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Hello lovely book friends and welcome to my blog tour stop for Fianna’s Awakening by Ron C. Nieto hosted by Xpresso Book Tours. Today, I’ll be sharing my review and a giveaway at the end so let’s get started! divider3

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Fianna’s Awakening
Ron C. Nieto
(Warriors of Myth and Legend, #1)
Publication date: November 13th 2018
Genres: Adult, Paranormal, Romance, Urban Fantasy

Outcast. Betrayer. Chosen.

After five years being a Fianna, Aisling O’Malley still has to prove herself every day. The sins of the father weigh heavily on her shoulders, and no matter what she does, her fellow warriors regard her as the undeserving one. It doesn’t help that one of the four mythical treasures of Ireland has turned up under her nose, leaving her none the wiser. If by any chance the touted Spear of Lugh up for auction is indeed the legendary Spear of Victory, she needs to get her hands on it before anyone else does—and be spectacular enough about it to make the rest of the Fianna forget she almost missed the artifact in the first place.

Exile. Betrayer. Forgotten.

After spending twice as long undercover as he ever lived at home, Ronan no longer knows where he belongs to or where he’s actually exiled from. He can’t return to his people, not unless he collects the four artifacts of power the Tuatha Dé lost when they were forced to leave Ireland, and three millennia after the fact, he’s pretty sure they’re going to remain lost. Except one of those ancient treasures has landed in his lap—or could land in his lap, if he brings himself to work with the spunky young woman who wants to hire him to consult on the Spear’s authenticity.

Can two broken people learn to trust one another? And even if they can, will it be too late to save Ireland… or themselves?

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Fianna’s Awakening by Ron C. Nieto is an entertainingly unique, delighfully fascinating and wonderfully strange novel that left me wanting more.

I was incredibly intrigued when I read the synopsis and even more excited when I finally started. I just had this feeling that this novel would be an oddly fun and wonderfully strange story. And it definitely was! Even though there were some parts that were a bit confusing and quite slow in the beginning, I thought the plot was decently paced, well-developed, and easy to read. The writing style was good and the world building was just so utterly unique and magically wild that I found myself wanting to know more about the myths, legends, and everthing else about fiannas. It also didn’t hurt that there was humor sprinkled throughout the story. I actually caught myself smiling and at times even laughing quietly to myself. I truly had an awesome time reading this boook and so absolutely excited to find out what happens next to Aisling and Ronan.

Speaking of Aisling and Ronan, I thought they had such great chemistry. Even though the romance wasn’t the focus of the story, I certainly felt their spark ignite in this annoyingly and deliciously slow burn way. I kept wishing for something to happen and just when I thought just maybe this time there would be a kiss or something, poof… nada. I’d get that wonderful swoony build up feeling in my chest and then nothing really happens. So yes, the romance was defnitely annoying, but the “almost” this or that moments still totally gave me the feels.

Overall, I thought this book was well-written and a great start to a series. I liked both the main characers and thought Ronan and Aisling were wonderful, interesting, and likable. The world building is quite amazing and I can’t wait to know more about it as well as continue Ronan and Aisling’s story. With action, suspense, humor, and a bit of romance, I’m definitely coming back for more and I think you should totally add this on your TBR.

I recevied an advance reader copy of this book from the author and Xpresso book tours in exchange for a fair and honest review. All thoughs and opinions are my own.

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Ron C. Nieto is a fantasy and romance author who has been writing in her secluded fortress for the longest time. Recently, she had a talk with her cat and decided that she should share her creations, because it was selfish to hoard them all for herself.

If you would like to know more about her, please visit her website.

