Jesse's bookshelf: all en-US Tue, 29 Apr 2025 21:25:17 -0700 60 Jesse's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg <![CDATA[Hunt Me! I Crave the Chase (Spooky Boys #3)]]> 175799174
Jeffrey
Returning to my hometown, to normalcy, after all I’ve been through feels strange to say the least. Returning to the friends and family that have all moved on with their lives, while I’m still trapped with demons of my past haunting me, is really the worst kind of torment.

I’m safe now. Lydia, the woman who stole me when I was just nine years old, is in prison. I’m free. But I don’t feel free. I don’t even know who I am anymore. The child I was is dead and the man I’ve become is lost.

Mutt
I found him. He smells like soap and oranges…and sorrow and sadness, but he smells like mine all the same. From the first moment I saw him in the parking lot on the side of the highway, with his pretty speckled nose and pouty frown, I knew that fate had gifted me my mate. In the same breath, mixed with the sweet smell of his delectable skin, I also knew that fate had a cruel sense of humor. Because my mate is not a wolf, but a human. And a human cannot save me from the moon mother’s curse. And I may not know much about most things, or what the future holds for us, but I know I would trek miles and scale mountains to put a smile on my grumpy human mate’s face.


Hunt Me! Is a standalone paranormal MM romance with high heat, a HEA, and no cliffhangers. It features a relationship between a werewolf-shaped himbo and an ex monster hunter who’s never had a place to belong. These two men could not be more different and yet together they’re carefree, devoted, possessive, and tooth-achingly sweet. If you like spooky stories with mystery, suspense, werewolves that pretend to be dogs, and characters that make you laugh, read on!

The spooky boys series invites you to visit a world where things that go bump in the night aren’t just fantasy. These standalone novels feature monsters that are spicy, fun, and sometimes furry.]]> 535 Fae Quin Jesse 0 dnf

Cute story but it’s been so long since I’ve read this. I’m ready for something new. ]]> 4.24 2024 Hunt Me! I Crave the Chase (Spooky Boys #3)
author: Fae Quin
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Soft dnf.


Cute story but it’s been so long since I’ve read this. I’m ready for something new.
]]> <![CDATA[Bite Me! - You Know I Like It (Spooky Boys #1)]]> 62023304 The spooky boys series invites you to visit a world where things that go bump in the night aren’t just fantasy. These standalone novels feature monsters that are spicy, fun, and sometimes furry.

Blair
I'd been waiting my whole life to run. When I uncovered hidden papers detailing my inheritance, I knew my time had come. I packed my trunk full of plant babies, black nail polish, and determination. With my demons in the rearview mirror and my trauma for company I made my way to Elmwood. The remote Maine mountain town is home to my future, a potential love interest, and a lot of really weird, possibly deadly secrets.

Richard
Until recently, the most interesting thing in my life had been solving a particularly difficult Sunday crossword. Even my vampiric transformation hadn't disrupted my life much� it was still boring and repetitive, albeit with more blood than I'd previously dealt with. When newcomer Blair —a charming five foot vegan ball of rage� blows into town, it's all I can do not to follow him like a love-sick puppy…He’s everything I’ve been missing, but there's a catch: I need to spy on him and convince the Council he’s innocent of his mother’s crimes. Here's hoping I don't end up with a corpse instead of a boyfriend.

Follow Blair, a boy who loves the fanged and furry, as he discovers the secrets of the night and also how to be loved by his very own vampire.

Bite Me! Is a standalone slow burn paranormal MM romance with high heat, an HEA, and no cliffhangers. It features a relationship between two adorably prickly men that have everything against them, until they don’t. Together they’re giggly, young, and tooth-achingly sweet. If you like spooky stories with mystery, suspense, hilarious miscommunication, and characters that make you laugh, read on!]]> 600 Fae Quin Jesse 0 to-read 3.93 2022 Bite Me! - You Know I Like It (Spooky Boys #1)
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]]> The Memory Police 37004370
When a young woman who is struggling to maintain her career as a novelist discovers that her editor is in danger from the Memory Police, she concocts a plan to hide him beneath her floorboards. As fear and loss close in around them, they cling to her writing as the last way of preserving the past.

A surreal, provocative fable about the power of memory and the trauma of loss, The Memory Police is a stunning new work from one of the most exciting contemporary authors writing in any language.]]> 274 Yōko Ogawa 1101870605 Jesse 0 to-read 3.72 1994 The Memory Police
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average rating: 3.72
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]]> <![CDATA[As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow]]> 57390604
Now Salama volunteers at a hospital in Homs, helping the wounded who flood through the doors daily. Secretly, though, she is desperate to find a way out of her beloved country before her sister-in-law, Layla, gives birth. So desperate, that she has manifested a physical embodiment of her fear in the form of her imagined companion, Khawf, who haunts her every move in an effort to keep her safe.

But even with Khawf pressing her to leave, Salama is torn between her loyalty to her country and her conviction to survive. Salama must contend with bullets and bombs, military assaults, and her shifting sense of morality before she might finally breathe free. And when she crosses paths with the boy she was supposed to meet one fateful day, she starts to doubt her resolve in leaving home at all.

Soon, Salama must learn to see the events around her for what they truly are—not a war, but a revolution—and decide how she, too, will cry for Syria’s freedom.]]> 417 Zoulfa Katouh 0316351377 Jesse 0 currently-reading 4.48 2022 As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow
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average rating: 4.48
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]]> <![CDATA[Pieces of Us (Monstrous Survivors #2)]]> 209347978 331 T.J. Hamel Jesse 3 4.33 Pieces of Us (Monstrous Survivors #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[Only the Small Bones (Slow Burns & Tragic Beginnings #1)]]> 220206017 “He reminds me of someone I once knew…�

As the founder of Freedom Fighters, famed music composer, William Mayes, is often the first port of call when the FBI needs assistance with human trafficking victims.

After receiving such a call one night, William abandons everything to catch the next flight home. Arriving at Manhattan Memorial, he finds a beautiful young man restrained to a gurney. His eyes are wild with fear, and blood stains his skin. No one has been successful in getting him to speak.

When even he can’t get the young man to cooperate, William does something he may later come to regret—he extends an invite to his home.

The young man is non-verbal, angry, and at times openly hateful. All of which gives him control over William’s emotions.

William slowly begins to spiral from his own struggles with his tormented past. His nightmares return, sleep becomes a lost cause, and the dark voices in his head are out for blood.

Amid their co-dependent isolation, William’s feelings evolve. Lines are blurred, and then crossed altogether as they start down a path riddled with secrets and lies of omission.

The only thing that can set them both free is the truth. But maybe some things are better left buried. Because if the ugliest parts of William are ever unearthed, no one will be spared.

***Only the Small Bones is an MM romance, and book 1 in the standalone series Slow Burns & Tragic Beginnings. This story features an interracial romance, a non-verbal MC, and mental health representation. Cameos from cast members of the Infidelity series is also included. A full list of content warnings is provided on my website.]]> 356 C.P. Harris Jesse 0 to-read 4.26 Only the Small Bones (Slow Burns & Tragic Beginnings #1)
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]]> Hamartia 91122393
We met once two years ago - a few awful moments I’d rather forget - but he’s lived in my head ever since. Lee Jaehyun. K-pop idol and star of every filthy fantasy I have these days.

I should be thinking about the fact we just won our first Grammy, I should be focussing on our next album. I should be planning my wedding. But I’m not; I’m thinking about him. About what his mouth might taste like and what that body might look like under those carefully curated clothes. About how he might feel in my arms and what my name might sound like from his mouth when he’s turned on.

I’m not sure what this is; the near obsession I have with this guy, but it’s burrowed itself deep and refuses to give an inch. I’ll go insane if I can’t have him just once. Once to scratch the itch, douse the flames.

Except it turns out once isn’t enough, and it’s not dousing the flames it’s striking a match and I’m about to blow my entire life up.



Jaehyun

Raphael Scott is going to break my heart.

He’s an American rockstar, engaged to be married, and straight. He’ll get tired of whatever this is soon enough.

Then he’ll go back to his beautiful actress girlfriend and I’ll be alone again. I’m fine with that.

But it doesn’t mean I won’t take what he’s offering me right now. His shining American smile, his beautiful open heart, the desperate kisses he presses into my skin.

No, Raphael Scott won’t break me, nothing can. I’ve fortified myself against this sort of thing. My body, my art, all of it is armour. This soft American boy has no hope on earth of breaking it.]]> Scarlett Drake Jesse 0 dnf 4.19 Hamartia
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]]> Tender Is the Flesh 49090884
His wife has left him, his father is sinking into dementia, and Marcos tries not to think too hard about how he makes a living. After all, it happened so quickly. First, it was reported that an infectious virus has made all animal meat poisonous to humans. Then governments initiated the “Transition.� Now, eating human meat—“special meat”—is legal. Marcos tries to stick to numbers, consignments, processing.

Then one day he’s given a a live specimen of the finest quality. Though he’s aware that any form of personal contact is forbidden on pain of death, little by little he starts to treat her like a human being. And soon, he becomes tortured by what has been lost—and what might still be saved.]]> 209 Agustina Bazterrica 1982150920 Jesse 5 ³󲹳� 3.75 2017 Tender Is the Flesh
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average rating: 3.75
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rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Unhinged (Necessary Evils, #1)]]> 58415294
Noah Holt has spent years dreaming of vengeance for the death of his father, but when faced with his killer, he learns a daunting truth he can’t escape. His father was a monster.

Unable to ignore his own surfacing memories, Noah embarks on a quest to find the truth about his childhood with the help of an unlikely ally: the very person who murdered his father. Since their confrontation, Adam is obsessed with Noah, and he wants to help him uncover the answers he seeks, however dark they may be.

The two share a mutual attraction, but deep down, Noah knows Adam’s not like other boys. Adam can’t love. He wasn’t born that way. But he refuses to let Noah go, and Noah’s not sure he wants him to.

Can Adam prove to Noah that passion, power, and protection are just as good as love?]]> 304 Onley James 168489154X Jesse 0 to-read 3.98 2021 Unhinged (Necessary Evils, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Drown in You (Monstrous Survivors #1)]]> 195158356
This book follows two characters first introduced in T.J. Hamel's Monstrous Deeds series. Though this book can absolutely be enjoyed as a standalone, they are best enjoyed after reading These Monstrous Deeds, A Dangerous Game, and One Last Time]]> 560 T.J. Hamel Jesse 5 4.37 Drown in You (Monstrous Survivors #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[One Last Time (Monstrous Deeds #3)]]> 83845439
One last time.

It becomes a motto.

An excuse.

A lie they cling to.

They’ll just give into their need for each other one last time, then they’ll let go. Then they’ll move on.

One last time.

It's almost laughable to think they’ll be able to stick with the promise.

It's almost terrifying that there's a chance they might.

*** This is book 3 in a 3 book series. This series needs to be read in order and ends in a HAPPY ENDING if you’re willing to stick around! ***]]> 357 T.J. Hamel Jesse 4 4.30 2023 One Last Time (Monstrous Deeds #3)
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average rating: 4.30
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rating: 4
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]]> Girl in Pieces 37971854 Fans of Girl, Interrupted, Thirteen Reasons Why, and All the Bright Places will love the New York Times bestselling novel Girl in Pieces.

"A haunting, beautiful, and necessary book that will stay with you long after you've read the last page."--Nicola Yoon, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Everything, Everything
Charlotte Davis is in pieces. At seventeen she's already lost more than most people do in a lifetime. But she's learned how to forget. The broken glass washes away the sorrow until there is nothing but calm. You don't have to think about your father and the river. Your best friend, who is gone forever. Or your mother, who has nothing left to give you.
Every new scar hardens Charlie's heart just a little more, yet it still hurts so much. It hurts enough to not care anymore, which is sometimes what has to happen before you can find your way back from the edge.
A deeply moving portrait of a girl in a world that owes her nothing, and has taken so much, and the journey she undergoes to put herself back together. Kathleen Glasgow's debut is heartbreakingly real and unflinchingly honest. It's a story you won't be able to look away from.

" Girl, Interrupted meets Speak ."--Refinery29.com

"A dark yet powerful read."--PasteMagazine.com

"One of the most affecting novels we have read."--Goop.com

"Breathtaking and beautifully written."--Bustle

"Intimate and gritty."-- The Irish Times
]]> 420 Kathleen Glasgow 1101934743 Jesse 3 3.5 3.96 2016 Girl in Pieces
author: Kathleen Glasgow
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average rating: 3.96
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]]> <![CDATA[A Dangerous Game (Monstrous Deeds #2)]]> 61956714
Carter now knows the truth. The man he thought was his master is really his rescuer. His brother's best friend. An American Hero in disguise. His heart is broken. His mind is in chaos. And the man he hates - and also maybe kind of still loves - isn't going anywhere anytime soon.

To maintain the operation and save thousands of lives, Nathan and Carter have to work together. They realize quickly that the best way to do so is by playing roles. Life is a lot easier when they're not two broken-hearted men. When they're just a master and his slave. When they can pretend.

But playing these roles turns out to be a dangerous game.

The goal is to make it to the end of the operation alive. Maybe they will. But if they do, will their hearts still be intact?

*** Due to the nature of the plot, this book contains scenes that some might find triggering and/or disturbing, as well as explicit sex scenes between the main characters. I’ve included the warnings I feel are the most important, but not all could be covered without giving away too much of the novel.

*** This is book 2 in a 3 book series. This series DOES end in a HAPPY ENDING if you’re willing to stick around ***]]> 329 T.J. Hamel Jesse 4 On to the next! 4.35 2022 A Dangerous Game (Monstrous Deeds #2)
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average rating: 4.35
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On to the next!
]]> <![CDATA[These Monstrous Deeds (These Monstrous Deeds #1)]]> 58340696 How long can someone play the role of a monster before becoming a monster themselves?

That’s the question that’s haunted Travis Kenton - A.K.A. Nathan Roarke - for the last 8 years. He’s hanging onto his humanity by a thread, reading file after file of innocent people who have been stolen and sold into the sex trade before bed every night just to be able to sleep. It’s the only way he can live with himself during this underground operation. The knowledge that he’ll save thousands of victims one of these days is the reason he gave up his entire life, his entire identity, nearly a decade ago. It has to be worth it. All of this has to be worth it.

Then the operation’s integrity is compromised, the identity of his boss revealed, and his boss’s younger brother is captured by a slave trader for revenge. Now Travis will face his biggest test of his role as Nathan Roarke. He’ll have to buy and convincingly own Carter Beckett until his undercover operation is over and he can hand Carter safely back to his big brother.

