Drifting Dawn by Samantha Young Review & Release Blitz!

 

Book overview:

After eighteen years, I’ve come home to the Scottish island of my childhood. It’s the place I vowed I wouldn’t return to so I never again had to see the man who broke my heart into a million pieces.

Yet family has inevitably brought me back, and avoiding my ex, Quinn McQuarrie, is proving impossible when he insists on digging up the past every time we meet.

Quinn is now a single dad, the local contractor, and the person the entire town is rooting for to get his happily ever after. The problem is, he wants me to be his HEA, and I just want to move on. When Quinn sees my plans to save the town’s volunteer lifeboat service as an opportunity to work together, I’m stuck with him. And, unfortunately, I soon realize there’s no denying that the chemistry we share has only grown more intense with the passing of time.

I know Quinn wants more than just a physical relationship, but it’s all I can promise with so much hurt and distrust between us.

However, when strange disturbances escalate to harassment, our lives are turned upside down, and Quinn proves he will do anything in his power to protect me. Even if it means losing each other before we ever get our second chance…

Review:

You know what? I always look forward to the newest Samantha Young book because I know it is going to be a story I can completely get sucked in to starring characters I can’t help but to fall in love with. Drifting Dawn lived up to exactly what I had hoped and dreamed it would be. I fell in love with this little small town island vibe during the first book of this series, Half-Light Harbor starring Tierney and Ramsay but I knew, I KNEW Quinn was going to give me more to love. He did not disappoint. Ugh, I felt the disappointment and devastation of making stupid mistakes when you’re a kid who doesn’t know any better. I felt the yearning of wanting what you’d always hoped your life would end up being. I felt the tight knit community and family feel of this little island. I felt it all and loved it all. I loved Quinn & Taran’s story. I loved getting to stay connected to Tierney & Ramsay. I love the little moments setting us up for London and Murray (can that happen tomorrow, please?!) I just loved it all. Thank you Samantha for another wonderful story set in your beautiful country with the best fictional characters. I cannot wait to read anything and everything that comes next. 

Isle of Wrath by Claire Contreras Review & Release Blitz!

 

Synopsis:

A forgotten prophecy.

A 300-year-old curse.

And two people bound by a goddess to break it… if the bond doesn’t break them first.

In Lunaris, everyone trades their memories for asylum. No one remembers their past, their homeland, or the curse that trapped them behind a wall of darkness called the Shroud. But they don’t dare break the rules set upon them.

Ada Acevedo has spent years hiding her healing gift and keeping her head down.

But when her twin brother is struck by a poisoned arrow, she breaks the most dangerous rule of all. She bargains with the goddess of death to save his life.

She didn’t expect the goddess to send Malachi Bain—an infuriating warrior—to collect. Much less to be soul-bound to him until she repays what she owes. Now Ada has no choice but to help him do the impossible: lift the Shroud and break the curse that’s kept Lunaris hidden from the rest of the realm for three hundred years.

As she’s pulled deeper into a world of forbidden prophecies and buried secrets, Ada discovers a devastating truth. Lunaris isn’t the paradise she always thought it was. It’s a cage. And on the other side, a monster is lurking—waiting for the Shroud to fall.

Waiting for her.

Review:

I totally should’ve expected that cliffhanger but I did not and now I’m going to need fall to hurry up and arrive so I can read book 2! 

Overall, I really enjoyed this story!! This was a new path for Claire Contreras, but I’m here for it! I’ve always loved her contemporary romance stories and was thrilled to hear she was writing a romantasy. I feel like the story was very well done and it is the same amazing level of character development I’ve come to expect in every CV story. I know that I will always be attached, always feel strongly about whatever characters she creates, and this book was no different!! I do feel like the world building and large amount of different characters (gods, goddesses, sages, council, differing kingdoms, etc) was a little confusing and maybe a little overwhelming but I still feel like I got and remembered the majority of it as I was reading! I felt like the storyline in general though was exciting, I loved the main characters, and could easily imagine sitting with them all at Siren’s Call. Ada sounds like a fierce fighter for those she loves and she is perfectly matched with her bonded mate. I cannot wait to see what becomes of the two of them but I am hoping they can get through whatever hoops they have to to have a good life together! Also, Kage’s one liners might be my favorite part of this book and him baiting Malachi made me laugh out loud. Anyway, highly recommend you take the chance on this book and learn all there is to find out about this incredible story!