Candy's bookshelf: all en-US Wed, 30 Apr 2025 12:52:34 -0700 60 Candy's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg <![CDATA[Deviant King (Royal Elite, #1)]]> 53180698 The villain isn't supposed to be king

I have a simple plan.
Finish Royal Elite School and get into my dream university.

One glance from the school’s king blows my plan up in smoke.
One glance and he suffocates my air.
One glance and he issues his death sentence.

His first words spiral my life into irreparable chaos.
“I will destroy you.�

Everything about Aiden King is black.
Black mind.
Black heart.
Black soul.

I should’ve remained quiet and endured the time I have left.
I didn’t.

I made the irrevocable mistake of provoking the king on his throne.
The devil in his hell.

And now, I’ll pay the price.

Being hated by Aiden King is dangerous.
But being wanted by him is lethal.

Deviant King is book one of Royal Elite Series. This is a dark high school bully romance, mature new adult, and contains dubious situations that some readers might find offensive. Aiden isn’t the normal romance hero. In fact, he’s not a hero at ALL. So please don’t read this if any of that bothers you.

Royal Elite Series:
#1 Deviant King
#2 Steel Princess
#3 Twisted Kingdom

This book is part of a trilogy and is NOT a standalone.
The entire trilogy is available.]]> 364 Rina Kent Candy 0 currently-reading 3.91 2019 Deviant King (Royal Elite, #1)
author: Rina Kent
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average rating: 3.91
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]]> Cruel King (Royal Elite, #0) 124928062 He’s no fairy tale king.

Levi
Here, little princess. I'm your king.
You have three rules.
Bow. Break. Bend the knee.
Fight me all you want, but soon enough, you'll be chanting long live the king.

Astrid
One day I'm Royal Elite School's small fly, the next I'm hunted and left to die.
He doesn't only shred my life to parts, but he's also coming after my heart.
He thinks he broke me, but the new princess will bring the king to his knees.

Cruel King is a complete standalone prequel in the Royal Elite world. No book should be read prior to this.
This is a mature new adult romance and contains dubious situations that some readers might find offensive.]]> 360 Rina Kent Candy 5 3.84 2019 Cruel King (Royal Elite, #0)
author: Rina Kent
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average rating: 3.84
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]]> Satan's Affair 57748116
We travel the country, offering terrifying haunted houses, thrilling rides and the tastiest food. And with every passing town, I cleanse this world, one execution at a time.

I hide within the walls, casting my judgement for those that reek of evil, singing lullabies to their rotting souls.

Once you've been chosen, there's no escaping my henchmen—they cater to my every desire.

You can run and you can hide, but it only excites me.

Come.

Take a walk through my dollhouse, where your screams will blend and your cute little pleas will go unanswered.

But I can't promise it'll be over quickly...]]> 197 H.D. Carlton Candy 5 3.71 2021 Satan's Affair
author: H.D. Carlton
name: Candy
average rating: 3.71
book published: 2021
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Things I Wanted to Say (Lancaster Prep #1)]]> 198966989
He’s a menace on campus. Adored and feared. Hated and respected. His taunting words carve into my skin, shredding me to ribbons. Yet his intense gaze scorches my blood, fills me with a longing I don’t understand.

When I stumble upon him one night alone, I find him broken. Bleeding. My instincts scream to leave and let him suffer, but I can’t. I sneak him into my room. Clean him up. Fall for his lies. Let him possess every single part of me until I’m the one left a gasping, broken mess.

When he leaves me alone in the dead of night, he takes my journal with him.

Now he knows all my secrets. My hate. My truth. And he promises to use my words against me. I’ll be ruined if my darkest secret gets out.

That’s when I strike a bargain with the devil.

I’ll let Whit Lancaster ruin me behind closed doors instead.]]> 646 Monica Murphy Candy 5 3.51 2021 Things I Wanted to Say (Lancaster Prep #1)
author: Monica Murphy
name: Candy
average rating: 3.51
book published: 2021
rating: 5
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]]> Pen Pal 199395815 The high-octane sexiness of Ana Huang meets the addicting thrills of Rachel Hawkins with a delicious twist in this dark romance from indie superstar J. T. Geissinger, now with a brand new bonus chapter!The first letter arrived the day my husband was buried. It was postmarked from the state penitentiary, and contained a single ’ll wait forever if I have to.It was signed by Dante, a man I didn’t know.Out of simple curiosity, I wrote back to ask him what exactly he was waiting for. His reply?You.I told the mystery man he had the wrong girl. He said he didn’t. I said we’d never met, but he said I was wrong.We went back and forth, exchanging letters every week that grew increasingly more intimate. Then one day, the letters stopped. When I found out why, it was already too late.Dante was at my doorstep.And nothing on earth could have prepared me for what happened next.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.]]> 353 J.T. Geissinger 125034669X Candy 5 This was more than I expected it to be

I love this. My friend and I created a two person book club together and she was hesitant about this book but I assured her it was going to be great. I picked it up because I heard the smut was great (it was) but the story was even better!]]> 4.27 2022 Pen Pal
author: J.T. Geissinger
name: Candy
average rating: 4.27
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This was more than I expected it to be

I love this. My friend and I created a two person book club together and she was hesitant about this book but I assured her it was going to be great. I picked it up because I heard the smut was great (it was) but the story was even better!
]]> Saving You 220390039
Caleb Sutton met me on my worst day. He’s the cop that saved my daughter and me.
My daughter somehow managed to pull this magnetic man into our lives. I vowed to stay away from men after the disaster that was my marriage, but every little thing he does wears me down. He’s there for us when things go wrong and then starts promising to always be there. Not just for me, but my daughter, too.

Caleb:

For years, I’ve said I would never be in a relationship. I have too much baggage. Then Bailey Emerson and her daughter entered my life and everything changed. They flip my world on its axis, and my protective instincts kick in. It doesn’t take long before I decide that I’m going to make them both mine.
Will Bailey and I be able to get over our hang-ups about relationships? Will her ex push us apart or only cause our relationship to grow?]]> 364 Alex Taylor 1068863234 Candy 0 4.01 Saving You
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]]> The Ritual (L.O.R.D.S., #1) 58941251
I vow. You vow. We vow.

Barrington University is home of the Lords, a secret society that requires their blood in payment. They are above all—the most powerful men in the world. They devote their lives to violence in exchange for power. And during their senior year, they are offered a chosen one.

People think growing up with money is freeing, but I promise you, it’s not. My entire life has been planned out for me. I never got the chance to do what I wanted until Ryat Alexander Archer came along and gave me an option for a better life. He offered me what no one else ever had—freedom.

I chose to be his. He made me believe that anyway, but it was just another lie. A way that the Lords manipulate you into doing what they want.

After being sucked into the dark, twisted world of the Lords, I embraced my new role and allowed Ryat to parade me around like the trophy I was to him. But like all things, what started out as a game soon became a fight for survival. And the only way out was death.

This book can be read as a standalone but the timeline of the Lords books is as follows:
The Ritual
The Sinner
The Sacrifice
Sabotage (the H isn't a Lord but he works for a Lord)]]> 606 Shantel Tessier Candy 0 currently-reading 4.06 2021 The Ritual (L.O.R.D.S., #1)
author: Shantel Tessier
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average rating: 4.06
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]]> <![CDATA[Sasha and the Heir (The Moretti Family, #3)]]> 62901792
Sasha Mitchell-Moretti struggled and sacrificed to get her happily ever after with Luca Moretti, only to have it snatched away at the last minute.

With her husband locked up for a crime he didn’t commit, Sasha will find out just how far she’s willing to go for the man she loves.

Sasha and the Heir is the final full-length novel in a trilogy and features a plus-size bisexual heroine and a cinnamon roll mob boss that has no problem ending any threats to the woman he loves. This book contains mature themes and content that may not be suitable for all audiences. Please check the author’s website for CW and TW.]]> 290 Stephanie Kazowz Candy 5 4.12 Sasha and the Heir (The Moretti Family, #3)
author: Stephanie Kazowz
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average rating: 4.12
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]]> Mine for a Moment 214436851 A brand new spicy, high-angst romance from Catharina Mauraâ€�the highly anticipated, standalone spin-off of the Windsors series.Ěý

When the man she's always been in love with starts dating one of her friends, artist Serenity Adesina creates a to-do list that will help her get over him once and for all.Ěý

The first item on that list?

Losing her virginity to Archer Harrison, her older brother's billionaire best friend…and her boss.Ěý

He's the perfect choice—alluring, caring, and entirely emotionally unavailable.

Their deal was supposed to be Serenity will paint Archer anything he wants in return for a secret, no-strings-attached relationship.Ěý

Except each kiss leaves them both wanting more, tempting them to risk it all for what's growing between them. That is, until a cruel twist of fate shows them that giving in to their feelings comes at a far higher cost than they could've imagined.]]> 322 Catharina Maura 1464233381 Candy 5 4.27 Mine for a Moment
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]]> <![CDATA[Sasha and the Stalker (The Moretti Family, #2)]]> 60930801
Sasha Mitchell fell in love.

Had her heartbroken by lies.

Became a killer.

And still, she couldn’t stay away from Luca Moretti.

Now that they’re engaged, Sasha is realizing she’s going to have to make sacrifices to keep the people in her life safe.

With threats coming from the feds, rivals, and traitors from inside the family, will Sasha even make it down the aisle?

Sasha and the Stalker is the second full-length novel in a trilogy and ends on a cliffhanger. This book contains mature themes and content that may not be suitable for all audiences. Please check the author’s website for CW and TW.]]> 326 Stephanie Kazowz Candy 5 4.01 Sasha and the Stalker (The Moretti Family, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[Sasha and the Butcher (The Moretti Family, #1)]]> 60059466
Sasha Mitchell had life figured out. A vivacious thirty-year-old, she owned her own business, shook her more than generous curves with a burlesque troupe, and kept her bed warm with a series of casual partners, not too worried about finding forever.

That is until her one night with Luca Moretti.

That one night was all it took for Luca to know Sasha was someone special. He falls fast and hard and would do anything to keep her—including lie about who he really is and how much danger she faces being by his side.

When Sasha discovers the truth, will she be strong enough to survive the Moretti Family?

Sasha and the Butcher is the first full-length novel in a trilogy in The Moretti Family Series and features a plus-size bisexual heroine and a cinnamon roll mob boss that has no problem ending any threats to the woman he loves. This book contains mature themes and content that may not be suitable for all audiences. Please check the author's website for CW and TW.]]> 310 Stephanie Kazowz Candy 5 3.61 Sasha and the Butcher (The Moretti Family, #1)
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average rating: 3.61
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]]> Scarred (Never After, #2) 59512586 She doesn't belong to him...she belongs to the crown.

Prince Tristan Faasa was never destined for the throne. That was always his brother, Michael. The same brother responsible for both Tristan's tormented childhood and the scar that mars his face. When their father dies, Michael is set to assume the throne, and Tristan is set to steal it. The leader of a secret rebellion, Tristan will stop at nothing to end his brother's reign. But when Michael's new betrothed, Lady Sara Beatreaux arrives, Tristan finds himself in the middle of a new kind of war. The kind that begs the question of what's more important, the crown or the woman about to wear it.

Sara has one plan. Marry the King and eradicate the Faasa line, even at the risk of her own peril. But she never expects the Scarred Prince. He's dangerous. Forbidden. And one of the men she's been sent to kill. But the line between hatred and passion has never seemed so thin, and as secrets come to light, Sara grows unsure of whom she can trust—torn between vengeance and the villain she was never supposed to love.

Scarred is a DARK Royal Romance and a complete standalone within The Never After Series (A series of fractured fairy tales inspired by our favorite villains). It is not a retelling or fantasy. It contains subject matter which may be triggering for some. Reader discretion is advised. ]]> 447 Emily McIntire Candy 0 currently-reading 3.87 2022 Scarred (Never After, #2)
author: Emily McIntire
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average rating: 3.87
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]]> Hooked (Never After, #1) 58545703 From USA Today bestselling author Emily McIntire comes a dark and delicious fractured fairy tale reimagining of Peter Pan.

He wants revenge, but he wants her more�

James has always had one agenda: destroy his enemy, Peter Michaels. When Peter’s twenty-year-old daughter Wendy shows up in James’s bar, he sees his way in. Seduce the girl and use her for his revenge. It’s the perfect plan, until things in James’s organization begin to crumble. Suddenly, he has to find the traitor in his midst, and his plan for revenge gets murkier as James starts to see Wendy as more than just a pawn in his game.

Wendy has been cloistered away most of her life by her wealthy cold father, but a spontaneous night out with friends turns into an intense and addictive love affair with the dark and brooding James. As much as she knows James is dangerous, Wendy can’t seem to shake her desire for him. But as their relationship grows more heated and she learns more about the world he moves in, she finds herself unsure if she’s falling for the man known as James or the monster known as Hook.

Hooked is a dark contemporary romance and the first complete standalone in the Never After Series: A collection of fractured fairy tales where the villains get the happy ever after. It is not a literal retelling and not fantasy. Hooked features mature themes and content that may not be suitable for all audiences. Reader discretion is advised. For all content warnings, check the author's website. ]]> 312 Emily McIntire 173750832X Candy 5 3.78 2021 Hooked (Never After, #1)
author: Emily McIntire
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average rating: 3.78
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]]> Descent (Gallows Hill, #2) 221434629 He walked away so easily, too easily, and I know none of us will ever forgive him.
We have bigger issues to focus on, though, here in Salem.
My stalker is becoming more agitated, more violent. I’m constantly looking over my shoulder, chasing after ghosts for answers.
Add in my three boyfriends, my evil father and my new sadistic father in law and we are all in for an adventure I’m not sure I want to survive.
One thing is for sure, though, making our way out of this, dead or alive is going to be one hell of a Descent.]]> 301 Katelyn Taylor Candy 0 currently-reading 4.05 Descent (Gallows Hill, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[Hannah and the Hitman (The Hitman and The Fixer Book 1)]]> 218059987 What happens when a sexy, cocky hitman and a secretly smutty small town librarian get together? Sparks fly. I'm a hitman. With all the bad guys out there, business is brisk. I don't have time to focus on anything but work until I sit beside a curvy woman on a plane� and read over her shoulder. I'm instantly obsessed with the small-town librarian who dreams of having a happily-ever-after of her own but is convinced true love is a fantasy only found in books.

My new job? Proving that she'll have an HEA with me. Because she's mine.

Except... big problem. I haven't told her I'm a hitman. Turns out, she has a few shocking secrets of her own. When a mafia boss doesn't like me distracted from one last hit, can I be a superhero and keep Hannah alive, or am I not the one wearing the cape?

Hannah and the Hitman has tons of heat, lots of laughs, plus a fun, supernatural twist.]]> 372 Vanessa Vale 1795959371 Candy 4 3.44 Hannah and the Hitman (The Hitman and The Fixer Book 1)
author: Vanessa Vale
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average rating: 3.44
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]]> <![CDATA[Braving the Storm (Crimson Ridge, #2)]]> 214382636
I’m not supposed to feel this way�

I never wanted to disappear more than while around my family. Briar Lane, the girl only useful for one thing: my surname.

