Reviewed by True
TITLE: Bump in the Night
SERIES: Black Oasis #2
AUTHOR: Nikole Knight and Lily Mayne
PUBLISHER: Self-Published
LENGTH: 401 pages
RELEASE DATE: April, 2024
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You never know what’s hiding in your closet…
At twenty-six, Ivy has their life figured out. They have a decent paying job at the London office of Somnus Entertainment–the gaming company behind the wildly popular game Black Oasis–a draughty flat they inherited from their wild great aunt, and a few select friends to pass the time. They’re a responsible adult, thank you very much, and while they might get lonely at times, they know better than to put too much stock into that fanciful notion known as love.
But when a skeevy encounter during a fun night at the pub devolves into a violent hate crime, their life changes forever.
Waking up in a demon dimension, beaten within an inch of their life, is bad enough. But add a snarky, haughty healer with the universe’s worst bedside manner, and Ivy knows they’re in for a long, excruciating recovery. Lau the Dreamwraith is prickly, arrogant, and entirely infuriating, but for some strange reason, he seems hellbent on nursing Ivy back to health. Despite Lau’s whinging over their “inferior human qualities,” there is a heat building between them that neither are able to fight. Like a match meeting kerosine, their chemistry ignites, but Ivy’s stay in the demon world is temporary and fire always burns out eventually.
Love is a dream, after all; it has no business in nightmares. Right?
Join Ivy and Lau as they nurture the sparks between them until they explode into an unexpected passion that crosses dimensions in Bump in the Night, the second book in Knight and Mayne’s co-authored queer, monster romance series, Black Oasis.
Bump in the Night is an M/X monster romance full of hurt/comfort, angst, humor, and a sweet, spicy love between a fiery Brit and their arrogant sleep demon. This love story contains explicit content and is not suitable for young readers. Be sure to check the Trigger Warnings at the beginning of the book for more details
REVIEW:
A super duper delightful and immensely intense story!!
Every time when I read something by this author a/o authors, I think it should be also a movie, it’s all so fantastically written, the pictures are flowing before my eyes, it’s real, I’m there, I feel the tension, feel the hurt, and can taste and smell the scents of winter and rosemary and so much more!
Imagine: your bedroom closet door is open every morning, even when you are certain you closed it.
Yup, that was happening to Ivy. At first, they thought it was the cat, but then they remembered the cat died two years ago. *big eyes*
Ivy was harassed in a hate crime, left for dead on the street, and miraculously saved by… a monster?
Yes, Lau the Dreamwraith is a sleep demon, he took Ivy to his realm and took care of Ivy’s wounds, he’s haughty, feels superior, and is extremely prickly, but on the other side oh so gentle. It’s confusing Ivy.
Lau is the demon who appears in Ivy’s nightmares, how does that work you have to find out yourself!
Oh my goodness, you guys have to read this amazing story. Two stubborn, cranky, blunt personalities, with sharp tongues, snarling and yelling at each other, frustrating the other, did I say stubborn?
Yup, that sums up those two! Wait for their spicy moments, hot hot!
Then, there’s Lau’s brother, omfg, lol!
The sensuality was sky-high and so sensible. The humor, gosh, it was prickly, sarcastic, stubborn, or just silly hilarious crazy, I loved it! The hurt/comfort made my heart ache.
There’s a beautiful message about acceptance, about loving yourself wholeheartedly!
A wonderfully written m/x monster romance, completely told from Ivy their pov, and it was so well done, all the five stars for this hugely entertaining story that has all the feels!!
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