Two Bloggers One Book ~ Early eARC Review of Burn the Negative

 

Barb and I tackled an eARC that we both had and I really had high hopes for this one but well that didn't go well...lol. I do think that Barb liked it a tad bit more than me. So after reading my review go on over and check out hers at Booker T's Farm.

In this incendiary mash-up of horror and suspense, a notorious slasher film is remade…and the curse that haunted it is reawakened.

Arriving in L.A. to visit the set of a new streaming horror series, journalist Laura Warren witnesses a man jumping from a bridge, landing right behind her car. Here we go, she thinks. It’s started. Because the series she’s reporting on is a remake of a ’90s horror flick. A cursed ’90s horror flick, which she starred in as a child—and has been running from her whole life.

In The Guesthouse, Laura played the little girl with the terrifying gift to tell people how the Needle Man would kill them. When eight of the cast and crew died in ways that eerily mirrored the movie’s on-screen deaths, the film became a cult classic—and ruined her life. Leaving it behind, Laura changed her name and her accent, dyed her hair, and moved across the Atlantic. But some scripts don’t want to stay buried.

Now, as the body count rises again, Laura finds herself on the run with her aspiring actress sister and a jaded psychic, hoping to end the curse once and for all—and to stay out of the Needle Man’s lethal reach.

This really had the potential to be a good one but it has an unreliable character which I am not a fan of so we are already off to a bad start. Laura is still tramatized from playing in a film The Guesthouse because of all the awful things that happened and because of her mother who forced her to do the film. 

Now there is a new remake being filmed and her editor at a entertainment type magazine wants her to cover the story. She soon finds out that he actual knew who she was even with the name change becuase someone close to her told him. He thought it would be a cool angle but with her anxiety and some bad things happening it turns out to be more nightmare than cool. 

Laura keeps seeing things that must be a halucination, blacks out and wakes up with chaos happening around her, this happens several times as it seems the bad vibes from the first movie have hit the remake and people are ending up dead. 

I am sure that the first part won't be boring for some but for me it was just horribly boring as we are trying to figure out what is going on, then it gets confusing at some parts. We are introduced to some people that you immediately are not sure about and if your like me will start speculating about what is going on. 

I felt there was a few continuity problems with Laura's missing luggage showing up but I am not sure how it got there and how everyone knew who the burned victim was when it wasn't mentioned at first but then later but those are small things. I may have even skimmed through the information when bored.

I wasn't a fan of any of the characters really, they just were not made to be likable so no one to really route for, which happens a lot in horror.

I thought the last 20% of the story was the most interesting part of the story as it was ramping up the finale and I must say it was a text book horror movie ending. You can tell that the author is a film nut.

Just because it wasn't for me doesn't mean that I can't see people enjoying it so if it sounds good give it a try. It has a really high rating on Goodreads so I could be in the minority. :) 

2.5 personal rating but 3 on Goodreads.

Review for Of Manners and Murder

 1885: London, England. When Violet's Aunt Adelia decides to abscond with her newest paramour, she leaves behind her role as the most popular Agony Aunt in London, "Miss Hermione," in Violet's hands.

And of course, the first letter Violet receives is full, not of prissy pondering, but of portent. Ivy Armstrong is in need of help and fears for her life. But when Violet visits the village where the letters were posted, she finds that Ivy is already dead.

She'll quickly discover that when you represent the best-loved Agony Aunt in Britain, both marauding husbands and murder are par for the course.

I love historical mysteries and this one was so much fun!

Violet finds out from her Aunt that she is a popular Agony Aunt called "Miss Hermione" and that she wants Violet to continue in her place while she goes traveling. She can't let anyone know about it. It should be easy right? 

The first letter she gets is about Ivy who needs help because she thinks her life is in danger and Ivy can't just sit around and give her advice so she goes to find the lady and ends up getting there just in time for the lady's funeral. 

Everyone thinks it was some freak accident that killed her but Ivy isn't so sure because of the letter she got that listed suspects. She decides to try and talk to these suspects and see if she can't get more information about Ivy and her life. Everyone thought she was happily married but others didn't think so, there is the vicar in town who was in love with her, a woman who could have had plans to do away with her to get to her husband, a nice list of really good suspects. 

I would say the only thing I didn't like about this book was the parts that had her younger sister's POV, it wasn't real often but it was enough to be annoying because the girl was annoying. She is a teen who thinks everyone is against her because they found out about her writing to a man. Her parts do end up having relevance but she was just annoying.

