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𝕭𝖗𝖚𝖙𝖆𝖑 𝖈𝖔𝖓𝖖𝖚𝖊𝖘𝖙 𝔅𝔶 @lilithvincentauthor •┈┈┈••♰ ཐི♡ཋྀ ♰✦••┈┈┈• “𝓣𝓱𝓪𝓽’𝓼 𝓲𝓽 𝓑𝓪𝓶𝓫𝓲 𝓵𝓮𝓽 𝓶𝓮 𝓶𝓪𝓷𝓱𝓪𝓷𝓭𝓵𝓮 𝔂𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓫𝓸𝓭𝔂 𝓳𝓾𝓼𝓽 𝓱𝓸𝔀 𝓘 𝔀𝓪𝓷𝓽.” 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚏𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠 𝚋𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚒𝚘𝚙𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚜! 𝚄𝚗𝚌𝚕𝚎 𝙺𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝙱𝚛𝚞𝚝𝚊𝚕 𝙲𝚘𝚗𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚎𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚊𝚛 𝚜𝚘 𝚑𝚒𝚐𝚑 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚑𝚞𝚜𝚋𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙸’𝚖 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚍𝚎 𝚖𝚢 𝚔𝚒𝚍𝚗𝚎𝚢 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚖𝚊𝚛𝚔𝚎𝚝, 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝙱𝚊𝚖𝚋𝚒. 𝙷𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚕𝚢, 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚖𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚍𝚛𝚊𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚌 𝚐𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎𝚜, 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍𝚜 𝚝𝚠𝚘 𝚔𝚒𝚍𝚗𝚎𝚢𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚟𝚘𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚛 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚗𝚒𝚌𝚔𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚔? 𝕿𝖍𝖆𝖓𝖐 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖋𝖔𝖗 𝖇𝖊𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖍𝖊𝖗𝖊, 𝖗𝖊𝖒𝖊𝖒𝖇𝖊𝖗 🗡️🔪🗡️🔪 🔪 ily. 🗡 ……🔪🗡️ •┈┈┈••♰ ཐི♡ཋྀ ♰✦••┈┈┈• ♰ ♰ ♰ #bookstagrammers #bookcollector #readinglife #bookobsessed #bedtimereading #readerforlife #bookshark #bookpicture #bookishphoto #booksaremagic #bookster #bookishproblems #bookstoread #bookrecommendation #bookaesthetic #bookishlife #readstagram #girlswhoread #readersofinsta #bookrec

Estás indeciso? Não há problema! 😉 Quantas vezes não vou à livraria e fico sem saber o que comprar ou na dúvida entre dois livros 🥹 Pois bem, se gostas de thriller e sci-fi estas recomendações são para ti! 🙋🏻‍♀️ Já agora, leram algum destes? #bookstagram #bookworm #bookgang #booklover #leromundo #literatura #follow #viral #fyp #booksbooksbooks #bookrec #readmore #reading

✨ 𝚁𝚎𝚟𝚒𝚎𝚠 ✨ 𝕋𝕚𝕥𝕝𝕖: Saving Noah 𝔸𝕦𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕣: Lucinda Berry ℙ𝕒𝕘𝕖𝕤: 259 ℝ𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘: ★★★★ Swipe for synopsis ➡️ ℝ𝕖𝕒𝕕 𝕚𝕗 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕝𝕚𝕜𝕖: * Dark psychological thriller * Dual POV * Short story Let’s just say, it’s sad, but also written in a morbid way. Definitely check the trigger warnings with this as it’s a dark read. I’m not a mother myself, however it’s written in a way where you think ‘how far would I go for my child?’. This may be controversial for some, but the parts where suic**e was heavily spoken about, I do believe we should have a right to end our own life when we feel like we want to. This whole ‘my body my choice’ doesn’t seem to apply to someone who hasn’t got a terminal illness. This story really makes you think about that. In all honesty, Noah got everything he deserved (sorry not sorry). The mum was so naive and didn’t seem to come to terms with that her son did, which infuriated me at times 😅. I did have my thoughts when the twist was revealed purely on the basis of lacking trust in the character, their avoidance and certain phrases that were mentioned, but it made me feel so sorry for the mum and sister and their future. 💭 Have you read this book? What were your thoughts? . . #savingnoah #savingnoahlucindaberry #lucindaberry #bookreview #bookreviewers #bookreviewersofinstagram #bookrec #kindlereader #kindlereads #psychologicalthriller #avidreader #bookishfeed #bookishpost #bookphotograph #bookedup #readersofinsta #bookstagramuk #readingismagic #readingislit #readingismyhappyplace #bookishlyengaged #letstalkbooks

Lady Venom Takes A Mistress is an Adult Gothic Dark Romance that is oh so steamy 😈 Poesy knows the screams at night belong to the men stupid enough to wander the woods where Lady Venom hunts. Whispered rumors of the lore surrounding the mysterious man killer is on everyone’s lips in Poesy’s village. Yet when Poesy is sold to a horrible man who will become her husband, she flees to safety within the dangerous woods. When she stumbles upon the snake infested home of Lady Venom she discovers a life she never knew possible for her in the mysterious yet beautiful and alluring woman’s arms. I kind of wish this was a full length novel so some of the plot elements wouldn’t feel so rushed. But regardless this is a quick and super streamy read perfect for paranormal dark romance fans. . . . . . . . . #sapphic #sapphicstories #sapphicromance #sapphicbooks #romance #LGBT #LGBTbooks #queerlove #queer #queeromance #bookrec #sapphiclove #sapphicbookrecs #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #booklovers #wlw #wlwbooks

Happy happy Monday! Let’s do tattoos or no tattoos?! I love the tattoos 😍😍 #thisorthat #mondaygames #darkromance #darkromanceauthor #butterfly #forbiddenromance #bookrecs #bookrec #bookrecommendation

Into the Tide by @laurapavlovauthor 4 ⭐️ “ #13. Tell Hugh Reynolds that I love him. Not a friendship kind of love. That I-can’t-live-without-you, people-write-poetry-about kind of love. The real deal.” This was a strong start to Laura’s Cottonwood Cove series. Lila is Hugh’s best friend’s little sister. When she moves back to town to help him at his restaurant for the summer, Hugh quickly finds himself falling for the one girl he can’t have. Lila has created a Summer Bucket List of sorts, and finds the one thing she truly wants to do - is with Hugh. The dynamic between these two was swoon worthy. I highly recommend this one! Trope List: 🌊 Best friend’s little sister 🌊Small town 🌊Inexperienced heroine 🌊Forced proximity #intothetide #cottonwoodcoverseries #romancebooks #forcedproximitybooks #bookrec #bookstagram #bookreview

𝕬 𝖘𝖔𝖚𝖑 𝖙𝖔 𝖙𝖆𝖐𝖊 𝔅𝔶 @harleylarouxwriter •┈┈┈••♰ ཐི♡ཋྀ ♰✦••┈┈┈• 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚏𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠 𝚋𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚒𝚘𝚙𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚜! 𝙸’𝚖 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚒𝚜𝚗’𝚝 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚊 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚋𝚜𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚖𝚎 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚜𝚘 𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎, 𝚒𝚖 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎 “𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝚍𝚘 𝚞𝚜 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝” 𝚝𝚘 𝚊 𝚠𝚑𝚘𝚕𝚎 𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍 𝚕𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚕. 𝙷𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚕𝚢, 𝚒𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚎 𝚍𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚒𝚏𝚎 𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚕𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜, 𝙸 𝚖𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑, “𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚘𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚖𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎.” 𝕿𝖍𝖆𝖓𝖐 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖋𝖔𝖗 𝖇𝖊𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖍𝖊𝖗𝖊, 𝖗𝖊𝖒𝖊𝖒𝖇𝖊𝖗 🗡️🔪🗡️🔪 🔪 ily. 🗡 ……🔪🗡️ •┈┈┈••♰ ཐི♡ཋྀ ♰✦••┈┈┈• ♰ ♰ ♰ #bookstagrammers #bookcollector #readinglife #bookobsessed #bedtimereading #readerforlife #bookshark #bookpicture #bookishphoto #booksaremagic #bookster #bookishproblems #bookstoread #bookrecommendation #bookaesthetic #bookishlife #readstagram #girlswhoread #readersofinsta #bookrec

