Kiss of Darkness Taylor Aston White REVIEW

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Kiss of Darkness

Taylor Aston White
He despises her... almost as much as his beast craves her.

Kyra’s seen and survived the worst things imaginable, all because of the magic she was born with. Trapped by her secret, she has no choice but to serve Councilman Gallagher or risk everything she has tried so hard to build. Because despite black magic being banned, her very survival depends on it.

When she’s commanded to summon a Daemon, a Breed notorious for their corruption and brutality, she’s torn between keeping her secret and doing the right thing.

Xander’s hate for black witches was notorious, but nothing frustrated him more than the one witch that brings trouble with a capital T. With dark amber eyes, and a controlled strength that fascinated his beast - the monster he’s cursed to share a soul - Xander will do anything to push her away.

So when he’s forced into protecting her, he must put aside his prejudice and ignore his growing desire that’s an insult to his past.

Because he’s had an entire childhood to remember why you can’t trust black witches.

And he definitely can’t trust Kyra Farzan.

Warning: Kiss of Darkness is an enemies to lovers paranormal romance. The story contains explicit content, graphic violence, profanity, and topics that may be sensitive to some readers. Full details can be found listed inside the book. Recommended for 18+.REVIEW: 4 starsI really enjoyed the creativity of this book.

Kyra is a witch who uses death magic. She works with a counsel member, Gallagher. He has an iron fist on her and she’s forced to do things she doesn’t want to.

Xander despises everything Kyra is. He doesn’t like the kind of witch she is, but as he gets to know her he realises everything isn’t as it seems.

This is an enemies to lovers with creative world building.

Xander has a beast within him and I was expecting it to be more dominant with the way the blurb reads but this was not the case.

Audiobook read.

✅ Enemies to lovers
✅ Fantasy
✅ PNR

RARE25 Morally Grey Readathon. Book six out of eighteen. I don’t know if I’m becoming desensitised to morally grey subject matter but I’m not sure this ticks the box. 🤷‍♀️ *Shrug. I liked this book anyway.

Baneful Magick #Review

 

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Greywood Conservatory for the Arcane #1

Baneful Magick

Suki Rose
Greywood Conservatory for the Arcane.
Welcome Home.
No one really understood my obsession for poison and deadly plants, so when I was offered a spot at Greywood Conservatory, I thought I'd found acceptance.

I should have remembered appearances can be deceiving.
The professor who delivered my invitation haunts my thoughts. My unlikely friendship with a fae that’s feared by everyone, including professors, is causing tension. And then there’s the quiet and secretive incubus who is fighting his attraction to me.
But classmates and courses aren't the only things I have to worry about. Students are being attacked on campus with no answers in sight.
The magickal world is full of secrets, and I've found myself in the middle of them. I've always thrived among the baneful, but this abyss threatens to be all-consuming.
With secrets and evasions at every turn, will the people closest to me open up, or will fate make the decision for us?
REVIEW: 4Stars Baneful Magick is the first book in the Greywood Conservatory for the Arcane. It’s told from multiple points of view and Isla is our main character. She’s a witch with a passion for deadly plants. When she’s invited to the school she hopes to finally hone her craft.
What she finds at the school is secrets. Lots of secrets.

The school is full of different kinds of paranormals. She ends up rooming with a few different kinds of paranormals and makes friends with others. There’s more going on than just learning about magic and the secrets are piling up.

We have a shy incubus and a Bone Fae to intrigue us and then there’s the professor with a little two much interest in Isla. Baneful Magick is just the beginning and there’s promise of more.

I really enjoyed this book. It’s slow paced and we aren’t given many answers but the story is so intriguing it had me hooked. This does end with a cliffhanger and it does look like there Will be a wait for the next instalment.

KU read as part of the morally grey read-a-thon. This is described as dark romance and I guess it is, but so far in this challenge, it’s the lightest one. This is probably to do with the slow burn of the book and the focus being more on the fantasy.
✅ Magic school
✅ PNR
✅ Fantasy
✅ RH
✅ Slow burn
✅ Friends to lovers
✅ Spicy
RARE25 Morally Grey Readathon. Book five out of eighteen.