How long can someone play the role of a monster before becoming a monster themselves?

Travis is about to find out.

*** Due to the nature of the plot, this book contains scenes that some might find triggering and/or disturbing, as well as explicit sex scenes between the main characters. I’ve included the warnings I feel are the most important, but not all could be covered without giving away too much of the novel.
*** This is book 1 in a 3 book series. This series DOES end in a HAPPY ENDING if you’re willing to stick around ***]]> 456 T.J. Hamel Jesse 4 4.26 2021 These Monstrous Deeds (These Monstrous Deeds #1)
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average rating: 4.26
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]]> <![CDATA[Sinners Atone (Sinners Anonymous, #4)]]> 62368883 0 Somme Sketcher Jesse 0 to-read 4.27 Sinners Atone (Sinners Anonymous, #4)
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]]> <![CDATA[Limerence (Famous Young Things #2)]]> 223792006 Felix
Dancing is everything to me. It’s the mother I lost, the father who never sees me. It’s the fiery love of my life, and I’ll defend it to my last breath—that’s what it means to be the lead principal at one of the best ballet companies in the world. Just when I thought I was on top, my greatest rival—my eternal nemesis—waltzes back into my Nicoló Savini. The ache in my bones and the bane of my existence.

If he thinks I’ll sit back and let him steal my spotlight, he’s sorely mistaken. No one’s taking this from me—not my father, not my ridiculously hot rival, and certainly not the confusing feelings that twist inside me every time I see Nico dance up close. He’ll regret coming here, to my city, my company. I’ll make damn sure of it.

Nico
Felix Taylor-Brooke has been my fiercest competition for years. I should loathe everything about his entitlement, his arrogance, that painfully captivating beauty. Felix was born for ballet; I was forged by it. People call us rivals, but that’s just the surface matter. Anyone who bothers to look any closer would see there’s something else simmering beneath, something we’ve both been fighting against for years.

When I walked away from ballet two years ago, I thought I was free. But then I was offered the one thing I’d always wanted, and I knew I’d regret not seeing this through. I know he’ll hate it, and I know he’ll likely make my life a waking nightmare, but honestly, I don’t sleep that well anyway. We might kill each other, but if we don’t, then we might be about to take on the greatest roles of our lives.]]> Scarlett Drake 1739912780 Jesse 5 favorites
This book is one of the greats and my all time favourite.

Nico�.. listen�.. he is really HIM.

This book has taught me I need a girl that goes to therapy. Fuck I need therapy.

I love Nico. I love Felix.

Controversially I love Christian and Ava.

Fuck Charlie.

Songs:
Lovers by Anna ]]> 4.28 Limerence (Famous Young Things #2)
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My first 6 star review of the year.

This book is one of the greats and my all time favourite.

Nico�.. listen�.. he is really HIM.

This book has taught me I need a girl that goes to therapy. Fuck I need therapy.

I love Nico. I love Felix.

Controversially I love Christian and Ava.

Fuck Charlie.

Songs:
Lovers by Anna
]]> <![CDATA[Oleander: A Great Expectations Reimagining]]> 203177517 Caspien Deveraux was poison.

It took me years to realise that he hadn’t been born like that. He’d been cultivated and nurtured by a careful hand and a bitter heart.

When I first met him, he was a bud. One primed to bloom beautifully and deadly. One I should have torn out at the root.

I loathed him. I loved him. And until him, I hadn’t known just how completely those two things could exist at once.]]> 599 Scarlett Drake Jesse 5
My lovely Jude <3

Songs:
We Hug Now by Sydney Rose
Wonderland by Taylor Swift
]]> 4.49 2024 Oleander: A Great Expectations Reimagining
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I need to read Great Expectations!

My lovely Jude <3

Songs:
We Hug Now by Sydney Rose
Wonderland by Taylor Swift

]]> <![CDATA[Call the Coroner (Staniel, #1)]]> 33975583 351 Avril Ashton Jesse 0 dnf 4.04 Call the Coroner (Staniel, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[A Sinner Born (Brooklyn Sinners, #3)]]> 17922897
One man buried in secrets. Another still grieving the love he lost. Their worlds collide in a battle between memories, old and new, while trust hangs by a fragile thread.

Syren Rua is at war. He battles painful childhood demons and his intense need for the first person who makes him feel. As Faro, Syren makes deals with the worst while taking the steps necessary to bring his family’s killer to justice. He isn’t one to indulge in selfish needs, but he’ll make the time in this instance. Syren has been watching Kane Ashby, craving the grieving man for his own. He’s always stayed away from temptation, but that’s about to change.

Kane isn’t over the death of his long-time partner. He’s certainly not ready for a relationship, sexual or otherwise, but Syren isn’t a man who takes no for an answer. The unpredictable Syren offers nothing but secrets and brings with him memories so dark, they could wipe out any chance the two might ever have. Syren brings Kane’s heart back to life. But it is also Syren who could inflict the most damage.

Inside Scoop: One of our heroes has a panty fetish. And it’s hot. This book also contains brief references to rape and child abuse.]]> 277 Avril Ashton 1419946609 Jesse 0 to-read 4.12 2013 A Sinner Born (Brooklyn Sinners, #3)
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]]> Great Expectations 2623
Pip must discover his true self, and his own set of values and priorities. Whether such values allow one to prosper in the complex world of early Victorian England is the major question posed by Great Expectations, one of Dickens's most fascinating, and disturbing, novels.

This edition includes the original, discarded ending, Dickens's brief working notes, and the serial instalments and chapter divisions in different editions. It also uses the definitive Clarendon text.]]> 544 Charles Dickens 0192833596 Jesse 0 to-read 3.78 1861 Great Expectations
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]]> Gloria 16059500
Finalist in Fiction for the OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature

Jamaica, 1938. Gloria Campbell is sixteen years old when a single violent act alters the course of her life forever. Taking along her younger sister, she flees their hometown to forge a new life in Kingston. But in a capital city awash with change, a black woman is still treated as a second-class citizen. From a room in a boarding house and a job at a supply store, Gloria finds her way to a house of ill repute on the edge of the city, intrigued by the glamorous, financially independent women within.It is an unlikely place to meet the love of your life, but here she encounters Pao, a Chinatown racketeer and a loyal customer who will become something more. It is also an unlikely place to gain a passion for social justice, but it is one of the house's proprietors who instills in Gloria new ideas about the rights of women and all humankind, eventually propelling her to Cuba, where even greater change is underway, and where Gloria must choose between the life she has made for herself and the one that might be.

Alive with the energy of a country at a crossroads, this is a story of love in many forms, and of Gloria's evolution-from a frightened girl on the run to a woman fully possessed of her own power.]]> 400 Kerry Young 1620400758 Jesse 0 to-read 3.80 2013 Gloria
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]]> <![CDATA[Jane and Louisa Will Soon Come Home]]> 927297 147 Erna Brodber 0901241377 Jesse 0 to-read 3.73 1981 Jane and Louisa Will Soon Come Home
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]]> Dancing Lessons 12428602 384 Olive Senior 1770860479 Jesse 0 to-read 4.17 2011 Dancing Lessons
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]]> Here Comes the Sun 26530351
At an opulent resort in Montego Bay, Margot hustles to send her younger sister, Thandi, to school. Taught as a girl to trade her sexuality for survival, Margot is ruthlessly determined to shield Thandi from the same fate. When plans for a new hotel threaten their village, Margot sees not only an opportunity for her own financial independence but also perhaps a chance to admit a shocking secret: her forbidden love for another woman.

As they face the impending destruction of their community, each woman fighting to balance the burdens she shoulders with the freedom she craves must confront long-hidden scars. From a much-heralded new writer, Here Comes the Sun offers a dramatic glimpse into a vibrant, passionate world most outsiders see simply as paradise.]]> 352 Nicole Y. Dennis-Benn 1631491768 Jesse 0 to-read 3.85 2016 Here Comes the Sun
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]]> <![CDATA[A Brief History of Seven Killings]]> 20893314
Deftly spanning decades and continents and peopled with a wide range of characters—assassins, journalists, drug dealers, and even ghosts�A Brief History of Seven Killings is the fictional exploration of that dangerous and unstable time and its bloody aftermath, from the streets and slums of Kingston in the 70s, to the crack wars in 80s New York, to a radically altered Jamaica in the 90s. Brilliantly inventive and stunningly ambitious, this novel is a revealing modern epic that will secure Marlon James� place among the great literary talents of his generation.]]> 688 Marlon James 159448600X Jesse 0 to-read 3.91 2014 A Brief History of Seven Killings
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]]> How to Say Babylon 62919742 Educated and Born a Crime, How to Say Babylon is the stunning story of the author’s struggle to break free of her rigid Rastafarian upbringing, ruled by her father’s strict patriarchal views and repressive control of her childhood, to find her own voice as a woman and poet.

Throughout her childhood, Safiya Sinclair’s father, a volatile reggae musician and militant adherent to a strict sect of Rastafari, became obsessed with her purity, in particular, with the threat of what Rastas call Babylon, the immoral and corrupting influences of the Western world outside their home. He worried that womanhood would make Safiya and her sisters morally weak and impure, and believed a woman’s highest virtue was her obedience.

In an effort to keep Babylon outside the gate, he forbade almost everything. In place of pants, the women in her family were made to wear long skirts and dresses to cover their arms and legs, head wraps to cover their hair, no make-up, no jewelry, no opinions, no friends. Safiya’s mother, while loyal to her father, nonetheless gave Safiya and her siblings the gift of books, including poetry, to which Safiya latched on for dear life. And as Safiya watched her mother struggle voicelessly for years under housework and the rigidity of her father’s beliefs, she increasingly used her education as a sharp tool with which to find her voice and break free. Inevitably, with her rebellion comes clashes with her father, whose rage and paranoia explodes in increasing violence. As Safiya’s voice grows, lyrically and poetically, a collision course is set between them.

How to Say Babylon is Sinclair’s reckoning with the culture that initially nourished but ultimately sought to silence her; it is her reckoning with patriarchy and tradition, and the legacy of colonialism in Jamaica. Rich in lyricism and language only a poet could evoke, How to Say Babylon is both a universal story of a woman finding her own power and a unique glimpse into a rarefied world we may know how to name, Rastafari, but one we know little about.']]> 352 Safiya Sinclair 1982132337 Jesse 0 to-read 4.43 2023 How to Say Babylon
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]]> Kiss the Villain (Villain #1) 220287670 From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Rina Kent comes a scorching standalone professor/student dark MM romance set in the world of Legacy of Gods.

My darkness meets a darker soul.

I’m a golden boy.
A genius law student, the heir to the Carson empire, and the dutiful son.
Or, at least, that's what it looks like from the outside.
Deep inside, I have the urge to set the world on fire.
I keep these impulses in check, rarely indulging in mayhem.
Until one night of debauchery backfires, and I'm caught by a villain.
I bury the entire ordeal with the rest of my skeletons.
That is, until that night walks into my classroom in the form of my new professor.
Kayden Lockwood.
A criminal who’s teaching criminal law.
I can't expose what he's done without unmasking my secret life.
What I can do, however, is force him to taste the poison he gave me.
In the clash of titans, Kayden and I break and crumble.
And I'm starting to realize this dangerous game may have no winners.

Kiss the Villain is a dark MM romance. Please check the author's note or visit the website for content warnings before diving in. While this book can be enjoyed as a standalone, diving into the Legacy of Gods series will give you a deeper connection to the characters.]]> 514 Rina Kent Jesse 5
I say that with my chest. Gareth is my favourite character in her universe. This pairing is my favourite pairing.

I waited 40 days and 40 nights. Trust I was not disappointed.

Rina ATE!]]> 4.16 2025 Kiss the Villain (Villain #1)
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This is Ms. Kent’s best book.

I say that with my chest. Gareth is my favourite character in her universe. This pairing is my favourite pairing.

I waited 40 days and 40 nights. Trust I was not disappointed.

Rina ATE!
]]> <![CDATA[It's a Love/Skate Relationship]]> 212534792
Until she meets Alexa Goldstein. A prickly, perfectionist ice princess with her sights set on the Olympics, Alexa is the last person Charlie would ever want to share a rink with -- no matter how good she looks in her figure skating leotard. But when Alexa’s skating partner breaks his ankle and torpedoes her chances for a gold medal career, the two unlikely allies -- along with Alexa’s terrifying, ex-Olympian mother -- strike a Charlie will practice with Alexa until her partner heals, and Alexa’s mother will use her connections to get Charlie back in her hockey uniform.

But as the ice between Charlie and Alexa begins to melt, their partnership only gets more complicated. Charlie’s falling hard -- and not just when she’s trying to land a double axel. What happens when making Alexa’s skating dreams come true means giving up her own?]]> 320 Carli J. Corson 0063370867 Jesse 5 favorites 4.03 2025 It's a Love/Skate Relationship
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]]> <![CDATA[A Little Kissing Between Friends: A Black Romance Novel]]> 61737170
It makes Cyn see Jucee in a different light. One with far fewer boundaries and a lot more kissing.

Juleesa Jones makes great money dancing the early shift and spends most evenings with her son, her Sanity family or at Cyn’s house. Relationships are not high on the priority list—until she’s forced to admit that maybe friendship isn’t the only thing she wants from her bestie.

But hooking up with your ride-or-die is risky. Jucee isn’t just Cyn’s best friend—Jucee is her muse. When Cyn lays down her bars, it’s Jucee she imagines in the club throwing it back to every note. If they aren’t careful, this could crash and burn…but isn’t real love worth it?]]> 304 Chencia C. Higgins 133550821X Jesse 0 to-read 3.66 2024 A Little Kissing Between Friends: A Black Romance Novel
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]]> <![CDATA[Problems (Ruthless Daddies 2, #1)]]> 128079056
Too bad we do.

Ronan denies it. Cian taunts him. I try to ignore his existence. Deep down I know that he needs a firm hand on his soft ass. But why do I want to be the one to give it to him?

He’s the boss's son, forbidden damn fruit, but everytime I see Jack I want to take what’s mine. Turns out so do Cian and Ronan. We’ll do whatever it takes to protect our boy. Even if we have to slaughter everyone who gets in our way.

Jack belongs to us .



