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@CloakNQuill Here are the books to keep you company while being #SnowedIn. The tagged book is one of my favorite series! Enjoy!! 😊
@PuddleJumper

I've never tried a #graphicaudio #reread

“Death is like an old friend who pays a visit, sometimes when it‘s least expected and other times when you‘re waiting for her. It‘s neither the first nor the last time she‘ll pay a visit, but that doesn‘t make any death less harsh or unforgiving.”

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Sunny, warm day but why not have the scent of honeysuckle and tea!

Well I found a new author and I‘m hooked and excited to read the rest of this series!!

“The risk is worth it.” From Blood and Ash

#specialedition #bookbinge @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Hmm, I liked this-enough to read over 400 pages of it, but it fell short for me. It felt a little to juvenile to be fantasy for adult readers but way to adult for YA. The content was dark and violent but the MC was so immature that it was off putting and insincere. The world was interesting, I did like appreciate where she was going with it and I may read book 2 at some point. #BookspinBingo @TheAromaofBooks

A little breakfast reading 😍 Love reading in a quiet house!

A must-read for fans of ACOTR. After book one, this feels like a great series, as BookTok has claimed. The first half is a little slow as the world & character building is the focus. The last half of the book has a good pace, of course the smut makes an appearance too. I enjoyed this read & will continue with the series.

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Bank Holiday Monday is meant for lazing, tea and books

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Definitely a lot of character development in this one, but by the end, I was completely invested. I've since started book 2 and cannot get enough. Yes there kind-of-spicy scenes, not the greatest, but... the story line is... **chefs kiss**

Moved slow and poppy was kind of annoying but still a fun read!

Can we talk about how gorgeous this book cover is. I am starting this book tonight on my kindle and I love all the details in it.

#Scarathlon #ScarathlonDailyPrompts #Knife #TeamMonsterMash

I know this is more of a dagger, but I love this picture of Poppy 😅

@StayCurious

My sisters and I started a book club just for us. This was pick #2. If my sister hadn't picked it, I don't think I would've picked it up. I like pretty much all genres, but I read fantasy less often. I ended up really enjoying it. Anxiously waiting to read book 2 in the series, because we said we wouldn't move on until we have our book club discussion for this one. One sister isn't finished yet... 😕

if you love storylines that the “villain” gets the girl, this is the book to read.

Here is my #june2022wrapup if it wasn't for the blood and ash series...I would only have one. But that one is seriously long! Lol
3 audio books. All three are female authors. My favorite was from blood and ash. The other books after are slightly boring at times. I have completely stalled on the newest outlander book. I had to stop for fear of my life lol it was boring me to death🤷🏻 I will eventually gather my courage and go back to finish.

Besides seeing all the twists coming... I thoroughly enjoyed it. Already started #2. I give this one ⭐⭐⭐⭐

A good fantasy novel but also falls somewhere in the realm of romance novels...the very graphic kind with a LOT of details! I didn't expect that but I'm also not complaining!

Oh my! If you like Sarah J. Maas you will love this series. Enjoy! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Loved this and will read the rest of this series. Poppy and Hawke in a world in which history is hidden from the chosen Maiden. Vampires and wolven oh my! If you love the Court of Thorns and Roses series then you will LOVE this series. But should this really be YA? Beware…it‘s hot in this world!

Just finished this book and it was good!
Quite a few twists and turns and a cliffhanger ending!
Gonna start the second one now.

Finally getting to this series. I didn't expect to laugh a bit with this book. It's great!

He had me at ‘ Princess ‘. I am going to honest i‘ve been doing so much reading my critical thinking mind kinda ruined it for me at chapter 3.

I am hopeful for this to be good. @paytanmal you better be right

Well this one ended up being a pretty soft pick for me, borderline so-so. There was a lot about it that I did enjoy, and I did stick it out through all 613 pages, but this book was way too long for what it actually accomplished, and the way it ended meant that I felt like I had read an incredibly long prologue. A lot more sex than I was anticipating, to the point where it kind of felt like getting laid was all Poppy really cared about. I haven't⬇️

This book definitely had good moments but it won't be a stand out of my year. I enjoyed the storyline and character development overall. The writing was mediocre. There was a lot of fluff including dialogue; it could have easily been told in 400 pages. I am interested to know what happens next but would rather continue reading the books that have been sitting on my shelves. *Looking to make new book friends?Join LiterALLy BOOKiSh on Facebook!

