That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon
RECOMMENDED: That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon by Kimberly Lemming is $2.99! I love the new covers! Carrie reviewed this one and gave it a B:
This book was perfect entertainment for my stressed out brain, and I was definitely rooting for those two wacky kids to have their HEA.
Spice trader Cinnamon’s quiet life is turned upside down when she ends up on a quest with a fiery demon, in this irreverently quirky rom-com fantasy that is sweet, steamy, and funny as hell.
All she wanted to do was live her life in peace—maybe get a cat, expand the family spice farm. Really, anything that didn’t involve going on an adventure where an orc might rip her face off. But they say the goddess has favorites, and if so, Cin is clearly not one of them.
After Cin saves the demon Fallon in a wine-drunk stupor, Fallon reveals that all he really wants to do is kill an evil witch enslaving his people. And who can blame him? But now he’s dragging Cinnamon along for the ride whether she likes it or not. On the bright side, at least he keeps burning off his shirt.…
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The House at Watch Hill by Karen Marie Moning is $1.99! This is a Gothic romance and the first in a trilogy. Elyse mentioned this in a previous Whatcha Reading.
#1 New York Times bestselling author Karen Marie Moning is back with a gripping, imaginative, and seductive new series in which a young woman moves to Divinity, Louisiana, to inherit a large fortune and a Gothic mansion full of mysteries and ominous secrets…
Zo Grey is reeling from the sudden death of her mother when she receives a surprising call from an attorney in Divinity, Louisiana, with the news she has been left an inheritance by a distant relative, the terms of which he will only discuss in person. Destitute and alone, with nothing left to lose, Zo heads to Divinity and discovers she is the sole beneficiary of a huge fortune and a monstrosity of a house that sits ominously at the peak of Watch Hill—but she must live in it, alone, for three years before the house, or the money, is hers.
Met with this irresistible opportunity to finally build a future for herself, Zo puts aside her misgivings about the foreboding Gothic mansion and the strange circumstances, and moves in, where she is quickly met by a red-eyed Stygian owl and an impossibly sexy Scottish groundskeeper.
Her new home is full of countless secrets and mystifying riddles, with doors that go nowhere, others that are impossible to open, and a turret into which there is no visible means of ingress. And the townspeople are odd…
What Zo doesn’t yet know is that her own roots lie in this very house and that in order to discover her true identity and awaken her dormant powers, she will have to face off against sinister forces she doesn’t quite comprehend—or risk being consumed by them.
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Chasing Cassandra by Lisa Kleypas is $1.99! Ellen reviewed this one and gave it a C+:
Overall, even though I did enjoy reading most of this book, I was left feeling kind of lukewarm due to the stalling plot and not quite satisfying romance. I think if you have been reading and liking the series so far there is plenty to like here, especially if you are interested in spending more time with the characters we have already been introduced to.
Everything has a price…
Railway magnate Tom Severin is wealthy and powerful enough to satisfy any desire as soon as it arises. Anything—or anyone—is his for the asking. It should be simple to find the perfect wife—and from his first glimpse of Lady Cassandra Ravenel, he’s determined to have her. But the beautiful and quick-witted Cassandra is equally determined to marry for love—the one thing he can’t give.
Everything except her…
Severin is the most compelling and attractive man Cassandra has ever met, even if his heart is frozen. But she has no interest in living in the fast-paced world of a ruthless man who always plays to win.
When a newfound enemy nearly destroys Cassandra’s reputation, Severin seizes the opportunity he’s been waiting for. As always, he gets what he wants—or does he? There’s one lesson Tom Severin has yet to learn from his new bride:
Never underestimate a Ravenel.
The chase for Cassandra’s hand may be over. But the chase for her heart has only just begun…
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The Starlight Heir by Amalie Howard is $1.99! I believe this is Howard’s first fantasy romance. It released earlier this year. Have any of you read this one?
A bladesmith blessed by the stars. A prince with a dangerous secret. A god bound in shadows. From USA Today bestselling author Amalie Howard comes a scorching new romantasy that will leave you spellbound.
