en-US Tue, 06 May 2025 08:25:48 -0700 60 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg 61250159 An imprisoned prince. A vengeful queen. And a battle that will determine the future of Elfhame.
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Prince Oak is paying for his betrayal. Imprisoned in the icy north and bound to the will of a monstrous new queen, he must rely on charm and calculation to survive. With High King Cardan and High Queen Jude willing to use any means necessary to retrieve their stolen heir, Oak will have to decide whether to attempt regaining the trust of the girl he’s always loved or to remain loyal to Elfhame and hand over the means to end her reign—even if it means ending Wren, too.
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With a new war looming on the horizon and treachery lurking in every corner, neither Oak’s guile nor his wit will be enough to keep everyone he loves alive. It’s just a question of whom he will doom.

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Holly Black comes the stunning blood-soaked conclusion to the Stolen Heir duology.
��]]> 359 Holly Black 0316592730 kenners?! 4
still enjoyed it tho <3]]> 3.88 2024
author: Holly Black
name: kenners?!
average rating: 3.88
book published: 2024
rating: 4
read at: 2025/05/06
date added: 2025/05/06
shelves: closed-door-romance, fantasy, favorites, kindleunlimited, romance, reveiw-of-the-year
review:
someone explain to me why i thought it would be a good idea to read this book, a YEAR after i read the first one. i literally had no idea what was going on, cause im stupid and didnt re read the first book.

still enjoyed it tho <3
]]> 216364822 Lose yourself in this exhilarating return to the #1 global bestselling Shatter Me universe, the first book in a new series set ten years after the fall of The Reestablishment.

James Anderson had a plan. Or half of one. All that matters is that he managed to do what his older brother, the famous Aaron Warner Anderson, never did: infiltrate Ark Island, the last refuge of The Reestablishment. In the past decade no outsider has breached the stronghold of the authoritarian regime, but James is in. In a prison cell, sure, but as far as James is concerned, a win is a win.

It’s been ten years since the fall of The Reestablishment. Ten years since the notorious duo �� Juliette Ferrars and Aaron Warner Anderson �� led a worldwide rebellion and established the New Republic of the West. But after a decade of unsettling quiet, The Reestablishment is ready to make a devastating move, and they have the perfect person for the job.

Rosabelle Wolff had a plan. She always has a plan. On Ark Island, where constant surveillance is packaged as security, even emotions must be experienced with caution. A trained assassin, her every movement is monitored by synthetic intelligence—and when she’s given an order to kill, she never hesitates.

Brimming with pulse-pounding action and torturous romance, Watch Me is an explosive journey through a dystopian landscape where enemies-to-lovers has never felt more impossible. Step into a beloved and breathtaking world that demands an answer to a desperate question��

Who are we when no one is watching?]]> 368 Tahereh Mafi 0063419009 kenners?! 5
FUCKING DEVORED THIS IN ONE SITTING!

i loved everything about this book. the scenes with warner fucking killed me, and i loved seeing the character development from the shatter me series.

cant wait for book 2!]]> 4.31 2025
author: Tahereh Mafi
name: kenners?!
average rating: 4.31
book published: 2025
rating: 5
read at: 2025/04/23
date added: 2025/04/23
shelves: closed-door-romance, dystopian, favorites, reveiw-of-the-year, romance, yes-yes-and-yes
review:
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FUCKING DEVORED THIS IN ONE SITTING!

i loved everything about this book. the scenes with warner fucking killed me, and i loved seeing the character development from the shatter me series.

cant wait for book 2!
]]> 58014893
Until she receives the call that sends her racing back to Barry’s Bay and into the orbit of Sam Florek—the man she never thought she’d have to live without.

For six summers, through hazy afternoons on the water and warm summer nights working in his family’s restaurant and curling up together with books—medical textbooks for him and work-in-progress horror short stories for her—Percy and Sam had been inseparable. Eventually that friendship turned into something breathtakingly more, before it fell spectacularly apart.

When Percy returns to the lake for Sam’s mother’s funeral, their connection is as undeniable as it had always been. But until Percy can confront the decisions she made and the years she’s spent punishing herself for them, they’ll never know whether their love might be bigger than the biggest mistakes of their past.

Told over the course of six years and one weekend, Every Summer After is a big, sweeping nostalgic look at love and the people and choices that mark us forever.

Six summers to fall in love. One moment to fall apart. A weekend to get it right.]]> 320 Carley Fortune 0593438531 kenners?! 4
love this sm, but someone explain to me why this is the summer i turned pretty but in like 10+ years]]> 4.17 2022
author: Carley Fortune
name: kenners?!
average rating: 4.17
book published: 2022
rating: 4
read at: 2025/04/17
date added: 2025/04/17
shelves: favorites, romance, yes-yes-and-yes, reveiw-of-the-year
review:
4��

love this sm, but someone explain to me why this is the summer i turned pretty but in like 10+ years
]]> 63247365
“Emotional, relatable and binge-worthy." –Tessa Bailey

“I’ll read anything she writes. An absolute star." –Emily Henry

“I was hooked on the very first page. Don't miss this one!" �� Carley Fortune

Two writers with a complicated history end up working on the same TV show. Can they write themselves a new ending? A sexy and emotional enemies-to-lovers romance guaranteed to pull on your heartstrings and give you a book hangover from brilliant new voice Yulin Kuang

Helen Zhang hasn’t seen Grant Shepard once in the thirteen years since the tragic accident that bound their lives together forever.

