Chantie's Book Reviews

  Book Source: Book Store Cross-Post Review:  Chantie's Goodreads Review Type: MM Standalone Series  Starred Ratings: ⭐⭐⭐⭐/5 Spice Rating: 🌶🌶/5 Home Plate (Easton U Pirates, #2) Review The electricity went out in my area and while bored I read book one, Bat Boy in this Easton U Pirates series, in one sitting. I'm a sucker for character arcs, so when I noticed Mason and Domonic in Bat Boy, I immediately shipped them. It thrilled me to know my intuitions were good and the duo was going to be a couple. So, I continued the trend and stayed up until the blink of dawn to read book two. Not a healthy idea since I had stuff to do in the day, but I wouldn't be a bookaholic if I never did an all-nighter for the sake of reading.  Back to the review.  Mason was the grumpy asshole while Domonic was the caring type. He wasn't overly adorable which fit his character and how the whole plot tied to Mason. I adored the banter between the two. Dominic knew how to handle Mason. H...

  Book Source: Book Store Cross-Post Review:  Chantie's Goodreads Review Type of Book: Standalone Series  Starred Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐/5 Spice Rating: 🌶🌶/5 Snuggle Season (Burrowing Hearts, #1) Review 'You're mine.' Who doesn't love this quote when in an omegaverse?  To kick off Rainbow Month, I picked up this short read. And it was the best fit for me who just came out of a reading slump. The chapters were short and easy to read, too. Weston and Adam were fox shifters, going into their burrowing season. For those who have no idea what that means. It's like a mating period for foxes where they spend a certain amount of time together without distractions from the outside world. In the end, it should help them bond.  Anyways, knowing nothing about the other, these men dove into the burrowing, hoping their partner would accept them. I almost had to visit the dentist after this one. Adam was one of the most caring and sweetest alpha foxes in the world of shifters. He was ...

  Book Source: Store  Cross-Post Review:  Chantie's Goodreads Review Type: Standalone Series Starred Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐/5 Smut Rating: 🌶🌶🌶🌶/5 Trouble (Winter Sun, #3) Review I liked Kirby from book one. Thus, I skipped book two to read Trouble. Like the first book, book three sucked me in from the first paragraph of the prologue. Hugh was a sweetheart. Now I can't decide which Alpha I like better. Burke or Hugh? Gosh, can't I take both? Like I could reverse harem these men. Yep. That sounds better.  Kirby and Hugh have been skipping around each other for three years. No amount of sweet talk could wear out Kirby. Hugh thought patience would do the trick. Even though the famous porn star, Kirby, made it hard for him to see any light in the dark tunnel of love and relationship.  Kirby adored the big sexy alpha. Desperate to keep his friend, he made the rule to never have sex with anyone in the circle. Co-workers and nobody else. A great plan until his heat cycle was ...

  Book Source: Store Cross-Post Review:  Chantie's Goodreads Review Type: Standalone Series Starred Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐/5 Smut Rating: 🌶🌶🌶🌶/5 Ugly (Winter Sun, #1) Review I was in the mood for an omegaverse when I stumbled on Ugly. My God was I not disappointed in my spontaneous decision. Ugly was that MM Romance I never knew I had to read. Like Burke, you could take care of me any day. Any day.  Emerson, a homeless omega, had found solitude in the bar of an older Alpha for the past three months. He never had a problem with the routine exchange of a few meals for a petty job here and there around the bar with the large alpha. Burke was caring and made him feel safe.  Burke could care less about the chores he asked the omega to do. It was a simple trade. Plus, Emerson never caused problems and often left after. Until one winter night. Three days before his heat cycle started, Emerson ended up in Burke's bar begging him to be allowed to stay until his cycle was over. The...

  Book Source: Store Cross-Post Review:  Chantie's Goodreads Review Type: Erotic Novella Starred Rating: ⭐⭐⭐/5 Smut Rating: 🌶🌶🌶/5 Take My Daddy, I'll Take Yours Review  I read the synopsis for Take My Daddy, I'll Take Yours and cringed. It gave me the full story in a few lines. I would have loved it if she had left out the step-mother's daddy thing and let me read it for myself. I wanted the mystery of how the title fit the novella. To my dismay, Jenika gave away everything. A bit of a disappointment. It didn't stop me, though. I put on my big girl's panties and started the book like the good bookaholic that I am.  One chapter in and I was intrigued. I instantly liked Mina and how easily her thoughts flowed. It wasn't hard to relate to her and get into her character. Jenika did a wonderful job with Mina. The novella was the same as the synopsis stated. Mina went to her father's wedding reception and met good old Carter. Yep, I would be a good girl for...

