in the Mindf*ck series. It took me a while to get into the first book despite how short it was, so I read another series and then came back to it. Once I got into the third book, I was addicted. I loved how different it was. In a normal story, it would be the male in Lana’s shoes, but my girl played her part like a pro and won my heart. I loved her and love ST Abby for shifting the roles. It was great. It kind of reminded me of the movie Mr. and Mrs. Smith and I adored that show.   Lana---a so-called serial killer---was out getting coffee one morning and then was approached by a guy. Things didn’t turn out well with him, but his friend was a mysterious hotty. Lo and behold, he was also in the FBI. Like if that didn’t paint trouble, nothing else would. A serial ...

  Book Source: Store Cross-Post Review:  Chantie's Goodreads Review Type: Standalone Series Starred Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐/5 Smut Rating: 🌶🌶/5 Soul Eater (Monstrous, #1) Review  I came out of this book feeling so happy that I don’t even remember the things I disliked. Hmm. Or maybe everything I disliked was rectified and there was no point in not loving it. Yeah, It’s the latter. Okay, enough of this. Let’s start with what the book is about.  Danny Sullivan, an uncommitted soldier, was sent on a mission to capture the notorious deadly monster Wyn, the Soul Eater. With way more casualties than needed, the mission was a success and Danny came face to face with the monster that massacred his platoon. Passing out wasn’t so bad, but he had to wake up to be told he would have to interrogate the same monster he feared. Life could not get any worst for this guy. But it did and I loved every second of it.  I loved Wyn. Hands down or up. Whichever way it wants to go. This Soul E...

  Book Source: Store Cross-Post Review:  Chantie's Goodreads Review Type: Novel Starred Rating: ⭐⭐⭐/5 Smut Rating: 🌶/5 Dirty Love by Bethany Winters Review While reading this, I struggled between annoyed and contented. I was more annoyed than contented. At one point, I was screaming, ‘Jesus, just do the damn thing already. It’s either you’re going to indulge and stop giving me a headache or you’re not and let the boy live a little’. But thankfully, things worked out. After being stepbrothers for years---yes, they grew up together---they discovered growing feelings no sibling should have. To make matters worse, they lived in a town filled with people with sticks up their bums and an abusive father. Things could not get any better. But it did. And I kind of enjoyed it until I didn’t.  The boys had to juggle their feelings for each other while maintaining neutrality, so the town folks or their father wouldn't suspect anything. A lot of hard work since it seemed Kade was pop...

  Book Source: Author Ariana Nash (ARC Read) Cross Post Review:  Chantie's Goodreads Review Type: Ongoing Series  Starred Ratings: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐/5 Smut Rating: 🌶🌶/5 Fool Me Once (Court of Pain, #1) Review  Okay, this one had me. Hands down, I am in love with Razak. And yes, it is an unhealthy decision since he was the type of guy parents warn their daughters or sons about. But I got to hand it to Ariana, she worked her magic on him. I presumed everyone else would hate but I couldn’t help but love his artistry. He brought the V out in Villain. The guy was brilliant. When is book two coming out because I need more of that guy? This psycho was too loud to ignore. Thanks, Ariana for giving me the privilege of reading this arc. I never would have gotten the chance to meet Razak otherwise.   Okay, okay. I’m done gushing after the wrong guy. Back to my review. Fool Me Once was book one in the Court of Pain series. A MM romance centered around Prince Arin and the so-call...

  Book Source: BookSiren Cross Post Review:  Chantie's Goodreads Review Type: Erotic Novella  Starred Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐/5 Smut Rating: 🌶🌶🌶🌶/5 Golden by S.B Hazel Review  Curiosity led me to read this novella. Though the description said taboo, the words ‘watersports play’ in the synopsis/bio caught my attention. I had no idea what it was. Thus, I read this accepted this Arc and read it to feed my inquisitiveness. Boy, did I find out. I was like ‘wow, oh, so that’s what it is.’ Where I’m from watersports play is called ‘golden shower’. I was more than satisfied to find that out. I patted myself on the back after reading Golden. I didn’t even bat an eye and read it without a flinch. That called for success. With that said, it was not my cup of tea. All the sports play talk. Everything else was interesting. Even though it was short.  Sammy worked at an erotic club, catering to clients of various kinks. One night, she filled in for another worker and met two gorgeous...

