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July 27

Reviewed by Jenn for Diverse Reader
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Ride the Lightning is Aimee Nicole Walker’s first book in her new Sinister in Savannah series and it’s off to a great start!

Jonah St. John is a criminal analyst for the Georgia Bure Reviewed by Jenn for Diverse Reader
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Ride the Lightning is Aimee Nicole Walker’s first book in her new Sinister in Savannah series and it’s off to a great start!

Jonah St. John is a criminal analyst for the Georgia Bureau of Investigations (GBI) by day and at night, he produces the Sinister in Savannah podcast with friends. Jonah is a character I was so excited to get to know better having met him in the Zero Hour series. He is what many would call a “gentle giant” in some ways, but still waters do run deep in this man. Jonah is living in his deceased grandparents’ house and has a nice life, even if it’s become a little predictable. When Jonah comes home one night and his next door neighbor has a favor to ask of him…his life will start to change quickly. When the Sinister in Savanna group agree to look into a thirty-eight year old murder of a drag queen, they stir up a surprising amount of trouble. Luckily, Jonah has some extra help in the form of his intern, Avery Bradford.

Avery has been working beside Jonah for eight months on a project that could help change how crimes are solved. Avery is a genius on the computer and bringing him in to help with the old case becomes necessary. Jonah and Avery have been tiptoeing around their attraction to each other from the beginning. Both have their reasons, but soon those reasons go out the window. As the case and Jonah and Avery’s relationship heat up…things get real interesting!

I loved this book, I love when Aimee Nicole Walker has a suspenseful twist to her novels because she’s just so good at writing them. This book is no exception, the action, the mystery are on point and we do t lose the relationship in the mix. The friendships as well as the romantic relationship are the heart of this book. We meet new friends and see familiar faces and it’s a fantastic ride. I absolutely cannot wait for what comes next in this series…this next book is going to be so much fun to read. I’m so highly recommending this one and hope you love it as much as I did. ...more

July 18

To Die For (Joker's Sin, #2) by Davidson King (Goodreads Author)

June 08

Reviewed by Jenn for Diverse Reader
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I love a best friends to lovers book and a love a book centered around a band…Logan Grey’s Love in Progress gave me both! I adored this book and the two main characters so much!

Jayce an Reviewed by Jenn for Diverse Reader
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I love a best friends to lovers book and a love a book centered around a band…Logan Grey’s Love in Progress gave me both! I adored this book and the two main characters so much!

Jayce and Blaine have been best friends since the second grade. They do almost everything together still as adults. They live together, they are a musical duo and have a very popular vlog on YouTube. Blaine is straight, Jayce is gay, and their fans “shipped” them so hard. #Jaine is always trending. Seeing them together filming a vlog, eating a pizza or just sitting on the couch…I get the shipping of these two. They are so committed, affectionate, and dedicated to each other, they’re basically dating without the sex.

After a couple years of YouTube success, this passionate duo has finally been signed to a record deal by Heartbelt Records! It’s time to celebrate and get in the studio and start making their dreams come true. When the tone of their songs come into question a bit…are they romantic love or just friendship songs, they have to decide which direction to take their music and videos in. Blaine has no problems singing songs about romantic love with his adorable best friend. The whole world already thinks they’re a couple. What begins as a way to give young LGBTQ kids music they can relate to makes Blaine wonder how he really feels about his bestie. For Jayce, it makes his love for Blaine harder to deny. This is where I really fell for this book, I loved seeing that friendship spark and begin to burn differently.

This book is so good and it’s so sweetly written. The relationship between Blaine and Jayce is so sincere, affectionate, true and has forever written all over it. I love how comfortable and honest they are with each other. The only thing that’s held back is Jayce’s feelings of romantic love for Blaine. The bond of friendship comes first with these two. Watching them navigate their new career and the budding feelings between them are handled beautifully by this author. I love the value that friendship is given, the care. No one just leaps, there’s much thought behind changing the dynamics of their relationship. Saying that, trust me that when #Jaine sparks, they burn brightly. Jayce and Blaine have electric chemistry both on stage and in the bedroom.

I highly recommend this book. This is a stand-alone, but is Book 3 in the Heartbelt Records series. The only connection each book has is the record company. I’ve already downloaded the first two onto my kindle because I’m very intrigued by them. I’m also really interested in Jason and Caleb the owners of the record label! My fingers are crossed that we’ll get a book about them as well. ...more