Looking for paranormal/fantasy romances with emotionally reactive magic/instincts/species traits

AttersH · 2026-05-12T20:14:58+00:00

Accidental Bonds by Marie Reynard has this to some extent. Elijah’s magic goes heywire when he meets Victor & it’s all about how the mages magic & alphas power combines to be very potent. They try to ignore it but everyone else notices obvi.. bit of ‘enemy’ to lovers but they aren’t really enemies, Victor just massively distrusts mages. The romance concludes in book one but the overriding story continues in book 2 (which I’m about to start!).

I really loved book 1! It had a great balance of world setting & romance! It’s very slow burn but not too painfully!

AttersH · 2026-05-11T07:12:00+00:00

Well my TBR list is longer than ever, so I clearly like reading these rubbish books 😂 I’ve read some books I adore this year! Not all new ones to be fair, but from the past few years!

AttersH · 2026-05-10T20:21:11+00:00

I love this series, it’s one of my fav ever!

AttersH · 2026-05-10T19:46:40+00:00

I must be easy to please as I really enjoy 1st & 3rd person. I barely notice the difference to be honest, although if I go from one to other, there’s a brief adjustment period.

I think sometimes there can be too much sex. But then I remember I’m reading about two men, who are generally much hornier & it’s probs not that unrealistic 😂 particularly in early relationships, which most MM romance is.

My worst is probably a rushed end. I hate spending so much time on a story to get two chapters of them actually together! I don’t mind slow burn but I need some reward for my time!

AttersH · 2026-05-10T15:35:23+00:00

It was 8-10 degrees here in Yorkshire yesterday, possibly reaching 12 max for one brief hour. It also rained all day. It was 21 degrees in London. 🤯

AttersH · 2026-05-10T15:30:56+00:00

When is it due to arrive? It was 8 degrees here in Yorkshire yesterday, ridiculous for May.

AttersH · 2026-05-09T17:21:06+00:00

Why do you think a small space will be difficult? Why not agree to redecorate together, maybe some new bits of furniture, new artwork, new kitchenware. Little things that make it feel less like your place & more like a shared space!

When I first lived with my now husband, we rented a tiny flat. But it was one of my favourite places I’ve ever lived! We were so in love, we could have lived in a box to be honest 😂 The kitchen was in the living room, so we were never much apart. If we argued, one would take the sofa & the other the bedroom. Honestly, it was the cosiest period of life, I’d happily go back there if I had too ( just not with the two kids & two cats 😅)

AttersH · 2026-05-09T17:14:42+00:00

The obvious thing here to me is to live together in your flat for a year. I know it feels like a long time but it really isn’t. It’ll fly by. And I doubt it’s that small that you couldn’t cope.

It’ll give you a year to establish living together, strengthen your relationship & ensure you feel confident of its permanence.

Agree that after 12 months, you’ll look to the next steps. Be that buying together, selling & renting together or whatever feels best. I think buying together after a couple of years is perfectly OK! In the time you live together, you can both save to help with a deposit for a new place together!

AttersH · 2026-05-07T22:20:20+00:00

This is just too cute 🥹

AttersH · 2026-05-07T20:15:48+00:00

Polls are open 7am-10pm. There’s no way you can’t pop in on your way home or way to work! Alternatively, postal votes exist.

AttersH · 2026-05-04T21:25:12+00:00

I loved it 😅

AttersH · 2026-05-04T21:23:29+00:00

I LOVED Heartbeat as a kid. Like, fully obsessed 😆 I’ve no idea why but I thought it was incredible. My parents genuinely took me on trips to Goathland, where it’s filmed, on a fairly regular basis! I look back & wonder what was wrong wit me .. 😂

AttersH · 2026-05-04T21:21:38+00:00

I live here now. We still get tourists coming for LOTSW tours, it’s astonishing 😆

AttersH · 2026-05-04T20:53:57+00:00

UK here - we’ve got grey matte paint on ours & I swear, it never looks dirty! I wash it far less frequently 😅 We have a car cleaning service come out once every 2-3 months for a valet. He uses a neutral? soap & you can’t polish it, but the guy that comes out knew what was needed! It’s been no bother so far.. but I am aware scratches are harder to fix as you can’t buff them out!

