Review: Blue Arrow Island

Blue Arrow Island by Brenda Rothert
My rating: 5 of 5 stars



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📘 Blue Arrow Island by Brenda Rothert

(BAI Series #1)

📚 Format: Audiobook

🎧 Narrated by Gideon Frost & Angelina Rocca

💫 Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Fantastic. Hauntingly insidious. Absolutely breathtaking, heroic, and heartbreaking.

💙 Brutal dystopian world order

💙 Government experiments

💙 Survivalists

💙 Strong FMC

💙 Morally gray MMC

🪷 Blue Arrow Island slowly reveals itself like the very flower they’re searching for. Layer by layer, the world expands and the truth underneath it becomes more disturbing. The themes are so well constructed and woven through intricate overlays that I was genuinely shocked when it ended. I was not ready to leave this world 🪷

🌿 And then there are Marcus, Pax, and Briar—the wolf, the snake, and the vines. Three very different characters, each with their own strengths, instincts, and scars, but somehow they fit together. I loved the symbolism woven into who they are, especially as the story explores what happens when people are deliberately stripped of the very things that make them human 🐺

🪷 Briar's struggle especially stayed with me. The experiments may give people extraordinary strength, but that strength comes at a terrifying cost. Watching her fight against what the chemicals are doing to her—fighting to remain Briar—made the story as heartbreaking as it was thrilling.

🎧 And the narration! Gideon Frost and Angelina Rocca were incredible. They reached into their characters’ tone and motivation in a way that made Marcus and Briar feel completely alive. I wasn't simply listening to their story—I was immersed in it.

This is such a departure from what I’ve previously read from Brenda Rothert, and I loved seeing this side of her writing. The world she created is brutal and unsettling, but there’s something incredibly human running through it.

💙 I loved this book so much that when it ended…I immediately started it again. Blue Arrow Island has earned a permanent place on my shelf, and I cannot wait to continue the series 💙

🎧 Broken Wing Soundtrack: Three songs for a story about holding onto your humanity, fighting against what you're becoming, and discovering the animal within...

🌿 Bring Me to Life — Evanescence

💙 Human — Rag'n'Bone Man

🐺 Wolf — Spencer Lee

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Review: Fully Loaded:

Fully Loaded: by Samantha Wilde
My rating: 4 of 5 stars



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📘 Fully Loaded by Samantha Wilde 

(Bad Company #2)

📚 Format: ebook

💫 Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

🚨 Fully Loaded is a fun, fast-paced read that kept me turning pages—I finished it in a day 🚨

🔐 It takes a thief to rescue a thief 💾

 Ex-lovers

 Lots of Banter

 Touch her and die

 He never moved on

🔐 What I enjoyed most was Dani and Brock’s relationship. From the beginning, it’s clear that their love for each other is unfinished. Despite their difficult past, time and distance haven’t diminished what they feel for one another. There’s still hurt between them, but there’s also a connection neither has really been able to leave behind.

When Brock rushes across the country to help Dani, he inadvertently lands himself right in the middle of a vigilante group’s secret bioterrorism plot—one that has Dani’s face plastered across the news and her name on the FBI’s watchlist. 🚨

👠 But Dani is no damsel waiting for Brock to rescue her. She’s talented, confident in her abilities, and more than capable of taking care of herself. She’s a tough opponent and no one’s victim. I especially liked watching Dani and Brock work together and seeing Brock come to understand that protecting her doesn’t mean taking over. Dani is his equal partner, and their relationship is stronger because of it.

💥 With plenty of action, danger, and a second-chance romance at its center, Fully Loaded was an entertaining read and a great way to spend the day.

🎧 Broken Wing Soundtrack: “Run” — OneRepublic

💘 There really couldn't be a much better soundtrack for Dani and Brock: unfinished love, danger constantly on their heels, and a relationship that quite literally keeps them on the run. Even a romantic night in Paris beneath the Eiffel Tower can unexpectedly turn into a fight for survival. Apparently, date night is an adventure for these two 💘

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