Entries by Jenni Elyse

March 2026 Wrap-Up

Books Read Favorite: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue Least Favorite: Deep End Stats March Books Read: 10 Rereads: 2 Pages Read: 4,107 Hours Listened: 126h 26m Average Rating: 4.1 Average Pages Read Per Day: 132 Year-to-Date Books Read: 22 Rereads: 11 Pages Read: 10,505 Hours Listened: 322h 4m Average Rating: 4.4 Average Pages Read […]

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The First Time I Saw Him

The First Time I Saw HimTitle: The First Time I Saw Him
Author: Laura Dave
Series: Hannah Hall #1
Genre: Thriller
Format: Audio
Pages: 288
Length: 7h 25m
Narrator: Rebecca Lowman, and more
Source: Owned
Reason: Just Because
Rating:
Romance Rating: 0 Flames

My Thoughts I was happy with how The Last Thing He Told Me had ended. I wasn’t going to read The First Time I Saw Him because I didn’t feel like I had to. Then, I started watching season 2 of the show and I wanted to read the book before I watched the last few episodes. I wanted […]

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We Who Will Die

We Who Will DieTitle: We Who Will Die
Author: Stacia Stark
Series: Empire of Blood #1
Genre: Romantasy
Format: Audio
Pages: 432
Length: 17h 12m
Narrator: Meg Sylvan, Troy Duran
Source: Owned
Reason: BotM Backlist
Rating:
Romance Rating: 3.5 Flames

My Thoughts We Who Will Die was such a fun intense story. I loved the world-building and magic system. I thought the “Gladiator” feel of the story was a fun idea. I really liked Arvelle, her brothers, Tiernon, Rorrik, Leon, and Maeva. I’m curious to see if this will turn into a Vampire Diaries situation. […]

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Deep End

Deep EndTitle: Deep End
Author: Ali Hazelwood
Genre: Romance
Format: Audio
Pages: 446
Length: 13h 45m
Narrator: Thérèse Plummer, Ben Holtzmuller
Source: Library
Reason: Just Because
Rating:
Romance Rating: 4.5 Flames

My Thoughts There’s a lot to unpack with Deep End and I don’t quite know how to do it in review form. I liked the story and the characters, but Deep End is the spiciest book I’ve ever read and I reached my limit after the fourth or fifth very detailed sexual encounter. I love […]

The Girls I’ve Been

The Girls I’ve BeenTitle: The Girls I've Been
Author: Tess Sharpe
Series: The Girls I've Been #1
Genre: Contemporary
Format: Audio
Pages: 356
Length: 9h 48m
Narrator: Tess Sharpe
Source: Library
Reason: BC Backlist
Rating:
Romance Rating: 1 Flames

My Thoughts My book club read The Girls I’ve Been a few years ago and I wasn’t able to read it at the time. I’m really glad I decided to keep it on my TBR. and read it. It was a very intriguing story. At times, it was very difficult to read. The ordeals Nora […]