{"id":4314,"date":"2022-05-31T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-30T22:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/?p=4314"},"modified":"2022-05-30T14:47:16","modified_gmt":"2022-05-30T05:17:16","slug":"starlas-may-2022-reviews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/index.php\/2022\/05\/31\/starlas-may-2022-reviews\/","title":{"rendered":"Starla&#8217;s May 2022 Reviews"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4314\" class=\"elementor elementor-4314\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f4b7d4e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f4b7d4e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-24d759a\" data-id=\"24d759a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a9595a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0a9595a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Boy-and-Dog-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4305\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Boy-and-Dog-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Boy-and-Dog-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Boy-and-Dog-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Boy-and-Dog-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Boy-and-Dog.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-36c85dc\" data-id=\"36c85dc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-691e23e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"691e23e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><b><i>A Boy and his Dog <\/i><\/b><br>By Chloe Holiday <\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb87be5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"eb87be5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-92c956f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"92c956f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\"><div class=\"elementor-widget-container\"><h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><u>Book Links:<\/u><\/h4><\/div><\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b9354c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2b9354c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\"><div class=\"elementor-widget-container\"><div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com.au\/Boy-his-Dog-All-American-ebook\/dp\/B097JBFXVQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon AU<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Boy-his-Dog-All-American-ebook\/dp\/B097JBFXVQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon US<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/59030717-a-boy-and-his-dog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Goodreads<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-af83d6a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"af83d6a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d92ccb1\" data-id=\"d92ccb1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e611b32 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e611b32\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<b>Genre:<\/b> Contemporary romance, enemies to lovers<br>\n\n<b>Trigger Warnings:<\/b> Main character with a stalker, references to military PTSD.<br>\n\n<b>POV:<\/b> 3<sup>rd<\/sup> Person, past tense, alternating dual perspective<br>\n\n<b>Heat gauge:<\/b> \ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25 (3\/5)\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9c7897a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9c7897a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-80655d1\" data-id=\"80655d1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd59758 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dd59758\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>When a bomb detection mission goes pear shaped, Grant Calloway finds himself unemployed and lonely without the company of his retired canine partner. Then he learns that a civilian adopted his pal, Mojo. Outraged, he hunts down the woman who couldn\u2019t possibly know how to care for an ex-military dog with PTSD. Only, Dr. Hope Hernandez is quite the pleasant surprise. She may be ill equipped to handle Mojo\u2019s needs, but she could use the dog\u2019s fiercely protective nature, especially with a stalker on her tail. Plus, Grant kind of develops a soft spot for her, so\u2026.<\/p><p>I thoroughly enjoyed watching the tension between Hope and Grant develop into a steamy love affair with a HEA. And Mojo? OMG he is the sweetest and he totally sucked me in. Beyond the wonderful characters, I loved the page-turning suspense and the insight into the doctor\u2019s fast-paced, dog-eat-dog career.<\/p><p>If you enjoy steamy romance with lovable characters, this is the book for you.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-16b29d6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"16b29d6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f31b605\" data-id=\"f31b605\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-857294c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"857294c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/House-Darken-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4306\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/House-Darken-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/House-Darken-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/House-Darken-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/House-Darken-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/House-Darken.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d868df5\" data-id=\"d868df5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0deb7ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0deb7ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><i style=\"\"><b>House of Darken <\/b><\/i><br><i style=\"\">(<\/i><i style=\"\">Secret Keepers #1)<\/i><b><br><\/b>By Jaymin Eve <\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c025202 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c025202\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-92c956f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"92c956f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\"><div class=\"elementor-widget-container\"><h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><u>Book Links:<\/u><\/h4><\/div><\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b9354c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2b9354c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\"><div class=\"elementor-widget-container\"><div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com.au\/House-Darken-Secret-Keepers-Book-ebook\/dp\/B07CP57VHJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon AU<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/House-Darken-Secret-Keepers-Book-ebook\/dp\/B07CP57VHJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon US<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/39965479-house-of-darken\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Goodreads<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5c01fb0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5c01fb0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f6090bd\" data-id=\"f6090bd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd15821 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dd15821\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<b>Genre:<\/b> Sci-fi\/fantasy romance, young adult fiction<br>\n\n<b>POV:<\/b> 1<sup>st<\/sup> Person, past tense, single perspective<br>\n\n<b>Heat gauge:<\/b> \ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25 (2\/5)\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3109670 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3109670\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-94185be\" data-id=\"94185be\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a623340 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a623340\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>When Emma\u2019s guardians go missing on the first night in their new town, she stops caring about the rules. Who are these people to tell her where she can and can\u2019t walk anyway? Soon after a short stroll on the <em>wrong<\/em> side of the road, she discovers the big secret her intriguing neighbours were trying to protect, a secret they kidnap her to protect. Emma and Lexen grow close as they search for her missing guardians across two worlds. Then they discover that Emma is the one holding the key to a far greater secret.<\/p><p>I don\u2019t normally go for sci-fi, but the premise of this one intrigued me, and I am so glad I gave it shot. The author did a marvellous job of setting the scene without too much exposition or detailed descriptions, instead focussing on the wonderful characters and the strange events unfolding around them. I loved how she explored the concept of aliens among us, teleporting us to another world that is quite different to our own, yet fundamentally the same.<\/p><p>If you enjoy reading fantasy romance, I highly recommend this one, even if, like me, you don\u2019t usually read science fiction.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Boy and his Dog By Chloe Holiday Book Links: Amazon AU Amazon US Goodreads Genre: Contemporary romance, enemies to lovers Trigger Warnings: Main character with a stalker, references to &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/index.php\/2022\/05\/31\/starlas-may-2022-reviews\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Starla&#8217;s May 2022 Reviews<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4307,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[82,50,80,22,81],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4314"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4314"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4314\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4373,"href":"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4314\/revisions\/4373"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starlaarts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}