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"I've loved you since way back then."



When his former-classmate-turned-editor Kazuha Sasasori lets that secret slip, the novelist Tohru Saotome can't help but be stunned.



This revelation forces him to look back on his high school days, and he realizes that the only person he has ever written a novel for may be more of an important presence in his life than he ever realized.]]> Zeniko Sumiya 1685280641 Tiara 5 4.13
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So so cute these two melt my heart!
]]> 57124219 52 Giles Kristian Tiara 4 3.96 2021
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Very good! Love the depictions of hell, I wanted so much more.
]]> 215361416 Perfect for fans of vampires, romantic fantasy, and dark academia.

Jonathan Evergreen is a talented sophomore at a prestigious, isolated college in Vermont, who dreams of a career in book conservation. But Jonathan’s life isn’t as rosy as it may appear. Disowned by his family after they caught him with another boy, he struggles to overcome heartbreak and support himself through his studies. To make matters worse, his advisor and the only ally in the institution run by old money and family connections mysteriously vanishes, and a new enigmatic professor, Dacian Bathory, takes his place.

Even though Jonathan is instantly drawn to Dacian, feeling a deep, intense connection between them, Dacian’s hot and cold behavior leaves him puzzled. But things change when Dacian unexpectedly helps him secure a job at the college’s Rare Books library from which an antique book recently went missing—a book that Dacian seems to have a deep interest in.

As their attraction grows, sinister events start to unfold around people disappearing in the dead of night, a group of legacies showing signs of increasingly disturbing behavior, and a dead body washing up nearby, completely drained of blood. Plagued by unsettling dreams that feel too close to reality, Jonathan suspects that some of these events might be connected to Dacian.

With the stakes escalating and his own life on the line, can Jonathan unravel the truth about Dacian and confront the darkness before it consumes them both?

“A fiercely intimate tale of two lost souls who find each other.�� �� Paul Michael Winters, author of Together in a Broken World.

“Twilight for queer readers, this atmospheric gothic romance will stop your heart and thrill you with swoon!�� �� Adriana Mather, NYT Bestselling author of How To Hang A Witch series

“I am absolutely destroyed and can’t stop crying.�� �� @whatchrissyread ⭐⭐⭐⭐��

“Vampires, academia, and an 80s vibe, this book reminded me why l've always loved gothic romance.�� �� @jt.atria ⭐⭐⭐⭐��

“If you know gothic literature and the DEEP, DARK LOVE within, then you’ll feel a companionship in this story. Phenomenal storytelling.�� �� @thebookishren ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐]��> 326 Kit Vincent 1959052063 Tiara 0 currently-reading 4.06
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]]> 201103135 As alluring as it is unsettling, award-winning author CG Drews' debut YA psychological horror will leave readers breathless and hesitant to venture deeper into the woods.

Once upon a time, Andrew had cut out his heart and given it to this boy, and he was very sure Thomas had no idea that Andrew would do anything for him. Protect him. Lie for him.

Kill for him.

High school senior Andrew Perrault finds refuge in the twisted fairytales that he writes for the only person who can ground him to reality—Thomas Rye, the boy with perpetually ink-stained hands and hair like autumn leaves. And with his twin sister, Dove, inexplicably keeping him at a cold distance upon their return to Wickwood Academy, Andrew finds himself leaning on his friend even more.

But something strange is going on with Thomas. His abusive parents have mysteriously vanished, and he arrives at school with blood on his sleeve. Thomas won't say a word about it, and shuts down whenever Andrew tries to ask him questions. Stranger still, Thomas is haunted by something, and he seems to have lost interest in his artwork—whimsically macabre sketches of the monsters from Andrew's wicked stories.

Desperate to figure out what's wrong with his friend, Andrew follows Thomas into the off-limits forest one night and catches him fighting a nightmarish monster—Thomas's drawings have come to life and are killing anyone close to him. To make sure no one else dies, the boys battle the monsters every night. But as their obsession with each other grows stronger, so do the monsters, and Andrew begins to fear that the only way to stop the creatures might be to destroy their creator...]]> 352 C.G. Drews Tiara 5 4.13 2024
author: C.G. Drews
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average rating: 4.13
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This was one of the most beautifully written books I've read in a very long time. It was also very heartbreaking and yet so loving!
]]> 219457949 Mokumokuren Tiara 2 4.65 2024
author: Mokumokuren
name: Tiara
average rating: 4.65
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rating: 2
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I really hate to give this three stars but it feels like the story is taking a much different direction. I wish it was more about the two boys and their experiences together and they can discover what grief is and how to handle it. But now it feels like it's all over the place with the mystery of a god, a mountain and the townspeople. I'm not sure if I can continue this series anymore, this one nearly bored me to tears.
]]> 125120424 Alice Oseman Tiara 0 to-read 4.57
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]]> 125004877 *Now an acclaimed live-action Netflix series!*

Boy meets boy. Boys become friends. Boys fall in love. The bestselling LGBTQ+ graphic novel about life, love, and everything that happens in this is the fifth volume of the much-loved HEARTSTOPPER series, featuring gorgeous two-color artwork.



Nick and Charlie are very much in love. They’ve finally said those three little words, and Charlie has almost persuaded his mum to let him sleep over at Nick’s house... but with Nick going off to university next year, is everything about to change?

By Alice Oseman, winner of the YA Book Prize, Heartstopper encompasses all the small moments of Nick and Charlie’s lives that together make up something larger, which speaks to all of us.

Contains discussions around mental health and eating disorders, and sexual references.]]> 336 Alice Oseman 133880751X Tiara 5 4.49 2023
author: Alice Oseman
name: Tiara
average rating: 4.49
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rating: 5
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So so cute I can't wait for the conclusion.
]]> 27405533 First the birds disappeared.
Then the insects took over.
Then the madness began . . .

They call it Wanderer's Folly--a disease of delusions, of daydreams and nightmares. A plague threatening to wipe out the human race.

After two years of creeping decay, David Arlen woke up one morning thinking that the worst was over. By midnight, he's bleeding and terrified, his wife is dead, and he's on the run in a stolen car with his eight-year-old daughter, who may be the key to a cure.

Ellie is a special girl. Deep. Insightful. And she knows David is lying to her. Lying about her mother. Lying about what they're running from. And lying about what he sees when he takes his eyes off the road . . .]]> 395 Ronald Malfi 1496703863 Tiara 0 to-read 3.87 2016
author: Ronald Malfi
name: Tiara
average rating: 3.87
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]]> 226328525 The New York Times Best Seller!

Jack Skellington is the undisputed Pumpkin King of Halloween Town. But it wasn’t always that way...

Years ago, Jack and Oogie Boogie were close friends. Both eager to prove themselves, they poured all their passion into their fantastical projects to earn their rightful place as the scariest duo in town. But there could only be one Pumpkin King! What could have happened to turn two best friends into such bitter rivals?

"Even if you are not familiar with the original film, the graphic novel The Nightmare Before The Battle For Pumpkin King does justice to the original. Dan Conner’s writing flows the story with the right amount of humour. Deborah Allo draws every line as if the environment and the characters are alive and we are there in the town with them. We can not miss the finesse in colouring that Roberto Scalia executes. My overall impression is that this story is beautifully illustrated; it has easy-to-follow, funny dialogues with cleverly placed subtexts on the importance of friendship and honesty." — Ilgın Side Soysal, The Comics Beat]]> Deborah Allo 1427870667 Tiara 4 3.50
author: Deborah Allo
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I like the animation, it's adorable seeing them as kids. I thought it was interesting how Jack and Oogie turned friends into rivals into enemies.
]]> 56765538 Boy meets boy. Boys become friends. Boys fall in love. The bestselling LGBTQ+ graphic novel about life, love, and everything that happens in between: this is the fourth volume of HEARTSTOPPER, for fans of The Art of Being Normal, Holly Bourne and Love, Simon.

Charlie didn't think Nick could ever like him back, but now they're officially boyfriends. Charlie's beginning to feel ready to say those three little words: I love you.

Nick's been feeling the same, but he's got a lot on his mind - not least coming out to his dad, and the fact that Charlie might have an eating disorder.

As summer turns to autumn and a new school year begins, Charlie and Nick are about to learn a lot about what love means.

Heartstopper is about love, friendship, loyalty and mental illness. It encompasses all the small stories of Nick and Charlie's lives that together make up something larger, which speaks to all of us.

