Talk Nerdy To Me

Continuing on a TBR/Beat-The-Backlog kick (and ignoring my ARCs kick). Here's "Talk Nerdy to Me" by Jett Masterson.

["When alpha football star Matthew Vega is failing his physics class, and it appears that he could miss out on the opportunity to play in his University's upcoming rivalry game, he gets assigned a tutor to help bring his grade up. He's not sure what to make of the beautiful omega who seems to hate his guts for no reason.

When nerdy physics major Miles Tran gets assigned to tutor the university's star football player, he's hesitant to accept the duty. He's got his own past with football players, one that has left him with scars both internal and external. He's unsure what to make of the handsome alpha who seems so different than the horrible abusers of his past.

Little do they know that their meeting is about to change both of their lives in ways they couldn't have foreseen."]

These two were adorable as hell! They were so smitten from the very beginning. They fell fast, but they fell honest. It was all sweetness and communication and spice and honesty and support. They were there for each other, cheering each other on, reaching for their individual and couple dreams. They had the support of sooo many friends and found family members. It was so easy for so long...

Honestly, it really was. There was barely any angst. Some past trauma coming back and battling baggage, but they did it together (and with their entire support system).

Trigger Warnings: toxic parents, emotional/psychological abuse, bullying, physical violence/assault, ptsd, toxic masculinity, and more. 

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Good Boy (The Boys of Apartment 13 #3)

Here's "Good Boy," the third book in Brianna Flores's The Boys of Apartment 13 series. 

["Good boy Baby Holbrook is unlucky in love...

Baby
I'm a stickler for rules, and for good reason. They keep life simple. Predictable. Safe. My roommates might not agree, but I think they're a necessity. Which is exactly why crushing on the one straight guy in the apartment is a terrible idea.
Logan Matthews is a rule breaker. He's shirtless at inappropriate times, allergic to knocking, and somehow convinced that pretending to be my boyfriend is no big deal. But for me, it most definitely is. Between all the hand-holding and praise, I'm finding it harder and harder to remember this is fake. The kisses feel real, the touches are lingering, and I'm forgetting what it was like to not have this beautiful boy's attention all on me.
There's only one way this ends, but if there's one thing I'm certain of, it's that Logan Matthews is worth the heartache.

Logan
I'm a firm believer that there are some rules that are meant to be broken. My favorite roommate might not agree, but I'm pretty sure I can change his mind.
Baby thinks I can't handle being his fake boyfriend just because I'm straight. He doesn't understand how much I already like being near him. I don't spend my nights watching eighties movies because I like them. I do it because it's the only time he lets his guard down. What started out as a favor he didn't ask for has become the realest thing in my life. I just hope I can convince him I'm worth the risk.
It may be easier said than done, but if there's one thing I know, it's that Baby Holbrook is worth the fight."]

These two gave me so much anxiety. Okay, so most of the anxiety was due to Baby, but he was (okay not entirely) justifiable. His past experiences mixed with his greatest fears and his unchecked anxiety made him continuously push Logan away. 

Logan...tried his best. He wanted to push Baby, but he knew he couldn't push Baby too far, too fast. And not to blame aaallllll of the miscommunication on him, but Logan could have, arguably, told Baby how he felt and how those feelings had changed slash had been there all along.

Meanwhile, all of the other boys were just like "whelp, we've been there; they'll figure it out." Like, awesome. Thanks. 

But also, Logan being jealous of a banana, to the point of almost throwing the bundle of bananas away, was hilarious. 

Trigger Warnings: mentions of homophobia (both internal and external), thoughts and behaviors that may be attributed to body and gender dysphoria, past bullying, and more.

#booksirens #arcs #arcteammember
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Pretty (King's Heart #2)

Continuing on a TBR/Beat-The-Backlog kick (and ignoring my ARCs kick). Here's "Pretty" by L Waltree, which is a part of the King's Heart series.

["Declan
He was supposed to be the one that understood.
The one that was different. But he’s just like everyone else.
It doesn’t really matter, though. At school, I’m the weird outcast, and he’s the big popular jock.
We were doomed from the start.
And yet, I keep finding myself drawn to him, no matter how much I don’t want to be.
I need to stay away, but I don’t think I can.

Javier
He was all I had in the world.
Mi muñequito.
Then he threw it all away.
So I wiped my hands of him.
Or I tried.
But he crept his way back into my brain. Back into my life.
I need to leave him in the past, but I don’t think I can."]

YES, all of the yes. This book was fucking amazing. Granted, I still loved the first one a litttle more, but this was far from a disappointment.

It was everything. It was pining and angst, it was fluff and spice, it was yearning and hesitation. It was history and future. It was fate, pushing and pulling them apart (okay, that wasn't fate. that was judgement and butt-hurt-ness preventing communication, looking at you Javi). 

Their friends knew they were meant to be, knew that they were falling in love, even if they didn't (okay, Declan knew what was happening, even if he was pissed off about it (and scared af)). I loooved these two, loved them (even if they made me cry).

Trigger Warnings: mention of suicide, emotional abuse, alcohol abuse, domestic abuse, mention of date rape and sexual assault, assault, drugging, arrest of a loved one, victim blaming, victim in denial, sexual assault of a minor (off page, alluded to), and more.

#arc #arcteammember
#safe #pretty #kingsheart #kingsheartseries #lwaltree #books #queerbooks #queererotica #bodicerippers #bookstagram #bookphotography #ilovebooks 

Orc CEO's Fake Fiancé (Billionaire Monster Deals #3)

Here's Viva Wilder's "Orc CEO's Fake Fiancé." It's the third novel in the Billionaire Monster Deals series.

["The coffee was an accident. Getting on his knees to mop it off the Orc CEO's crotch was a choice. A bad one.

