I ended up reading eight complete books in May, I had one DNF, I read one novella, and I'm still reading two other books that I started. I also finished up Magic Slays by Ilona Andrews (still 4 stars on second read), The View From Coral Cove (2.5 stars) by Amy Clipston, and The Knights of Erador (4 stars) by Philip C. Quaintrell.
Cocktails & Chloroform (A Rip Through Time #2.5) by Kelley Armstrong
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Category: Adult
Genre: Mystery, Historical Mystery
Content: Strong Language
This was a good between books novella that helped to flesh out the relationship between a couple of the characters, and helped us get to know Alice's background better. In my opinion it was better than the second book in the series.
Dragons of the Dwarven Depths (Dragonlance: The Lost Chronicles #1) by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Category: Adult
Genre: Fantasy
Content: Clean
I enjoyed revisiting this book, although not quite as much as I enjoyed my rereads of the other Dragonlance books. Mainly it was the audio narrator that lessened my enjoyment of this book. I didn't like the way she voiced most of the characters, but the way she voiced Tas was the worst. What made this book good were the characters of Tas and Flint though.
Disturbing the Dead (A Rip Through Time #3) by Kelley Armstrong
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Category: Adult
Genre: Mystery, Historical Mystery
Content: Strong Language
This third book in the series was better than book two. It delivered on some things I was hoping for but not all of them.
Isabelle by Sophia Holloway
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Category: Adult, Clean Romance
Genre: Romance, Historical Romance
Content: Clean
This was another excellent regency romance by this author. I love the formula that she has with her stories. There is always an older relative that decides to cause trouble for the main character and the love interest. This person meddles in things and it can be frustrating but also amusing when they're thwarted. There's just enough wit and humor combined with just the right amount of drama for me.
Not Quite by the Book by Julie Hatcher
My rating: 2.5 of 5 stars
Category: Adult, Clean Romance
Genre: Romance, Contemporary Romance
Content: Strong Language
See my review here.
The Icarus Coda (The Icarus Saga #6) by Timothy Zahn
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Category: Adult
Genre: Sci-fi, Space Opera
Content: Strong Language
I thought this was an ok ending to things. I feel like things got too convoluted with all the alien species in this series and it was hard to follow sometimes, and I think the series went on for too many books. Overall though, I enjoyed it despite this and the overuse of the "as my father used to say" stuff.
Monster Menu by Terrell Garrett
My rating: 2 of 5 stars
Category: Adult
Genre: Fantasy, LitRPG
Content: Strong Language
DNF @64%
Review to come.
The Winter Girls (Agent Tori Hunter #2) by Roger Stelljes
My rating: 3.5 of 5 stars
Category: Adult
Genre: Mystery, Suspense
Content: Strong Language, Sex Trafficking
First off, the book description for this book is very wrong so just don't bother reading it. I wonder how it got so inaccurate. This was a good second installment in the series. I enjoyed the book. I liked Tori's growth, although I kind of disliked her at the beginning of this book, just like I did in the last one. She grew on me again though. Some of the car chase stuff, and driving through the snow seemed unrealistic, and there were some coincidences that were convenient, but overall it was entertaining, and I like the direction things are going with the series.
Last of the Dragorn (The Echoes Saga #8) by Philip C. Quaintrell
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Category: Adult
Genre: Fantasy
Content: Strong Language
The last couple of books in this series were rough for me. I found them a bit of a downer with the heroes constantly being thwarted. This book started out that way but ended up ending on a better note, and I'm eager to see where things are going to go.
The Twisted Women's Book Club (Anthology) by Karin Slaughter, Lee Child, B.A. Paris, Caroline Kepnes, Oyinkan Braithwaite, Sarah Pekkanen, Linwood Barclay, Naomi Hirahara, K. J. Howe, Robert Dugoni, Alison Gaylin, Heather Gudenkauf, Shari Lapena, Clare Mackintosh, Stacy Willingham
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Category: Adult
Genre: Mystery, Suspense
Content: Strong Language
Review to come.
Filthy Rich (The Scarsdale Fosters #5) by B. E. Baker
Still reading so no rating
A Drop of Corruption (Shadow of the Leviathan #2) by Robert Jackson Bennett
Still reading so no rating