Mia MonroeRecensioner

Casper and Saint, whoa, I really enjoyed this read. It had grit and laughter and strength and tears! Great characters in a good paced story! Can't wait to read the rest of the bakery and tattoo shop boys stories!

Hot MMM daddy boy novella! I enjoyed this quick smexy read!!

The next book in this enjoyable series, we get Tate's story - second chance at love, GFY and BFF to lovers, it is a mix of all these tropes with kink thrown in.

I enjoyed the read but would have liked to see a bit more angst / learning how to please a man from Nix - he just seemed to know what to do without any anxiety.

The connection between the MC's is great and I love that Tate opens up more to the bakery and tatt shop boys!

Just wow this series is getting better and hotter as we continue!
Luca , Gen and Cairo's triad takes time to build and grow but it so works for them. I love a good mmm and this one didn't let me down.

I swear this series gets better and better.

Apollo and Felix are so sweet together but they also have heat and oh Felix's I'm gonna be me attitude rocked!

It has sweet gestures, lace, friends and hot moments.

I do have to say I did get kicked out of the story each time i read a particular one of Felix's expressions as my brain couldn't work out how to 'read' it so for this reason I give the book 4 stars.

Book 1 in a brand new series from Mia and what a wonderful start it was. This is a super cool read with stars and love and found family!

Gabriel and Jeremiah, insta connection but clash and as the story as they work things out is well written and introduces other characters who I hope all get stories!

Gravity equals partnership equals holding each other up.

This is 2nd book in Mia's new series an it was a super cute enjoyable read as we get Jules and Henry's story.

A failed hookup becomes a workmate, sparks fly but do they connect? Yes! Cos there is gravity at work!

Cute concept, huggable bears and I love a BFF, oh maybe I'm gay or labelless reads.

Dom and Zach, one clueless and one crushing for years.

The author has added a slight twist on this trope of fake marriage that becomes real. It was an enjoyable read as a standalone.

Grey and Mitsu have journey is emotional and heart warming with connections, love, trust and communication and understanding.

This is a great addition to this series.

Legend and Bentley

Woah!! This is a hot hot Daddy Boy kinky read.

It's the first book in new series by Mia which I'm hoping has lots of hot Daddies with boys who need love, life help and lots good times.

Legend is a 'retired' porn star who doesn't know what he wants and doesn't want a new boy but Bentley makes him his just by being himself with his dreams and vision.

This was a wondeful read if Finn (who thinks he is broken but isnt) he just needs a Daddy and Matteo is the perfect Daddy.

I love the strength in Matteo to let Finn take his time and the steps needed to realise he isn't broken. Finn I just wanted to hug. So glad he followed his friend to LA and found his happiness.

I loved this read and am really enjoying this series so far.

This is book 2 in the series and we get to learn more about Sydney who we met in Book 1, Dirty Forty.

This is another friends to lovers trope but I like the way Sydney has to get over himself :) thinking outside his box of what he thinks he wants to notice whats in front of him.

Diego has the patience of a saint and well so does Isaac as I would have most likely slapped Sydney silly and told him to stop being a wally.

MMM Daddy Boy kink with a twist. The twist works perfectly in this book with this trio!

Ramos, Zaden and Alex all get what they need and the trio is balanced even though Ramos is 'added' later.

This is a good read, with some angst due to family, catch up with old friends and meet new characters who need a story!!

4 stars!

Super quick light hearted insta love Christmas read!

I was lucky enough to receive an early copy of this anthology for charity.

I've read all the stories in here, some I loved, some I liked and some just didn't quite resonate with me.

Lucy's at the start/end is a wonderful intro to this seasons Never Have I Ever ...

AM Arthur's contribution made my heart melt with the best friends to lovers

Spencer's novella about Never Been kissed was cool but way too short LOL

I'd mini review all but not enough time
Overall this is 4

Cute double GFY

Would have liked to give this 5 as I really enjoyed it but I wondered where Charles ended up, he just kinda didn't get mentioned at the end in anyway.

Atlas and Rome, insta connection, insta friendship but oh maybe it's actually more.

This was a cute, fluffy, light hearted read.

Can anyone tell me if Charles comes back in book 2 please? Or does he just disappear?

And where did the flamingos come from, the security camera glitches, the other hotel owners visit? Are they leading somewhere in the next books?