Now a bestselling author, Helen pours everything into her career. She’s even scored a coveted spot in the writers�� room of the TV adaptation of her popular young adult novels, and if she can hide her imposter syndrome and overcome her writer’s block, surely the rest of her life will fall into place too. LA is the fresh start she needs. After all, no one knows her there. Except��

Grant has done everything in his power to move on from the past, including building a life across the country. And while the panic attacks have never quite gone away, he’s well liked around town as a screenwriter. He knows he shouldn’t have taken the job on Helen’s show, but it will open doors to developing his own projects that he just can’t pass up.

Grant’s exactly as Helen remembers him—charming, funny, popular, and lovable in ways that she’s never been. And Helen’s exactly as Grant remembers too—brilliant, beautiful, closed off. But working together is messy, and electrifying, and Helen’s parents, who have never forgiven Grant, have no idea he’s in the picture at all.

When secrets come to light, they must reckon with the fact that theirs was never meant to be any kind of love story. And yet�� the key to making peace with their past—and themselves—might just lie in holding on to each other in the present.]]> 384 Yulin Kuang kenners?! 4 favorites, romance
cuteeee but i wished the author touched more on the sisters death and how the mmc was dealing with it]]> 3.61 2024
author: Yulin Kuang
name: kenners?!
average rating: 3.61
book published: 2024
rating: 4
read at: 2025/04/09
date added: 2025/04/09
shelves: favorites, romance
review:
4.5��

cuteeee but i wished the author touched more on the sisters death and how the mmc was dealing with it
]]> 221462852 He’s not sure he’s ever been real. She’s not sure she’ll ever be whole again.

Beckett Davis has been many things: reliable, likeable, on track to be the most accurate kicker in professional football history, and multiple-time winner of made up awards like pro-athlete with the most beautiful smile.

He’s also spent a lifetime shouldering responsibilities that didn’t belong to him, but he doesn’t like to think about that. Until a missed kick makes him one of the most hated people in the city and lands him doing damage control as a volunteer in his least favourite place: a hospital.

But it’s where he meets her.

Greer Roberts deals in logic and absolutes. She spends her days performing surgery and staying behind carefully constructed boundaries that keep what’s left of her safe, even though she’s not sure how either of those things make her feel anymore. There is one thing she’s absolutely certain of, though: she doesn’t date. So it doesn’t matter that a downtrodden Beckett Davis ends up in the same elevator as her and in a moment of weakness, she invites him to volunteer with her patients.

She might see right through him, and he might understand her in a way that no one else ever has, but they’re just business acquaintances.

Until they’re not. And nothing scares her more than that.]]> 394 Haley Warren 177824839X kenners?! 4
LOVED. The representation of metal heath and how the MMC helped her through it <3]]> 3.90
author: Haley Warren
name: kenners?!
average rating: 3.90
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2025/03/31
date added: 2025/03/31
shelves: kindleunlimited, favorites, romance
review:
4��

LOVED. The representation of metal heath and how the MMC helped her through it <3
]]> 220827216 It’s never too late to turn over a new leaf��

Charlie

Returning to my hometown was never part of my plan. Suddenly, I find myself back where I grew up and taking over my late parents�� beloved plant store. With a permanent scowl and zero customer service skills, I have no idea how to run a business—or keep plants alive. One night, a wild dog crashes into my store, creating an absolute mess in his path. The owner? Confident, charismatic, and utterly captivating. He’s determined to break down my carefully constructed walls one brick at a time.

Finn

Burnt out, exhausted, and a bit directionless, no one warned me that moving forward could feel like moving backward. After leaving my stressful corporate job, I packed up my life and returned to my home state of Oregon, eagerly chasing my dream of opening a coffee shop. One night, my overly energetic dog barrels into a quaint plant store, causing a complete disaster. The owner? Grouchy, gorgeous, and guarded. She’s exactly what I’ve been searching for all along.

Although our paths collide in a hectic disaster, we embark on a journey to discover the true meaning of turning over a new leaf.]]> 390 Samm Wilde kenners?! 4
sooooo cute and executed perfectly <3]]> 4.00
author: Samm Wilde
name: kenners?!
average rating: 4.00
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2025/03/24
date added: 2025/03/24
shelves: favorites, kindleunlimited, reveiw-of-the-year, romance, yes-yes-and-yes
review:
4��

sooooo cute and executed perfectly <3
]]> 195820807
Emma hadn't planned that her next assignment as a traveling nurse would be in Minnesota, but she and her best friend agree that dating Justin is too good of an opportunity to pass up, especially when they get to rent an adorable cottage on a private island on Lake Minnetonka.

It's supposed to be a quick fling, just for the summer. But when Emma's toxic mother shows up and Justin has to assume guardianship of his three siblings, they're suddenly navigating a lot more than they expected--including catching real feelings for each other. What if this time Fate has actually brought the perfect pair together?]]> 432 Abby Jimenez 1538704439 kenners?! 4 4.5�� 4.35 2024
author: Abby Jimenez
name: kenners?!
average rating: 4.35
book published: 2024
rating: 4
read at: 2025/03/17
date added: 2025/03/17
shelves: closed-door-romance, favorites, kindleunlimited, romance, yes-yes-and-yes
review:
4.5��
]]> 195427537 Naomi and Luca have been pen-pals since fifth-grade. Well, more like bitter rivals caught in an epic battle of insults and verbal jousting...

