sara's bookshelf: all en-US Fri, 02 May 2025 14:50:51 -0700 60 sara's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg <![CDATA[Watch Me (Shatter Me: The New Republic #1)]]> 216710052 Lose yourself in this exhilarating return to the #1 global bestselling Shatter Me universe, the first book in a new series set ten years after the fall of The Reestablishment.

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

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

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

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

Who are we when no one is watching? ]]> 364 Tahereh Mafi 0063419025 sara 0 currently-reading 4.38 2025 Watch Me (Shatter Me: The New Republic #1)
author: Tahereh Mafi
name: sara
average rating: 4.38
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]]> <![CDATA[The Geographer's Map to Romance (Love's Academic, #2)]]> 216247705 Geography professors in a failed marriage of convenience inconveniently reconnect for an emergency mission in this swoony historical-fantasy rom-com.

Professor Elodie Tarrant is an expert in magic disasters. Nothing fazes her—except her own personal disaster, that Professor Gabriel Tarrant, the grumpy, unfriendly man she married for convenience a year ago, whom she secretly loves.

Gabriel is also an expert in magic disasters. And nothing fazes him either—except the walking, talking tornado that is his wife. They’ve been estranged since shortly after their wedding day, but that hasn’t stopped him from stoically pining for her.

When magic erupts in a small Welsh village, threatening catastrophe for the rest of England, Elodie and Gabriel are accidentally both assigned to the case. With the fate of the country in their hands, they must come together as a team in the face of perilous conditions like explosions, domesticated goats, and only one bed. But this is easier said than done. After all, there's no navigational guide for the geography of the heart.]]> 364 India Holton 0593641485 sara 3 3.5* 4.24 2025 The Geographer's Map to Romance (Love's Academic, #2)
author: India Holton
name: sara
average rating: 4.24
book published: 2025
rating: 3
read at: 2025/04/29
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3.5*
]]> Enchantra (Wicked Games, #2) 218123129 A new game of danger and desire is beginning. Ready or not�

When a mysterious invitation draws Genevieve Grimm to a palace in Italy, she expects magic and secrets, maybe even a ball.

She doesn’t expect the owner’s handsome son to slam the door in her face.

Rowin Silver is tall and dark and exceptionally rude. Invitation or no, he tells her to leave and never come back.

But Genevieve has never followed orders, especially from arrogant rich boys. She slips inside� and immediately realises her mistake.

Rowin and his family are caught in a deadly game. There can be only one winner. The others are dragged away to Hell� until the contest begins again.

Now Genevieve must join the hunt. And her only hope of survival is an alliance with Rowin. Even worse, to work together they must convince the others they’re in love.

As they race through a labyrinth of gold and marble, their instant loathing turns to irresistible attraction. Can Genevieve evade Rowin’s ruthless family, uncover the devilish secrets of the game and end it forever?

Packed with deadly intrigue and spicy romance, Enchantra will transport you to a world of feisty heroines and morally gray love interests, fake dating, forbidden desire and family secrets. If you love books by Rebecca Yarros, Carissa Broadbent and Lauren Roberts, prepare to discover your new romantasy obsession.

See why readers love this spicy fantasy romance

�OMG THIS BOOK!!!� I’m truly obsessed� I devoured it in two days.� ŷ reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐�

�I absolutely LOVED!! Romantasy at its finest.� NetGalley reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐�

�God, I am never going to recover� I’m addicted!� I can’t even begin to put into words the rollercoaster of this book; the tension, the twists and turns that literally had me holding my breath until the VERY last page.� ŷ reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐�

“I cannot begin to describe how much I love this book� I have not stopped thinking about this story� Oh gosh I wish I could read this for the first time again!� I FELT EVERY EMOTION POSSIBLE WHILE READING THIS!!!� will forever hold a special place in my heart.� ŷ reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐�

�ALL THE STARS. I LOVED. I finished this in less than two days and I didn’t want it to end!� Gripping� An absolute must-read.� ŷ reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐�

�PERFECT!!!� Hooked from the very first moment� I read it in one sitting because I could not put it down!!!� Thenarnianreader_ ⭐⭐⭐⭐�

“One word � A-MA-ZING!� Loved loved loved� Highly recommend!� ŷ reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐�

“Fantastic read�spicy, spooky, and oh so swoon-worthy.]]> 443 Kaylie Smith 1835251471 sara 3 3.5* 4.43 2025 Enchantra (Wicked Games, #2)
author: Kaylie Smith
name: sara
average rating: 4.43
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rating: 3
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]]> Gifted & Talented 211968836 From the international bestselling Olivie Blake, author of The Atlas Six - Gifted & Talented is a dark, contemporary fantasy of power and privilege.

For fans of Succession, this features magic and dysfunctional family - rich in secrets and betrayals.

The children of Thayer Wren have been remarkable since the day they were born. Unsurprisingly, since Thayer was the brilliant CEO of Wrenfare Magitech and so-called father of modern technology. Telepathically and telekinetically gifted, his offspring - Meredith, Arthur and Eilidh Wren - are publicly admired and privately capable of extraordinary feats. Any of the Wren prodigies would be a plausible inheritor to the Wrenfare throne. Or at least, so they like to think.

On the day of Thayer Wren's unexpected demise, the lives of the three Wren siblings are in various states of chaos and disrepair. Meredith, now CEO of her own profitable company, is knee-deep in a dystopian capitalist nightmare, haunted by the ghost of a childhood friend. She’s also facing imminent exposure for corporate malfeasance by a journalist ex-boyfriend. Congressman Arthur Wren is wrestling with his disgruntled constituency and a strange, magical malady that can only be called the yips. Eilidh, former prima ballerina whose spinal injury ended her career, now finds herself triggering accidental, uncontrolled apocalypse events.

In the wake of Thayer's loss, the Wrens return to their childhood home. Here they will face their contentious relationships with their father, and each other. On the journey of gifted kid to clinical depression, nobody wins � but which Wren will rise to the top? Can one of them seize the prize of their father’s crown?

This is a compulsive tale of family, twisted love and dangerous secrets from a writer at the height of her powers.

‘Olivie Blake is a mind-blowing talent� � Chloe Gong, author of These Violent Delights

‘Sign me up for anything she writes� � Cosmopolitan

Also by Olivie
The Atlas Six
The Atlas Paradox
The Atlas Complex
Alone with You in the Ether
One For My Enemy
Masters of Death
Stories of Love, Magic & Betrayal]]> 495 Olivie Blake 1035011409 sara 4 4.14 2025 Gifted & Talented
author: Olivie Blake
name: sara
average rating: 4.14
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rating: 4
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]]> Sweat 15712190 Sweat by American author Zora Neale Hurston was first published in 1926 in Fire!!, a single-issue magazine published during the Harlem Renaissance. Hurston was an anthropologist and writer whose works included many essays on anthropology and folklore focused on African American communities in the American South and the Caribbean, as well as novels and short stories. Hurston often wrote dialog in vernacular to capture the everyday diction and idioms, and with adapted phonetic spellings to capture the sound and rhythm, of the English spoken by Black people in the rural south, specifically Florida, in the early 20th century.]]> 9 Zora Neale Hurston sara 0 3.76 1926 Sweat
author: Zora Neale Hurston
name: sara
average rating: 3.76
book published: 1926
rating: 0
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read for uni (north american literature 2 class)
]]> <![CDATA[The Ragpicker King (The Chronicles of Castellane, #2)]]> 214596304 In the epic follow-up to the New York Times bestseller Sword Catcher, praised by George R. R. Martin as “everything I look for in fantasy,� Lin and Kel must chart a perilous course between love and lies.

Kel Saren, body double to Conor, crown prince of the dazzling city of Castellane, is caught between two worlds. In order to protect his beloved prince, Kel must find the culprits responsible for a massacre at the royal palace—and the only clues are held by the Ragpicker King, the notorious criminal who rules Castellane’s underworld. The trail Kel follows leads back to the Hill, where among decadent nobles and glittering parties a dark conspiracy to destroy the royal family has taken hold—a conspiracy headed up by the monstrous Artal Gremont, the man engaged to marry the woman Kel adores.

Meanwhile, Lin Caster must face the aftermath of the greatest risk she’s ever taken. To save the life of a dying friend, Lin has falsely claimed to be the Goddess Reborn, the legendary heroine destined to save her people. Now the terrifying—but strangely magnetic—leader of her people has arrived to test her powers. The price of failure is exile, and only through her alliance with the Ragpicker King can she continue to access the magic that may save her.

Then Prince Conor reappears in her life, demanding that she use her healing powers to cure the madness of his father, the King. Lin soon realizes the King is gripped by an ancient and terrible magic, one whose lure she cannot deny any more than she can deny her growing passion for Conor.

As the simmering tensions in Castellane reach a fever pitch, Lin and Kel must decide who to trust when any false move means death—or worse.]]> 561 Cassandra Clare 0525620036 sara 5 all-you-all-of-me-intertwined MA’AM WHERE IS BOOK THREEEEE 4.59 2025 The Ragpicker King (The Chronicles of Castellane, #2)
author: Cassandra Clare
name: sara
average rating: 4.59
book published: 2025
rating: 5
read at: 2025/03/11
date added: 2025/04/06
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MA’AM WHERE IS BOOK THREEEEE
]]> <![CDATA[Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games, #0.5)]]> 214333691 When you’ve been set up to lose everything you love, what is there left to fight for?

As the day dawns on the fiftieth annual Hunger Games, fear grips the districts of Panem. This year, in honor of the Quarter Quell, twice as many tributes will be taken from their homes.

Back in District 12, Haymitch Abernathy is trying not to think too hard about his chances. All he cares about is making it through the day and being with the girl he loves.

When Haymitch’s name is called, he can feel all his dreams break. He’s torn from his family and his love, shuttled to the Capitol with the three other District 12 tributes: a young friend who’s nearly a sister to him, a compulsive oddsmaker, and the most stuck-up girl in town. As the Games begin, Haymitch understands he’s been set up to fail. But there’s something in him that wants to fight . . . and have that fight reverberate far beyond the deadly arena.]]> 400 Suzanne Collins 1546171479 sara 5 4.67 2025 Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games, #0.5)
author: Suzanne Collins
name: sara
average rating: 4.67
book published: 2025
rating: 5
read at: 2025/03/23
date added: 2025/04/06
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]]> That's Not My Name 157000021
Shivering and bruised, a teen wakes up on the side of a dirt road with no memory of how she got there―or who she is. A passing officer takes her to the police station, and not long after, a frantic man arrives. He's been searching for her for hours. He has her school ID, her birth certificate, and even family photos. He is her father. Her name is Mary. Or so he says.

When Lola slammed the car door and stormed off into the night, Drew thought they just needed some time to cool off. Except Lola disappeared, and the sheriff, his friends, and the whole town are convinced Drew murdered his girlfriend. Forget proving his innocence, he needs to find her before it's too late. The longer Lola is missing, the fewer leads there are to follow…and the more danger they both are in.]]> 300 Megan Lally sara 3 4.16 2023 That's Not My Name
author: Megan Lally
name: sara
average rating: 4.16
book published: 2023
rating: 3
read at: 2025/04/03
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]]> Januaries 202989016 Januaries is a collection of new and iconic short stories and novellas from New York Times bestselling author Olivie Blake.

Once upon a time in a land far, far away, the tutelary spirit to a magical bridge rapidly approaches burnout. Meanwhile, congress enacts a complex auditing system designed to un-waste your youth, a banished fairy answers a Craigslist ad, a Victorian orphan gains literacy for her occult situationship, and a multiverse assassin contemplates the one who got away. Escape the slow trudge of mortality with these magical ruminations on life, death, and the love (or revenge) that outlasts both, featuring modified fairytales, contemporary heists, absurdist poetry, and at least one set of actual wedding vows.]]> 400 Olivie Blake 1035039605 sara 3 3.5* 3.80 2024 Januaries
author: Olivie Blake
name: sara
average rating: 3.80
book published: 2024
rating: 3
read at: 2025/03/31
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3.5*
]]> <![CDATA[Fable for the End of the World]]> 209698647 The Last of Us meets The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes in this stand-alone dystopian romance about survival, sacrifice, and love that risks everything.