A business handshake and pawn to be traded. My father’s chess piece shuffled between empires. That was my life back in L.A. but all it took was finding the dirty secret stuffed in a jacket pocket, and my entire world unraveled.

So, I fled to the one place I knew they could never find me. Crimson Ridge.

Arriving in this snowy, harsh world, I thought I’d be starting over on my own, but it turns out I couldn’t have been more wrong. The abandoned mountain cabin I inherited isn’t what it seems.

This mountain hides secrets. An ex-pro bull rider consumes this space, and now, my every thought with it... Stôrmand Lane. My father’s adopted brother.

We should never have found ourselves isolated out here in the mountains together, each trying to outrun our pasts.

All it took was one misunderstanding, one line almost crossed, and everything changed.

A girl like me isn’t supposed to know what those tattooed hands feel like, and I’m certainly not meant to feel butterflies anytime that pair of piercing blue eyes land on mine.

He might be my every fantasy, a cowboy I constantly dream about, but he’s a temptation I have to ignore. A man I absolutely cannot find myself attracted to.
Even when he’s looking at me with the kind of hunger that can only spell ruin for us both.

Long, dark nights spent in this tiny cabin can’t be the excuse to step into forbidden territory.

Or can they?




Braving The Storm is an interconnected stand-alone, book 2 in the Crimson Ridge series, and can be read separately. Intended for ages 18 and over.]]> 432 Elliott Rose Candy 0 currently-reading 4.03 Braving the Storm (Crimson Ridge, #2)
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]]> Little Bird: Criminally Yours 144422040 Easton

I do what I have to so I can survive.

There’s no instruction manual that comes with being a foster kid, only a will to live and succeed. And after all I’ve done to survive, it’s all gone in the blink of an eye when I get framed and sentenced to five years in prison.

My only ticket out is through the pen pal program. At first, the girl writing me is only a means to an end—my freedom. Except somewhere along the line, she becomes my sweet little bird. Without her, I’ll be condemned to more time in prison. With her, I get the chance to fly.

But when I’m out, will she be able to see past my mistakes and unveil the man beneath that desperately just wants to love her?

Harley

To graduate with my master's in journalism, I have to join the pen pal program, where I’m linked up with a prisoner and have to exchange letters for a year.

I need him to graduate. He needs me to get out of that hell.

This is supposed a quick, one-page letter once a month. Except a lot can happen in a year when he’s the only person that listens to me. Everything changes. Not only does East become my best friend, but suddenly, he’s the keeper of almost all my secrets.

When he’s released, will I be strong enough to let him see all my demons and claim my heart, too?]]> 128 Taylor Jade Candy 2 3.37 Little Bird: Criminally Yours
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]]> <![CDATA[The Illustrated Egyptian Book of the Dead (Mind, Body, Spirit)]]> 539749 144 Ramses Seleem 1841812366 Candy 0 to-read 3.86 -1500 The Illustrated Egyptian Book of the Dead (Mind, Body, Spirit)
author: Ramses Seleem
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]]> <![CDATA[A Court of Thorns and Roses (Part 2 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation] (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1)]]> 60802408
When nineteen-year-old huntress Feyre kills a wolf in the woods, a terrifying creature arrives to demand retribution. Dragged to a treacherous magical land she knows about only from legends, Feyre discovers that her captor is not truly a beast, but one of the lethal, immortal faeries who once ruled her world.

At least, he's not a beast all the time.

As she adapts to her new home, her feelings for the faerie, Tamlin, transform from icy hostility into a fiery passion that burns through every lie she's been told about the beautiful, dangerous world of the Fae. But something is not right in the faerie lands. An ancient, wicked shadow is growing, and Feyre must find a way to stop it, or doom Tamlin—and his world—forever.

From bestselling author Sarah J. Maas comes a seductive, breathtaking series that blends romance, adventure, and faerie lore into an unforgettable listen.

Performed by Melody Muze, Anthony Palmini, Henry W. Kramer, Ann Flandermeyer, Gabriel Michael, Debi Tinsley, Natalie Van Sistine, Karenna Foley, Scott McCormick, Bradley Foster Smith, Karen Novack, Christopher Graybill, Terence Aselford, Matthew Bassett, Michael John Casey, Nora Achrati, Yasmin Tuazon, Alejandro Ruiz, Steve Wannall, and Shanta Parasuraman.]]> 1 Sarah J. Maas Candy 5 4.58 2022 A Court of Thorns and Roses (Part 2 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation] (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1)
author: Sarah J. Maas
name: Candy
average rating: 4.58
book published: 2022
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]]> <![CDATA[A Court of Thorns and Roses (Part 1 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation] (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1)]]> 60675812
When nineteen-year-old huntress Feyre kills a wolf in the woods, a terrifying creature arrives to demand retribution. Dragged to a treacherous magical land she knows about only from legends, Feyre discovers that her captor is not truly a beast, but one of the lethal, immortal faeries who once ruled her world.

At least, he's not a beast all the time.

As she adapts to her new home, her feelings for the faerie, Tamlin, transform from icy hostility into a fiery passion that burns through every lie she's been told about the beautiful, dangerous world of the Fae. But something is not right in the faerie lands. An ancient, wicked shadow is growing, and Feyre must find a way to stop it, or doom Tamlin—and his world—forever.

From bestselling author Sarah J. Maas comes a seductive, breathtaking series that blends romance, adventure, and faerie lore into an unforgettable listen.

Performed by Melody Muze, Anthony Palmini, Henry W. Kramer, Ann Flandermeyer, Gabriel Michael, Debi Tinsley, Natalie Van Sistine, Karenna Foley, Scott McCormick, Bradley Foster Smith, Karen Novack, Christopher Graybill, Terence Aselford, Matthew Bassett, Michael John Casey, Nora Achrati, Yasmin Tuazon, Alejandro Ruiz, Steve Wannall, and Shanta Parasuraman.]]> 1 Sarah J. Maas Candy 5 4.49 2022 A Court of Thorns and Roses (Part 1 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation] (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1)
author: Sarah J. Maas
name: Candy
average rating: 4.49
book published: 2022
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]]> <![CDATA[Between Desire and Denial (The Hardy Billionaire Brothers, #4)]]> 210044348 Dimitri Hardy and I were never really supposed to be friends.

He was a risky, over-the-top investor. I was trying to avoid the glamorous lifestyle my parents had raised me in.
He was fun and laid back. I was wound tight and dramatic.
He had his life put together. I did not.

So having Dimitri witness my breakup was a low moment. Especially since my boyfriend was also my professor, and after cheating on me, he decided to make me redo my master's thesis.

But Dimitri saw an opportunity. He offered to assist with my thesis. In exchange, I would help him gain the trust of the upscale town where I'd grown up-one he'd just heavily invested in.

His proposal:
Move back home and fake a relationship with him for the summer.
Show my town he's trustworthy.
Adore one another in public and pretend there's no desire brewing in private.
It seems like an easy plan.

But what Dimitri doesn't understand is that a few months in my hometown can ruin you . . . and one summer of denying my desire of his stolen touches and longing stares just might ruin me too.]]> 409 Shain Rose 1956810161 Candy 3 3.99 2024 Between Desire and Denial (The Hardy Billionaire Brothers, #4)
author: Shain Rose
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average rating: 3.99
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]]> <![CDATA[School for Psychics (School for Psychics, #1)]]> 38088960
Teddy Cannon isn’t your typical twenty-something woman. She’s resourceful. She’s bright. She’s scrappy. She can also read people with uncanny precision. What she doesn’t she’s actually psychic.

When a series of bad decisions leads Teddy to a run-in with the police, a mysterious stranger intervenes. He invites her to apply to the School for Psychics, a facility hidden off the coast of San Francisco where students are trained like Delta Force it’s competitive, cutthroat, and highly secretive. They’ll learn telepathy, telekinesis, investigative skills, and SWAT tactics. And if students survive their training, they go on to serve at the highest levels of government, using their skills to protect America, and the world.

In class, Teddy befriends Lucas, a rebel without a cause who can start and manipulate fire; Jillian, a hipster who can mediate communication between animals and humans; and Molly, a hacker who can apprehend the emotional state of another individual. But just as Teddy feels like she’s found where she might belong, strange things begin to break-ins, missing students, and more. It leads Teddy to accept a dangerous mission that will ultimately cause her to question everything—her teachers, her friends, her family, and even herself.

Set in a world very much like our own, School for Psychics is the first book in a stay-up-all night series.]]> 370 K.C. Archer 1501159356 Candy 5 I found this book very hard to put down. It is something different from the other novels that I have recently picked up. Psychics, that alone is a very interesting to read about. The characters were amazing and the plot had me at the edge of my seat. Twists and turns throughout the book made me forget that I was at work to begin with.

We start of with Teddy who is an epileptic gambling addicted young lady who still lives in her "apartment." (If that sentence didn't make you want to read this book there might be something wrong with you.) She loves to gamble because she has this uncanny ability to read people really well. Having to overcome some debt, she returns to the casino, from which is one of plenty where she is banned, and caught. A man named Clint steps in and this certain individual seems to know plenty about her and there's something else that she can't lay a finger on, he made these people leave her alone without saying anything to them.

It comes to light that she contains psychic abilities and is eventually given the opportunity to attend this school that will help her train and better her psychic abilities. A fair trade for paying off her debt and keeping her parents safe. She takes up on the opportunity for her parents sake also with the thought that she has nothing to lose. It would be a new start, what's the worse that can happen?

Upon entering this school, she realizes that she may have underestimated everything she thought about the her offer but proceeds to do the best she can. Here she learns more about herself than she ever knew and the possibility that everything she thought she knew may have been a lie. She knew she was adopted but learns the truth of her biological parents. She was medicated on epileptic medication but in reality was just her psychic ability all along. So she trains to become better at her uncontrolled abilities and despite being closed off to the world and trust issued, she makes friends with other people like herself.

With the disappearance of certain blood samples and a couple of students and as more truth comes out she finds herself risking her and her friends lives to uncover the truth and motives behind the history of the school and certain people that teach there all while doing their best to pass and better themselves in their gifts and classwork.]]> 3.72 2018 School for Psychics (School for Psychics, #1)
author: K.C. Archer
name: Candy
average rating: 3.72
book published: 2018
rating: 5
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I know this book hasn't been released yet but I have to ask, When can I expect another book? Holy crap, this was a great read. I got an E-ARC (I need to obtain a hard copy of this) and read this book this morning at work.
I found this book very hard to put down. It is something different from the other novels that I have recently picked up. Psychics, that alone is a very interesting to read about. The characters were amazing and the plot had me at the edge of my seat. Twists and turns throughout the book made me forget that I was at work to begin with.

We start of with Teddy who is an epileptic gambling addicted young lady who still lives in her "apartment." (If that sentence didn't make you want to read this book there might be something wrong with you.) She loves to gamble because she has this uncanny ability to read people really well. Having to overcome some debt, she returns to the casino, from which is one of plenty where she is banned, and caught. A man named Clint steps in and this certain individual seems to know plenty about her and there's something else that she can't lay a finger on, he made these people leave her alone without saying anything to them.

It comes to light that she contains psychic abilities and is eventually given the opportunity to attend this school that will help her train and better her psychic abilities. A fair trade for paying off her debt and keeping her parents safe. She takes up on the opportunity for her parents sake also with the thought that she has nothing to lose. It would be a new start, what's the worse that can happen?

Upon entering this school, she realizes that she may have underestimated everything she thought about the her offer but proceeds to do the best she can. Here she learns more about herself than she ever knew and the possibility that everything she thought she knew may have been a lie. She knew she was adopted but learns the truth of her biological parents. She was medicated on epileptic medication but in reality was just her psychic ability all along. So she trains to become better at her uncontrolled abilities and despite being closed off to the world and trust issued, she makes friends with other people like herself.

With the disappearance of certain blood samples and a couple of students and as more truth comes out she finds herself risking her and her friends lives to uncover the truth and motives behind the history of the school and certain people that teach there all while doing their best to pass and better themselves in their gifts and classwork.
]]> <![CDATA[Forever Golden (Kings of Cypress Pointe, #3)]]> 56148473
The cocky jock I once wanted to kill with my bare hands is now the only one I trust with my heart.

In a city full of corruption and dark secrets, knowing who’s on your side gets harder to determine every day. Especially now that Vin’s on the warpath, passing out threats he fully intends to see through to the end. His power here in Cypress Pointe seems limitless, and I don’t have time to see if that’s true. I’m prepared to make sacrifices to keep my family safe.

Even if what’s sacrificed is my own happiness.

As our circle of loyal friends becomes clear, we cling to it, because it’s all any of us has. And if there’s one thing Vin didn’t count on, it’s that blood isn’t always thicker than water.

He might just find out firsthand why it’s never wise to cross the king’s queen.

***
FOREVER GOLDEN is the highly anticipated conclusion to this portion of the saga, and a lead-in to the KINGS OF CYPRESS spinoff. This book is the final installment of a trilogy and should only be read after completing books one & two, THE GOLDEN BOYS and NEVER HIS GIRL.

This series contains strong bully themes. So, if you’re not into romances where hate turns into love (� eventually), and if you don’t like your heroes of the unapologetically alpha variety, this might not be the series for you. There is no rape or dubious consent whatsoever. However, due to adult themes and sexual situations, this one’s only for the 18+ crowd.

This series is sure to give you GOSSIP GIRL and ONE TREE HILL vibes, and the angst will have you burning through the pages to find out what happens next. One-click and get lost in this series today!

Smooches,
RJ & NT]]> 340 Rachel Jonas Candy 5 4.18 2021 Forever Golden (Kings of Cypress Pointe, #3)
author: Rachel Jonas
name: Candy
average rating: 4.18
book published: 2021
rating: 5
read at: 2024/08/27
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]]> <![CDATA[Never His Girl (Kings of Cypress Prep, #2)]]> 59006586
Nothing puts the final bullet in a girl’s rep like a leaked sex tape. Especially one starring her and the cocky quarterback who’s had it out for her since day one. Yep, you guessed it. That girl is me.

At Cypress Prep, West is king, but all I see when I look at him is the wicked prick who gets off on trying to break me.

His plaything.

Go ahead. Give him a round of applause for winning that last round, but know this--hell hath no fury like a girl from the south side with a baseball bat.

Hurt me once, shame on you. Hurt me twice� over my dead body.
***
NEVER HIS GIRL is the highly anticipated continuation of the KINGS OF CYPRESS PREP series. This is book two in a trilogy and should only be read after completing book one, THE GOLDEN BOYS.

This saga contains strong bully themes. So, if you’re not into romances where hate turns into love (� eventually), and if you don’t like your heroes of the unapologetically alpha variety, this might not be the series for you. There is no rape or dubious consent whatsoever. However, due to adult themes and sexual situations, this one’s only for the 18+ crowd.

This series is sure to give you GOSSIP GIRL and ONE TREE HILL vibes, and the angst will have you burning through the pages to find out what happens next. One-click and get lost in this series today!
Smooches,
RJ & NT]]> Rachel Jonas Candy 5 4.22 2021 Never His Girl (Kings of Cypress Prep, #2)
author: Rachel Jonas
name: Candy
average rating: 4.22
book published: 2021
rating: 5
read at: 2024/08/24
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]]> <![CDATA[The Golden Boys (Kings of Cypress Pointe, #1)]]> 55465480
Don’t let that pretty face of his fool you. He isn’t the boy next door, or the kind you trust with your heart. He’s the devil in designer jeans, with all the charm of a bona fide psycho.