A book, a mystery, a world. Can you guess the book? 💁🏻‍♀️ -Jyoti #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #books #books📚 #bookrecommendations #bookrecs #bookrecommendation #bookrec #bookreview #bookreviewer #tbr #reading #scrollsandtunes #specialeditionbooks

Honestly, this is probably the darkest book that I have read to date. And this is counting, Haunting Adeline. So definitely be aware, if you aren’t. The two main characters are insane (not literally) and I guess I must be a little mental myself because I really liked this. 😂 The plot deals heavily with the dark side of religion and trauma. The two characters in this connect because of the trauma and also just the male dominance that is so apparent in not only religion but people of power. I loved how this turned out. Jescie Hall holds nothing back in this book and I ate it up. #bookstagram #booklover #bookrec #bookrecommendations #readerlife #booksbooksbooks #bookaddict #bookworm #readersofinstagram #readersofinsta #readmorebooks #alwaysreading #booklove #bookishlife #newyearnewbooks #newmonthnewbooks #darkromance #thatsikluv #jesciehall

♰ 𝕸𝖔𝖙𝖎𝖛𝖆𝖙𝖎𝖔𝖓𝖆𝖑 𝖖𝖚𝖔𝖙𝖊 ♰ •┈┈┈••♰ ཐི♡ཋྀ ♰✦••┈┈┈• “𝚆𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚍𝚘𝚎𝚜𝚗’𝚝 𝚔𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚐𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊 𝚕𝚘𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚞𝚗𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚝𝚑𝚢 𝚌𝚘𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚎𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚜𝚖𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚔 𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚞𝚖𝚘𝚞𝚛.” 𝕿𝖍𝖆𝖓𝖐 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖋𝖔𝖗 𝖇𝖊𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖍𝖊𝖗𝖊, 𝖗𝖊𝖒𝖊𝖒𝖇𝖊𝖗 🗡️🔪🗡️🔪 🔪 ily. 🗡 ……🔪🗡️ •┈┈┈••♰ ཐི♡ཋྀ ♰✦••┈┈┈• ♰ ♰ ♰ #bookstagrammers #bookcollector #readinglife #bookobsessed #bedtimereading #readerforlife #bookshark #bookpicture #bookishphoto #booksaremagic #bookster #bookishproblems #bookstoread #bookrecommendation #bookaesthetic #bookishlife #readstagram #girlswhoread #readersofinsta #bookrec

I wasn’t so sure I’d like this book, but it really ended up being super good! If you like 13 Going on 30 you’ll probably really like this one. 😍 Lucy is in the throes of establishing a career, but it’s harder than she expected. Even her promotion isn’t really that good. Her flat is pretty rough and she never has extra spending money. After a particularly long and awful night, she stumbles in to a shop to get out of the rain only to find a wishing machine. At the shopkeeper’s insistence, she proceeds to wish that she could skip to the good part. When she wakes up the next morning, she’s 40 and has a husband and kids as well as a fulfilling job. Obviously she can’t remember what the last 16 years held, but the longer she’s in the future, the more her memories resurface until she is forced to choose: the family she’s just discovered or going back and living the 16 years she can’t remember, even though they were hard. I really loved seeing what Lucy’s “good part” of life looked like. Her kids were charming and her husband is sweet. And I especially liked the end. Life is the messy bits, and it’s worth living! Content warning: loss of a child, infrequent language, and brief, vague mention of bedroom scene Overall, I really enjoyed this one! #bookreview #onmyshelf #libraryfinds #thirteengoingonthirty #ifyoulikethisthen #bookrec

💕pink stack💕 my favourites of this stack are a tie between Love on the Brain and Wildfire, I loved those books so much! 💗 have you read any of these books? 💖

𝕬 𝖘𝖔𝖚𝖑 𝖙𝖔 𝖙𝖆𝖐𝖊 𝔅𝔶 @harleylarouxwriter •┈┈┈••♰ ཐི♡ཋྀ ♰✦••┈┈┈• 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚏𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠 𝚋𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚒𝚘𝚙𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚜! 𝚠𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚘𝚋𝚜𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝙸 𝚊𝚖 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝙸’𝚖 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚐𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚑𝚞𝚝 𝚞𝚙 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚒𝚝 𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚕 𝙻𝚎𝚘𝚗 𝚏𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚜 𝚊 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚝 𝚖𝚎. 𝚂𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚕𝚢, 𝚒𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚗’𝚝 𝚏𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚗 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚗 𝚋𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚒𝚝, 𝚢𝚘𝚞’𝚛𝚎 𝚌𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚢 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚍𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚘𝚕𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝. 𝙸 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚊𝚢 𝙸 𝚍𝚒𝚎. 𝕿𝖍𝖆𝖓𝖐 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖋𝖔𝖗 𝖇𝖊𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖍𝖊𝖗𝖊, 𝖗𝖊𝖒𝖊𝖒𝖇𝖊𝖗 🗡️🔪🗡️🔪 🔪 ily. 🗡 ……🔪🗡️ •┈┈┈••♰ ཐི♡ཋྀ ♰✦••┈┈┈• ♰ ♰ ♰ #bookstagrammers #bookcollector #readinglife #bookobsessed #bedtimereading #readerforlife #bookshark #bookpicture #bookishphoto #booksaremagic #bookster #bookishproblems #bookstoread #bookrecommendation #bookaesthetic #bookishlife #readstagram #girlswhoread #readersofinsta #bookrec

📖 book review 📖 A Storm of Swords: Part 1 by George R R Martin ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I really enjoyed this one. Clash of Kings felt very much like the whole book was leading to the battle of Blackwater Bay, so I found the large passages dedicated to war strategy quite dense to get through. In comparison, A Storm of Swords focuses on the aftermath of the battle and so there was more scope for character development. As always, I loved reading about Kings Landing, and surprisingly am enjoying Sansa’s character a lot more in the books than how she’s portrayed in the tv show. I also really enjoyed the introduction of new character chapters; Jamie’s was a particular highlight, but Samwell was also interesting to read especially after Jon left. There were moments that were slow to get through, but I think I’m always going to feel that way about fantasy because it’s not a genre I naturally gravitate towards. I find Bran and Davos particularly dull, I never enjoyed Bran’s moments in the tv show, and they aren’t anymore interesting to me in the books. I’m excited to see where the series is going to go, especially as it’s already deviating from the tv series so, while I’ve already watched the show, I don’t feel like I know exactly what’s going to happen. As always, I’d definitely recommend if you’ve watched the series and are interested in comparing the books, or even if you haven’t, it’s such a well written fantasy that I think people will enjoy either way.

𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐒𝐨 𝐖𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐁𝐲: 𝐀𝐛𝐛𝐲 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬𝐚𝐩𝐬 ★★★★★ First off I want to thank Abby Millsaps for the opportunity to read and review this ARC. The Boys of South Chapel are here and Abby knocked it out of the park! I was so nervous going into this book because I am a die hard fan of the Boys of Lake Chapel. I was worried it wouldn’t live up to the hype but I was completely wrong. Not only was the book everything I wanted and more but I actually loved the flashback scenes (and I usually cant stand flashbacks in books). I also don’t typically like second chance romances but Abby has proved me a liar. I loved the side of Hunter and Greedy we got to see. We were able to witness them falling for each other, obsess over the metaphorical hurricane that trashed their lives and see what came next. Even better we were introduced to Levi and bore witness to the dive into Why Choose (one of my favourite tropes). Book one was a perfect set up into the rest of the series, especially seeing as we were introduced to a surprise guest at the end (beware of the dreaded cliffhanger). I cannot wait for book 2; it’ll be worth the wait! Check out 𝐒𝐨 𝐖𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 when it releases on May 15. 𝐓𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐬/𝐓𝐚𝐠𝐬: Sports Romance, Then and Now Timeline, Second Chance, Why Choose, Fake Dating, Stepbrother, Stepbrothers Best Friend #bookstagram #bookish #bookedit #bookaesthetic #bookaddict #smutstagram #spicybooks #spicybookstagram #bookrecommendation #bookrec #abbymillsaps #boysofsouthchapel #sowrong #secondchanceromance #fakedatingtrope #whychooseromance #sportsromance

“Generation X is the cynical generation of dark romantics. We love dark fiction. Our idea was to create something unique while paying tribute to the songs, bands, and lyrics of this generation.” —Nick Mamatas (@concentrateandtryagain) on editing 𝟭𝟮𝟬 𝗠𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀: 𝗗𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗙𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗘𝗿𝗮 Want an exclusive short story from Nick Mamatas that pays tribute to the era? As a 𝗕𝗢𝗡𝗨𝗦 for all who pre-order the anthology, we’ll send you a digital version of the story! 🎸 𝗣𝗥𝗘-𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗘𝗥 #120MurdersBook now ➡️ link in bio.

I know I’m late to the party on this one! Tomorrow, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow was such a great read! I loved the exploration of relationships, failure, and disability. Highly recommend for gamers and non gamers alike! #bookrec

Book Review The Truths We Burn by @author.montyjay So, I knew going in that this book was going to tug at my heartstrings, but I wasn’t prepared for just how much it would wreck me. Sage and Rook? They stole my heart. Rook’s got that perfect mix of charm and vulnerability that had me swooning from the get-go. And Sage? She’s not your typical ice queen – her journey from facade to vulnerability hit me right in the feels. Their relationship? Let’s just say it’s a roller coaster of emotions. The plot had me hooked, too – mystery, character development, you name it. And with Thatcher and Lyra’s stories on the horizon, I’m already counting down the days. I’ll be honest, I wasn’t expecting to have my heart shattered within the first few pages of this book. The angst levels were off the charts, but in the best possible way. Sage and Rook’s journey took me on an emotional whirlwind, leaving me laughing, crying, and everything in between. I totally underestimated their story, but now I’m eating my words. This book? It’s addictive, heart-wrenching, and downright unforgettable.

Book: The Ritual by Shantel Tessier Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 Plot Summary: THE CHOSEN ONE I vow. You vow. We vow. Barrington University is home of the Lords, a secret society that requires their blood in payment. They are above all—the most powerful men in the world. They devote their lives to violence in exchange for power. And during their senior year, they are offered a chosen one. People think growing up with money is freeing, but I promise you, it’s not. My entire life has been planned out for me. I never got the chance to do what I wanted until Ryat Alexander Archer came along and gave me an option for a better life. He offered me what no one else ever had—freedom. I chose to be his. He made me believe that anyway, but it was just another lie. A way that the Lords manipulate you into doing what they want. After being sucked into the dark, twisted world of the Lords, I embraced my new role and allowed Ryat to parade me around like the trophy I was to him. But like all things, what started out as a game soon became a fight for survival. And the only way out was death. Review: This captivating novel exceeded my expectations, pulling me in from the first page with its gripping storyline. Despite its length, I found myself unable to stop reading until the very end. The dynamic between the possessive male lead and the inquisitive female protagonist created tension and passion that made for an exhilarating read. For those seeking a steamy romance with substance, this book is a must-read. . . . . . . . #bookrec #bookreview #bookclub #reader #steamyromance #booktok #fyp #fypシ #fypage #bdsm #toxic #tropes #vow #ritual #stalker

💐 practice makes perfect - sarah adams 💐 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ q: have you read practice makes perfect? what do you do when your flight + train back from portugal to the netherlands takes about 5 hours combined but you’re not feeling any of the books on your kindle? exactly, you buy a new book before your flight ✈️ i haven’t read when in rome yet, but it’s now really on top of my tbr after practice makes perfect! what a cute romance book this was! highly recommend if you need a silly little romance that you will fly through!

Q: What’s the perfect rainy day read? • As it rained almost all weekend here, I found this lovely book to be the perfect cozy magical rainy day romance! Ughhhh I loved all the characters and the development we get from them throughout the story felt natural and realistic considering the timeline of events. The romance wasn’t toxic and there wasn’t a miscommunication trope for once - which alone elevates this for me! The writing was lush and added to the magical atmosphere of the story. Also, the narrator for the audiobook was truly AMAZING with different voices and accents! I now want to shove this book into everyone else’s hands 🫶🏻

I finished Hinds Feet on High Places and it, not surprisingly, gets all of the stars. ALL of them. This was one of the very many parts that got me, along with what came next. #Readwhatyouown #bookcommunity #christianbooksforwomen #christianbooks #homeschool #bookstagram #christianbookstagram #homeschooling #books #read #kindlebooks #kindlepaperwhite #christianbook #goodreads #bookrec #intentionalliving #bookstahygge #motherculture #booksbooksbooks #goodreadschallenge #mustread #bookstoread #classicbooks

🐴 my current read 🐴 • i finally started my first cowboy romance and i am loving it! it’s so cute and honestly the perfect read for this warmer weather we are having! it’s also a pretty quick read which is so nice, i can’t wait to jump right into the next one! • 💭• what’s your favorite cowboy romance? tags🏷️ #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #booklover #bookaddict #booklove #bookblogger #bookishcommuntiy #bookish #books #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #booksta #bookworm #bookreview #bookrecommendations #bookrec #bookaesthetic #bookish #bookaholic #bookaddict #reader #readersofinstagram #readingnook #readingtime #read #reading #currentread #currentlyreading

THE BANTER. THE GRUMPY X SUNSHINE. THE SLOW BURN. ✨ #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #bookrecommendations #bookrecommendation #bookrec #bookrecs #bookreview #romancereader #romancereads #romancereaders #romancereadersofinstagram #romancereadersofig #romancerecs #fantasyreads #fantasybooks #fantasyreader #fantasyrecommendations

💭 What is a book you can't stop thinking about? I finished An Education in Malice around 2 weeks ago. When I finished it I was like: "That was a nice book." But now I feel like it was more than just nice. I'm still thinking about it. Maybe it's because it was a book that turned out way different than I thought or maybe it's also because it wasn't what I usually read. In the end it was a very fun read which was beautifully written and with a mysterious dark academia vibes.

You know I’m a fantasy girl, but I need to tell you that the stabby vibes in this book are so good. I’m not sure what this says about me, but Butcher & Blackbird had me giggling uncontrollably at inappropriate moments, and I loved it. Thank you for putting this story out into the world @brynne_weaver Rowan and Sloane are whimsical serial k!ller hunters that turn their hobby into a competition. All’s fair in love and murder, right? They each develop feelings for the other, having found kindred inner monsters. They are adorable together and the banter is the best. There are some oddly dark, but cute moments that give you that butterflies-in-your-tummy feeling. I took a while to finish this book because I wasn’t ready for it to end. The audiobook is amazing, so this turned into a read-a-long. The audio duet was so good, and I hope more books are recorded this way in the future. ❓Have you read Butcher & Blackbird? Let me know your thoughts. Also, if you’ve seen my stories, I’m on the hunt for some new audiobooks - I’d love some recs! #butcherandblackbird #brynneweaver #darkromcom #romcom #bookrec #bookblogger #bookstagrammer @zandoprojects @slowburn

