en-US Tue, 10 Jun 2025 16:29:35 -0700 60 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg Review7604619217 Tue, 10 Jun 2025 16:29:35 -0700 /review/show/7604619217 Irida gave 4 stars to Amid Clouds and Bones (Kindle Edition) by Ella Fields
bookshelves: arranged-marriage, enemies-to-lovers, fantasy-romance, love-triangle, morally-grey-mmc
This one is for my villain loving girls, prepare to fall in love with one of the meanest mmc’s I’ve ever read.

I didn’t want to put this down and I wish this had been a duet, but for a standalone dark romantasy? This was amazing.

The spice?? I’m telling you it was some top tier shit. I had to regain composure.

Trust me when I say just go into this completely blind and with a clear schedule cause you’ll not want to move. ]]> ReadStatus9526854603 Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:17:19 -0700 /review/show/7571083109 Irida wants to read Reckless Hearts by Jessa Wilder
]]> Review7634906017 Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:15:55 -0700 /review/show/7634906017 Irida gave 3 stars to Drowning Erin (Kindle Edition) by Elizabeth O'Roark
bookshelves: forbidden, frenemies-to-lovers, opposites-attract, second-chance
This was an angsty read but so worth the ride.

The two main characters have always wanted each other but masked their feelings as “hate�. After four years apart they’re forced to spend time together and confront their feelings head on. The only problem is, she’s engaged to his best friend.

Something I’ll always love about Elizabeth O’Roark’s books is that her characters will always feel like real people, and this book was exactly that. The mc’s felt so fleshed out, they had flaws and weaknesses that impacted their lives.

The mmc is terrified of relationships because of a traumatising past with an ex-girlfriend and the fmc is a chronic people pleaser who is in a dull relationship because it’s good on paper and also comes from a family who constantly burden her.


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]]> Review7601935828 Sat, 07 Jun 2025 07:43:16 -0700 /review/show/7601935828 Irida gave 2 stars to Beautiful Venom (Vipers, #1) by Rina Kent
I’m sorry RK but this book was not it for me.

The mmc literally BACKHANDS, full on slaps the fmc across the face early on. I can handle dark content but that just left a bitter taste in my mouth. Like what kind of icky behaviour is that? I fear that skewed my perception of the mmc too early and I couldn’t move past it.

This really felt like RK tried to recycle some of her other mmc’s and slap a “hockey� label on him to make him feel different.

The romance?? It was no where to be seen, this was completely lust driven for at least 80% of this book.

Will I still read the next book in this series? Yes, because Rina’s books can very much be hit or miss. This one was a BIG miss for me. ]]> ReadStatus9476257455 Tue, 27 May 2025 14:50:46 -0700 /review/show/7605007231 Irida wants to read Take Her by Cassie Alexander
]]> ReadStatus9475975544 Tue, 27 May 2025 13:37:34 -0700 /review/show/7604812160 Irida wants to read HEAVY by M.L. Burns
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