Problems i s part of the Ruthless Daddies 2 multi-author collab and a complete standalone. Expect to find a bratty boy, A strict daddy, a soft daddy, a psycho daddy, all the freakin' steam and a guaranteed HEA. Want more deliciously morally gray Daddies and boys? Grab the whole series!]]> 248 Brea Alepoú Jesse 2 3.72 2023 Problems (Ruthless Daddies 2, #1)
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average rating: 3.72
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It did help me pass the time.
]]> The Broposal 212924035 In this Latinx adult romancedebut fromNational Book Award FinalistSonora Reyes, two friends enter into a marriage of convenience to save one from deportation—but everything changes when they unexpectedly fall in love.

Alejandro (Han for short) has never been in love. He purposefully keeps his heart at arm’s length from anyone who might want it, which he lets his family and friends think is due to commitment-phobia paired with a heavy dose of emotional constipation. Now, though, he's coming to learn that it might have more to do with his fear of looking too deeply inward, whether that be his sexuality (he's straight, right?), or the looming anxiety about being undocumented in an increasingly hostile environment.

On the other hand, Han’s roommate and best friend, Kenny, is stuck in a soul-sucking relationship with a woman who wants nothing more than for Kenny to ditch Han and marry her. Kenny can't stand being alone, and has always been afraid of being punished for making the wrong choice, so his girlfriend happily makes most of his decisions for him. But when she forces his hand and makes him choose between their relationship and his best friend, he finally knows without a doubt who the correct choice is.

But things aren’t as easy as they should be with Kenny's ex out of the picture. When Han loses the job that had promised to sponsor his work visa, it leaves the two of them anxious as ever. In order to give his best friend a chance at security (and ok, maybe to make his ex a little jealous), Kenny asks Han to marry him. But neither of them are prepared for the very real feelings pretending to be madly in love stirs up.]]> 384 Sonora Reyes 153876668X Jesse 0 to-read 3.84 2025 The Broposal
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]]> <![CDATA[Heat and Run: A Steamy F/F/F Omegaverse Novella]]> 220137893
As Melina’s heat heightens, the two are swept into a whirlwind of passion. When Camille, Dhanyaris� beta lover, joins them, her playful charm contrasts with Dhany’s smoldering intensity, creating a magnetic pull Melina can’t resist. Trapped by a snowstorm and fueled by primal instincts, they find themselves exploring their most hidden desires.

As the storm subsides and reality looms, will Melina embrace the unexpected bond she’s formed with Dhany and Camille, or will she be lured back into a life away from her omega nature?

Heat and Run is a steamy sapphic omegaverse novella where insatiable lust meets the magic of the holiday season.]]> 144 Adriana Herrera Jesse 0 to-read 3.86 Heat and Run: A Steamy F/F/F Omegaverse Novella
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]]> <![CDATA[Alpha Woman: Steamy Sapphic Werewolf Romance]]> 224038269 SHE HUNTS TO CLAIM.Nestled in a secluded forest cabin, MISOA finds herself unexpectedly swept into her first heat.

Unaware of the werewolf blood coursing through her veins, she becomes the target of an assertive Alpha woman, Seiban who insists they are destined mates. Faced with a choice to flee or embrace the intoxicating connection, Misoa grapples with her own desires as the mysterious woman offers to quell the fiery yearning within her.

Will Misoa escape the allure of the wild or surrender to her mate? ]]> 203 RAQUEL RAELYNN 1960349082 Jesse 0 to-read 4.14 Alpha Woman: Steamy Sapphic Werewolf Romance
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]]> Far From You 20517739 Nine months. Two weeks. Six days.

That's how long recovering addict Sophie's been drug-free. Four months ago her best friend, Mina, died in what everyone believes was a drug deal gone wrong - a deal they think Sophie set up. Only Sophie knows the truth. She and Mina shared a secret, but there was no drug deal. Mina was deliberately murdered.

Forced into rehab for an addiction she'd already beaten, Sophie's finally out and on the trail of the killer—but can she track them down before they come for her?]]> 341 Tess Sharpe 1780621655 Jesse 0 to-read 4.05 2014 Far From You
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]]> <![CDATA[The Kidnapping of Roan Sinclair (The Solnyshko Duet, #1)]]> 58097486
Determined to make it out alive, Roan vows to do whatever is necessary to secure his freedom, even if that means seducing his tall, dark, and broody captor. But it’s not going to be easy�

In the criminal underworld, falling in love with another man is a death sentence, which means if they’re caught, they’re both dead.
​ċċċċċ�

THE KIDNAPPING OF ROAN SINCLAIR is a dark MM mafia romance about a spoiled American who is kidnapped by a Russian criminal and their harrowing journey to survive. Welcome to a world full of angst, steam, and brutal violence. It is intended for a mature audience and reader discretion is advised. A full list of triggers can be found in the front matter of the book and at my website under Tropes & Triggers.]]> 340 Ashlyn Drewek 1955211000 Jesse 0 dnf 3.90 2021 The Kidnapping of Roan Sinclair (The Solnyshko Duet, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Every Word You Never Said (Noahverse, #3)]]> 56706019 HEARTSTOPPER meets FOOTLOOSE in this cute young adult romance about first love, embracing what makes you different, and standing up for what you believe.

⁠� ⁠� ⁠� ⁠� ⁠� ⁠� ⁠�

Jacob Walters′s dad has worked to make his son′s life a living hell. But when the cute new transfer student suffers his father′s wrath, Jacob must make the hardest decisions of his life.

Skylar Gray is adopted, nonverbal, and he feels most comfortable wearing skirts. Life has never been easy, but with a fresh start at a brand-new school, with new parents and in a new state, he just might finally make some friends. Maybe. Honestly it′s hard to focus on anything when gorgeous rocker boy Jacob is around. But it′s hard for Skylar to trust anyone when people have always been quick to ditch him at the first inconvenience; they always seem more than ready to judge him as defective. And the bullies love to confirm it. Skylar has only ever had himself, so why would anything be different this time? Especially for an anxious boy with literally no voice.

Jacob doesn′t give a damn, especially not since he came out over the summer. He expected the hate he got from his father, who mostly acts as if it never happened, but he refuses to let it hold him back. It doesn′t matter, Jacob′s over it. He's going to paint his nails, dye his hair, and strike a heavy riff on his guitar if he wants to, even if it means being grounded most of senior year. But when the cute nonverbal transfer student, Skylar, wears a skirt to school, prompting a sexist new dress code proposal, Jacob decides it′s time to take a stand, no matter the risk to himself.

- - - - - - - - - - -

TW: Homophobia & Homophobic Slurs, Bullying, Sexism, Ableism, Religious Trauma]]> 417 Jordon Greene Jesse 0 to-read 3.75 2022 Every Word You Never Said (Noahverse, #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[Always the Villain (Vitale Brothers, #6)]]> 223058218
Book 6 will be a gut wrenching story that will have you questioning your morals along with your sanity. Blurb to come.]]> Brea Alepoú Jesse 0 to-read 4.67 Always the Villain (Vitale Brothers, #6)
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]]> <![CDATA[Break Me Daddy (Mafia Daddies, #1)]]> 59824869 I did something stupid.

Something needlessly, hopelessly, stupid and now my past is catching up with me. I knew when I saw that cash I should have left it alone, but I needed it. And doesn’t the world owe me a little bit of luck? A little reprieve from the constant BS?

Sorry. I can’t help but to rant about my situation because the truth is that I am royally screwed. You see, I stole money from the mob. One stupid decision made in the heat of the moment and now I’m running for my life. A friend gave me enough money to hide�

But he’s coming for me.

Amadeo wants to possess everything that I am and punish me for what I’ve done. Maybe I could take that if he wasn’t so intent on making me call him ‘Daddy�. And maybe I wouldn’t care about that title, if it didn’t make me tingly all over. But I despise him and I always will. No matter what my stupid body…and heart…has to say.

Break me Daddy is a full-length MM Daddy romance with morally gray characters, a possessive and demanding Daddy, a willful and bratty boy, a load of bloody violence and a well deserved HEA.]]> 345 Skyler Snow Jesse 0 to-read 3.83 2022 Break Me Daddy (Mafia Daddies, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[End It All (Vitale Brothers, #5)]]> 221748978 What do you do when your only way out is to join a family you never knew existed?

I’m not well behaved, that’s a given. But meeting the Vitale’s puts my life into perspective. They’re everything I’ve longed for; rich, adventurous, fearless, and close. Really close.

This is supposed to be my family too.

So why do I feel like an outsider?

I have no choice except to fit in because I can’t go back home. Not when I’m on the run�

Amidst the chaos of a cooling war, a family struggle, and the law nipping at my heels, I meet Quincy. Bold, crazy, and hot as a five alarm fire.This man is the grand red flag of all red flags, but then again so am I.

And I’ve always loved to play with fire.


The fifth book in the Vitale Brothers series. Each book can be read as a standalone but is best read in order. HEA guaranteed. Make sure to check out the TWs.]]> 393 Brea Alepoú Jesse 5 4.13 End It All (Vitale Brothers, #5)
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This may be my favourite one yet!
]]> Katabasis 210223811 Two graduate students must set aside their rivalry and journey to Hell to save their professor’s soul, perhaps at the cost of their own.

Alice Law has only ever had one goal: to become one of the brightest minds in the field of Magick. She has sacrificed everything to make that a reality—her pride, her health, her love life, and most definitely her sanity. All to work with Professor Jacob Grimes at Cambridge, the greatest magician in the world—that is, until he dies in a magical accident that could possibly be her fault.

Grimes is now in Hell, and she’s going in after him. Because his recommendation could hold her very future in his now incorporeal hands, and even death is not going to stop the pursuit of her dreams. Nor will the fact that her rival, Peter Murdoch, has come to the same conclusion.]]> 400 R.F. Kuang Jesse 0 to-read 4.04 2025 Katabasis
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]]> Babel 57945316 From award-winning author R. F. Kuang comes Babel, a historical fantasy epic that grapples with student revolutions, colonial resistance, and the use of language and translation as the dominating tool of the British Empire

Traduttore, traditore: An act of translation is always an act of betrayal.

1828. Robin Swift, orphaned by cholera in Canton, is brought to London by the mysterious Professor Lovell. There, he trains for years in Latin, Ancient Greek, and Chinese, all in preparation for the day he’ll enroll in Oxford University’s prestigious Royal Institute of Translation—also known as Babel. The tower and its students are the world's center for translation and, more importantly, magic. Silver-working—the art of manifesting the meaning lost in translation using enchanted silver bars—has made the British unparalleled in power, as the arcane craft serves the Empire's quest for colonization.

For Robin, Oxford is a utopia dedicated to the pursuit of knowledge. But knowledge obeys power, and as a Chinese boy raised in Britain, Robin realizes serving Babel means betraying his motherland. As his studies progress, Robin finds himself caught between Babel and the shadowy Hermes Society, an organization dedicated to stopping imperial expansion. When Britain pursues an unjust war with China over silver and opium, Robin must decide . . .

Can powerful institutions be changed from within, or does revolution always require violence?]]> 544 R.F. Kuang 0063021420 Jesse 5 reread, favorites 4.17 2022 Babel
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]]> <![CDATA[This Is How You Lose the Time War]]> 43352954 Burn before reading. Thus begins an unlikely correspondence between two rival agents hellbent on securing the best possible future for their warring factions. Now, what began as a taunt, a battlefield boast, grows into something more. Something epic. Something romantic. Something that could change the past and the future.

Except the discovery of their bond would mean death for each of them. There's still a war going on, after all. And someone has to win that war.]]> 209 Amal El-Mohtar Jesse 0 currently-reading 3.86 2019 This Is How You Lose the Time War
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]]> A Little Life 25852828 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER � A stunning “portrait of the enduring grace of friendship� (NPR) about the families we are born into, and those that we make for ourselves. A masterful depiction of love in the twenty-first century.

NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST � MAN BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST � WINNER OF THE KIRKUS PRIZE �

A Little Life follows four college classmates—broke, adrift, and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition—as they move to New York in search of fame and fortune. While their relationships, which are tinged by addiction, success, and pride, deepen over the decades, the men are held together by their devotion to the brilliant, enigmatic Jude, a man scarred by an unspeakable childhood trauma. A hymn to brotherly bonds and a masterful depiction of love in the twenty-first century, Hanya Yanagihara’s stunning novel is about the families we are born into, and those that we make for ourselves.]]> 816 Hanya Yanagihara 0804172706 Jesse 5 favorites
Oh Jude. My sweet sweet Judy. My beautiful Jude.

This book was so tragically beautiful. I don’t have the words. I loved every minute of it. The depictions of trauma, friendship and love in all the forms it can take was so grappling and hard to read at times.

Harold the light of eyes.

Oh Jude. My sweet sweet Jude. ]]> 4.36 2015 A Little Life
author: Hanya Yanagihara
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I cannot believe that Wilhelm died.

Oh Jude. My sweet sweet Judy. My beautiful Jude.

This book was so tragically beautiful. I don’t have the words. I loved every minute of it. The depictions of trauma, friendship and love in all the forms it can take was so grappling and hard to read at times.

Harold the light of eyes.

Oh Jude. My sweet sweet Jude.
]]> The Kite Runner 17165596 The Kite Runner is a beautifully crafted novel set in a country that is in the process of being destroyed. It is about the power of reading, the price of betrayal, and the possibility of redemption; and an exploration of the power of fathers over sons—their love, their sacrifices, their lies.

A sweeping story of family, love, and friendship told against the devastating backdrop of the history of Afghanistan over the last thirty years, The Kite Runner is an unusual and powerful novel that has become a beloved, one-of-a-kind classic.

The 10th anniversary edition of the New York Times bestseller and international classic loved by millions of readers.

]]> 371 Khaled Hosseini Jesse 5 favorites
I did not expect to be rooting for Amir by the end.

It's interesting to me how he is exactly like his Baba.

I cried a lot.]]> 4.47 2003 The Kite Runner
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So heartbreaking and raw. My favourite book of Hosseini.

I did not expect to be rooting for Amir by the end.

It's interesting to me how he is exactly like his Baba.

I cried a lot.
]]> Giovanni’s Room 38462 here.

Baldwin's haunting and controversial second novel is his most sustained treatment of sexuality, and a classic of gay literature. In a 1950s Paris swarming with expatriates and characterized by dangerous liaisons and hidden violence, an American finds himself unable to repress his impulses, despite his determination to live the conventional life he envisions for himself. After meeting and proposing to a young woman, he falls into a lengthy affair with an Italian bartender and is confounded and tortured by his sexual identity as he oscillates between the two.