By encouraging massive accumulations of debt from its underclass, a single corporation, Caerus, controls all aspects of society.

Inesa lives with her brother in a half-sunken town where they scrape by running a taxidermy shop. Unbeknownst to Inesa, their cruel and indolent mother has accrued an enormous debt—enough to qualify one of her children for Caerus’s livestreamed assassination the Lamb’s Gauntlet.

Melinoë is a Caerus assassin, trained to track and kill the sacrificial Lambs. The product of neural reconditioning and physiological alteration, she is a living weapon, known for her cold brutality and deadly beauty. She has never failed to assassinate one of her marks.

When Inesa learns that her mother has offered her as a sacrifice, at first she despairs—the Gauntlet is always a bloodbath for the impoverished debtors. But she’s had years of practice surviving in the apocalyptic wastes, and with the help of her hunter brother, she might stand a chance of staying alive.

For Melinoë, this is a game she can’t afford to lose. Despite her reputation for mercilessness, she is haunted by painful flashbacks. After her last Gauntlet, where she broke down on livestream, she desperately needs redemption.

As Mel pursues Inesa across the wasteland, both girls begin to question Inesa wonders if there’s more to life than survival, while Mel wonders if she’s capable of more than killing.

And both wonder if, against all odds, they might be falling in love. ]]> 383 Ava Reid sara 3 3.5* 3.89 2025 Fable for the End of the World
author: Ava Reid
name: sara
average rating: 3.89
book published: 2025
rating: 3
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date added: 2025/03/18
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]]> <![CDATA[The Knight and the Butcherbird]]> 227836621 In this dystopian fairy tale from the New York Times bestselling author of Starling House, a small town’s storyteller struggles to protect a local demon from the knight hired to kill it.

Hundreds of years after the end of the world, the Appalachian community of Iron Hollow finds itself beset by demons. Such horrors are common these days in the outlands, where most folks die young—if they don’t turn into monsters first.

When a legendary knight is summoned to hunt down the latest unearthly beast to haunt their woods, the town’s new oral historian, Shrike, has more reason than most to be concerned. Because that demon was her wife. And while Shrike is certain that May still recognizes her—that May is still herself, somewhere beneath it all—she can’t prove it.

Determined to keep May safe, Shrike stalks the knight and his demon-hunting hawk through the recesses of the forest. But as they creep through toxic creeks and overgrown kudzu, Shrike realizes the knight has a secret of his own. And he’ll do anything to protect it.]]> 39 Alix E. Harrow sara 3 3.5* 4.12 2025 The Knight and the Butcherbird
author: Alix E. Harrow
name: sara
average rating: 4.12
book published: 2025
rating: 3
read at: 2025/03/13
date added: 2025/03/13
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3.5*
]]> <![CDATA[Sword Catcher (The Chronicles of Castellane, #1)]]> 210985549
Kel is an orphan, stolen from the life he knew to become the Sword Catcher--the body double of a royal heir, Prince Conor Aurelian. He and Conor are as close as brothers, but his destiny is to die for Conor. No other future is possible.

Lin Caster is a physician from a small community whose members still possess magical abilities. But despite her skills, she cannot heal her best friend without access to forbidden knowledge.

After a failed assassination attempt brings Lin and Kel together, they are drawn into the web of the mysterious Ragpicker King, the ruler of Castellane's criminal underworld. But as long-kept secrets begin to unravel and forbidden attractions arise, they must ask themselves: Is knowledge worth the price of betrayal? And will their discoveries plunge their nation into war--and the world into chaos?]]> 624 Cassandra Clare 052562001X sara 3 3.90 2023 Sword Catcher (The Chronicles of Castellane, #1)
author: Cassandra Clare
name: sara
average rating: 3.90
book published: 2023
rating: 3
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i feel like it would have been more digestible without all the unnecessary descriptions but still fun
]]> <![CDATA[The Cinnamon Bun Book Store (Dream Harbor, #2)]]> 210163199 From the author of the Sunday Times bestseller and viral TikTok phenomenon, The Pumpkin Spice Café, comes a brand new spicy romance set in Dream Harbor!

When a secret message turns up hidden in a book in the Cinnamon Bun Bookstore, Hazel can't understand it. As more secret codes appear between the pages, she decides to follow the trail of clues� she just need someone to help her out.

Gorgeous and outgoing fisherman, Noah, is always up for an adventure. And a scavenger hunt sounds like a lot of fun. Even better that the cute bookseller he's been crushing on for months is the one who wants his help!

Hazel didn’t go looking for romance, but as the treasure hunt leads her and Noah around Dream Harbor, their undeniable chemistry might be just as hot as the fresh-out-of-the-oven cinnamon buns the bookstore sells�

The Cinnamon Bun Book Store is a cozy romantic mystery with a HEA guaranteed!

Tropes:
� opposites attract
� small town
� forced proximity
� he falls first]]> 370 Laurie Gilmore 0008641579 sara 3 3.5* 3.90 2024 The Cinnamon Bun Book Store (Dream Harbor, #2)
author: Laurie Gilmore
name: sara
average rating: 3.90
book published: 2024
rating: 3
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date added: 2025/02/24
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3.5*
]]> <![CDATA[Puck Shy (Brother Puckers, #2)]]> 205926586
One of his teammates is tired of watching Lucas suffer, and with a little convincing, entices him to attend a masked Valentine’s Day party for a night of distraction. Little does he know; this night will change the game.

Lucas meets a mysterious woman in a red mask, and their chemistry is both instant and undeniable. After one little taste of the lady in red, his dry spell is broken, and after a fresh win on the ice, Lucas wants more. He’ll stop at nothing to find her.

Only, he doesn’t have to look far. It turns out the woman behind the mask, is STEVIE HARPER. As in, the sister of his twin brother’s partner. Future sister-in-law or not, Lucas isn’t giving up that easily.

Determined to keep Stevie close, Lucas offers her a job, hoping to explore what’s between them. Stevie agrees but insists on a platonic arrangement, she doesn’t mix business with pleasure. Only, their pact to remain professional quickly becomes a complicated dance, as they skate the blurred lines between friendship and something more.

When it comes to the game of love� there’s more than meets the ice.

........

What you can expect inside Puck Shy:

Hockey Romance
MF Pairing (Dual POV)
MFFF, MFM, MFFM Group Scenes
Voyeurism
Paddle and Stick Spanking
Plus-Size/Mid-Size Rep
Polysexual Rep
Wax Play
Happily Ever After]]> 206 Kayla Grosse sara 3 3.97 2024 Puck Shy (Brother Puckers, #2)
author: Kayla Grosse
name: sara
average rating: 3.97
book published: 2024
rating: 3
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for a smut with a little plot book, this was decently written relationship and character wise
]]> Hungerstone 200315473 For what do you hunger . . .?

Lenore is the wife of steel magnate Henry, but ten years into their marriage the relationship has soured, and no child has arrived to fill the distance growing between them. Henry's ambitions take them from London to Sheffield, and with his success hinged on a hunt, an old tradition looms over the home; the hunt is a time to settle old scores. If a bullet finds a human home, then it is only that they were foolish to become prey. In the weeks leading up to the hunt, a carriage accident near their remote home brings the mysterious Carmilla into Lenore's life. Carmilla, who is weak and pale during the day but vibrant at night, Carmilla who will not eat meals with the family, Carmilla who stirs up a hunger deep within Lenore. Soon girls from local villages begin to fall sick before being consumed by a terrible hunger . . .

Set against the violent wilderness of the Peaks and the uncontrolled appetite of the industrial revolution Hungerstone is a compulsive feminist reworking of Carmilla, the book that inspired a captivating story of appetite and desire.]]> 400 Kat Dunn 1786583925 sara 3 3.95 2025 Hungerstone
author: Kat Dunn
name: sara
average rating: 3.95
book published: 2025
rating: 3
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]]> The Favorites 211400175 To the world, they were a scandal. To each other, an obsession.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER � An epic love story set in the sparkling, savage sphere of elite figure skating, starring a woman determined to carve her own path on and off the ice

“P Wuthering Heights and part Daisy Jones & The Six, this novel is as brilliantly choreographed as a gold medal performance and will keep you guessing until its last page.”—Jodi Picoult, New York Times bestselling author of By Any Other Name

She might not have a famous name, funding, or her family’s support, but Katarina Shaw has always known that she was destined to become an Olympic skater. When she meets Heath Rocha, a lonely kid stuck in the foster care system, their instant connection makes them a formidable duo on the ice. Clinging to skating—and each other—to escape their turbulent lives, Kat and Heath go from childhood sweethearts to champion ice dancers, captivating the world with their scorching chemistry, rebellious style, and roller-coaster relationship.

Until a shocking incident at the Olympic Games brings their partnership to a sudden end.

As the ten-year anniversary of their final skate approaches, an unauthorized documentary reignites the public obsession with Shaw and Rocha, claiming to uncover the “real story� through interviews with their closest friends and fiercest rivals. Kat wants nothing to do with the documentary, but she can’t stand the thought of someone else defining her legacy. So, after a decade of silence, she’s telling her story: from the childhood tragedies that created her all-consuming bond with Heath to the clash of desires that tore them apart. Sensational rumors have haunted their every step for years, but the truth may be even more shocking than the headlines.]]> 464 Layne Fargo 0593732057 sara 4 4.17 2025 The Favorites
author: Layne Fargo
name: sara
average rating: 4.17
book published: 2025
rating: 4
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]]> Deep End 212808709 A competitive diver and an ace swimmer jump into forbidden waters in this steamy college romance from the New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis.

Scarlett Vandermeer is swimming upstream. A Junior at Stanford and a student-athlete who specializes in platform diving, Scarlett prefers to keep her head down, concentrating on getting into med school and on recovering from the injury that almost ended her career. She has no time for relationships—at least, that’s what she tells herself.

Swim captain, world champion, all-around aquatics golden boy, Lukas Blomqvist thrives on discipline. It’s how he wins gold medals and breaks records: complete focus, with every stroke. On the surface, Lukas and Scarlett have nothing in common. Until a well-guarded secret slips out, and everything changes.

So they start an arrangement. And as the pressure leading to the Olympics heats up, so does their relationship. It was supposed to be just a temporary, mutually satisfying fling. But when staying away from Lukas becomes impossible, Scarlett realizes that her heart might be treading into dangerous water...]]> 464 Ali Hazelwood sara 2
it wasn't good or bad, it just was]]> 3.93 2025 Deep End
author: Ali Hazelwood
name: sara
average rating: 3.93
book published: 2025
rating: 2
read at: 2025/02/14
date added: 2025/02/14
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2.5*

it wasn't good or bad, it just was
]]> The Wrong Daughter 199551453
“Do you have a sister, Ms. Fairview?� The little girl’s question, in all its buttery innocence, slices through me, and the answer catches in my throat. It isn’t as simple as yes or no. It hasn’t been, in nearly sixteen years.

The evening Caitlin and Olivia's parents leave them to go to a dinner party, both girls are bubbling with excitement. At ages 10 and 13, they are at last old enough to stay home alone. After all, in their idyllic town no one even bothers to lock their doors.

As the summer light fades, after TV and popcorn, the sisters finally put themselves to bed. They’re unaware of the figure watching them through an open window. Or of the back door opening once they’ve fallen asleep.

When their parents return, they will find Olivia's bed empty. Their golden-haired, long-limbed, eldest daughter gone. Never to return. Until now.

But is the woman who claims to be Olivia all she seems? Is everything Caitlin said she saw that night the whole truth? Their family have dreamed of this moment, but both sisters are keeping more than one secret. What price will they all pay if they end up believing the wrong daughter?]]> 353 Dandy Smith 1471414639 sara 1 4.02 2024 The Wrong Daughter
author: Dandy Smith
name: sara
average rating: 4.02
book published: 2024
rating: 1
read at: 2025/02/10
date added: 2025/02/10
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more than 40% in and nothing of substance was happening
]]> The Marriage Portrait 108519988
Florence, the 1560s. Lucrezia, third daughter of Cosimo de' Medici, is free to wander the palazzo at will, wondering at its treasures and observing its clandestine workings. But when her older sister dies on the eve of marriage to Alfonso d'Este, heir to the Duke of Ferrara, Modena and Reggio, Lucrezia is thrust unwittingly into the limelight: Alfonso is quick to request her hand in marriage, and her father to accept on her behalf.

