#jenika snow

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Rating: 5/5

Book Blurb: From USA Today bestselling author Jenika Snow comes a gritty mafia romance where the villain blurs the lines between right and wrong...and love and hate.

She came to me looking for salvation.

She came to me looking to save a family that didn’t even want her.

But I didn’t want money. I didn’t want her father’s and brother’s debt paid off in blood.

My obsession went far deeper than anything I’d ever experienced.

It was fast and hot, an inferno that leveled everything around me like a trigger being pulled.

I sent her away, humiliated her, made her think I wanted nothing from her.

That was the biggest lie I’d ever told. Because what I wanted was everything from her.

I was the villain. The bad guy. And she’d be mine.

Review:

When she goes to try and strike a bargain to help her family, what she gets is a villain who is willing to take apart anything or anyone who would hurt her, even without her asking.

#book review #bookish #jenika snow #say my name

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We have a bumper crop of new Phantom literature as we race into summer!

Patricia Peacock und das Phantom in der Oper by Tiffany Crockham is a German-language mystery about a crime-solving duo in period times who are stuck trying to protect a famous Italian diva at the Cairo Opera House who is being ruthlessly targeted, along with the rest of the ensemble, by a mysterious figure haunting the place.

The Voyeur of the Opera: Captive in His Lair by Dulcinea Drakos is a sultry retelling of the original story, with plenty of sex scenes and a focus on which of her two lovers Christine will choose in the end.

Not Alone by A.L. Flagg is a flipped-roles modern-day story in which a young woman named Eden is attacked, leaving her severely scarred and hiding from the world, until she falls in love with a newcomer and must decide whether she can come out of isolation and how to deal with the world that hurt her in the first place. (I’d call it a bit more of a Beauty & the Beast story, but like many publishers, this one claims it’s a “fusion” of that story with the Phantom one.)

Chandelier by Michael Leon is the sequel to his previous book, Phantoms, and carries on the story after Erik’s escape from the opera house, moving to the future of the 22nd century where an aging diva hides secrets from other performers and a young pianist is frightened by the sudden and incredible increase of his peformance skills.

The Phantom of Nob Hill Theater by John Luke Maxwell is a gay romance novel about a retired porn actor, the community theater performance he’s involved in, and someone behind the scenes trying to Stop the Show and/or kill the performers. Of course, it’s very sexy. It’s literally in the theater’s name.

The Lost Melody by Joanna Davidson Politano is a period story about a young pianist who, when her parents die, discovers a strange connection to a woman currently being held in an asylum and struggles with strange letters and unearthly music that seem to follow her everywhere she goes.

In Too Deep by Elaine Runmore is a period rewrite of the original story, in which Christina is a street busker singing for coins in an English port and is being followed by a mysterious dark figure in the shadows who would do anything to hear her voice...

Behind the Mask by MaryAnn Sires is a prequel to her long-running The Phantom’s Lady series, although the prerelease announcement doesn’t give us much to go on as far as what it’s about. We can probably safely guess it’s at least got some backstory for the Phantom and the other main characters, though!

Corruption by Jenika Snow is a modern-day version of the story in which the Phantom character is a hired killer for the Russian mafia and struggles with his love for the innocent young ballerina he knew in childhood, only to kidnap her and keep her hostage when he realizes that she is about to marry someone else.

A Dance with Danger by Marisa Wright is the story of a ballet dancer who, after his legs are crushed and he loses the ability to dance or walk, hides from the rest of the world, only to be dragged back into the light when he meets his brother’s beautiful ballerina fiancee and a power struggle begins to determine which of the brothers she will choose.

We also have three “maybe” options this week, for those who like to intrepidly find out exactly how much Phantom influence there is in a suspicious work:

The Vanishing of Willa Sloan by Andrea Dias is a modern-day story about a girl whose mother vanishes during the COVID-19 pandemic, causing her to search for her until she discovers that her mother’s past as a ballerina in Paris was far from idyllic and that only traveling to Paris will allow her to finally learn the truth.

The Phantom Violinist: Play Like the Devil by Nigel Street has a lot of classic Phantom elements: a haunted, possibly evil violin that plays unbelievable music, a performer who isn’t sure whether their talent is their own or from some outside force, and of course dangerous performances that spiral out of control. However, it’s hard to tell if this is just one of those works that riffs on other evil violin stories (like Lovecraft’s Erich Zann) or whether it actually has a connection to the Phantom’s original story or one of its successors (the 1989 Little/Englund film would make sense...).