Examining the mystery of love and passion in an intensely imagined narrative, Baldwin creates a moving and complex story of death and desire that is revelatory in its insight.]]> 159 James Baldwin Jesse 0 to-read 4.31 1956 Giovanni’s Room
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]]> Alone With You in the Ether 61126612
Two people meet in the Art Institute by chance. Prior to their encounter, he is a doctoral student who manages his destructive thoughts with compulsive calculations about time travel; she is a bipolar counterfeit artist, undergoing court-ordered psychotherapy. By the end of the story, these things will still be true. But this is not a story about endings.

For Regan, people are predictable and tedious, including and perhaps especially herself. She copes with the dreariness of existence by living impulsively, imagining a new, alternate timeline being created in the wake of every rash decision.

To Aldo, the world feels disturbingly chaotic. He gets through his days by erecting a wall of routine: a backbeat of rules and formulas that keep him going. Without them, the entire framework of his existence would collapse.

For Regan and Aldo, life has been a matter of resigning themselves to the blueprints of inevitability—until the two meet. Could six conversations with a stranger be the variable that shakes up the entire simulation?

From Olivie Blake, the New York Times bestselling author of The Atlas Six, comes an intimate and contemporary study of time, space, and the nature of love. Alone with You in the Ether explores what it means to be unwell, and how to face the fractures of yourself and still love as if you're not broken.]]> 288 Olivie Blake 1250888166 Jesse 3
This was definitely something. I am not a big fan of the writing style but I can acknowledge that this book had some good moments and lots of nuggets. ]]> 3.69 2020 Alone With You in the Ether
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3.5

This was definitely something. I am not a big fan of the writing style but I can acknowledge that this book had some good moments and lots of nuggets.
]]> Wolfsong (Green Creek, #1) 62039417
Oxnard Matheson was twelve when his father taught him that Ox wasn’t worth anything and people would never understand him. Then his father left.

Ox was sixteen when the energetic Bennett family moved in next door, harboring a secret that would change him forever. The Bennetts are shapeshifters. They can transform into wolves at will. Drawn to their magic, loyalty, and enduring friendships, Ox feels a gulf between this extraordinary new world and the quiet life he’s known, but he finds an ally in Joe, the youngest Bennett boy.

Ox was twenty-three when murder came to town and tore a hole in his heart. Violence flared, tragedy split the pack, and Joe left town, leaving Ox behind. Three years later, the boy is back. Except now he’s a man � charming, handsome, but haunted � and Ox can no longer ignore the song that howls between them.

The beloved fantasy romance sensation by New York Times bestselling author TJ Klune, about love, loyalty, betrayal, and family.

The Green Creek Series is for adult readers.

Now available from Tor Books.]]> 528 T.J. Klune 1250890314 Jesse 0 dnf 4.04 2016 Wolfsong (Green Creek, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Boyfriend Material (London Calling, #1)]]> 50225678 425 Alexis Hall 1728206146 Jesse 5 favorites, reread 3.98 2020 Boyfriend Material (London Calling, #1)
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average rating: 3.98
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I don’t play about Lucien and Oliver.
]]> <![CDATA[The Burning God (The Poppy War, #3)]]> 57094235 The exciting end to the Poppy War trilogy, R. F. Kuang’s acclaimed, award-winning epic fantasy that combines the history of twentieth-century China with a gripping world of gods and monsters, to devastating, enthralling effect.

After saving her nation of Nikan from foreign invaders and battling the evil Empress Su Daji in a brutal civil war, Fang Runin was betrayed by allies and left for dead.

Despite her losses, Rin hasn’t given up on those for whom she has sacrificed so much—the people of the southern provinces and especially Tikany, the village that is her home. Returning to her roots, Rin meets difficult challenges—and unexpected opportunities. While her new allies in the Southern Coalition leadership are sly and untrustworthy, Rin quickly realizes that the real power in Nikan lies with the millions of common people who thirst for vengeance and revere her as a goddess of salvation.

Backed by the masses and her Southern Army, Rin will use every weapon to defeat the Dragon Republic, the colonizing Hesperians, and all who threaten the shamanic arts and their practitioners. As her power and influence grows, though, will she be strong enough to resist the Phoenix’s intoxicating voice urging her to burn the world and everything in it?]]> 636 R.F. Kuang 0062662643 Jesse 5
1. Kitay
2. Nezha
3. Pipaji

Not gonna lie I teared up for Pipaji. I love that girl so much. The ending was what pushed the book to five stars for me.
Rin is so painfully human I can’t help but be frustrated by her. She’s so stubborn but her final moment of realization was everything to me. Her final act was really her best act in my opinion.

Oh Kitay my sweet lovely brave Kitay❤️

Nezha, he’s more than an antagonist to me.

Honourable mention:

Venka you deserved so much better. Not gonna lie I did suspect her but even if she did it she deserved so much better. ]]> 4.40 2020 The Burning God (The Poppy War, #3)
author: R.F. Kuang
name: Jesse
average rating: 4.40
book published: 2020
rating: 5
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I was not ready at all!!!

1. Kitay
2. Nezha
3. Pipaji

Not gonna lie I teared up for Pipaji. I love that girl so much. The ending was what pushed the book to five stars for me.
Rin is so painfully human I can’t help but be frustrated by her. She’s so stubborn but her final moment of realization was everything to me. Her final act was really her best act in my opinion.

Oh Kitay my sweet lovely brave Kitay❤️

Nezha, he’s more than an antagonist to me.

Honourable mention:

Venka you deserved so much better. Not gonna lie I did suspect her but even if she did it she deserved so much better.
]]> The Vegetarian 25489025
Celebrated by critics around the world, The Vegetarian is a darkly allegorical, Kafka-esque tale of power, obsession, and one woman’s struggle to break free from the violence both without and within her.]]> 188 Han Kang 0553448188 Jesse 0 to-read 3.61 2007 The Vegetarian
author: Han Kang
name: Jesse
average rating: 3.61
book published: 2007
rating: 0
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]]> 1984 61439040
Alternate cover edition can be found here.]]> 368 George Orwell 0452284236 Jesse 5 reread, favorites
This book articulated how I feel about certain things so well. I saw the twist coming but at the same time I didn't see it coming. I think of this book all the time. This was definitely a mind fuck and I'd like to read it again.

I'm on Animal Farm and I'm very interested to read.

Orwell has a wonderful way with words. ]]> 4.21 1949 1984
author: George Orwell
name: Jesse
average rating: 4.21
book published: 1949
rating: 5
read at: 2023/08/25
date added: 2025/01/06
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I loved it. It did take me a minute read but I think that's good because I got to absorb the book for what it was. I miss doing Sociology as a student and I don't do it in university anymore and this definitely filled the hole.

This book articulated how I feel about certain things so well. I saw the twist coming but at the same time I didn't see it coming. I think of this book all the time. This was definitely a mind fuck and I'd like to read it again.

I'm on Animal Farm and I'm very interested to read.

Orwell has a wonderful way with words.
]]> Turtles All the Way Down 35504431
Aza Holmes never intended to pursue the disappearance of fugitive billionaire Russell Pickett, but there’s a hundred-thousand-dollar reward at stake and her Best and Most Fearless Friend, Daisy, is eager to investigate. So together, they navigate the short distance and broad divides that separate them from Pickett’s son Davis.

Aza is trying. She is trying to be a good daughter, a good friend, a good student, and maybe even a good detective, while also living within the ever-tightening spiral of her own thoughts.]]> 290 John Green 0525555366 Jesse 4 reread, favorites Aza my love❤️ 3.87 2017 Turtles All the Way Down
author: John Green
name: Jesse
average rating: 3.87
book published: 2017
rating: 4
read at: 2023/09/25
date added: 2025/01/06
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Aza my love❤️
]]> <![CDATA[Heated Rivalry (Game Changers #2)]]> 41735449 “Sexy, hot, funny and sweet, Heated Rivalry is a game changer in sexy sports romance.�� All About Romance

Nothing interferes with Shane Hollander’s game—definitely not the sexy rival he loves to hate.

Pro hockey star Shane Hollander isn’t just crazy talented, he’s got a spotless reputation. Hockey is his life. Now that he’s captain of the Montreal Voyageurs, he won’t let anything jeopardize that, especially the sexy Russian whose hard body keeps him awake at night.

Boston Bears captain Ilya Rozanov is everything Shane’s not. The self-proclaimed king of the ice, he’s as cocky as he is talented. No one can beat him—except Shane. They’ve made a career on their legendary rivalry, but when the skates come off, the heat between them is undeniable. When Ilya realizes he wants more than a few secret hookups, he knows he must walk away. The risk is too great.

As their attraction intensifies, they struggle to keep their relationship out of the public eye. If the truth comes out, it could ruin them both. But when their need for each other rivals their ambition on the ice, secrecy is no longer an option.

USA TODAY bestselling author Rachel Reid

Game Changers
Book 1: Game Changer
Book 2: Heated Rivalry
Book 3: Tough Guy
Book 4: Common Goal
Book 5: Role Model
Book 6: The Long Game]]> 375 Rachel Reid 1488051240 Jesse 5 reread, favorites
What I like about this book is how I grew with the characters without even realizing it. I matured alongside them and it felt so natural and easy. The journey of their relationship is admittedly one of the smoothest ones I have ever read. It was seamless without rush. I fell in love alongside them.

Early on I was rooting for Shane. I like Ilya but I grew to love him and that is fucking special. I’m so fucking happy nobody was outted. That is a plot device I genuinely hate. It cause such unnecessary emotional turmoil.

I love everything about this book and I am excited to read more from Mrs. Reid.

Thank you❤️]]> 4.36 2019 Heated Rivalry (Game Changers #2)
author: Rachel Reid
name: Jesse
average rating: 4.36
book published: 2019
rating: 5
read at: 2023/09/11
date added: 2025/01/06
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I loved itttttt

What I like about this book is how I grew with the characters without even realizing it. I matured alongside them and it felt so natural and easy. The journey of their relationship is admittedly one of the smoothest ones I have ever read. It was seamless without rush. I fell in love alongside them.

Early on I was rooting for Shane. I like Ilya but I grew to love him and that is fucking special. I’m so fucking happy nobody was outted. That is a plot device I genuinely hate. It cause such unnecessary emotional turmoil.

I love everything about this book and I am excited to read more from Mrs. Reid.

Thank you❤️
]]> The Song of Achilles 13623848 Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780062060624.

Achilles, "the best of all the Greeks," son of the cruel sea goddess Thetis and the legendary king Peleus, is strong, swift, and beautiful, irresistible to all who meet him. Patroclus is an awkward young prince, exiled from his homeland after an act of shocking violence. Brought together by chance, they forge an inseparable bond, despite risking the gods' wrath.

They are trained by the centaur Chiron in the arts of war and medicine, but when word comes that Helen of Sparta has been kidnapped, all the heroes of Greece are called upon to lay siege to Troy in her name. Seduced by the promise of a glorious destiny, Achilles joins their cause, and torn between love and fear for his friend, Patroclus follows. Little do they know that the cruel Fates will test them both as never before and demand a terrible sacrifice.]]> 408 Madeline Miller Jesse 5 favorites, reread Pa-tro-clus<br /><br />Wow. 4.30 2011 The Song of Achilles
author: Madeline Miller
name: Jesse
average rating: 4.30
book published: 2011
rating: 5
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Pa-tro-clus

Wow.
]]> Yellowface 62047984
So what if June edits Athena’s novel and sends it to her agent as her own work? So what if she lets her new publisher rebrand her as Juniper Song—complete with an ambiguously ethnic author photo? This piece of history deserve to be told, whoever the teller. That is what June believes, and The New York Times bestseller list agrees.

But June cannot escape Athena’s shadow, and emerging evidence threatens her stolen success. As she races to protect her secret she discovers exactly how far she will go to keep what she thinks she deserves.]]> 319 R.F. Kuang 000853277X Jesse 4 favorites, reread 4.5 3.69 2023 Yellowface
author: R.F. Kuang
name: Jesse
average rating: 3.69
book published: 2023
rating: 4
read at: 2023/12/13
date added: 2025/01/06
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review:
4.5
]]> <![CDATA[Last Night at the Telegraph Club]]> 35224992 A story of love and duty set in San Francisco's Chinatown during the Red Scare.

“That book. It was about two women, and they fell in love with each other.� And then Lily asked the question that had taken root in her, that was even now unfurling its leaves and demanding to be shown the sun: “Have you ever heard of such a thing?�

Seventeen-year-old Lily Hu can’t remember exactly when the question took root, but the answer was in full bloom the moment she and Kathleen Miller walked under the flashing neon sign of a lesbian bar called the Telegraph Club.

America in 1954 is not a safe place for two girls to fall in love, especially not in Chinatown. Red-Scare paranoia threatens everyone, including Chinese Americans like Lily. With deportation looming over her father—despite his hard-won citizenship—Lily and Kath risk everything to let their love see the light of day.]]> 409 Malinda Lo 0525555250 Jesse 5 favorites, reread Lily has that dog in her!! 4.21 2021 Last Night at the Telegraph Club
author: Malinda Lo
name: Jesse
average rating: 4.21
book published: 2021
rating: 5
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Lily has that dog in her!!
]]> The Stranger 49552 The Stranger has long been considered a classic of twentieth-century literature. Le Monde ranks it as number one on its "100 Books of the Century" list. Through this story of an ordinary man unwittingly drawn into a senseless murder on a sundrenched Algerian beach, Camus explores what he termed "the nakedness of man faced with the absurd."]]> 123 Albert Camus Jesse 0 reread 4.04 1942 The Stranger
author: Albert Camus
name: Jesse
average rating: 4.04
book published: 1942
rating: 0
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I don't know what to say about this book.
]]> Submit (Mafia Doms #1) 198628809
I have a secret. I'm gay, and I'm submissive. My family can't ever find out, because if they do, they'll disown me at best. The son of the Winters Gang leader can't be gay...

And he definitely can't be in a relationship with Silvano Cresci, the new head of our most hated rival gang. I can't stop thinking about him. I can't stop lusting for him, and the way he made me submit, the way he could get me to the edge with just a few words and touches. I've never met anyone else who could push my buttons so well.

But I'm done with him. After he betrayed me, I vowed never to see him ever again.

Unfortunately, Silvano has other ideas--and I can't help but be drawn into his sphere again. He's so sure I'm going to be his perfect pet, but I refuse to go down without a fight.