Trust me.

He swears I did something to cross him before I even stepped foot inside Cypress Prep, but it’s a lie. No one knows better than me that I’m all out of chances. One more misstep and I can kiss my future goodbye, which means I can’t possibly be guilty of whatever he thinks I’ve done.

West marks me with a target anyway, and as this town’s football star, no one dares to go against him. His money, status, and the loyalty of his equally entitled brothers makes him seem untouchable. Only, I know better than that.

This false god isn’t infallible like he wants the world to believe. Whenever I stare into those devilish green eyes, I see it plain as day. The chink in his armor. His one and only weakness.

Me.

The King of Cypress Prep has finally met his match and taking him down just became an inside job.

*Final cover coming soon!*]]> 350 Rachel Jonas Candy 5 4.13 2020 The Golden Boys (Kings of Cypress Pointe, #1)
author: Rachel Jonas
name: Candy
average rating: 4.13
book published: 2020
rating: 5
read at: 2024/08/23
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]]> Death's Obsession 159508891 He’s coming for you.

Death is meant to come on a chariot of broken dreams or in the dark trenches of a storm, not in love letters and gifts.

He did not take my soul when I was meant to die. He did not want it all the other times that I’ve offered it to him on a silver platter. Yet, time and time again, he reminds me that I am his: His night monster, his dark love, his perfect other.

Death was the only thing keeping me alive. He watches me from his corner, taunts me with sweet messages, marks my body with his touch as I sleep.

He took the people that I love away from me. Still, no one believed me when I said that I saw the faceless man on the night of the accident.

No one can escape death.

Me? I’m chasing it.]]> 178 Avina St. Graves 0473680858 Candy 5 3.72 2023 Death's Obsession
author: Avina St. Graves
name: Candy
average rating: 3.72
book published: 2023
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Runaway Queen (Made of Mayhem Duet #2)]]> 123236625 I died, except I didn’t. I lied, which’ll be worse� when he finds me.

Nikolai Chernov is finally free and looking for me.

He’s not the man I knew.

He’s much, much worse�

And this time, nothing will save me from him, when he finds out what else I was keeping from him.

Who else.]]> 326 Mila Kane Candy 5 4.26 2023 Runaway Queen (Made of Mayhem Duet #2)
author: Mila Kane
name: Candy
average rating: 4.26
book published: 2023
rating: 5
read at: 2024/08/17
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]]> <![CDATA[Malevolent King (Made of Mayhem Duet, #1)]]> 123207426 A dearly devoted psychopath.

When I was seventeen, I met the devil.
I was a sheltered mafia princess, living in a cage.
He was the bratva bad boy who dared to trespass on my father’s property� me.
The only man who flaunted the rules, and embraced chaos...
Darkly handsome, tattooed, and dangerous, his wicked smile haunted my dreams for years.
Nikolai Chernov crawled inside my mind and became the star of my fantasies and nightmares at the same time.

Now, he’s back, older, more terrifying, and more powerful—more everything.
He’s supposed to be my family’s prisoner, taken to pay off a family debt between my father’s famiglia and his bratva.
But Nikolai Chernov has never met a rule he didn’t want to break and doesn’t plan to go easy.
He escapes and takes me with him.
He says I'm his insurance, but he won't let me go even when it costs him his freedom.
He tells me he never will, and that should scare me more than it does.

When this sheltered mafia princess meets a bratva devil on the run, neither of them will ever be the same.
This time, the villain gets the girl. Malevolent King is Book 1 in a duet, and therefore ends in a cliffhanger. The story resolves in Runaway Queen. This is a dark mafia meets bratva romance, and as such contains dark themes which may not be to everyone’s tastes. Please read with caution.]]> 318 Mila Kane Candy 5 4.10 2023 Malevolent King (Made of Mayhem Duet, #1)
author: Mila Kane
name: Candy
average rating: 4.10
book published: 2023
rating: 5
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]]> Iron Flame (The Empyrean, #2) 90202302 “The first year is when some of us lose our lives. The second year is when the rest of us lose our humanity.� —Xaden Riorson

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

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

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

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

Because Violet knows the real secret hidden for centuries at Basgiath War College—and nothing, not even dragon fire, may be enough to save them in the end.]]> 623 Rebecca Yarros 1649374178 Candy 5 4.33 2023 Iron Flame (The Empyrean, #2)
author: Rebecca Yarros
name: Candy
average rating: 4.33
book published: 2023
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)]]> 63219094 Enter the brutal and elite world of a war college for dragon riders from #1 New York Times bestselling author Rebecca Yarros.

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

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

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

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

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

Friends, enemies, lovers. Everyone at Basgiath War College has an agenda—because once you enter, there are only two ways out: graduate or die.]]> 665 Rebecca Yarros Candy 5 4.74 2023 Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)
author: Rebecca Yarros
name: Candy
average rating: 4.74
book published: 2023
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Pushing Boundaries: The Collection]]> 60600785 "WOW. If dirty talk is your thing, you're gonna love this…�
--Sofia’s Beddable Reads

Dirty never sounded so good! Read the entire Pushing Boundaries Series in one place. Consists of all 4 books.

Dirty Talk - Derrick â€The Love Whispererâ€� King gives out relationship and sex advice on the radio to everyone, but he’s giving me something a bit more personal. Nobody’s ever talked to me the way he does. Daring, Demanding, Sexyâ€� and oh, so Dirty.

Dirty Laundry - Elise Warner.�
She's a reporter, one I should be careful with.
She'd love to get the scoop that secretly I'm a single dad and no one knows.
And I aim to keep it that way.
�

Dirty Deeds - For months, I’ve watched her. I know she’s off-limits, but she’s so sweet, so innocent� and so sexy that she haunts my dreams.

Maggie doesn’t belong in this world, this seedy underbelly of the city. But there she is, my Angel with her wide eyes behind her nerdy glasses. So, when she needs help, I’m the only one who can protect her.

Dirty Secrets - I live in a dangerous world, so she thinks I want to lock her away in a gilded cage. But I want to set her free. I want to make her my queen.
As long as she follows my rules.

Whatever it takes, I'll have her at my side.
I'll tease and tempt her with sweet words.
Fray away at her sanity with secrets.
Dare her to accept my depravity by mixing it with pleasure she’s never known.

Once we cross that line, will she be able to handle the depth of my passion?]]> 770 Lauren Landish Candy 0 currently-reading 4.20 Pushing Boundaries: The Collection
author: Lauren Landish
name: Candy
average rating: 4.20
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]]> Any Means Necessary 142034832 Callum Russo is a meticulous man all about information, leverage, and control. Known only in the most exclusive circles, Callum is the man with the plan and he gets results by any means necessary. That is, until a blonde bombshell walks into his carefully curated life like a pretty, pink wrecking-ball. She has the potential to break through every one of the carefully constructed masks he’s spent years hiding behind.

Lexie West knows who she is and where her life is going. As a plus-size ER nurse working in New York City she thought she was prepared for anything that could be thrown at her. When she trades her travel contract at the hospital for a job house-sitting a luxury penthouse apartment, her only plans are to drink margaritas, try a few recipes, and find a good karaoke bar.

Until one night, when she rounds the corner to find a dangerously attractive giant standing in the penthouse kitchen who claims to own the apartment she is staying in.

She’s seen it all.

But she never could have expected him.

A knock on Lexie’s bedroom door in the middle of the night changes everything. Suddenly, she’s being swept into a world of violence, crime, and influence by a man who solves impossible problems for powerful people.

She’s an unexpected wildcard in his perfect game but he’ll do anything he can to have her� by any means necessary.

**This is a stand alone dark romance with a confident, plus size main character and a dangerous, tattooed, bearded male lead. Please be sure to read the trigger warnings!**]]> 403 Lila Herron Candy 4 3.85 Any Means Necessary
author: Lila Herron
name: Candy
average rating: 3.85
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]]> <![CDATA[Viciously Yours (Fae Kings of Eden, #1)]]> 205404157
When Rennick was thirteen, the gods bestowed upon him the name of his fated mate--a human girl. As the sole heir to the Mountain Kingdom, magic bound him to his kingdom until he ascended the throne on his twenty-fifth birthday, and as a human, she couldn't cross the magical barrier separating the humans from the fae. Heartsore and consumed with thoughts of her, he did the only thing he could and sent her anonymous letters and gifts�

Until he crossed the barrier into her kingdom to claim her as his own.


Six months after Amelia's thirteenth birthday, she received a strange letter from a fae boy claiming her as his mate. Humans weren't taught much about the fae, and one look at the horrifying doll meant to be her belated birthday gift solidified her suspicions that someone was playing a cruel joke. Except the letters and odd gifts kept coming. Against her better judgment, Amelia fell in love with her mysterious admirer throughout the years, certain they would never meet. But on her twenty-fifth birthday, her walk to work was interrupted by two familiar words she'd read a million times.

"Hello, love."

Viciously Yours is a new adult fantasy romance long novella/short novel of about 60k words/250 pages. It is fast-paced and focuses solely on the relationship between the two main characters. There is no overarching background plot. Example: Rebels attack the kingdoms, but there is no story as to why because it just is.

The couple does have minor obstacles, but there is no miscommunication trope, no third act breakup, and no cheating.

PLEASE NOTE: The male main character does a few morally black things to those he deems a threat to his relationship. There are no shades of grey.

CONTENT WARNINGS:
Orphaned heroine, gore, unethical kills and decisions by main characters, death of a parent, mature language, explicit sexual situations, graphic violence and death]]> 258 Jamie Applegate Hunter Candy 3 3.59 2024 Viciously Yours (Fae Kings of Eden, #1)
author: Jamie Applegate Hunter
name: Candy
average rating: 3.59
book published: 2024
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Camera Shy (Lessons in Love, #1)]]> 176816880
"A man is going to treat you how you treat yourself. So please, for the love of God, act like a queen."

I was expecting a ring on my thirtieth birthday. What I didn't see coming was my boyfriend and business partner dumping me because he couldn't bear the idea of our bland sex life for the rest of our lives.

When an opportunity arises to spend my summer in Las Vegas, I stumble upon my hot new neighbor and his photography studio. We strike a simple deal.

He's the teacher, and I'm his student.

My lesson is learning to love the body I have. In exchange, I'm going to save his business. I have exactly one summer to unearth the most confident version of myself before I go home and return to reality.

But after a passion-fueled summer, I'm not sure of who I am anymore, and it's clear that the worst heartbreak of my life might still be yet to come.]]> 446 Kay Cove Candy 5 4.26 Camera Shy (Lessons in Love, #1)
author: Kay Cove
name: Candy
average rating: 4.26
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]]> <![CDATA[A Court of Frost and Starlight (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #3.5)]]> 31076583 229 Sarah J. Maas 168119631X Candy 4 Full review coming soon to
]]> 3.77 2019 A Court of Frost and Starlight (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #3.5)
author: Sarah J. Maas
name: Candy
average rating: 3.77
book published: 2019
rating: 4
read at: 2018/05/03
date added: 2024/07/02
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I loved that we got to see our beloved characters and that we have a deeper insight to their emotional wounds but I feel like something was missing. I understand that this was a novelette and I enjoyed going back to this particular fae world but I can't help but feel underwhelmed. I can't wait to for next ones to be released to see the direction that it goes.
Full review coming soon to

]]> <![CDATA[Hunting Adeline (Cat and Mouse, #2)]]> 58460534
The Diamond

Death walks alongside me,
But the reaper is no match for me.
I'm trapped in a world full of monsters dressed as men, and those who aren't as they seem.
They won't keep me forever.
I no longer recognize the person I've become,
And I'm fighting to find my way back to the beast who hunts me in the night.
They call me a diamond,
But they've only created an angel of death.

The Hunter

I was born a predator,
With ruthlessness ingrained in my bones.
When what's mine is stolen from me in the night,
Like a diamond hidden within a fortress,
I find that I can no longer contain the beast.
Blood will paint the ground as I tear apart this world to find her.
And bring her back to where she belongs.
No one will escape my wrath,
Especially not those who have betrayed me.]]> 651 H.D. Carlton Candy 5 4.23 2022 Hunting Adeline (Cat and Mouse, #2)
author: H.D. Carlton
name: Candy
average rating: 4.23
book published: 2022
rating: 5
read at: 2023/07/12
date added: 2024/02/04
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]]> <![CDATA[Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing]]> 59641216
So begins the riveting story of acclaimed actor Matthew Perry, taking us along on his journey from childhood ambition to fame to addiction and recovery in the aftermath of a life-threatening health scare. Before the frequent hospital visits and stints in rehab, there was five-year-old Matthew, who traveled from Montreal to Los Angeles, shuffling between his separated parents; fourteen-year-old Matthew, who was a nationally ranked tennis star in Canada; twenty-four-year-old Matthew, who nabbed a coveted role as a lead cast member on the talked-about pilot then called Friends Like Us. . . and so much more.

In an extraordinary story that only he could tell—and in the heartfelt, hilarious, and warmly familiar way only he could tell it—Matthew Perry lays bare the fractured family that raised him (and also left him to his own devices), the desire for recognition that drove him to fame, and the void inside him that could not be filled even by his greatest dreams coming true. But he also details the peace he’s found in sobriety and how he feels about the ubiquity of Friends, sharing stories about his castmates and other stars he met along the way. Frank, self-aware, and with his trademark humor, Perry vividly depicts his lifelong battle with addiction and what fueled it despite seemingly having it all.

Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing is an unforgettable memoir that is both intimate and eye-opening—as well as a hand extended to anyone struggling with sobriety. Unflinchingly honest, moving, and uproariously funny, this is the book fans have been waiting for.]]> 250 Matthew Perry 1250866448 Candy 5 3.89 2022 Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing
author: Matthew Perry
name: Candy
average rating: 3.89
book published: 2022
rating: 5
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]]> The Haunting of Alejandra 61641079 A woman is haunted by the Mexican folk demon La Llorona as she unravels the dark secrets of her family history in this ravishing and provocative horror novel.

Alejandra no longer knows who she is. To her husband, she is a wife, and to her children, a mother. To her own adoptive mother, she is a daughter. But they cannot see who Alejandra has become: a woman struggling with a darkness that threatens to consume her.

Nor can they see what Alejandra sees. In times of despair, a ghostly vision appears to her, the apparition of a crying woman in a ragged white gown.

When Alejandra visits a therapist, she begins exploring her family’s history, starting with the biological mother she never knew. As she goes deeper into the lives of the women in her family, she learns that heartbreak and tragedy are not the only things she has in common with her ancestors.

Because the crying woman was with them, too. She is La Llorona, the vengeful and murderous mother of Mexican legend. And she will not leave until Alejandra follows her mother, her grandmother, and all the women who came before her into the darkness.

But Alejandra has inherited more than just pain. She has inherited the strength and the courage of her foremothers—and she will have to summon everything they have given her to banish La Llorona forever.]]> 272 V. Castro 0593499697 Candy 5 3.63 2023 The Haunting of Alejandra
author: V. Castro
name: Candy
average rating: 3.63
book published: 2023
rating: 5
read at: 2023/12/28
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]]> The Woman in Me 74894304 The Woman in Me is a brave and astonishingly moving story about freedom, fame, motherhood, survival, faith, and hope.

