Cannonball Read 18

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Eat the Rich Unless they were protagonists earlier in the series

Shattered Gods by Katee Robert

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I probably should have given up on this series a few books back but there must have been a bit of sunk cost fallacy going on. And it’s a romance series – there’s always the possibility it could have bounced back to the early peaks. More broadly/generally speaking, I have noticed in the past, that sometimes when an author takes a character that is a bit of a fan favorite and beloved, and finally gets to their novel, the novel is disappointing. I think that […]

Limping to a finish …

Tender Cruelty by Katee Robert

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This was far from my favorite of the series but also not at the bottom. Still, the series has run out of steam and it’s time to wrap this up so it’s good that this one is second to last. To be honest, when I look back at the series, I am not sure any of the ones that have come after the third book (Helen, Achilles and Patroclus) have had me nearly as invested in the romantic leads as the early novels. This one […]

Who am I if not Zeus?

Tender Cruelty by Katee Robert

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When Shattered Gods comes out next year, I’m going to reread the series uninterrupted. Some of the books have been frustrating because the individual romances have been overshadowed by the series long plot, and I think it will all work together better with less time to forget details. Which is to say, I both enjoyed and was frustrated by Tender Cruelty. Zeus and Hera’s enemies to lovers romance has been teased for a few years now. Tender Cruelty feels a little bit short to take Calliope […]

Scared Sexy Short Stories

Hot for Slayer by Ali Hazelwood

Falling by Christina Lauren

Spicy Little Curses by J.T. Geissinger

Space Vampire by Ruby Dixon

Beautiful Nightmare by Katee Robert

All My Boyfriends are Monsters by Kimberly Lemming

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I’ve been dealing with a bad mood and migraine for about 24 hours so I just decided to read these short stories before getting back into anything longer. All in all, just a 3 for the entire anthology. This anthology is dark Halloween romance. I stupidly assumed dark romance means stories similar to A Court of Thorn and Roses, but this just seems more like, these all take place on Halloween (well I think most of them do except for that space one) and there’s […]

“Take these [melted] wings”

Sweet Obsession by Katee Robert

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I have been reading this series since it started, having stumbled on Katee Robert after Sarah MacLean recommended the first novella from her A Touch of Taboo series. As someone that enjoys Greek mythology, I am very much here for the reimagining of Olympus into a modern day city run by the 12. As a result, even when I am less excited about any given pairing or grouping of love interests, the broader world politics and implications are still interesting. Still, the last few novels […]

“It’s a shame we don’t have all the time in the world.” He continues before that statement can sting. “But we’ll make do with what we have.”

Sweet Obsession by Katee Robert

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Sweet Obsession is fantastic, but can’t be read as a standalone. The romance between Icarus and Poseidon is one of the best of the Dark Olympus series. Sweet Obsession also does two things that needed to happen at this point in the series. One it brings us firmly back into Olympus’s politics in the upper city. Two, by giving us more Hera and Zeus, and finally letting us meet Circe, it sets the hook for the final two books in the series. At the end of Dark […]



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