I read 15 full length books in June, 1 novella, and I had 1 DNF, another DNF of a book I started last month, plus I finished up another book that I had started last month, It was a crazy, busy month of reading!
The Elusive Miss Ellison (Regency Brides: A Legacy of Grace #1 by Carolyn Miller
See my review here.
Dark Storm Rising (Kate Burkholder #15.5) by Linda Castillo
3 of 5 stars
Category: Adult
Genre: Mystery, Suspense
Content: Strong language
These novellas between the main books in the series are nothing spectacular but I enjoy the extras about Kate and John.
Dragons of Spring Dawning (Dragonlance Chronicles #3) by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman
This was a reread. Still 5 of 5 stars.
Category: Adult
Genre: Fantasy
Content: Mild language
This series introduced me to fantasy. The writing and character development isn't on the same level as a lot of books I've read since, but I'm very nostalgic about it, and I love the characters.
Happiness for Beginners by Katherine Center
4 of 5 stars
Review to come.
Third Girl (Hercule Poirot #34) by Agatha Christie
4 of 5 stars
Category: Adult
Genre: Mystery, Suspense
Content: Mild language
A good but not great addition to the series.
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
3.5 of 5 stars on reread
Review to come.
Crazy as a Loon (Yard Birds #1) by Hailey Edwards
3 of 5 stars
Review to come.
The Burning (Kate Burholder #16) by Linda Castillo
3 of 5 stars
See my review here.
The Liar's Girl by Catherine Ryan Howard
4 of 5 stars
Review to come.
Love at the House Party (Women of Worth #3) by Kasey Stockton
4 of 5 stars
Category: Adult
Genre: Romance, Historical Romance
Content: Clean
I needed a pink book for a reading challenge so I decided to read this one even though it's not the first book in the series. Since it's a companion series it wasn't as big of a deal. I do want to go back a read the other books in the series though.
Soul Taken (Mercy Thompson #13) by Patricia Briggs
Reread with my husband, still 4 of 5 stars.
See my original review here.
Restaurant on the Warf (Blue Heron Cottages #4) by Kay Correll
3 of 5 stars
Category: Adult
Genre: Women's Fiction, Romance
Content: Clean
A decent read with likable characters, but I haven't liked any of these as much as I liked the first book in the series. The romance feels a little dull in these. It didn't matter so much with the first book because the rest of the story was so good. I'm still going to keep reading them though.
Inheritor (Foreigner #3) by C.J. Cherryh
4 of 5 stars.
Category: Adult
Genre: Sci-fi, Space Opera
Content: Strong language, A mostly non-descriptive sex scene
Another good installment in the series. Not quite as good as book two, but better than book one.
Cloaked Deception by Timothy Zahn
No rating at this time
DNF
See my review here.
A Killing on the Hill by Robert Dugoni
This ended up being a DNF so no rating.
I really like this author's Tracey Crosswhite series but unfortunately I just couldn't get into this book.
Winter Lost (Mercy Thompson #14) by Patricia Briggs
4 of 5 stars
Review to come.
The Burning Witch (The Burning Witch #3) by Delemhach
3 of 5 stars
Category: Adult
Genre: Fantasy
Content: Strong language, Off page sex, Loss of a child
I enjoyed this but not as much as The House Witch. I liked the cozier elements and the humor in The House Witch more. This series was lacking as much of that. I also found Fin to be rather disappointing as a parent.
A Whisper of Sorrows (DCI Logan #6) by J.D. Kirk
3 of 5 stars
Category: Adult
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Content: Lots of Strong Language, An escaped child serial killer, Kidnappings of adults and children, Murder that include torturing and sexual assault (done off page but discussed in some detail), an attempted rape.
This book pushed the boundaries of what I can handle in this sort of book. I didn't enjoy it because of that. It was also lacking most of the humor that other books in the series have. Since this killer is no longer a threat, I'll go ahead and stick with the series, because the other books haven't been this dark, but if any of the other books get this dark I'm not going to continue.
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