Currently reading Win, Lose, Kill, Die 🔪 📖 Cynthia Murphy #booklover #bookaddict #booklove #booklovers #readersofinstagram #tbr #bookworms #booksofig #alwaysreading #bookrecommendation #bookaesthetic #bookishlife #readstagram #girlswhoread #readersofinsta #bookishpost #bookrec #booksbooksandmorebooks #bookreviewers #bookblogger #booklover #riotgrams #booksbooksbooks #booksonbooks #currentlyreading

🖤 𝐏𝐫𝐞-𝐎𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐈𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞!🖤 Heather Beal has a goal to reach by release day, August 4th… If we reach 1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ preorders, she will be emailing those who’ve preordered and filled this form out a sneak peak of Wicked Revenge NSFW Art!! 🥵 P.s. you will NOT be charged for the preorder until August 4th!! Pre-Order here! 👉🏻 (also found in the form)— https://a.co/d/aNyI3HE Entry form!— https://forms.gle/UGnwCvZUd43xgZbA6 #darkromance #booktok #heatherbealauthor #goodgirlsbookclub #fairytale #retelling #twistedstories #darkromancebooks #romance #romancebooks #smutbooks #whychoose #darkbooks #spicybooks  #indieauthor #bookrec #triggerwarning #darkromancereader  #darkromance

🏠Book Review🏠 This book I think would probably fall under the category of domestic psychological thriller. Although, thriller might be a stretch. Drama definitely sums this book up well. Let me just say, every character in this book was terrible 🤦🏻‍♀️ I guess maybe Mara wasn’t the worst. But honestly…yikes. However, easy to judge, but that’s realistic! Everyone has things they hide from the light, so the fact that every person was hiding terrible things from each other wasn’t a deterrent to me from enjoying this book. 🎧I enjoyed listening to this audio! The narrator did a great job differentiating between the (many) voices, and it was a quick & easy listen. It was difficult to keep all the characters straight for awhile, but this has more to do with my brain than anything else. Just something to note if you go the audiobook route: lots of characters to remember & track. This book is written with multi-POV, and I personally love reading from multiple characters’ POV, even if it takes a minute to process all of their minds & personalities. This book is a little twisty, somewhat predictable, and yet also shocking at times. I think it wins top spot for the craziest last line in a book 😳 Truly blew my mind 🤯 This book does have some content that could upset people, especially those trying to conceive. Definitely look up trigger warnings before reading. If you love soap operas or other juicy, overly dramatic shows, this book is a great pick! 🙌🏻 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 🪟QOTD: How was your weekend? Or what book are you currently reading? #bookstagram #booksta #bookfluencer #booktok #bookreviews #bookreviewer #bookrec #bookrecs #bookreccomendations #booknerd #books #hypedbooks #bookish #bookcommunity #booklover #bookworm #bibliophile #igreads #readersofinstagram

On Friday, I snagged eight of the books suggested in a post by @bookishly.amber. With them all lined up on my Kindle, I had an idea! I asked Husband to pick which one I would read first. And let me tell you, he took this very seriously! Last night, he looked at the covers. He read the titles. Then, he picked Playing with Matches by Ciara Blume. I started reading immediately and fell into the classic "just one more chapter" problem. I managed to put it down and sleep, but it's been great! I can't wait to see which one gets picked next! #RomanceBooks #RomanceReads #RomanceHaul #RomanceBookHaul #PlayingWithMatches #BookRec #BookRecommendation #BookRecommendation #OneMoreChapter #AmReading #TBR #HowToPick?? #SoManyGoodOptions #SoManyGoodBooks #Bookstagram #BookHaul

Spirits haunt, a raindrop conquers a traveling spore, beetles bang, apples entice, and lotsa people flail through ordinary lives in an extraordinary clearing in the North Woods. One of the most enchanting books I have ever read. I was enraptured by Mason’s versatility, weaving his way through time and structure with rich detail, humor, ecology, and humanity. So much magic in these pages. And a special gift to read them while I am in the process of moving into a home with my two beloveds pictured above. North Woods has me imagining the swirl of stories we are entering, legacies we steward as we step on planks that have held up so many before us. #northwoods #danielmason #fiction #fictionbook #novel #findmenovel #bookstagram #bookreview #bookreviewer #bookrecommendations #bookrec #bookrecs #bookclub #bookworm

There’s work to be done. 🤠 For my Yellowstone fans, I have a book rec!! There’s Work to Be Done is an official quote book that features some of the most iconic and memorable quotes from the show. The taglines are paired with pictures that bring it all together 🫶 I’d definitely recommend this for fans of the show or if you’re looking for a gift! It has a beautiful cover and is great quality. I could see it being a coffee table book for sure. Thank you @adams_media for the gifted copy! . . . . 🏷️ #Yellowstone #bookstagram #bookreview #bookrecommendations #bookrec #bookrecommendation #booklover #bookworm

meh • • • Do you ever read books where you’re like, not mad that you read them but you definitely wouldn’t recommend them to someone? Here are two of those books I read recently.

Book review ✨ Ghost Roast 👻 by Shanelle Gibbs and others This graphic novel was so fun, fluffy and beautiful. I love the black historical elements and ghost buster storyline. Made me feel like I was a ghostbuster chasing ghosts and even finding one cute 👀. Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 physical TBR: book 3/15 #bookreview #ghostroast #graphicnovel #ghostbusters #yagraphicnovel #blackgraphicnovel #graphicnovelrec #bookrec #review #dentintbr #mytbr #bookstagram #booksta #smallbookstagrammer

☁️ matching acnh characters with *french* book covers ☁️ 🇬🇧: you really liked this concept the last time on my account, so here we go for a second round! This time, I wanted to only do it for books by French authors :) So, do you think they are a good match? Which characters or books would you like me to feature in future posts? 🤩 🇫🇷 : vous aviez beaucoup aimé ce concept la dernière fois sur mon compte, alors c’est partie pour un deuxième tour ! Cette fois-ci, j’avais envie de ne le faire que pour des livres d’auteur.rice.s français.es :) Alors, ils matchent bien selon vous ? Quels personnages ou quels livres aimeriez-vous que je fasse dans les prochains posts ? 🤩 ☁️☕️✨ 🗝️ switch ⊹ cozy game ⊹ aesthetic ⊹ moodboard ⊹ classics 🏷️ #bookrec #acnh #animalcrossing #animalcrossingnewhorizons #animalcrossingcharacters #cosygaming #cosygames #nintendoswitch #booknerd #instalivre #booksta #passionlivres #aesthetic #bookrecs #bookrecommendations #moodboards #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #booksta #moodboardaesthetic #aestheticmoodboard #moodboardaccount #moodboard #niche #explorepage

Heartless - Elsie Silver . . . . . . . . . . #books #bookstagram #booktok #book #bookphotography #bookworm #bookdragon #booklover #booknerd #bookaddict #read #reader #reading #instagram #kindle #bookish #bookrec #romance #romancebook #bookreview #review #instagram #insta #instabook #bookquotes #quotes #heartless #elsiesilver #chestnutspringsseries

✨Book Review✨ To conclude The Hunger Game series, I read The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. If you can’t tell by the snow in the picture, I read this a long time ago lol. I personally really enjoyed this one. I saw the movie in theaters first and it was what made me decide to read the whole series. I think I appreciated the book more having watched the movie first; I can totally see how people who read the book before the movie might have found the book a little disappointing. Having images for all the characters ahead of time made it a bit easier to follow along as well. It also felt like the movie was a pretty faithful adaptation of the book which I can appreciate. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 #movies #film #films #adventure #postapocalyptic #Thriller #nonfiction #interview # #Book #BookRec #BookRecommendation #BookRecs #BookRecommendations #Booksta #Bookstagram #BookLovers #BookReview #BookFans #BookReviews #Books #thehungergames #bookadaptation #booktoscreen #theballadofsongbirdsandsnakes #prequel

eArc review🖤 5✨ Oh hot damn. Rome is swoon worthy. Perfection wrapped up in tattoos and baseball pants. This book touches on a deep and dark topic, but it is so well written and the support group CeCe has is perfection. The way Rome lifts her up and shows her how strong she is, literal perfection. In the first book we met Chloe, CeCe’s sister and in this book we get to really see what both girls went through. When we first meet Rome, you already know a friend’s with benefits agreement won’t work for him. But the effort is cute. I literally cannot wait for Locke and Yorks book!!! *edits are mine, photos are not* #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #spicybookstagram #book #booktok #bookrecommendations #books #bookish #bookishreel #bookaesthetic #bookaesthetics #bookmoments #bookquotes #bookrec #spicycontent #bibliophile #bookishlydreaming #bookishfollowtrain #romanticsuspense #sportsromancebooks #baseballromance

