/which format, paperback/audiobook/ebook? Look at /which format, paperback/audiobook/ebook?

Look at that, I made a reel, it's been a while and IG didn't crap up the process. That's a win.

Audiobooks and ebooks are definitely my preferred format,  but most recent, audiobooks have been winning. However, I've been going back and forth between my physical copies and audio for this stack 📚 

Just finished Love in the Time of Serial Killers by Alicia Thompson and started Luck & Last Resorts 🎧

Thank you to @berkleyromance and @prhaudio for my copies of these lovely books and audio!
*apologies, had to repost because I forgot a slide *apologies, had to repost because I forgot a slide! 

/read any books this year that wasn't something you expected?

That's another thing about mood reading, the books I've come across this year (while many were meh), quite some gems out there.

If you're  considering picking one or these up, definitely check out the content warnings. My mood rarely takes me towards a light hearted and sweet romance.

#romanceschmomance #bookstagram #romancestagram #romancelandia #booksbooksbooks #bookrecommendations
/for my dark romance readers, how do we like the c /for my dark romance readers, how do we like the captive trope?

Let me introduce you to the book that has me in a bit of hangover. NOTE: I have the wrong book with a different pen name, apologies! 

I haven’t read a ton, but picked up this one and said why not. Dark Poison is my first read by Bella Jewel and what an addicting read this turned out to be. There's definitely a lot to unpack in this and I kind of went in a little blind. In this, we have a dark romance with the captive trope. The enemies to lovers in this was fantastic and my angst loving self was eating it all up. And don't even get me started on all the suspense. Just the read I was looking for. 

Willow and Jagger are quite dynamic, I don't think he quite expected what he got when it came to her. She's a fighter through and through and never backed down. I loved her resilience. Jagger, he's definitely an anti-hero, but those glimpses of how much he actually cared for Willow was 🥰

I did not expect the ending we got and I'm absolutely broken over it, but I have a theory or two. It's such a tough situation to be in, but if it were me, I'd run and never look back.

Absolutely devoured this one in a few others and I'm so invested! September can't come soon enough!! 

**DM me for CW

Review is on the blog too!

Thank you to @valentine_pr_ for the reader’s copy!

#romanceschmomance #newrelease #darkpoison #bellajewel #darkromance #captiveromance #enemiestolovers #antihero #torturedlead #bookreview #romancebookstagram
/where has your mood reading taken you? Well that /where has your mood reading taken you?

Well that was a very unexpected read, especially with a trope (cheating) I don't normally read. If you're here because of my stories as I was making my way through this, here are my thoughts now that I've finished.

I want to start with, these opinions are mine and I'll always seek out if they're redeemable despite how the groveling may go. That's me and I know this isn't always the case for everyone. It's why I don't normally read this trope, but here we are.

Okay! I actually really enjoyed this book, loved the writing. And I'm a huge fan of the heroine especially with how she dealt with the betrayal. She's a fighter,she's feisty and she did not hold back when it came to her husband's infidelity.She what I'd imagine anyone would be if they were still hopeful on saving things. Make them work for it and don't make it easy. 

Would I personally give him a second chance? Nope, probably not. Was his reasons justified? I mean are they ever? But in this, I'd say no. His reasons just weren't enough for me to give hope to a resolution. But, I commend his immediate actions, not just words, towards change. 

His betrayal as weird as it is to say, pushed them to finally work on things they've pushed aside their entire relationship. There was a ton they needed to work on together and separately, quite the way to do it, if you ask me. 

The entire book I really thought there was more to his why, but there wasn't. There was something specific he needed and instead of communicating that to the one person he should have, he went elsewhere.

As far as the cheating trope goes, might rank it up there as the better written ones...not that I've read many. But there's some fun elements in this where I was like whatever sounds great to me 😆

If you don't mind this trope, definitely recommend! If it's a hard no on this,don't. But if you're open to try, go for it!

I'll be checking out the backlist for this author for sure.

#romanceschmomance #bookstagram #romancestagram#romancelandia #bookrecommendations #contemporaryromance #cheatingtrope #bookreview #newtomeauthor
/I am tired. Anyone else? It has been quite the s /I am tired. Anyone else?

It has been quite the start for my July, my reading has slowed down significantly and I'm just rolling with it.

I've been going through major leaps with my littles and that has been quite the thing manage. So yeah, I'm tired and just mentally drained most days. So I'm taking things one day at a time over here and that means even more behind on my reading.

Yesterday was a lovely release day and books I'll be getting to very soon. Hope it was the best release day for all of you 💗

Thank you to the pubs tagged for sending a copy!