I really liked Violet, she was an interesting character, I also liked some of the secondary characters and it was fun seeing her with this one guy who kept turning up now and then. There was some fun lines that made me chuckle. 

I thought it had a pretty decent mystery and I had a hard time figuring it out though I did but not long before the MC did. 

This was just a fun cozy historical mysytery and I would recommend it!

Week in Review #27

The Week in Review is where I combine Stacking the Shelves, The Sunday Post and It's Monday! What are you reading?  If you have never joined in on these meme's you can check them out by clicking on the meme and it will take you to the host blog.

This week was busy with going with my father to his dr. appointments and making sure all went smoothly then we went with a friend to the Museum of Native American History which was pretty cool, it's in Arkansas and only about an hour from where I live in Missouri.

Some pics:

Then we went and seen a waterfall!

Have a great day and happy reading!

What you might have missed on my blog

Review of High-Stakes Blizzard

Review of A Sinister Revenge

Books I have added

 Nothing! I think it's mostly because I am being more picky and just not as interested in modern books. Would rather read my older ones.

Books read last week

• High-Stake Blizzard - The most boring action packed book ever. :( I just don't do well with the whole of a book being in one place I guess, this place being out in a blizzard in the woods.
• A Great Deliverance - The first book in the Inspector Lynley and I enjoyed it!
• Wined and Died in New Orleans - The second book in the Vintage Cookbook series and I enjoyed it and it caught me up with the series.
• Of Manners and Murder - First book in the Dear Miss Hermione series and it was a lot of fun! Definitely a cozy historical mystery.
• Delphine and the Dark Thread - This was a decent sequel to The Silver Needle.
• Aven Green Soccer Machine - This one was okay and I think kids would like it.
• The Treasure Test - Sequel to Hide and Geek and I had fun with it.
• Rare Birds - A Contemporary Middle Grade book that will make you cry!! I hate crying! It was still good.

Currently reading

• The Gamble - I haven't read any more on this one (take that back I decided to listen to it while writing this), so I still haven't gotten far. I am more into the Mysteries for March Mystery Madness or Middle Grade for Middle Grade March so Romance isn't really my mood, it's not because I hate it or anything it's really good!
• The Black Echo - I am almost done with this one and really enjoying it! 80 pages left.
• The Pale Blue Eye - I just started this one but would like to finish it soon so I can watch the Netflix movie. :)
• Monster Match - Just started it but so far it's cute.

What might be up next

How was your week? What did you get?

Review of High-Stakes Blizzard

 

Pursued through a snowstorm…

Will they live to find the truth?

Rain Jordan doesn’t know what really happened during her troubled brother’s final days. But someone is hunting her and her dog, Maple, through a ferocious mountain blizzard. Rain’s only hope is her firefighter ex, David Hernandez, who’s determined to protect his heart this time. Together, they must battle killer conditions and lethal surprises…even if survival threatens to separate them for good.

That little bit of a blurb pretty much sums up this book. It sounds a lot more interesting that it actually was at least for me.

This is a second chance romance and pretty much the whole thing happens out in the freezing snow. Rain's brother is dead and she went to the cliff he died on to sort of have a memorial where she is confronted by a stranger on a snowmobile and a gun. He says that her brother had something that belongs to him and he wants it, she has no clue what the man is talking about.

Quick thinking gets her away from the man but it also lands her at the bottom of a large snow bank and a hurt ankle, so she has no other choice but to call David her ex who lives in the area. He didn't expect to get a call from her but David goes anyway. This puts him in a lot of trouble as there is a guy with a gun trying to find them. 

So basically they are trying to figure out what her brother was into and keep away for a bad guy in the freezing cold snow while they are on skis and the other guy has a snowmobile. And that is pretty much the whole of this story. We are in the snow, the freezing cold snow, though they rarely mention being cold. I don't care if they have great snow gear on I know I would be cold!

It also gives them a chance to think about their past relationship, the one that Rain desolved because of her fear of him getting hurt. 

To me this was kind of the most boring action packed book ever as we are in the woods the whole time.  Could be just me as I don't really care for books that just take place in one place especially a cold place and the two people don't really seem to be cold during the whole thing. There was a few mentions towards the end of the book but I am sure a couple hours in the blizzard conditions I would be frozen and complaining even if in my head.

2.5 stars

Two Bloggers One Series ~ A Sinister Revenge

Barb and I have been reviewing the Veronica Speedwell series together for a long time and normally it's a great experience but not with the last couple. After checking out what I have to say, go check out Barb's review at Booker T's Farm.