But what starts as a hilarious chain of hate filled letters, slowly develops into a friendship spanning coasts and years. That is until one day, years later, when the letters suddenly stop.

It’s been two years since Naomi last heard from Luca. Two years since the letter that changed everything.

But when a new envelope turns up out of the blue at her desk at the local news station, Naomi is determined not to let Luca have the final word.]]> 385 Donna Marchetti kenners?! 5
obfreakingsessed!!! i loved every second of it, even though i guessed the plot twist less than 100 pages in.]]> 3.90 2024
author: Donna Marchetti
name: kenners?!
average rating: 3.90
book published: 2024
rating: 5
read at: 2025/03/05
date added: 2025/03/05
shelves: favorites, kindleunlimited, romance, yes-yes-and-yes
review:
5��

obfreakingsessed!!! i loved every second of it, even though i guessed the plot twist less than 100 pages in.
]]> 146943394 667 Chloe Walsh 1728299985 kenners?! 5 5�� 4.51 2018
author: Chloe Walsh
name: kenners?!
average rating: 4.51
book published: 2018
rating: 5
read at: 2025/03/02
date added: 2025/03/02
shelves: romance, reveiw-of-the-year, favorites, yes-yes-and-yes
review:
5��
]]> 146943294 626 Chloe Walsh 1728299950 kenners?! 5 5�� 4.45 2018
author: Chloe Walsh
name: kenners?!
average rating: 4.45
book published: 2018
rating: 5
read at: 2025/02/26
date added: 2025/02/26
shelves: favorites, romance, reveiw-of-the-year
review:
5��
]]> 13188676
With Omega Point destroyed, Juliette doesn't know if the rebels, her friends, or even Adam are alive. But that won't keep her from trying to take down The Reestablishment once and for all. Now she must rely on Warner, the handsome commander of Sector 45. The one person she never thought she could trust. The same person who saved her life. He promises to help Juliette master her powers and save their dying world . . . but that's not all he wants with her.

The Shatter Me series is perfect for fans who crave action-packed young adult novels with tantalizing romance like Divergent by Veronica Roth, The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, and Legend by Marie Lu. Tahereh Mafi has created a captivating and original story that combines the best of dystopian and paranormal and was praised by Publishers Weekly as "a gripping read from an author who's not afraid to take risks."

Don’t miss Restore Me, the electrifying fourth installment of this New York Times bestselling series, available now!]]> 408 Tahereh Mafi 006208559X kenners?! 5 dystopian, romance, favorites
utterly speechless ever. fucking. time. i. read. this.

everything about this book is on point: the plot, the attention to detail, and the characters + character development. my favorite characters are of course aaron, james, and kenji. aaron mother fucking warner is hands down the best book boyfriend. and kenji, oh kenji. i love him with everything i have.

one of the reasons i love aaron and kenji the best is that i feel so deeply for them. i feel their pain, grief, happiness, and every other emotion. thats the thing about this book: when im reading it, i feel happy, giddy, angry, frustrated, sad, and like i want to punch some of the characters but also hug them at the same time.

this book is my kryptonite and i i think it will forever be one of my all time favorite books.]]> 4.46 2014
author: Tahereh Mafi
name: kenners?!
average rating: 4.46
book published: 2014
rating: 5
read at: 2025/02/20
date added: 2025/02/20
shelves: dystopian, romance, favorites
review:
5��

utterly speechless ever. fucking. time. i. read. this.

everything about this book is on point: the plot, the attention to detail, and the characters + character development. my favorite characters are of course aaron, james, and kenji. aaron mother fucking warner is hands down the best book boyfriend. and kenji, oh kenji. i love him with everything i have.

one of the reasons i love aaron and kenji the best is that i feel so deeply for them. i feel their pain, grief, happiness, and every other emotion. thats the thing about this book: when im reading it, i feel happy, giddy, angry, frustrated, sad, and like i want to punch some of the characters but also hug them at the same time.

this book is my kryptonite and i i think it will forever be one of my all time favorite books.
]]> 211164792 Two feuding second-grade teachers (and neighbors) find themselves teaming up in this rivals-to-lovers romance.

Emily Walker hates having her carefully crafted world disrupted by anyone, most of all her legendary nemesis, Jack Bennett. He's the opposite of the wonderful heroes she dreams up in her double life as a romance writer, which is why Emily was perfectly happy when Jack left Rome, Kentucky, mid-school year, with his fiancée. The last thing Emily saw coming was Jack’s return at the start of the summer after calling off the wedding and ending his relationship, but he’s here to stay—as her colleague and her neighbor.

Jackson Bennett is glad to be back, eager to renovate his house and work on the next mystery novel under his bestselling pen name. But when he realizes he’s now neighbors with the one woman who has always pushed his buttons, he discovers something he’s even more excited for—thwarting Emily and her petty plans to sabotage his return.