This is the fourth volume of Heartstopper, which has now been optioned for television by See-Saw Films.]]> 384 Alice Oseman 1338617583 Tiara 5 4.63 2021
author: Alice Oseman
name: Tiara
average rating: 4.63
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rating: 5
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Very good Holy crap talk about emotional, get ready to cry in this one.
]]> 228108577
Why did Tohru write a story for his classmate in the first place? If you ask Kazuha, it's because Tohru was in love with him in high school...]]> Zeniko Sumiya 1685280412 Tiara 5 4.19
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So far I like this but Holy crap did it feel short, I can't wait for volume 2.
]]> 54963520
But coming out isn't something that happens just once, and Nick and Charlie try to figure out when to tell their friends that they're dating. Not being out to their classmates gets even harder during a school trip to Paris. As Nick and Charlie's feelings get more serious, they'll need each other more than ever.]]> 384 Alice Oseman 1338617540 Tiara 5 4.56 2020
author: Alice Oseman
name: Tiara
average rating: 4.56
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rating: 5
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Still loving this so far, I'm intrigued to see how they handle eating disorders. So far they've handled, gay, bi, and trans sexual points of view with respect and grace
]]> 54975859
But love works in surprising ways, and Nick is discovering all kinds of things about his friends, his family ... and himself.]]> 320 Alice Oseman 1338617516 Tiara 5 4.58 2019
author: Alice Oseman
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average rating: 4.58
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rating: 5
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So so sweeeeet!!! I'm still in love with our main characters so much I can't stand it!!!
]]> 52560239
Charlie Spring is in Year 10 at Truham Grammar School for Boys. The past year hasn't been too great, but at least he's not being bullied anymore. Nick Nelson is in Year 11 and on the school rugby team. He's heard a little about Charlie - the kid who was outed last year and bullied for a few months - but he's never had the opportunity to talk to him.
They quickly become friends, and soon Charlie is falling hard for Nick, even though he doesn't think he has a chance. But love works in surprising ways, and sometimes good things are waiting just around the corner...]]> 292 Alice Oseman 1338617451 Tiara 5 4.51 2018
author: Alice Oseman
name: Tiara
average rating: 4.51
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rating: 5
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OH MY GOD these two guys have my whole heart!! If you were on the fence about trying this because of how popular it is like I was, let me say it is so worth the hype and praise it gets.
]]> 28187191 416 Nick Cutter 1501144839 Tiara 3 3.51 2015
author: Nick Cutter
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I really wanted to like this one, I love nautical horror books but this one was just boring. It just kinda felt like we were just stuck at the bottom of the ocean with a less than interesting monster.
]]> 219325363 LOVE WEATHERS EVERY STORM

Despite Kanade's awkward timidity, he and Mashiro have begun dating! Every day they spend together is new and exciting--and just a little bittersweet. When Mashiro's mother pays an unexpected visit, it becomes clear that Mashiro has been hiding something...]]> Shoko Rakuta Tiara 5 4.42 2020
author: Shoko Rakuta
name: Tiara
average rating: 4.42
book published: 2020
rating: 5
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So so sweet, these two are so genuine and so head over heels for each other.
]]> 213531401 188 Shoko Rakuta Tiara 5 4.24 2020
author: Shoko Rakuta
name: Tiara
average rating: 4.24
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rating: 5
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They have such an intense respect for each other's feelings and boundaries it's almost like we're actual adults!
]]> 217396163 Tea Natsuno 1975389255 Tiara 5 4.18
author: Tea Natsuno
name: Tiara
average rating: 4.18
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Very fascinating, my mind was just running a thousand miles an hour! I'm loving the characters and the honesty, finally an isekai character talks about what happened.
]]> 223405183
So when Sota starts getting along with Jou, a female student who also spends time in the nurse’s office, Keiichi feels a surprising twinge of jealousy. But it may be thanks to her that Keiichi comes to terms with how he really feels about his long-time friend…]]> Zeniko Sumiya 164711991X Tiara 4 4.21
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average rating: 4.21
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Very cute but short story, would've liked to see them go on a date or kiss.
]]> 216251554 Shinta Harekawa 1975380118 Tiara 5 3.90
author: Shinta Harekawa
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average rating: 3.90
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Such a solid finish! I'm glad they were able to overcome the obstacles one after the other.
]]> 206101506 164 Shinta Harekawa 1975380096 Tiara 5 3.93
author: Shinta Harekawa
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So sweet and wholesome I'll definitely be getting part 2.
]]> 216397425 Sawa Kanzume 1975390156 Tiara 5 4.32 2023
author: Sawa Kanzume
name: Tiara
average rating: 4.32
book published: 2023
rating: 5
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So so cute I am rooting for them so hard!
]]> 206790771 0 Sawa Kanzume 1975365291 Tiara 5 4.32 2022
author: Sawa Kanzume
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average rating: 4.32
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rating: 5
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Aww I hope they can work on their communication because I think they're so cute together.
]]> 200785774 188 Sawa Kanzume 1975365275 Tiara 5 4.14 2021
author: Sawa Kanzume
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average rating: 4.14
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rating: 5
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So so frickin cute I hope they can make it work.
]]> 149600952 194 Sawa Kanzume 1975365259 Tiara 0 4.08 2020
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]]> 58909880 The New York Times best-selling author of Final Girls and Survive the Night is back with his most unexpected thriller yet.

Casey Fletcher, a recently widowed actress trying to escape a streak of bad press, has retreated to the peace and quiet of her family’s lake house in Vermont. Armed with a pair of binoculars and several bottles of liquor, she passes the time watching Tom and Katherine Royce, the glamorous couple who live in the house across the lake. They make for good viewing—a tech innovator, Tom is rich; and a former model, Katherine is gorgeous.

One day on the lake, Casey saves Katherine from drowning, and the two strike up a budding friendship. But the more they get to know each other—and the longer Casey watches—it becomes clear that Katherine and Tom’s marriage is not as perfect and placid as it appears. When Katherine suddenly vanishes, Casey becomes consumed with finding out what happened to her. In the process, she uncovers eerie, darker truths that turn a tale of voyeurism and suspicion into a story of guilt, obsession and how looks can be very deceiving.

With his trademark blend of sharp characters, psychological suspense, and gasp-worthy surprises, Riley Sager’s The House Across the Lake unveils more than one twist that will shock readers until the very last page.]]> 369 Riley Sager Tiara 0 currently-reading 3.58 2022
author: Riley Sager
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]]> 211004123 The million-copy bestselling Queen of Twists Alice Feeney returns with a gripping and deliciously dark thriller about marriage. . .
. . . and revenge.

Author Grady Green is having the worst best day of his life.

Grady calls his wife to share some exciting news as she is driving home. He hears Abby slam on the brakes, get out of the car, then nothing. When he eventually finds her car by the cliff edge the headlights are on, the driver door is open, her phone is still there. . . but his wife has disappeared.

A year later, Grady is still overcome with grief and desperate to know what happened to Abby. He can’t sleep, and he can’t write, so he travels to a tiny Scottish island to try to get his life back on track. Then he sees the impossible �� a woman who looks exactly like his missing wife.

Wives think their husbands will change but they don’t.
Husbands think their wives won’t change but they do.]]> 306 Alice Feeney 125033778X Tiara 5 3.65 2025
author: Alice Feeney
name: Tiara
average rating: 3.65
book published: 2025
rating: 5
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Very fun thriller, full of twists and turns.
]]> 61219635 Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9781250886088.

A Novel of High Fantasy and Low Stakes.

After a lifetime of bounties and bloodshed, Viv is hanging up her sword for the last time.

The battle-weary orc aims to start fresh, opening the first ever coffee shop in the city of Thune. But old and new rivals stand in the way of success—not to mention the fact that no one has the faintest idea what coffee actually is.

If Viv wants to put the blade behind her and make her plans a reality, she won't be able to go it alone.

But the true rewards of the uncharted path are the travelers you meet along the way. And whether drawn together by ancient magic, flaky pastry, or a freshly brewed cup, they may become partners, family, and something deeper than she ever could have dreamed.]]> 304 Travis Baldree Tiara 5 4.17 2022
author: Travis Baldree
name: Tiara
average rating: 4.17
book published: 2022
rating: 5
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OH MY GOD I love love loved this!! I havent smiled and cried while having so much fun reading a book in such a long time! This is so light and wholesome, I love the characters so much! I still think about them from time to time.
]]> 61316811 Bree Paulsen’s brave little protagonist, Garlic, is back in this charmingly illustrated standalone companion to Garlic and the Vampire, serving up another tale of friendship, magic, and self-discovery. Give both books to readers who fell in love with Tidesong or Witch Boy!

Garlic loves spending time with Witch Agnes, Carrot, and her new friend, the Count, who has proven to be a delightful neighbor to the village of vegetable people rather than a scary vampire. But despite Agnes’s best attempts to home-brew a vegetarian blood substitute for Count, the ingredient she needs most can only be found at the Magic Market, far from the valley.

Before she knows it, with a broomstick in hand, Garlic is nervously preparing for a journey.

But Garlic is experiencing another change too—finger by finger, she appears to be turning human. Witch Agnes assures her that this is normal for her garden magic, but Garlic isn’t so sure that she’s ready for such a big change. After all, changes are scary…and what if she doesn’t want to be human after all?]]> 160 Bree Paulsen Tiara 5 4.45 2022
author: Bree Paulsen
name: Tiara
average rating: 4.45
book published: 2022
rating: 5
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Sooooo sooooo cute!!! What a lovely story about the human condition and what it means to become stronger. I would love to come back to their lovely world of friendship, love and adventure again.
]]> 199696635
While struggling to adapt to this unfamiliar mountain life, with its numerous insects and no cell service, he's suddenly attacked by a boar youkai. Saved by a handsome man with dog ears, who claims to be a komainu youkai whose job is to protect the local shrine, Izuki is asked to become his master!]]> 192 Guri Nojiro 1427877122 Tiara 4 3.75 2022
author: Guri Nojiro
name: Tiara
average rating: 3.75
book published: 2022
rating: 4
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Lovely little story, their love felt a little forced but overall a good time.
]]> 86545809
Recreating the séance that led to the infamous Victorian Suffering massacre seems like a good idea at the time. But Kyle Birbeck soon discovers that the ghosts his distant ancestor banished into the walls of Brackenby House in 1876 have been lurking, waiting for a chance to come out.

One by one the 5 terrifying ghosts latch onto each of the students who reside at Brackenby, preying on their deepest fears: A 3-eyed Incan giant. A member of the Hellfire Club who struck a deal with the devil to keep his fortune in the afterlife. A thieving factory hand who fell to his death, torturing them with endless footsteps. An oracle with a horde of dead sailors to do her bidding, and a 17th century axe-wielding executioner with a murderous hobby.

It’s up to Kyle and his friends to uncover the real secrets of the séance and banish the ghosts for good. But they soon come to realise it isn’t Brackenby House that’s haunted. They are. And the ghosts will stop at nothing to continue The Suffering…]]> 382 M.J. Mars 1959798065 Tiara 0 to-read 3.80 2023
author: M.J. Mars
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average rating: 3.80
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]]> 199318868
Fae and humans alike are returning to London for the Season, but the excitement is marred by the growing poverty rate among humans with low magical scores.

