you don’t understand how over it had to be before we could be this back
With so many emotional reconciliations, confessed feelings, near misses, and epyou don’t understand how over it had to be before we could be this back
With so many emotional reconciliations, confessed feelings, near misses, and epic confrontations it’s no wonder i spent most of this book being stressed as hell and waiting for the other shoe to drop (basically the bone season experience amiright?)
the dark mirror is certainly a long awaited sequel but it’s heartrending and masterfully plotted and deserves to be read over and over again
i already cried my eyes out to chapter 13 (samantha shannon when i catch you…when i catch you samantha shannon) ch 23 - 25 you are beloved by me
also maria channeling frodo baggins was so hehe
thank you to edelweiss and macmillan for the arc:)...more
can confirm this hurts even more on the second read but at least i can immediately go read book 5
Literally, why bother saying I love you when you can instead subconsciously remodel your entire dreamscape after the place you first kissed, representative of the safety and trust you found with her and the proof of your unbound loyalty?
“but you were alone, paige” im literally never emotionally recovering from this
this series is just: two people trying to hang out, rest, read some romance novels, and continue to deny their feelings for each other, but they keep this series is just: two people trying to hang out, rest, read some romance novels, and continue to deny their feelings for each other, but they keep getting interrupted by the most absurd things imaginable
a fallen god turned detective and his new assistant who is actually behind the murder of his most recewhen he only likes two things: coffee and her>>>
a fallen god turned detective and his new assistant who is actually behind the murder of his most recent case solve a string of murders that could tear apart the city
Falling in love with the statue you brought back to life while searching for the shards of a missing artifact that may grant you your heart's greatestFalling in love with the statue you brought back to life while searching for the shards of a missing artifact that may grant you your heart's greatest desire? It’s more likely than you think.
Rachel Moore’s sophomore novel is for anyone who loves The Mummy, high-stakes adventures, and romance novels, all wrapped in an incandescent Italian summer. Margot Rhodes, A high schooler known to try everything and commit to nothing, schemes her way onto her school’s archaeological trip to Pompeii but gets more than she bargained for when she accidentally ignites an age-old search for the mythical Vase of Venus Aurelia. Enveloped in the architecture of Italy and its history, Us in Ruins centers an unlikely partnership between soft-hearted Margot and stubborn former statue Van Keane, overshadowed by moments of yearning and keen understanding. I needed a fun romantic adventure in my life and this absolutely nailed that, while also serving an unexpected amount of angst. Us In Ruins is for the people who want too much but don’t know how to reach for it, who are so scared of disappointment that they never settle for just one thing — who ultimately find solace in the love that they never expected to be granted. In her latest, Rachel Moore expertly balances adventure, cleverness, and heart, as two complete opposites realize the real quest might be winning the other's heart.
This fed my gothic romance craving to the extreme and i need every book written by kaylie on my desk by tomorrow!!!
A bloody, gothic feast of a debut, This fed my gothic romance craving to the extreme and i need every book written by kaylie on my desk by tomorrow!!!
A bloody, gothic feast of a debut, Phantasma will trap you inside its twisted walls and a manor full of secrets where bargains are struck and broken, and one necromancer will contend with its deadly competition to save her sister and receive the elusive wish granted to the surviving player. I have long been an admirer of Kaylie Smith ever since her young adult series debuted and Phantasma is quite possibly my new favorite gothic romance and book from her all in one. Combining a foreboding gothic atmosphere, a competition influenced by the nine circles of hell, and a cursed bargain with a mysterious stranger, Smith casts her shining romantasy with formidable claws. Ophelia Grimm confronts the seen and the unseen, what’s real and what isn't, and Smith enmeshes this with some stellar OCD representation. Phantasma is the very definition of having your cake and eating it too, it's smart, sexy, horrifying, rageful, and somehow all of those can coexist without being contradictory. I’m completely under Kaylie Smith’s thrall and not at all upset about it.
the coziest fantasy debut about a phoenix keeper working in a zoo filled with magical animals. while attempting to save an endangered species of phoenthe coziest fantasy debut about a phoenix keeper working in a zoo filled with magical animals. while attempting to save an endangered species of phoenix, she’ll have to work with her (hot) enemy from college in order to pull it off. the perfect blend of fantasy, romance, and heart!
HE KEEPS A LIST OF HER FAVORITE THINGS IN HIS GLOVE COMPARTMENT SO HE DOESNT FORGET
you can pry the scene where she gets stood up at the restaurant andHE KEEPS A LIST OF HER FAVORITE THINGS IN HIS GLOVE COMPARTMENT SO HE DOESNT FORGET
you can pry the scene where she gets stood up at the restaurant and he comes running out of my cold dead hands!!!! (it’s a romance genre staple and i’m not letting it go!!)
aiden and grayson on the lucie defense squad...more
for every person that can’t decide if they want to be or be with the villain
this was just so campy, meta, and an absolute ball of a time. i haven’t befor every person that can’t decide if they want to be or be with the villain
this was just so campy, meta, and an absolute ball of a time. i haven’t been this entertained by a book in awhile and the ending only has me more excited to read it all over again!
somehow i knew book two would be the best one even when i read the first in this series (because farrin and ryder??? come on)
also im obsessed with farsomehow i knew book two would be the best one even when i read the first in this series (because farrin and ryder??? come on)
also im obsessed with farrin at all times being like: “i need to punch him in the face (but also kiss him)”
Claire Legrand returns to her Middlemist Trilogy and a world on the brink of change as the Ashbourne siblings set aside old grudges and work to rebuild a relationship with their family’s sworn enemies, the Basks. In this brilliant sequel, Claire Legrand elevates her foundations to create a beautiful slow burn enemies to lovers romance between steadfast sister Farrin Ashbourne, and the eldest son of the Bask family, Ryder. A Song of Ash and Moonlight weaves a cunning mythos and romantic arc in a sequel that showcases its characters at their height and brings old gods and new smashing together in cataclysmic ways. The stakes are the highest they can be with old barriers breaking down, and new horrors descending on the Ashbourne family and the world entire. A Song of Ash and Moonlight is exactly what I wanted from a sequel, revealing hidden ancestry and an unexpected connection to the gods while flawlessly merging high-stakes fantasy and devastating romance. The Middlemist Trilogy is an incomparable fantasy series and this sequel only has me more excited for its conclusion next year.
A Study in Drowning is a swirling tempest of hope, love, and finding a way forward against all odds. Enveloped in folklore and set in a Welsh-inspiredA Study in Drowning is a swirling tempest of hope, love, and finding a way forward against all odds. Enveloped in folklore and set in a Welsh-inspired fantasy world this book is a balm for every person who has been an outsider in their lives and for those still fighting to have their voice be heard.