With their chemistry-fueled animosity at an all-time high, Emily accidentally sends an email to their school’s principal that could reveal her secret literary side hustle. She needs to steal back her manuscript, and Jack—she hates to admit—is just the man to help her. Surprisingly, Jack agrees. Will their unlikely alliance put an end to their rivalry? Or could it lead to a steamy plot twist they never saw coming?]]> 384 Sarah Adams 0593723694 kenners?! 5
absolute perfection.]]> 4.06 2025
author: Sarah Adams
name: kenners?!
average rating: 4.06
book published: 2025
rating: 5
read at: 2025/02/20
date added: 2025/02/20
shelves: romance, yes-yes-and-yes, reveiw-of-the-year, favorites
review:
5��

absolute perfection.
]]> 209439446
Now Violet must journey beyond the failing Aretian wards to seek allies from unfamiliar lands to stand with Navarre. The trip will test every bit of her wit, luck, and strength, but she will do anything to save what she loves—her dragons, her family, her home, and him.

Even if it means keeping a secret so big, it could destroy everything. They need an army. They need power. They need magic. And they need the one thing only Violet can find—the truth. But a storm is coming...and not everyone can survive its wrath.]]> 527 Rebecca Yarros 1649374186 kenners?! 5 fantasy, favorites, romance
GUYS WHAT THE ACUALL FUCK JUST HAPPENED?!?]]> 4.17 2025
author: Rebecca Yarros
name: kenners?!
average rating: 4.17
book published: 2025
rating: 5
read at: 2025/02/02
date added: 2025/02/02
shelves: fantasy, favorites, romance
review:
5��

GUYS WHAT THE ACUALL FUCK JUST HAPPENED?!?
]]> 90202302 “The first year is when some of us lose our lives. The second year is when the rest of us lose our humanity.�� —Xaden Riorson

Everyone expected Violet Sorrengail to die during her first year at Basgiath War College—Violet included. But Threshing was only the first impossible test meant to weed out the weak-willed, the unworthy, and the unlucky.

Now the real training begins, and Violet’s already wondering how she’ll get through. It’s not just that it’s grueling and maliciously brutal, or even that it’s designed to stretch the riders�� capacity for pain beyond endurance. It’s the new vice commandant, who’s made it his personal mission to teach Violet exactly how powerless she is–unless she betrays the man she loves.

Although Violet’s body might be weaker and frailer than everyone else’s, she still has her wits—and a will of iron. And leadership is forgetting the most important lesson Basgiath has taught her: Dragon riders make their own rules.

But a determination to survive won’t be enough this year.

Because Violet knows the real secret hidden for centuries at Basgiath War College—and nothing, not even dragon fire, may be enough to save them in the end.]]> 623 Rebecca Yarros 1649374178 kenners?! 5 fantasy, favorites I NEED THE THIRD ONE NOW 4.33 2023
author: Rebecca Yarros
name: kenners?!
average rating: 4.33
book published: 2023
rating: 5
read at: 2025/01/06
date added: 2025/01/06
shelves: fantasy, favorites
review:
I NEED THE THIRD ONE NOW
]]> 61431922 Enter the brutal and elite world of a war college for dragon riders...

Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now, the commanding general—also known as her tough-as-talons mother—has ordered Violet to join the hundreds of candidates striving to become the elite of Navarre: dragon riders.

But when you’re smaller than everyone else and your body is brittle, death is only a heartbeat away...because dragons don’t bond to “fragile�� humans. They incinerate them.

With fewer dragons willing to bond than cadets, most would kill Violet to better their own chances of success. The rest would kill her just for being her mother’s daughter—like Xaden Riorson, the most powerful and ruthless wingleader in the Riders Quadrant.

She’ll need every edge her wits can give her just to see the next sunrise.

Yet, with every day that passes, the war outside grows more deadly, the kingdom's protective wards are failing, and the death toll continues to rise. Even worse, Violet begins to suspect leadership is hiding a terrible secret.

Friends, enemies, lovers. Everyone at Basgiath War College has an agenda—because once you enter, there are only two ways out: graduate or die]]> 517 Rebecca Yarros 1649374046 kenners?! 5 fantasy, favorites holy shit. 4.56 2023
author: Rebecca Yarros
name: kenners?!
average rating: 4.56
book published: 2023
rating: 5
read at: 2025/01/02
date added: 2025/01/02
shelves: fantasy, favorites
review:
holy shit.
]]> 123984472 774 Chloe Walsh kenners?! 5
i dont think i can put into words, how much i loved this and how much this broke me.

joey i love you.]]> 4.61 2023
author: Chloe Walsh
name: kenners?!
average rating: 4.61
book published: 2023
rating: 5
read at: 2024/12/23
date added: 2024/12/23
shelves: romance, reveiw-of-the-year, favorites
review:
5��

i dont think i can put into words, how much i loved this and how much this broke me.

joey i love you.
]]> 146941869 512 Chloe Walsh 1464215995 kenners?! 5 5��<br /><br />im broken. 4.45 2023
author: Chloe Walsh
name: kenners?!
average rating: 4.45
book published: 2023
rating: 5
read at: 2024/12/23
date added: 2024/12/23
shelves: romance, favorites, reveiw-of-the-year
review:
5��

im broken.
]]> 210134467 New York Times bestselling author and BookTok sensation Carissa Broadbent returns with a brand new novel in the Crowns of Nyaxia series, Songbird and the Heart of Stone, where A Court of Thorns and Roses meets Dante's Inferno, in an epic fantasy romance of love and treachery between mortals and gods. Features beautiful case art and a detailed map.

In the descent to the underworld, a bride of the sun must choose between the light of her redemption�� or a dark love that defies the gods themselves

Mische lost everything when she was forcibly Turned into a vampire �� her home, her humanity, and most devastating of all, the love of the sun god to whom she had devoted her life. Now, sentenced to death for murdering the vampire prince who Turned her, redemption feels impossible.