Tenacious Roger Barnes proposes a new rubric for testing magic to the Council, hoping to resolve the predicament for his fellow humans. But when he is paired with Wyndham Wrenwhistle, a dashing fae who has disliked him since childhood, the project seems destined to fail. Even after reaching a tentative truce, their fragile partnership crumbles due to malicious lies.

Adding to the disarray, a popular gossip column unexpectedly announces that Roger and Wyn are engaged. Obliged to go along with the falsehood to save their families from scandal, they are forced to reconcile their differences for the sake of the rubric �� and for their impending marriage. As the project bleeds into their wedding plans, the pressure to flawlessly execute both mounts even higher.

Together, they have the chance to solve a crisis decades in the making �� but they'll need more than magic to succeed.]]> 480 Sarah Wallace 1737432749 Tiara 0 to-read 4.02 2024
author: Sarah Wallace
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average rating: 4.02
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]]> 101124639
The survivors, including key witness Pamela Schumacher, will be forever changed by this night. They have all become victims. But they tell their perspectives here, they remain masters of their stories. And they hunt the perpetrator on their own - against resistance from the justice system and the police; against public opinion, which idolizes the serial killer.]]> 384 Jessica Knoll 1501153226 Tiara 5 3.99 2023
author: Jessica Knoll
name: Tiara
average rating: 3.99
book published: 2023
rating: 5
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Love it, if this book makes you mad then it should. The love for the serial killers is disgusting, we need to hear from the victims if they're willing to tell.
]]> 35068650 It got in us

After receiving an urgent SOS from a work detail on a distant planet, a skeleton crew is dispatched to perform a standard search-and-rescue mission.

Most are dead.

But when the crew arrives, they find an abandoned site, littered with rotten food, discarded weapons...and dead bodies.

Don't set foot here again.

As they try to piece together who—or what—could have decimated an entire operation, they discover that some things are best left buried—and some monsters are only too ready to awaken.]]> 432 Erin Bowman Tiara 0 currently-reading 3.86 2018
author: Erin Bowman
name: Tiara
average rating: 3.86
book published: 2018
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]]> 39996262 Night Film, House of Leaves, and Illuminae, that will make you question where the line between legend and fact begins

A young man is desperate to find his missing sister . . . desperate enough to resort to the darkest means. But just how much is he willing to pay the Slender Man in order to save her?

Told through a variety of narrative devices, including photos, journal entries, e-mails, articles, and other artifacts, this unique spine-tingling story is a brilliant and terrifying look at one of the most fascinating—and diabolical—mythical figures in modern times.]]> 334 Anonymous Tiara 0 to-read 3.43 2018
author: Anonymous
name: Tiara
average rating: 3.43
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]]> 54963538
Mats Strandberg följer upp succén med Engelsfors-trilogin med en spännande skräckroman. Liksom i Engelsfors blandas det socialrealistiska med det övernaturliga, på en plats som många svenskar har en relation till. Här får vi lära känna både passagerare och personal. Den ensamma gamla kvinnan som söker äventyret. Den avdankade schlagerstjärnan som leder karaokekvällarna. Mannen som tidigare jobbat ombord och nu återvänder för att iscensätta ett spektakulärt frieri. Ordningsvakten som med sina tre kollegor försöker kontrollera det dagliga kaoset ombord. De tolvåriga kusinerna som var bästa vänner innan en familjehemlighet kom emellan dem.

Relationer sätts på prov. Vanliga människor tvingas bli hjältar. Men det som händer den här natten kan också locka fram det värsta i dem. Välkommen ombord på Baltic Charisma.]]> 444 Mats Strandberg 1786487780 Tiara 0 to-read 3.49 2015
author: Mats Strandberg
name: Tiara
average rating: 3.49
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]]> 201763206
When her whole life collapsed, Rae still had books. Dying, she seizes a second chance at a magical bargain that lets her enter the world of her favorite fantasy series.  

She wakes in a castle on the edge of a hellish chasm, in a kingdom on the brink of war. Home to dangerous monsters, scheming courtiers and her favourite fictional the Once and Forever Emperor. He’s impossibly alluring, as only fiction can be. And in this fantasy world, she discovers she's not the heroine, but the villainess in the Emperor's tale.  

So be it. The wicked are better dressed, with better one-liners, even if they're doomed to bad ends. She assembles the wildly disparate villains of the story under her evil leadership, plotting to change their fate. But as the body count rises and the Emperor's fury increases, it seems Rae and her allies may not survive to see the final page.

THIS IS A TALE FOR EVERYONE WHO’S EVER FALLEN FOR THE VILLAIN��]]> 464 Sarah Rees Brennan Tiara 0 to-read 4.12 2024
author: Sarah Rees Brennan
name: Tiara
average rating: 4.12
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]]> 217234992 266 Minta Suzumaru 1974750191 Tiara 5 4.45 2022
author: Minta Suzumaru
name: Tiara
average rating: 4.45
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Very cute! Such tremendous respect for each other's bodies and each other's feelings.
]]> 217206125 The Spellshop is Sarah Beth Durst’s romantasy debut–a lush cottagecore tale full of stolen spellbooks, unexpected friendships, sweet jams, and even sweeter love.

Kiela has always had trouble dealing with people. Thankfully, as a librarian at the Great Library of Alyssium, she and her assistant, Caz—a magically sentient spider plant—have spent the last decade sequestered among the empire’s most precious spellbooks, preserving their magic for the city’s elite.

When a revolution begins and the library goes up in flames, she and Caz flee with all the spellbooks they can carry and head to a remote island Kiela never thought she’d see again: her childhood home. Taking refuge there, Kiela discovers, much to her dismay, a nosy—and very handsome—neighbor who can’t take a hint and keeps showing up day after day to make sure she’s fed and to help fix up her new home.

In need of income, Kiela identifies something that even the bakery in town doesn’t have: jam. With the help of an old recipe book her parents left her and a bit of illegal magic, her cottage garden is soon covered in ripe berries.

But magic can do more than make life a little sweeter, so Kiela risks the consequences of using unsanctioned spells and opens the island’s first-ever and much needed secret spellshop.

Like a Hallmark rom-com full of mythical creatures and fueled by cinnamon rolls and magic, The Spellshop will heal your heart and feed your soul.]]> 377 Sarah Beth Durst 1250333970 Tiara 5 3.98 2024
author: Sarah Beth Durst
name: Tiara
average rating: 3.98
book published: 2024
rating: 5
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Such a great cozy fantasy story, I would love to return to this world again and again. All the characters main and side are all full of heart and passion.
]]> 36628124 Are you reading this?
If you are, I need your help.

I was at a party; I was running; I fell.
And get this—this is the part you'll never believe—I fell down a rabbit hole.
Like Alice in those old books.

Except in those books, there wasn't blood everywhere.
In those books, the characters weren't all male, attractive, and interested in me.
Forget everything you know about the Mad Hatter, the White Rabbit, the March Hare ��

This isn't Wonderland; this is Underland.
Violence, sex, drugs, and magic �� that's all there is in this place.
There's me, Allison, and there are the men that want me, the enemies that hunt me, and the darkness that's quickly rolling in.

And only I can stop it.
So if you're reading this, will you help me?
Please. I just want to escape this place and go �� home.

ALLISON'S ADVENTURES IN UNDERLAND (Book 1 of 3 in the "Harem of Hearts" series) -- is a full-length reverse harem/new adult/dark romance novel, a gritty retelling of "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland". Don't expect a children's tale; these characters are nothing like their more innocent counterparts. This book contains: drugs, cursing, violence, sex ... and love found in the darkest shadows.]]> 152 C.M. Stunich Tiara 5 3.96 2017
author: C.M. Stunich
name: Tiara
average rating: 3.96
book published: 2017
rating: 5
read at: 2025/01/08
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Very nice I like the characters, the intrigue, and the world building. Some things feel like plot armor for our characters but it's still entertaining not a lot of spice maybe like one scene but I will be continuing the trilogy. I just could not put the book down it was so interesting and engaging.
]]> 209645712 0 Yoriko 1634423968 Tiara 5 4.47 2021
author: Yoriko
name: Tiara
average rating: 4.47
book published: 2021
rating: 5
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Such a sweet couple, they love each other in spite of everything. Sweet unconditional love
]]> 209456046 From the bizarre and audacious imagination of horror author Andy Marino comes a harrowing tale of the insect that will herald the apocalypse�� It begins with cicadas. It will end with the swarm.  When millions of insects appear unexpectedly, off the rhythm of their 17-year cycle, Detective Vicky Paterson is investigating a bizarre killing in her sleepy hometown. At the same time, a pair of hired guns work to free their client’s daughter from a shadowy cult. As these events intertwine, things begin to spiral out of control. When Vicky’s young daughter, Sadie, is attacked by the insects, it’s clear that the once-harmless creatures have invaded with a malevolent purpose. But this is only the first wave. Soon, the infestation is impossible to contain. As the world desperately works to unravel the mysteries of the swarm, and humanity rests on the knife’s edge of extinction, Vicky and a group of strangers will fight to uncover the shocking origins of the attack—and the terrible purpose behind it. This panoramic novel of insect apocalypse reaches back into the darkest recesses of the twentieth century and unleashes its horrors on our modern, interconnected world.  ]]> 500 Andy Marino 0316563994 Tiara 0 to-read 3.45 2024
author: Andy Marino
name: Tiara
average rating: 3.45
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]]> 55821259
At first, he's thrilled. Not only does he get to hang out with the older counselors, but his secret crush is staying over until morning too. Best of all, the other campers - the ones who mercilessly made fun of Eddie's disfigured face - are long gone.
But as sun sets, an unholy terror creeps in. Something evil has infected the counselors, and Eddie willhave to do everything he can - even kill - if he hopes to survive the night.]]> 84 Scott Thomas Tiara 0 to-read 3.77 2020
author: Scott Thomas
name: Tiara
average rating: 3.77
book published: 2020
rating: 0
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]]> 34065268
When best-selling horror author Sam McGarver is invited to spend Halloween night in one of the country’s most infamous haunted houses, he reluctantly agrees. At least he won’t be alone; joining him are three other masters of the macabre, writers who have helped shape modern horror. But what begins as a simple publicity stunt will become a fight for survival. The entity they have awakened will follow them, torment them, threatening to make them a part of the bloody legacy of Kill Creek.]]> 416 Scott Thomas Tiara 0 to-read 3.73 2017
author: Scott Thomas
name: Tiara
average rating: 3.73
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]]> 60869516 Krakauer’s page-turning bestseller explores a famed missing person mystery while unraveling the larger riddles it holds: the profound pull of the American wilderness on our imagination; the allure of high-risk activities to young men of a certain cast of mind; the complex, charged bond between fathers and sons.

