There‘s something cynical about Schwab‘s writing style that I‘m very drawn to. Lila is my second favorite heroine now. The intensity of this from cover to cover was great. Very bloody and dark so it does its name justice. Pretty fantastic. The dynamic and chemistry between Lila and Kell was great and the worldbuilding & magic system was perfectly executed. Cannot hype this up enough. If this has been in your TBR for a while consider this your push

I was tagged by @WJCintron 🥰

Coffee all day every day.
Green like matcha and grass.
Spooky a 100%
Tangible book by a mile.
Again spooky…HALLOWEEN
Gloves
Low key group hands down, especially if we‘re bonding over nerdy stuff. I‘m always in the corner at a party 😭

#wondrouswednesday

This guy has become one of my favorites. His ability to make funny sassy relatable characters while making us feel every ounce of their pain is extraordinary. The ending of this book is very unique, I love the dark way that this ended and will continue onto the next book. Lemon is a fantastic character. Though I did see every twist coming (except one that had me really fooled) it was still an exhilarating read. Jay Kristoff shows no mercy.

I finally got around to reading this. While the book was really fun and I still am curious as to what happens next, I just felt like some things were ridiculous. The twist/big reveal was pretty obvious and a little bit too manipulated for the sake of making it make sense with everything that‘s happened. I did enjoy the second half a lot though, and I love how dark and gory it is. It‘s not a cute story, it‘s ugly in a good way. Also Nesta>>>>>>>

If you couldn‘t already tell from the excessive amount of tabs, I absolutely adored this book. I recommend this to anyone who is trying to get into scifi or even who doesn‘t like scifi. This is not your usual sci-if book that spends half of its runtime infodumping and using fancy words to describe technology. Action packed, hilarious, and most importantly fun. The characters were so vivid, especially Finian and Kal. It‘s become my 2nd fav book.

I AM FREAKING BACK HERE! It‘s been an amazing and productive reading year for me personally so get ready to be spammed with 192729288282 reviews I‘ll be posting for the next few days.

There‘s also some news and updates regarding me and @WJCintron ‘s Ill Shadows series. Stay tuned for that 👀👀

Also this is not my current hair I‘m no longer bald 😭

How‘s everyone doing?? 🤗 let‘s chat!

In 2023, to hell with the 10 rating scale! I‘m going to rate out of 5 from now on like a normal person (except instead of stars it‘s going to be jeans. Get it? Because my name is Jean? 😀 Anyways…)

This is my 2nd read of 2023! This book has gotten a lot of sudden backlash recently. It went from being the most loved book in the community to being a guilty pleasure among readers. I have one question for y‘all

Did we read the same book? 1/4

HAPPY NEW YEAR, LITTENS!
I know I barely post on here nowadays but that‘s gonna change this new year (hopefully 😅)!
In 2022, I read a total of 15 books (29 if you add a bunch of old short stories I read) It was a great reading year. I enjoyed almost every book, mostly very underground stuff. I can‘t wait to see what my reading journey will look like this year. Will make another post showing all the books in a grid 🥰

How are you guys??

Horror & smut fans? This is for you! This is the complete opposite of Malice, which I reviewed yesterday. If you come into this expecting plot and character development, you‘re gonna be disappointed. This is nothing but the author‘s very dark fantasy about masked men, but written out in the best way possible. It was enjoyable and it kept me on edge. I recommend this to anyone looking for a quick but sexy read. Check the trigger warnings though…

Was reading this bad boy during Halloween and I finished it yesterday. This book is beautiful, and I know that might be a weird statement to make considering the fact that this is a reverse harem dark mafia romance. But believe me, this is not a smut book. It has smut, a lot of it, but the book is much more than that. It's a story of letting go, about literally facing your demons and letting them challenge you.

Have you read this?

I‘m glad I‘m finally out of my reading slump. Also reading Beauty‘s Punishment by Anne Rice and Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk.

I know this one is already gonna be a five star read and I‘m only 16% in. So far I completely feel for Juliet and I love how casual Anthony is about everything.

I‘ll post my review of Scream For Us soon since I completely forgot to 😭

😏😏😏😏😏😏😏🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭

Introduced to me by my fellow booktok peeps. It‘s about to get spicy in here 😏

Who here has read this? 🙋🏻‍♂️

Uh...I can barely remember my password and now you want me to get my thoughts together after all that insanity??? That whole ending sequence is what made the story for me. It was an experience. A nail biting yet disturbing ride. F.R. Díaz doesn't sugarcoat. She doesn't just give you a glimpse of how horrible reality is and how depraved some people can be. No, she pries your eyes open and shows you the full picture, whether you like it or not.

