12 Days of Christmas Book Tag {day 12}

 

On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me: twelve drummers drumming.

Drum roll please...

What was your favorite book of the year?

Obsession by K Loraine and Meg Anne

Although really it is that entire quartet. Sunday's story, and her harem of men, just drew me in and had me obsessed from the beginning. I don't read a lot of paranormal romance, but this was one that I could not put down. Kim and Meg have a way with words, character development, and the creation of worlds that just appeals to me.

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12 Days of Christmas Book Tag {day 11}

 

On the eleventh day of Christmas, my true love sent to me: eleven pipers piping.

Where would we be without music?

What is your favorite book that deals with music?

I have to mention two books as they go together. (It's technically a duet within a series.)

Introducing Maddox Masters!

Maddox is a member of the group Sons of Sin. We have heard the stories of the other group members throughout the previous four books. Shed My Skin and Breathe Again tell the story of Maddox, how he finds his happily ever after, and how he ultimately beings to heal. It is a beautiful duet that is filled with emotional moments, difficult conversations, addiction, mental health, and love.

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12 Days of Christmas Book Tag {day 10}

 

On the tenth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me: ten lords a leaping.

Leaping Lords?

How about who is your favorite leading lad?

There were so many amazing leads that I met in 2022! I'll give you my top 5, with absolutely no explanation.

Asher

Maxim

Axel
Beau

Diesel

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12 Days of Christmas Book Tag {day 9}

 

On the ninth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me: nine ladies dancing.

Dancing is just one skill of a lady!

Who is your favorite kick-ass female lead?

Kora from Sterling Falls. That story just pulled me in, and had me eagerly anticipating what would happen next.

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12 Days of Christmas Book Tag {day 8}

 

On the eighth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me: eight maids a milking.

Milk is so 18th century.

Which book, or series, takes beverages/food to a whole new level?

I didn't read any this year. Hopefully 2023 will bring on some good reads.

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12 Days of Christmas Book Tag {day 7}

 

On the seventh day of Christmas, my true love sent to me: seven swans a swimming.

Who needs seven swans when all it takes is ONE good animal sidekick to make a hero rock!

Who is your favorite animal sidekick?

I don't recall a lot of animals in the books I read. But I will say the horse (scene) in Vegas Aces: The Tight End was quite memorable.

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12 Days of Christmas Book Tag {day 6}

 

On the sixth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me: six geese a laying.

Creation is a beautiful thing.

What is your favorite world/world-building?

Oh my word! There are two that stand out.

First is Ravenscroft University. It is a world that Meg Anne and Kim Loraine have created. It is where paranormals live, and I am just fascinated. I was introduced to this world in The Mate Games, and I am hooked.

The other world that I can fascinated by is Sterling Falls. This small corrupt town has different sides fighting for control, and there is everything that is happening between Kora, Jace, Apollo, and Wolfe. I absolutely loved this story that Sara Massery created, and I cannot wait to return for another story.

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12 Days of Christmas Book Tag {day 5}

 

On the fifth day of Christmas my true love sent to me: five golden rings.

One ring to rule them all!

Who is your favorite villain/antagonist?

Oh this is an easy one!

Have you met Savannah from the Vegas Aces: The Wide Receiver series?

She also caused trouble in the season one of the Vegas Aces, but not nearly as much as the other antagonist. (iykyk)

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12 Days of Christmas Book Tag {day 4}

 

On the fourth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me: four calling birds.

Since series typically consist of 4 or more books,

What is your favorite series?

I'm struggling with this one. There were multiple series that I was obsessed with, so how do I narrow it down? Sigh.

I'm choosing two.

The Mate Games

by K. Loraine & Meg Anne

From Book 1:

I rejected my fated mate and didn’t regret it for a second. Until now.

Shipped off to Ravenscroft University, a graduate school for the supernatural elite, I have a lot to live up to. As the heir to America’s most powerful pack, my life up to now has been spent in a gilded cage. But not for the reason you might think.

I was locked away, not to be protected, but because I was born broken. A disappointment to them all. A wolf who couldn’t shift.

This is supposed to be my fresh start, but my past won’t leave me alone. Not when he’s here. The arrogant wolf shifter who ruined my life after I turned him down seven years ago. Now, I’m a pariah, followed by the rumors my rejected mate has spread, hated by my classmates, isolated again.

