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franticvampirereads · 10 months

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My vacation book haul from Bobs Beach Books, one of my favorite indie bookstores! The books in this haul:

The Snake Who Loved A Sparrow

Pack Of Lies

Summer Sons

The Girl From The Sea

A couple of these have been on my TBR list for quite some time and I can’t wait to read them! 😊

#booklr #book haul #book stacks #indie bookstore haul #vacation book haul #reading #books #manga #read #book #bookish #bookworm #lgbtq+ books #queer books #the snake who loved a sparrow #pack of lies #summer sons #the girl from the sea

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wiltking · 2 months

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god i love gay people

#started Pack of Lies. excited because i reeeeally liked Eli #book thoughts #pack of lies #monster hunt

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quill-ting · 3 months

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This month at the Queer Love Book Club, join us for Pack of Lies by Charlie Adhara. Did somebody say werewolf romance? It must be a full moon at some point this month, because we sure said werewolf romance!

If you'd like to read along with us and are over 18, come and join us here.

#pack of lies #charlie adhara #queer romance #book club #werewolf romance

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judi-daily · 2 months

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Pack of Lies, 2018 Press Night with Finty Williams Photographer: Dan Wooller

*Tis Mother's Day in the UK (Mothering Sunday)… I hope tis a lovely one for both Dame Judi and Finty!

#judi daily!#pack of lies #judi dench #dame judi dench #with Finty Williams #photographer: dan wooller #press night #mothering sunday

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commonguttersnipe · 8 months

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Hi guys, don’t often do this, but my dad did the sound design for this show and I think it would mean a lot to him if you would check it out!

#pack of lies

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sleeper9 · 1 year

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Favorite Books of 22

#personal #books #the grief of stones #katherine addison #a taste of gold and iron #pack of lies #charlie adhara #daughter of the serpentine #book lovers #boyfriend material #alexis hall #death at the deep dive #bitter cigar

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wordsgood · 1 year

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dog food commercial: the thing a wolf in the wild craves most is meat

me, just finished a smutty m/m werewolf shifter audiobook: you can say that again

#i can't believe this is the last thing i'm posting on tumblr for the full 40 days of lent. i should be ashamed #unfortunately i'm not #everyone go read #pack of lies #by charlie adhara it's very very good except you should read the big bad wolf series first #anyway ttfn hope my 20 followers don't unfollow me while i'm away #michael-annals

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aurorawest · 9 months

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Reading update

Just Like That by Cole McCade - 2/5 stars

So I started reading this age gap romance about two professors at a boys boarding school expecting it to be different than the last Cole McCade romance I read. It...wasn't. The emotions are turned up to 11 all the time, from the very first page, and that means there's nowhere emotionally to go. It also felt rushed and like the characters didn't really have room to breathe. So...I might retract what I said about the first Cole McCade novel I read needing to be shorter, because this one was shorter, and it didn't work.

Scattered Showers by Rainbow Rowell - 4/5 stars

Bought this for the SnowBaz story, ended up reading the whole thing and quite enjoying it. The SnowBaz story was definitely still the best though.

Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo - 4/5 stars

In my last reading update I said I wasn't going to read any my Leigh Bardugo books, totally forgetting this one was sitting very near the top of my TBR pile. I liked it a lot, but I have been informed that Hellbent involves a glowing, fully erect demon penis in multiple scenes (and not even for demon sex) soooo yeah. I think I'll give it a miss.

The Gentle Art of Fortune Hunting by KJ Charles - 4.75/5 stars

Drama! by AJ Truman - 4.25/5 stars

Bloodline by Jordan L Hawk - 4.75/5 stars

Wanted, A Gentleman by KJ Charles - 5/5 stars

Oh I loved this one so much. I love when KJ Charles writes books with a twist because I never see them coming. And it's not like the clues aren't there. This is a super quick read but so good. I definitely could have read a full length novel about Martin and Theo.

The Klockwerk Kraken by Aidee Ladnier - 5/5 stars

You look at this book and you think, tentacle porn. And yeah, there's some sex with tentacles. But??? This book??? It kind of wrecked me. It's two connected novellas about trauma, healing, family, memory, love...really really good. Highly recommended.

Pack of Lies by Charlie Adhara - 5/5 stars

And then I read a werewolf book and loved it! Not that I expected to hate this or anything, but I definitely went into it feeling a bit iffy, because werewolves are really not my thing. This book is romantic suspense and really good, and I loved Julien and Eli so much. This is a spinoff of Adhara's other werewolf series, which I want to read, but it's only available as an ebook, and I don't do ebooks.

Seven Tears at High Tide by CB Lee - 4/5 stars

Cute little YA mermaid book. Mermaids also aren't my thing so I liked this more than I thought I would. Much better than Jason June's Out of the Blue, imo.

A Restless Truth by Freya Marske - 4.75/5 stars

Again, my toxic trait is I don't really enjoy reading books about women or f/f romances. But not surprisingly at all, this book was really good. Though, you know. I inhaled all references to Robin and Edwin (of which there were many) and was sorta/kinda more invested in the hints of romance between Hawthorn and Alan. Obvs excited for the third book.