Ximphonic Versus: Symphony of the Phantom Knight by Scotlynd Xing Xin-Bedford is... well, to be honest, it’s very hard to tell what it is? It’s set five thousand years in the past in a fantasy universe in which a prince named Addonnis, a superlative singer, travels around with his mentor Concerto only to discover other ambitions when he encounters the princess of the faraway glass kingdom. It’s got a lot of music, haunting, and other Phantom-esque elements, but it offers no previews and I have no earthly clue what else is going on, so good luck to those who find out!

That’s it for this time, but let’s hope June’s offerings are just as exciting!

#phantom of the opera #the phantom library #new phantom releases #elaine runmore #tiffany crockham #dulcinea drakos #michael leon #john luke maxwell #al flagg #joanna davidson politano #maryann sires #jenika snow #marisa wright

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Book Review: The Hunter: A Monster Romance (Monsters and Beauties, Book 2) by Jenika Snow

Book Review: The Hunter: A Monster Romance (Monsters and Beauties, Book 2) by Jenika Snow

Little Red Riding Hood and her Big Bad Wolf The Hunter: A Monster Romance Monsters and Beauties, Book 2 by Jenika Snow   Rating:  ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Spice Level: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Marcella (Little Red Riding Hood) and Wolf   Favorite Quote: “I saw you. I wanted you. So I took you.” Having read the first book in the Monsters and Beauties Series (i.e. The Beast), I came into this one with very high hopes. I’m…

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#Book Review #Jenika Snow #Little Red Riding Hood Re-Telling #Monster Romance #Monsters and Beauties #Monsters and Beauties 2 #Re-Telling #Romance Novella #Spicy Books #The Hunter by Jenika Snow #The Hunter: Monsters and Beauties

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The Beast

By: Jenika Snow

My Rating: 2/5

Spiciness: 🌶🌶🌶🌶/5

Kindle: Yes

Kindle Unlimited: Yes

Paperback: Yes

Amazon Link

Trigger Warnings: Knotting, Stalking, Familial Manipulation

Who I Recommend This For: Fans of knotting, those that don't mind truly beastly beasts, those that want the beast to stay a beast.

Summary: Belle is sold off to the Beast to pay off her father's gambling debt. This is a Beauty and the Beast retelling.

~~ SPOILERS AHEAD ~~

Things I Loved:

The author is not afraid to Go There.

I was promised a horny Beauty and the Beast retelling and the author certainly delivers there.

Things That Could Have Been Better:

The characters, as a whole, are very flat. There isn't much progression in the relationship. The Beast has essentially one aim: cover Belle in his cum.

Which he does, by the end.

This book is very short. While it wasn't my favorite, it delivers exactly what it intended to. If you are a fan of knotting and breeding, this book is a nice quick read for you to dive into.

#the beast #jenika snow #monster romance #monster fuckers #book review

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Affliction by Jenika Snow

 4 stars

I loved how this story created the perfect atmosphere for the couple! Dark, forbidden, you could feel the heat, smell the sweat, hear the bass beat. The fear and pain radiated off the characters, the menace permeated from the pages. The angst of our couple, there from the start, and carried on to the end, and it was wonderful

#Jenika Snow #Afflication #TBR reads #am reading #reader #romance #romance books #bibliophile #read romance #romance reader #read #books #book love #book blogger

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“You have nothing to fear from me because I would kill anyone who even thought of hurting you.”

The Hunter (Monsters and Beauties #2), Jenika Snow

#book quotes #quotes #musings #the hunter #monsters and beauties #jenika snow #&. isms. *mine

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A man is only as strong as the woman at his side. For there wasn't just Satan, but Lilth, as well.

Jenika Snow, Reckless Heir

#jenika snow #reckless heir #booklr #Book quote #book quotes #quote #quotes #bookish

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Serie Monsters And Beauties - Jenika Snow (2022) [En Español]

1) The Beast – ¿Y si la Bestia nunca se convirtió en el príncipe? Mi padre me había vendido. Intercambió mi cuerpo para borrar su deuda con el mismísimo diablo. Una bestia de hombre. Literalmente. Una criatura susurrada entre los aldeanos y temida por todos. Era un rostro bestial que triplicaba el tamaño de un hombre, su cuerpo monstruosamente enorme estaba cubierto de pelaje. Colmillos afilados…

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[BOOK REVIEW] ARC: The Good Side of Wrong by Jenika Snow

[BOOK REVIEW] ARC: The Good Side of Wrong by Jenika Snow

4 out of 5 stars! After her parents passed away, the heroine was left alone to fend for herself. But the hero became her legal guardian and brought the heroine to his home. But the relationship between the two is not a clear-cut one, as there are other emotions that comes up as the two are living with each other. Forbidden desires disrupts the plans that the hero has for the heroine, and the…

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#2022 Book Reviews #2022 Reviews #ARC #Bk Rvw #Jenika Snow Author #October 2022

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Primal: A Monster Romance (Monsters and Beauties Book 3)

By: Jenika Snow

Monster Scale

Level 04: Actual Monster (Physically)

Three big bear men. More bear than men.