“His Imperial Majesty King Zarek requests your presence as his esteemed guest.”
When the gold-dusted court invitation arrives at Suraya Saab’s forge, she believes it’s a joke. Nobles might seek her skills as a bladesmith—one of few who can imbue her work with precious jadu, the last source of magic in the realm—but she has no qualifications as a potential bride for the crown prince. Still, the invitation is the chance at adventure, and the means to finally visit the capital city her late mother loved.
But what awaits her in Kaldari is nothing she could have imagined—and fraught with danger. It’s not the crown prince, but his impossibly handsome, illegitimate half-brother, Roshan, who captures her interest…and her ire. The invitation isn’t a quest to find a suitable bride, but a veiled hunt for the Starkeeper—a girl rumored to hold the magic of the stars in her blood. And across the city, unrest is brewing between the noble houses and the rebel militia.
When the rebels attack, Suraya and Roshan find themselves on the run, trying to deny their simmering attraction and the knowledge that Suraya herself might be the Starkeeper. But Roshan is guarding secrets of his own. And with no control over the power stirring within her, Suraya has drawn the attention of a dark god, an immortal whose interest might be the biggest threat of all.
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I DNF’d the Starlight Heir after a few chapters. The writing was full of modern slang and it felt like it was written by tik tok. The things I remember were terms like “book boyfriend” or “bestie.”
For reference, also read and liked That Time I Got Drunk… which was also full of modern slang. The difference is that Drunk has a fun, goofy tone that works because it is winking at the audience and it is trying to be fun. Starlight felt more like a straightforward fantasy put through a slang filter.
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I will forever be grateful to Chasing Cassandra because the comments introduced me to Star’s wonderful term the Tyrannical Paragon. It so absolutely captured a femme person who had controlled a community in which I desperately wanted to belong, and who’s unstated exclusion of me from the community became it’s own sort of miasma that followed me even when I attempted to forge new connections.
think: interview to volunteer at X nonprofit, “oh, how come you never were staff at Y?”, and could never say, “TP tagged me as undesirable and that was that”, because no one ever believed me.
(I cannot count how many people in the past several years have apologized to me for not believing me or advocating for me – so at least some folks are having their eyes opened.)
Thank you, Star, for gifting me words when I needed them!
@LLisa isn’t it crazy how the same thing can work for you in one book/with one author, and not at all in another? I loved the animal anthropomorphism/animal narration in Hollow Kingdom – truly sounded like a corvid to me (and I have worked with them so I do have some experience, plus it described human things in non-human ways), but the Octopus in Remarkably Bright Creatures didn’t sound at all like an octopus- it sounded like a “wise” (grumpy) old man, and used human words like “plaque” and “vending machines” which just felt so uncomfortably human, and didn’t work for me at all.
@Omphale – oh, goodness! You’re very welcome. I am so glad that that was useful, and also very glad that people are finally catching on and apologizing. But ugh I’m sorry you’ve had to live with this. They’re such insidious, brain-twisting people.
Omphale, thank you for sharing that, one of my brothers got involved with one and my SIL a different one, both being rejected in time. Both had the experience of people who had believed the Tyrannical Paragon, until they too were rejected, coming up to apologise for years after. Truly awful people who do so much damage. I am so sorry you encountered one in your chosen field.
Goalterder Interference by Ari Baran is 1.99 at Amazon in case anyone else has been waiting for it to go on sale.
Re The House at Watch Hill–I live in Louisiana and the highest point in the state is only 535 ft. I’m wondering what kind of “peak” this house can be on.
I own That Time I Got Drunk and Saved A Demon on kindle and this is showing as unowned for me, so check your versions, I guess.
Also, re: the Tyrannical Paragon – I’m a little off balance bc now I have a name for a thing that I didn’t know I needed to name and can re-frame a particularly challenging part of my life. Thank you. But also it’s incredibly sad how many of us have experienced this.
The Promise of Jenny Jones by Osborne is on sale for 99 cents. I think this book won the RITA award a long time ago. It’s a great story, although I haven’t read it for years.