The Rules and Regulations for Mediating Myths and Magic by FT Lukens - 3.5/5 stars

Just Like This by Cole McCade - DNF

Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me. I put this one down before I got through chapter 2.

Never Ever Getting Back Together by Sophie Gonzales - 5/5 stars

I tore through this book in a single day. It was SO funny and sweet. It's considered YA but quite honestly I'd call it New Adult. Or if you don't like New Adult, straight Adult. Sophie Gonzales is the author of one of my top reads of last year, but of course, since this is an f/f romance, I was wary. But ugh, so good. Highly recommend this one.

The Luminaries by Susan Dennard - 5/5 stars

Apparently the idea for this came from the author posting polls on twitter for what would happen next, which is...unspeakably lame, honestly. But the book that came out of it is great. Loved the world, loved Winnie and her family (especially her brother and his boyfriend).

Beguiled by Joanna Chambers - 5/5 stars

Loved the first one, loved this one more.

This Census-Taker by China Miéville - 3.25/5 stars

What was this even about? Pretty sure Miéville was high on peyote when he wrote this.

Nick and Charlie by Alice Oseman - 3.75/5 stars

Picked this up because it was 20% off at Target and was actually pleasantly surprised by how much more adult it is than the series. Then of course started watching season 2 of the series and found it to be as sanitized as season 1.

The Henchman of Zenda - KJ Charles - 3.5/5 stars

He Bears the Cape of Stars from Duck Prints Press - 4.5/5 stars

Glitterland by Alexis Hall - 3.75/5 stars

This is a re-release of one of a novel Hall wrote like a decade ago. It's not a romcom (which I knew going in), but I didn't expect it to be quite so rough. Similar in ways to Paris Daillencourt is About to Crumble, only that was funnier. The fact that he wrote out the Essex accent really grated, but I guess it kind of made sense. My bigger issue with this book was the absolutely shit editing. There were repeated paragraphs, formatting issues, and places where it seemed like there had to be something missing because it made no sense.

The new edition is annotated by Hall, which was pretty fun. Not a bad read, but it's not Boyfriend Material.

Part 2

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kitausu · 1 year

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Mid-Month Reading Check In!

So far I have read 9 books in November

I am currently reading: Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson and A Magic Steeped in Poison by Judy I Lin

My current favorite books of the month are:

#booklr #bookblr #kit reads books #pack of lies #i want to die but i want to eat tteokbokki #sasaki to miyano #egotistical puckboy

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franticvampirereads · 5 months

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I’ll be honest, I’ve been reading this super slowly because life has been very busy lately and I’ve lost some of the thoughts I had for this review along the way. But I know that I loved it. It had such good vibes and was the perfect book to transition from fall in to winter with! I loved the murder mystery, I loved Eli and Julian, and I loved this universe. I can’t wait to dive into the other books set in this same world. Pack Of Lies is getting a solid four stars!

#pack of lies #booklr #book review #mini book review #reading #books #read #book #bookish #lgbtq+ books #queer books #werewolf books #lgbtq+ book #queer book #urban fantasy #urban fantasy books

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wiltking · 2 months

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finished Pack of Lies (spinoff sequel for Big Bad Wolf) and i thought it was okay, but just that. would not recommend it over the main story, even though it was a real treat to read more about Eli. he's a delight and it was worth it for him alone but i could not muster any interest in the love interest, Julien, which is shocking considering he's a 40's something double divorced man supposedly on a mission blinded by all consuming grief. i say supposedly because he didn't really give much... of anything. even when it was his POV he was just kind of... there. i wasn't convinced of his grief and felt that his personality was kind of non existent. and not even in the 'too consumed by loss and sadness to be a person' kind of way. it is also very hard for me to care about movie star type characters, but even then, there just wasn't much to work with.

the mystery itself was also just okay. i liked the setting and seeing the clues navigated by civilians, and bringing cryptids into the mix was a fun touch, but the whole thing about Julien's brother felt clunky. i can't say i was ever bored though, really, aside from the lore recap stuff in the beginning (but to be fair i don't think most people read all 5 main books in less than 2 weeks before jumping straight to this one) and i think overall my main disappointment remains with Julien himself. i'm still interested in seeing where else this spinoff goes though, despite book 2 apparently being very delayed. or anything else this author writes in the future, really.

#also while searching for news on the next book i found out that the author is genderfluid. very cool.#honestly at multiple points i was hoping it would be revealed that Eli was transgender #but now i just think it'd be awesome if this author wrote any trans romance in the future #i love how she writes vulnerability + power dynamics (the sharing of them. the give and take.) and i just know it would go hard #charlie adhara if you're out there..... if you ever write a trans character i will be the very first in line to buy your new book #(obligatory not all queer people have to write about their flavor of queer. i just think it would slap tremendously)#book thoughts #pack of lies #monster hunt

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insidecroydon · 2 days

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Suburban spy drama is coming to Selsdon Hall this week

In 1960 suburbia, Barbara and Bob Jackson are living an idyllic life with their daughter Julie. But when they are visited by the security services, they are informed that their best friends and neighbours, the Canadian Krogers, may not be all they seem. The Jacksons must make a crucial decision – and betrayal may come at a terrible cost… Hugh Whitemore’s gripping and moving drama, Pack Of Lies,…