Chelsea K

This was another fun addition to the Five Kingdoms series and I enjoyed getting to know Lothar better as well as getting to know Jana and see how their relationship developed during this story. Each book in this series can be read as a standalone but it was fun getting to see Wulf and Kari from the previous book briefly and I am looking forward to reading Egon's story in the next book The Orc's Bonded Bride.

The Five Kingdoms Series
Prequel is The Orc's Hidden Bride: Thorn & Freya
The Orc's Stolen Bride: Wulf & Kari
The Orc's Promised Bride: Lothar & Jana
The Orc's Bonded Bride: An Orc Fantasy Romance: Egon & ?

I received a free advanced reader copy of this book from the author and am voluntarily leaving a review.

This was another great addition to the Alice in the Country of Hearts series. I really enjoy getting to see different sides of the various characters. This volume focuses on the relationship between Alice and Julius as well as the friendship between both Ace & Julius as well as Ace & Alice. I look forward to reading more about these characters in the future.

This story was really interesting and provided an opportunity to get to know the Clockmaker Julius Monrey a bit better as well as provide the reader an opportunity to see more of how him and Alice interact with one another.

This volume also contains a couple of chapters about the series "Crimson Empire" at the end that were pretty interesting.
Crimson Empire: Tactics
Crimson Empire: Stay Here

The Special Preview of "Kanokon" was also really cute and I definitely plan to read that series in the future.

Contains Episodes 8 - 12: This volume was a great continuation to the first volume in the series and did a good job of tying things up at the end. I enjoyed seeing the relationship between Elliot and Alice as the story continued as well as seeing how Elliot changed through his relationship with her. I feel that I am a bigger fan of Elliot's now thanks to this series and look forward to reading more about him in some of the other series about Alice and her adventures.

Contains Episodes 1 - 7: This series seems interesting and allows the reader to get to know Elliot March the March Hare better. I really enjoyed learning more about Elliot's personality in this volume and am looking forward to seeing what happens next.

This volume was another cute storyline involving Alice and Elliot's relationship and how it could develop. The story and art were both well done and the story as a whole was fun especially if you like Elliot and enjoy seeing different sides of him.

Volume Contains Episodes 1 - 4: This volume revolves around Alice and her complicated relationship with Peter White. Although Peter is not my favorite character this volume was still really fun to read and did show his sweet side as well as a fun bonus chapter (Episode 00) that showed Peter and Nightmare talking and when Peter made his decision to bring Alice to the Country of Hearts before the series began. I look forward to seeing what happens next and reading the next volume f this series.

This volume also contains a Special Preview of Alice in the Country of Hearts: Junk Box Stories which was fun to read.

This was an enjoyable Snow Queen Reimagining with excellent world building and characters. I haven't read many retellings of this fairy tale but thought this was a good story and enjoyed getting to know both Gerta and Kay. I look forward to reading more fairy tale retellings by this author in the future.

I received a free advanced reader copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

This was the first Retelling of The Nutcracker and the Mouse King and I thought it was a really enjoyable story and another fun addition to this series. I look forward to reading more fairy tale retellings by this author in the future although sadly this is the last new book in this series.

I received a free advanced reader copy of this book from the author and am voluntarily leaving a review.

I really enjoyed getting to know Evie and Aramon in this book as well as getting to know Aramon’s twin brother Solear. I have enjoyed everything by this author that I have read so far and look forward to reading Tass’s story Entangled by the Alien Mercenary when it comes out.

I received a free advanced reader copy of this book from the author and am voluntarily leaving a review.

Tower Of Thorns: A Fairy Tale Retelling Of Rapunzel 

I really enjoyed this story and getting to know Rapunzel and Gavin. This book also has several other characters that are introduced that I liked and look forward to reading more about in the future. I look forward to reading the next book in this series Spindles And Spells: A Fairy Tale Retelling Of Sleeping Beauty.

Series Character and Story Connections for Tower Of Thorns: A Fairy Tale Retelling Of Rapunzel

Briar Rose's story will be in Spindles And Spells: A Fairy Tale Retelling Of Sleeping Beauty

Ella's story will be in Pumpkins And Proms: A Fairy Tale Retelling Of Cinderella (Book 03)

Marigold's story will be in Lilies Of Loss: A Fairy Tale Retelling Of The Frog Prince (Book 04)

Helena's story will be in Feathers Of Fate : A Fairy Tale Retelling Of The Goose Girl (Book 09)

Spindles And Spells: A Fairy Tale Retelling Of Sleeping Beauty 

I really enjoyed this Retelling of Sleeping Beauty and the story for Briar Rose and Walter. This series has been really enjoyable so far with excellent world building and character development. While each story can be read as a standalone reading them together allows you to get to know some of the characters better by getting more backstory for characters whose stories are ahead as well as glimpses into how other characters whose stories have happened are doing later. I look forward to reading more of this series.

Series Character and Story Connections for Spindles And Spells: A Fairy Tale Retelling Of Sleeping Beauty

Rapunzel and Gavin's story are in Tower Of Thorns: A Fairy Tale Retelling Of Rapunzel (Book 01)

Ella's story will be in Pumpkins And Proms: A Fairy Tale Retelling Of Cinderella (Book 03)

Marigold's story will be in Lilies Of Loss: A Fairy Tale Retelling Of The Frog Prince (Book 04)

Helena's story will be in Feathers Of Fate : A Fairy Tale Retelling Of The Goose Girl (Book 09)

Arthur's story will be in a two part story between The Almost Queen: A Legend Retelling Of Guinevere and Lancelot (Book 10) and The Rightful King: A Legend Retelling Of King Arthur (Book 11)

Pumpkins And Proms: A Fairy Tale Retelling Of Cinderella

This was a fun Retelling Of Cinderella and a great addition to the Grimm Academy Series. Each story can be enjoyed on it's own but are more enjoyable when you read more of the series since some of the characters show up in multiple books.

Series Character and Story Connections for Pumpkins And Proms: A Fairy Tale Retelling Of Cinderella (Book 03)

Rapunzel and Gavin's story are in Tower Of Thorns: A Fairy Tale Retelling Of Rapunzel (Book 01)

Briar Rose's story is in Spindles And Spells: A Fairy Tale Retelling Of Sleeping Beauty (Book 02)

Marigold's story will be in Lilies Of Loss: A Fairy Tale Retelling Of The Frog Prince (Book 04)

Red's story will be in Huntsmen And Hoods: A Fairy Tale Retelling Of Red Riding Hood (Book 05)

Prince Enver will be in Lamps And Lies: A Fairy Tale Retelling Of Aladdin (Book 08) = A Gender-Flipped Aladdin

Helena and Wilhelm's story will be in Feathers Of Fate : A Fairy Tale Retelling Of The Goose Girl (Book 09)

Florian's Cousins will be in The Winter Ball (Book 18)

Frostbitten Sparks by Alina Riley
This was an interesting Christmas novella about a human woman named Zoe with a bakery and the alien named Stodax she ends up with. Stodax had a lot of issues understanding the holidays and life in his new home but Zoe helped him to begin learning how to navigate things in his new life. The epilogue at the end was a nice way to show how they were doing a year later.

I received a free ARC of Frostbitten Sparks via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

Enticed by the Alien Chef by Robin O'Connor
I loved getting to read Kara & Rex's story and thought they made a really nice couple. I also enjoyed the epilogue and plan to look into reading Jenny & Akri's story in Logic Broken in the future.

I received a free ARC of Enticed by the Alien Chef from the author and am voluntarily leaving a review.