About: My May TBR includes 18 books that I want to read in May, including four books by AAPI authors to celebrate AAPI Heritage Month!
(more…)Dragonsteel (Shadowsword’s Harem, #1) by Rachel Baelfire
Series: Shadowsword’s Harem
Release Date: January 2nd, 2018
Every day my father and I protect each other from the dragon shifters who’ll stop at nothing to see us dead.
Until he’s captured.
Pursued for powers they’re convinced I shouldn’t have, the only ones who can help are my childhood friend who’s half-werewolf, and a mysterious dragon shifter with a secret agenda.
When a new evil rises, the danger is greater than ever, and one thing is certain. My father and I are both running out of time.
****Dragonsteel is the first book in the Shadowsword’s Harem series. It’s a full-length, Reverse Harem, Urban Fantasy Romance. The harem will be introduced slowly as the series unfolds. Contains some violence and sexual situations.
Cliffhanger
• BIPOC characters
• LGBTQIA+ characters
• characters with a disability
And doesn’t address fatphobia
• Heroine’s father disappeared 7 years ago (Flashbacks)
• Violence including murder
• No descriptive sex scene with OW/OM
• Does have the Hero and Heroine pushing away
• Does not have a separation between the Heroes and Heroine
• See Ending for HEA status.
• See Possible Triggers for Abuse and OTT sad parts.
Rating: 3.5/5 stars
(more…)The Last Namsara (Iskari, #1) by Kristen Ciccarelli
Series: Iskari
Release Date: October 3rd, 2017
These are the legends that Asha, daughter of the king of Firgaard, has grown up learning in hushed whispers, drawn to the forbidden figures of the past. But it isn’t until she becomes the fiercest, most feared dragon slayer in the land that she takes on the role of the next Iskari—a lonely destiny that leaves her feeling more like a weapon than a girl.
Asha conquers each dragon and brings its head to the king, but no kill can free her from the shackles that await at home: her betrothal to the cruel commandant, a man who holds the truth about her nature in his palm. When she’s offered the chance to gain her freedom in exchange for the life of the most powerful dragon in Firgaard, she finds that there may be more truth to the ancient stories than she ever could have expected. With the help of a secret friend—a slave boy from her betrothed’s household—Asha must shed the layers of her Iskari bondage and open her heart to love, light, and a truth that has been kept from her.
• Couple: HFN
• BIPOC characters (No definitive descriptions of non-white people)
• LGBTQIA+ characters
• characters with a disability
And doesn’t address fatphobia
• Murder
• Violence (Blood and gore)
• Allusions to sexual assault
• Domestic abuse
• Emotional abuse
• Slavery
• Does have brief OW drama
– The Heroine reads more into the Hero’s interaction with an OW and gets jealous.
– The Hero is never into the OW.
• Does have OM drama
– The Heroine is engaged to the OM
– The Hero is a slave to the OM
• No descriptive sex scene with OW/OM
• Does have the Hero and Heroine pushing away
• Does have a brief separation between the Hero and Heroine
• See Ending for HEA status.
• See Possible Triggers for Abuse and OTT sad parts.
Rating: 4/5
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