"Terrifying... Eloquent... A heart-rending drama of human yearning." —New York Times

In April 1992 a young man from a well-to-do family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley. He had given $25,000 in savings to charity, abandoned his car and most of his possessions, burned all the cash in his wallet, and invented a new life for himself. Four months later, his decomposed body was found by a moose hunter. How Christopher Johnson McCandless came to die is the unforgettable story of Into the Wild.

Immediately after graduating from college in 1991, McCandless had roamed through the West and Southwest on a vision quest like those made by his heroes Jack London and John Muir. In the Mojave Desert he abandoned his car, stripped it of its license plates, and burned all of his cash. He would give himself a new name, Alexander Supertramp, and, unencumbered by money and belongings, he would be free to wallow in the raw, unfiltered experiences that nature presented. Craving a blank spot on the map, McCandless simply threw the maps away. Leaving behind his desperate parents and sister, he vanished into the wild.

Jon Krakauer constructs a clarifying prism through which he reassembles the disquieting facts of McCandless's short life. Admitting an interst that borders on obsession, he searches for the clues to the drives and desires that propelled McCandless.

When McCandless's innocent mistakes turn out to be irreversible and fatal, he becomes the stuff of tabloid headlines and is dismissed for his naiveté, pretensions, and hubris. He is said to have had a death wish but wanting to die is a very different thing from being compelled to look over the edge. Krakauer brings McCandless's uncompromising pilgrimage out of the shadows, and the peril, adversity, and renunciation sought by this enigmatic young man are illuminated with a rare understanding--and not an ounce of sentimentality. Mesmerizing, heartbreaking, Into the Wild is a tour de force. The power and luminosity of Jon Krakauer's stoytelling blaze through every page.]]> 217 Jon Krakauer Tiara 0 to-read 4.13 1996
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name: Tiara
average rating: 4.13
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]]> 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 Tiara 0 to-read 4.25 2021
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name: Tiara
average rating: 4.25
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]]> 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 Tiara 0 to-read 4.45 2022
author: Jennette McCurdy
name: Tiara
average rating: 4.45
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]]> 61242426
The battle-weary orc aims to start fresh, opening the first ever coffee shop in the city of Thune. But old and new rivals stand in the way of success �� not to mention the fact that no one has the faintest idea what coffee actually is.

If Viv wants to put the blade behind her and make her plans a reality, she won't be able to go it alone.

But the true rewards of the uncharted path are the travelers you meet along the way. And whether drawn together by ancient magic, flaky pastry, or a freshly brewed cup, they may become partners, family, and something deeper than she ever could have dreamed.]]> 296 Travis Baldree Tiara 5 4.05 2022
author: Travis Baldree
name: Tiara
average rating: 4.05
book published: 2022
rating: 5
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OMG!!!!! Such an amazing story, I love the world building, I love the main character, the side characters, I love the coffee and I love how they discover treats and different versions of coffee.
]]> 213294750 0 Yosumi 1975380010 Tiara 5 4.12
author: Yosumi
name: Tiara
average rating: 4.12
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Such a cute spicy story, there is mention of sexual assault in it so be wary. But I feel like his partner handled it with grace and respect and patience, it warmed my heart!
]]> 42428376 No, not just scared—I'm terrified.
And if you're reading this, you should be, too.

I fell through the Looking-Glass; I got back home.
But get this: I didn't come alone. Oh, and it doesn't feel like home anymore.
Unlike Alice in the original story, this is not my Wonderland.

In the original story, the Walrus and the Carpenter didn't follow Alice back.
In that story, she didn't bring her harem of lovers with her to meet Dad.
Mom, Dad, meet my nine boyfriends; one of them's a faerie who foretells the future—is that what I'm supposed to say?

Back in Underland, things are even worse.
Betrayal, heartbreak, and death �� that's all that's waiting for us in Castle Heart.
I'm "the Alice", bringer of prophecy, and I'm starting to fall for all nine men in my life.

So, can I stop the chaos that's rolling in on black wings?
If you're reading this, can you help me, please?
Save the world, get the guys, and give me my happy ending.

ALLISON SHATTERS THE LOOKING-GLASS (Book 3 of 3 in the "Harem of Hearts" series) -- is a full-length reverse harem/new adult/dark romance novel, a gritty retelling of "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland". Don't expect a children's tale; these characters are nothing like their more innocent counterparts. This book contains: drugs, cursing, violence, sex ... and love found in the darkest shadows.

***THIS IS A COMPLETED SERIES***]]> 373 C.M. Stunich Tiara 0 to-read 4.29 2018
author: C.M. Stunich
name: Tiara
average rating: 4.29
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]]> 42244293 Did you just read that?!
If you did, I need your advice.

I met fallen angel princes; I met a Savage Duke; I met a Cheshire Cat.
And remember—how could you possibly forget—I'm the fabled Alice from the prophecy.
Just a twisted, dark version of the girl in Lewis Carroll's old books.

Except in those books, there was a happy ending.
In those books, Alice wasn't dating nine very different, very beautiful men.
But now that I've met the King of Hearts and the Mad Hatter, I'm not sure who the real bad guys are.

I'm the only one who can turn Underland back into Wonderland again.
But if I have a chance to escape the blood, the death, and the intrigue in this place, should I take it?
I'm Allison Liddell, and I've got a choice to make: stay here and fight the darkness, defeat the Anti-Alice, and survive the Torrid Tea Party ... or run.

Tweedledee says I can change the world.
So if you're reading this, will you help me decide what I should do?
I want to go home, but I can't leave this place as broken as I found it, now can I?]]> 340 C.M. Stunich Tiara 0 to-read 4.23 2018
author: C.M. Stunich
name: Tiara
average rating: 4.23
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rating: 0
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]]> 216989442
But when Amane and her husband hear about Eden, an experimental town where residents are selected at random to be artificially inseminated en masse (including men who are fitted with artificial wombs), the family unit does not exist and children are raised collectively and anonymously, they decide to try living there. But can this bold experiment build the brave new world Amane desires, or will it push her to breaking point?]]> 240 Sayaka Murata 1803511176 Tiara 0 to-read 3.66 2015
author: Sayaka Murata
name: Tiara
average rating: 3.66
book published: 2015
rating: 0
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]]> 98657452 Fated to die as the villainess of an otome game, Mystia sets out to change her own unhappy ending!

Mystia Aren is the daughter of a noble family, and she just started high school. She's surrounded by a group of adoring classmates and her charming fiancÉ. Everything seems perfect.

Except that this world is actually a dating sim called Kyun-Love, and Mystia knows she's been reincarnated into the role of the main character's evil rival! Mystia is determined to do everything she can to avoid her fate, but it's not as easy as it sounds. Especially when all the boys keep falling in love with her!]]> 176 ＡＴＡＫ�� 1427875081 Tiara 4 3.91 2022
author: ＡＴＡＫ��
name: Tiara
average rating: 3.91
book published: 2022
rating: 4
read at: 2025/01/02
date added: 2025/01/02
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OMG I really wish that Jey was the guy she ends up with, but then he gets so obsessive. All be it not in a toxic way, he doesn't gaslight her, he doesn't get in her way, he was even waiting for her to come of age. It's probably for the best tho, his obsession could become dangerous.
]]> 213140099 Fated to die as the villainess of an otome game, Mystia sets out to change her own unhappy ending!

Mystia Aren is the daughter of a noble family, and she just started high school. She's surrounded by a group of adoring classmates and her charming fiancÉ. Everything seems perfect.

Except that this world is actually a dating sim called Kyun-Love, and Mystia knows she's been reincarnated into the role of the main character's evil rival! Mystia is determined to do everything she can to avoid her fate, but it's not as easy as it sounds. Especially when all the boys keep falling in love with her!]]> 0 ＡＴＡＫ�� 1427880069 Tiara 4 3.97 2023
author: ＡＴＡＫ��
name: Tiara
average rating: 3.97
book published: 2023
rating: 4
read at: 2025/01/02
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My God the men are unraveling!! Their becoming so toxic it's fascinating.
]]> 222555372 Fated to die as the villainess of an otome game, Mystia sets out to change her own unhappy ending!

Mystia Aren is the daughter of a noble family, and she just started high school. She's surrounded by a group of adoring classmates and her charming fiancÉ. Everything seems perfect.

Except that this world is actually a dating sim called Kyun-Love, and Mystia knows she's been reincarnated into the role of the main character's evil rival! Mystia is determined to do everything she can to avoid her fate, but it's not as easy as it sounds. Especially when all the boys keep falling in love with her!]]> ＡＴＡＫ�� 1427882509 Tiara 3 3.65 2024
author: ＡＴＡＫ��
name: Tiara
average rating: 3.65
book published: 2024
rating: 3
read at: 2025/01/02
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The book is fine, I feel like the intrigue is keeping me going, but our main character can be so dense that it does get frustrating.
]]> 210331622 Following her explosive debut thriller Falling and its harrowing follow-up Drowning, #1 internationally bestselling author T.J. Newman is back with Worst Case Scenario.