This one was a quick easy read, I wanted some high fantasy romance to distract myself during a difficult week. And this one ticked all the boxes of the genre-a beautiful tortured heroine, a dark and handsome hero, a secret, high stakes. Romance was ok, a little too spicy for YA, perhaps. The storyline is somewhat generic,not much happened for about 65%, yet pacing felt ok. I will probably keep reading, it kept me entertained enough.

Final blurb for this book—
It‘s been a couple of weeks since I finished the book and it still lingers. I‘ve read different things since then and find myself comparing characters and how I felt with the characters and feelings the book evoked. A book well done is when it lingers. I wish the books weren‘t so expensive or I would buy the next one faster.

50% in and not a lot of things are happening. It‘s an easy read, but the plot needs to hurry up and unfurl.

I‘m in love! I‘m obsessed! I‘m dead! This was everything I ever wanted! A great fantasy! A great romance! Argh! Did I mention I‘m dead now? So good!

2nd book finished for #JoyousJanuary #readathon @Andrew65

This book is entertaining and fun and a great escape and I need more of it.

I am reading No Touching by Ketty Rouf translated by Tina Kover for one book club, Fuzz by Mary Roach on hardback for another, and listening to From Blood and Ash by Jennifer L. Armentrout just for fun on audio.

I am enjoying all of them so far. #WeekendReading

@Andrew65

I initially picked up this book thinking it was more of a sexy-times story. Wasn‘t very much of that, but I got sucked into the story, of two kingdoms and magic and werewolves and vampires and sword fighting and on and on. Will absolutely be reading the next one!

Made it to 476, chapter 40. It‘s nearing the end of the book and, as a true beginning to a series, I have way more questions than answers. This book hasn‘t been what I expected and, while definitely being sexy, it wasn‘t the complete wildly sexual liberation I expected. Poppy has been liberated in many ways on her journey (see my previously posted quotes) but we are discovering that truth does not equal freedom. Not even love is free.

It was strange to know myself and be so certain when I‘d spent so long not knowing myself.

There is no way I could be in that bed with you and not be all over you in ten seconds flat. We wouldn‘t even make it to the bed before that happened. I know my limitations. I know that I‘m not a good enough man to remember my duty and yours or that I‘m so incredibly unworthy of you it should be a sin. Even knowing that, there is no way I wouldn‘t strip that robe from you and do exactly what I told you I‘d do when we were in the forest.

Maiden or not, good or bad, Chosen or forsaken, I deserve to /live/ and to exist without being cloistered by rules I never agreed to.

I just finished page 325 and this is my realization. This book is about grief. It‘s about grieving for yourself and your loved ones. It‘s about grieving for what you lost and what you never had. It‘s about going over and over things that get taken away from you and what you can take back in your own hands to cope. It‘s about loneliness and how feeling pain is human. Feeling is human. Wanting is a necessity for all things living; feeling is human.

“It‘s okay, you know?”
“What is?”
“Everything that you‘re feeling,” he said. “And everything you‘re not.”

225 pages in, just finished chapter 18. There‘s something nice about knowing that the hot love interest absolutely is attracted to your main character and so enamored that he can only compare her to a goddess in mortal form. It‘s a huge boost in confidence and let‘s you focus on other parts of their relationship/dynamic since you don‘t have to worry about if he likes you or not. Hawke is in the story and we are safer and more tantalized than ever.

A hundred pages in and I am here to tell you that this—so far— is not the fantasy book of sexual discovery that I was expecting. There is depth, plot, darkness, and the introduction to some friendly characters and intriguing societal questions to keep the story moving. Our steamy hero Hawke has not shown back up but in his place we have blood thirsty monsters, assassins, a growing body count, and a party! Everything I could want in a story!

❤️❤️ Loved this book! From the first page I was hooked! 📚

I like fantasy, but it is really hard to find good writing that doesn't keep reminding me how unrealistic it is. This book has a good balance of believable characters and fantastical creatures. I couldn't put it down. It follows the adventures of a young woman who has been cloistered her whole life for some mysterious purpose by a religious cult as she tries to find freedom to do what she wants.

@StayCurious #wintergames2021 #teamgamesleighers

Started off a little slow and I wasn‘t sure about it but stuck it out and glad that I did. Ended up getting drawn into the story and finished it in a couple of days. It was fun, sexy and had some good humour too. I‘ll read the other ones when they become available at the library

I loved this book. It has some spice but I really enjoyed it. I got it from the library. I had to buy the second one because it was already OUT and it already had a hold on it. That‘s going to be my excuse when my husband asks. Lol NOW I need to buy the entire series. I can‘t just have the second book on my shelf.