Veronica must find and stop a devious killer when a group of old friends is targeted for death in this new adventure from the New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award–nominated author Deanna Raybourn.
Veronica’s natural-historian beau, Stoker, has been away in Bavaria for months and their relationship is at an impasse. But when Veronica shows up before him with his brother, Tiberius, Lord Templeton-Vane, he is lured back home by an intriguing job offer: preparing an iguanodon for a very special dinner party.

Tiberius has received a cryptic message—along with the obituaries of two recently deceased members of his old group of friends, the Seven Sinners—that he too should get his affairs in order. Realizing he is in grave danger but not knowing why, he plans a reunion party for the remaining Sinners at his family estate to lure the killer out while Veronica and Stoker investigate.

As the guests arrive and settle in, the evening’s events turn deadly. More clues come to light, leading Veronica, Stoker, and Tiberius to uncover a shared past among the Sinners that has led to the fatal present. But the truth might be far more sinister than what they were prepared for.

What I thought

Since the very first Veronica Speedwell book I have loved this series, then the author did something with the characters in last years book that I just wasn't a fan of and well the mystery just wasn't really that interesting. It was the first time the series didn't land on my favorite books and so I was hoping that this one would be better and although at the end one of my gripes does get fixed I just didn't care for Veronica in this story. 

So because of things that happened in the last book Stoker is off wondering somewhere and Veronica is off traveling around doing her butterfly thing but then is also traveling with Tiberius Stoker's brother. He then tells her that they need to find Stoker because Tiberius thinks someone is out to kill him becuase two of his school friends are dead and if anyone is going to help him figure it out it will be Veronica and Stoker.

Tiberius has a plan to get the killer to out him or herself by having a get together at him home and invite those who are a part of the seven sinners which was something Tiberius was a part of but while everyone is there someone dies and now they have to  figure out what happend there and if it has anything to do with the previous murders or not.

Okay so for me Veronica's attitude in this book is to much modern feminist in a historical setting, I don't mind her being an independent woman, and neither does Stoker or he wouldn't go off with her solving these crimes all the time. They are on the outs with each other and she thinks that he should be the one to make things right. She thinks she can just flaunt her feminine wiles and he would fall at her feet (that part cracked me up when he pushes her away and laughed at her). Stoker has been shot, stabbed, striped naked and nearly drowned for that woman, so she can do a little something to show she wants to be with him besides trying to use sex!  Also Veronica goes off willy nilly trying to be the one who catches the killer on her own to prove a point and I rolled my eyes.  

And just add in that I didn't find the mystery part all that interesting because there wasn't much mystery happening till about 60% when someone finally dies.

Now will I pick up the next book yes, but I no longer am going to go into it thinking I will love it. I just feel like it lost it's funness after book six. This is totally my opinion as a lot of others have really enjoyed this one, just not me. 

3.5 stars, rounded to 4 on Goodreads.

Week in Review #26

 

The Week in Review is where I combine Stacking the Shelves, The Sunday Post and It's Monday! What are you reading?  If you have never joined in on these meme's you can check them out by clicking on the meme and it will take you to the host blog.

Not much happened this week, I live  pretty boring life...lol. It rained got cold and I am so ready for actual spring weather but a bit less rain!

Have a great week and happy reading!

Books I have added

 Nothing!

Books read last week

 

• A Sinister Revenge - It saddens me that a favorite series has fallen, I wasn't a huge fan of the book before this and I didn't care much for this one either. I was very unhappy with Veronica's attitude throughout most of it and there was not enough Stoker.
• Murder on Morningside Heights - Thankfully this favorite series hasn't let me down yet! Another enjoyable one in the Gaslight Series. This was #19 of 26 so I am gaining!
• Daybreak on Raven Island - This was a decent Middle Grade mystery but I liked her other book Midnight at the Barclay Hotel more.
• Body Under the Piano - If your an Agatha Christie fan you need to try this middle grade series that has her as a kid, she has a friend called Hector Perot and it was so fun! I recommend the audiobook!
• Tide and Punishment - Third book in the Seaside Cafe series and it was another good one!

DNFED

• I got to 20% and was so bored and there was 15 people waiting on this audiobook so I just let them have it. :)

Currently reading

• High-Stakes Blizzard - I had put this one on hold to finish A Sinister Revenge as I was buddy reading it. So still only around 56% into it.
• The Gamble - This is enjoyable, and need to work on it more. On page 177 of 423.
• A Great Deliverance - First book in the Inspector Lynley series. On page 238 of 308.
• The Black Echo - Haven't worked on this one so still about the same spot on it but I have liked what I have read.
• Wined and Died in New Orleans - Just starting this one so only around 11% and enjoying it so far.