When a pilot suffers a heart attack at 35,000 feet, a commercial airliner filled with passengers crashes into a nuclear power plant in the small town of Waketa, Minnesota, which becomes ground zero for a catastrophic national crisis with global implications.

The International Nuclear Event Scale tracks nuclear disasters. It has seven levels. Level 7 is a Major Accident, with only two on record: Fukushima and Chernobyl. There has never been a Level 8. Until now.

In this heart-stopping thriller, ordinary people—power plant employees, firefighters, teachers, families, neighbors, and friends�� are thrust into an extraordinary situation as they face the ultimate test of their lives. It will take the combined courage, ingenuity, and determination of a brave few to save not only their community and loved ones, but the fate of humanity at large.]]> 336 T.J. Newman 0316576794 Tiara 5 4.05 2024
author: T.J. Newman
name: Tiara
average rating: 4.05
book published: 2024
rating: 5
read at: 2025/01/02
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So so so good!!! I loved this to pieces it's a quiet place: day one meets Chernobyl, I kinda wished there was more chaos but I get it. This book ends off on a position note with all the good feels. I will continue to read more from this author.
]]> 58170822
The only person who truly missed Peter is Captain James Hook, who is delighted to have his old rival back. But when a new war ignites between the Lost Boys and Hook’s pirates, the ensuing bloodshed becomes all too real �� and Peter’s rivalry with Hook starts to blur into something far more complicated, sensual, and deadly.]]> 310 Austin Chant 1087818192 Tiara 0 to-read 4.09 2017
author: Austin Chant
name: Tiara
average rating: 4.09
book published: 2017
rating: 0
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]]> 204260268 128 Nat Cassidy Tiara 0 to-read 3.81 2024
author: Nat Cassidy
name: Tiara
average rating: 3.81
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]]> 19073003 TIMES TEN in Wraiths of the Broken Land. In the tradition of many weird westerns you will be taken to unexpected, unforgettable places.]]> 267 S. Craig Zahler Tiara 0 to-read 4.28 2013
author: S. Craig Zahler
name: Tiara
average rating: 4.28
book published: 2013
rating: 0
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]]> 58320897 Fated to die as the villainess of an otome game, Mystia sets out to change her own unhappy ending!

Mystia Aren is the daughter of a noble family, and she just started high school. She’s surrounded by a group of adoring classmates and her charming fiancé. Everything seems perfect.

Except that this world is actually a dating sim called Kyun-Love, and Mystia knows she's been reincarnated into the role of the main character's evil rival! Mystia is determined to do everything she can to avoid her fate, but it’s not as easy as it sounds. Especially when all the boys keep falling in love with her!]]> 192 ＡＴＡＫ�� 1427868816 Tiara 4 3.94 2021
author: ＡＴＡＫ��
name: Tiara
average rating: 3.94
book published: 2021
rating: 4
read at: 2024/12/29
date added: 2024/12/29
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Some of the ages of the love interests are problematic but I'm still liking the story so far.
]]> 59485806 Fated to die as the villainess of an otome game, Mystia sets out to change her own unhappy ending!

Mystia Aren is the daughter of a noble family, and she just started high school. She’s surrounded by a group of adoring classmates and her charming fiancé. Everything seems perfect.

Except that this world is actually a dating sim called Kyun-Love, and Mystia knows she's been reincarnated into the role of the main character's evil rival! Mystia is determined to do everything she can to avoid her fate, but it’s not as easy as it sounds. Especially when all the boys keep falling in love with her!]]> 176 ＡＴＡＫ�� 1427869219 Tiara 4 3.79 2022
author: ＡＴＡＫ��
name: Tiara
average rating: 3.79
book published: 2022
rating: 4
read at: 2024/12/29
date added: 2024/12/29
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Very intrigued to see where the story goes from here.
]]> 55859776 Fated to die as the villainess of an otome game, Mystia sets out to change her own unhappy ending!

Mystia Aren is the daughter of a noble family, and she just started high school. She’s surrounded by a group of adoring classmates and her charming fiancé. Everything seems perfect.

Except that this world is actually a dating sim called Kyun-Love, and Mystia knows she's been reincarnated into the role of the main character's evil rival! Mystia is determined to do everything she can to avoid her fate, but it’s not as easy as it sounds. Especially when all the boys keep falling in love with her!]]> 184 ＡＴＡＫ�� 1427867526 Tiara 5 3.99 2021
author: ＡＴＡＫ��
name: Tiara
average rating: 3.99
book published: 2021
rating: 5
read at: 2024/12/29
date added: 2024/12/29
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Such a cute little story, I can't wait to continue.
]]> 60305227
The final high school judo contest, the last summer of their high school careers, and beyond... the thought of his future with Rui makes Yuujirou's heart flutter.

A slow-burn love story between a diminutive, athletic teen and his towering, kind-hearted best friend as they journey the slightly bitter road to adulthood towards sweeter days.]]> 274 Atsuko Yusen 1427871256 Tiara 4 4.30 2021
author: Atsuko Yusen
name: Tiara
average rating: 4.30
book published: 2021
rating: 4
read at: 2024/12/24
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Lots of passion and love, and sexy scenes. I like their relationship from start to finish.
]]> 18293427
A. J. Fikry’s life is not at all what he expected it to be. His wife has died, his bookstore is experiencing the worst sales in its history, and now his prized possession, a rare collection of Poe poems, has been stolen. Slowly but surely, he is isolating himself from all the people of Alice Island—from Lambiase, the well-intentioned police officer who’s always felt kindly toward Fikry; from Ismay, his sister-in-law who is hell-bent on saving him from his dreary self; from Amelia, the lovely and idealistic (if eccentric) Knightley Press sales rep who keeps on taking the ferry over to Alice Island, refusing to be deterred by A.J.’s bad attitude. Even the books in his store have stopped holding pleasure for him. These days, A.J. can only see them as a sign of a world that is changing too rapidly.

And then a mysterious package appears at the bookstore. It’s a small package, but large in weight. It’s that unexpected arrival that gives A. J. Fikry the opportunity to make his life over, the ability to see everything anew. It doesn’t take long for the locals to notice the change overcoming A.J.; or for that determined sales rep, Amelia, to see her curmudgeonly client in a new light; or for the wisdom of all those books to become again the lifeblood of A.J.’s world; or for everything to twist again into a version of his life that he didn’t see coming. As surprising as it is moving, The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry is an unforgettable tale of transformation and second chances, an irresistible affirmation of why we read, and why we love.]]> 260 Gabrielle Zevin 1616203218 Tiara 0 to-read 4.00 2014
author: Gabrielle Zevin
name: Tiara
average rating: 4.00
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]]> 20893407 The secret is, vampires are real and I am one.

The secret is, I’m stealing from you what is most truly yours and I’m not sorry��

New York City in 1978 is a dirty, dangerous place to live. And die. Joey Peacock knows this as well as anybody—he has spent the last forty years as an adolescent vampire, perfecting the routine he now enjoys: womanizing in punk clubs and discotheques, feeding by night, and sleeping by day with others of his kind in the macabre labyrinth under the city’s sidewalks.

The subways are his playground and his highway, shuttling him throughout Manhattan to bleed the unsuspecting in the Sheep Meadow of Central Park or in the backseats of Checker cabs, or even those in their own apartments who are too hypnotized by sitcoms to notice him opening their windows. It’s almost too easy.

Until one night he sees them hunting on his beloved subway. The children with the merry eyes. Vampires, like him…or not like him. Whatever they are, whatever their appearance means, the undead in the tunnels of Manhattan are not as safe as they once were.

And neither are the rest of us.]]> 368 Christopher Buehlman 0425272613 Tiara 4 4.02 2014
author: Christopher Buehlman
name: Tiara
average rating: 4.02
book published: 2014
rating: 4
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Not bad very interesting, it's like an urban vampire's tales of woe. The vampire is snarky and cynical but I love that it's refreshing. And that sums up this book, cynical and refreshing.
]]> 220550939 Tomo Kurahashi 1974750957 Tiara 4 4.15 2019
author: Tomo Kurahashi
name: Tiara
average rating: 4.15
book published: 2019
rating: 4
read at: 2024/12/11
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Very sweet, love the build up to their love scenes.
]]> 55424891
Sixteen-year-old dock boy Will is on the run, pursued by the men who killed his mother. When an old servant tells him of his destiny to fight beside the Stewards, Will is ushered into a world of magic, where he must train to play a vital role in the oncoming battle against the Dark.

As London is threatened by the Dark King’s return, the reborn heroes and villains of a long-forgotten war begin to draw battle lines. But as the young descendants of Light and Dark step into their destined roles, old allegiances, old enmities and old flames are awakened. Will must stand with the last heroes of the Light to prevent the fate that destroyed their world from returning to destroy his own.]]> 464 C.S. Pacat 0062946161 Tiara 0 to-read 4.16 2021
author: C.S. Pacat
name: Tiara
average rating: 4.16
book published: 2021
rating: 0
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]]> 59804901 Bitter Chills: Holiday Edition
a revised edition of the first horror anthology from Blood Rites Horror, edited and illustrated by Jay Alexander.

This Krampusnacht, usher in the cold season with a macabre collection of eerie winter tales. From treacherous Christmases to snowy hellscapes, we have it all -- and more. Featuring all eleven stories from the first edition of Bitter Chills (many with new revisions and expansions) as well as bonus poetry, stories and sequels from the featured authors, this illustrated Holiday Edition promises to make a terrifying Christmas gift.

