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herald autumn! With school starting back next week and the rainy season begun, this little reading list is here to celebrate all things autumn: the Noah Kahan- listening, cup of tea- drinking, autumn leaves -audiobooking, new -stationary- buying ones I’ve been saving for this moment especially. 1. The Clockwork Crow Trilogy by Catherine Fisher With…
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BOOK- Nothing Like the Movies AUTHOR- Lynn Painter GENRE- romance, second chance at love RATING- 4/5 MY THOUGHTS For a few beautiful months, Wes had his dream girl. But right as the two were about to start their freshman year together, tragedy struck. West was left dealing with the fallout, wich ultimately meant losing Liz…
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BOOK- Better than the Movies AUTHOR- Lynn Painter GENRE- romance, contemporary RATING- 5/5 As with all books that get a lot of hype online, Better than the Movies has been popping up on my social media streams since…well forever really. As I pride myself as a reader who doesn’t choose books simply because they get…
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BOOK- Lady’s Knight AUTHORS- Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner GENRE- girl knight, fantasy, romance, STATUS- DNF’d RATING- 2/5 I thought I would love this book. I mean, it’s co-written by Meagan Spooner. How wrong I was… PLOT Two maidens. One tournament. A whole heap of medieval trouble. Gwen is sick of hiding- hiding her blacksmith…
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Imagine this: you’ve read 481,103 words across three books that many people do not dare to even open. You’ve traveled thousands of miles over 5 kingdoms, with a very limited lunch and a questionable companion. You’ve laughed and cried and thrown the book across the room (a true story, but one for another time). You’ve…
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BOOK- The Rose Bargain AUTHOR- Sasha Peyton Smith GENRE- alternate history, romance, fantasy, faeries RATING- 3.5/5 I can’t remember the last time a book left me this breathless. I also can’t remember the last time a book left me this confused. Me and the Rose Bargain have a very love-hate relationship. At times, I adored…
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SERIES- Defy the Night trilogy AUTHOR- Brigid Kemmerer GENRE- romance, fantasy, dystopian elements RATING- 4.5/5 Believe it or not, A Curse so Dark and Lonely wasn’t the beginning of the romantasy obsession, or even my Brigid Kemmerer obsession. Before my current phase, when my bookcase was stocked not with fantasy but with crime drama and…
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Read on the beach! the sun where I live has been gorgeous recently, so yesterday saw me headed to the beach. Without stopping to think, I picked up the book I was halfway through. And that is how I found myself sunbathing in my bikini with Legendborn by Tracy Deonn in front of me. Now,…
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BOOK- Cursed (Gilded Duology #2) AUTHOR- Marissa Meyer GENRE- fantasy, legend retelling RATING- 2.5/5 Reading Cursed almost made Gilded look like a masterpiece. Almost. If I hadn’t been desperately clinging to the faint hope that the ending might be good, I would have DNF’d Cursed. But I’d promised you guys a sequel review and, despite…
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BOOK- Gilded AUTHOR- Marissa Meyer GENRE- Romance, Fantasy, legend retelling RATING- 3.5/5 The last time I read Gilded by Marissa Meyer, I DNF’d it half way through. I realize that that might have been a wise choice, because now, after finally reaching the end, I have to read the sequel. PLOT Gilded by Marissa Meyer…
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