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158 reviews

Of Blades and Wings by Eliza Raine

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medium-paced

5.0

Catch and Keep by Erin Hahn

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

She’s a 10 but she’s starting over with her life. He’s a 10 but he is her brother’s best friend and now a single dad with a neurodivergent toddler. 
Read it Now! 

# Catch and Keep
# 1/15/2025 ~ 1/15/2025
# 4.0 / 5.0
Avalon Tower by Alex Rivers, C.N. Crawford

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adventurous medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Fantastic fae fantasy with a spy school that just so happens to be at Avalon. 
The Specimen by Jaima Fixsen

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challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character

5.0

Body snatching for the medical community set in London but this tale isn’t about the good doctors no it’s about the bodies that they study. 
Broken Bonds by J. Bree

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dark mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This series starter is a fantastic intro to the cast, world, and magic system. I can’t wait to get more details in the next installment.  
Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros

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adventurous medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No

4.5

Book of the year. 
The Act of Disappearing by Nathan Gower

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challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Women’s Mental Health has never been a priority in the US. This is an amazing gripping story of one woman, how she grew up with a mentally unstable mother, and her life and death. 

# The Act of Disappearing
# 1/16/2025 ~ 1/18/2025
# 5.0 / 5.0
A Kingdom of Souls and Shadows by Leslie O'Sullivan

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adventurous mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

5.0

Ghosts, fae, time travel, and Trials! There are twists along the way. This was a good time for me. 

# A Kingdom of Souls and Shadows
# 7/27/2024 ~ 1/15/2025
# 5.0 / 5.0
Under the Oak Tree: Volume 1 (The Novel) by Suji Kim

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adventurous challenging emotional tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

This is a great story however the FMC is exceptionally naive and terrified of all men at the start of the story. This gives a great sexual awakening perspective but it also has a rough start. The explicit scenes are explicit and that includes the first scene that feels extremely grapey. 

# Under the Oak Tree, Vol. 1
# 1/5/2025 ~ 1/7/2025
# 4.0 / 5.0
The Christmas Tree Farm by Laurie Gilmore

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lighthearted fast-paced

5.0

This is a great time and everything you could want from a small town spicy holiday romance. 

# The Christmas Tree Farm
# 12/30/2024 ~ 12/31/2024
# 5.0 / 5.0