Book Review I had never heard of Douglas Westerbeke's "A Short Walk Through a Wide World" until I saw it as a selection from BOTM. While I enjoyed the journey and the adventures our main character experienced, in the end, I was left with a few too many lingering questions. The story begins in 1885 Paris and revolves around Aubry Tourvel, a somewhat spoiled nine-year-old girl who, one day, develops a mysterious condition after she finds a mysterious puzzle ball and then refuses to drop it into a wishing well as an offering at her sisters' request. Sometime later, Aubry begins to bleed profusely from her eyes, mouth, nose, and ears. Her parents rush her across town to the hospital. By the time she gets there, the bleeding has stopped, but once she returns home, the bleeding begins again. At first, she and her family believe that maybe it's her home that causes her to bleed, but she soon discovers that she can never stay in a single place for more than two to three days before she begins to bleed to death all over again. And so begins Aubry's life of perpetual motion. She travels the world across deserts, savannahs, oceans, and snow-capped mountains, meeting many interesting folks. She faces danger, learns about love and loss, and experiences things she could never have imagined, but sadly, she can never return to any place she has visited before lest she bleed out. Her lifetime journey is both adventurous and heartbreaking at the same time. Westerbeke's writing is rich in detail and vivid in its imagery, painting beautiful pictures of the landscapes Aubry traverses on her quest for a place to call home. One downside to the novel was that I never felt a real sense of loss when Aubry left behind someone she fancied because I hadn't spent enough time with any of the side characters. I also wondered where this disease came from and why it attached itself to Aubry. I always enjoy an open ending or when the author leaves some plot points open to interpretation, but I would have liked a few more answers in this case. A more in-depth review is available on my blog (link in bio and story). Check the comments for the official synopsis.

🖤 𝐏𝐫𝐞-𝐎𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐈𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞!🖤 Heather Beal has a goal to reach by release day, August 4th… If we reach 1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ preorders, she will be emailing those who’ve preordered and filled this form out a sneak peak of Wicked Revenge NSFW Art!! 🥵 P.s. you will NOT be charged for the preorder until August 4th!! Pre-Order here! 👉🏻 (also found in the form)— https://a.co/d/aNyI3HE Entry form!— https://forms.gle/UGnwCvZUd43xgZbA6 #darkromance #booktok #heatherbealauthor #goodgirlsbookclub #fairytale #retelling #twistedstories #darkromancebooks #romance #romancebooks #smutbooks #whychoose #darkbooks #spicybooks  #indieauthor #bookrec #triggerwarning #darkromancereader  #darkromance

📖 April Reading Recap 📖 A few of my favorite reads from April. Definitely a theme in the cover department, but each a very different story, from Leigh’s new historical fantasy to Yume’s sci-fi thriller. While I did also read The Hemlock Queen this month, I liked The Foxglove King much more. I feel HQ suffered from a bit of second book syndrome 😢 🖤 What was your favorite read of April? ——— #aprilreads #booksread #bookreview bookrating #bookrec #bookrecommendation #fantasybooks #scifibooks #fantasyromance #fantasyreads #romantasy #romantasybooks

Hello, and happy Monday, bookish Heathens. 🖤 I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend. I saw so many of you enjoying #apollycon2024 ! I hope it was an amazing experience for each and every one of you. I would be lying if I said I didn’t spend my whole weekend with a severe case of FoMo. 😅 It was in the 70’s here in Michigan, with some on and off rain, so we spent as much time as we could outside. I feel like we accomplished quite a bit, and the weather did wonders for my mental health. I didn’t get much reading done, but I’m still working my way through Throttled little by little. My god am I enamored with this book. 😍 What did you do this weekend? Was it productive or did you melt away into your favorite pastime? It’s month end at work, so today is insanity, of course. Time to get back to it. I hope everyone enjoys their day. 🫶🏼 . . . #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #booktok #bookreviewer #bookblogger #bookish #bookcommunity #romantasy #romantasybooks #romantasyreads #bookishaesthetic #bookphotography #spicybooks #spicyromance #bookishlife #romantasyreaders #bookrec #bookishcommunity #tbr #darkfantasybooks #fantasybooks #fantasyreads #indiereads #indieauthors #bookishphotography #contemporaryromancereads #formula1romance

𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬 💐🩷 𝐐: 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐞𝐲𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞? ⟡ The Hedgewitch of Foxhall ⟡ The Puzzle Wood | 𝟑* ⟡ Snowblooded ⟡ The Family Experiment ⟡ This Summer Will Be Different ⟡ Can’t Spell Treason Without Tea | 𝟑.𝟕𝟓* ⟡ A Crane Among Wolves ⟡ It Waits In The Forest ⟡ The House That Horror Built ⟡ When Among Crows ⟡ The Honey Witch | 𝟑.𝟕𝟓* ⟡ The Paradise Problem ⟡ Kissed By Songs of Lilies ⟡ Blood On The Tide ⟡ Looking For Love In All The Haunted Places ⟡ I Wish You Would ⟡ Here For The Wrong Reasons | 𝟒* ⟡ Blue Sisters ⟡ How To Become The Dark Lord And Die Trying ⟡ Hera ⟡ Hey, Zoey | 𝟑.𝟐𝟓* ⟡ I Hope This Finds You Well ⟡ Moonstone ⟡ Evocation | 𝟑.𝟓* 🏷 #bookstagram #bookreview #bookstack #reading #readersofinstagram #bibliophile #bookrec #prettybooks #bookaholic #bookreleases

I've already ordered mine. Get your copy now. À La Folie Special Edition Pre-Orders are officially live on Nova Kane website! They include: 🤡Alternate Cover 🤡Chapter Art 🤡Black Interior with white font 🤡Sprayes Edges 🤡Bonus Chapter from Johnny’s POV Keep in mind these are PRE-ORDER! Books should ship in early June, but depending on shipping delays, it could be end of June before they're ready to go! They will come signed, with a bookmark and stickers! Www.darkanddepraved.ca #bookstan #booktokers #booktock #bookshelf #bookstagram #bookstore #booksoftiktok #booksofinstagram #bookshelves #booker #bookert #bookrec #bookrecommendation #bookrecs #darkromance #darkromancerecs #darkromancereader #darkromancebook #book #booklover #booknerd #bookaddict #bookcommunity #bookrecommendations #booktok #bookworm #bookstagram #booktok #booksworthreading

The talented Celeste L. Edmunds is joining us for more than a just a book signing. This is an opportunity to get involved and help. Please consider joining Golden Braid Books in donating to Celeste’s nonprofit, The Christmas box International, which strives to help make a difference in the lives of children in the welfare system. Join us Thursday, May 2nd at 7pm 🤗 Celeste will be answering questions that are submitted ahead of time. If you have any questions, you would like Celeste to answer during the event, you may submit them openly or anonymously to [email protected]. . . . #slcevents #saltlakecityevents #bookstagram #bookrecommendations #bookrecs #bookrec #booksbooksbooks #booksuggestions #goldenbraidbookstore #consciousliving #saltlakecity #slc #thingstodoinslc #thingstodoinsaltlakecity #lgbtfriendly