What might be up next

 I have several books on Libby I need to try and get too so no telling what will pop up next. :)

How was your week? What did you get?

Week in Review #25

The Week in Review is where I combine Stacking the Shelves, The Sunday Post and It's Monday! What are you reading?  If you have never joined in on these meme's you can check them out by clicking on the meme and it will take you to the host blog.

This week wasn't much different than last week so don't have a lot to say. I will say I am tired of rain but glad it's not snow but it's like every couple days we have rain then a day off then more rain for a couple days then one off and I am just so done with rain.

Have a great week and happy reading!

What you might have missed on my blog

Review of Rules For Vanishing

Books I have added

• The New Mother - Isolated. Lonely. Tired. It's hard being The New Mother. Sometimes it's murder. That was all I needed to know to click on this one, hope it's good...lol.
• Method of Malice - Welcome back to Hope Street Church, where friendships are formed, fresh starts are encouraged, and mysteries are solved . . . So I thought this series was over, then there was one that came out in 2020 and then nothing but with that little tagline I wonder if the author is bringing it back! I always enjoyed this series so that would be cool.
• What the River Buries - Teen girl sees someone getting rid of a body and takes a picture of the tatoo on the persons neck, then her sketchbook turns up at her house with a note telling her going to the police could be a "grave error"! Sounds pretty cool to me! Also that cover is pretty!
• An American in Scotland - Sea Isle was supposed to be the fresh start Dr. Emilia McRoy dreamed of, away from the busy ERs of the big city in America. Instead some stumbles upon a dead body and sluething ensures! First in a new series! Hope this is a good one!

Gifted

One of the lovely ladies who views my videos on Youtube and hangs out on my live shows that I do with friends knew I liked this author and she was coming to a bookstore near her so she got me a signed copy and took a pic with the author so I could have it. So sweet of her!

Books read last week

• Wait For Me - This will be good for those who like books involving past lives, that is not really my thing as I don't believe in that stuff but the mystery part was good so it gets 3 stars.
• Nothing Ever Happens to Ethan Fairmont - This one was okay but would have liked more about the alien and less social commentary. 3 stars.
• No Strangers Here - First in the County Kerry series and I enjoyed it. I was worried as I am not a huge fan of her Irish Village series but I am happy to say no annoying MC in this one. :) 4 stars.
• Dance Hall of the Dead - Second book in the Leaphorn and Chee series and it was okay. It's from the 70s so not as action packed for a crime novel like I am use to but not bad. 3 stars.
• The Midnight Children - Contemporary with a bit of magical realism and was okay. 3.5 stars

Currently reading

 

• High-Stakes Blizzard - I am still enjoying this one. I am 44% into it.
• A Sinister Revenge - The latest book in the Veronica Speedwell series and I am about 17% into it and I am just not sure what I think, I want to like it but right now I am not. :(
• The Gamble - I wanted to get to this one last month so squeezing it in among all the mysteries...lol. So far I am really liking it I am 24% into the audiobook.
• The Black Echo - The first Harry Bosch book and I am enjoying it but I hate that it's split into parts and no chapters. Each part is like 60 pages or so and I would like some shorter chapters!
• A Great Deliverance - Just starting this one so no opinion.
• The Writing Retreat - Also just starting this one.

What might be up next

 Not sure! :)

How was your week? What did you get?

Review of Rules For Vanishing

In the faux-documentary style of The Blair Witch Project comes the campfire story of a missing girl, a vengeful ghost, and the girl who is determined to find her sister—at all costs.

Once a year, the path appears in the forest and Lucy Gallows beckons. Who is brave enough to find her—and who won't make it out of the woods?

It's been exactly one year since Sara's sister, Becca, disappeared, and high school life has far from settled back to normal. With her sister gone, Sara doesn't know whether her former friends no longer like her... or are scared of her, and the days of eating alone at lunch have started to blend together. When a mysterious text message invites Sara and her estranged friends to "play the game" and find local ghost legend Lucy Gallows, Sara is sure this is the only way to find Becca—before she's lost forever. And even though she's hardly spoken with them for a year, Sara finds herself deep in the darkness of the forest, her friends—and their cameras—following her down the path. Together, they will have to draw on all of their strengths to survive. The road is rarely forgiving, and no one will be the same on the other side.

