A Gathering of Dragons, Book #1
Heat Factor: ✋🩸🍆
Character Chemistry: Maddek wants to hate Yvenne, but he can’t
Plot: Epic fantasy revenge marriage of convenience road trip
Overall: Holy shit
Review: A Heart of Blood and Ashes by Milla Vane (2020)
Tag: Marriage of Convenience
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Review: Marrying the Billionaire by Allie Winters (2021)
The Bishop Brothers, Book #2
Review of The Bishop Brothers, Book #1
Heat Factor: Considering how much they’re into each other, it’s a pretty slow burn (but with some intermediate stuff going on)
Character Chemistry: I was a little worried because Serena started out determined to show Archer how much she’s worth marrying, but they sorted themselves out
Plot: Serena was supposed to marry Archer’s brother in book one but ended up jilted at the altar, so Archer stepped in to save the day and the business deal
Overall: This book was very chill (except I wanted to rage at Archer’s dad), but also very awesome
Review: The Wall of Winnipeg and Me by Mariana Zapata (2016)
Heat Factor: Pretty standard Zapata slow burn
Character Chemistry: It kinda wasn’t there and then all of a sudden it was?
Plot: Let’s have a marriage of convenience because of reasons
Overall: I liked it but I kinda don’t know why
Review: Stolen to Wear His Crown by Marcella Bell (2020)
The Queen’s Guard, Book 1
Heat Factor: 🍆🍆 ← that’s two sexy rumpuses
Character Chemistry: It gets better
Plot: She gets forcibly married to the king and then makes the best of it. It’s good to be queen!
Overall: The opening is extremely YIKES but the second half is excellent
Review: Chasing Cassandra by Lisa Kleypas (2020)
The Ravenels, Book #6
Reviews of the rest of the Ravenel series: Book 1, Book 2, Book 3, Book 4, Book 5
Heat Factor: This is the most chill sex I think I’ve ever read
Character Chemistry: Heart eyes.
Plot: Antihero catches feelings for angel woman
Overall: I don’t think I’ve ever read a Kleypas with less drama, but it was extremely satisfying
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