TO ALL MY LISTEN-TO-MUSIC-WHILE-READING FOLKS! Don‘t know if anyone would be interested in this but what the heck 😂🤷‍♂️ Every day I‘m gonna share an ambient album recommendation for reading without any vocals or crazily distracting instrumentation.

Today we‘re going with an album that has a haunting atmosphere, setting the perfect mood for my current tagged read. The whole quartet is amazing but vol. 2 has a darker vibe to it.

Horror books that find a way to dig deep into the villain‘s depraved mind? Sign me up!

Currently reading! 54%

Beta reading this book from the same author of The Effects of Her Nerium, which I read earlier this year and loved. This book is from an indie author, self-published, far from being popular, yet it‘s already blowing Mexican Gothic out the window. Better writing, characters, everything. If you‘re under the mentality that indie = 🗑, you obviously haven‘t given them a try. You‘re the one missing out on great stories like these 🤷‍♂️
Read F.R. Diaz!!

First (and hopefully only) bail of the year. This book has more mushrooms than the Super Mario universe. Mushrooms are now my least favorite pizza topping. Thank you Mexican Gothic.

20% in. So far the only scary thing that has happened in this book is that there was a library filled with books covered in mildew.

Yes after a few weeks without posting on here, this is what I come back with. I‘ve been super active on tiktok sharing reading vlogs on a book that‘s SO raunchy and kinky to the point where it‘s disturbing, as you can probably tell from my reaction here. To hell with Den of Vipers.

If u wanna follow me there and see me suffering with this book by all means, https://bit.ly/3oFpKUb

Has anyone read tagged book? If so what are your memories with it?

If y‘all are lying about this one…

I just realized I actually rated this book an 8. Let‘s try to ignore the unintentional pun there shall we??
What can I say? As cliché as it sounds, this whole thing was a roller coaster of emotions. I could be laughing at something sassy a character says and by the next page, my heart would race out of my chest hoping one of them will be okay. The last few chapters melted my brain to mush and I even recommend this to those who don‘t like sci-fi 1

Just when I thought taking a pic of my reading buddy Juana was impossible. Well here she is! 🥰 she says hi! Say hi back 😑

Never related to anything more in my life 😂

Read and finished this last night as my last official read for June. Review coming soon

Forgot to update y‘all on this but I just recently finished this book. The photo is blank with no rating because it‘s been brought to my attention that I had read an older unrevised version of it, so I‘m gonna hold off on rating until I‘ve read the revised one. However this is definitely a pick. If you like gory (like super super gory) feminist psychological horror with lesbian rep then I highly recommend this book. A great message against SA.

Going Pitchfork style with my ratings from now on. FFY fuses many genres together, but I wouldn‘t recommend this as a mystery/thriller. I recommend this because it has great characters and pure raw emotion. It explores through the struggle of dealing with grief, loss, and substance abuse in an intense way that makes me understand Sophie‘s motives, even though they‘re wrong. 1/5

Literally just finished this. I stared at the wall for a solid 10 minutes before getting up to post this. I‘ve read a ton of sad books, but this one made me feel emotions I‘ve never felt after reading a book. I‘m going to get some sleep and write a review tomorrow with a fresh mind. Love you all and please give this a read if you haven‘t yet ❤️

96 pages in

Okay.

I only glanced at the first page because I was looking to grab an LGBT read from my shelf. How do you expect me to put it down after making those the first few sentences?? 😭 59 pages in. Haven‘t been able to put it down.

A TikTok still from a progress video that‘s still in my drafts 😂 This was my exact reaction to Ch 9 of The Effects of Her Nerium. Before this, I had never read something that has made me feel pain in my man parts plus pure joy and satisfaction all at once. This book isn‘t “hell no!” disturbing. It‘s “F#%K YEAH!” disturbing and I‘m here for it. 40% in. Let‘s see where we go from here

I‘m starting to get a little more creative with my reading snacks. I will never tire of 91817186281822 spoonfuls of peanut butter in a sitting and trail mix but hey, you gotta change things up 😂 This is my new favorite. Avocado hummus with cucumbers as “chips” 😉

What‘s your reading snack? Comment below! 😁

Brb I‘m gonna make another post about smoothies and shakes because that‘s another recent obsession of mine.

Stills from a TikTok I posted weeks ago that got a lot of attention 😂 Apparently I‘m not the only one that felt this way about DOV. So now I‘m asking the Litsy community; how did you feel about the graphic content in this book? Was it enjoyable, disturbing, or tame? I‘m daring myself to read something that‘s apparently worse by smuttok standards; Skeleton King by Charity B.

