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Dinosaurs, Dilemmas & Albert Einswine by Sedona Ashe

Series:
Dino Magic #2

Genre:
Fantasy, Romance, Romantasy, Dinosaurs, Magic, Book Series, Reverse Harem, Shifters, Shapeshifters, Urban Fantasy, Contemporary, Dino Shifters, Steamy Romance, Erotica, Smut, Spicy Romance, Fated Mates, Humor, Paranormal, Adult

Publication Date:
June 26, 2023

Pages Numbers:
244

Read Date:
February 13th, 2024

Date Finished:
February 13th, 2024

Rating:
4.75/5

Blurb:

Whoever said diamonds are a girl’s best friend, got it wrong.
It turns out, bones are a girl’s best friend.
Not that kind of bone… get your mind out of the gutter.

We’d arrived at the museum, and everything was going well. Okay, fine. That’s a lie.
It had gone exactly like the rest of my life had since my dino mates had come crashing into my life… which is to say, it had been a catastrophe of prehistoric proportions. By a weird twist of fate, we’d narrowly avoided being arrested after we’d destroyed the fundraising gala and terrorized the guests.

Things didn’t go as I’d planned for the rest of the trip, either. Especially when Albert decided to slip his leash and go looking for his own little souvenir to take home….
Except, he didn’t go shopping in the museum’s gift shop.
And it wasn’t exactly a replica that he picked out.

Which really sucked, since the absolute last thing I needed was another dinosaur shifter to deal with….

Dino Magic is a light-hearted romantic comedy series with a whole lot of steam! This isn’t a save-the-world type of story, but rather it focuses on Arizona’s coming into her hidden abilities. In each book she will be tracking down a gift, or a fated mates that been left by her great-great-so-many-greats-I-can't-even-type-them-all-grandmother.

This is a paranormal series, not a serious true-to-science series. So, if you are hoping to learn about dinosaurs, this probably isn’t the read for you. If you want to giggle hard enough that the people around you think you're crazy, then this might be the book for you!

Review:

You know I honestly thought I read this one last year but when I went to check on something on these books, I saw that I had not read this one. So, I grabbed this book to help make sense of book three. I am glad I did.

Sedona continues to astound me with her dino magic novels. Each one has the right amount of sass and spice to keep her readers glued from beginning to end. It also helps that the little chapter jokes are just fun additions to the novel.

Also, can we say that it was great to see Arizona now having a bestie?? I love Suli! She is so awesome and she's perfect for being Arizona's friend. The girl needs it especially when she is surrounded by nothing but males. Don't get me wrong, it is nice to have all those delicious males, but you need a female friend in there too. *winkie wink*

The downside to this novel was toward the ending. While I love Arizona, I did not like what she did. I don't plan to spoil anything for future readers. So, I am going to just say go read this novel.

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Title: Save A Life, Tell A Lie

Series: Flawed Fates Book 1

Author: Sedona Ashe

Genre: Romance, Vampires, Fantasy, Contemporary, Adult, Urban Fantasy

Warnings: Physical Abuse, Stalking, Obsessive Behavior, Knife play (?)

Date Started: February 6th, 2023

Date Finished: February 7th, 2023

Status: Finished

Rating: 5/5

Sypnosis: Stalker or vampire?
The choice is yours, but if you make the wrong one…
You die.

He’s spent months watching my every move. Stalking me from the shadows, waiting for the right moment.
When he strikes, I’m not ready.
I’m surrounded by strangers, and far from anyone who might have cared, or at the very least, noticed if I suddenly disappeared.
He’s closing the distance, leaving me with a terrifying choice: take my chances with my stalker, or seek help from a monster more powerful than him. Making the wrong choice could cost me my life.
Risking it all, I throw myself at an extraordinarily handsome stranger. A stranger who just happens to be a vampire. He also happens to be the crown prince of vampires, and he’s disgusted by humans.
I haven’t even been bitten yet, and my life already sucks.
It’s too late to rethink my plan, and I’m out of options. I beg the stranger to claim he knows me.
Instead, the vampire claims me.
But my stalker isn’t ready to admit defeat, and the vampire I sought refuge with isn’t willing to let me go.
A stalker. A vampire. A choice that might end my life.


SLTL is a new series focused on Journee and her vampire mate (yes, this series has only one guy! Don’t worry, he’s drool-worthy). This story has it all: a stalker, coming into power, vampire royalty, a protective mate, humor, heat, and eventually a HEA. For my naughty readers, this book is a medium burn that’s worth the wait… and you better be ready, because once they get started, things really get spicy! Journee's vampire mate falls in love with her the moment he meets her and will do anything to protect what is his.

Review: This has to be the first book in a series of monster romances that I actually enjoyed. I was surprised by how much I enjoyed the book and that I was able to devour it so quickly.

Someone is stalking Journee. He has been stalking her for some time. Often he leaves her gifts here and there but it has become unnerving when he starts to enter the place she considers her sanctuary - her apartment. Things escalate one night when he decides to torment her by actually stalking her through a crowd. As Journee tries to find a way to escape her stalker, she finds a group of vampires and although she fears them, she sees them as her saviors.

Zyon, the Crown Prince of Vampires, is surprised when a tiny female launches herself and pretends as if they have known each other forever. At first, he is confused but when he takes notice of the woman's stalker, he feels the need to protect her. But there is something about the human female that causes all sorts of emotions within him to come to the surface and realizes that she is his Irenvyth. He will do anything to protect even if it means going up against his grandmother and the Hunters to keep her.

I loved Journee and Zyon. They were fun and well-written. Journee was not really some damsel in distress. No, she was being stalked and this scared her. Any woman would be scared if they were in her shoes. I can even imagine them finding someone - anyone - to help them shake off.

Journee and Zyon are flawed. They are not perfect characters and I like that. Journee is stubborn and refuses to be treated like anything but at the same time, you can feel the fear she has when she is being stalked. She should be scared of vampires but although there is some fear of them, she also sees them as someone to save and protect her.

Zyon is possessive of his Irenvyth. He is the ideal of an alpha male but he is also the Crown Prince. His grandmother is demanding he marries to give the throne an heir and Zyon has no desire to do so. He is not even fond of humans either. But when Journee comes into his life, he finds that she is his everything and he will do anything to protect her even send her away to protect her from his grandmother. And the great thing is that he doesn't even back down from her.

The world-building looks amazing. I would love about the whole vampire/human/hunter history. I know vampires are treated like celebrities but I would love to know how and why they rose to this status. I know we get some hints but the whole thing is really interesting.

Will we see more of Nathan? Perhaps his own tale?

This book definitely has deserved its five-star rating from me and it may even become my February book of the month.