Now Leo Caletti — broke, desperate, held together with duct tape and audition rejections — is fake-engaged to Gorrat "Gore" Vane, a seven-foot-two wall of grey muscle in a $20,000 suit who doesn't smile, doesn't blink, and smells like rain and bad decisions.

The deal is three months, fifty grand, no touching.

The deal falls apart in six days. Because Leo's scent triggers something ancient in Gore's biology — something possessive, feral, and very, very permanent. And now the Orc who filed his tusks for boardrooms is growling at waiters, scent-marking Leo's clothes, and building a nest he won't admit exists.

But Gore's father wants the bond destroyed, the company seized, and Leo gone. To survive, they'll have to the empire or each other.

They choose violence."]

This book was a mix of fluff and pining and fate and hormones and real feelings. But it was also so angst and self-sacrifice-y and light guilt and pain (soooo much pain). 

I loved these two. Even if there should have been a conversation or two before the bonding..about the bonding, but fate doesn't always leave room for talking about bonding consequences. Or toxic family members out for money and revenge. 

I loooved these two (I just said that, and I've said it again). They were adorable and a little manic and a lot possessive, but they were beautiful and supportive as hell. Granted, it was devastating and I cried, but I loooved them.

#orcceosfakeboyfriend #orcceossecretboyfriend #orcceosfakefiance #vivawilder #billionairemonsterdeals #billionairemonsterdealsseries #books #queerbooks #queererotica #bodicerippers #bookstagram #bookphotography #ilovebooks

Orc CEO's Fake Boyfriend (Billionaire Monster Deals #1)

Here's Viva Wilder's "Orc CEO's Fake Boyfriend." It's the first novel in the Billionaire Monster Deals series.

["Marlowe Quinn has three rules for surviving as a show up early, stay invisible, and never end up in a viral photo with your billionaire boss.

So much for rules.

One spilled coffee and suddenly the internet thinks he's dating Soren Vexley—seven feet of green-skinned, tusk-bearing orc CEO who built a Fortune 500 company and refuses to smile in photographs.

Soren's solution? A contract. Sixty days of fake dating to spin the story. He pays off Marlowe's student loans, they walk away clean.

Simple. Professional. No feelings.

Except Soren isn't the cold monster the tabloids make him out to be. He's careful. Protective. He remembers how Marlowe takes his coffee. And when a board member with a vendetta threatens everything Soren's built, Marlowe realizes he'll do anything to protect him.

The contract says sixty days. Their hearts didn't get the memo."]

These two were beautiful...and kinda disasters. Then again, the disasters mainly found them.

These two found each other and fell in love all the while dodging one disaster after another, one horrible person after another. They trusted each other and leaned on each other and found themselves falling hopelessly in love. Along with some inside jokes and found family and mended fences. 

#orcceosfakeboyfriend #orcceossecretboyfriend #orcceosfakefiance #vivawilder #billionairemonsterdeals #billionairemonsterdealsseries #books #queerbooks #queererotica #bodicerippers #bookstagram #bookphotography #ilovebooks

Extra Credit (The Boys of Elmwood U #1)

Here's Hayden Hall's "Extra Credit." It's the first novel in his new series, The Boys of Elmwood U.

["Look, I’m not stupid. I’m just really, really bad at Statistics.

Bad enough that Coach is threatening to bench me if I don’t pull my grades up. Bad enough that Professor Colby assigned me a tutor from the Thinkers’ House: a nerd who actually enjoys calculating standard deviations.

Enter Bennet Marlowe: certified genius, overpowered paladin in shiny armor, and the most annoyingly attractive guy I’ve ever failed to impress. He’s all sharp edges and sharper wit, hiding behind oversized sweaters and reading glasses that have no business making me lose focus during study sessions. He’s also completely off-limits. It’s hard to learn anything when all I can think about is whether he’d let me kiss him if I got the answer right.

And yet, I keep finding excuses to see him. Crashing his D&D night. Convincing him to see a movie with me when my date bails. Walking him home and standing too close on his doorstep. Kissing him clumsily near said doorstep.

And somewhere between pivot tables and probability, I’m starting to think maybe I’m not just bad at Statistics. I’m catastrophically bad at keeping my hands to myself.

I’ve got one semester to pass this class and keep my scholarship. Falling for my tutor is definitely not the kind of extra credit I signed up for."]

These two were adorable as hell. Head over heals from the very beginning, even if they wanted to deny, deny, deny. And a lot of that angst was deny, deny, deny..deny your own feelings, deny that your good enough, deny that the other could possibly feel the same way. 

Luckily they had friends (and dogs and a utter lack of a filter) to get them to the HEA.

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Gone Wild (Wild Hearts #1)

Here's "Gone Wild" by Jesse H Reign. It's the first novel in the new Wild Hearts series.

["He’s my ex-boyfriend’s brother, an alpha with an old-fashioned face and a rugged demeanor. I’m the omega who’s managed to get myself stranded in the middle of nowhere with him during a snowstorm.

It’s fine though. It’s not like anything’s going to happen between us. We’re both adults and we have this thing called self-control. There’s nothing to worry about.

Except, there’s a trickle of heat flowing through my veins, and things are happening in my body that I can’t explain.

Wait. I’m not going into heat, am I?"]

God was this book good! Jesse took a (small) risk diving into the omega-verse, but it was so worth it. This omega-verse was slightly different than the other's I read, which I loved. The lore and the history was unique and fun.

These two were utterly adorable. Even if they (okay just Lucy) didn't see it for the longest of times. They matched each other in so many ways, made each other better in so many ways. 

I can't wait for more!

#gonewild #wildhearts #wildheartsseries #jessehreign #books #queerbooks #queererotica #bodicerippers #bookstagram #bookphotography #ilovebooks