The Introvert's Book Club

  A few tasty morsels of news today, all of them fantastic. First, Rina Kent’s new book Kiss The Villain is out! Check it out below Buy on Amazon Second, Emily McIntire announced some book news today! I’m an influencer for her so I get early access to this info. I’m posting what I know below. NEW EMILY MCINTIRE BOOK TITLE ALERT! Welcome to Rosebrook Falls 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫-𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐩 𝐢𝐬 𝐇𝐎𝐓! What do you get when you mix a corrupt small town, two rival families, and forbidden love?  𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐓𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞: Burning Daylight 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐍𝐚𝐦𝐞: Defying the Stars Burning Daylight 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟑𝟎, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓.    Gritty Contemporary Romance Slow Burn, Yearning, and Spice  Corrupt Town with Some Morally Questionable Characters  Reimagining of a classic tragic love story  Happily Ever After Defying the Stars will be a four book series of interconnected standalones...

  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 finished it. So if you’re a...

  Release date 03/19/2025 Rating: 4/5 Spice: 5/5 Plot: 4/5 Primary Genre: Paranormal Dark Romance Trigger Warnings: Check the author’s website here Blurb: Evil used to exist only in my nightmares. Until I moved to Ever Graves. A town full of secrets, curses, and death. The darkness comes for me now in the form of three wicked deviants: Bones, Draven, and Aries. They want to corrupt my soul and leave their filthy marks on my flesh. They are all that is unholy. But their depravity isn’t my only torment. I’ve been plagued by a nightmare since I was a child. A monster who comes for my body and soul every time I close my eyes. Awake or asleep… there is no escape. Ever Dark is a dark gothic romance where the FMC ends up with multiple MMCs. This book is set in the world of Melancholia and directly tied to Wickford Hollow Duet, The Devils of Raven’s Gate Duet, and Absentia Mori. Content not suitable for everyone. Please check the author’s website for a full list of CWs. The Good: *...

 Sisters of Shadow and Light #1 Buy on Amazon Rating: 4/5 Spice: 1/5 Plot: 4/5 Primary Genre: Romantasy/Fantasy Romance Blurb: A young witch cursed with sacrificing memories to cast spells must decide how much she’s willing to lose to save her town in this thrilling tale of magic, love, and self-discovery—from the New York Times bestselling author of The Unfortunate Side Effects of Heartbreak and Magic . In the small town of Gold Springs, Calliope Petridi and her two sisters carefully guard the secret of their magic and the price they must pay to practice memories. The more powerful the magic, the greater the memory required. Luckily, all Calliope wants to do is forget. Forget the mother who left them without a trace. Forget the cracks in her relationships with her judgmental oldest sister, Thalia, and her distant middle sister, Eurydice. Forget about the very cost of her magic. And most of all, forget the way the love of her life shattered her heart two years ago. But when an anc...

  Buy on Amazon Rating: 4/5 Spice: 0/5 Plot: 4/5 Primary Genre: Thriller Blurb: How well do you really know your neighbors? Veteran serial killer Klaus Fischer is determined that his most recent murder will be his last, but like many retirements, this one isn’t sticking. No one has come close to suspecting he’s buried the victims on his quiet suburban California cul-de-sac property—but he’s feeling the urge to kill again, and this time he’s set his sights on a target dangerously close to home. Widowed Peg Jurgensen has lived on the cul-de-sac for the past fifteen years, and she’s ready to shed her doldrums and re-enter the world around her. And where better to start than with mothering the curious young teen Eliza van Damal, whose family just moved to the cul-de-sac in order to expose their daughter to a better life. Eliza, however, prefers to coerce the enigmatic hermit next door, Alex, into helping her pass math. Alex wishes the lot of them would disappear. The closer these ...