RESEÑA: ALONG A BRETON SHORE - ARLEM HAWKS

Along a breton shore | Arlem Hawks | Ficción histórica, romance | Junio 2023 | Shadow Mountain | Autoconclusivo | 368 páginas |

A soldier and a young woman, on opposite sides of the revolution, must run for their lives across a war-torn France in this gripping novel of friendship, love, and survival.

France, 1794

Maxence Étienne, a soldier for the République, believes fiercely in the revolution that is bringing liberty to France. But even though the monarchy has fallen and Maxence is part of a great cause, he is still searching for a place to belong.

Armelle Bernard is a young woman from Breton whose father was sentenced to death for hiding counterrevolutionaries. She decides to confront the priest who betrayed her father, and as the conflict escalates, she herself is ordered to be executed—an order to be carried out by Maxence.

Maxence has seen his share of violence and bloodshed, but he also carries a tragic secret and can’t bring himself to carry out his assignment. In allowing Armelle to escape, he is forced to combat a fellow soldier, who dies in the struggle.

Though Armelle and Maxence are strangers and on opposite sides of the revolution, they find themselves united as fugitives of the new republic. Now they must find a way to trust each other as they search for a path to peace, and to freedom.

RESEÑA: THE BEES AND OTHER WILD THINGS - CHASE CONNOR

The bees and other wild things | Chase Connor | Romance, lgbtiq, young adult | Octubre 2022 | Lion Fish Press | Autoconclusivo | 139 páginas |

A sequel to A SURPLUS OF LIGHT

Places can be haunted, but so can people. It’s not just the woods that are imbued with the memory of two boys and the five summers they spent there.

Two boys stand on a creek bed at the end of one chapter of life and the beginning of another. Two boys with no idea how to begin. An unlikely friendship is forged, boundaries are crossed, absolutes are tested…and life finds a way. Over the course of many seasons of two lives, two boys learn that life, and friendship, are what you make of them.

WRAP UP || ABRIL, MAYO, JUNIO

  

HOLA!! Espero que estén teniendo un bonito día. Hoy vengo con el wrap up de este segundo trimestre del año. Normalmente suelo traer mi resumen de lecturas mensual, pero durante estos últimos meses no he leído mucho, he estado inactiva en el blog y con las cosas de la Universidad he estado un poco liada con tanto, que cuando me puse a revisar goodreads me sorprendí al ver que había leído menos libros de lo que pensé. De todos modos, las pocas lecturas que tuve fueron gratificantes. 

TBR || JUNIO (Gracias a Goodreads)

Hola!! Espero estén teniendo un buen inicio de mes. Después de tanto tiempo vuelvo al blog porque ya necesitaba esta parte de mí y con las cosas que han estado pasando en mi vida tomarme un respiro, recordarme mis hobbies era importante. 

Decidí armar un TBR para junio y me gustó la idea de apoyarme en Goodreads para elegir los 5 libros que voy a leer este mes que salen de una lista que planteé con 12 libros. 

La lista con los 12 libros que llamaron mi atención para leer este mes fue la siguiente y varios de ellos han estado por meses en mi lista de "quiero leer".

RESEÑA: MY [NOT SO] SLUTTY PROFESSOR - D. K. SUTTON

My [not so] slutty professor | D. K. Sutton | Romance, lgbtiq, new adult | Mayo 2021 | Autopublicado | 1/4 | 246 páginas |

Maddie

I’m a sucker for nerds. So a biology professor who wears geeky ties and doesn’t realize how hot he is, puts every part of my body on high alert. It also means I’m failing his class. There’s only one way to get him out of my head so I can focus. Seduce him.

Turns out that boyish innocence isn’t an act, and while Dr. Reid Emerson is a genius, there are many things he’s never learned. His eagerness to catch up takes my breath away. Will he let me be the one to teach him? 

Reid

Maddie Evans reminds me of every popular guy I’ve ever known: charming, persuasive, and used to getting exactly what he wants. But there’s a part of me—a part tired of being the only inexperienced person on campus—that doesn’t care. A flash of skin during our study sessions sparks a fire I can’t put out. I want Maddie. And I want him to teach me…everything.

We strike a deal that has me questioning my sanity, my ethics, and everything I ever believed in. I can’t resist him but being together is risky. Maddie could lose his spot in grad school, and I could lose the thing that keeps me going every day. Teaching.

Is this experiment doomed to fail or together can we pass the ultimate test of love and sacrifice?

WRAP UP || MARZO

   

HOLA!! Espero que estén teniendo un bonito día. Hoy vengo con el wrap up del mes de marzo. He vuelto a la rutina, pero eso no ha impedido que mi ritmo lector se mantenga. Últimamente, estoy leyendo muchos MM romance porque simplemente son de mis favoritos y este mes fue totalmente para ese género.

RESEÑA: ALAS DE SANGRE (EMPÍREO 1) - REBECCA YARROS

Alas de sangre | Rebecca Yarros | Fantasía, romance, ficción, new adult | Septiembre, 2023 |  | 1/5 | 706 páginas |

Un dragón sin su jinete es una tragedia.

Un jinete sin su dragón está muerto.

—Artículo uno, sección uno del Código de jinetes de dragones.

Violet Sorrengail creía que a sus veinte años se uniría al Cuadrante de los Escribas para vivir una vida tranquila, estudiando sus amados libros y las historias antiguas que tanto le fascinan. Sin embargo, por órdenes de su madre, la temida comandante general, Violet debe unirse a los miles de candidatos que luchan por formar parte de la élite de los jinetes de dragones. Cuando eres más pequeña y frágil que los demás tu vida corre peligro, porque los dragones no se vinculan con humanos débiles; de hecho, los incineran. Sumado a esto, con más jinetes que dragones disponibles, buena parte de los candidatos mataría a Violet con tal de mejorar sus probabilidades de éxito; otros, como el despiadado Xaden Riorson, el líder de ala más poderoso del Cuadrante, la asesinarían simplemente por ser la hija de la comandante general. Para sobrevivir, necesitará aprovechar al máximo todo su ingenio. Día tras día, la guerra que se libra al exterior del Colegio se torna más letal, las defensas del reino se debilitan y los muertos aumentan. Por si fuera poco, Violet sospecha que los líderes de Navarre esconden un terrible secreto. Amistad, rivalidad y pasión... en el Colegio de Guerra de Basgiath todos tienen una agenda oculta y saben que una vez adentro solo hay dos graduarse o morir.

RESEÑA: UNDERCOVER - ELIOT GRAYSON

Undercover | Eliot Grayson | Romance, lgbtiq, ficción, adulto | Marzo, 2021 | Heart Eyes Press LLC | Autoconclusiva | 200 páginas |

Gabe wants Alec between the sheets…too bad Alec’s undercover already…

Rich kid. Party boy. Gabe is tired of the labels. He’s a smart guy, but ever since he got kicked out of grad school, people are only interested in his no-limit credit card and his pierced ears…and other places.

Tall, dark and scowling Alec hates Vermont, with its artisanal-freaking-everything and its irritating people. To be fair, most people irritate Alec, including the FBI director who sent him here to investigate a smuggling scheme involving yoga mats.

When one of the cutest twinks Alec’s ever seen takes an interest, Alec knows there’s an ulterior motive. No one with multi-colored hair, piercings, and an ass like that would want boring, serious Alec. The kid must be up to no good. Either way, Alec can’t blow his cover. If only he could keep his hands off of Gabe long enough to find out what he’s up to…

Can they ignore their explosive chemistry long enough to foil a smuggling ring? Or will their budding relationship sink faster than a yacht full of contraband?