In June 2021, the whole world was listening as Britney Spears spoke in open court. The impact of sharing her voice—her truth—was undeniable, and it changed the course of her life and the lives of countless others. The Woman in Me reveals for the first time her incredible journey—and the strength at the core of one of the greatest performers in pop music history.

Written with remarkable candor and humor, Spears’s groundbreaking book illuminates the enduring power of music and love—and the importance of a woman telling her own story, on her own terms, at last.]]> 287 Britney Spears Candy 5 insightful and beautiful lot written

It’s beautiful to read this very personal and insightful book. It makes me reflect of how many of us just see tabloids and go along with it instead of thinking about how this is a person too. Very good read. ]]> 3.93 2023 The Woman in Me
author: Britney Spears
name: Candy
average rating: 3.93
book published: 2023
rating: 5
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insightful and beautiful lot written

It’s beautiful to read this very personal and insightful book. It makes me reflect of how many of us just see tabloids and go along with it instead of thinking about how this is a person too. Very good read.
]]> <![CDATA[Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)]]> 8684868 My name is Katniss Everdeen.
Why am I not dead?
I should be dead.

Katniss Everdeen, girl on fire, has survived, even though her home has been destroyed. Gale has escaped. Katniss’s family is safe. Peeta has been captured by the Capitol. District 13 really does exist. There are rebels. There are new leaders. A revolution is unfolding.

It is by design that Katniss was rescued from the arena in the cruel and haunting Quarter Quell, and it is by design that she has long been part of the revolution without knowing it. District 13 has come out of the shadows and is plotting to overthrow the Capitol. Everyone, it seems, has had a hand in the carefully laid plans—except Katniss.

The success of the rebellion hinges on Katniss’s willingness to be a pawn, to accept responsibility for countless lives, and to change the course of the future of Panem. To do this, she must put aside her feelings of anger and distrust. She must become the rebels� Mockingjay—no matter what the personal cost.]]> 339 Suzanne Collins Candy 0 currently-reading 4.31 2010 Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)]]> 8423493
Much to her shock, Katniss has fueled an unrest she's afraid she cannot stop. And what scares her even more is that she's not entirely convinced she should try. As time draws near for Katniss and Peeta to visit the districts on the Capitol's cruel Victory Tour, the stakes are higher than ever. If they can't prove, without a shadow of a doubt, that they are lost in their love for each other, the consequences will be horrifying.

In Catching Fire, the second novel of the Hunger Games trilogy, Suzanne Collins continues the story of Katniss Everdeen, testing her more than ever before... and surprising readers at every turn.]]> 439 Suzanne Collins Candy 5 4.43 2009 Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
author: Suzanne Collins
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average rating: 4.43
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rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The Housemaid (The Housemaid, #1)]]> 60556912
Every day I clean the Winchesters� beautiful house top to bottom. I collect their daughter from school. And I cook a delicious meal for the whole family before heading up to eat alone in my tiny room on the top floor.

I try to ignore how Nina makes a mess just to watch me clean it up. How she tells strange lies about her own daughter. And how her husband Andrew seems more broken every day. But as I look into Andrew’s handsome brown eyes, so full of pain, it’s hard not to imagine what it would be like to live Nina’s life. The walk-in closet, the fancy car, the perfect husband.

I only try on one of Nina’s pristine white dresses once. Just to see what it’s like. But she soon finds out� and by the time I realize my attic bedroom door only locks from the outside, it’s far too late.

But I reassure myself: the Winchesters don’t know who I really am.

They don’t know what I’m capable of�

An unbelievably twisty read that will have you glued to the pages late into the night. Anyone who loves The Woman in the Window, The Wife Between Us and The Girl on the Train won’t be able to put this down!]]> 329 Freida McFadden 1803144378 Candy 5 Such an amazing read

This was a quick fun read and I’m so glad my friend recommended it to me. I can’t wait to pick up rest of the series. ]]> 4.31 2022 The Housemaid (The Housemaid, #1)
author: Freida McFadden
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average rating: 4.31
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Such an amazing read

This was a quick fun read and I’m so glad my friend recommended it to me. I can’t wait to pick up rest of the series.
]]> <![CDATA[Haunting Adeline (Cat and Mouse, #1)]]> 58763686
I can manipulate the emotions of anyone who lets me.
I will make you hurt, make you cry, make you laugh and sigh.
But my words don't affect him. Especially not when I plead for him to leave.
He's always there, watching and waiting.
And I can never look away.
Not when I want him to come closer.


The Shadow

I didn't mean to fall in love.
But now that I have, I can't stay away.
I'm mesmerized by her smile, by her eyes, and the way she moves.
The way she undresses...
I'll keep watching and waiting. Until I can make her mine.
And once she is, I'll never let her go.
Not even when she begs me to.]]> 583 H.D. Carlton Candy 5 3.95 2021 Haunting Adeline (Cat and Mouse, #1)
author: H.D. Carlton
name: Candy
average rating: 3.95
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]]> <![CDATA[The Bake Shop (An Amish Marketplace Novel Book 1)]]> 45453842 Return to Lancaster County with the first installment of Amy Clipston's charming new Amish Marketplace series.

Christiana Kurtz loves to bake, but when her bake stand becomes too busy, her mother encourages her to move her business to the local market. Her new bake shop becomes so inundated with customers that the line blocks the leather and woodcraft shop next door, which is run by Jeffrey Stoltzfus. When Jeffrey complains that her stand is driving away business due to the lines, she complains to him that his personalization machine smells. Though their relationship starts off on bad footing, they eventually forge a friendship.

When Christiana’s father makes a surprise visit to the market, he is upset to find that Jeffrey uses the building’s electricity to personalize his items. He tells Christiana that Jeffrey is too modern for her, and she’s forbidden from dating him. Christiana is crushed, but she knows she must obey her father.

When Jeffrey’s shop catches fire one day, he puts the entire market in jeopardy—including Christiana’s bake shop. Christiana, however, can’t deny how she feels about Jeffrey despite his mistakes. Though the odds are against them, can two young people find a way to rebuild both their businesses and their relationship?

]]> 255 Amy Clipston 0310356407 Candy 4 4.45 2019 The Bake Shop (An Amish Marketplace Novel Book 1)
author: Amy Clipston
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average rating: 4.45
book published: 2019
rating: 4
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]]> Pretty Little Wife 53441185 Debut author Darby Kane thrills with this twisty domestic suspense novel that asks one central question: shouldn’t a dead husband stay dead?

Lila Ridgefield lives in an idyllic college town, but not everything is what it seems. Lila isn’t what she seems. A student vanished months ago. Now, Lila’s husband, Aaron, is also missing. At first these cases are treated as horrible coincidences until it’s discovered the student is really the third of three unexplained disappearances over the last few years. The police are desperate to find the connection, if there even is one. Little do they know they might be stumbling over only part of the truth�.

With the small town in an uproar, everyone is worried about the whereabouts of their beloved high school teacher. Everyone except Lila, his wife. She’s definitely confused about her missing husband but only because she was the last person to see his body, and now it’s gone.]]> 403 Darby Kane 0063016400 Candy 5 3.89 2020 Pretty Little Wife
author: Darby Kane
name: Candy
average rating: 3.89
book published: 2020
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Salvation of a Saint (Detective Galileo, #2)]]> 13506866 330 Keigo Higashino 0312600682 Candy 5 4.01 2008 Salvation of a Saint (Detective Galileo, #2)
author: Keigo Higashino
name: Candy
average rating: 4.01
book published: 2008
rating: 5
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]]> I'm Glad My Mom Died 59364173
Jennette McCurdy was six years old when she had her first acting audition. Her mother’s dream was for her only daughter to become a star, and Jennette would do anything to make her mother happy. So she went along with what Mom called “calorie restriction,� eating little and weighing herself five times a day. She endured extensive at-home makeovers while Mom chided, “Your eyelashes are invisible, okay? You think Dakota Fanning doesn’t tint hers?� She was even showered by Mom until age sixteen while sharing her diaries, email, and all her income.

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

Told with refreshing candor and dark humor, I’m Glad My Mom Died is an inspiring story of resilience, independence, and the joy of shampooing your own hair.]]> 320 Jennette McCurdy Candy 5 4.45 2022 I'm Glad My Mom Died
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name: Candy
average rating: 4.45
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]]> <![CDATA[Kingdom of Ash (Throne of Glass, #7)]]> 38335045 An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found here.

Aelin Galathynius has vowed to save her people � but at a tremendous cost. Locked within an iron coffin by the Queen of the Fae, Aelin must draw upon her fiery will as she endures months of torture. The knowledge that yielding to Maeve will doom those she loves keeps her from breaking, but her resolve is unraveling with each passing day�

With Aelin captured, friends and allies are scattered to different fates. Some bonds will grow even deeper, while others will be severed forever. As destinies weave together at last, all must fight if Erilea is to have any hope of salvation.

Years in the making, Sarah J. Maas's New York Times bestselling Throne of Glass series draws to an explosive conclusion as Aelin fights to save herself―and the promise of a better world.]]> 989 Sarah J. Maas Candy 5 4.73 2018 Kingdom of Ash (Throne of Glass, #7)
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average rating: 4.73
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]]> This Is War (The Society #2) 62236141 And all signs point to him being held at Club Onyx � the most exclusive club in the city.
There’s just one problem�
I have no idea where that is.
But I will find him.
No matter what it takes.
This is war, baby.]]> 427 Ivy Smoak Candy 4 4.23 This Is War (The Society #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[Stalker Problems (The Society #1)]]> 58052243
They say they’ll grant me three wishes.

They say they’ll make all my wildest dreams come true.

All I have to do is sign the contract.

Is it too good to be true? I’m about to find out.



Warning: This is my steamiest book yet. Like…super steamy. You’ve been warned. Welcome to the Society…]]> 498 Ivy Smoak Candy 3 3.91 Stalker Problems (The Society #1)
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]]> The Wife Upstairs 53137893 A delicious twist on a Gothic classic, The Wife Upstairs pairs Southern charm with atmospheric domestic suspense, perfect for fans of B.A. Paris and Megan Miranda.

Meet Jane. Newly arrived to Birmingham, Alabama, Jane is a broke dog-walker in Thornfield Estates––a gated community full of McMansions, shiny SUVs, and bored housewives. The kind of place where no one will notice if Jane lifts the discarded tchotchkes and jewelry off the side tables of her well-heeled clients. Where no one will think to ask if Jane is her real name.

But her luck changes when she meets Eddie Rochester. Recently widowed, Eddie is Thornfield Estates� most mysterious resident. His wife, Bea, drowned in a boating accident with her best friend, their bodies lost to the deep. Jane can’t help but see an opportunity in Eddie––not only is he rich, brooding, and handsome, he could also offer her the kind of protection she’s always yearned for.

Yet as Jane and Eddie fall for each other, Jane is increasingly haunted by the legend of Bea, an ambitious beauty with a rags-to-riches origin story, who launched a wildly successful southern lifestyle brand. How can she, plain Jane, ever measure up? And can she win Eddie’s heart before her past––or his––catches up to her?

With delicious suspense, incisive wit, and a fresh, feminist sensibility, The Wife Upstairs flips the script on a timeless tale of forbidden romance, ill-advised attraction, and a wife who just won’t stay buried. In this vivid reimagining of one of literature’s most twisted love triangles, which Mrs. Rochester will get her happy ending?]]> 290 Rachel Hawkins 1250245494 Candy 5 3.71 2021 The Wife Upstairs
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average rating: 3.71
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I had so much fun reading this book to the point where I neglected my hospital work for a hot minute. A book where I thought I had my finger on characters only to have my theories thrown out the window. Who can you trust? Grab this book and read it if you want to be engrossed in a great story. Join Jane as she snakes her way from being a broke dog walker into a lavish life of being the significant other of a rich widow.
]]> Nothing But Blackened Teeth 53195923 Cassandra Khaw's Nothing But Blackened Teeth is a gorgeously creepy haunted house tale, steeped in Japanese folklore and full of devastating twists.

A Heian-era mansion stands abandoned, its foundations resting on the bones of a bride and its walls packed with the remains of the girls sacrificed to keep her company.

It’s the perfect wedding venue for a group of thrill-seeking friends.

But a night of food, drinks, and games quickly spirals into a nightmare. For lurking in the shadows is the ghost bride with a black smile and a hungry heart.

And she gets lonely down there in the dirt.

Effortlessly turning the classic haunted house story on its head, Nothing but Blackened Teeth is a sharp and devastating exploration of grief, the parasitic nature of relationships, and the consequences of our actions.]]> 125 Cassandra Khaw 1250759412 Candy 3 2.64 2021 Nothing But Blackened Teeth
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It’s a pretty cool story and definitely a quick read. I enjoyed the plot and the characters struggle throughout the book.
]]> A Head Full of Ghosts 23019294
To her parents' despair, the doctors are unable to stop Marjorie's descent into madness. As their stable home devolves into a house of horrors, they reluctantly turn to a local Catholic priest for help. Father Wanderly suggests an exorcism; he believes the vulnerable teenager is the victim of demonic possession. He also contacts a production company that is eager to document the Barretts' plight. With John, Marjorie's father, out of work for more than a year and the medical bills looming, the family agrees to be filmed, and soon find themselves the unwitting stars of The Possession, a hit reality television show. When events in the Barrett household explode in tragedy, the show and the shocking incidents it captures become the stuff of urban legend.

Fifteen years later, a bestselling writer interviews Marjorie's younger sister, Merry. As she recalls those long ago events that took place when she was just eight years old, long-buried secrets and painful memories that clash with what was broadcast on television begin to surface--and a mind-bending tale of psychological horror is unleashed, raising vexing questions about memory and reality, science and religion, and the very nature of evil.]]> 287 Paul Tremblay 0062363239 Candy 5 3.78 2015 A Head Full of Ghosts
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]]> <![CDATA[A ​Court of Silver Flames (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #4)]]> 31050237 Sarah J. Maas's sexy, richly imagined Court of Thorns and Roses series continues with the journey of Feyre's fiery sister, Nesta.

Nesta Archeron has always been prickly � proud, swift to anger and slow to forgive. And since the war � since being made High Fae against her will � she's struggled to forget the horrors she endured and find a place for herself within the strange and deadly Night Court.

The person who ignites her temper more than any other is Cassian, the battle-scarred, winged warrior who is there at Nesta's every turn. But her temper isn't the only thing Cassian ignites. And when they are forced to train in battle together, sparks become flame.

As the threat of war casts its shadow over them once again, Nesta and Cassian must fight monsters from within and without if they are to stand a chance of halting the enemies of their court. But the ultimate risk will be searching for acceptance � and healing � in each other's arms.]]> 757 Sarah J. Maas 1526602318 Candy 0 4.38 2021 A ​Court of Silver Flames (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #4)
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]]> Verity 59344312
Lowen arrives at the Crawford home, ready to sort through years of Verity's notes and outlines, hoping to find enough material to get her started. What Lowen doesn't expect to uncover in the chaotic office is an unfinished autobiography Verity never intended for anyone to read. Page after page of bone-chilling admissions, including Verity's recollection of what really happened the day her daughter died.

