#breaking magic

Title : Felix and the Prince ( Forever Wilde Series )

Author : Lucy Lennox

Oh boy. If you like a bit of Drama, relationship issues, finding yourself brouhaha & explicit scenes then this series is for you. It’s a guilty pleasure kind of read and I wasn’t able to stop from book 1 down to the last. The books can be read as standalones but it’s much better if you know all the people popping up here and there. This one is my Favorite, Felix & The Prince. All because of the Commoner/Royalty trope that just never fails to fascinate me. So Felix goes to this remote island who is famous for their Stained glass and to study it. Aside from that, he’s really trying to run away from the public as his Mom’s ( who abandoned him ) blockbuster movie is coming up as he hates being in the spotlight. There he meets Lio in one of the secret rooms he accidentally finds and from there, well. 😍😍😍 These characters feel very real and their emotions read well to me as an outsider. I just love the being stuck in that place and both of them having no other choice but to fall in love. Also the whole DRAMA of how they can make it work despite all the issues is a big part of what makes their story better.

Title : Be still my Heart ( Four Kings Kings Security series )

Author : Charlie Cochet

All the books in this series is worth a read, definitely. It’s just that I really loved Laz and Red’s side-relationship from Book 1 and so when they had their own story with Book 2 it was an instant favorite. Red is an ex navy SEAL and now working as a security detail while Laz is a fashion photographer. This book opens with Red off work as he recovers from being shot and seeing Laz doing a shoot. Then someone opens fire, clearly targeting Laz and so the whole story is the two of them in close quarters and coming to terms with their relationship. They are so sweet together! 😭 and the explicit scenes are scorching omg! The mystery part on figuring out who is plotting against Laz was cool too ; I thought it was this guy, but then it’s not until that last moment when the mastermind is revealed. 😳

Title : Breaking Magic

Author : J Brenton Parker

There’s this trope that is very hard to come by in books because of how specific it is. It’s the Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter trope. This books has it all and I couldn’t be happier. You have a magic school, the chosen one and his nemesis & a whole lot of adventure. Adam Wolfe is a ticking bomb. He is the most powerful magician of his time who doesn’t even know how to use it. He can’t use a wand, can’t maintain a spell, and when he does- it results into a catastrophe. When he almost burns down the whole school and has a group of rebels interested him + the threat of his magic being stripped away, here comes someone he never got along with FELIX ROTH. Oooohhh how I love this character. 💜 So he goes to Adam and tells him he can help with controlling his powers but they have to get Merlin’s staff. And the rest of the story is just wonderful. Ugh. Soft boys, magic, adventure & good vs evil all in one book. God. Read this one please. This book needs more love.

Title : To Have It All

Author : Jill Wexler

This book is short & sweet and the right pick for a cozy sunday. Mild angst and so much fluff. This is my first bestfriends to lovers book and this one just nails it. Brett and Jordan have been friends for more than 2 decades, and yes there are times they have looked at each other in a non-platonic way ; but they both shut it down as their friendship is too important. Then Brett’s sister and brother in law dies in a car accident leaving their 4 kids to his care. Jordan helps him take care of the kids and setup himself up with this new life. Everything about this was so sweet! The domesticity and them seeing each other in different light at the right time. Just the inevitability of them being together after all those years as friends left me with all the feels. Ahhhhh~ ❤️

And then I remembered that the character she is an au version of DOES die in a horrible, horrible way

“If you could just give me two seconds, maybe get a word in between the hitting,” he hissed, his breath coming in sharp gasps, trying to steady himself on his feet.

“So you can what?” the Guardian, little more than a kid, really, Max can see now that there aren’t vicious glowing blue barriers between them, “You wanna drug me again? I’m not going back. You’re not taking me back.”

The kid was glaring ferociously, eyes wild, with long, dark hair that has gone without care for some time falling in their eyes and spilling over their shoulders, their thin lips are twisted in a snarl. They looks basically feral and oh gods, but Max is so not equipped to deal with this, he’s a glorified tour guide not a fucking trauma counselor.

“Listen, I’m not - ” Max began to raise his hands in an attempt at a placating gesture, but the kid started so violently at the motion that he immediately dropped them back to his sides, “I’m not with them,” he wanted to ask if “them” was AMBA itself or one of the bounty hunter splinter groups, but he doesn’t, there’s no safe place for a Guardian, “I’m like you. Just - ” he raised his left hand just far enough away from himself to protect his clothes and then snapped his fingers, letting the spark of friction take hold until his palm was ablaze, “I’m Max, I’m a firebringer, and I swear, outside of that punch I got in at your head when you fucking blindsided me, I’m not going to hurt you. I don’t make a habit of fighting children. Okay?”

The wiry little bastard took a step back and relaxed minutely, the terrifying blue sparkles fading from their fingertips, “If you weren’t looking for me, what are you doing here?”

“I’m from the Gray City. We were expecting a big new group of refugees a few days ago but they disappeared between the South Grove and the last checkpoint,” Max said, extinguishing the fire in his hand and trying to keep his voice normal, though his ribcage was complaining terribly, sneaky little jerk probably cracked a rib, “You wouldn’t know anything about that would you?”

The kid - okay, Max really needs to get a name from them - backs away a little further, shaking their head minutely, “The group I was with got captured...I think it was a month or two ago. I lost track. I’ve been on my own for a week, I think.”

“You’ve kinda got crazy good control of the shields for a twelve year old, you know. I’d be kind of impressed if I didn’t have drywall in my hair,” Max said, mustering an attempt at a smile from somewhere that felt truer when an affronted expression bloomed on the kid’s face.

“I’m fourteen, you fuck,” the kid says, shaking their hair out of their eyes, “You’re really from the Gray City?”

“Yeah, I am,” Max risked running a hand through his hair, knocking loose a fine dusting of drywall and paint, “Was that where your group was headed?

The kid shrugged, “Don’t know, really. They didn’t tell me much. Doesn’t matter. S’where I wanna go now. I’ve heard of it.”

“Oh, you’ve heard of us?”

“Kind of hard to avoid,” the kid glared at him, his eyes were a disconcerting bronze that was way more intimidating than Max thought basically anyone under thirty had a right to be, “If you’re lying to me, I can and will kill you, okay? I’ve done it before, it doesn’t really bother me. But try to give me back to them, try anything I think is even a little bit shifty and I swear I will squash you like an insect, Max.”

Max saluted, “You got it, boss. You gonna gimme a name or a pronoun or something to go with those threats?”

The kid side-eyed him, pulling his long dark hair back and knotting it at the back of his head, “Arane. He. No nicknames.”

“I can work with that,” Jerking his head toward the door, Max said, “Can we get out of this shadowy dust trap?”

Arane looked toward the door warily, Max hadn’t even noticed that he had relaxed until he was back to being a skinny line of tension, “You first.”

“Of course,” Max took a deep mental breath, and walked out the empty doorway, leaving his back to Arane and hoping the kid would follow.