Okay!! I am stuck in my fantasy era— and I blame Fourth Wing for getting me sucked into these worlds… I used to read nothing but thrillers or contemporary romance. I am on book five of the Zodiac Academy, I have picked these books up and put them back so many dang times, because well to be honest, I don’t really like reading about vampires. This book is so much more than just vampires, it’s about Dragons, Phoenix’s, Vampires, Medusa, etc… The world that these authors have built is the best world I have ever lived in. It’s their worst nightmare and the best damn thing that ever happened to the Vega Twins.
I am telling you now, the hype on this series is real!!! Like I recommend you get off your butt and get the first book at your local bookstore, or order it off of Amazon.. You will not be disappointed. If you do get it and read it, please find my Instagram on the bottom of this page. WE NEED TO BE FRIENDS!!!
Guess Again by Charlie Donlea
Pub date: 7/29/2025
This book was an amazing read, I literally thought I had so many things figured out, and boy was I wrong.
Donlea really did it again!! He gave us a great story that we couldn’t put down, that we read past our bedtimes just to figure out what was happening. I can’t tell you how many times I thought I had everything figured out, and incomes Charlie, “Nope, guess again.” I guess Hence to the name of the book. Lol I am so excited and grateful to be apart of the Charlie Donlea Detectives Street Team, it means so much to me. But man, can Charlie really blow your mind.
Highly recommend reading this one. I will also be doing a giveaway for the paperback on this book, check out my Instagram and make sure you’re following to enter. My Instagram is: caseys_reads
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I didn’t even know I was getting this new read until it showed up at my door. I love getting new reads from authors I have never read before.
A Killing Cold by Kate Alice Marshal
Pub date: February, 2025
About the book: A woman invited to her wealthy fiancé’s family retreat realizes they are hiding a terrible secret—and that she’s been there before, by the bestselling author of What Lies in the Woods.
A whirlwind romance.
When Theodora Scott met Connor—wealthy, charming, and a member of the powerful Dalton family—she fell in love in an instant. Six months later, he’s brought her to Idlewood, his family’s isolated winter retreat, to win over his skeptical relatives.
Stay away from Connor Dalton.
Theo has tried to ignore the threatening messages on her phone, but she can’t ignore the footprints in the snow outside the cabin window or the strange sense of familiarity she has about this place. Then, in a disused cabin, Theo finds something impossible: a photo of herself as a child. A photo taken at Idlewood.
I’ve been here before.
Theo has almost no recollection of her earliest years, but now she begins to piece together the fragments of her memories. Someone here has a shocking secret that they will do anything to keep hidden, and Theo is in terrible danger. Because the Daltons do not lose, and discovering what happened at Idlewood may cost Theo everything.