I'm making good progress on my Book Bingo card, I only need to read five more books before the end of the year and that's quite doable.  I read seven books this quarter, which seems to be about my average.

The Highlander's Tactical Marriage by Jenni Fletcher - I remember liking this one when I read it back in July, but I had kind of forgotten about it and had to go back and check Goodreads.  The set-up of this novel is that the hero is put in an arranged marriage with a woman that once scorned him, so he could have been a real ass, but I appreciated that he wasn't.  He was somewhat cool and distant with the heroine in the beginning, but he soon realized that there was more to his bride than he thought.

A Contest of Principles by Greg Cox - I joked on my Trek Discord that I think this is the second or third Trek novel I've read where McCoy is kidnapped by aliens for his medical knowledge, not that I am complaining, I eat that trope up.  I really liked this one, the Triad get split up and are on different planets dealing with related crisises, and each storyline had its own unique characters.  Spock makes friends with this fuzzy pet like alien.  My only compliant is that the triad spend the majority of the novel separated and by the end I just wanted them back together again. 

The Prefect Stranger by Megan Miranda - this is a supposed to be a mystery/thriller, and it was alright, not hugely thrilling, there was a big lull in the middle of it.  The one point the narrative hammers home early on is that the two women were not lovers, but I kind of wish they had been.  I think it would have added another more interesting layer to the story.  Also, the main character does some really stupid stuff, like sleeping with the main detective that is investigating her friend's disappearance, like why?

Saving Her Mysterious Soldier by Bronwyn Scott - this story started off well, a solider has amnesia and his nurse brings him to her family's home to recover.  But, then the characters start making some stupid decisions like starting a sexual relationship before he was fully recovered.  Like they only had to wait two weeks before a report came probably revealing his identity, but no they couldn't wait, ugh!  Anyways, I like Bronwyn Scott, she is a good writer, but this wasn't her best one.

Planet of Judgement by Joe Halderman - this was an alright Trek novel, the first half was better than the second.  The first half had a planet that actually had some scary, life threatening creatures, and it felt very much like the stranded crew could have been prey.  The second half wasn't as good.  At one point these aliens make the crew relive some of their worst memories, which is fine, good concept, but then the author decides to have Spock rehash the events of Amok Time step by step, and that seemed a really strange decision, because wouldn't most Trek fans be intimately familiar with that episode?  I wish the author had spent more time crafting McCoy's memories, because those were new and had more potential to be interesting. 

Reforged by Seth Haddon - M/M fantasy romance.  I liked the characters in this one, but I think the author bit off way more than they could crew.  If the author had kept it small and focused on palace intrigue like it was in the beginning I think it could have really worked, but the second half tries to go expansive, but the author hadn't really spent enough time developing the minor characters, villains and world-building for me to really care all that much.  I stuck with it becasue I really did like the main couple and their two friends, but this story just felt like it needed to be a little more developed.

Lore Olympus: Volume One by Rachel Smythe - this was fun. Not really what you expect from a modern Greek myth retelling, it was very tropey, and the Gods were all so trashy and catty, and sometimes outright mean, but that does kind of fit the Greek Gods.  I never read the WebToon so this was all new to me.  it has my interest piqued, so I will definitely be checking out the other volumes.