But when Mische is saved by Asar, the bastard prince of the House of Shadow with a past as brutal as his scars, she’s forced into a mission worse than execution: a journey to the underworld to resurrect the god of death himself.

Yet, Mische’s punishment may be the key to her salvation. In a secret meeting, her sun god commands her to help Asar in his mission, only to betray him�� by killing the very death god she’ll help resurrect.

Mische and Asar must travel the treacherous path to the underworld, facing trials, beasts, and the vengeful ghosts of their pasts. Yet, most dangerous of all is the alluring call of the darkness �� and her forbidden attraction to Asar, a burgeoning bond that risks invoking the wrath of gods.

As her betrayal looms, the underworld closes in and angry gods are growing restless. Mische will be forced to choose between the redemption of the sun or the damnation of the darkness.]]> 498 Carissa Broadbent kenners?! 5 romance, favorites, fantasy
OH MY MOTHERFUCKING GOD. GUYS, I DONT KNOW HOW TO PROCESS WHAT JUST HAPPENED. I NEED THE NEXT BOOK NOW!!!!!! ]]> 4.02 2024
author: Carissa Broadbent
name: kenners?!
average rating: 4.02
book published: 2024
rating: 5
read at: 2024/12/03
date added: 2024/12/03
shelves: romance, favorites, fantasy
review:
5��

OH MY MOTHERFUCKING GOD. GUYS, I DONT KNOW HOW TO PROCESS WHAT JUST HAPPENED. I NEED THE NEXT BOOK NOW!!!!!!
]]> 13104080
It should have taken Juliette a single touch to kill Warner. But his mysterious immunity to her deadly power has left her shaken, wondering why her ultimate defense mechanism failed against the person she most needs protection from.

She and Adam were able to escape Warner’s clutches and join up with a group of rebels, many of whom have powers of their own. Juliette will finally be able to actively fight against The Reestablishment and try to fix her broken world. And perhaps these new allies can help her shed light on the secret behind Adam’s—and Warner’s—immunity to her killer skin.

Juliette’s world is packed with high-stakes action and tantalizing romance, perfect for fans of the Red Queen series by Victoria Aveyard and the Darkest Minds trilogy by Alexandra Bracken.

Ransom Riggs, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, raved: "A thrilling, high-stakes saga of self-discovery and forbidden love, the Shatter Me series is a must-read for fans of dystopian young-adult literature—or any literature!"]]> 480 Tahereh Mafi 0062085530 kenners?! 5 dystopian, favorites, romance
3 words. aaron. fucking. warner.]]> 4.11 2013
author: Tahereh Mafi
name: kenners?!
average rating: 4.11
book published: 2013
rating: 5
read at: 2024/10/28
date added: 2024/10/28
shelves: dystopian, favorites, romance
review:
5��

3 words. aaron. fucking. warner.
]]> 10429045 I have a curse
I have a gift

I am a monster
I'm more than human

My touch is lethal
My touch is power

I am their weapon
I will fight back

Juliette hasn't touched anyone in exactly 264 days.

The last time she did, it was an accident, but The Reestablishment locked her up for murder. No one knows why Juliette's touch is fatal. As long as she doesn't hurt anyone else, no one really cares. The world is too busy crumbling to pieces to pay attention to a 17-year-old girl. Diseases are destroying the population, food is hard to find, birds don't fly anymore, and the clouds are the wrong color.

The Reestablishment said their way was the only way to fix things, so they threw Juliette in a cell. Now so many people are dead that the survivors are whispering war—and The Reestablishment has changed its mind. Maybe Juliette is more than a tortured soul stuffed into a poisonous body. Maybe she's exactly what they need right now.

Juliette has to make a choice: Be a weapon. Or be a warrior.]]> 338 Tahereh Mafi 0062085484 kenners?! 4 dystopian, favorites
hits. every. fucking. time.]]> 3.86 2011
author: Tahereh Mafi
name: kenners?!
average rating: 3.86
book published: 2011
rating: 4
read at: 2024/10/28
date added: 2024/10/28
shelves: dystopian, favorites
review:
4.5��

hits. every. fucking. time.
]]> 60224226 Read Twisted Hate now for a steamy enemies to lovers romance.

He hates her . . . almost as much as he wants her.

Gorgeous, cocky, and fast on his way to becoming a hotshot doctor, Josh Chen has never met a woman he couldn't charm - except for Jules f**king Ambrose.

The beautiful redhead has been a thorn in his side since they met, but she also consumes his thoughts in a way no woman ever has.

When their animosity explodes into one unforgettable night, he proposes a solution that'll get her out of his system once and for an enemies with benefits arrangement with simple rules.

No jealousy.
No strings attached.
And absolutely no falling in love.

***

Outgoing and ambitious, Jules Ambrose is a former party girl who's focused on one passing the attorney's bar exam.

The last thing she needs is to get involved with a doctor who puts the SUFFER in insufferable . . . no matter how good-looking he is.

But the more she gets to know him, the more she realizes there's more than meets the eye to the man she's hated for so long.

Her best friend's brother.
Her nemesis.
And her only salvation.

Theirs is a match made in hell, and when the demons from their past catch up with them, they're faced with truths that could either save them . . . or destroy everything they've worked for.