Lowen decides to keep the manuscript hidden from Jeremy, knowing its contents would devastate the already grieving father. But as Lowen's feelings for Jeremy begin to intensify, she recognizes all the ways she could benefit if he were to read his wife's words. After all, no matter how devoted Jeremy is to his injured wife, a truth this horrifying would make it impossible for him to continue to love her.]]> 336 Colleen Hoover 153872474X Candy 5 4.29 2018 Verity
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name: Candy
average rating: 4.29
book published: 2018
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths]]> 51135393
Stories of gods and monsters are the mainstay of epic poetry and Greek tragedy, from Homer to Virgil to from Aeschylus to Sophocles and Euripides. And still, today, a wealth of novels, plays and films draw their inspiration from stories first told almost three thousand years ago. But modern tellers of Greek myth have usually been men, and have routinely shown little interest in telling women’s stories.

Now, in Pandora’s Jar, Natalie Haynes � broadcaster, writer and passionate classicist � redresses this imbalance. Taking Greek creation myths as her starting point and then retelling the four great mythic sagas: the Trojan War, the Royal House of Thebes, Jason and the Argonauts, Heracles, she puts the female characters on equal footing with their menfolk. The result is a vivid and powerful account of the deeds � and misdeeds - of Hera, Aphrodite, Athene and Circe. And away from the goddesses of Mount Olympus it is Helen, Clytemnestra, Jocasta, Antigone and Medea who sing from these pages, not Paris, Agamemnon, Orestes or Jason.]]> 320 Natalie Haynes 1509873112 Candy 5 4.23 2020 Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths
author: Natalie Haynes
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average rating: 4.23
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]]> Baby Teeth 35410511
She’s the sweet-but-silent angel in the adoring eyes of her Daddy. He’s the only person who understands her, and all Hanna wants is to live happily ever after with him. But Mommy stands in her way, and she’ll try any trick she can think of to get rid of her. Ideally for good.

Meet Suzette.

She loves her daughter, really, but after years of expulsions and strained home schooling, her precarious health and sanity are weakening day by day. As Hanna’s tricks become increasingly sophisticated, and Suzette's husband remains blind to the failing family dynamics, Suzette starts to fear that there’s something seriously wrong, and that maybe home isn’t the best place for their baby girl after all.]]> 304 Zoje Stage 1250170753 Candy 5 3.56 2018 Baby Teeth
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name: Candy
average rating: 3.56
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]]> Come Closer 220772
The new voice in Amanda's head, the one that tells her to steal things and talk to strange men in bars, is strange and frightening, and Amanda struggles to wrest back control of her life. Is she possessed by a demon, or is she simply insane?]]> 194 Sara Gran 0425210316 Candy 5 3.63 2003 Come Closer
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average rating: 3.63
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]]> Tender Is the Flesh 49090884
His wife has left him, his father is sinking into dementia, and Marcos tries not to think too hard about how he makes a living. After all, it happened so quickly. First, it was reported that an infectious virus has made all animal meat poisonous to humans. Then governments initiated the “Transition.� Now, eating human meat—“special meat”—is legal. Marcos tries to stick to numbers, consignments, processing.

Then one day he’s given a a live specimen of the finest quality. Though he’s aware that any form of personal contact is forbidden on pain of death, little by little he starts to treat her like a human being. And soon, he becomes tortured by what has been lost—and what might still be saved.]]> 209 Agustina Bazterrica 1982150920 Candy 5 3.75 2017 Tender Is the Flesh
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]]> <![CDATA[Unlawful Temptations (Star-Crossed, #1)]]> 57992291
And that's what Dominic Reed was to me. A devastating consequence.

It seemed harmless when we met. He needed a nanny, and I needed a job. Badly. I was the only thing keeping food on the table and lights on in our not-so-happily-ever-after house. Dad had split, and Mom was always blitzed out to forget he was gone, and I was all my little sister had left.

I thought working for Dominic Reed would be easy.

I thought wrong.

It was the exact opposite of easy. It was impossible, in fact, when he was my boss and I was his employee, and fate decided it didn't care about professionalism or boundaries.

It didn't care that I was ten years younger. It didn't care that I'd built the entire foundation of my adult life on the fact that love was poison and men were the devil.

And it certainly didn't care about the wedding band around Dominic's finger either.

No matter how off limits he was to me or how wild and rebellious I was to him, our chemistry was heroin, and it demanded our submission despite how hard we scrambled to stop it.

And I needed to stop it, because it wasn't just my heart in jeopardy if I fell in love with Dominic Reed.

Apparently, it was my life.]]> Alexandria Lee Candy 5 3.46 Unlawful Temptations (Star-Crossed, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[From Crook to Cook: Platinum Recipes from Tha Boss Dogg's Kitchen]]> 42322464 Welcome to tha Boss Dogg's Kitchen � The first cookbook and recipe book from Tha Boss Dogg.

You've seen Snoop work his culinary magic on VH1's Emmy-nominated Martha and Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party, and now, Tha Dogg's up in your kitchen...with his first cookbook.

Recipe book that delivers 50 recipes straight from Snoop's own cookbook features OG staples like Baked Mac & Cheese and Fried Bologna Sandwiches with Chips, and new takes on classic weeknight faves like Soft Flour Tacos and Easy Orange Chicken. And it don't stop ... Snoop's giving a taste of the high life with remixes on upper echelon fare such as Lobster Thermidor and Filet Mignon. But we gotta keep it G with those favorite munchies too, ya know? From chewy Starbursts to those glorious Frito BBQ Twists, you should have an arsenal of snacks that'll satisfy. And of course, no party is complete without that Gin and Juice and other platinum ways to entertain.

If you're a fan of celebrity cookbooksĚýsuch asĚýBob's Burgers, Magnolia Table Cookbook, Margaritaville cookbook, or the Gilmore GirlsĚýEat Like a Gilmore;Ěýthe Doggfather's got you covered â€� complete with epic stories and behind-the-scenes photos that bring his masterpieces to life.]]> 291 Snoop Dogg 1452180865 Candy 5 4.19 2018 From Crook to Cook: Platinum Recipes from Tha Boss Dogg's Kitchen
author: Snoop Dogg
name: Candy
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]]> <![CDATA[The Queen of Nothing (The Folk of the Air, #3)]]> 26032912 He will be destruction of the crown and the ruination of the throne.

Power is much easier to acquire than it is to hold onto. Jude learned this lesson when she released her control over the wicked king, Cardan, in exchange for immeasurable power.

Now as the exiled mortal Queen of Faerie, Jude is powerless and left reeling from Cardan’s betrayal. She bides her time determined to reclaim everything he took from her. Opportunity arrives in the form of her deceptive twin sister, Taryn, whose mortal life is in peril.

Jude must risk venturing back into the treacherous Faerie Court, and confront her lingering feelings for Cardan, if she wishes to save her sister. But Elfhame is not as she left it. War is brewing. As Jude slips deep within enemy lines she becomes ensnared in the conflict’s bloody politics.

And, when a dormant yet powerful curse is unleashed, panic spreads throughout the land, forcing her to choose between her ambition and her humanity�

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Holly Black, comes the highly anticipated and jaw-dropping finale to The Folk of the Air trilogy.]]> 321 Holly Black 0316310409 Candy 0 4.33 2019 The Queen of Nothing (The Folk of the Air, #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[Two Dark Reigns (Three Dark Crowns, #3)]]> 36203660 #1 New York Times bestselling author Kendare Blake returns with the highly anticipated third book in the Three Dark Crowns series! And while Arsinoe, Mirabella, and Katharine all have their own scores to settle, they aren’t the only queens stirring things up on Fennbirn Island.

Queen Katharine has waited her entire life to wear the crown. But now that she finally has it, the murmurs of dissent grow louder by the day. There’s also the alarming issue of whether or not her sisters are actually dead—or if they’re waiting in the wings to usurp the throne.

Mirabella and Arsinoe are alive, but in hiding on the mainland and dealing with a nightmare of their own: being visited repeatedly by a specter they think might be the fabled Blue Queen. Though she says nothing, her rotting, bony finger pointing out to sea is clear enough: return to Fennbirn.

Jules, too, is in a strange place—in disguise. And her only confidants, a war-gifted girl named Emilia and her oracle friend Mathilde, are urging her to take on a role she can’t imagine filling: a legion-cursed queen who will lead a rebel army to Katharine’s doorstep.

This is an uprising that the mysterious Blue Queen may have more to do with than anyone could have guessed—or expected.]]> 480 Kendare Blake 006268616X Candy 2 4.00 2018 Two Dark Reigns (Three Dark Crowns, #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Last Werewolf (The Last Werewolf #1)]]> 40651862
Jacob Marlowe has lost the will to live. For two hundred years he has wandered the world, enslaved by his lunatic appetites and tormented by the memory of his first and most monstrous crime. Now, the last of his kind, he knows he cannot go on.

But as Jake counts down to suicide, a violent murder and an extraordinary meeting plunge him straight back into the desperate pursuit of life � and love.

Sexy, smart, bloody and heartbreaking, The Last Werewolf takes literature by the throat.]]> 353 Glen Duncan Candy 5 3.40 2011 The Last Werewolf (The Last Werewolf #1)
author: Glen Duncan
name: Candy
average rating: 3.40
book published: 2011
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Sister of Darkness: The Chronicles of a Modern Exorcist]]> 34150798
As a secular exorcist, Rachel H. Stavis has cleansed thousands of tormented people, from small children and Hollywood moguls to stay-at-home moms and politicians. But for many years, the horror screenwriter and novelist denied her gift. As a little girl, she began to see "monsters" floating around her bedroom or attached to other children. Told it was only her imagination, Rachel learned to ignore the things she saw.

But a series of events in adulthood forced her to acknowledge her unique ability and embrace her power to heal. Since then, Rachel has dedicated her life to helping others cast off the forces feeding off of us. Performing her services pro-bono, she quietly worked in the shadows, until she unknowingly revealed her work to a journalist, who told her story to NPR.

A unique look at demonology removed from religious dogma, Sister of Darkness recounts Rachel’s journey to becoming an exorcist and chronicles some of her most extreme cleansings cases, including those that put her and her clients in peril. Going deep into her world, we meet the diverse range of people she has helped—young, old, famous and not—in gripping stories of danger and sometimes sadness, that are ultimately about redemption. Rachel teaches us that there are a diverse range of "entities" surrounding us—some of these are playful or misguided, while some are dangerous and harmful. She introduces each of them and explains their power, helping us understand what is attacking and hurting us, and what we can do to protect ourselves.

Frightening, eye-opening, and utterly enthralling, Sister of Darkness brings to light a world ruled by destruction, chaos and fear, and the woman who bravely fights to protectĚýthose who seeks her out.]]> 288 R.H. Stavis 0062656147 Candy 5 3.53 2018 Sister of Darkness: The Chronicles of a Modern Exorcist
author: R.H. Stavis
name: Candy
average rating: 3.53
book published: 2018
rating: 5
read at: 2022/04/02
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This was amazing. I’d like to thank a friend for recommending this book to me. I would love to meet this author and have an exorcism of my own but seeing her perspective of it all was wondrous to me. A real eye opener.
]]> <![CDATA[It Ends with Us (It Ends with Us, #1)]]> 27362503
Lily hasn’t always had it easy, but that’s never stopped her from working hard for the life she wants. She’s come a long way from the small town in Maine where she grew up � she graduated from college, moved to Boston, and started her own business. So when she feels a spark with a gorgeous neurosurgeon named Ryle Kincaid, everything in Lily’s life suddenly seems almost too good to be true.

Ryle is assertive, stubborn, maybe even a little arrogant. He’s also sensitive, brilliant, and has a total soft spot for Lily. And the way he looks in scrubs certainly doesn’t hurt. Lily can’t get him out of her head. But Ryle’s complete aversion to relationships is disturbing. Even as Lily finds herself becoming the exception to his “no dating� rule, she can’t help but wonder what made him that way in the first place.

As questions about her new relationship overwhelm her, so do thoughts of Atlas Corrigan � her first love and a link to the past she left behind. He was her kindred spirit, her protector. When Atlas suddenly reappears, everything Lily has built with Ryle is threatened.]]> 386 Colleen Hoover 1668021048 Candy 4 4.11 2016 It Ends with Us (It Ends with Us, #1)
author: Colleen Hoover
name: Candy
average rating: 4.11
book published: 2016
rating: 4
read at: 2022/04/03
date added: 2022/04/03
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I can not stay away from Colleen Hoover. She knows exactly how to keep me flipping pages and she’s done it again. This was a fast read for me had me turning pages on my night off that by the time I fell asleep the sun came out again.
]]> November 9 25111004 Beloved #1 New York Times bestselling author Colleen Hoover returns with an unforgettable love story between a writer and his unexpected muse.

Fallon meets Ben, an aspiring novelist, the day before her scheduled cross-country move. Their untimely attraction leads them to spend Fallon’s last day in L.A. together, and her eventful life becomes the creative inspiration Ben has always sought for his novel. Over time and amidst the various relationships and tribulations of their own separate lives, they continue to meet on the same date every year. Until one day Fallon becomes unsure if Ben has been telling her the truth or fabricating a perfect reality for the sake of the ultimate plot twist.

Can Ben’s relationship with Fallon—and simultaneously his novel—be considered a love story if it ends in heartbreak?]]> 310 Colleen Hoover 1501110349 Candy 3 So I would listen to this book through my shifts. I work nights so it was a great way to keep me up. Read it and enjoy it and gather your own opinions. I was intrigued the entire time. ]]> 4.10 2015 November 9
author: Colleen Hoover
name: Candy
average rating: 4.10
book published: 2015
rating: 3
read at: 2022/04/04
date added: 2022/04/03
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I loved the book I really did. But this ending. What the hell!? I know love I’d love but kit everything is forgivable.
So I would listen to this book through my shifts. I work nights so it was a great way to keep me up. Read it and enjoy it and gather your own opinions. I was intrigued the entire time.
]]> I Liked My Life 36900367
Maddy, however, isn’t ready to leave her family forever. Watching from beyond, she tries to find the perfect replacement for herself. Along comes Rory: pretty, caring, and spontaneous, with just the right bit of edge...but who also harbors a tragedy of her own. Will the mystery of Maddy ever come to rest? And can her family make peace with their history and begin to heal?]]> 288 Abby Fabiaschi 1250161061 Candy 0 to-read 4.21 2017 I Liked My Life
author: Abby Fabiaschi
name: Candy
average rating: 4.21
book published: 2017
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Wayward Witch (Brooklyn Brujas, #3)]]> 53038638 Ěý
As she rushes to his side, the two are ambushed and pulled through a portal to the land of Adas, a fairy realm hidden in the Caribbean Sea. There, Rose is forced to work with a group of others to save Adas. Soon, she begins to discover the scope of her powers, the troubling truth about her father’s past, and the sacrifices he made to save her sisters.
Ěý
But if Rose wants to return home so she can repair her broken family, she must figure out how to heal Adas first.]]> 384 Zoraida CĂłrdova 1492650684 Candy 0 to-read 3.88 2020 Wayward Witch (Brooklyn Brujas, #3)
author: Zoraida CĂłrdova
name: Candy
average rating: 3.88
book published: 2020
rating: 0
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]]> Dear Evan Hansen 41758366 0 Val Emmich 1549122738 Candy 5 A book filled with lies and deceit for a good reason.
This book contains a main character who lives an anxious life and his white lie that turned into a mountain after one of his classmates dies.
The writing was great and let me get into Evan's head. I saw why he did what he did and it helped me somewhat forgive his actions. It is a roller-coaster of emotions but a must read. ]]> 4.04 2018 Dear Evan Hansen
author: Val Emmich
name: Candy
average rating: 4.04
book published: 2018
rating: 5
read at: 2018/11/06
date added: 2020/03/15
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This book made my heart heavy.
A book filled with lies and deceit for a good reason.
This book contains a main character who lives an anxious life and his white lie that turned into a mountain after one of his classmates dies.
The writing was great and let me get into Evan's head. I saw why he did what he did and it helped me somewhat forgive his actions. It is a roller-coaster of emotions but a must read.
]]> <![CDATA[The Priest (The Original Sinners, #9)]]> 48565722 Tiffany Reisz's USA Today bestselling Original Sinners series returns with the long-awaited sequel to The Queen.