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Hello Loves and Happy Thanksgiving!! Hope everyone is having a wonderful day so far. Today, I’m sharing my review for Accidentally in Love with the Pilot by Teri Anne Stanley. I had this in my drafts for months now and totally forgot that I hadn’t scheduled it to post, so here I am. Happy Reading Bookish Friends! divider4

ACCIDENTALLY IN LOVE WITH THE PILOT

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Publication Date: September 13th 2018

Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC (Lovestruck)

Genre(s): Contemporary, Romance

Pages: Ebook 255 pages

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AMAZON – BARNES AND NOBLE – KOBO – GOOGLEPLAY

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Fighter pilot Ben Rutledge loves his solitude. Which means spending a month of leave in overcrowded, over-glitzy Las Vegas isn’t up his alley, especially after his friend ditches him. His first inclination is to bow out, and quickly. Instead, he finds himself sharing drinks—and a whole lot more—with a sexy woman celebrating her birthday. After all, it’s just one night, and he can go back to his quiet life tomorrow.

Megan Shuttlekrump doesn’t have time for a boyfriend, much less a husband. But a night of celebratory drinks with a handsome stranger ends with a ring on her finger—and no memory of how it got there. Her new “husband” is over the top hot, but he’ll be out of her life once his leave is over. As long as they can find out which of the thousand or so chapels in Vegas married them…

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Charming, Witty, and Irresistibly Entertaining!

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Accidentally in Love with the Pilot by Teri Anne Stanley was a delightfully addictive read. It’s charming, witty, and irresistibly entertaining.

I’m so incredibly smitten with this book! Within the first few pages, I knew I would enjoy this and I really did. It’s not emotionally intense or moving, but the storyline was so absurdly fun and humorous. And even if it wasn’t an emotional or heart-rending story, there were some good moments that had me tearing up. Sometimes, an easy and fast paced fluffy read is just what I need when life gets too hectic and stressful. Accidentally in Love with the Pilot was adorable, funny, and a very refreshing and relaxing book and I had such a wonderful time reading Ben and Megan’s story.

With drunken shenanigans, accidental marriage, loud and rambunctious family members, steamy scenes, and all the hilarious and heartwarming moments, this book was an exciting read until the end. The writing was engaging, lighthearted and captivatingly fun. The plot was quite predictable, but was well-paced and perfectly balanced with humor, charm and swoons that I didn’t really mind if there weren’t any crazy twists. I smiled, laughed, and got a healthy dose of swoons and warm fuzzies, and honestly, that’s a big win for me. I do have to say that the author gave the readers a lovely little surprise in the end… oh wait.. I mean surprises…

Megan and Ben’s chemistry was seriously off the charts and I rooted so hard for them. Yeah, these type of stories has been done before, but there was just something so adorable between these two that it was so fun watching them deal with their wonderfully awesome mishap. They were also incredibly likable that it was so easy to care about what would happen to them. And that ending… that was really an amazing way to wrap up their story.

I was also very fond of Megan’s crazy family. They were needy, loud, rambunctious, and overly dramatic sometimes, but they all had Megan’s best interests at heart. You could just feel the love and admiration they had for each other and that was so endearing. Ben’s mother and grandmother were amazing too and I enjoyed the scenes with them. I actually wished that they had been more present in the story cause they seemed like interesting and wonderful characters.

This book swept me off my feet and had me soaring through plenty of heartwarming, sexy and swoontabulous feels. Accidentally in Love with the Pilot was a lot of fun to read and Ben and Megan were just so adorably cute together. If you love easy to read romantic comedies with a lot of sweetness and little spice, humor, charm, and the crazy butterflies, then this might just be the perfect read for you.

I received an advance reader copy of this book from the publisher via Netgalley. All thoughts, opinions, and swoons are my own.

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TERI ANNE STANLEY has been writing since she could hold a crayon–though learning to read was a huge turning point in her growth as a writer. Teri’s first stories involved her favorite Saturday morning cartoon characters, followed by her favorite teen idols. Under her day job name, she has co-authored many scientific articles, and was The Three Ingredient Gourmet recipe columnist for ten years. Now she writes sassy, fun romance about strong, smart women and hunky, heroic guys.

Along with a variety of adult offspring and dogs, she and Mr. Stanley enjoy boating and relaxing at their weekend estate, located on the Southern shores of the Ohio River, within spitting distance of Rabbit Hash, Kentucky.

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