Happy New Year! You know what that means! Time to reset your Goodreads reading goal! I am in full swing of finishing the Plated Prisoner Series by Raven Kennedy soon. I highly recommend the series. In my personal opinion I liked it much better then Fourth Wing. It flows well and easy to follow, the story line is great, the characters are great as well. The new year also brings another semester at Arizona State University Criminal Justice program. As always, check out my goodreads page here for reviews. See what I’m reading now and what’s up next!

Glow (Plated Prisoner #4) by Raven Kennedy:

“I was nothing but a road to Midas. A means to get to where he wanted to go, and I paved that path in gold.” 

My life has been made up of gilded lies. But death has been shaped from rot.

Like a phoenix caught fire, I will need to rise from the ashes and learn to wield my own power. Because my wings may have been clipped, but I am not in a cage, and I’m finally free to fly from the frozen kingdoms I’ve been kept in.

Yet the world doesn’t want to let me.

That’s the thing when you turn against a king—everyone else turns against you.

Good thing I have a different king in my corner.

But even with the dark threat of Slade Ravinger, the other monarchs are coming for me.

So I will fight for him and he will kill for me, and if we need to become the villains, then so be it.

Because so long as I live in this world, I won’t be used again.

Please note: This is an adult fantasy series with dark elements that may be triggering, including past emotional and physical trauma, violence, adult language, and explicit romance. Read at your own discretion.

Gold (Plated Prisoner #5) by Raven Kennedy:

Every end is also a beginning. 

I thought I was going to die, and would have if it weren’t for Slade. The only way he could save me was to open a rip between worlds. The only way for me to save myself was to go through it. 

Sometimes, fleeing one dangerous place just brings you to another. 

Annwyn. 

The realm of the fae. 

There is magic and beauty here, though around every corner, threats lurk. 

But I’m a threat too. 

I’m not a girl in a gilded cage anymore, and no one is going to stop me from finding my way back to Slade. 

But returning home means facing danger and secrets. So I have to burn bright enough to light my own way… 

Or else I might be swallowed by the dark. 

Please note: This adult fantasy book includes dark elements that may be triggering, including violence, cruelty, death, adult language, and explicit romance. It is intended for ages 18 years and older. Read at your own discretion.

Criminal Evidence Principles and Cases 9th Edition: By Thomas J. Gardner and Terry M. Anderson:

An essential text covering the key rules of evidence in criminal matters, as well their interpretations and applications. Comprehensive without being encyclopedic, this text includes many of the engaging features that popularized Gardner and Anderson’s best-selling text CRIMINAL LAW.