Hold Me Closer, Fiery Phoenix by Ava Ross [Review]

Hold Me Closer, Fiery Phoenix (Monsterville, USA #7) by Ava Ross
Format: ebook
Source: borrowed through Kindle Unlimited
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Date read: August 16, 2023

Monsterville, USA
Candy for My Orc Boss
Orc Me Baby One More Time
1. Gargoyles Just Want to Have Fun
2. Don't Go Knotting My Heart
3. Whose Bed Have Your Claws Been Under?
4. Uptown Orge
5. Oops, I Elf'd It Again
6. My Orc-y Breaky Heart
7. Hold Me Closer, Fiery Phoenix - Paperback | Kindle
8. Who Let the Demon Out?

Ava Ross
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Synopsis (Goodreads):

If I don’t find my true love soon, I’ll die.

The dating scene can be tough for a phoenix, especially when I burn to cinders at the most inconvenient times. It’s gotten to the point where no one will even go out with me.

Worse, my spontaneous combustions are accelerating. I’ve been cursed with a rare phoenix abnormality and my time’s ticking away. Soon, my pile of ashes will be swept up in the wind, and I’ll no longer rejuvenate as a phoenix.

Unless I can find my fated mate and convince her to love me.

When the town's dating service, Monster Mingle, offers me a mail-order bride, I agree out of desperation. I’m married at first sight to Brooke, a woman I haven’t seen since we were sixteen, back when her older brother caught us making out and stole her away.

We pick up where we left off, and with the help of my monster friends, I set out to show her I’m the phoenix of her dreams.

Can I convince her to love me before it’s too late?

Thoughts on Hold Me Closer, Fiery Phoenix: Nyxor, the phoenix who keeps going up in flames at awkward moments, is up and his special lady friend is Brooke, the new lady in town. Except she's not exactly new. She and Nyxor knew each when they were younger and some not so great circumstances tore them apart. Now Nxyor is looking for his special someone and Brooke is looking for a way to break free of her brother and they both happen to be in the right place at the right time.

Except...Brooke doesn't exactly share her issues with Nyxor. To be fair, Nyxor doesn't share HIS issues either. Which means they're both sort of flying blind in their relationship and this almost causes PROBLEMS. Serious problems, as you can probably tell by the all caps.

Anywho. A little danger puts things in perspective and soon these two are realizing they need one another to be whole. So they do their respective things and make things happen. IN A GOOD WAY. So good. *thumbs up*