But my body remembers all too well what it's like to be dominated by him, and he's getting harder and harder to resist...

Submit is a standalone MM mafia romance featuring dark themes and content such as toys, CNC, "kidnapping," smaller Dom/bigger sub, impact play, and more. Please visit the authors' websites or look inside for more details.]]> 252 Adara Wolf Jesse 0 to-read 3.85 2023 Submit (Mafia Doms #1)
author: Adara Wolf
name: Jesse
average rating: 3.85
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]]> <![CDATA[The Silencer (Unexpectedly Twisted, #1)]]> 214445063 Anthony Costello may be a vicious mafia boss with a penchant for violence and torture, but he’s also my best friend’s father and the sexiest man I’ve ever laid eyes on. His buttoned-up demeanor and grumpy attitude only fuel my desire to take him apart. I live to push all his buttons. And though he says he’s straight, it seems Anthony may have a soft spot and possessive streak for this smart-mouthed twink. Because as war between rival gangs escalates, things between Anthony and I start to heat up. And I think I’d rather like to sit on the king’s lap to watch it all burn.

The Unexpectedly Twisted series is a rom-com mafia spin-off of the Unexpected series. It contains dark themes and triggers, please see content warnings at the beginning of each book.]]> 304 Cora Rose Jesse 0 to-read 4.00 The Silencer (Unexpectedly Twisted, #1)
author: Cora Rose
name: Jesse
average rating: 4.00
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]]> Tied to You 181496332
I have nothing. I feel nothing. Nobody cares about me and I crave to feel something. To be wanted.

When life can't get any worse, it suddenly drops a hot Russian bad boy in front of me whose orbit I have been thrust into.

He won't let me go. He annoys me. He thrills me. I hate him. And I can't wait for him to catch me.

Dima

I'm obsessed as soon as my eyes land on Seb. He is the hottest thing I've seen. I must stake my claim on him.

He thinks he has a choice. He doesn't. He thinks he can run from me. He can't. I will catch him and take whats mine.

I will devour him. I will claim him. He will be mine.]]> 200 Syn Blackrose Jesse 0 to-read 3.70 Tied to You
author: Syn Blackrose
name: Jesse
average rating: 3.70
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]]> To Catch a Firefly 203499988 He was my beginning. And my never-ending.

Ellis
There’s a lot I’ve never told my best friend. The fact that I love him. That I miss him every day he’s gone. That, sometimes, I ache for him with a ferocity that leaves me breathless.

Lucky Buchanan tore into my life as a boy, wild and daring, my opposite in every way. He drew me in, stole my heart without trying. He hears me, even though I rarely speak a word. But I always knew this place wouldn’t be enough for my free-spirited friend. I knew he wasn’t mine to keep.

So why, when I finally try to get over him, does he sweep back into town? Why is he upset? Why is there tension between us for the first time in years?

I never saw a future where Lucky could be mine. But now, unless I want to lose my friend, I might not have a choice but to tell the truth. My heart belongs to him. It has from the start.

If only I knew how to hold onto a creature that’s meant to fly.

To Catch a Firefly is a standalone, childhood friends-to-lovers romance told in dual POV. There’s epic levels of pining, a neurodivergent MC with selective mutism, two friends who always come back to one another, glass hearts and romantic declarations, and a HEA beneath the night sky.]]> 313 Emmy Sanders Jesse 0 to-read 4.41 2024 To Catch a Firefly
author: Emmy Sanders
name: Jesse
average rating: 4.41
book published: 2024
rating: 0
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]]> Sunburn 75715117 Selected as an Evening Standard 'one to watch in 2023'

It's the early 1990s, and in the Irish village of Crossmore, Lucy feels out of place. Despite her fierce friendships, she's always felt this way, and the conventional path of marriage and motherhood doesn't appeal to her at all. Not even with handsome and doting Martin, her closest childhood friend.

Lucy begins to make sense of herself during a long hot summer, when a spark with her school friend Susannah escalates to an all-consuming infatuation, and, very quickly, to a desperate and devastating love.

Fearful of rejection from her small and conservative community, Lucy begins living a double life, hiding the most honest parts of herself in stolen moments with Susannah.

But with the end of school and the opportunity to leave Crossmore looming, Lucy must choose between two places, two people and two futures, each as terrifying as the other. But only one can offer her real happiness.

Sunburn is an astute and tender portrayal of first love, adolescent anxiety and the realities of growing up in a small town where tradition holds people tightly in its grasp.]]> 288 Chloe Michelle Howarth 0857308416 Jesse 0 to-read 4.33 2023 Sunburn
author: Chloe Michelle Howarth
name: Jesse
average rating: 4.33
book published: 2023
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous]]> 41880609 On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous is a letter from a son to a mother who cannot read. Written when the speaker, Little Dog, is in his late twenties, the letter unearths a family's history that began before he was born � a history whose epicenter is rooted in Vietnam � and serves as a doorway into parts of his life his mother has never known, all of it leading to an unforgettable revelation. At once a witness to the fraught yet undeniable love between a single mother and her son, it is also a brutally honest exploration of race, class, and masculinity. Asking questions central to our American moment, immersed as we are in addiction, violence, and trauma, but undergirded by compassion and tenderness, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous is as much about the power of telling one's own story as it is about the obliterating silence of not being heard.

With stunning urgency and grace, Ocean Vuong writes of people caught between disparate worlds, and asks how we heal and rescue one another without forsaking who we are. The question of how to survive, and how to make of it a kind of joy, powers the most important debut novel of many years.]]> 246 Ocean Vuong 0525562028 Jesse 0 to-read 4.05 2019 On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
author: Ocean Vuong
name: Jesse
average rating: 4.05
book published: 2019
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]]> <![CDATA[The Dragon Republic (The Poppy War, #2)]]> 52936950 Rin’s story continues in this acclaimed sequel to The Poppy War—an epic fantasy combining the history of twentieth-century China with a gripping world of gods and monsters.

The war is over.

The war has just begun.

Three times throughout its history, Nikan has fought for its survival in the bloody Poppy Wars. Though the third battle has just ended, shaman and warrior Rin cannot forget the atrocity she committed to save her people. Now she is on the run from her guilt, the opium addiction that holds her like a vice, and the murderous commands of the fiery Phoenix—the vengeful god who has blessed Rin with her fearsome power.

Though she does not want to live, she refuses to die until she avenges the traitorous Empress who betrayed Rin’s homeland to its enemies. Her only hope is to join forces with the powerful Dragon Warlord, who plots to conquer Nikan, unseat the Empress, and create a new republic.

But neither the Empress nor the Dragon Warlord are what they seem. The more Rin witnesses, the more she fears her love for Nikan will force her to use the Phoenix’s deadly power once more.

Because there is nothing Rin won’t sacrifice to save her country . . . and exact her vengeance.]]> 658 R.F. Kuang 0062662600 Jesse 4 favorites
Rin suffers from dumb bitch syndrome. She has no critical thinking skills.

1. Kitay
2. Venya
3. Chaghan
4.Suni
5. Baji
6. Ramsa
7. Rin
8. Daji

Rin was so frustrating this book. She did not think two steps ahead of her and she's so impulsive. Her character is brilliantly and frustratingly flawed.

I was really rooting for Nezha. Back stabbing bitch!

Suni's death really hurt me. He and Baji are such sweethearts. The blood of the Cike is on Rin's hands. Idk what Rin is planning to do but I hope she thinks it through. As long as she thinks about what she is doing and stops being a lapdog I am behind her 100%

Lastly, Fuck Hesperia. They must be burned for their existence and as a plague on the Nikaran society. I hope the South defects and becomes independent. ]]> 4.47 2019 The Dragon Republic (The Poppy War, #2)
author: R.F. Kuang
name: Jesse
average rating: 4.47
book published: 2019
rating: 4
read at: 2024/12/27
date added: 2024/12/27
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review:
4.5

Rin suffers from dumb bitch syndrome. She has no critical thinking skills.

1. Kitay
2. Venya
3. Chaghan
4.Suni
5. Baji
6. Ramsa
7. Rin
8. Daji

Rin was so frustrating this book. She did not think two steps ahead of her and she's so impulsive. Her character is brilliantly and frustratingly flawed.

I was really rooting for Nezha. Back stabbing bitch!

Suni's death really hurt me. He and Baji are such sweethearts. The blood of the Cike is on Rin's hands. Idk what Rin is planning to do but I hope she thinks it through. As long as she thinks about what she is doing and stops being a lapdog I am behind her 100%

Lastly, Fuck Hesperia. They must be burned for their existence and as a plague on the Nikaran society. I hope the South defects and becomes independent.
]]> <![CDATA[The Oath We Give (Hollow Boys, #5)]]> 126835939
Two years.
That’s all the peace we had before our past awoke from the dead.
Rose from the grave with malicious hands, famished, and ready to bury us six feet below. The tombstones of our enemies have been overturned, and we are reminded that we can never escape the chains of the corrupt.
Seeking retribution for my lost love consumed my past, but that violence and desire for punishment now jeopardized the future of those closest to me.
We are given one choice, a singular option.
Return to Ponderosa Springs. Or reap the consequences.
But it’s more than the infamous Hollow Boys in danger this time.
It’s her.
The cursed one.
A mirage of a woman too stubborn for her own good.
Coraline Whittaker and I share a common enemy. Her fear of him and his possession over her is the only reason she agrees to work with me.
We promise to protect one another. Share the weight of his return and the misery his presences brings; Till death do us part or the man plaguing her dreams is finally sent to the grave.
What she doesn’t know is there is more than a villain weaving us together.
It’s not just the revenge I want. It’s not the satisfaction of ruining the town that tainted us.
I want her.
Once again, I’ve taken a vow to protect someone, took her vengeance and made it my own.
Still waters have always run deep.
Ponderosa Springs isn’t the only one with secrets. I’ll let the world know mine before they take her away from me. That rotting town knows what I do to people who take things that belong to me.
A mistake repeated?
Not even God himself will deliver them from my evil.]]> 429 Monty Jay Jesse 2 Finally done 4.29 2023 The Oath We Give (Hollow Boys, #5)
author: Monty Jay
name: Jesse
average rating: 4.29
book published: 2023
rating: 2
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Finally done
]]> Crying in H Mart 54814676
In this exquisite story of family, food, grief, and endurance, Michelle Zauner proves herself far more than a dazzling singer, songwriter, and guitarist. With humour and heart, she tells of growing up the only Asian-American kid at her school in Eugene, Oregon; of struggling with her mother’s particular, high expectations of her; of a painful adolescence; of treasured months spent in her grandmother’s tiny apartment in Seoul, where she and her mother would bond, late at night, over heaping plates of food. As she grew up, moving to the east coast for college, finding work in the restaurant industry, performing gigs with her fledgling band � and meeting the man who would become her husband � her Koreanness began to feel ever more distant, even as she found the life she wanted to live.

It was her mother’s diagnosis of terminal pancreatic cancer, when Michelle was twenty-five, that forced a reckoning with her identity and brought her to reclaim the gifts of taste, language, and history her mother had given her.

Vivacious, lyrical and honest, Michelle Zauner’s voice is as radiantly alive on the page as it is onstage. Rich with intimate anecdotes that will resonate widely, Crying in H Mart is a book to cherish, share, and reread.]]> 243 Michelle Zauner 0525657746 Jesse 0 to-read 4.25 2021 Crying in H Mart
author: Michelle Zauner
name: Jesse
average rating: 4.25
book published: 2021
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]]> I'm Glad My Mom Died 59364173
Jennette McCurdy was six years old when she had her first acting audition. Her mother’s dream was for her only daughter to become a star, and Jennette would do anything to make her mother happy. So she went along with what Mom called “calorie restriction,� eating little and weighing herself five times a day. She endured extensive at-home makeovers while Mom chided, “Your eyelashes are invisible, okay? You think Dakota Fanning doesn’t tint hers?� She was even showered by Mom until age sixteen while sharing her diaries, email, and all her income.

In I’m Glad My Mom Died, Jennette recounts all this in unflinching detail—just as she chronicles what happens when the dream finally comes true. Cast in a new Nickelodeon series called iCarly , she is thrust into fame. Though Mom is ecstatic, emailing fan club moderators and getting on a first-name basis with the paparazzi (“Hi Gale!�), Jennette is riddled with anxiety, shame, and self-loathing, which manifest into eating disorders, addiction, and a series of unhealthy relationships. These issues only get worse when, soon after taking the lead in the iCarly spinoff Sam & Cat alongside Ariana Grande, her mother dies of cancer. Finally, after discovering therapy and quitting acting, Jennette embarks on recovery and decides for the first time in her life what she really wants.

Told with refreshing candor and dark humor, I’m Glad My Mom Died is an inspiring story of resilience, independence, and the joy of shampooing your own hair.]]> 320 Jennette McCurdy Jesse 0 to-read 4.45 2022 I'm Glad My Mom Died
author: Jennette McCurdy
name: Jesse
average rating: 4.45
book published: 2022
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]]> <![CDATA[The Blood We Crave: Part Two (The Hollow Boys, #4)]]> 123018867
I'd always believed my love was enough to save him. To protect him.

I was wrong.

The Copycat killer gets closer every day, and I can’t help but feel his every move is in my direction.

With dead ends around every curve and bodies piling up, it seems our time is running out.

They took him from me. Stole the last bit of light and left him empty.

Now, it’s not only the Hollow Boys who are seeking revenge.

I'm out for blood. A war path for vengeance.

They wanted a villain?

I’ll give them one.]]> 333 Monty Jay Jesse 0 dnf 4.19 The Blood We Crave: Part Two (The Hollow Boys, #4)
author: Monty Jay
name: Jesse
average rating: 4.19
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]]> <![CDATA[The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)]]> 41454019
When Rin aced the Keju—the Empire-wide test to find the most talented youth to learn at the Academies—it was a shock to everyone: to the test officials, who couldn’t believe a war orphan from Rooster Province could pass without cheating; to Rin’s guardians, who believed they’d finally be able to marry her off and further their criminal enterprise; and to Rin herself, who realized she was finally free of the servitude and despair that had made up her daily existence. That she got into Sinegard—the most elite military school in Nikan—was even more surprising.

But surprises aren’t always good.

Because being a dark-skinned peasant girl from the south is not an easy thing at Sinegard. Targeted from the outset by rival classmates for her color, poverty, and gender, Rin discovers she possesses a lethal, unearthly power—an aptitude for the nearly-mythical art of shamanism. Exploring the depths of her gift with the help of a seemingly insane teacher and psychoactive substances, Rin learns that gods long thought dead are very much alive—and that mastering control over those powers could mean more than just surviving school.