Featuring:

"The Burning Boy" by Denver Grenell
"Snowblind" by Kyle J. Durrant
"The Wild Hunt" by Roxie Voorhees
"The Cold, The Grief" by Spencer Hamilton
"My White Star" by Carla Eliot
"The Killer Snowman" by Cass Oakley
"Everyone to the Table" by Christopher Badcock
"The Christmas Eve" by Carmilla Yugov
"Realmer, Redeemer" by Joe Clements
"Every Hunt is a Cold One" by Marcus Hawke
"The Violent Snow" by Patrick Whitehurst

Now with bonus features:

- poetry from Denver Grenell, Roxie Voorhees and Joe Clements
- all-new stories and sequels from Spencer Hamilton, Carmilla Yugov and Patrick Whitehurst
- a new short story from Mona Kabbani, author of The Bell Chime and Vanilla
- eleven full-page illustrations and a brand-new cover from Jay Alexander
- authors' notes and updated author profiles
- a new introduction from Jay Alexander
- and an exclusive afterword from Christopher Badcock, author of Those You Killed

Grab your copy now and settle in for a cold one. And remember -- keep an eye on the chimney this Christmas...]]> Jay Alexander 1915272025 Tiara 0 to-read 4.00
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]]> 203579200 From international bestselling authors James S. Murray (better known as "Murr" on the hit TV show Impractical Jokers) and Darren Wearmouth, comes You Better Watch Out, a suspenseful, serial killer thriller that leaves you wondering, is Christmas really the best time of the year? Forty-eight hours until Christmas, Jessica Kane wakes up with blurred vision, ears ringing, and in excruciating pain. A gash in her head and blood running down her face, the last thing she remembers is going for a run and something or someone hitting her in the head. It doesn't take her long to realize she is trapped in an unknown, deserted town with five other strangers who share similar stories of being attacked and stranded there. Unsure why and how they got there, she knows one thing for certain, she has to find a way out. That becomes nearly impossible when someone is meticulously orchestrating their deaths, one by one, and the only thing Jessica can do is watch the life leave their eyes. The fenced-in town is the killer’s very own playground and there's nowhere left to hide... she better watch out because she could be next.]]> 240 James S. Murray 1250286263 Tiara 3 I quite enjoyed this, it read like a B horror slasher. I really liked Don't Move by these authors, it definitely has the same feel. I appreciate the consistency. This one was quite predictable but I loved the atmosphere plus the kills were great ]]> 3.61 2024
author: James S. Murray
name: Tiara
average rating: 3.61
book published: 2024
rating: 3
read at: 2024/12/06
date added: 2024/12/06
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3.5
I quite enjoyed this, it read like a B horror slasher. I really liked Don't Move by these authors, it definitely has the same feel. I appreciate the consistency. This one was quite predictable but I loved the atmosphere plus the kills were great
]]> 194036469
For Penny, an enthusiastic new hire, working at the store is the opportunity of a lifetime. As she uncovers the workings of this whimsical world, she bonds with a cast of unforgettable characters, including DallerGut, the flamboyant and wise owner, Babynap Rockabye, a famous dream designer, Maxim, a nightmare producer, and the many customers who dream to heal, dream to grow, and dream to flourish.

A captivating story that will leave a lingering magical feeling in readers' minds, this is the first book in a bestselling duology for anyone exhausted from the reality of their daily life.]]> 243 Lee Mi-ye 1035412748 Tiara 0 to-read 3.66 2020
author: Lee Mi-ye
name: Tiara
average rating: 3.66
book published: 2020
rating: 0
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]]> 221008001 The blossoming relationship between these boys is too cute to handle...!

The aggressive Ren and serious Tadaomi have been inseparable since elementary school. And even though Ren is kinda scary, he instantly melts when he's with Tadaomi. Everyone around them knows how they feel about each other... except for the two of them!



Don't miss this BL comedy!]]> Kusege 1647119464 Tiara 3 4.02
author: Kusege
name: Tiara
average rating: 4.02
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It was fine, no steam, just angsty kissy cuteness.
]]> 217419924
Reiichi Miyoshi is a professional jazz musician who has a policy of never having a serious boyfriend or girlfriend. He prefers to keep his love life casual with a revolving door of hedonistic one-night stands.

When he swoops in to rescue what appears to be a damsel in distress from a group of rowdy men one day, he soon finds out that his latest paramour is no damsel at all, but the crossdresser Sara Aogiri. Sara is determined to have the egotistical Miyoshi all to himself, but Miyoshi isn't going to date anyone seriously without some extreme convincing.]]> Zeniko Sumiya Tiara 1 3.75
author: Zeniko Sumiya
name: Tiara
average rating: 3.75
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No no no no this is so toxic, I can't get behind this, I can't tell if we were reading a romance or a psychological thriller.
]]> 209038274 This book contains explicit sexual content. It is not intended for anyone under 18 years of age.]]> 0 Eiji Nagisa 1427879109 Tiara 5 3.86 2021
author: Eiji Nagisa
name: Tiara
average rating: 3.86
book published: 2021
rating: 5
read at: 2024/11/28
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This was such a sweet story! The couple was so cute, the NICE scenes are NICE! The second character had a personality shift that I didn't see coming, and that made their relationship work sooo good! Little weird but their kisses are drawn so realistic and passionately. I loved that we could read the thoughts from both of the male characters. Usually in yaoi you hear from just one of the guys so that was a nice change.
]]> 74835873 Love is real. Demons are real. Kill the demons.

Camp Damascus is the world's most effective gay conversion camp. Nestled in the Montana wilderness, parents send their children from around the world to experience the program's 100% success rate.

But, this story isn't about that. This story is about Rose Darling, a God-fearing young lady who can't stop puking up flies. It's about her parents who ignore her visions of an eerie woman with sagging, pale skin who watches from the woods. It's about the desires deep inside Rose that don't seem to make any sense, and her waking nightmares that are beginning to feel more like memories. And maybe, just maybe, it's a little bit about Camp Damascus after all.

A chilling and heartfelt supernatural horror about a young woman searching for love and the secrets of a demonic gay conversion camp, perfect for readers of Stephen Graham Jones, Hailey Piper and Lucy A. Snyder.]]> 324 Chuck Tingle 1803365129 Tiara 4 3.85 2023
author: Chuck Tingle
name: Tiara
average rating: 3.85
book published: 2023
rating: 4
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Very interesting, I like the horror elements. It definitely wasn't what I was expecting, I was expecting the horror to be taken place entirely at Camp Damascus but only the last 20% was at the camp.
]]> 65214176 Knock Knock, Open Wide weaves horror and Celtic myth into a terrifying, heartbreaking supernatural tale of fractured family bonds, the secrets we carry, and the veiled forces that guide Irish life.

Driving home late one night, Etain Larkin finds a corpse on a pitch-black country road deep in the Irish countryside. She takes the corpse to a remote farmhouse. So begins a night of unspeakable horror that will take her to the very brink of sanity.

She will never speak of it again.

Two decades later, Betty Fitzpatrick, newly arrived at college in Dublin, has already fallen in love with the drama society, and the beautiful but troubled Ashling Mallen. As their relationship blossoms, Ashling goes to great lengths to keep Betty away from her family, especially her alcoholic mother, Etain.

As their relationship blossoms, Betty learns her lover's terrifying family history, and Ashling's secret obsession. Ashling has become convinced that the horrors inflicted on her family are connected to a seemingly innocent children's TV show. Everyone in Ireland watched this show in their youth, but Ash soon discovers that no one remembers it quite the same way. And only Ashling seems to remember its a small black goat puppet who lives in a box and only comes out if you don’t behave. They say he’s never come out.

Almost never.

When the door between the known and unknown opens, it can never close again.]]> 326 Neil Sharpson 1250785421 Tiara 0 to-read 3.93 2023
author: Neil Sharpson
name: Tiara
average rating: 3.93
book published: 2023
rating: 0
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]]> 58735031 The first book in the Shady Hollow series, in which we are introduced to the village of Shady Hollow, a place where woodland creatures live together in harmony--until a curmudgeonly toad turns up dead and the local reporter has to solve the case.

Reporter Vera Vixen is a relative newcomer to Shady Hollow. The fox has a nose for news, so when she catches wind that the death might be a murder, she resolves to get to the bottom of the case, no matter where it leads. As she stirs up still waters, the fox exposes more than one mystery, and discovers that additional lives are in jeopardy.

Vera finds more to this town than she ever suspected. It seems someone in the Hollow will do anything to keep her from solving the murder, and soon it will take all of Vera's cunning and quickness to crack the case.

A VINTAGE CRIME/BLACK LIZARD ORIGINAL.
]]> 222 Juneau Black 0593315715 Tiara 0 to-read 3.77 2015
author: Juneau Black
name: Tiara
average rating: 3.77
book published: 2015
rating: 0
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]]> 220513401 Darrel OkunevaD Tiara 4 Very spicy 4.22
author: Darrel OkunevaD
name: Tiara
average rating: 4.22
book published:
rating: 4
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Very spicy
]]> 207611551 A wandering fortune teller finds an unexpected family in this warm and wonderful debut fantasy, perfect for readers of Travis Baldree and Sangu Mandanna.

Tao is an immigrant fortune teller, traveling between villages with just her trusty mule for company. She only tells "small" fortunes: whether it will hail next week; which boy the barmaid will kiss; when the cow will calve. She knows from bitter experience that big fortunes come with big consequences��

Even if it’s a lonely life, it’s better than the one she left behind. But a small fortune unexpectedly becomes something more when a (semi) reformed thief and an ex-mercenary recruit her into their desperate search for a lost child. Soon, they’re joined by a baker with a knead for adventure, and—of course—a slightly magical cat.

