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March Reading Wrap-Up

March was an excellent month for me.  All six of my completed reads were 5 stars.  A Flickering Remnant is such a beautiful story.  It's a fantasy romance that has a Gothic feeling to it.  It's got maternal mental health representation, a curse, an elemental magic system, witches, some amazing found family, a ton of mystery and it's absolutely beautifully written as well.  I loved it so much I bought myself a signed copy.  Sheltered Fate was just plain fun.  It was book three in a series of interconnected stand alones.  It's what all monster romance should be, in my opinion.  The Troll MMC was a kind and gentle cinnamon roll.  I enjoyed this one so much I abandoned all other responsibility and read the first book in the series too.  Fresh-Brewed Fate was also just plain fun.  It was more adventurous and the world was a little bigger but again the Orc MMC was another cinnamon roll.  I rounded out my month by starting the great LJ Andrews Read-a-thon.  This readathon will be going on through October and all but one novella will be re-reads for me.  I love this author and these two series.  At this point they're all comfort reads to me.  These characters and this world is so amazing.  It's like hanging out with friends and family.  If my family and friends were dark brooding sometimes violent Vikings.  


I have had my first ARC failure.  I didn't finish Demons for Breakfast before it's release date.  In fact I haven't finished it all.  I just could not really get into this one.  I did push myself to make it to 68% before I set it aside to get to my other deadlines.  It's not a bad book by any means.  The story was interesting and the characters were fun, I just wasn't wrapping my head around all the plant and mineral references.  It was a lot and it just wasn't gripping me.  I might try to get back to it at some point but not right now.

I've started my April ARC reading already and I'm very much enjoying The Last Guardian so far.  More on that later!  I received the ARC of Winds of Ruin which is the final book in the Legends of Henosis series by Mariet Kay.  I've been looking forward to this one for months now and was sooo over the moon when I received the ARC.  I'm debating weather or not to re-read the first two book in the series first or just jump into Winds of Ruin.  I have another ARC that releases the very next day and book five of The Beast of the Briar, Frozen by Stardust releases the day before Winds of Ruin.  I pre-ordered a physical copy of that one.  Then I have one more ARC at the end of April and more Broken Kingdoms books to read.... its going to be another busy reading month.
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