It's that time again where there are 1000's of free books available for download!  I love supporting indie authors and honestly just finding new authors and stories this way!  I have SO many books on my kindle that I will always have options!  If you're new here Stuff Your Kindle Day (also available for Kobo, iPad, Nook, & Android) is a day where many independent authors offer their books for free.  It's a fantastic way to find new tropes, genres, and authors to add to your library.  I personally always look on my computer, but that is also why I created this post to cut down the 1000's of books into the genres that I prefer. I have highlighted Romantasy (my top favorite), sports romance,  and I also left the keywords so you can use CTRL+F to search on here as well.  If you want to check out the full site click here - we don't believe in gatekeeping in the book community! 

Heart of Silk and Shadows (Fae Isles) by Lisette Marshall
As a human servant at the Crimson Court, Allie knows better than to anger the fae. But when an unwanted suitor threatens her younger sister, Allie can think of only one way to protect her family: steal from the most powerful lord of them all.
Keywords: Fae romantasy, enemies to lovers, he falls first, standalone, tormented hero with wings, all the banter

Veil of Fate (Completed Fates of Mirror Trilogy) by Jinapher J. Hoffman
Win The Hand of Fate. Unveil Every Truth. Parents murdered and brother stolen: meet Zora Vyner, a spit-fire woman turned vengeful spymaster on the hunt for the secrets of her past...
Keywords: Who Did This To You, Touch Her and Die, Lust to Enemies To Lovers, Twist on Fated Mates, Fight to the Death Bride Trials, Dark Romantasy, 22-Year-Old FMC, Strong Female Lead, Men in Masks, Completed Trilogy, First Person POV, Romance Driven Plot, Part of a Multiverse of Feminine Rage

Curse & Kingdom by Ember Blackthorn
Three cursed brothers. One ordinary girl. And a sizzling, magical romance like no other...
Keywords: romantasy, royalty, love triangle, court intrigue, enemies to lovers, fake relationship

Spindle of Sin (Once Upon a Wicked Villain) by Candace Robinson & Amber R. Duell
Welcome to the dark world of Grimm, where the villains are as wicked as their desires.
Keywords: Enemies to lovers, forced proximity, fairy tale retelling​, villain gets the girl

The Other Side of the Mirror by Dana Evyn
Eva is thrust into the faerie realm after her family’s murders… and must find her fae soulmate in order to break a world-ending curse. But she soon learns all is not what it seems, and that the murderer is closer than she thinks.
Keywords: Romantasy, fae romance, dark fantasy

Bound to the Fae [Court of Cruel Fae] by Hailey Gonzales
She’s a hybrid fae forced to enter the Day Court against her will. He's an enemy spying on her from the shadows. He might be the key to her escape... if she can trust him.
Keywords: Enemies to lovers, royal fae, shadow daddy, forbidden romance, elemental magic, knife to throat, fated mates

Nights of Obedience by Rachel Mays
Nights of Obedience is a dark romantasy that follows Emilie, a smart and sassy future bride to the King and Ladon, the King’s brother who doesn’t believe Emilie is fit to be Queen. An unexpected twists turns these two foes into reluctant allies…and maybe something more.
Keywords: dark fantasy, enemies to lovers, forced proximity, spicy, non con, dub con

Blood & Brujas by Mikayla D Hornedo -- 4 star read for me!
From the moment Dayanara could wield a blade, she's been used as a weapon for Caldera, a kingdom of fierce brujas. Whenever her mother, the all-powerful Acna, points her in the direction to kill, Dayanara follows.
Keywords: why choose, fantasy why choose, bi rep, wlw, dark fantasy​

A Twist of Night and Day by Aubrey Winters
He hates me, and I hate him. But we have to work together to save Asteria... and I'll end up working for him if we succeed.
Keywords: Enemies to lovers, faeries, one bed, YA, He falls first, magic quest​

Storm of Chaos and Shadows by C. L. Briar
Amid the growing viciousness of the fae realm, Elara discovers a trail of blood and ash on her quest to avenge her slaughtered family.
Keywords: Fae, fated mates, spicy slow burn

Taking Medusa (A Greek Mythology Romantasy Retelling) by S.M. McCoy
Now that the gods have found me… I’m destined to die. In a game between gods and monsters, my fate is entwined with my heart, and saving Atlantis, saving Poseidon... could mean sacrificing more than my life, but the lives of all the monsters that came before me and all the ones yet to surface.
Keywords: Greek Mythology, romantasy, slow burn, gods and monsters, Medusa retelling, fated mates, fantasy adventure, fast-paced

Owned (Faeborne Brides Book One) by Siren Crow
An entitled dark hero, a smart sassy heroine, and a forced marriage start the first move in a deadly strategic game between humans and fae.
Keywords: Hades x Persephone retelling, Shadow Daddy hero, Black FMC, Fated Mates, Fae/Human Romance, Morally Grey hero, King Kink, Romantasy, Forced marriage, Kidnapping

