Review: A Touch of Ruin by Scarlett St. Clair

Apparently, I am weak when it comes to Hades/Persephone retellings. I want them all! This series installment should be subtitled “Persephone getting in her own damn way.”

Series: Hades X Persephone Series #2

CW: Explicit sex scenes, Mental illness, Sexual assault, References to rape, Suicide, Abduction, Attempted rape, Assault, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Emotional abuse, Anxiety. 

Scarlett St. Clair

Review: Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

I don’t know why it took me so long to finish this one. It was atmospheric and haunting, and thought-provoking. SMG created a non-Victorian gothic world that was, in turn, vivid and eerie and both beautiful and terrifying.

CW: Attempted rape, Sexual assault, Incest, Cannibalism, Drugging, Eugenics, Forced marriage, Graphic violence, Murder, Racism, Sexual harassment. The book also contains discussions about colonialism, race, and genetics.

Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Review: Hate Me by Summer O’Toole

Read “Make Me” for a book club, and some folks said book #2 was better. They were not wrong. Team Finn all the way.

Series: Fox Family Crime Syndicate

CW: Dubious consent (dub-con), Non-con, Recording sex without consent, Murder on page, Torture on page, Mentions of (off page) suicide, Grief/Loss of loved ones, Emotional and physical abuse from a parent, Panic attacks, Primal/CNC, Breath Play, Exhibitionism, Impact Play, Orgasm denial and forced orgasm, Praise, Degradation, Back-door play

Summer O’Toole

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2024 Reading Challenge

2024 Reading Challenge
Carrie has read 92 books toward her goal of 300 books.
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Current Reads

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Partners in Crime
Hunt on Dark Waters
Dare Me
The Unlovely Bride
Butcher & Blackbird
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Cold-Hearted Rake
Small Town Swoon
Claimed
Ross Poldark
Raiders of the Lost Heart
Shadowlands Omega


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