For while the Nikara Empire is at peace, the Federation of Mugen still lurks across a narrow sea. The militarily advanced Federation occupied Nikan for decades after the First Poppy War, and only barely lost the continent in the Second. And while most of the people are complacent to go about their lives, a few are aware that a Third Poppy War is just a spark away . . .

Rin’s shamanic powers may be the only way to save her people. But as she finds out more about the god that has chosen her, the vengeful Phoenix, she fears that winning the war may cost her humanity . . . and that it may already be too late.]]> 527 R.F. Kuang 0062662589 Jesse 5 favorites
Oh Brah. Rin. She's still my god. I support her blindly through thick and thin. I still have hate for Altan idgaf. He shouldn't have slapped and verbally abused Rin. Idgaf what he was going through.

Jiang, I still think he is wise and everyone should listen to him BUT the Speers deserve retribution and vengeance.

I need to see the Empress burn. She must pay for her crimes.

1. Rin
2. Kitay
3. Nezha
4. Jiang
5. Niang
6. Venka
7. Changhan

Separately, I feel like a lot of propaganda is going on so I am interested in maybe learning what actually happened. I love Speer history and I have great interest in learning more. I would love to see the war from the Federation's perspective. And lastly is Kesegi okay?
]]> 4.30 2018 The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
author: R.F. Kuang
name: Jesse
average rating: 4.30
book published: 2018
rating: 5
read at: 2024/12/23
date added: 2024/12/23
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Why do people keep saying Nezha is dead?!? My boy is not dead but rather in the Pantehon connected to his Gods.

Oh Brah. Rin. She's still my god. I support her blindly through thick and thin. I still have hate for Altan idgaf. He shouldn't have slapped and verbally abused Rin. Idgaf what he was going through.

Jiang, I still think he is wise and everyone should listen to him BUT the Speers deserve retribution and vengeance.

I need to see the Empress burn. She must pay for her crimes.

1. Rin
2. Kitay
3. Nezha
4. Jiang
5. Niang
6. Venka
7. Changhan

Separately, I feel like a lot of propaganda is going on so I am interested in maybe learning what actually happened. I love Speer history and I have great interest in learning more. I would love to see the war from the Federation's perspective. And lastly is Kesegi okay?

]]> Outdrawn 198542200
Noah Blue’s finally got her foot in the door. After clawing her way to the top of the charts with her webcomic, she’s garnered enough attention to earn a full-time position at a comic company re-launching their cult classic comic: Queen Leisah.

Queen Leisah is predicted to be an instant bestseller with movie deals already in the making. Things are falling into place. There’s nowhere to go but up…as soon as she gets one person out of her way.

Sage Montgomery has always been the best artist in every building she’s stepped foot in. Raw talent’s gotten her webcomic to the top of the charts every month for the past eight years. She’s been the best for as long as she can remember. Sure, her career has plateaued but that can be fixed with a big, mainstream comic.

She was promised full creative control over Leisah. Instead, she got a shared credit with the one artist who’s been breathing down her neck since college. The one artist who has a fighting chance of being better than her. Sage and Noah have to work as a team � or, at least appear to work as a team. They thought the hardest part of the relaunch would be drawing together. But that’s easy in comparison to resisting their feelings for each other.

__

Outdrawn is a slow-burn, rivals-to-lovers sapphic romance. This book is a standalone.]]> 328 Deanna Grey Jesse 4
This book is heavy enemies to lovers and very low angst. Amazing palette cleanser and amazing for getting out of a reading slump.

I genuinely loved this. ]]> 4.14 2023 Outdrawn
author: Deanna Grey
name: Jesse
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2023
rating: 4
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4.5!!!

This book is heavy enemies to lovers and very low angst. Amazing palette cleanser and amazing for getting out of a reading slump.

I genuinely loved this.
]]> Fahrenheit 451 13079982 Sixty years after its original publication, Ray Bradbury’s internationally acclaimed novel Fahrenheit 451 stands as a classic of world literature set in a bleak, dystopian future. Today its message has grown more relevant than ever before.

Guy Montag is a fireman. His job is to destroy the most illegal of commodities, the printed book, along with the houses in which they are hidden. Montag never questions the destruction and ruin his actions produce, returning each day to his bland life and wife, Mildred, who spends all day with her television “family.� But when he meets an eccentric young neighbor, Clarisse, who introduces him to a past where people didn’t live in fear and to a present where one sees the world through the ideas in books instead of the mindless chatter of television, Montag begins to question everything he has ever known.]]> 194 Ray Bradbury Jesse 2 3.97 1953 Fahrenheit 451
author: Ray Bradbury
name: Jesse
average rating: 3.97
book published: 1953
rating: 2
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I went into this expecting 1984 and oh my. I hate how the message was conveyed.
]]> <![CDATA[Pretty Boy (The Boys of Apartment 13, #1)]]> 204491065 Pretty boy Liam Walker is unlucky in love�

Liam

My newest obsession is nothing like any of my past hookups.

The tattoos? Not exactly my type. A perma-scowl and general leave-me-alone attitude? Yeah, that's the kind of thing I usually stay away from. And, sure, is it surprising that suddenly those things seem to be everything I want? Absolutely. But the most shocking part about all of this is that the person who's got me all out of whack... isn't a girl.

Bash is a six-foot-four-tatted personal trainer who seems to want nothing to do with me and my confused self. Until I'm naked, that is. And it's great when I am, but as soon as I'm dressed, he's more than ready to say goodbye.

But if there's one thing getting a taste of Sebastian Crawford has taught me, it's that one taste just isn't enough.

Sebastian

I don't know how to take Liam and his obvious crush on me, but it's clear that he did not sign up for the kinds of workout sessions I'm used to giving. So, I take him home, giving us both what we so clearly want, and settle on my choice to say goodbye as soon as it's done.

But that goodbye is a little harder than I anticipated, and finding out that our time together was his first time with a guy, period, has me regretting the way I so easily tossed him aside. Liam is more sensitive than I originally believed, and after being cheated on by his last girlfriend only to move on to me, I can't help but feel that he deserves better... better than me.

But if there's one thing getting a taste of pretty boy Liam Walker has taught me, it's that I'm willing to change my emotionally stunted ways.]]> 395 Brianna Flores Jesse 0 to-read 4.02 2024 Pretty Boy (The Boys of Apartment 13, #1)
author: Brianna Flores
name: Jesse
average rating: 4.02
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]]> The Book Thief 19063 Librarian's note: An alternate cover edition can be found here

It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will be busier still.

By her brother's graveside, Liesel's life is changed when she picks up a single object, partially hidden in the snow. It is The Gravedigger's Handbook, left behind there by accident, and it is her first act of book thievery. So begins a love affair with books and words, as Liesel, with the help of her accordian-playing foster father, learns to read. Soon she is stealing books from Nazi book-burnings, the mayor's wife's library, wherever there are books to be found.

But these are dangerous times. When Liesel's foster family hides a Jew in their basement, Liesel's world is both opened up, and closed down.

In superbly crafted writing that burns with intensity, award-winning author Markus Zusak has given us one of the most enduring stories of our time.

(Note: this title was not published as YA fiction)]]> 592 Markus Zusak Jesse 0 to-read 4.38 2005 The Book Thief
author: Markus Zusak
name: Jesse
average rating: 4.38
book published: 2005
rating: 0
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]]> Scythe (Arc of a Scythe, #1) 28954189 Thou shalt kill.

A world with no hunger, no disease, no war, no misery. Humanity has conquered all those things, and has even conquered death. Now scythes are the only ones who can end life—and they are commanded to do so, in order to keep the size of the population under control.

Citra and Rowan are chosen to apprentice to a scythe—a role that neither wants. These teens must master the “art� of taking life, knowing that the consequence of failure could mean losing their own.

An alternate cover edition of ISBN: 9781442472426]]> 435 Neal Shusterman Jesse 0 to-read 4.32 2016 Scythe (Arc of a Scythe, #1)
author: Neal Shusterman
name: Jesse
average rating: 4.32
book published: 2016
rating: 0
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]]> Bunny (Bunny, #1) 53285047 We were just these innocent girls in the night trying to make something beautiful. We nearly died. We very nearly did, didn't we?

Samantha Heather Mackey couldn't be more of an outsider in her small, highly selective MFA program at New England's Warren University. A scholarship student who prefers the company of her dark imagination to that of most people, she is utterly repelled by the rest of her fiction writing cohort--a clique of unbearably twee rich girls who call each other Bunny, and seem to move and speak as one.

But everything changes when Samantha receives an invitation to the Bunnies' fabled Smut Salon, and finds herself inexplicably drawn to their front door--ditching her only friend, Ava, in the process. As Samantha plunges deeper and deeper into the Bunnies' sinister yet saccharine world, beginning to take part in the ritualistic off-campus Workshop where they conjure their monstrous creations, the edges of reality begin to blur. Soon, her friendships with Ava and the Bunnies will be brought into deadly collision.

The spellbinding new novel from one of our most fearless chroniclers of the female experience, Bunny is a down-the-rabbit-hole tale of loneliness and belonging, friendship and desire, and the fantastic and terrible power of the imagination.

Named a Best Book of 2019 by TIME, Vogue, Electric Literature, and The New York Public Library]]> 305 Mona Awad 0525559752 Jesse 0 to-read 3.43 2019 Bunny (Bunny, #1)
author: Mona Awad
name: Jesse
average rating: 3.43
book published: 2019
rating: 0
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]]> The Secret History 29044 559 Donna Tartt 1400031702 Jesse 5
Honestly, Richard is the realest one. ]]> 4.17 1992 The Secret History
author: Donna Tartt
name: Jesse
average rating: 4.17
book published: 1992
rating: 5
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This book was a roller-coaster. At no point did I know where this book was going.

Honestly, Richard is the realest one.
]]> <![CDATA[Bound by Honor (Born in Blood Mafia Chronicles, #1)]]> 51525075 Born into one of the leading mob families in Chicago, Aria Scuderi is a mafia princess known for her beauty. What many consider a gift means her doom when she’s forced to marry Luca Vitiello to bring peace between two mafia dynasties. Luca is the future Capo of the New York Famiglia, a man known for his brutality—and for crushing his cousin’s throat with his bare hands.
Aria is terrified of marrying a monster like him. He may be one of the most sought-after bachelors in New York, thanks to his good looks, wealth and predator-like charisma. But Aria knows the bad boy aura isn’t just a game; blood and death lurk beneath Luca’s striking gray eyes and arrogant smile.
In her world a handsome exterior often hides the monster within; a monster who can just as easily kill as kiss you.
Yet, there’s no escaping the arranged bond, much less a man like Luca. He’d follow her to the end of the world.
Her only chance to survive in a marriage with Luca is to gain his affection and work her way into his heart—even when rumor has it that Luca doesn’t have a heart to begin with.

A mafia princess known for her beauty given to a monstrous man.
Even monsters have a heart.
She has every intention of working her way into his.]]> 273 Cora Reilly Jesse 0 to-read 3.61 2014 Bound by Honor (Born in Blood Mafia Chronicles, #1)
author: Cora Reilly
name: Jesse
average rating: 3.61
book published: 2014
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[The Blood We Crave: Part One (The Hollow Boys, #3)]]> 66089602
His cravings are dripping in blood.

Is it love?

Or is it something much darker�

An obsession.

Death found me as a young girl. Latching onto the core of my soul.

No one knows what that horrid night did to me. What kind of monster it flourished inside me. I’d become a ghost, hiding from the world so that people would never find out about the morbid desire I harbor.

Until he noticed me.

Thatcher Alexander Pierson: Cunning. Sharp. Beautiful.

A man bred from the seed of a serial killer. Stitched together with old money and Dolce & Gabbana clothing.

He is my strongest fixation. My sweetest, darkest addiction.

And I’m his phantom.

I have haunted him my entire life and now?

He sees me for exactly what I am.

A killer.

I sicken him. But he has always mesmerized me.

When a copycat murderer prowls among the trees of Ponderosa Springs, our loyalty is tested.

It had been foolish of us to believe our revenge would go unpunished. That the town wouldn’t retaliate after what we did.

With our lives hanging in the balance, Thatcher and I have no choice but to coexist.

In the twilight of musty cabins and haunted library towers, my somber secrets are exposed, and his cravings are revealed.

So the question is…What is love without obsession?]]> 383 Monty Jay Jesse 3 Lyra is crazy asf. 4.09 The Blood We Crave: Part One (The Hollow Boys, #3)
author: Monty Jay
name: Jesse
average rating: 4.09
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rating: 3
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Lyra is crazy asf.
]]> <![CDATA[The Truths We Burn (The Hollow Boys, #2)]]> 60066321
Blood has soaked the hands of those we trusted most. Decrepit intentions finally come to light.

And now truths are ready to be incinerated in the open for everyone to witness.

I was ready to watch this town that made me the villain, Rot in front of my eyes, but it seems ghosts don’t stay buried here either.

Everyone’s favorite sweetheart has returned to Hollow Heights dragging nothing but unanswered questions and grim memories behind her.

A distraction I can’t afford with the police sniffing around.

A mistake that torched my last piece of humanity.

The dirty little secret that has returned searching for closure surrounding her sister’s mysterious death.

But I know the innocent, lost girl is an act. Underneath it’s just another part of her show.

They all are eating from the palm of her hand, puppets on her string.

But not me.

I see her for what she truly is, I always have.

A fake. A manipulator. A liar.

I won’t let her ruin all we have worked for. I refuse to let her derail our plan of vengeance.

I’ve played your game once before, Sage, now it’s time to play mine.

And you’re not making it out without getting burned.]]> 473 Monty Jay Jesse 5
Sage. Sage. Sage. Sage. Sage. Sage.

I love crazy girls. I am excited for Lyra. I hope she's crazier than Thatcher. ]]> 4.17 The Truths We Burn (The Hollow Boys, #2)
author: Monty Jay
name: Jesse
average rating: 4.17
book published:
rating: 5
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date added: 2024/11/04
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I need Rook Van Doren biblically.

Sage. Sage. Sage. Sage. Sage. Sage.