Twisted Hate is a steamy enemies with benefits/enemies to lovers romance. It's book three in the Twisted series but can be read as a standalone.

It contains explicit content and profanity. Recommended for 18+]]> 504 Ana Huang 1735056693 kenners?! 5 romance, favorites
i fear that i wont be able to get this book out of my head.

this is BY FAR the best book in the series. this book was ACTUALLY slow burn and enemies to lovers. this book felt more real, and i could actually feel the chemistry and tension between the characters. jules was such a badass and i loved all her witty comebacks. and josh is her literally perfect match. their banter was EVERYTHING, i ate up this book from cover to cover. and i don't care what people say but josh is better than any of the other book men in this series(alex volkov included. ik ik I'm sorry but i said what i said). HE MOTHER FREAKEING MADE A BOOK SCAVENCHER FOR HER, LIKE COME ON]]> 3.97 2022
author: Ana Huang
name: kenners?!
average rating: 3.97
book published: 2022
rating: 5
read at: 2024/10/03
date added: 2024/10/03
shelves: romance, favorites
review:
5��

i fear that i wont be able to get this book out of my head.

this is BY FAR the best book in the series. this book was ACTUALLY slow burn and enemies to lovers. this book felt more real, and i could actually feel the chemistry and tension between the characters. jules was such a badass and i loved all her witty comebacks. and josh is her literally perfect match. their banter was EVERYTHING, i ate up this book from cover to cover. and i don't care what people say but josh is better than any of the other book men in this series(alex volkov included. ik ik I'm sorry but i said what i said). HE MOTHER FREAKEING MADE A BOOK SCAVENCHER FOR HER, LIKE COME ON
]]> 62335396 Love is a sacrifice at the altar of power.

In the wake of the Kejari, everything Oraya once thought to be true has been destroyed. A prisoner in her own kingdom, grieving the only family she ever had, and reeling from a gutting betrayal, she no longer even knows the truth of her own blood. She’s left only with one certainty: she cannot trust anyone, least of all Raihn.

The House of Night, too, is surrounded by enemies. Raihn’s own nobles are none too eager to accept a Turned king, especially one who was once a slave. And the House of Blood digs their claws into the kingdom, threatening to tear it apart from the inside.

When Raihn offers Oraya a secret alliance, taking the deal is her only chance at reclaiming her kingdom–and gaining her vengeance against the lover who betrayed her. But to do so, she’ll need to harness a devastating ancient power, intertwined with her father’s greatest secrets.

But with enemies closing in on all sides, nothing is as it seems. As she unravels her past and faces her future, Oraya finds herself forced to choose between the bloody reality of seizing power �� and the devastating love that could be her downfall.]]> 626 Carissa Broadbent kenners?! 5 fantasy, favorites, romance
i would literally change nothing about this book. will forever be my favorite fantasy book, and these characters will forever live rent free in my head.]]> 4.10 2023
author: Carissa Broadbent
name: kenners?!
average rating: 4.10
book published: 2023
rating: 5
read at: 2024/09/24
date added: 2024/09/24
shelves: fantasy, favorites, romance
review:
5��

i would literally change nothing about this book. will forever be my favorite fantasy book, and these characters will forever live rent free in my head.
]]> 60714999 Human or vampire, the rules of survival are the same: never trust, never yield, and always �� always �� guard your heart.

The adopted human daughter of the Nightborn vampire king, Oraya carved her place in a world designed to kill her. Her only chance to become something more than prey is entering the Kejari: a legendary tournament held by the goddess of death herself.

But winning won’t be easy amongst the most vicious warriors from all three vampire houses. To survive, Oraya is forced to make an alliance with a mysterious rival.

Everything about Raihn is dangerous. He is a ruthless vampire, an efficient killer, an enemy to her father’s crown�� and her greatest competition. Yet, what terrifies Oraya most of all is that she finds herself oddly drawn to him.

But there’s no room for compassion in the Kejari. War for the House of Night brews, shattering everything that Oraya thought she knew about her home. And Raihn may understand her more than anyone �� but their blossoming attraction could be her downfall, in a kingdom where nothing is more deadly than love.

The Serpent and the Wings of Night is the first book in a new series of heart-wrenching romance, dark magic, and bloodthirsty intrigue, perfect for fans of From Blood and Ash and A Court of Thorns and Roses.]]> 504 Carissa Broadbent kenners?! 5 fantasy, favorites, romance
Literally such a comfort read and never gets old. this is my perfect fantasy book, it has all my favorite things: slowburn, enemies to lovers, badass FMC, great plot, dagger to throat trope, and just really easily lovable characters. i don't have any critiques. this book gives me butterfly every time and has me giggling at every word.]]> 4.29 2022
author: Carissa Broadbent
name: kenners?!
average rating: 4.29
book published: 2022
rating: 5
read at: 2024/09/24
date added: 2024/09/24
shelves: fantasy, favorites, romance
review:
5��

Literally such a comfort read and never gets old. this is my perfect fantasy book, it has all my favorite things: slowburn, enemies to lovers, badass FMC, great plot, dagger to throat trope, and just really easily lovable characters. i don't have any critiques. this book gives me butterfly every time and has me giggling at every word.
]]> 62918182 Hacks gets a romantic twist in the vein of Jenn Bennett in this “simmering�� (Publishers Weekly) novel about a standoffish teen girl whose loner status gets challenged by a dynamic elderly woman and a perpetually cheerful boy.