From everyone but them.

A vampire prince.

A forbidden priest.

A powerful demigod.

A bully wolf.

I’m playing a dangerous game, and the rules say I can’t be with them. Then again, rules are made to be broken.

And when every moment spent with them brings me closer to finding my wolf, how can I stay away?

Warning: This book is not for the faint of heart. It contains an obsessive stalker, a foul-mouthed, inked and pierced werewolf, a naughty professor with a fondness for watching, a god of mischief, and plenty of heat. If you don’t like your books spicy, your men broody, built, and more bad than good, this is not the series for you. But if you do...read on, and welcome to The Mate Games.

Sterling Falls

by S Massery
(also, I am obsessed with these alternate covers that S Massery has released! I WANT THEM!)

Photo via the author's Facebook page

From Book 1:

How many bad choices can a girl make? Because they keep stacking up…

New to Sterling Falls, I witness the three owners of a lavish, masquerade fight club kill someone–and then they catch me.

When I refuse to leave town as they demand, I find myself on the receiving end of their ruthlessness. I have no choice but to turn to a greater evil for a loan just to survive.

Except I keep catching the attention of the club owners. And with their attention comes unwanted feelings: Attraction. Desire. Loathing.

Jace is cold and cruel, and he makes me fall at his feet when I’m at my lowest. But he intrigues me as much as he terrifies me.

Wolfe sees through my mask. Son of a biker gang leader, and a monster in his own right, I can’t help but feel oddly protected when I’m around him.

Sweet and charming Apollo… behind closed doors, he’s wicked. Addictive.

But the secrets surrounding them are dangerous. When I accidentally unravel them, it puts all of us in jeopardy.

Sterling Falls is a full-length, mature college/new adult romance with dark themes. This is a reverse harem, #whychoose novel, meaning the main character has more than one love interest. These books must be read in order.

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12 Days of Christmas Book Tag {day 3}

 

On the third day of Christmas, my true love sent to me: three french hens.

In the spirit of threes:

What is the best trilogy you read?

Rush Hockey
by Elise Faber

The first three books in this series focus on the relationship between Axel and Bailey. There is going to be another book under this series umbrella, but it is about separate characters.

Blurb:

I played hard and lived even harder.

At least until the mayor of River’s Bend got it in her head that the hockey players carousing through her small town in Nowhere, California were unwelcome.

I couldn’t care less.

My priorities were pucks, puck bunnies, and pucking my way to the top.

Only…I underestimated the mayor and her intentions to clean up the town, the Rush, and end my streak through the town’s female population.

I underestimated that her matchmaking abilities might be on point.

I underestimated that her niece might be…

The woman who would lay claim to my heart.

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12 Days of Christmas Book Tag {day 2}

 

On the second day of Christmas, my true love sent to me: two turtle doves

Love is in the air!

Who is your one true pairing?

Ben and Kaylee from Vegas Aces: The Tight End

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12 Days of Christmas Book Tag {day 1}

 

On the first day of Christmas, my true love sent to me: a partridge in a pear tree.

The partridge stood alone in the pear tree.

What was your favorite stand alone?

This is so difficult as I don't read a lot of stand alone books. I mean I guess the majority of the series I read could be considered stand alone books as the story doesn't carry over. Yet at the same time I consider it a series, and the books are just interconnected.

BUT...I flipped through my 2022 list of books read, and found a couple. Yes, I'm choosing them both. They are very different as one is contemporary fiction, and the other is a comic that covers the artist's real life experiences.

So my favorite stand alone books of 2022 are:

If This Gets Out
by Sophie Gonzales & Cale Dietrich

Everything is Ok
by Debbie Tung

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12 Days of Christmas {book tag}

As I was preparing for my first ever Bookmas (blogmas), I fully admit that I did a google search for seasonal book tags. That search lead me to Zezee with Books blog, and this 12 days of Christmas tag. The tag was originally posted on the Falling Down the Book Hole blog back in 2014.

Well I've decided to participate.Thankfully tags like this can be timeless, so we can over look the fact that I'm sharing a tag from 7 years ago.

Before we start, a quick note: my answers will only take into consideration the books that I've read in 2021.

Let's do this!