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 I had been curious about this book and then a horror book club I am in picked this one to read last month and so I decided to give it a try. I listened to the audiobook of this one and though that was not what confused me I can see how it might confuse others as some where saying they had to get the ebook as they were confused. 

It has multi-povs and told in mixed media so basically some of the story is being told to the reader using the accounts of those involved from interviews and then the reader actually reading the story as it is happening.

So there is a legend about a girl named Lucy Gallow who disappeared in the woods one day. It has been passed down throughout the years and said that people have gone missing on the ROAD looking for Lucy. Sara's sister Becky was really into the story and doing research and then one day she disappears. Sara knows it has to do with Becky being in the woods and the story of Lucy and then her and her estranged friends get a text about meeting in the woods. Everyone wants to find answers so they all show up.

The Road in the woods has rules though, you must go in pairs, stay on the road or bad things can happen. It's hard to talk about this story without giving away things that could be spoilery. It's a ghost story, an obession story, a very confusing story. It could be one thing, but then maybe not. It's a story that you just have to follow to see what happens. It's about the love of sisters and what you would do to save the ones you love. 

I thought it was a very fast paced read even if it was confusing at times trying to figure out what exactly was going on at times. I didn't find myself attached to any of the characters which was good because then it didn't bother me when something happened to one but then I also didn't really care as much about who survives to root for them. Then the ending happened and I feel like the story went in a different way and I wasn't really keen on that way.

I think this is one that people will like more than I did and I also think some will not like it at all, so it's hard to really recommend. I think you just have to try it if you like it. :)

Week in Review #24

The Week in Review is where I combine Stacking the Shelves, The Sunday Post and It's Monday! What are you reading?  If you have never joined in on these meme's you can check them out by clicking on the meme and it will take you to the host blog.

Hope everyone is okay as I know there have been some nasty storms where rain, tornados or snow! We had a bit of rain but not like some and the weather has been pretty decent here.

Since it's March it's like full on Mysteries of all sort for March Mystery Madness! Like I don't read mostly mysteries anyway...lol. Also still watching Columbo and that has been pretty much the only thing I am currently watching, almost done with all the seasons. :)

Have a great day and happy reading!

What you might have missed on my blog

Review of Triptych

Review of Sapphire Flames

February Wrap Up

Books I have added

 Netgalley

• Have You Seen Her - It's a Thriller and set in Yosemite National Park, that is about all I know. :)

Books read last week

• The Other Family - Thriller, not very good.
• An Ambush of Widows - Thriller, just okay.
• Hide and Geek - Middle Grade mystery and a lot of fun!

Currently reading

• High Stakes Blizzard - I am enjoying this inspirational suspense novel. I am 26% into it.
• No Strangers Here - Just started this one yesterday and glad I havet he audiobook to follow along with the ebook as I am liking it but all the Irish Names do not look like how they are actually pronounced. :) 15% into it.
• Nothing Interesting Happens to Ethan Fairmont - Print book and I am liking it okay so far but not far into it on page 39.
• Wait For Me - This one is a bit strange as the MC is having visions and hearing voices, suppose to be maybe a past life thing..it's a mystery too so just not sure about it yet but 35% Into it.

What might be up next

How was your week? What did you get?

Two Bloggers One Series ~ Sapphire Flames

We are back with the next book in the Hidden Legacy series a Urban Fantasy. Once you see what I thought go check out Barb's review on Booker T's Farm.

In a world where magic is the key to power and wealth, Catalina Baylor is a Prime, the highest
rank of magic user, and the Head of her House. Catalina has always been afraid to use her unique powers, but when her friend’s mother and sister are murdered, Catalina risks her reputation and safety to unravel the mystery.

But behind the scenes powerful forces are at work, and one of them is Alessandro Sagredo, the Italian Prime who was once Catalina’s teenage crush. Dangerous and unpredictable, Alessandro’s true motives are unclear, but he’s drawn to Catalina like a moth to a flame.

To help her friend, Catalina must test the limits of her extraordinary powers, but doing so may cost her both her House–and her heart.

My Thoughts:

I really like  Ilona Andrews writing the duo have a style that works and if you like it then you like it. They have a way of writing broody alpha males and women who are just tough enough to deal with them. 

This series is a bit different in the format as the first three book in the series was about Nevada and Rogan, the next three are about Catalina and Alessandro. 