When a New Orleans parish priest is found dead of an apparent suicide, the police see no reason to investigate. Private detective Cyrus Tremont knows a cover-up when he sees it, however. A former cop, he's seen it all...or so he thought.

Clues point him in the direction of Nora Sutherlin, an erotic romance writer who moonlights as a dominatrix. Together, they form an unlikely bond built on their shared need for justice.

As Cyrus is drawn deeper into Nora's underground world of pleasure and pain, what lines will he cross to discover the truth about the priest? And what will he and Nora do with the truth once they find it?

The Priest is the beginning of a new era for Reisz's Original Sinners series, and the perfect jumping-on point for new readers.]]> 417 Tiffany Reisz 1949769135 Candy 0 to-read 4.46 2020 The Priest (The Original Sinners, #9)
author: Tiffany Reisz
name: Candy
average rating: 4.46
book published: 2020
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Cocky Roommate (Book Boyfriends, #2)]]> 36511785
He’s aloof, rude, standoffish—a total jerk. And it doesn’t help that he walks around in his underwear like he owns the place.

Kendra drives Weston crazy. She’s too nice, too cute, too messy in her pajama pants and socks. The roommate situation is temporary, but it can’t be over soon enough.

Until Weston’s life crashes and burns—literally—and he realizes Kendra is the only person he can count on.

Weston doesn’t do relationships. He keeps people at a distance, and he has his reasons. But living with Kendra starts to crack him wide open, revealing the real man inside. And sleeping with Kendra one room away might just be the thing that kills him.

Author’s note: A sweet, sunshine heroine breaks through the tough, guarded exterior of her a$$hole roommate. A swoon-worthy first kiss, a secretly protective hero, and a grand gesture that will leave you breathless. The bigger they are, the harder they fall, and Weston Reid falls HARD.]]> 278 Claire Kingsley Candy 5 I really like this story line and both Kendra's and Weston's characters.
I was interested in Weston's typical male "I don't do girlfriends or relationships" persona. I really admired the insight to his life and what he does in his line of work for some types of clients. He wasn't the character that I was envisioning completely in my head.
Kendra, well, even I wanted to destroy her comfy pajama bottoms. Ha! She was an interesting character to read about as well especially as to her reason as to why she doesn't just do casual sex. I relate to that girl!
The meeting to the eventual relationship was fun to read about. Another fun and quick read for me for today. I like this book because there was actually a storyline in here besides the romance and the well written sex scenes.]]> 4.12 2017 Cocky Roommate (Book Boyfriends, #2)
author: Claire Kingsley
name: Candy
average rating: 4.12
book published: 2017
rating: 5
read at: 2019/06/20
date added: 2019/06/20
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And I am back to continue the series and once again I was not disappointed,
I really like this story line and both Kendra's and Weston's characters.
I was interested in Weston's typical male "I don't do girlfriends or relationships" persona. I really admired the insight to his life and what he does in his line of work for some types of clients. He wasn't the character that I was envisioning completely in my head.
Kendra, well, even I wanted to destroy her comfy pajama bottoms. Ha! She was an interesting character to read about as well especially as to her reason as to why she doesn't just do casual sex. I relate to that girl!
The meeting to the eventual relationship was fun to read about. Another fun and quick read for me for today. I like this book because there was actually a storyline in here besides the romance and the well written sex scenes.
]]> <![CDATA[Book Boyfriend (Book Boyfriends, #1)]]> 36511764
For adorkable bookworm Mia Sullivan, he’s a dream come true, straight off the pages of her favorite romance novels. From the moment they meet, and he offers to buy her books, she’s smitten.

Lying to Mia was never part of Alex’s plan. Neither was finding success as a secret romance author using a female pen name. But sometimes life takes unexpected turns. Like realizing the woman he’s falling for is his alter ego’s online best friend.

Online, Mia thinks Alex is an author named Lexi. In person, she knows he’s all man. And as their story turns into a whirlwind romance, she wonders if they’re headed for a real happily ever after.

But if she discovers his secret, he could lose everything. Including her.

Author’s note: an awkward book lover and a secret romance author. A bookstore meet cute, an angry cat named Fabio, lots of laughs, and a big HEA that will leave you swooning.]]> 220 Claire Kingsley Candy 4 Overall, I seemed to enjoy all the characters. I was thoroughly happy with Alex's secret job and his family. Fabio the cat makes me want to adopt the cat.
Where is my real life book boyfriend!?
This book seems to have gotten me out of my book slump and that says something!]]> 3.90 2017 Book Boyfriend (Book Boyfriends, #1)
author: Claire Kingsley
name: Candy
average rating: 3.90
book published: 2017
rating: 4
read at: 2019/06/19
date added: 2019/06/19
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Cute quick read that was recommended to me by a close friend. I loved the story and of course the plot twist was foreseeable but I didn't want to put the book down either way. I love Mia's characters and her character growth. I appreciated the fact that I saw myself in Mia. Things like characteristics, quirks, hell even the dating troubles! I related to some parts of the books and that is what made it even more enjoyable.
Overall, I seemed to enjoy all the characters. I was thoroughly happy with Alex's secret job and his family. Fabio the cat makes me want to adopt the cat.
Where is my real life book boyfriend!?
This book seems to have gotten me out of my book slump and that says something!
]]> <![CDATA[Pestilence (The Four Horsemen, #1)]]> 38908681 This is a previously-published edition - ASIN: B07B6BRTJP

They came to earth—Pestilence, War, Famine, Death—four horsemen riding their screaming steeds, racing to the corners of the world. Four horsemen with the power to destroy all of humanity. They came to earth, and they came to end us all.

When Pestilence comes for Sara Burn’s town, one thing is certain: everyone she knows and loves is marked for death. Unless, of course, the angelic-looking horseman is stopped, which is exactly what Sara has in mind when she shoots the unholy beast off his steed.

Too bad no one told her Pestilence can’t be killed.

Now the horseman, very much alive and very pissed off, has taken her prisoner, and he’s eager to make her suffer. Only, the longer she’s with him, the more uncertain she is about his true feelings towards her � and hers towards him.

And now, well, Sara might still be able to save the world, but in order to do so, she'll have to sacrifice her heart in the process.]]> 383 Laura Thalassa Candy 5 I regret not reading this sooner

I don’t know I’ve waited so long to read this book. Better late than never I suppose. I can’t wait to read the rest!]]> 4.08 2018 Pestilence (The Four Horsemen, #1)
author: Laura Thalassa
name: Candy
average rating: 4.08
book published: 2018
rating: 5
read at: 2019/06/07
date added: 2019/06/16
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I regret not reading this sooner

I don’t know I’ve waited so long to read this book. Better late than never I suppose. I can’t wait to read the rest!
]]> <![CDATA[Serpent & Dove (Serpent & Dove, #1)]]> 40024139 Bound as one to love, honor, or burn.

Two years ago, Louise le Blanc fled her coven and took shelter in the city of Cesarine, forsaking all magic and living off whatever she could steal. There, witches like Lou are hunted. They are feared. And they are burned.

Sworn to the Church as a Chasseur, Reid Diggory has lived his life by one principle: thou shalt not suffer a witch to live. His path was never meant to cross with Lou's, but a wicked stunt forces them into an impossible union—holy matrimony.

The war between witches and Church is an ancient one, and Lou's most dangerous enemies bring a fate worse than fire. Unable to ignore her growing feelings, yet powerless to change what she is, a choice must be made.

And love makes fools of us all.

This is a previously published edition of ISBN 9780062878021. An alternate cover edition can be found here.]]> 513 Shelby Mahurin Candy 5 3.92 2019 Serpent & Dove (Serpent & Dove, #1)
author: Shelby Mahurin
name: Candy
average rating: 3.92
book published: 2019
rating: 5
read at: 2019/05/02
date added: 2019/05/02
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As of right now, this is my favorite book of this year. It's brilliant and I enjoyed reading something that truly captured my attention. I feel as of this is a book different from the books coming out these days and I have always loved reading about witches. I can't wait until this is released so that everyone can truly enjoy the writing, the characters, and this world of witches and the church.
]]> The Summer Cottage 37976031 A USA Today Bestseller!

“Every now and then a new voice in fiction arrives to completely charm, entertain and remind us what matters. Viola Shipman is that voice and The Summer Cottage is that absolutely irresistible and necessary novel.� � New York Times Bestselling Author Dorothea Benton Frank

From the bestselling author of The Charm Bracelet and The Recipe Box comes the perfect summer escape about the restorative power of family tradition, small-town community and the feel of sand between your toes

Adie Lou Kruger’s ex never understood her affection for what her parents called their Cozy Cottage, the charming, ramshackle summer home—complete with its own set of rules for relaxing—that she’s inherited on Lake Michigan. But despite the fact she’s facing a broken marriage and empty nest, and middle age is looming in the distance, memories of happy childhoods on the beach give her reason for hope. She’s determined not to let her husband’s affair with a grad student reduce her to a cliché, or to waste one more minute in a career she doesn’t love, so it becomes clear what Adie Lou must rebuild her life and restore her cottage shingle by shingle, on her terms.

But converting the beloved, weather-beaten structure into a bed-and-breakfast isn’t quite the efficient home-reno experience she’s seen on TV. Pushback from Saugatuck’s contentious preservation society, costly surprises and demanding guests were not part of the plan. But as the cottage comes back to life, Adie Lou does, too, finding support in unexpected places and a new love story on the horizon. One cottage rule at a time, Adie Lou reclaims her own strength, history and joy by rediscovering the magic in every sunset and sandcastle.

Don't miss bestselling author Viola Shipman's enchanting new novel, FAMOUS IN A SMALL TOWN�a magical story about the family you’re born with, and the one you choose!

Other books by Viola Ěý
The Secret of Snow A Wish for Winter The Edge of Summer The Heirloom Garden The Clover Girls

]]> 416 Viola Shipman 1488036594 Candy 5 It makes me want to do more with my life in my own way and I don't think there are ever going to be enough words to get people to read this beautiful story.

"To unconventional women."

It's never to late to start over, the choices others may deem as "too reckless" may be exactly what we need, and our family and what they left behind can help us find ourselves.
This is my first book that I have read by Viola Shipman and I can't wait to pick up other books by the same author.

This book touched my soul and moved me so deeply that I had tears in my eyes throughout the book. Go on and pick it up. It may be exactly what you need.]]> 4.14 2019 The Summer Cottage
author: Viola Shipman
name: Candy
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2019
rating: 5
read at: 2019/04/25
date added: 2019/04/25
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I had so much funny reading this moving story about Adie Lou.
It makes me want to do more with my life in my own way and I don't think there are ever going to be enough words to get people to read this beautiful story.

"To unconventional women."

It's never to late to start over, the choices others may deem as "too reckless" may be exactly what we need, and our family and what they left behind can help us find ourselves.
This is my first book that I have read by Viola Shipman and I can't wait to pick up other books by the same author.

This book touched my soul and moved me so deeply that I had tears in my eyes throughout the book. Go on and pick it up. It may be exactly what you need.
]]> Bitten (Otherworld, #1) 11918
So she left the Pack and returned to Toronto where she’s trying to live as a human. When the Pack leader calls asking for her help fighting a sudden uprising, she only agrees because she owes him. Once this is over, she’ll be squared with the Pack and free to live life as a human. Which is what she wants. Really.]]> 436 Kelley Armstrong 0452286034 Candy 5
Getting to know her and her struggles as she goes back to her old life to help out the pack and being reunited with those she left behind. I liked the writing and the world created. ]]> 4.04 2001 Bitten (Otherworld, #1)
author: Kelley Armstrong
name: Candy
average rating: 4.04
book published: 2001
rating: 5
read at: 2019/04/23
date added: 2019/04/23
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I had so much fun reading this book. It has been a spell since I have read a werewolf book and Armstrong did not disappoint me. I had a blast reading about Elena and her struggles as she lives being the only female werewolf and choosing to live in the human world.

Getting to know her and her struggles as she goes back to her old life to help out the pack and being reunited with those she left behind. I liked the writing and the world created.
]]> <![CDATA[Ruin and Rising (The Shadow and Bone Trilogy, #3)]]> 14061957 Alternative Cover Edition #1

The capital has fallen.

The Darkling rules Ravka from his shadow throne.

Now the nation's fate rests with a broken Sun Summoner, a disgraced tracker, and the shattered remnants of a once-great magical army.

Deep in an ancient network of tunnels and caverns, a weakened Alina must submit to the dubious protection of the Apparat and the zealots who worship her as a Saint. Yet her plans lie elsewhere, with the hunt for the elusive firebird and the hope that an outlaw prince still survives.

Alina will have to forge new alliances and put aside old rivalries as she and Mal race to find the last of Morozova's amplifiers. But as she begins to unravel the Darkling's secrets, she reveals a past that will forever alter her understanding of the bond they share and the power she wields. The firebird is the one thing that stands between Ravka and destruction—and claiming it could cost Alina the very future she’s fighting for.]]> 350 Leigh Bardugo Candy 5
The series is a great read and it quickly became one of my favorites.

The shock of the third amplifier caught me off guard and thinking back I feel like an idiot not putting things together soon enough. The Darkling, Genya, David, etc are all amazing characters have made a mark on me.

The unique names and their backstories are brilliant. I've said it once before and I have said it again, this book and the world created has been utterly amazing. I loved the Russian ties to the story.]]> 3.97 2014 Ruin and Rising (The Shadow and Bone Trilogy, #3)
author: Leigh Bardugo
name: Candy
average rating: 3.97
book published: 2014
rating: 5
read at: 2019/02/17
date added: 2019/02/18
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I feel like the ending was ok but it wasn't bad. It closed up nicely yet tragically beautiful. I liked it but I feel like I got annoyed with Alina's character. Nicolai was an interesting character as always. Mal seem to grow on me but was disappointed with his return. (I'm not sorry.) Genya and David always make me smile. Even Zoya grew on me!

The series is a great read and it quickly became one of my favorites.

The shock of the third amplifier caught me off guard and thinking back I feel like an idiot not putting things together soon enough. The Darkling, Genya, David, etc are all amazing characters have made a mark on me.