Currently:
📖 Bright Like Wildfire by Juliette Cross

#romanceschmomance #bookstagram #romancestagram #romancelandia #booksbooksbooks #newrelease #tbr #romance #katucker #julietieu #jessiemihalik #juliettecross #avonbooks #harpervoyager
/tag you're it. If your relationship was a romance /tag you're it. If your relationship was a romance novel, everyone go do this one.

First of all, apologizes for the absolute 🧀 of a post. I was tagged by @taykealook_ and it looked like a ton of fun.

Second, I'm not a writer. Don't expect the blurb to pull you in 😂 The title I chose is more of a sarcastic one in relation to the military. There's a saying, "hurry up and wait". Extremely fitting for everything that happens in this life. 3/10 do not recommend.

Adding the blurb here because I forgot to add the slide:

One door closes and another opens. A friendship that started online, thousands of miles separate them, but letters and spoken promises kept them close.

Two weeks later, a chance was taken to meet for the first time.

& they continue to live happily ever after.

... to be continued. 

Okay, these graphics took me hours and now I'm going to eat a bowl of cheerios and call it a night 🌃

#romanceschmomance #romancelandia #booksbooksbooks #romancestagram #ifmyrelationshipwasaromancenovel
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Top 10 of 2021 - Favorite Book Covers

2021, 2022, top 10, top 10 of 2021 · January 20, 2022

Top 10 of 2021 | Favorite Covers

DEC. 28: Cover Love I know it’s 2022, but I’m a little bit behind 😉 Yep, I skipped over the favorite characters prompt because there was no way I was…

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BOOK REVIEW | REMINDERS OF HIM BY COLLEEN HOOVER

review, 2022, arc review · January 18, 2022

ARC Review | Reminders of Him — not a genre I normally read, but zero disappointment here.

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2021, top 10, top 10 of 2021 · December 29, 2021

Top 10 of 2021 | New to Me Authors

DEC. 26: New or New-to-Me Authors I LOVE finding new authors and as of today, I’ve read from 100 new/new-to-me authors. And I’m so damn proud of that. Last year,…

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Top 10 of 2021 | Books I Didn't Get To

2021, top 10, top 10 of 2021 · December 28, 2021

Top 10 of 2021 | Books I Didn’t Get To

DEC. 25: Books I Wish I’d Made Time to Read in 2021 Since I’m a huge mood reader, the neverending list of books that I wanted to get to was,…

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TOP 10 of 2021

2021, top 10, top 10 of 2021 · December 6, 2021

That Time of the Year | Top 10 of 2021

I cannot believe we’re down to end of the year! It’s time to look back on the reading year and start working on my Top 10 of 2021. I always…

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Romance Schmomance | Top Fave : Audio Review of Getting Real by Emma Chase

review, 2021, audio review, book recommendations, rsfave · November 8, 2021

#RSFave Audio Review | Getting Real — Oh the laughs from this one!

This post contains affiliate links to different retailers, items purchased through links on will provide a small commission, which is all used towards feeding my love for books. Connor Daniels…

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ARC Review for Electric Idol by Katee Robert, a modern retelling of Psyche and Eros.

review, 2021, arc review · November 8, 2021

ARC Review | Electric Idol — A Modern Day Psyche & Eros Retelling

This post contains affiliate links to different retailers, items purchased through links on will provide a small commission, which is all used towards feeding my love for books. He was…

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Top Fave: Audio Review of Ghosted by J.M. Darhower, a second chance romance.

review, 2021, audio review, book recommendations, rsfave · November 8, 2021

#RSFave Audio Review | Ghosted — I was sleeping on this for too long!

This post contains affiliate links to different retailers, items purchased through links on will provide a small commission, which is all used towards feeding my love for books. He’s a…

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ARC REVIEW FOR THE CURSED KING NY ABIGAIL OWEN

review, 2021, arc review · October 25, 2021

ARC Review | The Cursed King — Everything Must Come to an End.

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BOOK REVIEW OF BAD LANDS BY STACEY MARIE BROWN

review, 2021, book review, rsfave · October 20, 2021

#RSFave & Review | Bad Lands — Favorite in the Series!

This post contains affiliate links to different retailers, items purchased through links on will provide a small commission, which is all used towards feeding my love for books. Some myths…

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/which format, paperback/audiobook/ebook? Look at /which format, paperback/audiobook/ebook?

Look at that, I made a reel, it's been a while and IG didn't crap up the process. That's a win.