Having barely left girlhood, Lucrezia must now make her way in a troubled court whose customs are opaque and where her arrival is not universally welcomed. Perhaps most mystifying of all is her husband himself, Alfonso. Is he the playful sophisticate he appears before their wedding, the aesthete happiest in the company of artists and musicians, or the ruthless politician before whom even his formidable sisters seem to tremble?

As Lucrezia sits in uncomfortable finery for the painting which is to preserve her image for centuries to come, one thing becomes worryingly clear. In the court's eyes, she has one duty: to provide the heir who will shore up the future of the Ferrarese dynasty. Until then, for all of her rank and nobility, her future hangs entirely in the balance.]]> 438 Maggie O'Farrell 1472223888 sara 3 owned 3.5* 4.05 2022 The Marriage Portrait
author: Maggie O'Farrell
name: sara
average rating: 4.05
book published: 2022
rating: 3
read at: 2025/02/07
date added: 2025/02/08
shelves: owned
review:
3.5*
]]> <![CDATA[When the Moon Hatched (Moonfall, #1)]]> 210288108 � MAGIC. DRAGONS. ROMANCE. THE FANTASY PHENOMENON OF THE YEAR �

She's an assassin on the run

Raeve’s job is to complete orders and never get caught. Until a rival assassin devastates her world, and she is captured by a group of powerful fae.

He's the dragon rider who'll stop at nothing to save her

Crushed by the loss of his great love, Kaan Vaegor hunts the world for answers. Then a clue lures him to the capital's high-security prison, where he finds Raeve �

Together, they'll burn it all down

Now they seek truths that threaten to shatter everything they knew about their world � and each other.

No.1 bestselling sensation When the Moon Hatched will transport you into a world filled with magic, dragons and a love that blazes through the ages…]]> 566 Sarah A. Parker 0008710244 sara 2 snoozefest 4.12 2024 When the Moon Hatched (Moonfall, #1)
author: Sarah A. Parker
name: sara
average rating: 4.12
book published: 2024
rating: 2
read at: 2025/02/01
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snoozefest
]]> Phantasma (Wicked Games, #1) 209813409 Welcome to Phantasma.

There are only two rules to the game. Stay alive. And don’t fall in love.

When Ophelia’s sister disappears, there is only one way to save her. Ophelia must enter Phantasma, a deadly contest inside a haunted mansion, and claim its prize�a single wish.

Phantasma is a maze of twisting corridors and lavish ballrooms, of demons and temptations. Ophelia will face nine challenges, each more dangerous than the last. There can only be one winner, and the other contestants will stop at nothing to eliminate their rivals.

Every day the house creates new monsters. But just as Ophelia’s fears threaten to overwhelm her, a mysterious stranger offers her a bargain.

Charming, arrogant and infuriatingly attractive, Blackwell claims he can guide her through the lethal trials ahead. All he asks in return is ten years of her life.

Ophelia knows she shouldn’t trust him. Blackwell doesn’t seem dangerous, but appearances can be deceptive. Worse still, she feels a dark and irresistible attraction drawing them closer and closer.

Her life is on the line. But in Phantasma, the only thing deadlier than losing the game is losing your heart�

A Court of Thorns and Roses meets Caraval in this seductive fantasy adventure. With steamy romance, a sexy morally gray love interest, OCD rep and jaw-dropping twists, Phantasma is perfect for fans of Rebecca Yarros, Nisha J. Tuli and Carissa Broadbent.]]> 428 Kaylie Smith 1835251412 sara 3 ready-for-the-sequel
"But most of all she shed tears for herself. And the soft heart she would never have again." ]]> 4.15 2024 Phantasma (Wicked Games, #1)
author: Kaylie Smith
name: sara
average rating: 4.15
book published: 2024
rating: 3
read at: 2024/10/02
date added: 2025/01/27
shelves: ready-for-the-sequel
review:
3.5*

"But most of all she shed tears for herself. And the soft heart she would never have again."
]]> <![CDATA[A Grave Robbery (Veronica Speedwell, #9)]]> 177178087 Veronica and Stoker discover that not all fairy tales have happy endings, and some end in murder, in this latest historical mystery from New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award–nominated author Deanna Raybourn.

Lord Rosemorran has purchased a wax figure of a beautiful reclining woman and asks Stoker to incorporate a clockwork mechanism to give the Rosemorran Collection its own Sleeping Beauty in the style of Madame Tussaud’s. But when Stoker goes to cut the mannequin open to insert the mechanism, he makes a gruesome discovery: this is no wax figure. The mannequin is the beautifully preserved body of a young woman who was once very much alive. But who would do such a dreadful thing, and why?

Sleuthing out the answer to this question sets Veronica and Stoker on their wildest adventure yet. From the underground laboratories of scientists experimenting with electricity to resurrect the dead in the vein of Frankenstein to the traveling show where Stoker once toured as an attraction, the gaslit atmosphere of London in October is the perfect setting for this investigation into the unknown. Through it all, the intrepid pair is always one step behind the latest villain—a man who has killed once and will stop at nothing to recover the body of the woman he loved. Will they unmask him in time to save his next victim? Or will they become the latest figures to be immortalized in his collection of horrors?]]> 336 Deanna Raybourn sara 5 ready-for-the-sequel so� where’s book 10? 4.26 2024 A Grave Robbery (Veronica Speedwell, #9)
author: Deanna Raybourn
name: sara
average rating: 4.26
book published: 2024
rating: 5
read at: 2025/01/01
date added: 2025/01/27
shelves: ready-for-the-sequel
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so� where’s book 10?
]]> <![CDATA[Servant of Earth (The Shards of Magic, #1)]]> 208931125 In the underground Fae realm, only the strongest and most ruthless have power—but a young human woman forced into a life of servitude is about to change everything.

Kenna Heron is best known in her village for being a little wild—some say half feral—but she’ll need every ounce of that ferocity to survive captivity in the cruel Fae court.

Trapped as a servant in the faeries� underground kingdom of Mistei, Kenna must help her new mistress undertake six deadly trials, one for each branch of Fire, Earth, Light, Void, Illusion, and Blood. If she succeeds, her mistress will gain immortality and become the heir to Earth House. If she doesn’t, the punishment is death—for both mistress and servant.

With no ally but a sentient dagger of mysterious origins, Kenna must face monsters, magic, and grueling physical tests. But worse dangers wait underground, and soon Kenna gets caught up in a secret rebellion against the inventively sadistic faerie king. When her feelings for the rebellion’s leader turn passionate, Kenna must decide if she’s willing to risk her life for a better world and a chance at happiness.

Surviving the trials and overthrowing a tyrant king will take cunning, courage, and an iron will... but even that may not be enough.]]> 463 Sarah Hawley 0593818377 sara 4 ready-for-the-sequel ]]> 4.29 2024 Servant of Earth (The Shards of Magic, #1)
author: Sarah Hawley
name: sara
average rating: 4.29
book published: 2024
rating: 4
read at: 2025/01/27
date added: 2025/01/27
shelves: ready-for-the-sequel
review:
ready to spread the kallen agenda!!! + i love female friendships <3

]]> Cloud Cuckoo Land 58942858 When everything is lost, it’s our stories that survive.

How do we weather the end of things? Cloud Cuckoo Land brings together an unforgettable cast of dreamers and outsiders from past, present and future to offer a vision of survival against all odds.

Constantinople, 1453:
An orphaned seamstress and a cursed boy with a love for animals risk everything on opposite sides of a city wall to protect the people they love.

Idaho, 2020:
An impoverished, idealistic kid seeks revenge on a world that’s crumbling around him. Can he go through with it when a gentle old man stands between him and his plans?

Unknown, Sometime in the Future:
With her tiny community in peril, Konstance is the last hope for the human race. To find a way forward, she must look to the oldest stories of all for guidance.

Bound together by a single ancient text, these tales interweave to form a tapestry of solace and resilience and a celebration of storytelling itself. Like its predecessor All the Light We Cannot See, Anthony Doerr’s new novel is a tale of hope and of profound human connection.]]> 626 Anthony Doerr 0008478651 sara 3 owned 3.5* 4.27 2021 Cloud Cuckoo Land
author: Anthony Doerr
name: sara
average rating: 4.27
book published: 2021
rating: 3
read at: 2025/01/05
date added: 2025/01/27
shelves: owned
review:
3.5*
]]> <![CDATA[Howl's Moving Castle (Howl's Moving Castle, #1)]]> 196253792 "How about making a bargain with me?" said the demon. "I'll break your spell if you agree to break this contract I'm under."

In the land of Ingary, where seven-league boots and cloaks of invisibility really exist, Sophie Hatter attracts the unwelcome attention of the Witch of the Waste, who puts a curse on her. Determined to make the best of things, Sophie travels to the one place where she might get help � the moving castle which hovers on the nearby hills.

But the castle belongs to the dreaded Wizard Howl, whose appetite, they say, is satisfied only by the hearts of young girls . . .]]> 302 Diana Wynne Jones 0007299265 sara 2 owned 4.12 1986 Howl's Moving Castle (Howl's Moving Castle, #1)
author: Diana Wynne Jones
name: sara
average rating: 4.12
book published: 1986
rating: 2
read at: 2025/01/22
date added: 2025/01/27
shelves: owned
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]]> The Woman in the Cabin 137992406
Deep in the woods, you can hide more than secrets...

Every day, in a remote cabin hidden deep in the woods in the Scottish Highlands, Mary wakes up before dawn to make breakfast from scratch. She tends the garden and feeds the animals. Every night, Mary makes sure she has dinner on the table for when her husband Cal gets home from work.

She puts on his favorite lipstick and greets him with a smile. 'I've missed you.' It's not true and he knows it. But he likes to hear it all the same.

Mary is the perfect wife and like any good wife she knows her job is to keep her husband happy.

But lately as she notices her first wrinkles appear, she can sense Cal change. A scowl at dinner not being ready on time, a too tight grip as he leads her to the bedroom tells her he's noticed too. And old memories are coming back too, of her life before the cabin...

Then she finds a stack of letters hidden under the floorboards detailing a life eerily similar to her own. They're addressed to her: 'To the next woman.'

If she's not the first to play the role of Cal's perfect wife, what happened to the woman in the cabin before her? And how long does she have until she is next?]]> Becca Day 1471413837 sara 3 4.05 2024 The Woman in the Cabin
author: Becca Day
name: sara
average rating: 4.05
book published: 2024
rating: 3
read at: 2025/01/18
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]]> The God of the Woods 199698485 When a teenager vanishes from her Adirondack summer camp, two worlds collide

Early morning, August 1975: a camp counselor discovers an empty bunk. Its occupant, Barbara Van Laar, has gone missing. Barbara isn’t just any thirteen-year-old: she’s the daughter of the family that owns the summer camp and employs most of the region’s residents. And this isn’t the first time a Van Laar child has disappeared. Barbara’s older brother similarly vanished fourteen years ago, never to be found.

As a panicked search begins, a thrilling drama unfolds. Chasing down the layered secrets of the Van Laar family and the blue-collar community working in its shadow, Moore’s multi-threaded story invites readers into a rich and gripping dynasty of secrets and second chances. It is Liz Moore’s most ambitious and wide-reaching novel yet.]]> 490 Liz Moore sara 1 4.15 2024 The God of the Woods
author: Liz Moore
name: sara
average rating: 4.15
book published: 2024
rating: 1
read at: 2025/01/15
date added: 2025/01/15
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once again my opinion of a book doesn't align with the masses because how can people find this entertaining when it had too many povs, too many time jumps and too many pages lol
]]> <![CDATA[To Sir Phillip, With Love (Bridgertons, #5)]]> 56710193 My dear Miss Bridgerton,

We have been corresponding now for quite some time, and although we have never formally met, I feel as if I know you.

Forgive me if I am too bold, but I am writing to invite you to visit me. It is my hope that we might decide that we will suit, and you will consent to be my wife.