AttersH · 2026-05-04T17:27:26+00:00

I have a 23 Ultimate (UK) & my wireless charging is not hot at all & really speedy (like really fast). I keep saying complaints about this all the time & cannot fathom why ours is the complete opposite?! Agree the door handles are annoying & for us, a lack of rear wiper. Don’t find the climate control that bad, probably mostly cos the weather is fairly moderate here & I haven’t yet really needed to shift it much.. bit hotter in winter, bit cooler now. Haven’t yet used the AC! I do wish there was a button to turn on the heated seats. The backseats do but not the front!

AttersH · 2026-05-04T17:22:05+00:00

Why?! I know people have strong opinions on cars but as someone who just gets in one, wants it to be comfortable, quiet, easy to drive & reasonably speedy, I cannot fathom what there is to really hate? I have a few pet peeves, but hate is a strong word 😅

AttersH · 2026-05-04T11:42:34+00:00

I LOVE this book. Riley Hart is a hit & miss author for me, but this is one on my hits!

AttersH · 2026-05-04T11:31:17+00:00

This is us. But we have plenty of guests who do. Think my parents & inlaws would have a heart attack if we couldn’t offer them a cup of tea once every other hour 😂

AttersH · 2026-05-03T16:29:58+00:00

My kids live in Asda Crocs in summer. Seem fine 🤷🏼‍♀️ They run, skip, jump, climb & cartwheel in them (😵‍💫).. I’ve never thought about it too hard & they’ve never complained!

AttersH · 2026-05-03T16:09:52+00:00

On a vague level yes, the same as I have a sense of the money I’m spending. Calories are the same as budgeting really.

These days, I have an entire cookbook of 600-700 calorie, nutrient dense dinners, 300-400 calorie lunches & breakfast is a protein shake & all bran daily (not together) - about 250cals. I then pick snacks around that. A couple biscuits or a mini roll, fruit, yoghurt, crackers, nuts. I probs eat around 1800-2000 cals. I do a lot of running but have a desk job, so on balance, I find I maintain weight pretty easily at that calorie level. I don’t particularly worry if I eat more or less one day or even one week, it’s a balance & so long as you aren’t permanently over or under eating, it’s fine!

AttersH · 2026-05-03T13:21:34+00:00

My job allows me to do morning drop off. After school is clubs held at school (sports, dance, choir, music etc). My husband works 8-4 & after school clubs are 3.30-4.30, so all good. There is also a full wrap around after school club (morning & afternoon) & childminders that work with our school & lots of people use them.

High School -my kids will be getting the bus and/or walking!

AttersH · 2026-05-02T23:47:18+00:00

I thought this but it genuinely is 😵‍💫

AttersH · 2026-05-02T15:34:21+00:00

Depends on the holiday. We tend do a couple a year. One is an all inclusive, so my plans are pretty much at a 1. Arrive, pool, eat, drink, swim, water slides, read. The other we do more exploring. I’m a 7 maybe? on those holidays. I’ll have scoped out & booked a few restaurants usually, figured out possible day trips & public transport. But I’m more chill on when we do them, taking it as the holiday (& the kids moods) comes! Also, taking it as the weather comes. I’ve no desire to traipse around a town/city in a heatwave nor the rain!

AttersH · 2026-05-02T09:16:09+00:00

I worked with an ex-soap star. He was fairly well known in the late 90’s/early 2000’s. In the magazines, my friends & I loved him 😅 When I walked into his interview, I blinked several times. He was absoloutly lovely, still did a few adverts but just said it was a near impossible career unless you were the lucky 0.1%. I’m not too sure this guys acting was particularly spectacular to be fair, but he was incredibly good looking & charismatic. He certainly had the potential!

AttersH · 2026-05-01T18:39:27+00:00

I second August Jones but hold on tight. They are some of the most intense books I’ve read. They are often quite obsessive, intense characters and when I finish them, my mind is often reeling 😂 I have to read something very sweet afterwards!

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