#tiffanyreisz

[80booksblog]

'Tis the season for fluffy holiday romances! It's also my season for rereading, which is a good thing bc I'm ~3 books behind schedule on my goodreads goal and rereads go much faster for me. Pass along any good, short holiday recs please. - @theqissilent416 . . . . #bookstagram #booklover #bookworm #booknerd #booksofinstagram #bookchallenge #readaromance #holidayromances #Halloween #thanksgiving #Christmas #NewYears #ireadromance #TiffanyReisz https://www.instagram.com/p/B4F_razAJhJ/?igshid=1mwedkpbfr61f

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~ In quel momento, nauseato, tremante, infreddolito e bagnato, Kingsley seppe esattamente cosa avrebbe fatto della sua vita. Una volta, aveva fatto una promessa a Søren. Aveva fatto una promessa e adesso l’avrebbe mantenuta. Vide un edificio, vecchio, gotico, fatiscente, proprio come lui... in attesa di una rinascita. E la gente in fila che entrava, gente con dei segreti. Loro avevano bisogno di lui, avevano bisogno della sua protezione, della sua conoscenza. Avevano bisogno di inginocchiarsi. Avevano bisogno di un re. ~ Avrei tanto da dire su questo libro che amo con tutto il mio cuore. Potrei citare interi dialoghi e pezzi e averli riletti in italiano mi ha provocato le stesse emozioni di quando, a suo tempo, lo lessi in inglese. Ed è uno di quei libri che rileggo anche solo un paio di pagine per sollevare il mio morale. Non è stato facile scrivere una recensione di L’Ottavo Cerchio ma l’ho fatto e mi ha soddisfatto anche se avrei da dire tanto altro. Anche se forse è quasi impossibile spiegare perché certi libri ci colpiscono così tanto... Quindi io vi invito a leggere questa serie incredibile di una bravissima autrice. Se volete potete trovare qualche motivo in più nella mia recensione dove i miei pensieri sono più ordinati che qui #lottavocerchio @tiffany_reisz #giftedby @hopeedizioni #recensionelibri #bookstagramitalia #bookbloggeritalia #theking #sørenstearns #kingsleyedge #originalsinnersseries #peccatooriginale #hopeedizioni #tiffanyreiszbooks #tiffanyreisz #tiffanyreiszitalia #bookmarksarereadersbestfriends #eroticbooks #italianandenglishbook #seriepreferitainassoluto #autricepreferita #libropreferito https://www.instagram.com/p/CF2OMFyH5Ry/?igshid=1gukb6xybxlv5

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These words are right for Kingsley as for me... “You have to stop punishing yourself,” Søren said, cupping the back of Kingsley’s head. “Judgment is for God alone.” T.Reisz, The King #TiffanyReisz #tatoo #mychristmasgift

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2 more days for the #originalsinners Christmas story!! #thechristmastruce #winteriscoming #topbookboyfriend #topbookgirlfriend #topseries #topauthor #collectorofbookboyfriends #Repost @tiffany_reisz (@get_repost) ・・・ 🎄COVER REVEAL!🎁 The 7th Annual Original Sinners Christmas Story - out Dec 22nd. Join the mailing list to get it delivered to your inbox! 🎅🏽 #tiffanyreisz #originalsinnersseries

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Book Review: The Rose by Tiffany Reisz

Rating: ★★★★☆

Real talk: there’s nothing I love more than brainy erotica.

Because, at heart, I am a romance reader. Sure, I dabble in fantasy and history and contemporary literature, but if there isn’t at least a hint of a romantic subplot, you bet your ass I’ll probably knock a half star off the rating. Sure, I’ll chalk it up to some other “reason”, but that’s bullshit.

Don’t judge me.

The problem with my overwhelming love of romance is that I demand a lot from it. I’ve read so much of the genre that my pet peeves have morphed into giant, book eating monsters. If too many of them appear, they’ll tear the thing apart in my hands.

Ragebeast male leads? Fuck that noise. Dubious consent? I’m out! Insta-love? *vomits noisely*

But give me a consensual slow-burn and I’m happy. Add in a bunch of accurate history and I am delirious. That’s what The Rose does.

You can tell that Reisz did her research here. Or that she’s at least as big of a history nerd as I am. Because it’s not just the Greek myths that permeate these pages, but some well-placed, casual mentions of other historical facts. There’s a passage about Mary Shelley’s Mathilda that is especially poignant, delivered in such a crushing way that I had to set my kindle down for a second and say a little pray of thanks to the pantheon that I was born when I was.

History has not been kind to women.

For me, this book contains the best form of historical incorporation. Because really, when you add in this much history, you’re world building. Reisz laid it out in such an organic way that it never felt info-dumpy or forced. And while she acknowledged the cruelty endured by women in Ancient Greece, she found so many ways to subvert it. To have Lia and August re-write these tales while still acknowledging their darker origins.

The blurb for this book is so spot on. Lia is gifted what she’s told is a magical erotic cup, and she is believably reticent about its powers. Even when she and the male lead, August, take their first sips of wine from it and descend into the myth of Andromeda and Perseus, she chalks it up to something rational like hallucinogenic compound traces in the clay paired with hypnosis.

I really appreciated this aspect. So often in stories with paranormal elements something like this happens: “Oh, hey, I’m a vampire!” Followed by, “No shit? Cool!” Here, Lia portrayed the perfect amount of disbelief throughout the entire story.

And whoo boy, what a story it was. Through her and August, I got to relive not only Andromeda and Perseus, but a non-rapey Briseis and Achilles (and Patroclus – oh my!), a gender-swapped Psyche and Eros, a hilarious Dinoysus and Ariadne, Pan, Poseidon, Zeus, you name them, they make an appearance here.