My Overall Rating For The Book

"I Bought The Ebook or Will Read On Kindle Unlimited" 

If you want a spicy short story with 3 big bear men, this is for you. This is a spicy Goldilocks retelling.

Keep reading for ‘This Book Has Everything’ and possible Trigger Warnings.

This Book Series Has Everything

[x] Big buff love interest

[x] Smut first plot second

[x] Love interest either wins or kidnaps lead

[x] Girl ends the book pregnant or is pregnant

[x] Reverse Harem or Poly

[x] Dude got an interesting dick

There's a knot.

[x] Main character gets chased in the woods by the love interest at some point

[x] Happy Ending Guaranteed

Here’s a link/buy the book!

Trigger Warnings

[x] Kidnapped/held captive against their will

#Big buff love interest #happy ending guaranteed #smut first plot second #Love interest either wins or kidnaps lead #Girl ends the book pregnant or is pregnant #Reverse Harem or Poly #Dude got an interesting dick #Main character gets chased in the woods by the love interest at some point

[sems-diarie]

So i dunno how good these are personally as i haven’t read them myself (kind of in a weird reading slump atm where I haven’t been able to read anything but small stories. even something over 5k words has been taking so much energy 😢) but tiktok has been recommending these two non stop to me lol.

The Beast - a beauty and the beast retelling where the beast never turns into the prince.

The Hunter- little red riding hood retelling with an adult Red and the wolf (as a werewolf)

both are by Jenika Snow and are apparently filthy af and include many kinks and primal play lol

- Cinnamon🥀

i might have to slide thru for the hunter… but the beast 😩

#💒 the bimbo estate. #thank u bubbie

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cRating: 5/5

Book Blurb: From USA Today bestselling author Jenika Snow comes a new full-length standalone dark mafia romance set in the Underworld Kings world.Even the beast could get the beauty… he just had to take her.Anastasia was a Russian mafia princess.I was unworthy to even look at her.But that didn’t stop a bond, a friendship to form between us. She was the only good and right thing in my painful, brutal life. She was the only one who could look at my bruises and wounds and see I wasn’t a total waste of space.But I was ripped away from her, thrust into the underground world of violence and fighting, molded and shaped to be the ultimate killing machine for the Bratva.And that’s who I was now.Razoreniye. Ruin.Now, ten years later, all of humanity had been stripped from me, all the emotion and empathy that I’d once felt taken away until I was nothing more than the beast who craved blood and had far too many kills tallied up.But they could never take her away from me. And so I followed her, watched her through her bedroom window, broke into her apartment, and held her as she slept.I wasn’t a good man. I was carved out from the very devil himself, and although I would never be good enough for Anastasia, that didn’t mean I’d ever let anyone else have her.So when she was forced to marry another, I did the only thing that made sense.I took her in the middle of the night and kept her locked up until she realized she was mine and mine alone.

Review:

They were childhood best friends, soulmates... but were torn apart and now ten years later they face each other once again. Anastasia is a Russian mafia princess, spoiled by her father and sheltered... but she has one true best friend and soulmate, Kostya. Kostya, who was just a soldier and a boy, who gave her a locket before disappearing.... and now years later he’s back in her life right as she is announced to be forced into a marriage to forge an alliance for her father... but this Kostya is not the one she’s known, this Kostya is a killer and will kill anyone who gets in the way between them. Kostya has only one light in his life, Ana. The girl he was forced to leave behind as he was tortured and trained to become a killer by the mafia. Ten years he’s been waiting, honed and made into the ruthless killing machine he is now... and he’s done waiting to be with Ana, it’s time to collect his princess, even if it means he’ll leave behind a trail of blood. Nothing and no one can hurt Ana, and Kostya will make sure nothing ever will. But as Ana’s family secrets are revealed, can he protect her from all the threats and more importantly from the loss time between them as he is someone new? This was a fun one to read in the standalone series and I loved the childhood friends to lovers trope in this one.

#book review #bookish #romance book #underworld kings #corruption

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Words that make me wet part 22

“Fuck yeah.” He worked another inch inside. “So tight. So fucking hot and wet for me.”

Take My Daddy, I'll Take Yours by Jenika Snow

#romance books #words that make me wet #booklover #smut #smuttbook #18+ only

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Accepting Book Reccs

I have extremely varied tastes and not many triggers when it comes to fiction. Not all kinks are my kink but if it fits the characters I'm down for most, if not all. I am a fan of fluffy romance and dark romance both, as long as they are properly advertised as such and it's not a massive surprise. I also do not have any type of monster (or alien, or cryptid, or god) that I'm unwilling to try out. Please, hit me with your best shot.

