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Quiet in Her Bones

By Nalini Singh

5 stars

loved this thriller set in West Auckland! It's so fun reading about a community with a dark secret just off Scenic Drive - a road I drive down regularly. I loved trying to figure out what was going on and who the killer was, and I'm a sucker for memory loss and ghost hallucinations. Read 18/12
Misfits and Mistletoe

By Brittany Kelley

5 stars

What a delight! A truly funny and heartwarming Christmas romp. Kelley has such a genuine warmth come through in her characters. They are intensely relateable and when they make you laugh you feel like you're laughing with friends. Read 18/12
Fangs for Nothing

By Steffanie Holmes

4 stars

Really enjoyed this. A light cozy paranormal with a lot of humour and a lot of heart. Steffanie Holmes has built a great series in her Nevermore bookshop series and this is a great side addition to that world. Read 17-18 December
Kiss of Snow

By Nalini Singh

5 stars

The underlying story of the series ramps up the tension in this book, and more secrets are revealed. Sienna and Hawke are one of my favourite duos. The dynamic between them, and how they navigate their different damage and hopes in the midst of escalating conflict and chaos is captivating. Read 16/12
Bonds of Justice

By Nalini SIngh

5 stars

Clearly I'm in a binge reading hyper-fixation oops. Fourth Psy-Changeling in as many days. I love the characters so much and the wider world that Nalini creates. The hints of mysteries that will be resolved further in the series, the ways some unexpected characters grow and change. It's a good world to lose yourself in. Read 15/12
Blaze of Memory

By Nalini Singh

5 stars

Nalini's crafting of conflict and tension is so skilled which meant that I genuinely didn't know how the Happy Ever After was going to happen - kept the danger ramping up right until the end. Read 15/12
Caressed by Ice

By Nalini Singh

5 stars

I love this book. The growth and shared journey of the main characters is so relateable even when set in this paranormal shifter and psy landscape. Superb. Read 14/12
Visions of Heat

By Nalini Singh

5 stars

Ended up super busy and dropped off the reading challenge so decided on a re-read of one of my faves to get me back in the zone. Nalini's worldbuilding is superb. The underlying threat coming from the world of the Psy is threaded in so well into the romantic conflict. Her themes of found family resonate strongly in this one. Read 13-14 Dec
The Absolute Book

By Elizabeth Knox

0 stars

Started 7 December. I am enjoying the start of this but been so busy I let it fall behind. Started back into it 19/12 and enjoying it a lot more.
The Shadow Weaver

By Ivy Cliffwater

4 stars

3.5 stars rounded to 4. A fun, easy read. The plot and characterisation picked up in the last third of the book and even at the more plodding parts I definitely wanted to keep reading. Will read the second book when it comes out. Read 7 December
The Burning Library

By Gilly Macmillan

0 stars

not super hooked by this so far. I'm curious to know what happens, but the characterisation and some plot devices are not engaging me. Leaving it to one side for now and might come back to it later. (started 6 Dec)
Hiwa: Contemporary Maori Short Stories

By edited by Paula Morris

0 stars

so far have very much enjoyed 'The Bargain and the Putorino' by Shelley Burne-Field, and loved Jack Remiel Cottrell's flash fictions.
I Am Made of Death

By Kelly Andrew

5 stars

Another stunning story from Kelly Andrew. The way she uses eldritch horrors to explore themes of isolation and rejection is superb. I won't look at mirrors the same way ever again. Read 6 December
Your Blood, My Bones

By Kelly Andrew

5 stars

Kelly Andrew is a master wordsmith. She crafts haunting worlds and gruesome horrors and then makes you pause at the beauty of her prose. One of my favourite authors. Read 1-6 Dec

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