The unique names and their backstories are brilliant. I've said it once before and I have said it again, this book and the world created has been utterly amazing. I loved the Russian ties to the story.
]]> <![CDATA[Siege and Storm (The Shadow and Bone Trilogy, #2)]]> 14061955 Alternative Cover Edition #1

Darkness never dies.

Hunted across the True Sea, haunted by the lives she took on the Fold, Alina must try to make a life with Mal in an unfamiliar land, all while keeping her identity as the Sun Summoner a secret. But she can’t outrun her past or her destiny for long.

The Darkling has emerged from the Shadow Fold with a terrifying new power and a dangerous plan that will test the very boundaries of the natural world. With the help of a notorious privateer, Alina returns to the country she abandoned, determined to fight the forces gathering against Ravka. But as her power grows, Alina slips deeper into the Darkling’s game of forbidden magic, and farther away from Mal. Somehow, she will have to choose between her country, her power, and the love she always thought would guide her—or risk losing everything to the oncoming storm.]]> 435 Leigh Bardugo Candy 5
All the characters mentioned in this book are riveting. Bardugo has gained herself another fan and I am only sorry that it has taken me so long to read her books.
]]> 3.81 2013 Siege and Storm (The Shadow and Bone Trilogy, #2)
author: Leigh Bardugo
name: Candy
average rating: 3.81
book published: 2013
rating: 5
read at: 2019/02/17
date added: 2019/02/18
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The plot twists are everything to me! I love the complicity of this series and the characters. The story that each character contains fuels my need to read the entire book and the next one. The Darkling is a very interesting character and I wish there was more to read about him. I feel like there more questions about him as soon as my previous ones are answered.

All the characters mentioned in this book are riveting. Bardugo has gained herself another fan and I am only sorry that it has taken me so long to read her books.

]]> <![CDATA[Shadow and Bone (Shadow and Bone, #1)]]> 10194157 Alternative Cover Edition #1

Surrounded by enemies, the once-great nation of Ravka has been torn in two by the Shadow Fold, a swath of near impenetrable darkness crawling with monsters who feast on human flesh. Now its fate may rest on the shoulders of one lonely refugee.

Alina Starkov has never been good at anything. But when her regiment is attacked on the Fold and her best friend is brutally injured, Alina reveals a dormant power that saves his life—a power that could be the key to setting her war-ravaged country free. Wrenched from everything she knows, Alina is whisked away to the royal court to be trained as a member of the Grisha, the magical elite led by the mysterious Darkling.

Yet nothing in this lavish world is what it seems. With darkness looming and an entire kingdom depending on her untamed power, Alina will have to confront the secrets of the Grisha . . . and the secrets of her heart.]]> 358 Leigh Bardugo 1250048117 Candy 5 This book is original and I love it and the world it brought to me in its entirety. The characters and the world of Grisha was very enjoyable to read. I love Alina and her problems as she is discovered to be something she is not. The world is very broad and I love learning to discover the rest of the world.

This book leaves me eager to read the other books! ]]> 3.93 2012 Shadow and Bone (Shadow and Bone, #1)
author: Leigh Bardugo
name: Candy
average rating: 3.93
book published: 2012
rating: 5
read at: 2019/02/16
date added: 2019/02/18
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I don't know why I waited so long to read this book.
This book is original and I love it and the world it brought to me in its entirety. The characters and the world of Grisha was very enjoyable to read. I love Alina and her problems as she is discovered to be something she is not. The world is very broad and I love learning to discover the rest of the world.

This book leaves me eager to read the other books!
]]> My Lovely Wife 39796904 A couple's fifteen-year marriage has finally gotten too interesting...

Our love story is simple. I met a gorgeous woman. We fell in love. We had kids. We moved to the suburbs. We told each other our biggest dreams, and our darkest secrets. And then we got bored.

We look like a normal couple. We're your neighbors, the parents of your kid's friend, the acquaintances you keep meaning to get dinner with.

We all have secrets to keeping a marriage alive.

Ours just happens to be getting away with murder.

Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780451491725]]> 390 Samantha Downing Candy 5
This book is dark and thrilling. It's everything you can imagine being in one book and it's bloody fantastic. The book was capturing from beginning to end and the characters that this book created were so wonderful. I could place myself in their shoes and be them for a moment. I felt as if there were no boundaries by how dark this book can get.

This book is crazy and hard to put down. Just when you think you are figuring things out, you're wrong! It's brilliant!

Can I mention once more the ending? Because fuck. It's captivating and if you are the type of person that loves to read thrillers and get stuck in a dark and twisted world then this book is right down your alley.]]> 3.81 2019 My Lovely Wife
author: Samantha Downing
name: Candy
average rating: 3.81
book published: 2019
rating: 5
read at: 2019/02/11
date added: 2019/02/18
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I feel like this book isn't anticipated by enough people and it is a damned shame. This book is well thought through and executed perfectly. Downing, I applaud you so hard. I found this to be more gripping than Gone Girl and let's not forget to mention the plot twists after plot twists!

This book is dark and thrilling. It's everything you can imagine being in one book and it's bloody fantastic. The book was capturing from beginning to end and the characters that this book created were so wonderful. I could place myself in their shoes and be them for a moment. I felt as if there were no boundaries by how dark this book can get.

This book is crazy and hard to put down. Just when you think you are figuring things out, you're wrong! It's brilliant!

Can I mention once more the ending? Because fuck. It's captivating and if you are the type of person that loves to read thrillers and get stuck in a dark and twisted world then this book is right down your alley.
]]> <![CDATA[The Shadowglass (The Bone Witch, #3)]]> 38504533 In the highly anticipated finale to the Bone Witch trilogy, Tea’s life—and the fate of the kingdoms—hangs in the balance

Tea is a bone witch with the dark magic needed to raise the dead. She has used this magic to breathe life into those she has loved and lost…and those who would join her army against the deceitful royals. But Tea's quest to conjure a shadowglass—to achieve immortality for the one person she loves most in the world—threatens to consume her heart.

Tea's black heartsglass only grows darker with each new betrayal. And when she is left with new blood on her hands, Tea must answer to a power greater than the elder asha or even her conscience...]]> 449 Rin Chupeco 1492660604 Candy 5 This book sent me, once more, with the Dark Asha to a fantasy world filled with various creatures, politics, and betrayal. It was gripping. We are once again reintroduced to past characters and learn as to what has become of them and their current status. We are left gasping as we realize certain truths that not even I ever imagined. I was certainly left on the edge of my seat and neglecting my reality to finish this book.
]]> 4.29 2019 The Shadowglass (The Bone Witch, #3)
author: Rin Chupeco
name: Candy
average rating: 4.29
book published: 2019
rating: 5
read at: 2019/02/09
date added: 2019/02/11
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This book managed to wrap up all my unanswered questions. I am so glad to have gotten my hands on the final book of the trilogy by Chupeco. The writing and the journey are incredible. It still maintains the past and present point of views but now we follow Tea on her final mission and learn about everything that led them there. If you haven't read the first book, I more than recommend you to pick up The Bone Witch.
This book sent me, once more, with the Dark Asha to a fantasy world filled with various creatures, politics, and betrayal. It was gripping. We are once again reintroduced to past characters and learn as to what has become of them and their current status. We are left gasping as we realize certain truths that not even I ever imagined. I was certainly left on the edge of my seat and neglecting my reality to finish this book.

]]> Pachinko 35099568
Richly told and profoundly moving, Pachinko is a story of love, sacrifice, ambition, and loyalty. From bustling street markets to the halls of Japan's finest universities to the pachinko parlors of the criminal underworld, Lee's complex and passionate characters--strong, stubborn women, devoted sisters and sons, fathers shaken by moral crisis--survive and thrive against the indifferent arc of history.]]> 484 Min Jin Lee 1455563927 Candy 0 to-read 4.34 2017 Pachinko
author: Min Jin Lee
name: Candy
average rating: 4.34
book published: 2017
rating: 0
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]]> Sweetheart, Sweetheart 879525
All should have been well for Colin and his English bride -- but his twin brother, David, sensed trouble. Growing obsessed, David made his way to England to calm his fears -- instead he found an...

UNBOUNDED HELL.

Colin and his wife were dead -- victims of ghastly violence. Their seemingly serene cottage seethed with an aura of murder, madness, and betrayal. Overpowered by the evil, David soon embarked on a...

JOURNEY INTO THE MACABRE.

Suffocatingly, the presence grew...grew to a malevolent force trying to kill David's fiancee...grew until David himself was a helpless prisoner of unholy passion!]]> 320 Bernard Taylor 0843932287 Candy 0 to-read 3.67 1977 Sweetheart, Sweetheart
author: Bernard Taylor
name: Candy
average rating: 3.67
book published: 1977
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Wicked Saints (Something Dark and Holy, #1)]]> 36118682 Wicked Saints—an epic, passionate novel that you won't soon forget. Prepare to meet:

A GIRL named Nadya, who hears the whisper of the gods inside her head.

A PRINCE surrounded by desperate suitors and deadly assassins

A MONSTER hidden behind pale, tortured eyes � and a smile that cuts like a knife

The paths of these three characters become entwined during a centuriea-long war filled with sinners and saints, magic and mystery, and a star-crossed romance that threatens to tip the scales between dark and light . .. forever.]]> 385 Emily A. Duncan 1250195667 Candy 0 I don't want to get too into it since it's currently on the road to being released but oh boy, we are all in for a treat.
I loved this book and what really sold it to me was the fact that it strung me along blindly. Whenever I felt like I got it figured out there was pages where I doubted my skepticism and pulled me back in with Nadya's feelings. The plot twist is amazing and I so look forward to reading more and seeing what is to come.
Self harm plays a major role in this book so beware to those who find this to be their trigger. It explains why it plays a role and I think it was a great concept to it all especially when certain things are brought to light.
In the end, this book left me distraught and utterly breathless and I think that why I love it so damn much. ]]> 3.55 2019 Wicked Saints (Something Dark and Holy, #1)
author: Emily A. Duncan
name: Candy
average rating: 3.55
book published: 2019
rating: 0
read at: 2019/01/14
date added: 2019/01/14
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Holy Hell. A friend lent me her ARC of this book and I love her more for it. This book is so far my most anticipated book of 2019.
I don't want to get too into it since it's currently on the road to being released but oh boy, we are all in for a treat.
I loved this book and what really sold it to me was the fact that it strung me along blindly. Whenever I felt like I got it figured out there was pages where I doubted my skepticism and pulled me back in with Nadya's feelings. The plot twist is amazing and I so look forward to reading more and seeing what is to come.
Self harm plays a major role in this book so beware to those who find this to be their trigger. It explains why it plays a role and I think it was a great concept to it all especially when certain things are brought to light.
In the end, this book left me distraught and utterly breathless and I think that why I love it so damn much.
]]> You (You, #1) 20821614
There is only one Guinevere Beck in New York City. She has a public Facebook account and Tweets incessantly, telling Joe everything he needs to know: she is simply Beck to her friends, she went to Brown University, she lives on Bank Street, and she’ll be at a bar in Brooklyn tonight—the perfect place for a “chance� meeting.

As Joe invisibly and obsessively takes control of Beck’s life, he orchestrates a series of events to ensure Beck finds herself in his waiting arms. Moving from stalker to boyfriend, Joe transforms himself into Beck’s perfect man, all while quietly removing the obstacles that stand in their way—even if it means murder.

A terrifying exploration of how vulnerable we all are to stalking and manipulation.]]> 424 Caroline Kepnes 1476785597 Candy 5 Kepnes did an amazing job getting me into a mind of a psychotic stalker. The crazy part was the multiple times I kept pointing out to myself that I was sympathizing with him. It messed with my head and I love it.
This is the kind of book that will make you think twice of being so open on social media.
There's a Netflix series also and although that one takes its own road it's still amazing.
I can't wait to read the sequel.
Is it odd that I want to read more about Joe?]]> 3.86 2014 You (You, #1)
author: Caroline Kepnes
name: Candy
average rating: 3.86
book published: 2014
rating: 5
read at: 2019/01/10
date added: 2019/01/10
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Holy....
Kepnes did an amazing job getting me into a mind of a psychotic stalker. The crazy part was the multiple times I kept pointing out to myself that I was sympathizing with him. It messed with my head and I love it.
This is the kind of book that will make you think twice of being so open on social media.
There's a Netflix series also and although that one takes its own road it's still amazing.
I can't wait to read the sequel.
Is it odd that I want to read more about Joe?
]]> Bird Box (Bird Box #1) 43313331
Something terrifying that must not be seen. One glimpse and a person is driven to deadly violence. No one knows what it is or where it came from.

Five years after it began, a handful of scattered survivors remain, including Malorie and her two young children. Living in an abandoned house near the river, she has dreamed of fleeing to a place where they might be safe. Now, that the boy and girl are four, it is time to go. But the journey ahead will be terrifying: twenty miles downriver in a rowboat—blindfolded—with nothing to rely on but her wits and the children’s trained ears. One wrong choice and they will die. And something is following them. But is it man, animal, or monster?

Engulfed in darkness, surrounded by sounds both familiar and frightening, Malorie embarks on a harrowing odyssey—a trip that takes her into an unseen world and back into the past, to the companions who once saved her. Under the guidance of the stalwart Tom, a motley group of strangers banded together against the unseen terror, creating order from the chaos.

But when supplies ran low, they were forced to venture outside—and confront the ultimate question: in a world gone mad, who can really be trusted?]]> 305 Josh Malerman Candy 0 to-read 4.18 2014 Bird Box (Bird Box #1)
author: Josh Malerman
name: Candy
average rating: 4.18
book published: 2014
rating: 0
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]]> Hidden Bodies (You, #2) 23492288 YOU, NOW A NETFLIX SERIES

In the compulsively readable sequel to her widely acclaimed debut novel, You, Caroline Kepnes weaves a tale that Booklist calls “the love child of Holden Caulfield and Patrick Bateman.�

Joe Goldberg is no stranger to hiding bodies. In the past ten years, this thirty-something has buried four of them, collateral damage in his quest for love. Now he’s heading west to Los Angeles, the city of second chances, determined to put his past behind him.

In Hollywood, Joe blends in effortlessly with the other young upstarts. He eats guac, works in a bookstore, and flirts with a journalist neighbor. But while others seem fixated on their own reflections, Joe can’t stop looking over his shoulder. The problem with hidden bodies is that they don’t always stay that way. They re-emerge, like dark thoughts, multiplying and threatening to destroy what Joe wants most: true love. And when he finds it in a darkened room in Soho House, he’s more desperate than ever to keep his secrets buried. He doesn’t want to hurt his new girlfriend—he wants to be with her forever. But if she ever finds out what he’s done, he may not have a choice…]]> 448 Caroline Kepnes Candy 0 to-read 3.78 2016 Hidden Bodies (You, #2)
author: Caroline Kepnes
name: Candy
average rating: 3.78
book published: 2016
rating: 0
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]]> Penance 31423183 The tense, chilling story of four women haunted by a childhood trauma.

When they were children, Sae, Maki, Akiko and Yuko were tricked into separating from their friend Emily by a mysterious stranger. Then the unthinkable occurs: Emily is found murdered hours later.

