Gemini Queen

I received this ARC from NetGalley & the author! Thank you so much for allowing me to read this early.

Gemini Queen is a RH with MMFMM, MM action as well. Tropes: enemies to lovers, friends to lovers, fated mate, fake hating each other, coming out & professor/students. This book really reminded me of Ruthless Boys of the Zodiac.

Zara is Elise
Neo is Leon
Ronin is Dante
Lucious is Gabriel
Vasili is Ryder

Now they do have similarities it’s def not the same book. But when i see the similarities at least i know that I’ll enjoy the book. The boys in this book don’t match the RB to a T but extremely close. Neo is Zara’s fated mate and knows & brings her to the academy to get training and to be with him. He has golden retriever vibes. Neo is a Capricorn & the smartest on campus. Ronin hates her from the start. They are the true enemies to lovers but so is Ronin with Neo. He definitely has an attitude but loves fiercely. Lucious is the professor & knows he’s not supposed to give in but can’t help with mating bonds. Lastly, we have Vasili who hates everyone around him but it’s all just a facade while he loves & falls for everyone so quick & so deeply.

Zara is supposed to somehow save the arcane races with her harem. I do look forward to reading the next book if one does come out. I felt like this book went a little quick and a lot happened extremely fast but that’s not always a bad thing. I think it could have been drawn out more over 2 books but we started to lack the initial plot of the arcane races are needing to be saved & how can Zara & her harem fix everything.

I’m looking forward to the next one!

This is a great twist on your typical academy books that have magic. It’s not your normal big school, which I think makes the relationship between the harem and the side characters more sweeter. The world building was done very well and really got you into the story. All the different magical abilities we’re interesting to read about, especially Zara’s lightening. Zara was also a complete bad a$$ and didn’t take crap from anyone. It’s something I love seeing with a FMC. What I love the most is not only everyone focused on loving Zara, but they all focused on the men and creating those individual relationships too. If you want to read about some spicy sword crossing you’ll be in for a treat. This book has some of the most detailed, well thought out spicy scenes that make you want to jump your partner or grab a toy. I also love the self exploration with her men, and them finding out who they really love and want to be with. There was a lot of growth with the characters which made me happy to see in the end. And what about that ending! Although it’s currently a standalone and ended on a good note, I would love to see another book about the 5 of them. I definitely want to see how everything goes for Zara after she leaves the academy, and how everyone gets along as their relationships progresses. Overall this was a great standalone RH, and I really hope to see more about them in the future.

Thank you NetGalley for a chance to read Gemini Queen.

I loved this book. I was easy to delve into and I liked the characters. This didn’t feel like the typical paranormal academic setting (which I liked) and the world in general was unique. I also enjoyed the RH aspect of the story (some bullying in the beginning gives ZA/ruthless boys of the zodiac vibes). I read this in one day and can’t wait to read anything and everything this author writes in the future.

This books has spice and then some. Great writing witty dialogue,great character development. The best reverse harem I read all year

I received this ARC from NetGalley and the author and am giving my honest review.

Gemini Queens is the first academy story ever written by this author but you wouldn't be able to tell. It has a well though out plot with original characters with amazing world building. Usually in any paranormal romance you have limited species or categories for the paranormal (i.e., witch, shifter, and vampire are usually the more well developed in the story). However, in this story we have such a diverse array of the paranormal and they all have unique labels (Mogadon, Valyrians, Kryll, Proteans). I loved the uniqueness of this paranormal world and add in the steaminess of Zara's harem and you have a really great read. This was a great first in series and I'm excited for what comes next.

Just Wow!!! Where to start with this review. I could not put this book down, it was addictive and all consuming from the very beginning, with all the sexy scenes a girl could want.

Gemini Queen ticked pretty much all the boxes I love to see in an adult paranormal romance: strong main character, dropped into a situation she doesn't want to be in, suspicious murderer they need to watch out for, sexy love interests, and of course why choose when you can have them all! I fell in love with Zara and her men and didn't want it to end.

This is a polyamorous book where the main character invites more than one person into the relationship, there is also mm scenes which I am absolutely here for but if it's not your thing that's fine but just don't go into this expecting something different.

I am really hoping for a book 2 so I can discover more about this world and Zara's position in it.

Thank you to Victory Editing NetGalley Co-op for this ARC in return for an honest review.

The warlock world is divided into twelve families named after the twelve zodiac signs, but they are in decline. Zora Gemini is the last female pureblood and the designed queen. One problem, she doesn’t want it, nor her power and she doesn’t expect four warlocks to want her. Do those warlocks, waiting at the Icarus Academy, will change her mind?

“Now turn around me. And take off those innocent schoolgirl panties before I tear them off.” Holy fucking shit.

I had the same reaction «Holy fuck», I didn’t expect what happened in this book. Neither did I expect to be deliciously steamy. The world-building is really great. Zara won’t let anyone shame her for her sexual confidence neither shame someone to be still a virgin. I love it and the fact that the author made each wizard different. In general, the book was really great. Hopefully, we will get another book in this world.

I would recommend you all to read it.

You will find:

Paranormal romance
Conspiracy
Teacher-student forbidden love
Possessive males
Reverse Harem
M/M relation
Magic
Spicy
*The FMC read smut*

I will post the review on Instagram next week.

4 Stars

This book hooked me in from the start and it was very steamy from the get go!! I enjoyed all the different personalities of the characters and felt that they were well written.
The first character we meet is Zara who does not want to take up the mantle of being the Gemini Queen and does everything she can to avoid it until she can’t. After being caught she is taken to the Academy, where at first she tries to plot to get away but eventually she learns to accept her role as queen. This includes a fated mate for Zara, Neo who is the person who wanted to help Zara with her training and so they can be together. Zara eventually ends up with her Harem of men who are all different and come together to help her.
This book is a reverse harem with romance. It’s has MMFMM action as well as plenty of MM too. Several tropes such as enemies to lovers,friends to lovers and Teacher / Student relations.
The plot and world building was good and I enjoyed the storyline that it followed and the fact that it wrapped up by the end of the book.
I did enjoy this book and at times felt that it was more sex than plot but overall it was a great read. It’s a standalone book but I would be interested to read more about this world and the characters in it.


Thank you to Netgalley and the Author for this early eARC.

Laura Navarre has produced a great adult romance. The amount of detail in the romantic scenes are remarkable! The storyline itself is quite exciting and has me craving more.
However, the storyline is not as spread out and detailed as I would like. I think that Laura could have made this a series with a lot more storyline included.
I also believe that the ending was a bit of a cliffhanger when adding that new power of Zaras at the end. It desperately makes me want to know more.

4 Stars (I received an e-arc from Net Galley in exchange for an honest review)

Think Zodiac Academy but way less harsh bullying aspects (I could barely get through ZA without getting triggered), and starts off with some smutty times. You've got a mix of a scrappy independent heroine, entitled rich pretty boys, a shifter professor and lots magic with smut. This is a reverse harem story but kind of ends with a poly-group situation. I don't want to say too much about the story and plot because it's interesting and quite a lot of smut/sexy times. Just go read it, right now!!! (less)