Disclaimer: all ratings and opinions given are entirely personal.

I will not list or rate books I do not finish, because I feel it's unfair. I will not review a book that I have nothing nice to say about; writing is a lot of work and a labor of love. I will not tolerate bullying or bashing. Each review will have a link to purchase the book or download it with Kindle Unlimited.

Click a title to be taken to my review. It will take time for me to catch up, but consider this a masterpost. Triggers will be listed, but I may miss some. I'm human. Please don't hesitate to DM me if you have specific triggers you're trying to avoid and are interested in a book on my read list.

Books I've read:

A Soul To Keep (Duskwalker Brides series) by Opal Reyne ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

Love & Monsters by Raven Flanagan ⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

His Darkest Craving by Tiffany Roberts ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

Escaping Wonderland by Tiffany Roberts ⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

The Beast by Jenika Snow ⭐️⭐️/5

Ensnared (A Spider's Mate series) by Tiffany Roberts ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

Enthralled (A Spider's Mate series) by Tiffany Roberts ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

Bound (A Spider's Mate series) by Tiffany Roberts ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

Kiss of the Necromancer (Momento Mori series) by Kathryn Ann Kingsley ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

Dreams of the Necromancer (Momento Mori series) by Kathryn Ann Kingsley ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

Tales of the Necromancer (Momento Mori series) by Kathryn Ann Kingsley ⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

Viper: Naga Brides Book 1 by Naomi Lucas ⭐️⭐️/5

The Kraken: Book 1 - 7 by Tiffany Roberts ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

A Soul To Heal (Duskwalker Brides series) by Opal Reyne ⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

The Dragon's Bride (A Deal With A Demon series) by Katee Robert ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

The Kraken's Sacrifice (A Deal With A Demon series) by Katee Robert ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

Stalked by the Kraken (Monstrous Matches series) by Lillian Lark ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

Luxuria: A Monster Romance by Colette Rhodes ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

King of Flesh and Bone (The Pale Court series) by Liv Zander ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

Queen of Rot and Pain (The Pale Court series) by Liv Zander ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

Radiance (Wraith Kings series) by Grace Draven ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

Eidolon (Wraith Kings series) by Grace Draven ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

The Unseelie Prince (Maze of Shadows series) by Kathryn Ann Kingsley ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

The Unseelie Crown (Maze of Shadows series) by Kathryn Ann Kingsley ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

The Unseelie Throne (Maze of Shadows series) by Kathryn Ann Kingsley ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

The Unseelie King (Maze of Shadows series) by Kathryn Ann Kingsley ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

Court of Blood and Bindings (Fae Isles series) by Lisette Marshall ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

Lord of Gold and Glory (Fae Isles series) by Lisette Marshall ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

Ruins of Seas and Souls (Fae Isles Series) by Lisette Marshall ⭐⭐⭐/5

Blood & Vows by K. Easton ⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

Court of Ravens and Ruins (Brides of Fae and Mist series) by Eliza Raine ⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

Her Soul To Take by Harley Laroux (Souls Trilogy) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

Her Soul For Revenge by Harley Laroux (Souls Trilogy) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

Invoking the Blood by Kalista Neith ⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

The Wolf and The Wildflower by Ella Fields ⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

Of Mist and Shadow (The Mist King series) by Jenna Wolfhart ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

Of Ash and Embers (The Mist King series) by Jenna Wolfhart ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

Land of the Beautiful Dead by R. Lee Smith ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐/5

Books already on my list:

The Last Hour of Gann by R. Lee Smith

The Weaver by Tiffany Roberts (not yet published)

#book reccs #monster books #monster/human #monster fuckers #monster fucker books #monster romance books #alien romance #alien/human #fae romance #high fantasy romance #meta

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Hell Hath No Fury Anthology

5 stars

  Look But Don't Touch by Jenika Snow

This quickie has a the heat and steam you can handle! It also has that emotional tug, so while short, it has all the good parts contained therein :)

Into the Flames by Skye Warren

This is aptly titled because it feels like the story in encased in smoke, then surrounded by flames, as attraction sparks to life. Our couple have a connection and both act out of character to pursue it. Their story has all the parts of an HFN with the promise of an HEA <3

#Skye Warren #Jenika Snow #Hell Hath No Fury #Anthology #new release #available now #available everywhere #am reading #reader #romance #romance books #books #romance reader #read #read romance #bibliophile #book love #book blogger

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I felt my stomach clench when the Beast plunged his fist into Gaston’s chest, breaking through his ribcage, pulled out his heart, and held it in his palm as if it were nothing but a piece of fruit.

The Beast (Monsters and Beauties #1), Jenika Snow

#book quotes #quotes #musings #the beast #monsters and beauties #jenika snow #&. isms. *mine