Audiobooks and ebooks are definitely my preferred format,  but most recent, audiobooks have been winning. However, I've been going back and forth between my physical copies and audio for this stack 📚 

Just finished Love in the Time of Serial Killers by Alicia Thompson and started Luck & Last Resorts 🎧

Thank you to @berkleyromance and @prhaudio for my copies of these lovely books and audio!
*apologies, had to repost because I forgot a slide *apologies, had to repost because I forgot a slide! 

/read any books this year that wasn't something you expected?

That's another thing about mood reading, the books I've come across this year (while many were meh), quite some gems out there.

If you're  considering picking one or these up, definitely check out the content warnings. My mood rarely takes me towards a light hearted and sweet romance.

#romanceschmomance #bookstagram #romancestagram #romancelandia #booksbooksbooks #bookrecommendations
/for my dark romance readers, how do we like the c /for my dark romance readers, how do we like the captive trope?

Let me introduce you to the book that has me in a bit of hangover. NOTE: I have the wrong book with a different pen name, apologies! 

I haven’t read a ton, but picked up this one and said why not. Dark Poison is my first read by Bella Jewel and what an addicting read this turned out to be. There's definitely a lot to unpack in this and I kind of went in a little blind. In this, we have a dark romance with the captive trope. The enemies to lovers in this was fantastic and my angst loving self was eating it all up. And don't even get me started on all the suspense. Just the read I was looking for. 

Willow and Jagger are quite dynamic, I don't think he quite expected what he got when it came to her. She's a fighter through and through and never backed down. I loved her resilience. Jagger, he's definitely an anti-hero, but those glimpses of how much he actually cared for Willow was 🥰

I did not expect the ending we got and I'm absolutely broken over it, but I have a theory or two. It's such a tough situation to be in, but if it were me, I'd run and never look back.

Absolutely devoured this one in a few others and I'm so invested! September can't come soon enough!! 

**DM me for CW

Review is on the blog too!

Thank you to @valentine_pr_ for the reader’s copy!

#romanceschmomance #newrelease #darkpoison #bellajewel #darkromance #captiveromance #enemiestolovers #antihero #torturedlead #bookreview #romancebookstagram
/where has your mood reading taken you? Well that /where has your mood reading taken you?

Well that was a very unexpected read, especially with a trope (cheating) I don't normally read. If you're here because of my stories as I was making my way through this, here are my thoughts now that I've finished.

I want to start with, these opinions are mine and I'll always seek out if they're redeemable despite how the groveling may go. That's me and I know this isn't always the case for everyone. It's why I don't normally read this trope, but here we are.

Okay! I actually really enjoyed this book, loved the writing. And I'm a huge fan of the heroine especially with how she dealt with the betrayal. She's a fighter,she's feisty and she did not hold back when it came to her husband's infidelity.She what I'd imagine anyone would be if they were still hopeful on saving things. Make them work for it and don't make it easy. 

Would I personally give him a second chance? Nope, probably not. Was his reasons justified? I mean are they ever? But in this, I'd say no. His reasons just weren't enough for me to give hope to a resolution. But, I commend his immediate actions, not just words, towards change. 

His betrayal as weird as it is to say, pushed them to finally work on things they've pushed aside their entire relationship. There was a ton they needed to work on together and separately, quite the way to do it, if you ask me. 

The entire book I really thought there was more to his why, but there wasn't. There was something specific he needed and instead of communicating that to the one person he should have, he went elsewhere.

As far as the cheating trope goes, might rank it up there as the better written ones...not that I've read many. But there's some fun elements in this where I was like whatever sounds great to me 😆

If you don't mind this trope, definitely recommend! If it's a hard no on this,don't. But if you're open to try, go for it!

I'll be checking out the backlist for this author for sure.

#romanceschmomance #bookstagram #romancestagram#romancelandia #bookrecommendations #contemporaryromance #cheatingtrope #bookreview #newtomeauthor
/I am tired. Anyone else? It has been quite the s /I am tired. Anyone else?

It has been quite the start for my July, my reading has slowed down significantly and I'm just rolling with it.

I've been going through major leaps with my littles and that has been quite the thing manage. So yeah, I'm tired and just mentally drained most days. So I'm taking things one day at a time over here and that means even more behind on my reading.

Yesterday was a lovely release day and books I'll be getting to very soon. Hope it was the best release day for all of you 💗

Thank you to the pubs tagged for sending a copy!

Currently:
📖 Bright Like Wildfire by Juliette Cross

#romanceschmomance #bookstagram #romancestagram #romancelandia #booksbooksbooks #newrelease #tbr #romance #katucker #julietieu #jessiemihalik #juliettecross #avonbooks #harpervoyager
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