Pray for me 😀😀

#denofvipers #smut #darkromance #mafiaromance

“Your hair is a blank canvas, a slogan, a personal mantra. Whatever you wanna call it. It‘s one of the few temporary expressions of yourself that your body creates,” she says, pulling hard at my hair. “You can do whatever feels right at any given moment without worrying about messing it up. A new blank canvas will grow. What can go wrong?” 

A quote by Amber from our book ILL SHADOWS! (More in the comments!)

It‘s been a while since I‘ve written anything poem related so I thought I‘d give this Instagram horror prompts challenge a go. Here‘s an acrostic I just wrote with a narrative twist 👀

What do you guys think? ☺️

I don‘t think I need to explain this one.
This book has more of a mystery/thriller vibe than the first one, and I‘m here for it.

#zodiacacademy #ruthlessfae

This one is shaping up to be a miss for me from McGinnis‘s catalog 🫤 I‘m questioning my reading palate too since this seems to be in everyone‘s top 2 fav McGinnis books. Maybe FOTS set my expectations WAY too high or my mood reader senses are not in the mood. That‘s why I‘m setting it aside. IDK, but I just can‘t help but feel “meh” about almost everything in this book. I find Mickey‘s reasoning behind her addiction way too weak. 😭

Kind of a cheesy meme but still relatable.
It‘s now May and I‘m hoping for this to be a good reading month since I could barely read in April.
How we doing, Littens??? 😻

This one pretty much explains itself

Hi,
First, Happy Easter 🐣🐇🐰 !! I hope you‘re all having a blessed day! 🥰
2. For the umpteenth time, sorry for not being active enough. There hasn‘t been much to update you guys about 😭 Still reading Zodiac Academy 2 and it‘s been fun getting used to the new place.
Enough beating around the bush—
Here‘s my first picture of me and my child 😂! Holding my debut book in my hands is a dream come true! First book and working hard for more to come

I missed Tory so much
#currentlyreading

I see these types of bookish challenges on TikTok all the time so I thought I‘d bring them over to Litsy 🥰🥰

I tried this first with my own book Ill Shadows. Sounds about right 😂

Play, tag 3 Litten friends and share! Looking forward to seeing your entries 🥰

Use the hashtag #Page123

“THE SCENT OF a burning body still lingered in the air, catching in the back of my throat and making my scowl deepen.”

Excerpt From
Zodiac Academy: Ruthless Fae: An Academy Bully Romance (Supernatural Bullies and Beasts Book 2)
Caroline Peckham
This material may be protected by copyright.

Thought I‘d join in even though I‘m 1 day early hehe 😜
#firstlinefridays

1. Uhhhhhhhhhhh….Orchid? ‘Cause of the Opeth album? Idk 😭
2. Gonna answer both. Unwind by Neal Shusterman will forever be my comfort read. A book where you can send your unruly children to have their body parts and organs amputated and donated to other people in need. Very comforting indeed 🥰 My comfort genre constantly switches from high fantasy and sci-fi.
3. Honesty.
#wondrouswednesday

#readerproblems

1. The MC‘s character development and how I was able to root for her every step of the way. That‘s the reason why I felt every bit of tension in the story despite the book‘s obvious flaws.
2. I wish that there was even more to the mystery rather than what was revealed at the end. So maybe a sequel could‘ve had an even bigger twist waiting to be unfolded and causing more trouble in the ship.
#two4tuesday

READER SINFUL CONFESSION TIME:

Raise your hand if you‘re a mood reader!
Yup me too 🙋‍♂️ (I‘m raising all four of my limbs)

It can be a real pain in the peach but here‘s my situation:
I could be halfway or even finishing a book I love, and if my mood reader senses say “Nope. Go read some depressing contemporary.” Then that‘s exactly what I‘ll do. That‘s why I have 4 books I‘m putting off while I satisfy my fantasy cravings.

Just me, right?😔

My speakers are gonna sue me for blasting this at max volume today. That‘s what happens when you‘re exhausted from moving and just wanna air drum while cleaning and unpacking. If you‘re in that mood, try our book playlist 😊
My fav songs on there are any by Bring Me the Horizon, Pull the Cord by High Dive Heart, & Resistance by Muse.

The Playlist: https://spoti.fi/3JeIkKL
Book Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3uW8ZGT
My Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3uWxQum

The obstacles you face in life are always supposed to make you stronger. Pain makes you a warrior. Use it to your advantage and face life with battle scars

🤺🤺🤺

#ThinkPositiveBePositive

What app do y‘all use to keep track of the books you read? 🥰

I use Reading List for iOS

Two more reviews from our readers! Love reading your thoughts! Thanks for the love, guys!! 🥰🤗

#amazon #kindleunlimited #scifi #authorsoflitsy #newbook #gothic #paranormal #lgbtbooks #sapphicbooks #sapphic