"The Unconventional Way to Wealth" is a unique concept that argues for an important type of investment: investing in oneself. It goes beyond typical financial advice. Rather than focusing only on building up wealth in the form of material possessions, this book is primarily about helping readers achieve rich and meaningful lives by personal growth and development. The author encourages readers to think about their objectives and the real meaning of success by offering personal investment as a route to wealth. Through plenty of ideas and useful tactics, the book takes readers on a life-changing journey of empowerment and self-discovery. True wealth, according to one of the book's strongest points, goes much beyond financial prosperity. Through investing resources towards topics like self-examination learning, interpersonal connections, and individual welfare, people might develop a feeling of plenty that surpasses materialistic belongings. The book essentially argues that one's own self is the best asset one can have. #bookreview #bookrecommendations #bookrec #booknerd

𝐿𝑒𝑔𝑒𝓃𝒹𝓈 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝐿𝒶𝓉𝓉𝑒𝓈 𝒷𝓎 𝒯𝓇𝒶𝓋𝒾𝓈 𝐵𝒶𝓁𝒹𝓇𝑒𝑒 Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5 Genre: Fantasy Such a cute and wholesome story 😍 Viv, an ex-mercenary, dreams of running her own coffee shop. Throughout her efforts, she meets a variety of characters who all grow to love her and her business. This book does not take itself too seriously, but it doesn’t need to! I love a good found family story 💕 and every character in this book just deserves the biggest hug! What is your favorite Found Family book?

💬 what are you reading this week? ​ ​Happy #MinimalistMonday friends 🦋🩵☕️ ​ ​Featuring a fantasy TBR stack that I hope to get to this year! Have you read any of them? Any that I should prioritize? ​ ​ ​ ​

Send help and wine. My sister is trying to set me up with the grump next door. Claire A few hours after losing my job, I get a call from a stranger who claims I’ve inherited property from my father. I assume it’s a scam, because my dad is very much alive. Turns out my mother is the liar. I board a flight to my bio-dad’s hometown, hoping for answers, but the turbulence is so bad I worry we won’t make it. Declan, the hot, tattooed hunk next to me, is obviously terrified too. When the plane freefalls for half a second, he kisses me with the passion of a man who thinks he’s about to die. He seems to regret it immediately afterward—and we both regret it when we discover he’s my new next door neighbor, a complication neither of us wants. To make matters worse, it turns out my bio-dad’s cabin is only half mine. The rest belongs to a half-sister I didn’t know I had—Nicole, a pink-haired private investigator and possible psychopath. If I weren’t unemployed and broke, I’d leave, but this crappy half-a-house is my only possession. So I stay in the hopes that I can convince her to sell. Unfortunately, she seems intent on setting me up with Declan, among other manipulations, and her matchmaking tactics are…extreme. Declan I came to the mountains to hide and be left alone, and now I’m never alone. Every time I turn a corner, I run into Claire Rainey. She’s tempting as hell, particularly now that I’ve had a taste of her, but I know better than to wrap her up in my trouble—or get wrapped up in hers Available starting 5/2 on Amazon and via KU: Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CSQ1J8Z3 Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CSQ1J8Z3 Amazon CA: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0CSQ1J8Z3 Amazon AU: https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B0CSQ1J8Z3 #angelacasella #thelovefixers #romancebooktok #grumpysunshine #neighborromance #romcombooks #romancebooks #tbrpile #badboytrope #bookrec #thebookishgirlsservices #thebookishgirlreviews #thebookishgirltours Available from 4/29-5/1 Apple: https://books.apple.com/us/book/the-love-fixers/id6476447788 Nook: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/.../the-love.../1144669258

Book Review 🥧 The Sweetness of Forgetting By Kristin Harmel ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ /5 I just love Kristin Harmel’s books so much! In the author’s note for this one, she explains that it was her first departure from contemporary/women’s fiction into the world of historical fiction. As someone who’s read a lot of her more recent books, I think the bridge between those two genres was very noticeable in this story, especially with its dual timelines. I think I loved this book even more because of the way the two worked together! The Sweetness of Forgetting is told in two different timelines. In modern day, Hope is a single mother living in Cape Cod and struggling to maintain her family’s bakery. Her grandmother, Rose, has Alzheimer’s. In a rare moment of clarity, Rose gives Hope a list of names, leading her to Paris and the story that Mamie has kept hidden about her family during WW2. As Hope uncovers Mamie’s story, we also get glimpses into Rose’s past from her own perspective in the 1940s. First and foremost - You will want baked goods literally the entire time you read this novel. You’ve been warned! The descriptions of the bakery and food itself were beautiful! I loved the dual timelines and how we uncovered little bits and pieces of Rose’s story until the full picture was revealed at the end. The way this book talked about religion, especially in the World War II context, was very interesting and gave a unique perspective, which I loved. I also really enjoyed the look at motherhood and family through Hope’s relationship with her own daughter and Rose’s relationships over the course of her life. The ending of this book was so bittersweet, but wrapped up the story in a very satisfying way. Overall, I really enjoyed this one! It didn’t eclipse my current favorites of Kristin Harmel’s, but it was another really solid WW2 historical fiction novel from her for sure. Have you read any of Kristin Harmel’s books? My favorite still has to be The Book of Lost Names! I think The Room on Rue Amelie is up next for me!

📚GIVEAWAY📚 Every Time I Go On Vacation Someone Dies publishes tomorrow 4/30. In honor of pub week, we want to share this laugh out loud, fun, cozy mystery with TWO of you! 🇮🇹 We will choose TWO winners to receive ARC copies of Every Time I Go On Vacation Someone Dies 🇮🇹 Must be willing to share address for shipment if you win To enter: 🇮🇹Follow us and stick around 🇮🇹Like and save this post 🇮🇹Comment your dream vacation Extra entries: 🇮🇹Share this post on your story and tag us then come back to this post and comment a 🕶️ so we can count it! 🇮🇹Tag more friends in the comments (unlimited) ❗️Giveaway ends on Friday, May 3rd at 11:59PM EST. Winner will be announced on Saturday, May 4th via story and/or DM. *this is our only account and the only account that you will be contacted from if you win. We will not ask you for payment or any type of payment methods* *this giveaway is not affiliated with instagram* *US residents only - sorry international friends*

Is your office cheating on you? Haha, this was a funnnn read! Something fresh and out of the box. Imagine a corporate setup, except there are no humans, but animals working as employees. Angry Jungle Bosses is a satirical comedy set around the corporate setup in India. Apparently, COVID knocked out all human beings and now animals are supposed to be up and working, running the world. This sets the base of the story. And our dear protagonist here is Mr. Fox, whose biggest nightmare is working under someone. He joins a new company and finds everything suspicious, right from day one. The story was very entertaining and creative. B mails instead of Gmails, stationary that talks back to you and whatnot. How did the author even think of all this! I would have loved some illustrations in this. Maybe the office talk could have been chopped off a bit, it wasn’t very appealing to me, a non-corporate girlie. But the rest I loved 🫶🏻 #allmybookreviews