So it's been three years since the things went down with Nevada and Rogan in the third book and they are now out of the picture at least in this first book. They are living their happily ever after so to speak away from family.  Catalina is the Prime of the house which means she is in charge and also running their detective agency. Primes are the most powerful magic users in the Houses which isn't always the best thing because now all the things that Nevada use to do is on her shoulders.

A person she knows and sort of considers a friend is having problems. Her mother and sister were killed and her brother is about to kill himself and she is called in by another House Prime because of her ablities as a siren to rescue the young man. After this she gets involved him helping them even though she is told repeatedly to leave alone by Alessandro a Prime from an Italian family and someone who is usually used mostly for assassinations. 

They first met a few years ago when she was being tested for being a Prime and she has been crushing on him ever since that happened and it seems he has been keeping tabs on her as well. Things are never real simple when it comes to the magic world and things get pretty heated and dangerous.

We find out some things that change a few things for how they are running the investigation and it gets even more dangerous and Catalina and Alessandro butt heads a lot.

I really enjoyed this as these books are like candy, they are just a lot of fun to read and you just want to keep reading them. They never take me long to finish one when I start them. I like Catalina and I think Alessandro will grow on me but right now I am not real sure about him. I love Catalina's family though they are a riot! Especially her grandmother! 

Highly recommend!

4.5 stars!

February Wrap Up!

So I haven't done an actual wrap up of the books I have read in a while and thought I would go ahead and do one! So in February I read/listened to 19 books.

Out of the 19 books 12 were audiobooks, 2 ebooks and 5 physical  books. 

I hosted the Retro Romance Readathon on my youtube channel with a couple of awesome co-host. This was my second type hosting this and I just love reading my retros but I don't read print very fast so only got 7 done and had a little help via either audiobook or Alexa on my phone read an ebook. :) 

Besides my romances I would say Mystery/thriller was probably the next most read genre. Here are the books I read!

• Don't Open the Door - Sequel to The Sorority Murders and we get to find out what happened to  Regan's kid and killed him and why. We learned about him in book one, it wasn't really a huge part of that just something so didn't even know there was going to be a sequel to the thriller. 4 stars.
• One of the Girls - Another thriller I tried and thought was pretty boring and seemed more like women's fiction with a side of thriller at the end. 2 stars.
• Death Threads - Second book in the Southern Sewing Circle and it wasn't bad. I am not a huge fan of the MC yet or some of the side characters but I think they are growing on me a bit. Love that it has sewing patterns in the back of the book and not FOOD! 3.5 stars.
• The Quiche of Death - First book in the Agatha Raisin series where you will either like or hate the Agatha as she is ver brusque in her manner and you get second hand embarresment from things she does but she has no problem doing them. I thought it was fun. 4 stars.
• The Game is a Footnote - The latest book in the Sherlock Holmes Bookshop series and one of my favorite series! 4 stars.

• The Pirate Lord - First book in the Lord Trilogy, I enjoyed this fun pirate romance. 4 stars.
• The Forbidden Lord - The second book in the Lord Trilogy and it was just as fun. I love Sabrina Jefferies books! 4 stars.
• Romancing Mister Bridgerton - It's hard to believe that I can count a book from the early 2000s as retro, but retro is 20 years and this came out in 2002! I really enjoy this series and this one was a lot of fun. 4 stars.
• An Immodest Proposal - This was a strange sort of marriage of convenience story and was just sort of okay. 3.5 stars.
• The Ladies of Missalonghi - Not a huge fan of this one, wasn't a romance in my opinion. 2 stars.
• Captive Stars - Second book in the Stars of Mithra series and a bit cheesy and instaluvy but was okay. 3 stars. 

• Masque of Enchantment - I enjoyed this marriage of convenience book though the hero angered me at times with his jealousy. 4 stars.
• Murder on St. Nicholas Avenue - Love the Gaslight series! This was #18 of 26 so I am getting closer to catching up! 5 stars.
• Triptych - First in the Will Trent series and I do hope it gets better and the characters get more likable! 3 stars.
• Sapphire Flames - The fourth book in the Hidden Legacy series but the first book of the three books for Catalina and it was fun. 4 stars.
• Death by the Dozen - The third book in the Cupcake bakery series and so far this series is just okay. 3 stars.

• Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Rides Again - This was okay but just not like the original. 3 stars.
• Aven Green Sluething Machine - It was cute. 3 stars.
• Aven Green Baking Machine - It was cute and better than book one. 3 stars.
• Aven Green Music Machine - Was my favorite of the three. 3 stars.

So there you have it all the books I read in February! Overall it was a pretty decent reading month!