This is an underdeveloped story, with an interesting POV where vampires are bloodthirsty monsters with morals. While the story is okay it is very simplistic in its written style with an underdeveloped worldview and undeveloped characters Absolutely no angst here - just death, mayhem, and revenge. Also, no heavy thinking is required to follow the storyline I am saving you - okay; I am a vampire - okay; I am your fated mate - okay: I kill bad guys - okay; and so on. Sigh - pretty sure that I will not be reading #2 unless I do so by accident or desperation.

Vampire Syn and human Bowie first meet, it is during a violent encounter outside the bar where Bowie works. Syn is instantly attracted to Bowie and lets him go free because he knows that Bowie is innocent and won't tell anyone what he saw.

Syn starts coming into the bar and following Bowie "home" to watch over him without him knowing. He doesn't step in until Bowie is attacked and their attraction to one another starts forming.

I loved the relationship that they had with each other. Bowie was just trying to make it day by day due to his crappy past and crimes against him and hadn't ever experienced a real relationship with anyone before. Their spicy times were definitely smoking hot! I also loved the secondary characters of the House of Orpheus. Definitely ready to read their stories next in this series!

Lots of angst here, but it was needed to show that these two lonely men were made for each other. Saint and Casper were lovely together even before any kink started, but they both needed the daddy/boy dynamic for their life to be complete. I loved seeing how they found that HEA, and I really enjoyed seeing how they made each other into even better versions of themselves.½

This may have been the prototype for the trilogy I just read by the same author as it’s more friends to lovers with one of them identifying previously as straight, and apparently I’m all for it here too. Jude was wonderful and perfect for Briar, and it was fun seeing everyone try to educate him on being gay in order to make their fake engagement work.

Loved this and think it’s the perfect end to this trilogy about friends turning to true love. The love at first sight that Luke had toward Hayden was amazing here, and really most of the book was Hayden trying to trust in that. There was more angst here than the other books, but it worked for me in this case; I’ll definitely be rereading this one a lot.

This was a very sweet friends to lovers who realize they’re made for each other. It was interesting seeing Sydney’s life and how he was basically addicted to tarot readings, and I think my biggest disbelief was him actually recognizing his issues on his own without a therapist. But he was adorable, and he got a perfect HEA with Diego. Considering how fairly fluffy these books are, the character development is top notch. This author might be another KU book binge for me.

I loved this for all its fluffy low-angst aspects. The switchover from fake relationship to real relationship worked for me, and I absolutely adored that the HEA pretty much started at 70%. Zach and Dom already were true partners before the book even started, so it was great to see how they came together. The POVs were interesting too as I think we got more of Zach which afterwards made the most sense since he had the biggest doubts at first.½

Never Have I Ever… Fallen in Love by Lucy Lennox - 4 stars

Never Have I Ever…Cold-Called A Stranger’s Phone Number by A.M. Arthur - 2 stars

Never Have I Ever…Ridden A Bike by Alice Winters - 2 star

Never Have I Ever…Dyed My Hair Flaming Red by Daryl Banner - 3 stars

Never Have I Ever…Worn That For Halloween by E.M. Lindsey - 2 stars

Never Have I Ever…Sung in Public by Jodi Payne - 3.5 stars

Never Have I Ever…Gotten Lost by K. Webster - 3.5 stars

Never Have I Ever…Taken a Vacation by Kate Hawthorne - 2.5 stars

Never Have I Ever…Spent The Night With Blanche by Louisa Masters - 5 stars

Never Have I Ever…Had a Makeover by Mia Monroe - 3 stars

Never Have I Ever…Flown In An Airplane by Neve Wilder - 2 stars

Never Have I Ever…Gone Skinny Dipping by Riley Hart - 3 stars

Never Have I Ever…Watched The Godfather by S.E. Harmon - 4.5 stars

Never Have I Ever…Kissed Someone on the Lips by Spencer Spears - 3 stars

Never Have I Ever…Been On A Date by Tal Bauer - 3 stars
I was afraid of finding another well-written story but sinking into the ridiculousness and cheesiness that I found in [b:Enemies of the State|34664699|Enemies of the State (The Executive Office #1)|Tal Bauer|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1490216550l/34664699._SY75_.jpg|49030205], but this one was a pleasant surprise; maybe I'll try one of his standalone mysteries.

I look forward to this anthology every year! As always, a mix of stories from authors new and familiar to me, and many very entertaining ones.