Flippin' Pages Book Reviews

Series: Entity Case Files #1

Release Date: August 4, 2026

Alexys Keane works as a human resources manager for Entity, a company specializing in understanding, classification, conservation and management of cryptids. She is in charge of district 13, which is located primarily in the Appalachian Mountains in West Virginia. She manages 4 wardens who investigate cryptid sightings in the field. So, when one of her wardens goes missing, she heads to West Virginia to find him. She arrives at the hotel where her warden Elliot Harman had been staying to learn that he left the previous day. She plans to follow him, when Nic Dyre, the head of Research and Cataloging for Entity and the most annoying (and good looking) man she has had the misfortune of working with shows up to “help”.

Nic Dyre feels a bit guilty, he had spoken to Elliot (unofficially) about rumors of sightings of the Hollow Walker, an ancient monster that has never been cataloged, Nic would love nothing more than to find the monster and be the youngest R&C manager to ever record an unknown monster, but he never intended for Elliot to go looking for the beast alone! When he learns that Elliot is missing and Alexys is going to look for him, he decides to tag along. But Alexys is not having it and tries to ditch him at every turn. Eventually, after a rather terrifying solo expedition into the woods, she agrees to work with him and what they find will be more than they ever could have imagined.

This book was 100% not what I was expecting, I read the blurb and thought it was going to be a sort of monster-infused low-key rom-com. And while there were monsters aplenty, there was nothing funny or romantic about this book. The book was more horror than romance, and I can only assume that Alexys and Nic will team up in future installments and presumably have some sort of romance, but it didn’t happen in this book. Overall, I liked the writing style and would consider reading the next installment.

*I am voluntarily leaving a review for an eARC that I requested and was provided to me by the publisher/author. All opinions in this review are my own. *

Eclipse of the Crown by A.K. Caggiano

Tracy’s Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars

Series: Villains & Virtues #3

Release Date: July 28, 2026

Blood Mage and evildoer, Damien Maleficus Bloodthorne is on a quest to release his father from his crystal prison, but his journey has been plagued with pitfall after pitfall, mostly thanks to his captive Lady Ammalie “Amma” Avington, a sweet and kind woman who carries a talisman he needs to free his father in her body and who is a bad (rather good) influence on him and someone he is definitely falling hard for. His latest detour is caused when he is summoned to YVLCoN (Yearly Villainous Ledgeration & Convergence of Nafariosity) which is basically a evil doer convention. He refuses to leave Amma alone, so brings her and is forced to pay a price to GOoD (Grand Order of Dread) to save her. He agrees to their demands and plans to leave the next day. But as usual, nothing will go as planned…

Amma is in love with Damien and while she originally wanted nothing more than to return home to Faebarrow, now she knows her home is where Damien is. She wants to help him free his father and hopefully be able to forge a life with him. But as usual, nothing goes right, but this time, Amma is not the one who needs saving, it is Damien who is abducted and Amma will do anything to save him. She will need help and her magic to finally end this quest, preferably with both of them surviving.

This book picks up where the second book ends and takes off immediately. The chemistry between Damien and Amma is even stronger in this book and they both begin to acknowledge their feelings, but there is much they need to accomplish before they can finally give in to those feelings. Their quest will reunite them with Xander, the Righteous Sentries, the Priestess Pippa as well as Damien’s former lover Delphine Delacroix. Their journey will be filled with prophecies, magic, abductions, mini goblins, dragons, secrets, revelations, laugh out loud moments, lots of sexual tension, an oracle, choices, death, reunions, imps, and finally an ending that is incredibly satisfying. This was by far my favorite book in the series, and I can’t wait to read the spinoff series! This is the third book in this series, and I would strongly recommend reading the books in order for the best reader experience.

*I am voluntarily leaving a review for an eARC that I requested and was provided to me by the publisher/author. All opinions in this review are my own. *

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