If you're looking for some ideas for what to post on Bookstagram look no further. I compiled some ideas for what to post in July. I highlighted some fun holidays although there are a few more you could definitely incorporate as well. A few other that you could easily incorporate for your booksta are:
July 4th - Alice in Wonderland Day - Share a flat lay of the book, or highlight your favorite retelling!
July 8th - Love Your Skin Day - Share a flat lay of your favorite skincare products that match your bookstack
July 9th - Fashion Day - Share your DOB - Drink, Outfit, & Book
July 11th - 7-11 Day - Snag a slurpee that matches your current read
July 15th - I Love Horses Day - Share your favorite cowboy romance featuring horses (check out Elsie Silver!)
July 17th - National Tattoo Day - Do you have a bookish tattoo?  Do you want want?  Share with us!
July 20th - National Lollipop Day - Share all those lollipop book stickers we know you have! 
July 31st - Harry Potter's Birthday - Share your favorite book, or throw in your favorite fanfic!

The day has come to stuff your kindle again!  If you haven't seen my posts before or heard of this romancebookworms.com hosts this event four times a year in conjunction with indie authors to help promote their books!  It is a great way to find new authors and stories to fall in love with!  I have downloaded SO many books and love finding new authors from this event.  I have scoured through the website and have listed some of the books that I recommend/have downloaded.  I only highlighted a few categories this time because these are the ones that I really wanted to focus on! But I did add the keywords as well! I highly suggest if you are doing this from their webpage that you do it from your laptop not your phone, it is much easier to use the search feature and ctrl+f those keywords that you are looking for.  Hopefully you find this post helpful, leave a comment and let me know what you downloaded!

Did you read anything this month?  I have started tracking what I'm reading not only by year but also by month and have been having so much fun seeing what I end up reading. Some months are busier than others but I was able to read quite a few during February!  I have soccer coming up for the next few months so I know my book number will probably be lower but that's okay! It's about having fun reading not the amount that you read. 

This month I read 15 books, and am still currently reading 5.  I mayyy have been a little overzealous with my current reads but honestly I just couldn't decide and kept switching it up between dark, romance, and fantasy. If you don't use Storygraph, it's a fun way to track moods, pages, format, and genre. Maybe it's the math teacher in me but I love all the graphs it shows you where you can break down what you are reading. If you get it add me because I love seeing what other people read along with Goodreads!  I definitely have read more romance but a lot of that was dark romance/fantasy romance as well.  It's so cool how you can click on each bar and see what the books are classified as!

I don't know about you but I am a sucker for sports romance books.  It all started when I read The Deal - Elle Kennedy,  part of the Off Campus series, and instantly fell in love. I immediately read the Briar U series after!  I will have to say hockey romance probably has my heart (I grew up playing hockey so I have some bias here) but after that is baseball and football.  If you haven't read Meghan Quinns Brentwood Boys series - FREE in KU *SPICY* I highly recommend if you are dipping your toes into the sport romance world as well. 

My most recent hockey romance read was Icebreaker by Hannah Grace. I loved Nate and he’s the main reason for the four stars I gave this book. I was sick and read this book in a day. Overall I expected this to be a fluff romance read with spice (oh she brought the spice, don’t you worry), but it kind of dragged on. I feel like it did that because there was a lot of time invested in side characters. I want this to be a series because I too am invested in Henry (and Russ), but I felt like a lot of this could be cut. It was also lot of their day to day living, like I get building the story but we could have cut a lot of that and saved it for other books in the series, etc.

But anyway. I enjoyed Anastasia even though she did annoy me. She and her figure skating partner Aaron drive me crazy, he is the worst kind of person where he projects his trauma on his “friends” and she hangs onto him for soooo long. She has done a lot of therapy for herself but even though she is blunt and direct with her feelings she can’t ever seem to do that with Aaron. I don’t know if annoyed me but probably because it’s more realistic that way too. Also I like she is direct with her no attachments but also what about Ryan? Unless we get his story I’m going to feel like he will always be jealous of Nathan now because that situation was a little off — hookup buddies, just friends that cuddle…., just friends? But; her becoming friends with all the hockey boys was great. We love a girlfriend that is also friends with hers friends and like to piss each other off (I.e. JJ).

Nathan was obviously my favorite character because of how much he wanted her. I love it when the guy falls first and boy did he. Here is where you will find all the spice, falling from this sweet, romantic, supportive, filthy mouthed man. “Can you be a good girl and be quiet?”
Need I say more?

TLDR: predictable yet cute story, grumpyxsunshine reverse, slightly too long, read it for Nathan