This is my first book by Reisz, and from my friend’s reviews of her other works, I expected to be titillated. I did not expect to ugly-laugh my way through this. Between Lia’s highly inappropriate parents, to her and August’s whip-sharp back and forth dialogue, I spent the entirety of this book as amused as I was turned on.

Quite a feat, because this is hot AF.

But it’s so much more than time-traveling sex. In between the historical flashbacks, there’s another plot unfolding. One revolving around male power and the many ways in which men can hurt women. It was handled so well. The feminism, the progressive thinking on the part of the MCs and their friends and families, the (for once!) positive depiction of prostitution, the subversion of the patriarchy in a million small ways – I AM SO HERE FOR IT.

Even though I was given an ARC of this, I’m buying it when it comes out. Firstly, that cover is gawg. Secondly, I can easily see myself re-reading this over and over again.

If you enjoy braingasms as much as you do orgasms, add this one to your TBR immediately.

And to answer the author’s question in her acknowledgments:

YES, PLEASE. MORE OF THIS SERIES. I LIKED IT SO MUCH I ACTUALLY READ THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS FOR ONCE.

Get your copy here.

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🌺 Reggeli chill... 🌺 #mutimitolvasol #bookish #librikiado #currentlyreading #insomniakonyv #gwwbkihívás #júliusikönyveskihívás #tiffanyreisz #favoritewriter #thechateau #eredendőbűnösök #blogturnéklub 12. (Egyik) kedvenc női íróm https://www.instagram.com/p/B0NU4UlArUQ/?igshid=1t3pjytlawz2q

[nancyalopes]

#Repost @tiffany_reisz with @get_repost Be sure to grab your copy today!!! ・・・ Out November 5 - PICTURE PERFECT COWBOY, the audiobook from Tantor Audio! Who doesn't love aural sex👂❤️?! 🤠 #tiffanyreisz #originalsinnersseries #cowboyromance #eroticromance #bdsmromance #audiobook #tantor https://www.instagram.com/p/Bnb5WuEHGqs/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1919l44pxfn9m

[guiltypleasuresreviews]

#Repost @tiffany_reisz ・・・ Santa Claus ain’t the only one coming this December 25th... 🎅🏽 🤶🏼 #tiffanyreisz #originalsinnersseries

[i-lie-when-i-smile]

Új Tiffany Reisz kötet a @librikonyvkiado jóvoltából! 😊 Reméltem, hogy valaki felkarolja az írónő könyveit, mert imádom! #júniusikönyveskihívás #gwwbkihívás #bookish #tiffanyreisz #originalsinnersseries #recenziótkaptam #librikiado #insomniakonyvek #mutimitolvasol 9. Fehér kötetek (+az új rész, ami lila) https://www.instagram.com/p/By-rf1mgQI4/?igshid=46dhpefykc2d

[books-n-wine]

#currently reading Picture Perfect Cowboy by @tiffany_reisz #books📚 #blessed #comingsoon #pictureperfectcowboy #originalsinners #romance #ds #contemporary #netgalley #tiffanyreisz #bookishaf #coverlove #bookworm #bookblogger #hawaiigirl #bibliophile #booknerd #bookgeek #amreading https://www.instagram.com/p/BpZ7EBKlR1N/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=m856yjlq3kqr

[carminav]

I love the scent of winter. I love the scent of winter enough to suffer the cold for it —Tiffany Reisz, The Scent of Winter ❄️ #cats #catsofinstagram #gilbert #gilbertthecat #gili #itscoldoutside #cold #coldweather #mycat #books #quotes #tiffanyreisz #thescentofwinter

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Ieri è uscito il #wrapup degli ultimi due mesi, dove potete trovare le recensioni dei libri che ho letto a #dicembre2016 e #gennaio2017 ! Soddisfatta? Si, sono state delle letture molto belle e sono pronta per le prossime ☺️ #happynessisabook #happynessisreadingabook #lafelicitaeleggerelibri #libriletti #readingisawayoflife #lallieva #alessiagazzola #longanesi #tiffanyreisz #ladrodiricordi #harpercollinsitalia #battleroyale #oscarmondadori #koushuntakami #lotu #signorioltretomba #genashowalter #amorepoesiaindiana #books #bookstagram

[anmaquibe]

Yayyyy what i needed today!!! #Repost @tiffany_reisz with @get_repost ・・・ Editing a new Original Sinners novel this week. Fun times are had by all when Søren visits Nora's dungeon... 🍆 #tiffanyreisz #originalsinnersseries https://www.instagram.com/p/BsaulqHlMnh/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=bmahr5mdryj0

[weeshubbasworld]

#Christmaseve #christmasevereading #christmasstory #christmasreading #christmasbook #bathtime #bathtimereading #currentlyreading #currentread #tiffanyreisz #originalsinnersseries #likesforlikes #like4like #likeforlike #likesforlikes #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #bookblogger #bookbloggersofig #booknerd #booknerdigans #scottishblogger #scottishlass #glasgowblogger #glasgowgirl

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Happy 4th of July! 🎉 . . . . . . . . . . . . #book #books #bookstagram #booklover #bookworm #booknerd #igbooks #booksofinstagram #bookish #📚#booksbooksbooks #bookaddict #bookobsessed #booklove #novels #happy4thofjuly #kimmiesbookcorner #amreading #lovetoread #readingobsession #love #redwhiteandblue #starsandstripes #readersofinstagram #jojomoyes #colleenhoover #tiffanyreisz #cohort #smallbookstack #redwhiteandbluebookstack https://www.instagram.com/p/CCORjW3AQ4h/?igshid=1eocf96bvrccc