The Introvert's Book Club

Purchase 🖉 Rating: 4/5 🖉 Spice: 0/5 🖉 Primary Genre: Fantasy Romance 🖉 Plot: 5/5 🖉 Blurb: After an epically shitty day, Jewell Jamieson unknowingly eats a magic-spiked meal and happens also to make a certain wish-and that's why she awakes the next morning to discover her beloved dog Oberon has been transformed into a beautiful naked man in her bed. Conflict ensues when Titania, the impulsive Queen of the Faeries, decides she wants Oberon for herself. Is Oberon simply a man who used to be a dog, or is he somehow something more? When Jewell discovers the answer, she will be faced with a devastating choice. Will she choose to save the man she's grown to love by giving him up, or will she honor his wishes and watch him die? 🖉 My Thoughts:  This is an incredible well written indie novel. It might be more like “fantasy light” or “magical realism with fairies” in regard to the genre. The plot relies heavily on A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Shakespeare but you’ll hear no compl...

The Wicked Years #0 🖉 Release date 03/25/2025 🖉 Rating: 3/5 🖉I’m abandoning my review format for this particular review. And now for thoughts on Elphie. Oh, little asparagus. I was so excited for this book. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not that it was bad per se. It’s just that nothing really happened. It seems that the book serves to tell the story of Elphie’s first memory to Elphie arriving at Shiz and saying goodbye to her father. White it adds depth to the characters of Elphie’s parents and siblings, and Elphie herself a bit I suppose, I’m just not sure it’s necessary. It does disclose who Nessa’s biological father is (which was probably the most exciting part of the book for me). The stories seem anecdotal at their best and uneventful/boring at their worst. That being said, I never got past the first book in the series. I read Wicked in 2006 or 2007 and picked up Son of a Witch, excited to continue to the series and I couldn’t get past more than a couple of chapters. I never f...

Purchase Fated Fairytales #1 Rating: 4/5 Spice: 2 Plot: 4.5/5 Primary Genre: Romantasy Trigger Warnings: Violence, gore Favorite Quote: “Touched by the Fates?” Aamon scoffed. “She’s a drunk. She’s touched by whiskey, not prophecy. You know as well as I do that there’s no magic beyond these walls.” Blurb: In a world ruled by immortals, her only hope may lie in the heart of their darkest prince.When my sister Belle goes missing, I venture deep into the cursed woods to find her. Ruthless vampires rule over our kingdom, and I’m terrified she’s been murdered like so many others. As I’m searching, I’m caught by the worst immortal of them Prince Cassius, dark Lord of the Bloodvale. I barely escape with my life, and the memory of his cruel beauty haunts me. So does the thought that Belle might be in his castle. When I join the mortal resistance, I get the chance to infiltrate his stronghold. I’ll find Belle and fight the vampires from within. It’s not easy. I’m worked to the bone by a pai...