—Sir Phillip Crane

Sir Phillip Crane knew that Eloise Bridgerton was a spinster, and so he’d proposed, figuring that she’d be homely and unassuming, and more than a little desperate for an offer of marriage. Except� she wasn’t. The beautiful woman on his doorstep was anything but quiet, and when she stopped talking long enough to close her mouth, all he wanted to do was kiss her� and more.

Did he think she was mad? Eloise Bridgerton couldn’t marry a man she had never met! But then she started thinking� and wondering� and before she knew it, she was in a hired carriage in the middle of the night, on her way to meet the man she hoped might be her perfect match. Except� he wasn’t. Her perfect husband wouldn’t be so moody and ill-mannered, and while Phillip was certainly handsome, he was a large brute of a man, rough and rugged, and totally unlike the London gentlemen vying for her hand. But when he smiled� and when he kissed her� the rest of the world simply fell away, and she couldn’t help but wonder� could this imperfect man be perfect for her?]]> 384 Julia Quinn 0349429464 sara 4 owned 3.50 2003 To Sir Phillip, With Love (Bridgertons, #5)
author: Julia Quinn
name: sara
average rating: 3.50
book published: 2003
rating: 4
read at: 2025/01/11
date added: 2025/01/11
shelves: owned
review:
i'm obsessed with them (i’m still obsessed with them
]]> A Song to Drown Rivers 203924678 Inspired by the legend of Xishi, one of the famous Four Beauties of Ancient China, A Song to Drown Rivers is an epic novel steeped in myth about womanhood, war, sacrifice, and love against all odds as the fate of two kingdoms hangs in a delicate balance.

Her beauty hides a deadly purpose.

Xishi’s beauty is seen as a blessing to the villagers of Yue—convinced that the best fate for a girl is to marry well and support her family. When Xishi draws the attention of the famous young military advisor, Fanli, he presents her with a rare opportunity: to use her beauty as a weapon. One that could topple the rival neighboring kingdom of Wu, improve the lives of her people, and avenge her sister’s murder. All she has to do is infiltrate the enemy palace as a spy, seduce their immoral king, and weaken them from within.

Trained by Fanli in everything from classical instruments to concealing emotion, Xishi hones her beauty into the perfect blade. But she knows Fanli can see through every deception she masters, the attraction between them burning away any falsehoods.

Once inside the enemy palace, Xishi finds herself under the hungry gaze of the king’s advisors while the king himself shows her great affection. Despite his gentleness, a brutality lurks and Xishi knows she can never let her guard down. But the higher Xishi climbs in the Wu court, the farther she and Fanli have to fall—and if she is unmasked as a traitor, she will bring both kingdoms down.]]> 327 Ann Liang 1250289475 sara 2 so much potential wasted 4.16 2024 A Song to Drown Rivers
author: Ann Liang
name: sara
average rating: 4.16
book published: 2024
rating: 2
read at: 2025/01/06
date added: 2025/01/06
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so much potential wasted
]]> <![CDATA[A Sinister Revenge (Veronica Speedwell, #8)]]> 61260989 Veronica must find and stop a devious killer when a group of old friends is targeted for death in this new adventure from the New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award-nominated author Deanna Raybourn.

Veronica's natural-historian beau, Stoker, has been away in Bavaria for months and their relationship is at an impasse. But when Veronica shows up before him with his brother, Tiberius, Lord Templeton-Vane, he is lured back home by an intriguing job offer: preparing an iguanodon for a very special dinner party.

Tiberius has received a cryptic message-along with the obituaries of two recently deceased members of his old group of friends, the Seven Sinners-that he too should get his affairs in order. Realizing he is in grave danger but not knowing why, he plans a reunion party for the remaining Sinners at his family estate to lure the killer out while Veronica and Stoker investigate.

As the guests arrive and settle in, the evening's events turn deadly. More clues come to light, leading Veronica, Stoker, and Tiberius to uncover a shared past among the Sinners that has led to the fatal present. But the truth might be far more sinister than what they were prepared for.]]> 320 Deanna Raybourn sara 4 4.32 2023 A Sinister Revenge (Veronica Speedwell, #8)
author: Deanna Raybourn
name: sara
average rating: 4.32
book published: 2023
rating: 4
read at: 2024/12/26
date added: 2024/12/26
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]]> <![CDATA[An Impossible Impostor (Veronica Speedwell, #7)]]> 58850519 While investigating a man claiming to be the long-lost heir to a noble family, Veronica Speedwell gets the surprise of her life in this new adventure from the New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award-nominated author Deanna Raybourn.

London, 1889. Veronica Speedwell and her natural historian beau Stoker are summoned by Sir Hugo Montgomerie, head of Special Branch. He has a personal request on behalf of his goddaughter, Euphemia Hathaway. After years of traveling the world, her eldest brother, Jonathan, heir to Hathaway Hall, was believed to have been killed in the catastrophic eruption of Krakatoa a few years before.

But now a man matching Jonathan's description and carrying his possessions has arrived at Hathaway Hall with no memory of his identity or where he has been. Could this man truly be Jonathan, back from the dead? Or is he a devious impostor, determined to gain ownership over the family's most valuable possessions--a legendary parure of priceless Rajasthani jewels? It's a delicate situation, and Veronica is Sir Hugo's only hope.

Veronica and Stoker agree to go to Hathaway Hall to covertly investigate the mysterious amnesiac. Veronica is soon shocked to find herself face-to-face with a ghost from her past. To help Sir Hugo discover the truth, she must open doors to her own history that she long believed to be shut for good.]]> 334 Deanna Raybourn sara 4 4.31 2022 An Impossible Impostor (Veronica Speedwell, #7)
author: Deanna Raybourn
name: sara
average rating: 4.31
book published: 2022
rating: 4
read at: 2024/12/22
date added: 2024/12/22
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]]> <![CDATA[An Unexpected Peril (Veronica Speedwell, #6)]]> 54653613 A princess is missing, and a peace treaty is on the verge of collapse in this new Veronica Speedwell adventure from the New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award-nominated author Deanna Raybourn.

January 1889. As the newest member of the Curiosity Club—an elite society of brilliant, intrepid women—Veronica Speedwell is excited to put her many skills to good use. As she assembles a memorial exhibition for pioneering mountain climber Alice Baker-Greene, Veronica discovers evidence that the recent death was not a tragic climbing accident but murder. Veronica and her natural historian beau, Stoker, tell the patron of the exhibit, Princess Gisela of Alpenwald, of their findings. With Europe on the verge of war, Gisela's chancellor, Count von Rechstein, does not want to make waves—and before Veronica and Stoker can figure out their next move, the princess disappears.

Having noted Veronica's resemblance to the princess, von Rechstein begs her to pose as Gisela for the sake of the peace treaty that brought the princess to England. Veronica reluctantly agrees to the scheme. She and Stoker must work together to keep the treaty intact while navigating unwelcome advances, assassination attempts, and Veronica's own family—the royalty who has never claimed her.]]> 370 Deanna Raybourn 0593197275 sara 4 3.86 2021 An Unexpected Peril (Veronica Speedwell, #6)
author: Deanna Raybourn
name: sara
average rating: 3.86
book published: 2021
rating: 4
read at: 2024/12/15
date added: 2024/12/15
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]]> <![CDATA[A Murderous Relation (Veronica Speedwell, #5)]]> 51305893 Veronica Speedwell navigates a dark world of scandal and murder in this new adventure from New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award nominated author Deanna Raybourn.

Veronica Speedwell and her natural historian colleague Stoker are asked by Lady Wellingtonia Beauclerk to help with a potential scandal so explosive it threatens to rock the monarchy. Prince Albert Victor is a regular visitor to the most exclusive private club in London, known as the Club de l'Etoile, and the proprietess, Madame Aurore, has received an expensive gift that can be traced back to the prince. Lady Wellie would like Veronica and Stoker to retrieve the jewel from the club before scandal can break.

Worse yet, London is gripped by hysteria in the autumn of 1888, terrorized by what would become the most notorious and elusive serial killer in history, Jack the Ripper--and Lady Wellie suspects the prince may be responsible.

Veronica and Stoker reluctantly agree to go undercover at Madame Aurore's high class brothel, where another body soon turns up. Many secrets are swirling around Veronica and the royal family--and it's up to Veronica and Stoker to find the truth, before it's too late for all of them.]]> 316 Deanna Raybourn sara 4 4.28 2020 A Murderous Relation (Veronica Speedwell, #5)
author: Deanna Raybourn
name: sara
average rating: 4.28
book published: 2020
rating: 4
read at: 2024/12/09
date added: 2024/12/09
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]]> <![CDATA[A Dangerous Collaboration (Veronica Speedwell, #4)]]> 40554709
As spectral figures, ghostly music, and mysterious threats begin to plague the partygoers, Veronica enlists Stoker's help to discover the host's true motivations. And as they investigate, it becomes clear that there are numerous mysteries surrounding the Romilly estate, and every person present has a motive to kill Rosamund...]]> 333 Deanna Raybourn 0451490738 sara 4 4.39 2019 A Dangerous Collaboration (Veronica Speedwell, #4)
author: Deanna Raybourn
name: sara
average rating: 4.39
book published: 2019
rating: 4
read at: 2024/12/07
date added: 2024/12/07
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]]> <![CDATA[A Treacherous Curse (Veronica Speedwell, #3)]]> 59050165 London, 1888. As colorful and unfettered as the butterflies she collects, Victorian adventuress Veronica Speedwell can’t resist the allure of an exotic mystery—particularly one involving her enigmatic colleague, Stoker.

His former expedition partner has vanished from an archaeological dig with a priceless diadem unearthed from the newly discovered tomb of an Egyptian princess. This disappearance is just the latest in a string of unfortunate events that have plagued the controversial expedition, and rumors abound that the curse of the vengeful princess has been unleashed as the shadowy figure of Anubis himself stalks the streets of London.

But the perils of an ancient curse are not the only challenges Veronica must face as sordid details and malevolent enemies emerge from Stoker’s past.

Caught in a tangle of conspiracies and threats—and thrust into the public eye by an enterprising new foe—Veronica must separate facts from fantasy to unravel a web of duplicity that threatens to cost Stoker everything. . . .]]> 313 Deanna Raybourn sara 4 4.27 2018 A Treacherous Curse (Veronica Speedwell, #3)
author: Deanna Raybourn
name: sara
average rating: 4.27
book published: 2018
rating: 4
read at: 2024/12/04
date added: 2024/12/04
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]]> <![CDATA[A Perilous Undertaking (Veronica Speedwell, #2)]]> 30045766 London, 1887. At the Curiosity Club, a ladies-only establishment for daring and intrepid women, Victorian adventuress Veronica Speedwell meets the mysterious Lady Sundridge, who begs her to take on an impossible task--saving society art patron Miles Ramsforth from execution. Ramsforth, accused of the brutal murder of his mistress, Artemisia, will face the hangman's noose in a week's time if the real killer is not found.

But Lady Sundridge is not all that she seems, and unmasking her true identity is only the first of many secrets Veronica must uncover. Together with her natural-historian colleague, Stoker, Veronica races against time to find the true murderer. From a Bohemian artists' colony to a royal palace to a subterranean grotto with a decadent history, the investigation proves to be a very perilous undertaking indeed....]]> 345 Deanna Raybourn sara 4 4.26 2017 A Perilous Undertaking (Veronica Speedwell, #2)
author: Deanna Raybourn
name: sara
average rating: 4.26
book published: 2017
rating: 4
read at: 2024/12/01
date added: 2024/12/01
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]]> <![CDATA[A Curious Beginning (Veronica Speedwell, #1)]]> 57606025 London, 1887. As the city prepares to celebrate Queen Victoria’s golden jubilee, Veronica Speedwell is marking a milestone of her own. After burying her spinster aunt, the orphaned Veronica is free to resume her world travels in pursuit of scientific inquiry—and the occasional romantic dalliance. As familiar with hunting butterflies as she is fending off admirers, Veronica wields her butterfly net and a sharpened hatpin with equal aplomb, and with her last connection to England now gone, she intends to embark upon the journey of a lifetime.

