Elle

Whilst reading A Hunger Like No Other I was intrigued by the Valkyrie's and so it was interesting to get a glimpse about their origins in the beginning.

Myst was great, I loved how witty and smart she was. I'm a bit iffy on Wroth, he could be a bit of an asshole and his obsession with Myst's past lovers was incredibly annoying to read about, who cares how many she's had in the past, she's hundreds of years old! But I liked how he proved himself in the end.

Once again I felt as if something was lacking, but I'm holding out hoping that each book in the series will get progressively better.

In my opinion Taken To Voraxia didn't contain much romance, the moments between Raku and Miari weren't very long and neither were they very convincing of their love. There was a lot of action that I found really engrossing, Stephens does really well when it comes to world building.

Miari was really smart and I loved reading about the things she invented out of scrap parts. I especially liked her character a lot. I wasn't as keen on Raku, I found him just fine but that's about it, I feel as if he didn't really have any personality outside of Miari and their mate bond which is a shame.

Overall it was exciting and filled with fast paced action packed moments, but the romance between the two MC's left much to be desired.

This book single-handedly pulled me out of a massive book slump. I absolutely DEVOURED it and couldn't put it down. Even though I don't typically read historical romances, I'm so glad I decided to take a chance on this one. Aydra writes beautifully and sucked me into her book purely with her words alone. The story was easy to follow and I loved the way she made her characters come alive.

The side characters were great and weren't thrown to the side when it came to the romance and I absolutely adored Elenora and Jillian's friendship and the way Nora encouraged and looked after Jilly.

Jillian was a shining star. She was witty, smart, strong, and compassionate. I admired the way she was the at times the pinnacle of gossip and still stood strong and appeared indifferent to others and stood up for herself when needed to. And I loved the way she tried to discourage James' advances by trying to offend him. It left me genuinely amused,

“I take milk and sugar,” the duke said, the corners of his mouth fighting against a grin. “Do you?” Jilly inquired sweetly. “How lovely.” She shoved the unadulterated tea across the low table toward him.”

“Jillian collected the last of the tea cakes, leaving only a bare plate. “Jillian,” Aunt Marcheline scolded. “You've left none for our guest.”“I didn't invite him,” Jilly said,”

But of course instead of taking offense, the duke loved it and thus begins James' infatuation with her, because she's not like the other “insipid women of the ton”eyeroll

Despite James' misogynistic views at times, (Hey, what's a historical romance without a sprinkle of misogyny?), and his loathing of “vacuous, empty headed London misses” , I found myself loving him, it was likely his only flaw, y'know besides the whole enacting revenge on an innocent woman thing. The way he started to fall for Jillian to a point it started to interfere with his revenge scheme and made his chest tight and his stomach heavy with guilt, it was both heart wrenching and delicious. During their sweet moments together while Jilly was finally opening up to him and allowing herself happiness again, James would get the twinges of guilt and regret and my angst loving self would grin in glee.

And when it came time for the big reveal I was not disappointed. I enjoyed the way Jilly held onto her strength and completely iced The Duke out, (there's nothing I love more then when the wronged heroine shuts down), and set boundaries in which James respected and upheld. I loved the way he showed that he cared for her and found a way to prove to her that he was sorry and he truly did love her whilst still respecting her wishes. Although his grovel wasn't strong, it was realistic and I was glad when things ended up well for them.

Aydra is an underrated gem and I can't wait to delve into her other stories and enjoy them as well.

It's true when they say don't judge a book by its cover. When I was suggested Bound to the Battle God, I was very skeptical and I debated on whether or not I would enjoy it but I'm glad I took a chance because I genuinely can't remember the last time I had this much fun reading a book.

Faith's sense of humour was amazing, it was natural and not at all cringey, she left me genuinely amused by her antics, I believe she was a very solid character and I loved her. Aron was amazing also, he was arrogance personified and you could definitely tell but he also, like faith, had a wicked sense of humour that amused me. Faith and Aron's care for each other was sweet and the chemistry between them was cackling.

The universe that Ruby created in this story was amazing, I was throughly entertained by both the action and the romance. I loved the entire concept, it was something I've never seen before and I think Ruby executed it very well. I plan to delve into this series and read about the other gods stories.

I loved the way that Octavia found her back bone after recognising that she had become a doormat, that's very rare in these books. I also surprisingly loved Sandro, there were times where he did something that frustrated me but they were minuscule things that could be easily overlooked, he was overall very good to Octavia and I loved the romance between them.