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Fast 5 plus 1: Bound to the Beasts

Oct12

Bookish Thoughts on Bound to the Beasts
by Ari Wright

First of all, I was blessed with an ARC of Bound to the Beasts by Ari Wright for an honest review.

Rating 4 Starz.
I really enjoyed Bound to the Beasts and it was almost a Five Star read. 

Bound to the Beasts is a Reverse Harem Omegaverse retelling of Beauty and the Beast

Fast Five PLUS 1!!!
1. Retelling of Beauty and the Beast, one of this reader girls favorites—and comes with ALL THE BOOKS LOL
2. Dane, the Masked Man, is just honestly the best of the male characters. Cillian, the Pack Lead was fun to read, his whole Dominance thing playing well off of the Beasts softness.
3. I’m not sure what a “Black Cat” female character in a romance is—she’s feisty and stands up for herself? I liked Briar, though!
4. Rhys, another male lead, was damn near irredeemable. More on him in below
5. This is not just darker than Ari’s  other books, it is much twistier. And let me tell you, I can normally sniff a twist out a mile away. My son and I will watch a show and I’ll say “he did it” and the Princeling is annoyed bc I’m right. I did not see this type of  twisty coming. I AM HERE FOR IT!!
6. I know- I can’t count!!! But the reason for the downgrade in stars is because Rhys (see above) reminded me too much of one of the MMCs in Knot her Catch (MVP Book 5). Also one of their nicknames for the FMC (“Pretty Baby”) felt like one from the same MVP book. Note—it is not. But Briar’s story felt similar in the dynamics, which resulted in the loss of 1 star. The twist and her feistiness brought it up from a 3.

Overall, I’d recommend this book in a heartbeat. I’ll probably reread it, too.

Just Write It: 5 on Just Drive

Apr4

I think I read somewhere that Devyn Sinclair wrote “Just Drive”” as a side story. A passion project, at least at first. A story she loved but wasn’t sure would sell. Was not sure it would resonate with readers.

I have reviewed maybe 2 books on Good Reads and Amazon. Possibly three. I leave a star rating but never a review. It has to hit me hard for me to leave a 5 stars and it has to hit even harder for an actual review. She got both.

Which makes a darn good argument to write what you are passionate about. The story you want. Because trends come and go, but staying true to you will bring the right readers to you.

Note: Just Drive is. RH Omegaverse Romance.

Here’s 5 things I loved about Just Drive:

5. The Formula. one racing. Do I watch racing? Nope. I’ve been known to watch it though, and it’s the only sport other than ice skating and gymnastics that I will watch. Fun fact: when I was a wee girl I wanted to race fast cars. Didn’t go further than checking out TONS of books at the wee little local library when I was younger and a little drag racing when a bit older… But. And there are specific racing details that made me SQUEEE.

4. Relationships & friendships outside the romance. A whole world was built, including both personal and professional relationships. And instead of having EVERYONE hate the new female driver, she did have professional friendships with other drivers.

3. World Building. This is set in an alternate universe. If she played with the rules Formula One racing in the story, it didn’t hit for this casual reader.  Which means short cuts were not taken. Sinclair obviously loves this subject and it shows.

2. Competition & Professionalism within the pack. Vanessa, our heroine is racing on a team with part of her pack and actively racing against another member. And while they are competitive– it’s in the right way. A way that doesn’t make it easy for either of them. They go balls to the wall racing each other, can be grumpy about losing and still celebrate a momentous win.

  1. Grandpa. I cried so hard. And we know, don’t we… That the good books, the great books, they help us. They entertain us. They teach us new things. And they give us a safe space to feel our feelings. I’m tearing up again (it would have been Pop’s 99th today) and we’ll, I’m probably gonna go back and reread so I have that safe space tonight.

That number one though, that’s why I write. While I generally work through stuff in my writing, that connection cannot be beat. It’s magic.

So what magical story have you been dying to tell? Don’t worry about markets right now– just grow your magic.

Ta, my Lovelies