But fate has other plans, as Veronica discovers when she thwarts her own abduction with the help of an enigmatic German baron with ties to her mysterious past. Promising to reveal in time what he knows of the plot against her, the baron offers her temporary sanctuary in the care of his friend Stoker—a reclusive natural historian as intriguing as he is bad-tempered. But before the baron can deliver on his tantalizing vow to reveal the secrets he has concealed for decades, he is found murdered. Suddenly Veronica and Stoker are forced to go on the run from an elusive assailant, wary partners in search of the villainous truth.]]> 354 Deanna Raybourn sara 4 4.13 2015 A Curious Beginning (Veronica Speedwell, #1)
author: Deanna Raybourn
name: sara
average rating: 4.13
book published: 2015
rating: 4
read at: 2024/11/25
date added: 2024/11/25
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]]> <![CDATA[If You Need Me (Toronto Terror, #3)]]> 216156952 A standalone enemies to lovers, fake engagement, hockey romance.

I’ve been secretly in love with Wilhelmina Reddi-Grinst since the third grade.

I should be the one taking her to our small-town high school reunion. The prom king finally gets his chance with the valedictorian.
Except she hates me.

To the world, I’m a pro hockey player with a million dollar smile.
To Hemi, I’m the menace who (accidentally) sank her bike to the bottom of the lake.

I never thought I’d be able to right my wrongs until she took the team’s PR job.
I’d hoped I was making progress, winning her over—one geriatric polka party at a time.

Until I got drunk one night and made a mistake. A very big mistake.
Now the world thinks we’re both very much in love–—except Hemi is absolutely in loathe.

To save our jobs and reputations, we have to convince all our friends, family, and bosses that our fake relationship is the real deal.

I’ll do anything to protect her, especially if it means I get to be the best boyfriend Hemi never expected.


*If you want to meet Dallas and Hemi before you read their story, you can start with If You Hate Me, and If You Want Me. ]]> 406 Helena Hunting 1989185886 sara 2 4.23 If You Need Me (Toronto Terror, #3)
author: Helena Hunting
name: sara
average rating: 4.23
book published:
rating: 2
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date added: 2024/11/23
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initially i was planning on finishing this but the fact that they got together before the 60% mark and knowing what’s about to happen in the next 40% i truly don’t want to keep reading lol
]]> Book Lovers 58701063 One summer. Two rivals. A plot twist they didn't see coming....

Nora Stephens� life is books—she’s read them all—and she is not that type of heroine. Not the plucky one, not the laidback dream girl, and especially not the sweetheart. In fact, the only people Nora is a heroine for are her clients, for whom she lands enormous deals as a cutthroat literary agent, and her beloved little sister Libby.

Which is why she agrees to go to Sunshine Falls, North Carolina for the month of August when Libby begs her for a sisters� trip away—with visions of a small-town transformation for Nora, who she’s convinced needs to become the heroine in her own story. But instead of picnics in meadows, or run-ins with a handsome country doctor or bulging-forearmed bartender, Nora keeps bumping into Charlie Lastra, a bookish brooding editor from back in the city. It would be a meet-cute if not for the fact that they’ve met many times and it’s never been cute.

If Nora knows she’s not an ideal heroine, Charlie knows he’s nobody’s hero, but as they are thrown together again and again—in a series of coincidences no editor worth their salt would allow—what they discover might just unravel the carefully crafted stories they’ve written about themselves.]]> 377 Emily Henry sara 5
february 2023: five stars
november 2024: five stars]]> 4.28 2022 Book Lovers
author: Emily Henry
name: sara
average rating: 4.28
book published: 2022
rating: 5
read at: 2024/11/19
date added: 2024/11/19
shelves: all-you-all-of-me-intertwined, owned
review:
this is it. THIS. IS. IT. this is THE emily henry book for me. nora and charlie are absolutely fantastic. not only as a pair but as individuals as well. THEY ARE IT. their love makes me feel the same way sweet nothing by taylor swift makes me feel. like love is nothing more than two people who just want each other. like they are there for each other no matter what. like comfort. like a warm hug. THIS IS LOVE PEOPLE. i just want to reread this for the rest of my life.

february 2023: five stars
november 2024: five stars
]]> Home Is Where the Bodies Are 193993695
While going through their parents' belongings, the siblings stumble upon a collection of home videos and decide to revisit those happier memories. However, the nostalgia is cut short when one of the VHS tapes reveals a night back in 1999 that none of them have any recollection of. On screen, their father appears covered in blood. What follows is a dead body and a pact between their parents to get rid of it, before the video abruptly ends.

Beth, Nicole, and Michael must now decide whether to leave the past in the past or uncover the dark secret their mother took to her grave.]]> 295 Jeneva Rose sara 2 4.03 2024 Home Is Where the Bodies Are
author: Jeneva Rose
name: sara
average rating: 4.03
book published: 2024
rating: 2
read at: 2024/11/16
date added: 2024/11/16
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you really have to make your book the most predictable thriller ever for me, the one who NEVER guesses right, to guess it right lol
]]> <![CDATA[The Blighted Stars (The Devoured Worlds #1)]]> 61436294
She’s a revolutionary. Humanity is running out of options. Habitable planets are being destroyed as quickly as they’re found and Naira Sharp knows the reason why. The all-powerful Mercator family has been controlling the exploration of the universe for decades, and exploiting any materials they find along the way under the guise of helping humanity’s expansion. But Naira knows the truth, and she plans to bring the whole family down from the inside.

He’s the heir to the dynasty. Tarquin Mercator never wanted to run a galaxy-spanning business empire. He just wanted to study rocks and read books. But Tarquin’s father has tasked him with monitoring the mining of a new planet, and he doesn’t really have a choice in the matter.

Disguised as Tarquin’s new bodyguard, Naira plans to destroy his ship before it lands. But neither of them expects to end up stranded on a dead planet. To survive and keep her secret, Naira will have to join forces with the man she’s sworn to hate. And together they will uncover a plot that’s bigger than both of them.]]> 544 Megan E. O'Keefe 0316290807 sara 0 4.21 2023 The Blighted Stars (The Devoured Worlds #1)
author: Megan E. O'Keefe
name: sara
average rating: 4.21
book published: 2023
rating: 0
read at: 2024/11/14
date added: 2024/11/14
shelves:
review:
dnfing this at 15% bc i think my brain is not braining and i’m so lost and i don’t know what the fuck is going on and i’m getting frustrated
]]> Believe Me (Shatter Me #6.5) 58521693 The devastatingly romantic fifth novella in the New York Times and USA Today bestselling Shatter Me series, chronicling the events after Imagine Me, the explosive sixth novel.

Juliette and Warner fought hard to take down the Reestablishment once and for all. Life in the aftermath isn’t easy, as they and their friends at the Sanctuary work with their limited resources to stabilize the world.

Warner has his sights set on more than just politics. Since he proposed to Juliette two weeks ago, he’s been eager to finally marry her, the person he loves more than anything and has endured so much to be with. But with so much chaos around them, it’s been nearly impossible for them to have a wedding. And even Juliette has been distracted by everything they need to do.

At long last, Warner and Juliette’s future together is within reach, but the world continues to try to pull them apart. Will they finally be able to be happily, officially, together?

Celebrate the tenth anniversary of Tahereh Mafi's bestselling Shatter Me series with Believe Me!]]> 224 Tahereh Mafi sara 5 owned 4.11 2021 Believe Me (Shatter Me #6.5)
author: Tahereh Mafi
name: sara
average rating: 4.11
book published: 2021
rating: 5
read at: 2021/11/19
date added: 2024/11/14
shelves: owned
review:
god, i love them so fucking much
]]> <![CDATA[As Good As Dead (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #3)]]> 52814139 THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING SERIES
The highly-anticipated finale to the A Good Girl's Guide to Murder series, the instant bestsellers that read like your favorite true crime podcast or show. By the end of this mystery series, you'll never think of good girls the same way again...

Pip is about to head to college, but she is still haunted by the way her last investigation ended. She’s used to online death threats in the wake of her viral true-crime podcast, but she can’t help noticing an anonymous person who keeps asking her: Who will look for you when you’re the one who disappears?

Soon the threats escalate and Pip realizes that someone is following her in real life. When she starts to find connections between her stalker and a local serial killer caught six years ago, she wonders if maybe the wrong man is behind bars.

Police refuse to act, so Pip has only one choice: find the suspect herself—or be the next victim. As the deadly game plays out, Pip discovers that everything in her small town is coming full circle . . .and if she doesn’t find the answers, this time she will be the one who disappears. . .]]> 565 Holly Jackson 140529860X sara 5 owned 4.24 2021 As Good As Dead (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #3)
author: Holly Jackson
name: sara
average rating: 4.24
book published: 2021
rating: 5
read at: 2021/10/24
date added: 2024/11/14
shelves: owned
review:

]]> People We Meet on Vacation 54985743 Two best friends. Ten summer trips. One last chance to fall in love.

Poppy and Alex. Alex and Poppy. They have nothing in common. She’s a wild child; he wears khakis. She has insatiable wanderlust; he prefers to stay home with a book. And somehow, ever since a fateful car share home from college many years ago, they are the very best of friends. For most of the year they live far apart—she’s in New York City, and he’s in their small hometown—but every summer, for a decade, they have taken one glorious week of vacation together.

Until two years ago, when they ruined everything. They haven’t spoken since.

Poppy has everything she should want, but she’s stuck in a rut. When someone asks when she was last truly happy, she knows, without a doubt, it was on that ill-fated, final trip with Alex. And so, she decides to convince her best friend to take one more vacation together—lay everything on the table, make it all right. Miraculously, he agrees.

Now she has a week to fix everything. If only she can get around the one big truth that has always stood quietly in the middle of their seemingly perfect relationship. What could possibly go wrong?]]> 400 Emily Henry 1984806750 sara 4 owned 3.85 2021 People We Meet on Vacation
author: Emily Henry
name: sara
average rating: 3.85
book published: 2021
rating: 4
read at: 2021/09/26
date added: 2024/11/14
shelves: owned
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Wings of Shadow (Crown of Feathers, #3)]]> 55710815 In the heart-stopping finale to the Crown of Feathers trilogy, which #1 New York Times bestselling author Kendare Blake calls “absolutely unforgettable,� Veronyka must face her most devastating enemy yet: her own sister.

I had a sister, once�

Veronyka is no longer an orphaned stable boy or a nameless Phoenix Rider apprentice: she is the daughter of Pheronia Ashfire, the last queen of the Golden Empire…and the niece of Avalkyra Ashfire, the resurrected rebel queen who tore the empire apart.

We shone brightly, burned fiercely.

Now that the secret is out, everyone at the Eyrie treats Veronyka differently, and with Tristan still a hostage of the scheming Lord Rolan—and Sev with him as a spy—Veronyka feels very much alone. Except for her beloved phoenix, Xephyra, of course, and her new friend, Kade, who has his own reasons for wanting to save Tristan.

Was it always going to come down to this? Sister against sister? Darkness against light?

Veronyka is determined to do whatever it takes to get Tristan back, even if that means revealing her identity to the world and inheriting a throne she’s not sure she wants. But when she discovers that Avalkyra has bonded with a strix—a legendary creature of darkness that feeds off the life force of others—Veronyka realizes she has more to deal with than an encroaching war with the empire. Val is willing to destroy everything to get her revenge on a world that rejected her, and if Veronyka wants to bring peace to the empire and Pyra alike, she must face down her sister once and for all.

The world began with Ashfire queens…perhaps they will also be its destruction.]]> 640 Nicki Pau Preto 1534466029 sara 5 4.29 2021 Wings of Shadow (Crown of Feathers, #3)
author: Nicki Pau Preto
name: sara
average rating: 4.29
book published: 2021
rating: 5
read at: 2021/08/15
date added: 2024/11/14
shelves: all-you-all-of-me-intertwined, owned
review:
nicki pau preto, thank you for the marvelous ending
]]> <![CDATA[The Box in the Woods (Truly Devious, #4)]]> 54427168 The Truly Devious series continues as Stevie Bell investigates her first mystery outside of Ellingham Academy in this spine-chilling and hilarious stand-alone mystery.

Amateur sleuth Stevie Bell needs a good murder. After catching a killer at her high school, she’s back at home for a normal (that means boring) summer.