Tao sets down a new path with companions as big-hearted as her fortunes are small. But as she lowers her walls, the shadows of her past are closing in—and she’ll have to decide whether to risk everything to preserve the family she never thought she could have.]]> 336 Julie Leong 0593815912 Tiara 0 to-read 3.82 2024
author: Julie Leong
name: Tiara
average rating: 3.82
book published: 2024
rating: 0
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]]> 3 309 J.K. Rowling 0439554934 Tiara 5 4.47 1997
author: J.K. Rowling
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average rating: 4.47
book published: 1997
rating: 5
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And so it begins, and what a beginning it is!! You're thrown into a magical world with whimsical characters, despicable villains and tragic stories. I'm excited to go on this journey with Harry and the cast of characters he meets along the way.
]]> 133206521
This nail-biting, bone-chilling survival horror novel is inspired by the infamous Dyatlov Pass incident, and is perfect for fans of Alma Katsu and Showtime's Yellowjackets.

This is going to be Dylan's big break. Her friend Clay, a geology student, has discovered an untouched cliff face in the Kentucky wilderness, and she is going to be the first person to climb it. Together with Clay, his research assistant Sylvia, and Dylan's boyfriend Luke, she is going to document her achievement on Instagram and finally cement her place as the next rising star in rock climbing. 

Seven months later, three bodies are discovered in the trees just off the highway. All are in various states of decay: one body a stark, white skeleton; the second emptied of its organs; and the third a mutilated corpse with the tongue, eyes, ears, and fingers removed.

But Dylan is still missing. Followers of her Instagram account report seeing disturbing livestreams, and some even claim to have caught glimpses of her vanishing into the thick woods, but no trace of her—dead or alive—has been discovered. 

Were the climbers murdered? Did they succumb to cannibalism? Or are their impossible bodies the work of an even more sinister force? Is Dylan still alive, and does she hold the answers? 

This page-turning debut will have you racing towards the inevitable conclusion.]]> 304 Jenny Kiefer 168369368X Tiara 3 3.25 2024
author: Jenny Kiefer
name: Tiara
average rating: 3.25
book published: 2024
rating: 3
read at: 2024/10/27
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Not bad, the kills were alright, some were off screen, the atmosphere was fine. I liked the ending tho, very bleak, but there's much room for improvement.
]]> 42117981 The Hazel Wood and The Cruel Prince will relish this atmospheric and absorbing book based on Guillermo del Toro’s critically acclaimed movie.

Oscar winning writer-director Guillermo del Toro and New York Times bestselling author Cornelia Funke have come together to transform del Toro’s hit movie Pan’s Labyrinth into an epic and dark fantasy novel for readers of all ages, complete with haunting illustrations and enchanting short stories that flesh out the folklore of this fascinating world.

This spellbinding tale takes readers to a sinister, magical, and war-torn world filled with richly drawn characters like trickster fauns, murderous soldiers, child-eating monsters, courageous rebels, and a long-lost princess hoping to be reunited with her family.

A brilliant collaboration between masterful storytellers that’s not to be missed.]]> 256 Guillermo del Toro 0062414461 Tiara 0 to-read 4.27 2019
author: Guillermo del Toro
name: Tiara
average rating: 4.27
book published: 2019
rating: 0
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]]> 18635622 368 George R.R. Martin 0345533488 Tiara 5 4.24 2015
author: George R.R. Martin
name: Tiara
average rating: 4.24
book published: 2015
rating: 5
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Very good!! I enjoyed following Duncan and Egg on their journey.
]]> 206101578 Red, White & Royal Blue meets The Nightmare Before Christmas in a sexy, quirky romcom where the golden-hearted Prince of Christmas falls for the totally off-limits Prince of Halloween.

Featuring beautiful ruby sprayed edges!

Nicholas “Coal�� Claus used to love Christmas. Until his father, the reigning Santa, turned the holiday into a PR façade. Coal will do anything to escape the spectacle, including getting tangled in a drunken, supremely hot make- out session with a beautiful man behind a seedy bar one night.

But the heir to Christmas is soon commanded to do his duty: he will marry his best friend, Iris, the Easter Princess and his brother’s not-so-secret crush. A situation that has disaster written all over it.

Things go from bad to worse when a rival arrives to challenge Coal for the princess’s hand…and Coal comes face-to-face with his mysterious behind-the-bar hottie: Hex, the Prince of Halloween.

It’s a fake competition between two holiday princes who can’t keep their hands off each other over a marriage of convenience that no one wants. And it all leads to one of the sweetest, sexiest, messiest, most delightfully unforgettable love stories of the year.]]> 357 Sara Raasch 1250333199 Tiara 5 Yooooo! 3.94 2024
author: Sara Raasch
name: Tiara
average rating: 3.94
book published: 2024
rating: 5
read at: 2024/10/24
date added: 2024/10/24
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Yooooo!
]]> 59130007
Garlic feels as though she’s always doing something wrong. At least with her friend Carrot by her side and the kindly Witch Agnes encouraging her, Garlic is happy to just tend her garden, where it’s nice and safe.

But when her village of vegetable folk learns that a bloodthirsty vampire has moved into the nearby castle, they all agree that, in spite of her fear and self-doubt, Garlic is the obvious choice to confront him. And with everyone counting on her, Garlic reluctantly agrees to face the mysterious vampire, hoping she has what it takes.

After all, garlic drives away vampires…right?]]> 160 Bree Paulsen Tiara 5 4.41 2021
author: Bree Paulsen
name: Tiara
average rating: 4.41
book published: 2021
rating: 5
read at: 2024/10/20
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This was so disgustingly cute, the art, the color, the heart!! Such a good, cute little autumn graphic novel.
]]> 60840449
Muriel McAuley has lived in the Scottish fishing village of Witchaven all her life. She was born there, and she intends to die there.

But when an overseas property developer threatens to evict the residents from their homes and raze Witchaven to the ground in the name of progress, all seems lost�� until the day a mysterious fog bank creeps inland.

The Haar.

To some it brings redemption�� to others, it brings only madness and death. What macabre secrets lie within�� The Haar.

Romantic and deranged, The Haar is a gore-soaked folk horror fairy tale from David Sodergren, author of The Forgotten Island and Maggie’s Grave.]]> 206 David Sodergren Tiara 5 4.09 2022
author: David Sodergren
name: Tiara
average rating: 4.09
book published: 2022
rating: 5
read at: 2024/10/20
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Sooooo damn good, what a fascinating monster, the revenge is great and I frickin loved Muriel! Definitely gonna be looking forward to other books by this author.
]]> 179947228 240 Jeff Strand 1728277590 Tiara 5 3.75 2024
author: Jeff Strand
name: Tiara
average rating: 3.75
book published: 2024
rating: 5
read at: 2024/10/17
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Oh. My. God!!!! This was sooo good! Why is Middle grade horror so good!!!! What a wonderful little book for Halloween, stay spooky my friends!
]]> 45859062
"It is true that I am nervous. But why will you say that I am mad?"

In “The Cask of Amontillado,�� a man exacts revenge on a disloyal friend at carnival, luring him into catacombs below the city. In “The Masque of the Red Death,�� a prince shielding himself from plague hosts a doomed party inside his abbey stronghold. A prisoner of the Spanish Inquisition, faced with a swinging blade and swarming rats, can’t see his tormentors in “The Pit and the Pendulum,�� and in “The Tell-Tale Heart,�� a milky eye and a deafening heartbeat reveal the effects of conscience and creeping madness. Alongside these tales are visual interpretations of three poems �� “The Raven,�� “The Bells,�� and Poe’s poignant elegy to lost love, “Annabel Lee.�� The seven concise graphic narratives, keyed to thematic icons, amplify and honor the timeless legacy of a master of gothic horror.]]> 97 Gareth Hinds 1893131572 Tiara 0 to-read 4.14 2017
author: Gareth Hinds
name: Tiara
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2017
rating: 0
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]]> 182506390 Discover this creepy, charming monster-slaying fantasy romance—from the perspective of the monster—by Nebula Award-winning debut author John Wiswell

Shesheshen has made a mistake fatal to all monsters: she's fallen in love.

Shesheshen is a shapeshifter, who happily resides as an amorphous lump at the bottom of a ruined manor. When her rest is interrupted by hunters intent on murdering her, she constructs a body from the remains of past meals: a metal chain for a backbone, borrowed bones for limbs, and a bear trap as an extra mouth.

However, the hunters chase Shesheshen out of her home and off a cliff. Badly hurt, she’s found and nursed back to health by Homily, a warm-hearted human, who has mistaken Shesheshen as a fellow human. Homily is kind and nurturing and would make an excellent co-parent: an ideal place to lay Shesheshen’s eggs so their young could devour Homily from the inside out. But as they grow close, she realizes humans don’t think about love that way.

Shesheshen hates keeping her identity secret from Homily, but just as she’s about to confess, Homily reveals why she’s in the area: she’s hunting a shapeshifting monster that supposedly cursed her family. Has Shesheshen seen it anywhere?

Eating her girlfriend isn’t an option. Shesheshen didn’t curse anyone, but to give herself and Homily a chance at happiness, she has to figure out why Homily’s twisted family thinks she did. As the hunt for the monster becomes increasingly deadly, Shesheshen must unearth the truth quickly, or soon both of their lives will be at risk.

And the bigger challenge remains: surviving her toxic in-laws long enough to learn to build a life with, rather than in, the love of her life.]]> 310 John Wiswell 0756418852 Tiara 0 to-read 3.98 2024
author: John Wiswell
name: Tiara
average rating: 3.98
book published: 2024
rating: 0
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]]> 127306444
Iðunn is in yet another doctor's office. She knows her constant fatigue is a sign that something's not right, but practitioners dismiss her symptoms and blood tests haven't revealed any cause.

When she talks to friends and family about it, the refrain is the same �� have you tried eating better? exercising more? establishing a nighttime routine? She tries to follow their advice, buying everything from vitamins to sleeping pills to a step-counting watch. Nothing helps.

Until one night Iðunn falls asleep with the watch on, and wakes up to find she’s walked over 40,000 steps in the night . . .