Eloise Deane is the worst and doesn’t care who knows it. She’s grumpy, prefers to be alone, and is just slogging through senior year with one get accepted to USC and move to California. So when her guidance counselor drops the bombshell that to score a scholarship she’ll desperately need, her applications require volunteer hours, Eloise is up for the challenge. Until she’s paired with LifeCare, a volunteer agency that offers social support to lonely seniors through phone calls and visits. Basically, it’s a total nightmare for Eloise’s anxiety.

Eloise realizes she’s made a huge mistake—especially when she’s paired with Austin, the fellow volunteer who’s the sunshine to her cloudy day. But as Eloise and Austin work together to keep Marianne Landis—the mysterious former frontwoman of the 1970s band the Laundromats—company, something strange happens. Eloise actually…likes Marianne and Austin? She isn’t sure what to do with that, especially when her feelings toward Austin begin to blur into more-than-friends territory.

And when ex-girlfriends, long-buried wounds, and insecurities reappear, Eloise will have a choice to go all in with Marianne and Austin or get out before she gets hurt.]]> 349 Amelia Diane Coombs 153449359X kenners?! 5 favorites, re-read, romance
edit: such a comfort read <3]]> 4.09 2023
author: Amelia Diane Coombs
name: kenners?!
average rating: 4.09
book published: 2023
rating: 5
read at: 2024/09/10
date added: 2024/09/10
shelves: favorites, re-read, romance
review:
I have been thinking about his book ever since I finished it in October so I decided to re-read some of my favorite scenes. I think the reason I love this book so much is how I really resonated with the MC. I have felt everything she felt at one point in my life and it was simply just so refreshing to see my struggles and flaws represented in a character. And obviously, I loved Austin. I have new annotating supplies coming in the mail tomorrow so this book will definitely be annotated the next time I re-read it.

edit: such a comfort read <3
]]> 183086339
After surviving the Purging Trials, Ordinary-born Paedyn Gray has killed the King, and kickstarted a Resistance throughout the land. Now she’s running from the one person she had wanted to run to.

Kai Azer is now Ilya’s Enforcer, loyal to his brother Kitt, the new King. He has vowed to find Paedyn and bring her to justice.

Across the deadly Scorches, and deep into the hostile city of Dor, Kai pursues the one person he wishes he didn’t have to. But in a city without Elites, the balance between the hunter and hunted shifts �� and the battle between duty and desire is deadly.

Be swept away by this kiss-or-kill romantasy trilogy taking the world by storm.]]> 396 Lauren Roberts kenners?! 5 romance, favorites, fantasy 4.07 2024
author: Lauren Roberts
name: kenners?!
average rating: 4.07
book published: 2024
rating: 5
read at: 2024/08/02
date added: 2024/08/02
shelves: romance, favorites, fantasy
review:
what am i going to do with myself until april?!
]]> 23308084 The darker the sky, the brighter the stars.

In a land on the brink of war, Shahrzad is forced from the arms of her beloved husband, the Caliph of Khorasan. She once thought Khalid a monster—a merciless killer of wives, responsible for immeasurable heartache and pain—but as she unraveled his secrets, she found instead an extraordinary man and a love she could not deny. Still, a curse threatens to keep Shazi and Khalid apart forever.

Now she’s reunited with her family, who have found refuge in the desert, where a deadly force is gathering against Khalid—a force set on destroying his empire and commanded by Shazi’s spurned childhood sweetheart. Trapped between loyalties to those she loves, the only thing Shazi can do is act. Using the burgeoning magic within her as a guide, she strikes out on her own to end both this terrible curse and the brewing war once and for all. But to do it, she must evade enemies of her own to stay alive.

The saga that began with The Wrath and the Dawn takes its final turn as Shahrzad risks everything to find her way back to her one true love again.]]> 416 Renée Ahdieh 0399171622 kenners?! 4
freaking loved. i am still thinking about this book and its characters weeks after i finished it, and every book girl knows that is the best feeling. nothing is like being able to escape back into an amazing fantasy world even after finishing the book. such a good book series.]]> 4.04 2016
author: Renée Ahdieh
name: kenners?!
average rating: 4.04
book published: 2016
rating: 4
read at: 2024/03/25
date added: 2024/03/25
shelves: fantasy, favorites, reveiw-of-the-year
review:
4��

freaking loved. i am still thinking about this book and its characters weeks after i finished it, and every book girl knows that is the best feeling. nothing is like being able to escape back into an amazing fantasy world even after finishing the book. such a good book series.
]]> 18798983 One Life to One Dawn.

In a land ruled by a murderous boy-king, each dawn brings heartache to a new family. Khalid, the eighteen-year-old Caliph of Khorasan, is a monster. Each night he takes a new bride only to have a silk cord wrapped around her throat come morning. When sixteen-year-old Shahrzad's dearest friend falls victim to Khalid, Shahrzad vows vengeance and volunteers to be his next bride. Shahrzad is determined not only to stay alive, but to end the caliph's reign of terror once and for all.