But then she gets a message from the owner of Sunny Pines, formerly known as Camp Wonder Falls—the site of the notorious unsolved case, the Box in the Woods Murders. Back in 1978, four camp counselors were killed in the woods outside of the town of Barlow Corners, their bodies left in a gruesome display. The new owner offers Stevie an invitation: Come to the camp and help him work on a true crime podcast about the case.

Stevie agrees, as long as she can bring along her friends from Ellingham Academy. Nothing sounds better than a summer spent together, investigating old murders.

But something evil still lurks in Barlow Corners. When Stevie opens the lid on this long-dormant case, she gets much more than she bargained for. The Box in the Woods will make room for more victims. This time, Stevie may not make it out alive.]]> 400 Maureen Johnson 0063032600 sara 5 owned 4.10 2021 The Box in the Woods (Truly Devious, #4)
author: Maureen Johnson
name: sara
average rating: 4.10
book published: 2021
rating: 5
read at: 2021/08/02
date added: 2024/11/14
shelves: owned
review:
i love this series and these characters with my heart, body and soul
]]> <![CDATA[The Memory of Babel (The Mirror Visitor Quartet, #3)]]> 53581901 438 Christelle Dabos 1609456297 sara 5 owned 4.24 2017 The Memory of Babel (The Mirror Visitor Quartet, #3)
author: Christelle Dabos
name: sara
average rating: 4.24
book published: 2017
rating: 5
read at: 2021/06/29
date added: 2024/11/14
shelves: owned
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The Missing of Clairdelune (The Mirror Visitor, #2)]]> 42441881 Book Two in the Internationally Bestselling Mirror Visitor Quartet

When our heroine Ophelia is promoted to Vice-storyteller by Farouk, the ancestral Spirit of Pole, she finds herself unexpectedly thrust into the public spotlight and her special gift is revealed to all. Ophelia knows how to read the secret history of objects and there could be no greater threat to the nefarious denizens of her icy adopted home than this. Beneath the golden rafters of Pole’s capitol, Citaceleste, she discovers that the only person she may be able to trust is Thorn, her enigmatic fiancé. As one after another influential courtier disappears, Ophelia again finds herself unintentionally implicated in an investigation that will lead her to see beyond Pole’s many illusions to the heart of the formidable truth.

]]> 510 Christelle Dabos 1609455088 sara 5 owned 4.37 2015 The Missing of Clairdelune (The Mirror Visitor, #2)
author: Christelle Dabos
name: sara
average rating: 4.37
book published: 2015
rating: 5
read at: 2021/06/27
date added: 2024/11/14
shelves: owned
review:

]]> <![CDATA[A Winter's Promise (The Mirror Visitor, #1)]]> 39986039
Plain-spoken, headstrong Ophelia cares little about appearances. Her ability to read the past of objects is unmatched in all of Anima and, what’s more, she possesses the ability to travel through mirrors, a skill passed down to her from previous generations. Her idyllic life is disrupted, however, when she is promised in marriage to Thorn, a taciturn and influential member of a distant clan. Ophelia must leave all she knows behind and follow her fiancé to Citaceleste, the capital of a cold, icy ark known as the Pole, where danger lurks around every corner and nobody can be trusted. There, in the presence of her inscrutable future husband, Ophelia slowly realizes that she is a pawn in a political game that will have far-reaching ramifications not only for her but for her entire world.

The World of the Arks

Long ago, following a cataclysm called the Rupture, the world was shattered into many floating celestial islands, now known as arks. Over each, the spirit of an omnipotent and immortal ancestor abides. The inhabitants of these arks each possess a unique power. Ophelia, with her ability to read the pasts of objects, must navigate this fantastic, disjointed, perilous world using her trademark tenacity and quiet strength.

An unforgettable heroine, a rich and bountiful universe, intrigue and suspense: A Winter’s Promise is perfect for readers of Margaret Rogerson’s An Enchantment of Ravens, Melissa Albert’s The Hazel Wood, V.E. Schwab’s “Shades of Magic� series, Tomi Adeyemi’s Children of Blood and Bone, Kenneth Oppel’s “Airborne� series, and N.K. Jemisin “Broken Earth� series.]]> 443 Christelle Dabos sara 4 owned 3.99 2013 A Winter's Promise (The Mirror Visitor, #1)
author: Christelle Dabos
name: sara
average rating: 3.99
book published: 2013
rating: 4
read at: 2021/06/25
date added: 2024/11/14
shelves: owned
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Daughter of the Siren Queen (Daughter of the Pirate King, #2)]]> 35890638
When Vordan exposes a secret her father has kept for years, Alosa and her crew find themselves in a deadly race with the feared Pirate King. Despite the danger, Alosa knows they will recover the treasure first . . . after all, she is the daughter of the Siren Queen.

In Daughter of the Siren Queen, Tricia Levenseller brings together the perfect mix of thrilling action, tense battle scenes, and a heart-pounding romance.]]> 343 Tricia Levenseller 1250096022 sara 4 owned 4.5* 4.20 2018 Daughter of the Siren Queen (Daughter of the Pirate King, #2)
author: Tricia Levenseller
name: sara
average rating: 4.20
book published: 2018
rating: 4
read at: 2021/06/16
date added: 2024/11/14
shelves: owned
review:
4.5*
]]> <![CDATA[Daughter of the Pirate King (Daughter of the Pirate King, #1)]]> 33644022 There will be plenty of time for me to beat him soundly once I've gotten what I came for.

Sent on a mission to retrieve an ancient hidden map―the key to a legendary treasure trove―seventeen-year-old pirate captain Alosa deliberately allows herself to be captured by her enemies, giving her the perfect opportunity to search their ship.

More than a match for the ruthless pirate crew, Alosa has only one thing standing between her and the her captor, the unexpectedly clever and unfairly attractive first mate Riden. But not to worry, for Alosa has a few tricks up her sleeve, and no lone pirate can stop the Daughter of the Pirate King.

In Daughter of the Pirate King, author Tricia Levenseller blends action, adventure, romance, and a little bit of magic into a thrilling pirate tale.]]> 320 Tricia Levenseller 1250095972 sara 4 owned 4.04 2017 Daughter of the Pirate King (Daughter of the Pirate King, #1)
author: Tricia Levenseller
name: sara
average rating: 4.04
book published: 2017
rating: 4
read at: 2021/06/15
date added: 2024/11/14
shelves: owned
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Rule of Wolves (King of Scars, #2)]]> 55084279 The wolves are circling and a young king will face his greatest challenge in the explosive finale of the instant #1 New York Times–bestselling King of Scars Duology.

The Demon King. As Fjerda’s massive army prepares to invade, Nikolai Lantsov will summon every bit of his ingenuity and charm—and even the monster within—to win this fight. But a dark threat looms that cannot be defeated by a young king’s gift for the impossible.

The Stormwitch. Zoya Nazyalensky has lost too much to war. She saw her mentor die and her worst enemy resurrected, and she refuses to bury another friend. Now duty demands she embrace her powers to become the weapon her country needs. No matter the cost.

The Queen of Mourning. Deep undercover, Nina Zenik risks discovery and death as she wages war on Fjerda from inside its capital. But her desire for revenge may cost her country its chance at freedom and Nina the chance to heal her grieving heart.

King. General. Spy. Together they must find a way to forge a future in the darkness. Or watch a nation fall.]]> 598 Leigh Bardugo 1250809665 sara 5 owned 4.47 2021 Rule of Wolves (King of Scars, #2)
author: Leigh Bardugo
name: sara
average rating: 4.47
book published: 2021
rating: 5
read at: 2021/06/13
date added: 2024/11/14
shelves: owned
review:
oh saints, i am going to miss the grishaverse so much.
]]> <![CDATA[King of Scars (King of Scars, #1)]]> 36307634 Face your demons... or feed them.

The dashing young king, Nikolai Lantsov, has always had a gift for the impossible. No one knows what he endured in his country's bloody civil war--and he intends to keep it that way. Now, as enemies gather at his weakened borders, Nikolai must find a way to refill Ravka's coffers, forge new alliances, and stop a rising threat to the once-great Grisha Army.

Yet with every day a dark magic within him grows stronger, threatening to destroy all he has built. With the help of a young monk and a legendary Grisha general, Nikolai will journey to the places in Ravka where the deepest magic survives to vanquish the terrible legacy inside him. He will risk everything to save his country and himself. But some secrets aren't meant to stay buried--and some wounds aren't meant to heal.]]> 511 Leigh Bardugo 125014227X sara 5 owned 4.16 2019 King of Scars (King of Scars, #1)
author: Leigh Bardugo
name: sara
average rating: 4.16
book published: 2019
rating: 5
read at: 2021/05/30
date added: 2024/11/14
shelves: owned
review:
THANK THE SAINTS RULE OF WOLVES IS ALREADY PUBLISHED BECAUSE WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT ENDING
]]> <![CDATA[Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows, #2)]]> 22299763
Kaz Brekker and his crew of deadly outcasts have just pulled off a heist so daring even they didn't think they'd survive. But instead of divvying up a fat reward, they're right back to fighting for their lives.

Double-crossed and badly weakened, the crew is low on resources, allies, and hope. As powerful forces from around the world descend on Ketterdam to root out the secrets of the dangerous drug known as jurda parem, old rivals and new enemies emerge to challenge Kaz's cunning and test the team's fragile loyalties.

A war will be waged on the city's dark and twisting streets - a battle for revenge and redemption that will decide the fate of the Grisha world.]]> 561 Leigh Bardugo sara 5 owned 4.58 2016 Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows, #2)
author: Leigh Bardugo
name: sara
average rating: 4.58
book published: 2016
rating: 5
read at: 2021/05/16
date added: 2024/11/14
shelves: owned
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)]]> 22294935
A convict with a thirst for revenge
A sharpshooter who can't walk away from a wager
A runaway with a privileged past
A spy known as a Wraith
A Heartrender using her magic to survive the slums
A thief with a gift for unlikely escapes

Kaz's crew are the only ones who might stand between the world and destruction—if they dont kill each other first.]]> 479 Leigh Bardugo sara 5 owned 4.37 2015 Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)
author: Leigh Bardugo
name: sara
average rating: 4.37
book published: 2015
rating: 5
read at: 2021/05/06
date added: 2024/11/14
shelves: owned
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Ruin and Rising (The Shadow and Bone Trilogy, #3)]]> 40930509 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.]]> 465 Leigh Bardugo sara 5 owned 4.15 2014 Ruin and Rising (The Shadow and Bone Trilogy, #3)
author: Leigh Bardugo
name: sara
average rating: 4.15
book published: 2014
rating: 5
read at: 2021/04/29
date added: 2024/11/14
shelves: owned
review:
I FINISHED THIS SERIES FIVE DAYS AGO BUT I CAN'T STOP THINKING ABOUT IT
]]> <![CDATA[Siege and Storm (The Shadow and Bone Trilogy, #2)]]> 40930303
The Darkling is more determined than ever to claim Alina’s magic and use it to take the Ravkan throne. With nowhere else to turn, Alina enlists the help of an infamous privateer and sets out to lead the Grisha army.

But as the truth of Alina's destiny unfolds, she slips deeper into the Darkling’s deadly game of forbidden magic, and further away from her humanity. To save her country, Alina will have to choose between her power and the love she thought would always be her shelter. No victory can come without sacrifice—and only she can face the oncoming storm.]]> 448 Leigh Bardugo sara 4 owned 3.91 2013 Siege and Storm (The Shadow and Bone Trilogy, #2)
author: Leigh Bardugo
name: sara
average rating: 3.91
book published: 2013
rating: 4
read at: 2021/04/25
date added: 2024/11/14
shelves: owned
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Shadow and Bone (The Shadow and Bone Trilogy, #1)]]> 36315977 here and here.

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.