What is happening when she’s asleep? Why is she waking up with increasingly disturbing injuries? And why won’t anyone believe her?]]> 197 Hildur Knútsdóttir 1250322049 Tiara 5 3.30 2021
author: Hildur Knútsdóttir
name: Tiara
average rating: 3.30
book published: 2021
rating: 5
read at: 2024/10/14
date added: 2024/10/14
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Very good little novella I didn't think it would take the route that it takes at the end but it was very nice!!
]]> 209722920 0 Mokumokuren 1975398637 Tiara 4 4.57 2023
author: Mokumokuren
name: Tiara
average rating: 4.57
book published: 2023
rating: 4
read at: 2024/10/09
date added: 2024/10/10
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We're getting into the meat of the lore, I would like to know more about what Hikaru is. I would also like to see more of their relationship, if it develops into something more. My curiosity and scientific mind would be running wild! Lol it is running wild haha
]]> 69705279
When Austin’s parents drag him and his little sister Fiona to a remote cottage for Christmas, he’s less than thrilled about the forced bonding exercise. But after learning that their holiday getaway was the site of a horrific crime, this family on the rocks will have to fight for their lives against a legendary killer�� because Candy Cain is slashing through the snow with a very long naughty list.]]> 140 Brian McAuley 1959565206 Tiara 5 4.07 2023
author: Brian McAuley
name: Tiara
average rating: 4.07
book published: 2023
rating: 5
read at: 2024/10/09
date added: 2024/10/09
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Awesome little B horror book, kinda plays like a wonky horror movie. If you're a 80's slasher B movie fan then this is for you.
]]> 22916687
Jenine didn’t know any of this when she found an abandoned Polaroid camera in a lighthouse. At first she assumes the ghostly shapes in the photos are a glitch or a prank �� but then the spirits begin to hunt her down, and she’s forced into a deadly race to free herself from the camera’s curse.]]> 118 Darcy Coates Tiara 4 3.76 2014
author: Darcy Coates
name: Tiara
average rating: 3.76
book published: 2014
rating: 4
read at: 2024/10/02
date added: 2024/10/04
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Not a bad short story collection, some were good some were meh. But overall it had more good then meh.
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There’s a small clearing in the woods now that was never there before, and a blackthorn tree that doesn’t belong at all. These odd children claim that The Cunning Man is coming for them...and they want the local kids to protect them. But with families falling apart and the neighborhood splintered by bitterness, who will save the children of Parmenter Road?

All Hallows. The one night when everything is a mask...]]> 329 Christopher Golden 1250280303 Tiara 4 3.71 2023
author: Christopher Golden
name: Tiara
average rating: 3.71
book published: 2023
rating: 4
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HOLLY CRAP this book has a lot of things going for it! Atmosphere is great! The monsters are terrifying! The adults are everything from the scum of the earth to the ignorance is bliss kinda people! Trigger warnings for things surrounding children!
]]> 203164421 Psychological horror meets cyber noir in this delicious one-sitting read �� a haunted house story in which the haunting is by AI.

Henry is a brilliant engineer who, after untold hours spent in his home lab, has achieved the breakthrough of his career �� he’s created an artificially intelligent consciousness. He calls the half-formed robot William.

No one knows about William. Henry’s agoraphobia keeps him inside the house, and his fixation on his project keeps him up in the attic, away from everyone, including his pregnant wife, Lily.

When Lily’s coworkers show up, wanting to finally meet Henry and see the new house �� the smartest of smart homes �� Henry decides to introduce them to William, and things go from strange to much worse. Soon Henry and Lily discover the security upgrades intended to keep danger out of the house are even better at locking it in.]]> 224 Mason Coile 0593719603 Tiara 4 3.52 2024
author: Mason Coile
name: Tiara
average rating: 3.52
book published: 2024
rating: 4
read at: 2024/09/26
date added: 2024/09/26
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Very interesting AI, I definitely didn't see the twist coming. Talk about an existential crisis!
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How far would you go to win? Hyper-competitive people, mind games and a dangerous natural environment combine to make the must-read thriller of the year. Fans of Lucy Foley and Lisa Jewell will be gripped by spectacular debut novel Shiver.

When Milla is invited to a reunion in the French Alps resort that saw the peak of her snowboarding career, she drops everything to go. While she would rather forget the events of that winter, the invitation comes from Curtis, the one person she can't seem to let go.

The five friends haven't seen each other for ten years, since the disappearance of the beautiful and enigmatic Saskia. But when an icebreaker game turns menacing, they realise they don't know who has really gathered them there and how far they will go to find the truth.

In a deserted lodge high up a mountain, the secrets of the past are about to come to light.]]> 432 Allie Reynolds 147227024X Tiara 0 to-read 3.77 2020
author: Allie Reynolds
name: Tiara
average rating: 3.77
book published: 2020
rating: 0
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]]> 16143347 A private island.
A brilliant, damaged girl; a passionate, political boy.
A group of four friends—the Liars—whose friendship turns destructive.
A revolution. An accident. A secret.
Lies upon lies.
True love.
The truth.

We Were Liars is a modern, sophisticated suspense novel from New York Times bestselling author, National Book Award finalist, and Printz Award honoree E. Lockhart.

Read it.

And if anyone asks you how it ends, just LIE.]]> 242 E. Lockhart 0385741278 Tiara 4 3.66 2014
author: E. Lockhart
name: Tiara
average rating: 3.66
book published: 2014
rating: 4
read at: 2024/09/21
date added: 2024/09/21
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Quite predictable and very YA but I enjoyed the heck outta this. The family drama and relationships are fascinating and the characters are fun to get to know.
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After their mother passes, three estranged siblings reunite to sort out her estate. Beth, the oldest, never left home. She stayed with her mom, caring for her until the very end. Nicole, the middle child, has been kept at arm’s length due to her ongoing battle with a serious drug addiction. Michael, the youngest, lives out of state and hasn’t been back to their small Wisconsin town since their father ran out on them seven years before.

While going through their parent’s belongings, the siblings stumble upon a collection of home videos and decide to revisit those happier memories. However, the nostalgia is cut short when one of the VHS tapes reveals a night back in 1999 that none of them have any recollection of. On screen, their father appears covered in blood. What follows is a dead body and a pact between their parents to get rid of it, before the video abruptly ends.

Beth, Nicole, and Michael must now decide whether to leave the past in the past or uncover the dark secret their mother took to her grave.]]> 256 Jeneva Rose Tiara 4 3.77 2024
author: Jeneva Rose
name: Tiara
average rating: 3.77
book published: 2024
rating: 4
read at: 2024/09/21
date added: 2024/09/21
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Very good little thriller! Such a page turner, this will get its grip on you and won't let go!
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Now another girl has disappeared, with chilling echoes of the past. And it seems that she might not be the only one.

Claire is convinced Julia's disappearance is linked.

But when she begins to learn the truth about her sister, she is confronted with a shocking discovery, and nothing will ever be the same...]]> 432 Karin Slaughter 0062430874 Tiara 0 to-read 3.99 2015
author: Karin Slaughter
name: Tiara
average rating: 3.99
book published: 2015
rating: 0
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]]> 27833670 A mindbending, relentlessly surprising thriller from the author of the bestselling Wayward Pines trilogy.

Jason Dessen is walking home through the chilly Chicago streets one night, looking forward to a quiet evening in front of the fireplace with his wife, Daniela, and their son, Charlie—when his reality shatters.

"Are you happy with your life?"

Those are the last words Jason Dessen hears before the masked abductor knocks him unconscious.

Before he awakens to find himself strapped to a gurney, surrounded by strangers in hazmat suits.

Before a man Jason's never met smiles down at him and says, "Welcome back, my friend."

In this world he's woken up to, Jason's life is not the one he knows. His wife is not his wife. His son was never born. And Jason is not an ordinary college physics professor, but a celebrated genius who has achieved something remarkable. Something impossible.

Is it this world or the other that's the dream?

And even if the home he remembers is real, how can Jason possibly make it back to the family he loves? The answers lie in a journey more wondrous and horrifying than anything he could've imagined—one that will force him to confront the darkest parts of himself even as he battles a terrifying, seemingly unbeatable foe.

Dark Matter is a brilliantly plotted tale that is at once sweeping and intimate, mind-bendingly strange and profoundly human--a relentlessly surprising science-fiction thriller about choices, paths not taken, and how far we'll go to claim the lives we dream of.]]> 342 Blake Crouch 1101904224 Tiara 0 to-read 4.13 2016
author: Blake Crouch
name: Tiara
average rating: 4.13
book published: 2016
rating: 0
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Dead things have been found in the fields of Enfaire, a God-fearing town north of Reams. Not just dead things but twisted forms�� unholy shapes. And there are rumours, too—of a blasphemous union and of fell creatures that haunt the night. Yet, even as plague and witch pyres blacken the sky, the town remains untouched by the malady that has already claimed thousands and will claim thousands more.

It is here, in Enfaire, that an old Franciscan friar and his ward take shelter from a storm. It is here, in a little town on the edge of civilization, that they will have their faith truly tested.

His Black Tongue is a tale of medieval horror, plunging the reader into the plague-torn land of 14th century France, when pestilence and death walked hand-in-hand, and life was little more than a sputtering candle, waiting to be put out. But there are worse things than death, than sickness and decay�� and it comes upon leathery black wings.

Includes The Bone Fields novella and the short stories The Knights of the Non-Euclidean Table and Necropolis.]]> 179 Mitchell Lüthi Tiara 4 3.35 2021
author: Mitchell Lüthi
name: Tiara
average rating: 3.35
book published: 2021
rating: 4
read at: 2024/09/15
date added: 2024/09/15
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Awesome!!! More like a 4.25 I've never had a book go from a 2 to a 4 so fast! I only wish the three short stories were linked together.
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