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Curl up with a cup of tea — it’s book talk time!

If you love a good plot twist, a swoon-worthy romance, or a thrilling page-turner, you’re in the right place. This section is full of book reviews, themed party ideas, discussion prompts, trivia games, and more—all from our ever-growing book club adventures.

Bonus: We’re not afraid to get a little nerdy here.

📖 See what we’re reading and loving:

My Favorite Stand Alone Books:

In New York, a newly divorced 29-year-old friend’s brother she just met, agrees to go with her on a week-long marriage retreat with her coworkers to trick her boss into believing she is married. This is the best banter I have read! 10/10!! 

2 years after her sister passes away, 18-year-old Meredith goes to her grandparents’ house on Martha’s Vineyard to attend her cousin’s wedding and enjoy their annual summer game of Assassin. But when she forms an alliance with a cute groomsman, she finds herself getting distracted. 

Completed Series on Kindle Unlimited:

(6 book series) by J Bree
 
A college-aged woman with incredible powers has been hiding from her 5 bonded men since the mysterious death of her parents.
 
Now that she has been found, they want answers. As the books progress, all their powers grow along with their greatest threat.
 
5 kingdoms. (One lost) Only the royals have powers. A woman was broken out of a prison she grew up in, and thrust into a gruesome trial to win the Sun King’s hand or die trying… 

The Elf Queen Series (4 books) by J.M. Kearl

An elf hiding in the human kingdom is taken by the new elf king she has been betrothed to since birth, but she has been training to kill him and now has the chance…

The Broken Kingdoms Series (9 books) by: LJ Andrews

Each book introduces a new FMC and MMC that make up the universe that needs to defeat the ultimate evil. It ends in a way to make room for their children.

Sequel: The Ever Seas

Fey Spy Academy (3 books)


Nia needs to train at Camelot’s elite academy for spies hellbent on revenge against an evil Fey king.

How close can she get to winning the war before everything falls apart? So many plot twists!

Kings of Sin(7 book series)
 
Follow 7 billionaires as they meet their matches. In a tight group associated with the Valhalla club in NY, they each have a sinful side that is too good… 
 
Still waiting on books 6 and 7, but these can be standalone.
 
Prequel: Twisted Series (4 books) – Meet Dante’s friend Christian Harper and his friends in Chicago.

Stonewood Billionaire Brothers Series (3 books) by Shain Rose

The Stonewood Men have it all….except the women who bring them to their knees. My favorite book is Reverie.
 
Sequel: Tarnished Empire (3 books) – Meet the Armanelli brothers in charge of the East Coast Mafia. My favorite book is Corrupted Chaos.
 
Sequel: Hardy Billionaires (4 books) – Meet the twins’ 4 brothers – the rest of Dante’s best friend’s family..
Gold Rush Ranch (4 book series) by Elsie Silver 
 

Small town Rom Com series on a horse racing ranch. Each book introduces a new trope that is sure to win your hearts! (My favorite is “Photo Finish“)

Sequel: Chestnut Springs (5 book series) – Meet Violet Eaton’s 4 brothers… My favorite book is Heartless

Sequel: Rose Hill (4 book Series) – Meet Willa Grant’s Billionaire brother & his friends.

The Zodiac Academy Series (12 books)

by: Caroline Peckam & Susanne Valenti

Twins are thrust from the human realm into a massive universe with shifters, elemental powers, and bullies. 

They face an onslaught of enemies, as the stakes get higher as they come into their powers.

Prequel: Dark Fae (Ruthless Boys of the Zodiac 5 books)

Sequel: Caged Wolf (Darkmore Penitentiary 5 books)

Throne of Glass Series (12 books)

by: Sarah J. Maas

READ The Assassin’s Blade Prequel first!! I kept seeing it was optional, but not needed to for the series. Whoever said that was completely wrong! If I read this before starting the series I feel the impact on her reflection of the memories from this prequel would have hit harder.

This is a crazy whirlwind of a ride! Celaena Sardothien starts as an assassin for the king and ends up all over the world with one of the best epic endings in a series of all time.

Read Empire of Storms and Tower of Dawn in Tandem as the stories of two different groups occur the same time.

 
The first three books center around Sadie and her experience training in a fortress with Alphas and Betas fighting against the Fae Realm. Sadie was an entertaining, hilarious main character. I loved her sassiness and the banter that ensued between her and the other Alphas.
 
The last three books focus on a Fae princess ‘Aran’ disguised as a boy rooming with devils, and kings at a supernatural academy training to be assassins.

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