  Book Source: Kindle Cross Post Review:  Chantie's Goodreads Review Type: Standalone Series Starred Rating: ⭐⭐⭐/5 Smut Rating: 🌶/5 Promise and Pomegranate Review  Promise and Pomegranate by Sav R. Miller was a book recommended to me by a book club. Now I went into this one excited. Did the excitement last? Hell, no. Elena was considered the Mafia princess while Doctor Kallum was the Death Doctor---according to Ariana. I don’t know, but I liked that sister. Maybe it had something to do with her spunk, but she seemed more mature and level-headed than the female lead. Anyway, upon being blackmailed, Kal aided or half-aided the Ricci family by forcing their first daughter to marry him. Not that the father disagreed. It was one spectacular wedding. I wouldn't want to be in that priest's shoes. By Elena’s fourth point of view, I lost interest in her. I understood she had liked Kal since she was a child but come on. This guy took her virginity and left her without a word. When...

Book Source: Kindle Cross-post Review:  Goodreads Review Starred Rating: ⭐⭐ Smut Rating: 🌶🌶🌶 Type of Book: Novel The Ritual The ritual by Shantel Tessier was one of those reads everyone was talking about. I noticed it on Tick-Tok and had to get the book. Ever since then, it had been sitting on my TBR, moping to be read. A few days ago, I noticed a few of my book friends reading it and thought I would jump on the bandwagon. To say I was taken on a ride was an understatement. Not a good one. Ryat and Blakely were the two protagonists in this dark college romance. Ryat joined a secret society referred to as Lords and lived in a fancy hotel off campus. What’s not interesting about that? I witnessed each stage he went through in this cult since his freshman year. This built up to why the book was titled The Ritual because, hey, during senior year, every successful Lord was given a chance to choose a chosen one. Each chosen would have to go through a ritual. In other words, a chosen o...

  Book Source: Kindle Store  Cross-Post Review:  Chantie's Goodreads Review Spice Radar: 🌶🌶/5 Type: Novel Genre: Dark Dystopia  Starred Rating: ⭐⭐⭐/5 Wretched was one of those books I stumbled on while cruising through Goodreads. I read a few of the reviews and thought ' why not see what this is all about? ' A book not meant for the faint of heart. Trigger warnings included incest, child abuse, substance abuse, gore, profanity, and sexual scenes. See? Not for the faint of heart. Let's get the review on the road.  Wretched Review  Two bestselling authors, Yolanda Olson and Emery Leeann, came together to create a powerful novel, Wretched . Abused at a young age by their mother, Tieran and Hensley set out on a mission of revenge. Wretched took me through the hardship the twins faced as they struggled with their past and present. They were victims, who channeled their hatred to the outside world. I was a bit lost at the opening chapters but picked up on thin...

Book Source: Kindle Store  Cross-Post Review:  Chantie's Goodreads Review Spicy Radar: 🌶🌶🌶🌶🌶 Type: Standalone Novel Genre: Romance  Starred Rating: ⭐⭐⭐   November is the theme for the found family trope in my reading club. Not a big fan, but I noticed this book during our voting period. I was all in for the reverse harem theme displayed on goodreads. What could be hotter, right? Nothing. This book was not a dark read but it was a bit depressing in some sense. A few triggers involved were almost rape, profanity, sex, threesome, emotional and slight physical abuse---the guy literally spat on her. Not during sex---and childhood trauma. Yeah, quite a few of those. Let's get into this review.  Credence Review  Credence by Penelope Douglas was written about the protagonists Tiernan and her deceased father's stepbrother and his two sons. After Tiernan's parents' death, they left her in the care of her father's stepbrother, Jake. Deciding to run away from the ...

  Book Source: Kindle Store Cross-Post Review:  Chantie's Goodreads Review Spice Radar: 🌶🌶🌶🌶🌶🌶 Type of Novel: Series Genre: Dark Romance  Starred Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The third book in the Vicious Lost Boys and the final book that has been published. I don't want to get too in dept in the review to spoil anything, but this book was eye opening. I do advise reading the content warnings before jumping into this series.  Their Vicious Darling (Vicious Lost Boys, #3) Book three of the Vicious Lost Boys series was Their Vicious Darling . Nikki St. Crowe returned to centering the title around Winnie. Plotwise, it portrayed Neverland and the conflicts each character had between each other. I was not sure what to expect from book three. The Dark One ended with a bang. One that I did not approve of, but it was a great cliffhanger, nonetheless.  Their Vicious Darling opened with the point of view of a new character. I was not sure why that scene mattered. I continued anyw...