Night after night, Shahrzad beguiles Khalid, weaving stories that enchant, ensuring her survival, though she knows each dawn could be her last. But something she never expected begins to happen: Khalid is nothing like what she'd imagined him to be. This monster is a boy with a tormented heart. Incredibly, Shahrzad finds herself falling in love. How is this possible? It's an unforgivable betrayal. Still, Shahrzad has come to understand all is not as it seems in this palace of marble and stone. She resolves to uncover whatever secrets lurk and, despite her love, be ready to take Khalid's life as retribution for the many lives he's stolen. Can their love survive this world of stories and secrets?]]> 416 Renée Ahdieh 0399171614 kenners?! 4
this book had me hooked from the intro. the characters were written amazingly, and i absolutely loved khalid. the only complaint i have is there were a lot of names and it was difficult to keep up. but seriously this book has been on my TBR forever, and I'm so glad i picked it up.]]> 4.05 2015
author: Renée Ahdieh
name: kenners?!
average rating: 4.05
book published: 2015
rating: 4
read at: 2024/03/25
date added: 2024/03/25
shelves: fantasy, favorites, reveiw-of-the-year
review:
4.5��

this book had me hooked from the intro. the characters were written amazingly, and i absolutely loved khalid. the only complaint i have is there were a lot of names and it was difficult to keep up. but seriously this book has been on my TBR forever, and I'm so glad i picked it up.
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Now, Bailey and Charlie are still polar opposites, but instead of everything about him rubbing Bailey the wrong way, she starts to look forward to hanging out and gossiping about the waterpark guests and their coworkers—particularly two who keep flirting with each other. Bailey and Charlie make a bet on whether or not the cozy pair will actually get together. Charlie insists that members of the opposite sex can’t just be friends, and Bailey is determined to prove him wrong.

Bailey and Charlie keep close track of the romantic progress of others while Charlie works to deflect the growing feelings he’s developed for Bailey. Terrified to lose her if his crush becomes known, what doesn’t help his agenda is Bailey and Charlie “fake dating�� in order to disrupt the annoying pleasantries between Bailey’s mom and her mom’s new boyfriend. Soon, what Charlie was hoping to avoid becomes a reality as Bailey starts to see him as not only a friend she can rely on in the midst of family drama—but someone who makes her hands shake and heart race. But Charlie has a secret—a secret that involves Bailey and another bet Charlie may have made. Can the two make a real go of things…or has Charlie’s secret doomed them before they could start?]]> 432 Lynn Painter 1665921234 kenners?! 5 romance, favorites
i stayed up so late reading this and could not stop smiling! the banter was to die for and lemme just say, I FREAKING LOVE CHARLIE. i really connected with his character and i got so giddy whenever it was his POV.

overall I'm starting the new year with 2 new amazing five-star reads.]]> 4.13 2023
author: Lynn Painter
name: kenners?!
average rating: 4.13
book published: 2023
rating: 5
read at: 2024/01/03
date added: 2024/01/03
shelves: romance, favorites
review:
��

i stayed up so late reading this and could not stop smiling! the banter was to die for and lemme just say, I FREAKING LOVE CHARLIE. i really connected with his character and i got so giddy whenever it was his POV.

overall I'm starting the new year with 2 new amazing five-star reads.
]]> 123853241
When Zander Davidson realizes his little sister’s best friend is finally single at the same time he is, he knows it’s time. With the help of his sister (and her dad, AKA his boss), he makes a plan to become the king of her heart, including the road trip of a lifetime, and uses the Love Story Bucket List she made as a kid as his road map.

Along the way, Zee convinces Zoe to play pretend with him, but can he mastermind his way into keeping her forever and always?

The Playlist is a contemporary childhood friends to lovers romance. It's book five in the Springbrook Hills series, but can be read as a standalone.

It is a full-length romance with a Happily Ever After that features sexually explicit material and profanity. This book is intended for 18+]]> 364 Morgan Elizabeth kenners?! 5 favorites, romance 3.70 2023
author: Morgan Elizabeth
name: kenners?!
average rating: 3.70
book published: 2023
rating: 5
read at: 2023/12/14
date added: 2023/12/14
shelves: favorites, romance
review:

]]> 62804258 Four brothers. Two missions. One explosive read. Jennifer Lynn Barnes returns to the world of her #1 bestselling Inheritance Games trilogy, and the stakes have never been higher. ��
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Grayson Hawthorne was raised as the heir apparent to his billionaire grandfather, taught from the cradle to put family first. Now the great Tobias Hawthorne is dead and his family disinherited, but some lessons linger. When Grayson’s half-sisters find themselves in trouble, he swoops in to do what he does best: take care of the problem—efficiently, effectively, mercilessly. And without getting bogged down in emotional entanglements.
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Jameson Hawthorne is a risk-taker, a sensation-seeker, a player of games. When his mysterious father appears and asks for a favor, Jameson can’t resist the challenge. Now he must infiltrate London’s most exclusive underground gambling club, which caters to the rich, the powerful, and the aristocratic, and win an impossible game of greatest stakes. Luckily, Jameson Hawthorne lives for impossible.
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Drawn into twisted games on opposite sides of the globe, Grayson and Jameson—with the help of their brothers and the girl who inherited their grandfather’s fortune—must dig deep to decide who they want to be and what each of them will sacrifice to win.]]> 480 Jennifer Lynn Barnes 0316480770 kenners?! 5 favorites, mystery 3.90 2023
author: Jennifer Lynn Barnes
name: kenners?!
average rating: 3.90
book published: 2023
rating: 5
read at: 2023/12/12
date added: 2023/12/12
shelves: favorites, mystery
review:

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