Sae, Maki, Akiko and Yuko weren't able to accurately describe the stranger's appearance to the police after Emily's body was discovered. Asako, Emily's mother, curses the surviving girls, vowing that they will pay for her daughter's murder.

Like Confessions, Kanae Minato's award-winning, internationally bestselling debut, Penance is a dark and voice-driven tale of revenge and psychological trauma that will leave readers breathless.]]> 240 Kanae Minato Candy 5
I thoroughly enjoyed the different point of views from all the characters as they continue on with their lives after the incident. Reading about their lives and how they choose to honor the promise to atone was really something else. This book truly contained something different and a bit of everything. I was shocked, relieved, angered, happy, and so much more reading this book.

It was a suspenseful book and I am so glad to come across this, it was well worded and truly brought the story to life in my mind. ]]> 3.83 2009 Penance
author: Kanae Minato
name: Candy
average rating: 3.83
book published: 2009
rating: 5
read at: 2019/01/07
date added: 2019/01/07
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I watched the show first on my Shudder app and then realized it was a book so when I was gifted this book I was ecstatic to read it. I took my time with this book to really absorb what I was reading at the time.

I thoroughly enjoyed the different point of views from all the characters as they continue on with their lives after the incident. Reading about their lives and how they choose to honor the promise to atone was really something else. This book truly contained something different and a bit of everything. I was shocked, relieved, angered, happy, and so much more reading this book.

It was a suspenseful book and I am so glad to come across this, it was well worded and truly brought the story to life in my mind.
]]> <![CDATA[Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen]]> 13747
Julie Powell is 30-years-old, living in a rundown apartment in Queens and working at a soul-sucking secretarial job that’s going nowhere. She needs something to break the monotony of her life, and she invents a deranged assignment. She will take her mother's dog-eared copy of Julia Child's 1961 classic Mastering the Art of French Cooking, and she will cook all 524 recipes. In the span of one year.

At first she thinks it will be easy. But as she moves from the simple Potage Parmentier (potato soup) into the more complicated realm of aspics and crépes, she realizes there’s more to Mastering the Art of French Cooking than meets the eye. With Julia’s stern warble always in her ear, Julie haunts the local butcher, buying kidneys and sweetbreads. She sends her husband on late-night runs for yet more butter and rarely serves dinner before midnight. She discovers how to mold the perfect Orange Bavarian, the trick to extracting marrow from bone, and the intense pleasure of eating liver.

And somewhere along the line she realizes she has turned her kitchen into a miracle of creation and cuisine. She has eclipsed her life’s ordinariness through spectacular humor, hysteria, and perseverance.]]> 310 Julie Powell 031610969X Candy 4 3.74 2005 Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen
author: Julie Powell
name: Candy
average rating: 3.74
book published: 2005
rating: 4
read at: 2019/01/02
date added: 2019/01/02
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I listened to this on audiobook after watching the movie and it is very fascinating hearing Julie's journey in going through an entire cookbook. Hearing the struggles and successes, was very intriguing and an amazing insight as to getting to see an actual human being suffering a mundane challenge. I mean she, literally, risked her job, marriage, and sanity for Julia Child. I think it was all utterly brilliant, how a challenge and a blog took her a long way.
]]> Side Effect 40622709 It's not long before Kendall is drawn to him, but this is not a normal boy meets girl situation. If anyone discovers she is having an affair with Maton, she will be thrown out of her course. But the last person Kendall expects to expose her is Maton himself. Except Maton doesn't count on the strength of his feelings for her and when Kendall's life comes under threat from the same man who preyed upon him, he may just have lost the love of his life.]]> 255 Lulu Jones Candy 4 I found it to be a great read. Was there problems in the book? Yes.
Was the relationship unhealthy? Yes.
Did it stop me from enjoying it? Heck no.
I was so captured by the events in the book I refused to put this down during my dinner date.]]> 3.82 Side Effect
author: Lulu Jones
name: Candy
average rating: 3.82
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rating: 4
read at: 2018/12/24
date added: 2018/12/24
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I am so glad I got recommended this book.
I found it to be a great read. Was there problems in the book? Yes.
Was the relationship unhealthy? Yes.
Did it stop me from enjoying it? Heck no.
I was so captured by the events in the book I refused to put this down during my dinner date.
]]> <![CDATA[The Beautiful (The Beautiful, #1)]]> 42265183
When more bodies are discovered, each crime more gruesome than the last, Celine and New Orleans become gripped by the terror of a serial killer on the loose—one Celine is sure has set her in his sights... and who may even be the young man who has stolen her heart. As the murders continue to go unsolved, Celine takes matters into her own hands and soon uncovers something even more shocking: an age-old feud from the darkest creatures of the underworld reveals a truth about Celine she always suspected simmered just beneath the surface.

At once a sultry romance and a thrilling murder mystery, master storyteller Renée Ahdieh embarks on her most potent fantasy series yet: The Beautiful.]]> 425 Renée Ahdieh 1524738174 Candy 0 to-read 3.65 2019 The Beautiful (The Beautiful, #1)
author: Renée Ahdieh
name: Candy
average rating: 3.65
book published: 2019
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[A Midwinter Night's Dream (Original Sinners #8.6)]]> 42903623
Two days before Christmas 1871, the newly-minted Baron Marcus Stearns returns to London for the reading of his long-estranged and much-despised father's will, fully certain he will inherit nothing but the title. He receives the shock of his life when he learns that he and his sister Lady Claire will only inherit their late father's vast estate if he marries—immediately.

Kingsley, the Baron's lover and devoted valet, offers a simple solution to a seemingly Herculean task—the Baron should simply marry his beautiful ward Eleanor. Yet while the Baron longs to do just that...he possesses a dangerous secret that threatens to destroy their marriage before it's hardly begun.]]> Tiffany Reisz 0463995589 Candy 5 4.47 2018 A Midwinter Night's Dream (Original Sinners #8.6)
author: Tiffany Reisz
name: Candy
average rating: 4.47
book published: 2018
rating: 5
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]]> Maybe Now (Maybe, #2) 42657538
Ridge and Sydney are thrilled to finally be together guilt-free. But as the two of them navigate this freedom, Warren and Bridgette’s relationship is as tumultuous as ever, and Maggie grapples with her illness.

When she comes across an old list of things she wanted to do “maybe one of these days,� Maggie decides to live life to the fullest and accomplish these dreams. Maggie keeps Ridge updated on her adventures, but he can’t help but worry, even as Sydney grows more and more suspicious about their friendship. But if she’s going to move past this jealousy, she’ll need to reconcile how she and Ridge came together with the fact that Maggie will always be in their lives somehow…or end up walking away from the man she loves so much.

Featuring new songs by Griffin Peterson, this emotive and satisfying finale proves that maybe someday might be right now.]]> 414 Colleen Hoover Candy 5 I LOVED reading about the gang and what they were up to. I can't gush enough about this book. ]]> 3.80 2018 Maybe Now (Maybe, #2)
author: Colleen Hoover
name: Candy
average rating: 3.80
book published: 2018
rating: 5
read at: 2018/12/05
date added: 2018/12/05
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I love Hoover so much for continuing this. I wasn't disappointed with what the outcome of everything was at all. If you are curious of how everything continues on after the first book then I HIGHLY recommend this baby.
I LOVED reading about the gang and what they were up to. I can't gush enough about this book.
]]> <![CDATA[Bombshell (Hollywood A-List, #1)]]> 29342834 From New York Times bestselling author CD Reiss, a standalone romance about a nanny, a Hollywood star, and a love they never expected.

Hollywood bad boy Brad Sinclair always gets his way, whether it’s the role he wants or the bikini-clad model he has to have. But when a bombshell gets dropped in his lap in the form of a dimpled five-year-old from a forgotten relationship, he knows his life is about to change forever.

Cara DuMont isn’t exactly thrilled when she gets assigned to be the nanny for the latest box-office king. She has one rule: no celebrity fathers, especially single ones with devilish good looks and rock-hard abs.

But as soon as Cara meets Brad and his adorable little girl, she knows she’s in for a world of trouble. Because there’s something about the way Brad looks at her that makes her believe that some rules are meant to be broken…]]> 366 C.D. Reiss Candy 2
It's not a bad book whatsoever but it didn't blow my socks off either.]]> 3.68 2017 Bombshell (Hollywood A-List, #1)
author: C.D. Reiss
name: Candy
average rating: 3.68
book published: 2017
rating: 2
read at: 2018/12/05
date added: 2018/12/05
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I love the fact that so many people loved this book. Unfortunately, I don't feel the same. I was a decent length book but the romance here is so underwhelming. I did appreciate the fact that both of the main characters have this secret that gets shone to light that tells their inner struggles with themselves.

It's not a bad book whatsoever but it didn't blow my socks off either.
]]> <![CDATA[To Make Monsters Out of Girls (Things that Haunt, #1)]]> 39217806 "What happens when the man of your dreams turns out to be a nightmare with sharp teeth and claws?"

Winner of the 2016 Ĺ·±¦ÓéŔÖ Choice Award for Best Poetry, amanda lovelace presents her new illustrated duology, “things that h(a)unt.â€� In this first installment, to make monsters out of girls, lovelace explores the memory of being in an abusive relationship. She poses the eternal question: Can you heal once you’ve been marked by a monster, or will the sun always sting?]]> 168 Amanda Lovelace 1449494269 Candy 4 3.74 2018 To Make Monsters Out of Girls (Things that Haunt, #1)
author: Amanda Lovelace
name: Candy
average rating: 3.74
book published: 2018
rating: 4
read at: 2018/11/20
date added: 2018/11/20
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I loved the three sections as well as the illustrations accompanied in this book. I felt her pain within each word that has been printed on these papers. I have no complaints about this book. Lovelace always manages to awe me. What I really appreciated was the trigger warning in the beginning of the book. I am not so easily triggered but I know there are plenty of people out there that are. I love how she manages to think about all of us as she writes her stories as poetic brilliance.
]]> The Dark Between Stars 38926444 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER


From the internationally bestselling author of Love Her Wild comes The Dark Between Stars, a new illustrated collection of heartfelt, whimsical, and romantic poems from Instagram poetry sensation, Atticus.

Atticus, has captured the hearts and minds of nearly 700k followers (including stars like Karlie Kloss, Emma Roberts, and Alicia Keys). In his second collection of poetry, The Dark Between Stars, he turns his attention to the dualities of our lived experiences—the inescapable connections between our highest highs and lowest lows. He captures the infectious energy of starting a relationship, the tumultuous realities of commitment, and the agonizing nostalgia of being alone again. While grappling with the question of how to live with purpose and find meaning in the journey, these poems offer both honest explorations of loneliness and our search for connection, as well as light-hearted, humorous observations. As Atticus writes poignantly about dancing, Paris, jazz clubs, sunsets, sharing a bottle of wine on the river, rainy days, creating, and destroying, he illustrates that we need moments of both beauty and pain—the darkness and the stars—to fully appreciate all that life and love have to offer.]]> 240 Atticus Poetry 1982104864 Candy 2 3.96 2018 The Dark Between Stars
author: Atticus Poetry
name: Candy
average rating: 3.96
book published: 2018
rating: 2
read at: 2018/11/19
date added: 2018/11/19
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Not as great as the Love Her Wild collection. I, personally, found this collection too cliché for my liking. It was a quick listen on audiobook. 35 minutes long to be exact.
]]> <![CDATA[Useless Magic: Lyrics and Poetry]]> 38255339 Lyrics and never-before-seen poetry and sketches from the iconic vocalist of Florence and the Machine

Songs can be incredibly prophetic, like subconscious warnings or messages to myself, but I often don't know what I'm trying to say till years later. Or a prediction comes true and I couldn't do anything to stop it, so it seems like a kind of useless magic.]]> 288 Florence Welch 0525577157 Candy 0 to-read 4.54 2018 Useless Magic: Lyrics and Poetry
author: Florence Welch
name: Candy
average rating: 4.54
book published: 2018
rating: 0
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]]> Rule (Rule, #1) 37946451 Three girls with three deadly secrets. Only one can wear the crown.

The king is dying, his heir has just been murdered, and rebellion brews in the east. But the kingdom of Kolonya and the outer Reaches has one last option before it descends into leaderless chaos.

Or rather, three unexpected options.

Zofi has spent her entire life trekking through the outer Reaches with her band of Travelers. She would do anything to protect the band, her family. But no one can ever find out how far she's already gone.

Akeylah was raised in the Eastern Reach, surrounded by whispers of rebellion and abused by her father. Desperate to escape, she makes a decision that threatens the whole kingdom.

Ren grew up in Kolonya, serving as a lady's maid and scheming her way out of the servants' chambers. But one such plot could get her hung for treason if anyone ever discovers what she's done.

When the king summons the girls, they arrive expecting arrest or even execution. Instead they learn the truth: they are his illegitimate daughters, and one must become his new heir. But someone in Kolonya knows their secrets, and that someone will stop at nothing to keep the sisters from their destiny... to rule.

Magic, mystery, and blackmail abound in this sensational and striking fantasy debut.]]> 376 Ellen Goodlett 0316515280 Candy 5 3 girls are all summoned to be revealed a secret to that would change their lives. Each of them holding onto their own secret that could end them.
I just finished it and am glad to know there will be a continuation but am sad for the way it ended. I just got left hanging here and now I have to wait. If you haven't read this book what are you waiting for?
Also, WARNING, if self harm is a trigger for you then please proceed with caution. It plays a role in the book but it does so for a purpose.]]> 3.68 2018 Rule (Rule, #1)
author: Ellen Goodlett
name: Candy
average rating: 3.68
book published: 2018
rating: 5
read at: 2018/11/08
date added: 2018/11/08
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This book had me interested completely one I got through the first three chapters. I am stumped as to why it took me so long to pick this book up and read it.
3 girls are all summoned to be revealed a secret to that would change their lives. Each of them holding onto their own secret that could end them.
I just finished it and am glad to know there will be a continuation but am sad for the way it ended. I just got left hanging here and now I have to wait. If you haven't read this book what are you waiting for?
Also, WARNING, if self harm is a trigger for you then please proceed with caution. It plays a role in the book but it does so for a purpose.
]]> <![CDATA[The Wicked King (The Folk of the Air, #2)]]> 38237340 You must be strong enough to strike and strike and strike again without tiring.

The first lesson is to make yourself that strong.

Jude has bound the wicked king, Cardan, to her, and made herself the power behind the throne. Navigating the constantly shifting political alliances of Faerie would be difficult enough if Cardan were biddable. But he does everything in his power to humiliate and undermine her, even as his fascination with her remains undiminished.

When it becomes all too clear that someone close to Jude means to betray her, threatening her life and the lives of everyone she loves, Jude must uncover the traitor and fight her own complicated feelings for Cardan to maintain control as a mortal in a faerie world.]]> 322 Holly Black 0316310352 Candy 5 Ugh! Everything! The suspense! That ending!]]> 4.34 2019 The Wicked King (The Folk of the Air, #2)
author: Holly Black
name: Candy
average rating: 4.34
book published: 2019
rating: 5
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Amazing and nothing short of it. We go back into the world of the fae and follow Jude in the continuation of her journey. Can't wait for this book to be released so that others read this masterpiece. Hold on to your horses everyone this is amazing.
Ugh! Everything! The suspense! That ending!
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