  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: BookSirens (ARC Read) Cross-Post Review:  Chantie's Goodreads Review Type: Standalone Series  Release Date: March 31, 2023 Starred Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐/5 Smut Rating: 🌶🌶🌶/5 Of Savage and Queens (Of Savage and Queens, #1) Review  Of Savages and Queens was the first installment of the series. Eliza was thrown into a new court at the request of her queen to seduce the lord of Winterhaven. To ensure the Lord keeps his allegiance to the Queen, Eliza would be able to ensure her family’s safety and lost wealth. The problem was Winterhaven was different from every other court. Where she was used to prep and proper, she was now exposed to erotic and sexual freedom. Despite the difference, Eliza had to achieve her mission to save her family and herself.  The description stated the story didn’t have much of a plot. I beg to differ. Though there were a lot of erotic scenes, the story had a structured outline. There even was a HEA. I adored that which made the rea...

  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: Store Cross-post Review:  Chantie's Goodreads Review Type: Standalone Novel Starred Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐/5 Smut Rating: 🌶🌶🌶/5 Pen Pal by J.T. Geissinger Review Okay, I have to admit J.T. is a genius for writing this book. That plot twist threw me for a loop. I thought I had the mystery solved. I was even smug about it, only to find out I was dead wrong. Lol. Get it? Dead wrong! Gosh, if you haven’t read the story, you won’t find the joke. Please do read it, so you can share in my not-so-funny humor. Anyways, Kayla a distraught widow---to a certain extent---had house issues. Yeah, she lived in one of those fixer-uppers. The grand kind. With a leaking roof in the rainy season---because for some reason rain was always falling, she thought the best solution was to get help. That was where Aiden came into the mix. A sexy all-rounder. Things escalated from there.  Oh, Aiden. Aden. Aiden. Though I’m not into men with facial hair, I would be the guy’s sex slave. Like a...

  Book Source: Kindle Cross-Post Review:  Chantie's Goodreads Review Type: MM Romance / Standalone Starred Rating: ⭐⭐⭐/5 Smut Rating: 🌶🌶🌶🌶/5 Step Bully by Willow Dixon Review  When I learned Julian was called Jules, I immediately thought of Jules from Euphoria. Despite the book's description of Jules’s character, I couldn’t stop picturing him as Euphoria Jules. Which was funny because they were nothing alike. Jules and Ash were stepbrothers, who hated each other because of the situation they were forced into. By God, I hated their parents. Even to the end. I was like ‘flip them the middle finger and move the heck on’ but to my dismay, they didn’t. Which kind of pissed me off. Gosh, I am a monster. Anywhos, the boys were thrust into sharing an apartment for their senior year of college. This was where the lines got blurred. I loved the bantering. It was amazing to read. Then other things came in and I was not liking them. At parts where I should have shown sympathy...

Book Source: BookSirens Cross Post Review:  Chantie's Goodreads Review Type: Series Smut Rating: 🌶/5 Starred Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐/5 Induction (Serving Veronica, #2) Review  This story made me want to have my own harem. If not, then a house like Veronica’s where everyone could be free to be who they wanted without judgment. Like I would freaking love to clean the house naked. Thank you, Jens/Jen for being so awesome with your gender fluidness. There! I said it. Chandra Storm was a genius to develop such a warm environment that even I couldn’t help but adore.  Okay, back to the review. Right. A full rundown of the story. Induction, book two of the Serving Veronica series, held in a Reverse Harem setting with BDSM was about two of Veronica’s submissives slash employees. Greg---awesome Grey---was the personal trainer while Mario was the chef. Everyone in this house had a role to play. It wasn’t all about sex, but people went through real struggle in their lives and dealing with past...

  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...