Shadow and Bone is the first installment in Leigh Bardugo's Grisha Trilogy.]]> 369 Leigh Bardugo sara 4 owned 4.02 2012 Shadow and Bone (The Shadow and Bone Trilogy, #1)
author: Leigh Bardugo
name: sara
average rating: 4.02
book published: 2012
rating: 4
read at: 2021/04/20
date added: 2024/11/14
shelves: owned
review:
thanks leigh bardugo for restoring my faith in ya fantasy even though this book was published nine years ago
]]> <![CDATA[The Roommate (The Shameless Series, #1)]]> 45023611 House Rules:
Do your own dishes.
Knock before entering the bathroom.
Never look up your roommate online.

The Wheatons are infamous among the east coast elite for their lack of impulse control, except for their daughter Clara. She’s the consummate socialite: over-achieving, well-mannered, predictable. But every Wheaton has their weakness. When Clara’s childhood crush invites her to move cross-country, the offer is too much to resist. Unfortunately, it’s also too good to be true.

After a bait-and-switch, Clara finds herself sharing a lease with a charming stranger. Josh might be a bit too perceptive—not to mention handsome—for comfort, but there’s a good chance he and Clara could have survived sharing a summer sublet if she hadn’t looked him up on the Internet...

Once she learns how Josh has made a name for himself, Clara realizes living with him might make her the Wheaton’s most scandalous story yet. His professional prowess inspires her to take tackling the stigma against female desire into her own hands. They may not agree on much, but Josh and Clara both believe women deserve better sex. What they decide to do about it will change both of their lives, and if they’re lucky, they’ll help everyone else get lucky too.]]> 325 Rosie Danan 059310160X sara 4 owned september 2021: 4/5 ⭐️]]> 3.53 2020 The Roommate (The Shameless Series, #1)
author: Rosie Danan
name: sara
average rating: 3.53
book published: 2020
rating: 4
read at: 2021/09/15
date added: 2024/11/14
shelves: owned
review:
march 2021: 4/5 ⭐️
september 2021: 4/5 ⭐️
]]> Moll Flanders 337121 An alternate cover edition can be found here.

‘I grew as impudent a Thief, and as dexterous as ever Moll Cut-Purse was�

Born and abandoned in Newgate Prison, Moll Flanders is forced to make her own way in life. She duly embarks on a career that includes husband-hunting, incest, bigamy, prostitution and pick-pocketing, until her crimes eventually catch up with her. One of the earliest and most vivid female narrators in the history of the English novel, Moll recounts her adventures with irresistible wit and candour—and enough guile that the reader is left uncertain whether she is ultimately a redeemed sinner or a successful opportunist. 

Based on the first edition of 1722, this volume includes a chronology, notes on currency and maps of London and Virginia in the late seventeenth century.]]> 480 Daniel Defoe 0140433139 sara 0 uni, owned read for uni 3.30 1722 Moll Flanders
author: Daniel Defoe
name: sara
average rating: 3.30
book published: 1722
rating: 0
read at: 2020/11/20
date added: 2024/11/14
shelves: uni, owned
review:
read for uni
]]> <![CDATA[The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (The Hunger Games, #0)]]> 50794839 Ambition will fuel him.
Competition will drive him.
But power has its price.

It is the morning of the reaping that will kick off the tenth annual Hunger Games. In the Capitol, eighteen-year-old Coriolanus Snow is preparing for his one shot at glory as a mentor in the Games. The once-mighty house of Snow has fallen on hard times, its fate hanging on the slender chance that Coriolanus will be able to outcharm, outwit, and outmaneuver his fellow students to mentor the winning tribute.

The odds are against him. He’s been given the humiliating assignment of mentoring the female tribute from District 12, the lowest of the low. Their fates are now completely intertwined—every choice Coriolanus makes could lead to favor or failure, triumph or ruin. Inside the arena, it will be a fight to the death. Outside the arena, Coriolanus starts to feel for his doomed tribute . . . and must weigh his need to follow the rules against his desire to survive no matter what it takes.]]> 528 Suzanne Collins 1338635174 sara 4 owned 3.88 2020 The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (The Hunger Games, #0)
author: Suzanne Collins
name: sara
average rating: 3.88
book published: 2020
rating: 4
read at: 2020/08/25
date added: 2024/11/14
shelves: owned
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Heart of Flames (Crown of Feathers, #2)]]> 49999521 Veronyka, Tristan, and Sev must stop the advancing empire from destroying the Phoenix Riders in this fiery sequel to Crown of Feathers, which #1 New York Times bestselling author Kendare Blake calls “absolutely unforgettable!�

You are a daughter of queens.

The world is balanced on the edge of a knife, and war is almost certain between the empire and the Phoenix Riders.

Like Nefyra before you, your life will be a trial by fire.

Veronyka finally got her wish to join the Riders, but while she’s supposed to be in training, all she really wants to do is fly out to defend the villages of Pyra from the advancing empire. Tristan has been promoted to Master Rider, but he has very different ideas about the best way to protect their people than his father, the commander. Sev has been sent to spy on the empire, but maintaining his cover may force him to fight on the wrong side of the war. And Veronyka’s sister, Val, is determined to regain the empire she lost—even if it means inciting the war herself.

Such is your inheritance. A name. A legacy. An empire in ruin.

As tensions reach a boiling point, the characters all find themselves drawn together into a fight that will shape the course of the empire—and determine the future of the Phoenix Riders. Each must decide how far they’re willing to go—and what they’re willing to lose in the process.

I pray you are able to pass through the flames.]]> 640 Nicki Pau Preto 1534424679 sara 5 owned 4.30 2020 Heart of Flames (Crown of Feathers, #2)
author: Nicki Pau Preto
name: sara
average rating: 4.30
book published: 2020
rating: 5
read at: 2020/04/07
date added: 2024/11/14
shelves: owned
review:

]]> <![CDATA[A Murder Is Announced (Miss Marple, #4)]]> 34395604 Gazette advertises: 'A murder is announced and will take place on Friday October 29th, at Little Paddocks at 6:30 p.m.'

A childish practical joke? Or a spiteful hoax? Unable to resist the mysterious invitation, the locals arrive at Little Paddocks at the appointed time when, without warning, the lights go out and a gun is fired. When they come back on, a gruesome scene is revealed.

An impossible crime?
Only Miss Marple can unravel it.

'Establishes firmly her claim to the throne of detection. Th plot is an ingenious as ever...'
A. A. Milne]]> 310 Agatha Christie 0008196559 sara 4 owned 4.04 1950 A Murder Is Announced (Miss Marple, #4)
author: Agatha Christie
name: sara
average rating: 4.04
book published: 1950
rating: 4
read at: 2020/03/11
date added: 2024/11/14
shelves: owned
review:

]]> <![CDATA[A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #1)]]> 43969445 The New York Times No.1 bestselling YA crime thriller that everyone is talking about!

THE WINNER OF THE BRITISH BOOK AWARD'S CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES CHILDREN'S BOOK PRIZE 2020

The case is closed. Five years ago, schoolgirl Andie Bell was murdered by Sal Singh. The police know he did it. Everyone in town knows he did it.

But having grown up in the same small town that was consumed by the crime, Pippa Fitz-Amobi isn't so sure. When she chooses the case as the topic for her final project, she starts to uncover secrets that someone in town desperately wants to stay hidden. And if the real killer is still out there, how far will they go to keep Pip from the truth � ?

Perfect for fans of One of Us Is Lying, Gone Girl, We Were Liars and Riverdale]]> 348 Holly Jackson sara 4 4.29 2019 A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #1)
author: Holly Jackson
name: sara
average rating: 4.29
book published: 2019
rating: 4
read at: 2020/02/21
date added: 2024/11/14
shelves: all-you-all-of-me-intertwined, owned
review:
the only bad thing of this book was the death of the dog and that's why it's a four stars read for me.
]]> The Poet X 35396841 Fans of Jacqueline Woodson, Meg Medina, and Jason Reynolds will fall hard for this astonishing New York Times-bestselling novel-in-verse by an award-winning slam poet, about an Afro-Latina heroine who tells her story with blazing words and powerful truth.

Xiomara Batista feels unheard and unable to hide in her Harlem neighborhood. Ever since her body grew into curves, she has learned to let her fists and her fierceness do the talking.

But Xiomara has plenty she wants to say, and she pours all her frustration and passion onto the pages of a leather notebook, reciting the words to herself like prayers—especially after she catches feelings for a boy in her bio class named Aman, who her family can never know about.

With Mami’s determination to force her daughter to obey the laws of the church, Xiomara understands that her thoughts are best kept to herself. So when she is invited to join her school’s slam poetry club, she doesn’t know how she could ever attend without her mami finding out. But she still can’t stop thinking about performing her poems.

Because in the face of a world that may not want to hear her, Xiomara refuses to be silent.]]> 357 Elizabeth Acevedo 0062662805 sara 5 owned "Pa'lante, Xiomara.
Que para atrás ni para coger impulso."

"There is power in the word."
]]> 4.46 2018 The Poet X
author: Elizabeth Acevedo
name: sara
average rating: 4.46
book published: 2018
rating: 5
read at: 2020/01/27
date added: 2024/11/14
shelves: owned
review:
"Pa'lante, Xiomara.
Que para atrás ni para coger impulso."

"There is power in the word."

]]> <![CDATA[The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo]]> 33161050
Monique is not exactly on top of the world. Her husband has left her, and her professional life is going nowhere. Regardless of why Evelyn has selected her to write her biography, Monique is determined to use this opportunity to jumpstart her career.

Summoned to Evelyn’s luxurious apartment, Monique listens in fascination as the actress tells her story. From making her way to Los Angeles in the 1950s to her decision to leave show business in the �80s, and, of course, the seven husbands along the way, Evelyn unspools a tale of ruthless ambition, unexpected friendship, and a great forbidden love. Monique begins to feel a very real connection to the legendary star, but as Evelyn’s story near its conclusion, it becomes clear that her life intersects with Monique’s own in tragic and irreversible ways.]]> 13 Taylor Jenkins Reid sara 4 owned 4.26 2017 The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
author: Taylor Jenkins Reid
name: sara
average rating: 4.26
book published: 2017
rating: 4
read at: 2020/01/25
date added: 2024/11/14
shelves: owned
review:

]]> Daisy Jones and The Six 40554141 Nobody ever knew why. Until now.

They were lovers and friends and brothers and rivals. They couldn't believe their luck, until it ran out. This is their story of the early days and the wild nights, but everyone remembers the truth differently.

The only thing they all know for sure is that from the moment Daisy Jones walked barefoot onstage at the Whisky, their lives were irrevocably changed.

Making music is never just about the music. And sometimes it can be hard to tell where the sound stops and the feelings begin.

]]> 362 Taylor Jenkins Reid 1786331500 sara 5 owned second read: five stars ]]> 4.25 2019 Daisy Jones and The Six
author: Taylor Jenkins Reid
name: sara
average rating: 4.25
book published: 2019
rating: 5
read at: 2020/02/22
date added: 2024/11/14
shelves: owned
review:
first read: five stars
second read: five stars
]]> Frankenstein 3086603 Frankenstein, is the deeply disturbing story of a monstrous creation which has terrified and chilled readers since its first publication in 1818. The novel has thus seared its way into the popular imagination while establishing itself as one of the pioneering works of modern science fiction.]]> 173 Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley sara 3 owned 3.73 1818 Frankenstein
author: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
name: sara
average rating: 3.73
book published: 1818
rating: 3
read at: 2019/12/31
date added: 2024/11/14
shelves: owned
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)]]> 22037483
In this dramatic conclusion to the Harry Potter series, Harry must leave his most loyal friends behind, and in a final perilous journey find the strength and the will to face his terrifying destiny: a deadly confrontation that is his alone to fight.