TJ NEWMAN, THE AUTHOR OF “DROWNING”, RETURNS WITH “WORST CASE SCENARIO”, OUT AUGUST 13TH, 2024!!!⁣ ⁣ • #JBCCOVERREVEAL • WORST CASE SCENARIO •⁣ ⁣ Happy Monday, book friends. Kicking off the week with some fun publishing news. In conjunction with my friends at @littlebrown, I’m excited to be sharing the exclusive bookstagram cover reveal of TJ Newman’s latest ticking-clock thriller, WORST CASE SCENARIO!!⁣ ⁣ If you’re a fan of edge-of-your-seat thrillers and you haven’t read a TJ Newman book yet, IT IS TIME!!! The former flight attendant has really carved out a niche for herself as a go-to author for propulsive, cinematic action thrillers, with her debut FALLING captivating readers, and follow-up DROWNING (about a mother who must rescue her husband and daughter from a commercial plane that has crashed and sunk to the bottom of the ocean) making it into my TOP TEN BOOKS OF 2023.⁣ ⁣ Now Newman is back with another pulse-pounder, WORST CASE SCENARIO, which is earning comps to INDEPENDENCE DAY, WAR OF THE WORLDS, and CHERNOBYL. The book -about a commercial airliner crashing into a nuclear power plant- is basically Jordy-engineered nightmare fuel: a combination of my fear of flying mixed with my newfound fear of all things nuclear war. That being said: I NEED THIS BOOK NOW!!! Give me all the insomnia, TJ Newman!! #WorstCaseScenario doesn’t hit bookshelves until August 13th, but luckily we have this excellent cover to tide us over until then. More to come on this one in the weeks and months ahead, get those pre-orders in NOW, and in the meantime make sure you’re following @jordys.book.club for more updates on this book and more. ⁣ ___⁣ #thriller #psyhchologicalthriller #bookrecommendation #murdermystery #psychologicaldrama #thrillers #suspensenovel #domesticsuspense #bookrecommendationsforhim #bookrecommendationsforher #2024bookrecommendation #newbooks #newbook #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #bookrec #jordysbookclub #jordymademedoit ⁣

21/50 Rating: 5/5⭐️ Review: wow wow wow! This was such a whirlwind of a story. I can truly say I’ve never read a thriller like this where I am still not 100% sure which storyline I believe. Highly recommend the audio for this book because it has multiple narrators as well as snippets of the podcast with music. This was my first Lisa Jewell and I’m excited to read another

happy monday friends 💛 the sun is shining, the temperature finally feels springy, and may is right around the corner. it’s officially reading in the sun weather and i could not be more excited. i’m continuing with my brenandbooks bookclub for may and this time we’ll be reading the rachel incident by caroline o’donoghue ~ i’ve seen this book around a lot and it’s been on my tbr for a bit! i’m super excited to dive in! the bookclub is all via instagram so super easy, and it’s nice and lowkey - a slow reading schedule so there’s no pressure. dm me if you want to read along or look out for polls/tap-ins in my stories! what book is the highest on your tbr for may?!

Book review, Nevermore Bookstore by Kerrigan Byrne (Romance): Based on the title alone, I thought this book would have a fantasy aspect to it. It does not. The story has quirky characters in a small town. Cady runs her recently deceased aunt’s bookstore, but it is not doing well financially. In addition to stressing about the business, Cady also has a debilitating physical disease that keeps her from moving around as freely as she’d like. The one thing that she looks forward to each week is a Thursday night call from a man called Fox who orders expensive books and keeps her on the phone for hours while they talk. When someone breaks into the shop while she is on the phone, Fox talks her through the panic. She wants to meet, but he has issues of his own that leave him isolated. I listened to the audio version of this book. ★★★☆☆ {completed 4.19.24} #bookrec #bookstagram #bookclub #goodreads #bookrecommendation #igreads #booksta

☁️☀️ the unhoneymooners - review 🏝️ Guys, guys, guys! You know when a book just gives you that five star feeling and you just had such a good time reading it - this was it for me! It was actually my @_amysbookclub pick of the month and I’m so happy we picked it! The Unhoneymooners has to be one of the funniest books I’ve ever read, I was giggling like a love drunk hyena the entire way through and I just loved Ethan and Olive so much. Their flanter was unmatched and Ethan is my favourite kind of MC. It was fun, it was flirty and I couldn’t get enough of it. This was marketed as enemies to lovers but let’s be real, our couple didn’t even hate each other. It was more miscommunication to lovers than anything else, each of them having the impression the other didn’t like them - and oh god they couldn’t have been any more wrong! I loved as that forced proximity took over and our couple actually communicated with each other, and that sizzling chemistry couldn’t keep them apart in the end Let’s not even talk about the fake dating WITH A TWIST! You know I go feral for a fake dating trope, it had me kicking and screaming like a mad woman, but this was some genius kind of fake marriage set up and OMGGGG when I tell you I lapped it up I’m not even joking. This is a perfect summer read, charming in every way and will have you swooning so hard while making you laugh out loud! The easiest 5 stars I ever did dish out! 🙌🏼

. ✍🏼MONDAY is for MEMOIRS✍🏼 Grief is for People by Sloan Crosely Oh, the heartbreak of losing someone you love! We will all go through it in our lives, and while the grieving process is personal, some aspects are universal and inevitable. In the end, you must work through your loss. Suicide adds a new and complicated layer to that process. I speak from experience. No one wants to accept that their loved one has made a choice--it's much easier to make peace with a natural death, an end to a full life. Even an involuntary passing, one that was out of the person's control, is less difficult. Sloan Crosely, whose humorous writing I have long been a fan of, does an admirable job here of capturing the pure heart-wrench of losing her best friend to suicide. Her sardonic voice is still present as she takes on this exponentially more challenging topic in this grief memoir, which is slim but packs a big punch. Crosley succeeds in bringing her beloved Russell to life in its pages--Russell in all his vivid, beautiful glory, as she knew him. Her journey of grief is all the more intriguing as she intertwines it, surprisingly, with another unexpected and disturbing event in her life: someone breaks into her apartment and steals her jewelry. She becomes desperately obsessed with the theft and tracking down her purloined rings and necklaces; solving this mystery (which shockingly, she partially does!) becomes a sort of metaphor for processing her loss. Ultimately, the book title's meaning becomes clear: grief is for people, of course, and not things. Fascinating and genuine, I recommend this one. Crosely generously paints a picture of her beloved friend, warts and all, that makes us fall in love with him right alongside her. I invite you to share something you loved about someone you loved who's no longer with us. My best friend's husband Jeff was unfailingly kind and big-hearted. He always had several pints of ice cream waiting for me in the freezer when I visited, knowing it was one of my favorite things. 💗 (*if you are lucky enough to not have lost a loved one yet, share what you love about someone still with us!) °Today's giveaway hint in stories°

Ghosts, Greed, Legacy.. Murder These are a few of my favorite things… to read about! 🍷QOTD: what are a few of your favorite things? my real life not in a fiction book favorites are as pictured.. wine.. books.. Not pictured. Dogs, donuts, my teenagers( depending on the day) guacamole, tacos, sushi, corona, pumpkins, fainting goats, Coffee, summer, pool days, Disney… The New couple in 5B was a great mix up of ghost story meets psychological thriller. I listened to the audiobook and really enjoyed it. There was a hint of gothic vibes and some interesting religious cult elements thrown in as a small backstory. As with most thrillers it’s hard to like most characters. However The doorman really irked me in this one. The narrator did a great job making his part condescending to the point I was like “ god can this dude just die”. He was the worst! I was ok making him just another body lost to the old apartment building. Let’s chat about our MC. Poor Rosie, that girl was just so damn naive. As nice as she was she was so overly invested in her husband that she couldn’t see the light of day. Sorry hunny but your husband was text book. Overall this was an entertaining read with a satisfying ending. I damn near clapped! The biggest take away from this one is: You never really know the people you love. And humans are the real monsters in this ghost story.