I love crazy girls. I am excited for Lyra. I hope she's crazier than Thatcher.
]]> <![CDATA[The Lies We Steal (The Hollow Boys, #1)]]> 59010421 It marked the bitter end of our vengeance.
We have done things that have marked our souls for eternity.
But before we get there, we have to go back.
Back to where it all started.
The place I could find in my sleep.
Hollow Heights University in the macabre, somber seaside town of Ponderosa Springs.
A college for prestigious, wealthy children to receive the highest education. A town drowning in treachery and secrets that became our damnation.
But it wasn’t the forest surrounding the grounds or even the mysterious hidden mausoleum that haunted me.
It was them.
The ones that lurked in the night, things so wicked, so twisted, so evil, they would become the rulers of my nightmares.
The Hollow Boys.
One wrong move and I landed myself directly in their line of fire.
This is not a story about love, it is not a story of happy endings.
Love just happened to blossom in our sorrows, in our pain, our fear, our blood.
Every terrible thing they ever did, we watched, we helped, we loved them anyway.
Some run from their monsters, we fell in love with ours.]]> 398 Monty Jay Jesse 3 Oh fuck me I like it. 3.63 2021 The Lies We Steal (The Hollow Boys, #1)
author: Monty Jay
name: Jesse
average rating: 3.63
book published: 2021
rating: 3
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Oh fuck me I like it.
]]> Vengeful (Villains, #2) 26856502 A super-powered collision of extraordinary minds and vengeful intentions�#1 New York Times bestselling author V. E. Schwab returns with the thrilling follow-up to Vicious.

Magneto and Professor X. Superman and Lex Luthor. Victor Vale and Eli Ever. Sydney and Serena Clarke. Great partnerships, now soured on the vine.

But Marcella Riggins needs no one. Flush from her brush with death, she’s finally gained the control she’s always sought—and will use her new-found power to bring the city of Merit to its knees. She’ll do whatever it takes, collecting her own sidekicks, and leveraging the two most infamous EOs, Victor Vale and Eli Ever, against each other.

With Marcella's rise, new enmities create opportunity--and the stage of Merit City will once again be set for a final, terrible reckoning.]]> 462 Victoria E. Schwab Jesse 5
I am pleased and content.

Victor is really the final man. I was so shocked when Eli died and Victor didn't. I really expected him to die or atleast them dying together. My favourite part of this book was 100% Marcella. I believe that if she kept herself to conquering the underworld and kept being an EO on the downlow she wouldn't have died. Reading Eli's back story had him growing on me like mold. I am happy this is the last instalment cause a book without Eli is unimaginable.

I like the bit with Sydney and Serena. I love that Sydney never forgot about Serena in any sense of it. Honestly I had hot and cold feelings about June but goddamn I have to give it to her. I am so happy Stell died. He was like a thorn in my side. Honestly enough of Dr. Harvesty! He should rot in hell!

RIP Dominic. You were bigger than the whole sky. <3

Safe to say I liked the series and the characters. ]]> 4.13 2018 Vengeful (Villains, #2)
author: Victoria E. Schwab
name: Jesse
average rating: 4.13
book published: 2018
rating: 5
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Finally finished!

I am pleased and content.

Victor is really the final man. I was so shocked when Eli died and Victor didn't. I really expected him to die or atleast them dying together. My favourite part of this book was 100% Marcella. I believe that if she kept herself to conquering the underworld and kept being an EO on the downlow she wouldn't have died. Reading Eli's back story had him growing on me like mold. I am happy this is the last instalment cause a book without Eli is unimaginable.

I like the bit with Sydney and Serena. I love that Sydney never forgot about Serena in any sense of it. Honestly I had hot and cold feelings about June but goddamn I have to give it to her. I am so happy Stell died. He was like a thorn in my side. Honestly enough of Dr. Harvesty! He should rot in hell!

RIP Dominic. You were bigger than the whole sky. <3

Safe to say I liked the series and the characters.
]]> <![CDATA[Sinners Anonymous (Sinners Anonymous, #1)]]> 59818980
My name is Rory Carter and I do bad things.
There’s a charred soul under this angelic exterior and sometimes, I wonder if my weekly confessions to the Sinners Anonymous hotline will be enough to heal it.

Marrying the seventy-something head of the Cosa Nostra to save my father is the only good deed I’ve ever done.
I’m burning and bitter under the fake smile and tight dresses, but I was keeping it together.
Was.
Until my fiancé’s nephew turns up to dinner uninvited.

Angelo ‘Vicious' Visconti.
A beautiful monster with cheekbones as sharp as his tongue.
They say I shouldn’t be scared of him, because nine years ago, he went straight.
He’s barely a Made Man anymore.
But I say, he’s the most dangerous Visconti of all.
It’s not just because his cold sneer makes my pulse flutter.
Or the way his syrupy drawl trickles down my spine.
No. He holds all of my sins in his big, rough hands.
And the only sins darker than mine are his own.

DARK MAFIA ROMANCE - FORBIDDEN LOVE - AGE GAP - ENEMIES TO LOVERS]]> 348 Somme Sketcher Jesse 5 favorites 3.82 2021 Sinners Anonymous (Sinners Anonymous, #1)
author: Somme Sketcher
name: Jesse
average rating: 3.82
book published: 2021
rating: 5
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Rory is the luckiest girl alive <3
]]> <![CDATA[Sinners Consumed (Sinners Anonymous, #3)]]> 61886125
My world is on fire, and I’m obsessed with the girl who lit the match.

Bloodied knuckles and a lifeless body at my feet confirm it: Penny is my demise.

My gentlemanly facade is nothing but a memory.

My sins are seeping through my shirt like ink.

I tried to leave her. Couldn’t do it.

I tried to snuff the life out of her. Couldn’t do that, either.

So we’ll slow dance in the flames until I’m nothing but ash and embers.

I’ll only rise like a phoenix when she’s gone.

The problem is, I’d never let her go.

No, she’d have to run far, far, away to escape me.

And maybe she will if I just told her the truth:

I own the Sinners Anonymous Hotline.

And I’ve listened to every call she’s ever made.

DARK MAFIA ROMANCE - ENEMIES TO LOVERS - AGE GAP - SLOW BURN

***

SOMME’S NOTES:

Sinners Consumed is part two of a duet. Rafe & Penny’s story starts in Sinners Condemned, which will be out September 7.

For a better reading experience, please read Sinners Anonymous before reading Sinners Condemned & Sinners Consumed.

You should know that I write dark romance, and my stories–including this one–aren’t for the faint of heart. They contain several triggers, so aren’t suitable for everyone.]]> 319 Somme Sketcher Jesse 4
The only reason this isn't five stars is because nothing beats Rory and Angelo. I liked the characters way more than I expected to. I love the romantic and family banter.

Very excited to read Gabe's book if it ever happens.

Until next time.

What a ride!]]> 4.24 2022 Sinners Consumed (Sinners Anonymous, #3)
author: Somme Sketcher
name: Jesse
average rating: 4.24
book published: 2022
rating: 4
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4.5

The only reason this isn't five stars is because nothing beats Rory and Angelo. I liked the characters way more than I expected to. I love the romantic and family banter.

Very excited to read Gabe's book if it ever happens.

Until next time.

What a ride!
]]> <![CDATA[Sinners Condemned (Sinners Anonymous, #2)]]> 60160772
No good ever comes from a red-head in a stolen dress with her worldly possessions at her feet.

I should have known she was trouble when smoke and sin followed her into my bar and she challenged me to a game.

She may have won my watch, but she started a war.

As she slipped my Breitling off my wrist and onto her own, she gleefully announced she was the luckiest girl in the world.

Yeah, lucky to everyone but me.

Because the moment her muddy boots stomped down the stairs and up my spine, my empire started to crumble.

My cashmere charm is wrinkling.

My gentlemanly facade is cracking.

My enemies are closing in.

Maybe the gypsy was right:

The Queen of Hearts will drag me down to hell.

At least it’s wonderfully warm among the flames.

DARK MAFIA ROMANCE - ENEMIES TO LOVERS - AGE GAP - SLOW BURN

***

SOMME’S NOTES:

Sinners Condemned is part one of a duet, and because of this, it ends on a cliffhanger. Rafe & Penny’s story continues in Sinners Consumed, which will be out September 7.

For a better reading experience, please read Sinners Anonymous before reading Sinners Condemned.

You should know that I write dark romance, and my stories–including this one–aren’t for the faint of heart. They contain several triggers, so aren’t suitable for everyone.]]> 316 Somme Sketcher Jesse 3
I was disappointed but in the end the book did up tick for me. Looking forward to book 3]]> 4.16 2022 Sinners Condemned (Sinners Anonymous, #2)
author: Somme Sketcher
name: Jesse
average rating: 4.16
book published: 2022
rating: 3
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It's no sinners anonymous.

I was disappointed but in the end the book did up tick for me. Looking forward to book 3
]]> <![CDATA[King of Wrath (Kings of Sin, #1)]]> 217206738
Ruthless. Meticulous. Arrogant.

Dante Russo thrives on control, both personally and professionally.

The billionaire CEO never planned to marry—until the threat of blackmail forces him into an engagement with a woman he barely knows.

Vivian Lau, jewelry heiress and daughter of his newest enemy.

It doesn’t matter how beautiful or charming she is. He'll do everything in his power to destroy the evidence and their betrothal.

There’s only one problem: Now that he has her...he can't bring himself to let her go.

***

Elegant. Ambitious. Well-mannered.

Vivian Lau is the perfect daughter and her family’s ticket into the highest echelons of high society.

Marrying a blue-blooded Russo means opening doors that would otherwise remain closed to her new-money family.

While the rude, elusive Dante isn't her idea of a dream partner, she agrees to their arranged marriage out of duty.

Craving his touch was never part of the plan.

Neither was the worst thing she could possibly do: fall in love with her future husband.

King of Wrath is a steamy arranged-marriage billionaire romance. It includes explicit content and profanity. Recommended for mature listeners only.]]> 398 Ana Huang Jesse 0 to-read 4.05 2022 King of Wrath (Kings of Sin, #1)
author: Ana Huang
name: Jesse
average rating: 4.05
book published: 2022
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Leather & Lark (The Ruinous Love Trilogy, #2)]]> 127611580
And they can’t stand each other.

Indie singer-songwriter Lark is the sunshine and glitter that burns through every cloud and clings to every crevice that Lachlan Kane tries to hide inside. The surly older brother of her best friend’s soulmate, Lachlan thinks she’s just a privileged princess, but Lark has plenty of secrets hiding in the shadows of her bright light. With her formidable family in a tailspin and her best friend’s happiness on the line, she’s willing to make a vow to the man she’s determined to hate, no matter how tempting the broody assassin might be.

As Lachlan and Lark navigate the dark world that binds them together, it becomesimpossible to discerntheirfake marriage from a real one. But it’s not just familiar dangers that haunt them.
There’s another phantom lurking on their doorstep.

And this one has come for blood.]]> 416 Brynne Weaver 0349441588 Jesse 4
I loved this book more than Book 1. Lark is just it for me.]]> 3.98 2024 Leather & Lark (The Ruinous Love Trilogy, #2)
author: Brynne Weaver
name: Jesse
average rating: 3.98
book published: 2024
rating: 4
read at: 2024/10/18
date added: 2024/10/18
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Lachlan takes it up the ass and I have no one to talk to about this!!

I loved this book more than Book 1. Lark is just it for me.
]]> <![CDATA[These Vile Secrets (Enclave, #1)]]> 57239496
Knowing the number of people I can trust is limited.
Not uncommon for an heir to the key of Enclave.
I should understand it. Be used to it. Expect it.
But somehow I’m still blindsided when I find I’ve dedicated my life to a lie.
To what extent is the proof of our sins buried? I’m not sure.
Only as more time passes, I’m worried I’ll never learn fact from fiction.
It’s why I’m taking my place within our brotherhood.
Not out of obligation, but as a cover to get what I desperately need.

The truth.

The only thing standing in my way?
A six-foot asshole in Armani with sapphire eyes and a heart of ice and stone.
He despises me on principle alone.
He’s a distraction I crave but can’t afford.
Yet I doubt the hatred he carries is actually for me.
Which makes me want to melt his cold, callous demeanor more.
And when I catch a glimpse beneath the surface,
I find I’m not the only one searching for answers to unspoken questions.

Or keeping secrets.


**These Vile Secrets is an enemies-to-lovers MM romance and is the first book of five in the Enclave series.
This is a true series and must be read in order.
This is Roman's story.
This is diving into dark romance and there will be triggering content.]]> 449 C.E. Ricci Jesse 0 dnf 4.04 2021 These Vile Secrets (Enclave, #1)
author: C.E. Ricci
name: Jesse
average rating: 4.04
book published: 2021
rating: 0
read at: 2024/04/17
date added: 2024/10/13
shelves: dnf
review:

]]> <![CDATA[10 Things That Never Happened (Material World, #1)]]> 83137176 Fake amnesia. Real feelings? Real problems.

Sam Becker loves―or, okay, likes―his job. Sure, managing a bed and bath retailer isn't exactly glamorous, but it's good work and he gets on well with the band of misfits who keep the store running. He could see himself being content here for the long haul. Too bad, then, that the owner is an infuriating git.

Jonathan Forest should never have hired Sam. It was a sentimental decision, and Jonathan didn't get where he is by following his heart. Determined to set things right, Jonathan orders Sam down to London for a difficult talk…only for a panicking Sam to trip, bump his head, and maybe accidentally imply he doesn't remember anything?

Faking amnesia seemed like a good idea when Sam was afraid he was getting sacked, but now he has to deal with the reality of Jonathan's guilt―as well as the unsettling fact that his surly boss might have a softer side to him. There's an unexpected freedom in getting a second shot at a first impression…but as Sam and Jonathan grow closer, can Sam really bring himself to tell the truth, or will their future be built entirely on one impulsive lie?]]> 432 Alexis Hall 1728245109 Jesse 0 dnf
Nothing against the author I'm just not enjoying it. This book is not for me.]]> 3.87 2023 10 Things That Never Happened (Material World, #1)
author: Alexis Hall
name: Jesse
average rating: 3.87
book published: 2023
rating: 0
read at: 2024/06/04
date added: 2024/10/13
shelves: dnf
review:
DNF

Nothing against the author I'm just not enjoying it. This book is not for me.
]]> <![CDATA[Throne of Power (Throne Duet, #1)]]> 55855966 When powers clash...