Novel Source: Kindle  Cross-post Review:  Goodreads Review Type: MM Romance Novel  Starred rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐/5 Spice Radar: 🌶🌶🌶/5 Savage Rivals Review  Asher and Levi were captains for the football team of rival high schools. Not only were they enemies on the football field but off as well. An elite school against a regular high school. A rich guy against one not so much. Their hatred simmered and boiled over to the point of no return. One banter led to another which broke out into fights. Love came thereafter. A Halloween prank gone wrong and both men were thrust into a different sensation.  I, for one, thought Becca Steele was a genius to write this masterpiece. I enjoyed every second of it. Devoured it in one night.  It had been a while since I enjoyed a story so much. First of all, the football she used was the real football I grew up knowing was actual football. The one where if you touch the ball with your hand, it’s a penalty. I adored that she used t...

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: Series Genre: MM Romance  Starred Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐/5 I was in desperate need of a quick read. This book came to my rescue along with Str8te Guys by Evangeline Anderson. Loved that erotica by the way. Also a MM Romance. I was more than happy I stumbled on these two books. Read them in one night. Yeah, one night. Who needs sleep when we have a book, right? The First and the Last Review  The first and the Last was a MM Romance by Jessi H Reign. A friends-to-lovers omegaverse. The paranormal romance began with the growth of Sully and Jules from their high school years until they became shifters. The two saw each other as best friends until a Storm flew through their pack. Okay, not an actual storm but a woman called Storm. A mind-blowing threesome and the males realized they liked the experience of each naked a little too much.  I hoped that wasn't a spoiler. But, I th...

  Book Source: Kindle Store Cross-Post Review:  Chantie's Goodreads Review Spice Radar: 🌶🌶🌶🌶🌶/5 Type: Novel  Genre: MM Romance  Starred Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐/5 Don't You Dare was recommended to me by Goodreads. They thought because I read Luke from the Unexpected Series, I would like this book too. I was never the type to turn down a recommendation. Even though it was not on my November TBR , I squeezed in a read. Public outing, bi-curiosity, and a few other trigger warnings are present. Without further a due, let's get going with the review.  Don't You Dare Review  Don't you dare was a novel by CE Ricci. A friends to lovers romance. This MM Romance started with a game referred to as the title. A spin off of Truth or Dare. Keene and Aspen were nothing more than best friends until the game changed everything. One kiss and Keene's sexuality shattered. Another attempted one and the hidden truth came out. ' Friends help friends, right? It's some kind of hidden...

  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 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:  BookSirens Cross-Post Review:  Chantie's Goodreads Review Spice Radar: 🌶🌶🌶🌶🌶🌶 In a Series: No Genre: Romance  Starred Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Summer Proposal is another ARC Read from BookSirens. The cover never appealed to me, but I wanted to dive into a short story. This Novella did not disappoint. A few triggers involved mentioning of infidelity, profanity, sex scenes, and age-gap relationship. If you can tolerate any of the warnings mentioned, then we can move forward.  Summer Proposal Review  Peter Clarke and Katherine Thompson were the protagonists for Denice Holt’s Romance Summer Proposal . Kathrine, the forty-nine-year-old divorcee, agreed to let Peter stay at her house until his college graduation. The summer started normally. Katherine went out on a string of dates. Peter attended class. Everything was fine. That was until Katherine walked in on Peter masturbating. Things turned upside down. An apology morphed into unexpected events which led ...

  Book Source: Kindle Store Cross-post Review: None Spice Radar: Didn't get that far to measure everything In a series: Yes Genre: MM Romance Starred Rating: N/A  Once again, I continued with the books in line for the Unexpected series . Luke was the fourth. From what I have read, it had a few triggers like profanity, masturbation, stalking, transgender, Dom and Sub relationship. Okay, let's get started.  Luke (Unexpected, #4) Review  The Unexpected series had Luke as its fourth book. Cora Rose wrote Luke and a doctor called Elliot as the two protagonists of this MM Romance. Both men met under the most unexpected circumstance. On Luke’s way to get coffee with a busted face, he met Elliot. The transgender helped the muscular guy because doctors never passed the chance to help a sick person in need. It thrilled Luke and he pushed to get to know Elliot. The doctor was not so forthcoming, but of course it never stopped Luke. He forced himself in the doctor’s life. A ...