“With freedom, books, flowers, and the moon, who could not be happy?” 📖🌷🌙 Happy Monday and welcome to another #whatthisweek 📆 —What I’ve been reading 📖: I finally got round to reading Good Material by Dolly Alderton and it was a 5 ⭐️ read for me! It was so refreshing to read from the male POV and there was so many elements throughout the book that I could relate to in so many ways! I’ve also began reading Just For The Summer by Abby Jimenez and I’m so obsessed with Emma + Justin 🥹! I have around 25% left, I haven’t been able to put it down! My next read of course is going to be Funny Story by Emily Henry!!! I have been DYING to get my hands on this and I can’t wait to finally read it and meet Miles and Daphne 🤭 —What I’ve been watching 📺: After everyone talking about it in the office I finally decided to watch Baby Reindeer on Netflix and oh boy what a wild ride that was 🤯! I’ve also really been in my HP era 🤪🪄. This week I’ve watched Prisoner of Azkaban, Goblet of Fire and Order of The Phoenix! These movies will never get old! Goblet of Fire is still a stand out favourite for me!!! That ending 🥲 (if you know, you know) —What I’ve been listening to 🎧: TTPD is still on repeat because what’s new?! I feel like I’ve finally managed to articulate my thoughts and my favourite tracks at the moment are: Fortnight, My Boy Only Breaks His Favourite Toys, So Long London, I Can Do It With a Broken Heart & Down Bad 💿 —What I’ve been doing 👟: This week has consisted of tulip fields, HP movie marathons, being reunited with my best friends, getting a copy of Funny Story, new mugs, annotating a little life, celebrating friends birthdays, coffee in bed and learning to believe in myself 🫂 Good things take time ⏳

Books you need to read before spring is over !! Books mentioned 💌 🌷practice makes perfect 🌷betting on you 🌷the Spanish love deception 🌷love, theoretically 🌷book lovers 🌷check and mate 🌷you deserve each other 🌷tweet cute #bookish #books #booksbooksbooks #books #booknerd #bookaddict #romcombooks #romcomreads #romance #romcomlover #spring #bookrecommendations #bookrec

4/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️❌️ I'm a huge fan of Hinkens. I always jump at getting any new book she publishes. Cash and Lexi are married and expecting their first baby. All seems right. Until someone starts vandalizing their life, leaving cryptic messages that imply they don't deserve a baby and want back in their life. So, the race to figure out who's behind it all begins. Intriguing and complex characters with hidden agendas. I had guessed the culprit correctly but still went on a wild ride to the end. #readerreview #readingbooks #readingmykindle #bookreader #bookrecommendations #bookreview #bookreviewer #bookrec

Jahmal Mayfield gave us a crime thriller DEBUT novel that came with a little bit of everything. I will say, please check your trigger warnings (racism, sa, death) - If you’re looking for a story that captures the differences + reality of black and white worlds, read this. I’m not going to give an in depth review because it’s hard for me to do with this book for some reason, especially without giving any spoilers. I want everyone to see for themselves and come back with their thoughts on how they feel about this one. - NOW the winning question, would I recommend this if you’re a fan of SA Cosby?… short answer, yes. - Where we may look for authors similar to our favorites, we also have to keep in mind that this is an artistry where these authors and writers take time to build their craft and develop their specific style. - Doing this as a group read was necessary because we were able to talk about how he felt as we read and this book requires dialogue otherwise you’ll be pissed. Loved the group read interactions🫶🏾 - But I will say🫣I wish he didn’t leave us with a cliff hanger😭 with this being his first novel, he left us with our minds to wander about certain things and characters and some additional frustrations but again I don’t want to spoil it. - 🤔Do books with cliffhangers drastically affect your overall review? • • • #minibookreview #bookrec #booksuggestions #bookreview #booksbyblackauthors #bookstagram #blackbookstagram #blackauthors

SO excited to get to team up with the @pagesandplaylist team to giveaway one of their curated Alive at Night boxes! I absolutely squealed when I opened mine to find all of the Juliper inspired goodies!! Included in the box is: 🎀 navy bow bookmark 🎀 a (whole goddamn) bouquet magnet 🎀 copy of alive at night with signed bookplate 🎀 bloom flower sticker 🎀 matching set of tabs 🎀 banter pen 🎀 pink bow clip 🎀 velvety navy book bag 🎀 curated playlist & book discussion questions 🎀 flower seeds Alive at Night is about two childhood enemies who have to share an office & end up making a lil fake dating deal where he has to set her up with his *friend* (spoiler alert: he doesn’t like that) 🤍 Rules to Enter: 🌸 follow @amelierhys.author & @pagesandplaylist 🌸 leave a comment below & tag a friend, each separate comment is an additional entry 🌸 must be 18 years or older to enter 🌸 must live in the US, sorry! Other details: 🤍 giveaway ends Friday May 3rd at 11:59 CST 🤍 winner will be contacted by @amelierhys.author and receive a unique code to be used on the pages & playlist website 🤍 not affiliated with META best of luck! xoxo amelie #books #booksbooksbooks #reader #read #giveaway #signedbooks #readersofinstagram #booksofinstagram #booksofig #readingrecommendations #bookrecommendations #bookrec #bookaesthetic #bookgiveaway #bookcommunity

Jaded by Ela Lee - A book truly worthy of all the commotion it's been getting. My thoughts 💭 First things first, I was inspired to read this by @thepagesofpoppy and she's now written a stunning review which I recommend checking out! 🫶🏻 Jaded follows Ceyda (or Jade as she's also known as "Jade is my Starbucks name because all children of immigrants have them.") Born & raised in London with big hopes and dreams, she's just started working at a prestigious law firm and is excited to embark on building a successful life for herself with her boyfriend, her university sweetheart, Kit. As the daughter of immigrants (her father Turkish, her mother Korean), her work ethic is everything. Life is on the up it seems, that is, until she is r* by a colleague one night at a work party, and the world she thought she knew and felt safe in comes crashing down. This book handles and sparks conversation on so many important topics: The ways in which immigrants and their children are expected to hide or shrink parts of themselves to fit in, how cultural and generational barriers make it difficult for some children to confide in their parents, cultural insensitivities and casual racism, hustle culture and the cut throat corporate world, classism, the trauma SA survivors face and the odds stacked against them in seeing real justice. One discussion point which stood out to me, and which becomes prevalent towards the end in a shock twist, is how men fail to hold each other to account and how much of a betrayal this is for the women in their lives who love them. I think all women can relate to feeling frustrated by this. How can some men who think of themselves as good guys, as decent and progressive, still maintain close relations with other men who behave so awfully. How can they not hold them to account? The uncomfortable truth is that these men fear ridicule from other men more than they respect women and this book portrays this so accurately and the pain this inflicts on women. I think this is a book all women and especially young women should read. I know parts of it would have spoken to me so much in my early 20's. I was so proud of Ceyda by the end. 🫶🏻

📖 book rec 📖 Beach Read ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 🌶️.5 𝓦𝓱𝓮𝓷 𝓘 𝔀𝓪𝓽𝓬𝓱 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓼𝓵𝓮𝓮𝓹, 𝓘 𝓯𝓮𝓮𝓵 𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓻𝔀𝓱𝓮𝓵𝓶𝓮𝓭 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓮𝔁𝓲𝓼𝓽. (((they way i actually have felt this about my husband so many times🥹🫶🏻))) 🏖️ THIS BOOK WAS BEAUTIFUL AND WONDERFUL AND INCREDIBLY SPECTACULAR. It has such a beautiful way of depicting grief and as someone who has experienced such intense grief in the past months I felt like this book found me at the right place and right time. This story is going to stick to me for a long while. 📓 I had no idea what I was getting into when I started this book, I was expecting something fluffy and cute ((which I absolutely love)) but I got something a lot deeper. The characters feel so real and raw to me, dealing with real life problems and emotions. I felt so connected to them. Read if you like: • Contemporary romance with serious themes • Books that discuss grief • Taylor Swift’s “You Belong With Me” Music Video • Beautiful writing • Beaches hehe 💖 Have you read Beach Read?? I can’t believe it took me song long to read it!!! | Emily Henry, Happy Place, Funny Story, Book Edits, Book Recommendation |