Book Source: Kindle Store Cross-Post Review:  Chantie's Goodreads Review Spice Radar: 🌶🌶🌶🌶🌶🌶🌶 Type of Novel: Series  Genre: Dark Romance Starred Rating: ⭐⭐⭐ Book two of the Vicious Lost Boys series and I am here for it. The cliffhanger in book one got me intrigued. I jumped into book two to see what happened. Triggers includes Sex scenes, profanity, violence. I advise reading Nikki's content warning before jumping into this one.  The Dark One (Vicious Lost Boys, #2) After The Never King came The Dark One in the Vicious Lost Boys series. Nikki St. Crowe once again gave us what we needed in this Peter Pan retelling. I figured the title referred to Vane, the character. However, it was still centered around The Lost Boys of Neverland. A continuation of the last scene in the first book, The Never King.  I liked the way Nikki wrote the novel. It made it seem as if I was watching a bad ass show on tv. Sex included. The story got more in debt of the lives of the pe...

Book Source: Kindle Store  Cross-Post Review:  Chantie's Goodreads Review Spice Radar: 🌶🌶🌶🌶🌶 Type of Novel: Series  Genre: Dark Romance  Starred Ratings: ⭐⭐⭐   The Never King is a book I have seen being hyped on TikTok. I even added it to my TBR list. Never touched it and read older books. Then, it got selected for the themed book of our found family trope. I pushed all other books aside and started the Vicious Lost Boys series. I can't decide if I love it or not. Maybe I am hanging in limbo. We should get to the review.  The Never King (Vicious Lost Boys, #1) Review  Nikki St. Crowe wrote The Never King (Vicious Lost Boys Book, #1) . This Dark Romance centered around Peter Pan and Wendy’s great-granddaughter, Winnie. All the Darlings women before her were kidnapped by Peter Pan only to be returned later with mental illnesses. Winnie feared she would be among them soon. Then her eighteenth birthday arrived, and she was whisked away to Neverland. H...

  Book Source:  BookSiren Cross-Post Review:  Chantie's Goodread Review Spice Radar: 6 out of 10 (1 means little to no smut; 10 means extreme smut) A part of a Series: No  Genre: Dark Romance Novella Starred Rating:⭐⭐⭐⭐ Wanted is a Dark Romance Novella suited for readers over the age of 18. Some of the triggers includes home invasion, murder, explicit sexual content, profanity, substance abuse, violence, and non-consensual sex (or thinking of it). If this piqued your interest, then let's get into the review.  Wanted Review Wanted is a dark romance novella written by Lauren Biel. The protagonist, Cole, is a divorced junkie. A robbery gone wrong, and he became a wanted man. Divorced. A murderer. And a drug addict. The perfect protagonist. What more could a reader want? To escape the crime scene, Cole found refuge at Vanessa’s home. A nurse and a murderer. A mix no one thought was possible. Not even myself. Regardless of the circumstances, these two people overca...

  Book Source:  Book Siren Cross-post Review:  Chantie's Goodreads Review Spice Radar: 2 out of 10 ( 1 means little or no spice; 10 expreme spice) A part of a series: Yes Genre: Dark Romance Cornered (Gods of Mist and Mayhem) has profanities. Which is expected from a Dark Romance Novella. Though there is no sex scenes, it displays a essence of such. I got the impression that it will get spicier as the series progresses. With that said, get your paper and pen or your kindle and let's jump into the review.  Cornered (Gods of Mist and Mayhem) Review   Jade is the protagonist of this novella Gods of Mist and Mayhem . Cornered was written by Chani Lynn Feener and the first in a its series. Being chased by her grandfather’s men, Jade and her friend Amelia fell through a puddle and landed in another world. When they say ‘ out of the frying pot and into the fire ’ they had this book in mind. Jade’s struggle with men became prominent as the story progressed. First it wa...