In the mafia world, women don’t reign.
I’m the exception of that rule.
I didn’t choose this life, it chose me.
I have a legacy to protect, a power to snatch, and no one will stop me.
If an arranged marriage is what it’ll take to lead, then so be it.
What I don’t count on is that my chosen husband is a ghost from my past.
Kyle Hunter.
He was once my guard, my protector. Now, he’s after my kingdom.
The road to the throne is paved with thorns, blood, and casualties.
To win, I’ll risk it all.
My heart included.

This book is part of a duet and is not standalone.]]> 316 Rina Kent Jesse 0 dnf
I'm just not feeling it. I'm not interested in Rai tbh. Love her but I just don't care. ]]> 3.91 2021 Throne of Power (Throne Duet, #1)
author: Rina Kent
name: Jesse
average rating: 3.91
book published: 2021
rating: 0
read at: 2024/06/13
date added: 2024/10/13
shelves: dnf
review:
DNF

I'm just not feeling it. I'm not interested in Rai tbh. Love her but I just don't care.
]]> <![CDATA[Broken Whispers (Perfectly Imperfect, #2)]]> 61047552 Mikhail

The Italian and Russian mafias are at war,
And it is brutal.
We’re both ruthless, relentless, and unforgiving.
But then, the decision is made to merge our worlds,
A marriage between the two sides.

The most beautiful woman of the Italian mafia,
And the Bratva's most feared monster.

I loved her from afar for so long,
And I finally get to have her as my own.
But will she run away,
When she realizes who I really am?

Bianca

Anything,
I would do anything for my sister,
Even marry into Bratva to keep her safe.
I expected a vicious, cold-hearted savage,
But I am in for a surprise.

This scarred, frightening man,
Is everything I have ever wanted.

Now, it’s up to me,
To break down his walls,
And destroy the barriers between us
With broken whispers.

*Broken Whispers is a full-length novel with several open-door steamy scenes, no cheating and a guaranteed HEA.

This is the second book in Perfectly Imperfect mafia series. Each book in this series features a different couple and can be read as a standalone, but for maximum enjoyment, follow the recommended reading order.]]> 232 Neva Altaj 1961423162 Jesse 0 dnf 4.01 2022 Broken Whispers (Perfectly Imperfect, #2)
author: Neva Altaj
name: Jesse
average rating: 4.01
book published: 2022
rating: 0
read at: 2024/07/01
date added: 2024/10/13
shelves: dnf
review:
nothing interesting about this
]]> <![CDATA[Fractured Souls (Perfectly Imperfect, #6)]]> 63916515 Asya

I can't go back to my family.
I'm not worthy of them,
Could never be one of them again.
The sister they know, love, and remember,
Doesn't exist.
Not anymore.

Until him....

The one who took me in,
Healed me from my demons,
My fears,
My scars,
Piecing me back,
Bit by bit.


Pavel

I don't get close to people,
And I certainly don't need anyone.

Until her...

Now, she's all I want,
All I need.
The selfish bastard in me,
Wants to steal her away,
All for myself.

But she no longer needs me.
I have to let her go,
Let her soar,
Not break the wings that help her fly.
She's not mine to keep.
To love,
To have.

Can I teach my fractured soul to survive without her?

This is the sixth book in Perfectly Imperfect mafia series. Each book in this series features a different couple and can be read as a standalone, but for maximum enjoyment, follow the recommended reading order. ]]> 254 Neva Altaj 1961423197 Jesse 0 dnf 4.08 2023 Fractured Souls (Perfectly Imperfect, #6)
author: Neva Altaj
name: Jesse
average rating: 4.08
book published: 2023
rating: 0
read at: 2024/08/11
date added: 2024/10/13
shelves: dnf
review:
there is nothing enticing about this story
]]> <![CDATA[Butcher & Blackbird (The Ruinous Love Trilogy, #1)]]> 196864520

The viral TikTok friends-to-lovers dark romantic comedy full of murder, chaos, and spice—unlike anything you’ve read before—now available in all bookstores.


When a chance encounter sparks an unlikely bond between rival murderers Sloane and Rowan, the two find something elusive—the friendship of like-minded, pitch-black souls. From small town West Virginia to upscale California, from downtown Boston to rural Texas, the two hunters collide in an annual game of blood and suffering, one that pits them against the most dangerous monsters in the country.


But as their friendship develops into something more, the restless ghosts left in their wake are only a few steps behind, ready to claim more than just their newfound love. Can Rowan and Sloane dig themselves out of a game of graves? Or have they finally met their match?

]]> 360 Brynne Weaver Jesse 3 I revisited and I conquered. 3.99 2023 Butcher & Blackbird (The Ruinous Love Trilogy, #1)
author: Brynne Weaver
name: Jesse
average rating: 3.99
book published: 2023
rating: 3
read at: 2024/10/13
date added: 2024/10/13
shelves:
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I revisited and I conquered.
]]> Vicious (Villains, #1) 36797830
Ten years later, Victor breaks out of prison, determined to catch up to his old friend (now foe), aided by a young girl whose reserved nature obscures a stunning ability. Meanwhile, Eli is on a mission to eradicate every other super-powered person that he can find--aside from his sidekick, an enigmatic woman with an unbreakable will. Armed with terrible power on both sides, driven by the memory of betrayal and loss, the archnemeses have set a course for revenge--but who will be left alive at the end?

In Vicious, V. E. Schwab brings to life a gritty comic-book-style world in vivid prose: a world where gaining superpowers doesn't automatically lead to heroism, and a time when allegiances are called into question.]]> 364 Victoria E. Schwab 1250183502 Jesse 5
A lovely introduction to Ms. Schwab!]]> 4.32 2013 Vicious (Villains, #1)
author: Victoria E. Schwab
name: Jesse
average rating: 4.32
book published: 2013
rating: 5
read at: 2024/10/12
date added: 2024/10/12
shelves:
review:
Wow wow wow! This book is much easier to read than Babel and way less gut wrenching. it was a wonderful pallet cleanser. I am looking forward to the sequel.

A lovely introduction to Ms. Schwab!
]]> <![CDATA[The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo]]> 32620332
Monique is not exactly on top of the world. Her husband has left her, and her professional life is going nowhere. Regardless of why Evelyn has selected her to write her biography, Monique is determined to use this opportunity to jumpstart her career.

Summoned to Evelyn’s luxurious apartment, Monique listens in fascination as the actress tells her story. From making her way to Los Angeles in the 1950s to her decision to leave show business in the �80s, and, of course, the seven husbands along the way, Evelyn unspools a tale of ruthless ambition, unexpected friendship, and a great forbidden love. Monique begins to feel a very real connection to the legendary star, but as Evelyn’s story nears its conclusion, it becomes clear that her life intersects with Monique’s own in tragic and irreversible ways.]]> 389 Taylor Jenkins Reid 1501139231 Jesse 5 4.39 2017 The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
author: Taylor Jenkins Reid
name: Jesse
average rating: 4.39
book published: 2017
rating: 5
read at: 2024/09/29
date added: 2024/09/29
shelves:
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Binding 13 (Boys of Tommen, #1)]]> 40944965 His first, last, and only true love has always been rugby.
Until now.

He wants to save her.
She wants to hide.

She's damaged.
He's determined.

Fate brought them together.
Love binds them.

Johnny Kavanagh has everything going for him. On the rugby pitch, he's a force to be reckoned with. Primed for stardom, he's heading straight for the top. Nothing can possibly get in his way, right?
Not even the shy new girl at Tommen College. The one with the sad eyes and hidden bruises. The one that distracts him like no one ever has.
Plagued with a hidden injury and desperate to impress the scouts watching his every move, Johnny has been placed on a pedestal so high, he has no room to make mistakes.
Striving to maintain balance, and on the crest of the International Summer Campaign, Johnny needs to keep his head in the game. He needs to stay focused, and cannot afford to let distractions get in the way of the bigger picture.
But what happens when a lonely girl with sad eyes becomes the only picture?

Life has never been easy for Shannon Lynch. Bullied and tortured, she arrives at Tommen College mid-way through the school year praying for a fresh start and desperate to shake off the demons that plague her.
On her very first day at the prestigious private school, she comes into contact with the notorious Johnny Kavanagh.
Thrown through a hoop over her feelings for him, and desperate to keep a low-profile, Shannon finds herself once again the target of bullies as she forms a fragile alliance with rugby's rising star.

Falling into a complicated friendship and grappling with their undeniable chemistry, Johnny and Shannon must face obstacles that threaten their relationship.

Two teenagers from opposite sides of the tracks collide.

Friendship, first love, rising fame, horrifying secrets, and pain all fuel together in Binding 13.

Hearts are binding and lives are entwining in Binding 13.

Binding 13 is the explosive first installment of a brand-new series from Chloe Walsh. Based in Ireland, the Boys Of Tommen series is bound to captivate and lure you into the world of rugby, love, and teenage heartbreak.]]> 626 Chloe Walsh Jesse 0 to-read 4.43 2018 Binding 13 (Boys of Tommen, #1)
author: Chloe Walsh
name: Jesse
average rating: 4.43
book published: 2018
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2024/09/19
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> Trouble (Winter Sun, #3) 63291771 Kirby has made it big time, from homelessness to international stardom. He can now enjoy the small things like the feeling of silk on his skin, long showers, and cupcakes. Life is comfortingly simple. But then his longtime crush auditions for a role in his next film, and Kirby is torn. Getting entangled with a close friend, a member of his makeshift family, is a certifiably stupid idea. But saying no to Hugh? Beefy arms, shaved head, and growly voice—all rough alpha, but with a ridiculously soft heart� How is Kirby supposed to resist such temptation?
The most anticipated porn flick of the year, starring Kirby Matthews in heat. Ten days on set, with no privacy and no space to explore their feelings. You can’t fall in love while filming porn, right?
.
Trouble is an omegaverse erotic romance featuring high heat, friends to lovers, hurt/comfort. HEA, standalone.]]> 257 Roe Horvat Jesse 3 4.10 2022 Trouble (Winter Sun, #3)
author: Roe Horvat
name: Jesse
average rating: 4.10
book published: 2022
rating: 3
read at: 2024/09/10
date added: 2024/09/10
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]]> Love Me Whole 37937186 One man, six identities. Can anyone love him whole? Twenty-eight-year-old Oryn Patterson isn’t like other people. Being an extremely shy, social introvert is only part of the problem. Oryn has dissociative identity disorder. He may look like a normal man on the outside, but spend five minutes with him, and his daily struggles begin to show. Oryn shares his life and headspace with five distinctively different alters. Reed, a protective, very straight jock. Cohen, a flamboyantly gay nineteen-year-old who is a social butterfly. Cove, a self-destructive terror, whose past haunts him. Theo, an asexual man of little emotion, whose focus is on maintaining order. And Rain, a five-year-old child whose only concern is Batman. Vaughn Sinclair is stuck in a rut. When his job doesn’t offer the same thrill it once did, he decides it’s time to mix-up his stagnant, boring routine. Little does he know, the man he meets during an impromptu decision to return to college is anything but ordinary. Vaughn’s heart defies logic, and he finds himself falling in love with this strange new man. But how can you love someone who isn’t always themself? It may not be easy, but Vaughn is determined to try.]]> 378 Nicky James Jesse 3
I enjoyed this work!]]> 4.50 2018 Love Me Whole
author: Nicky James
name: Jesse
average rating: 4.50
book published: 2018
rating: 3
read at: 2024/09/05
date added: 2024/09/05
shelves:
review:
3.5

I enjoyed this work!
]]> <![CDATA[The Way I Used to Be (The Way I Used to Be, #1)]]> 23546634
But Eden can’t turn back time. So she buries the truth, along with the girl she used to be. She pretends she doesn’t need friends, doesn’t need love, doesn’t need justice. But as her world unravels, one thing becomes clear: the only person who can save Eden � is Eden.]]> 385 Amber Smith Jesse 4
The ending somehow get empty to me tho ]]> 4.14 2016 The Way I Used to Be (The Way I Used to Be, #1)
author: Amber Smith
name: Jesse
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2016
rating: 4
read at: 2024/09/04
date added: 2024/09/04
shelves:
review:
I enjoyed this more than I thought I would.

The ending somehow get empty to me tho
]]> Every Last Word 23341894 If you could read my mind, you wouldn't be smiling.

Samantha McAllister looks just like the rest of the popular girls in her junior class. But hidden beneath the straightened hair and expertly applied makeup is a secret that her friends would never understand: Sam has Purely-Obsessional OCD and is consumed by a stream of dark thoughts and worries that she can't turn off.

Second-guessing every move, thought, and word makes daily life a struggle, and it doesn't help that her lifelong friends will turn toxic at the first sign of a wrong outfit, wrong lunch, or wrong crush. Yet Sam knows she'd be truly crazy to leave the protection of the most popular girls in school. So when Sam meets Caroline, she has to keep her new friend with a refreshing sense of humor and no style a secret, right up there with Sam's weekly visits to her psychiatrist.

Caroline introduces Sam to Poet's Corner, a hidden room and a tight-knit group of misfits who have been ignored by the school at large. Sam is drawn to them immediately, especially a guitar-playing guy with a talent for verse, and starts to discover a whole new side of herself. Slowly, she begins to feel more "normal" than she ever has as part of the popular crowd . . . until she finds a new reason to question her sanity and all she holds dear.]]> 358 Tamara Ireland Stone 1484705270 Jesse 3 4.21 2015 Every Last Word
author: Tamara Ireland Stone
name: Jesse
average rating: 4.21
book published: 2015
rating: 3
read at: 2024/08/31
date added: 2024/08/31
shelves:
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]]> Ugly (Winter Sun, #1) 59608244 People say Burke is ugly and scary, but Emerson has never been afraid of the burly pub owner. The big alpha has scars down the side of his face, but so what? He must have been in a lot of pain once, poor man. When snow covers Dalton City, and Emerson realizes he’s only days away from his first heat, his feet carry him to the pub by themselves. Burke is the only alpha Emerson trusts not to hurt him. And given the choice between freezing to death or getting abused, Emerson would much rather offer himself to Burke.
Except Burke is probably the nicest man in the entire city. Stunned, Emerson finds himself safe and warm during the snowstorm, without having to sacrifice anything. Maybe he’s even a little bit in love with his rescuer.]]> 188 Roe Horvat Jesse 5 3.87 2021 Ugly (Winter Sun, #1)
author: Roe Horvat
name: Jesse
average rating: 3.87
book published: 2021
rating: 5
read at: 2024/08/11
date added: 2024/08/11
shelves:
review:
THIS IS HOW YOU DO OMEGAVERSE!
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