These new editions of the classic and internationally bestselling, multi-award-winning series feature instantly pick-up-able new jackets by Jonny Duddle, with huge child appeal, to bring Harry Potter to the next generation of readers. It’s time to PASS THE MAGIC ON …]]> 620 J.K. Rowling 140885595X sara 5 owned 4.77 2007 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
author: J.K. Rowling
name: sara
average rating: 4.77
book published: 2007
rating: 5
read at: 2019/12/22
date added: 2024/11/14
shelves: owned
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)]]> 22037471
These new editions of the classic and internationally bestselling, multi-award-winning series feature instantly pick-up-able new jackets by Jonny Duddle, with huge child appeal, to bring Harry Potter to the next generation of readers. It’s time to PASS THE MAGIC ON …]]> 542 J.K. Rowling 1408855941 sara 5 owned 4.73 2005 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)
author: J.K. Rowling
name: sara
average rating: 4.73
book published: 2005
rating: 5
read at: 2019/12/17
date added: 2024/11/14
shelves: owned
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)]]> 22037456
These new editions of the classic and internationally bestselling, multi-award-winning series feature instantly pick-up-able new jackets by Jonny Duddle, with huge child appeal, to bring Harry Potter to the next generation of readers. It’s time to PASS THE MAGIC ON �
Source: bloomsbury.com]]> 800 J.K. Rowling 1408855933 sara 5 owned 4.60 2003 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
author: J.K. Rowling
name: sara
average rating: 4.60
book published: 2003
rating: 5
read at: 2019/12/08
date added: 2024/11/14
shelves: owned
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)]]> 22037439
These new editions of the classic and internationally bestselling, multi-award-winning series feature instantly pick-up-able new jackets by Jonny Duddle, with huge child appeal, to bring Harry Potter to the next generation of readers. It’s time to PASS THE MAGIC ON …]]> 617 J.K. Rowling 1408855925 sara 5 owned 4.68 2000 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
author: J.K. Rowling
name: sara
average rating: 4.68
book published: 2000
rating: 5
read at: 2019/11/02
date added: 2024/11/14
shelves: owned
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)]]> 22037424
These new editions of the classic and internationally bestselling, multi-award-winning series feature instantly pick-up-able new jackets by Jonny Duddle, with huge child appeal, to bring Harry Potter to the next generation of readers. It’s time to PASS THE MAGIC ON �

Source: bloomsbury.com]]> 462 J.K. Rowling 1408855917 sara 5 owned 4.77 1999 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
author: J.K. Rowling
name: sara
average rating: 4.77
book published: 1999
rating: 5
read at: 2019/10/20
date added: 2024/11/14
shelves: owned
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)]]> 22037377
These new editions of the classic and internationally bestselling, multi-award-winning series feature instantly pick-up-able new jackets by Jonny Duddle, with huge child appeal, to bring Harry Potter to the next generation of readers. It’s time to PASS THE MAGIC ON …]]> 360 J.K. Rowling 1408855909 sara 5 owned 4.55 1998 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
author: J.K. Rowling
name: sara
average rating: 4.55
book published: 1998
rating: 5
read at: 2019/10/13
date added: 2024/11/14
shelves: owned
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine]]> 35900387 No one’s ever told Eleanor that life should be better than fine.

Meet Eleanor Oliphant: She struggles with appropriate social skills and tends to say exactly what she’s thinking. Nothing is missing in her carefully timetabled life of avoiding social interactions, where weekends are punctuated by frozen pizza, vodka, and phone chats with Mummy.

But everything changes when Eleanor meets Raymond, the bumbling and deeply unhygienic IT guy from her office. When she and Raymond together save Sammy, an elderly gentleman who has fallen on the sidewalk, the three become the kinds of friends who rescue one another from the lives of isolation they have each been living. And it is Raymond’s big heart that will ultimately help Eleanor find the way to repair her own profoundly damaged one.

Soon to be a major motion picture produced by Reese Witherspoon, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine is the smart, warm, and uplifting story of an out-of-the-ordinary heroine whose deadpan weirdness and unconscious wit make for an irresistible journey as she realizes. . .

The only way to survive is to open your heart. ]]> 390 Gail Honeyman 0008172145 sara 0 dnf, owned DNF at 86/385 pages read. 4.17 2017 Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
author: Gail Honeyman
name: sara
average rating: 4.17
book published: 2017
rating: 0
read at: 2019/07/09
date added: 2024/11/14
shelves: dnf, owned
review:
DNF at 86/385 pages read.
]]> <![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)]]> 21523103
These new editions of the classic and internationally bestselling, multi-award-winning series feature instantly pick-up-able new jackets with huge child appeal, to bring Harry Potter to the next generation of readers. It's time to PASS THE MAGIC ON .]]> 332 J.K. Rowling 1408855895 sara 5 owned 4.62 1997 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
author: J.K. Rowling
name: sara
average rating: 4.62
book published: 1997
rating: 5
read at: 2019/05/31
date added: 2024/11/14
shelves: owned
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Truly Devious (Truly Devious #1)]]> 35008814 New York Times bestselling author Maureen Johnson weaves a delicate tale of murder and mystery in the first book of a striking new series, perfect for fans of Agatha Christie and E. Lockhart.

Ellingham Academy is a famous private school in Vermont for the brightest thinkers, inventors, and artists. It was founded by Albert Ellingham, an early twentieth century tycoon, who wanted to make a wonderful place full of riddles, twisting pathways, and gardens. “A place,� he said, “where learning is a game.�

Shortly after the school opened, his wife and daughter were kidnapped. The only real clue was a mocking riddle listing methods of murder, signed with the frightening pseudonym “Truly, Devious.� It became one of the great unsolved crimes of American history.

True-crime aficionado Stevie Bell is set to begin her first year at Ellingham Academy, and she has an ambitious plan: She will solve this cold case. That is, she will solve the case when she gets a grip on her demanding new school life and her housemates: the inventor, the novelist, the actor, the artist, and the jokester. But something strange is happening. Truly Devious makes a surprise return, and death revisits Ellingham Academy. The past has crawled out of its grave. Someone has gotten away with murder. 

The two interwoven mysteries of this first book in the Truly Devious series dovetail brilliantly, and Stevie Bell will continue her relentless quest for the murderers in books two and three.]]> 420 Maureen Johnson 0062338056 sara 4 4.06 2018 Truly Devious (Truly Devious #1)
author: Maureen Johnson
name: sara
average rating: 4.06
book published: 2018
rating: 4
read at: 2019/03/24
date added: 2024/11/14
shelves: all-you-all-of-me-intertwined, owned
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Isla and the Happily Ever After (Anna and the French Kiss, #3)]]> 9627755 Love ignites in the City That Never Sleeps, but can it last?

Hopeless romantic Isla has had a crush on introspective cartoonist Josh since their first year at the School of America in Paris. And after a chance encounter in Manhattan over the summer, romance might be closer than Isla imagined. But as they begin their senior year back in France, Isla and Josh are forced to confront the challenges every young couple must face, including family drama, uncertainty about their college futures, and the very real possibility of being apart.

Featuring cameos from fan-favorites Anna, Étienne, Lola, and Cricket, this sweet and sexy story of true love—set against the stunning backdrops of New York City, Paris, and Barcelona—is a swoonworthy conclusion to Stephanie Perkins’s beloved series.]]> 339 Stephanie Perkins 0525425632 sara 5 owned �"It's beautiful. But what comes next?"
"The best part." And he pulls me back into his arms. "The happily ever after."� ]]> 3.99 2014 Isla and the Happily Ever After (Anna and the French Kiss, #3)
author: Stephanie Perkins
name: sara
average rating: 3.99
book published: 2014
rating: 5
read at: 2019/05/20
date added: 2024/11/14
shelves: owned
review:
�"It's beautiful. But what comes next?"
"The best part." And he pulls me back into his arms. "The happily ever after."�
]]> <![CDATA[Lola and the Boy Next Door (Anna and the French Kiss, #2)]]> 23533128 here.

Budding designer Lola Nolan doesn’t believe in fashion... she believes in costume. The more expressive the outfit � more sparkly, more fun, more wild � the better. But even though Lola’s style is outrageous, she’s a devoted daughter and friend with some big plans for the future. And everything is pretty perfect (right down to her hot rocker boyfriend) until the dreaded Bell twins, Calliope and Cricket, return to the neighborhood.

When Cricket � a gifted inventor � steps out from his twin sister’s shadow and back into Lola’s life, she must finally reconcile a lifetime of feelings for the boy next door.]]> 338 Stephanie Perkins 0525423281 sara 5 owned ❝I know you aren't perfect. But it's a person's imperfections that make them perfect for someone else.� ]]> 3.82 2011 Lola and the Boy Next Door (Anna and the French Kiss, #2)
author: Stephanie Perkins
name: sara
average rating: 3.82
book published: 2011
rating: 5
read at: 2019/05/18
date added: 2024/11/14
shelves: owned
review:
❝I know you aren't perfect. But it's a person's imperfections that make them perfect for someone else.�
]]> <![CDATA[Anna and the French Kiss (Anna and the French Kiss, #1)]]> 23525495 This is an alternate cover edition for ISBN 10: 0525423273 / ISBN 13:9780525423270.

Anna is looking forward to her senior year in Atlanta, where she has a great job, a loyal best friend, and a crush on the verge of becoming more. Which is why she is less than thrilled about being shipped off to boarding school in Paris--until she meets Étienne St. Clair. Smart, charming, beautiful, Étienne has it all...including a serious girlfriend.

But in the City of Light, wishes have a way of coming true. Will a year of romantic near-misses end with their long-awaited French kiss?]]> 372 Stephanie Perkins sara 5 owned ❝For the two of us, home isn't a place. It's a person. And we're finally home.� ]]> 4.13 2010 Anna and the French Kiss (Anna and the French Kiss, #1)
author: Stephanie Perkins
name: sara
average rating: 4.13
book published: 2010
rating: 5
read at: 2019/05/16
date added: 2024/11/14
shelves: owned
review:
❝For the two of us, home isn't a place. It's a person. And we're finally home.�
]]> To Be Honest 35796025
Between her mom's diet-helicoptering, missing her sister, and worrying about her collegiate future, Savvy has enough to worry about. And then she meets George, the cute new kid at school who has insecurities of his own. As Savvy and George grow closer, they help each other discover how to live in the moment and enjoy the here and now before it disappears.]]> 293 Maggie Ann Martin 1250183154 sara 5 owned ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Did I read 300 pages in one day? Yes, I certainly did.

Second read:
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ձ> 3.55 2018 To Be Honest
author: Maggie Ann Martin
name: sara
average rating: 3.55
book published: 2018
rating: 5
read at: 2019/02/20
date added: 2024/11/14
shelves: owned
review:
First read:
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Did I read 300 pages in one day? Yes, I certainly did.

Second read:
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
]]> <![CDATA[Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them]]> 36641742 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is an indispensable guide to the magical beasts of the wizarding world. Muggles who have seen the eponymous film or read the Harry Potter novels will be familiar with some of these beasts - the Niffler, the Thunderbird, the Hippogriff ... This new paperback edition features the recently revised 2017 text, which includes six curious new creatures that inhabit the North American continent, and a new foreword from Newt Scamander that sheds fascinating light on the events surrounding a serious breach in the International Statute of Secrecy which took place in New York in the 1920s.

This new paperback edition features gorgeously shimmery snakeskin detail on the foil effect jacket and line illustrations throughout by Tomislav Tomic. Newt Scamander's masterpiece has entertained wizarding families through the generations. Witches, wizards and Muggles of all ages will delight in discovering the extraordinary habits and habitats of magical beasts from across five continents.]]> 144 Newt Scamander 140889694X sara 5 owned So, I said it when I started it and I am going to say it again: the audiobook narrated by Eddie Redmayne is like being in a lecture by Newt and IT'S THE BEST THING THAT YOU WILL EVER LISTEN TO, TRUST ME.

Second time:
It was as good as the first time.]]> 3.85 2001 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
author: Newt Scamander
name: sara
average rating: 3.85
book published: 2001
rating: 5
read at: 2020/01/04
date added: 2024/11/14
shelves: owned
review:
First time:
So, I said it when I started it and I am going to say it again: the audiobook narrated by Eddie Redmayne is like being in a lecture by Newt and IT'S THE BEST THING THAT YOU WILL EVER LISTEN TO, TRUST ME.

Second time:
It was as good as the first time.
]]> La luz que no puedes ver 25043529
En una ciudad minera de Alemania, el joven huérfano Werner crece junto a su hermana pequeña, cautivado por una rudimentaria radio que ambos encuentran. Werner se convierte en un experto en construir y reparar estos aparatos cruciales para los nuevos tiempos, un talento que no pasa desapercibido a las Juventudes Hitlerianas.

Siguiendo al ejército alemán, Werner deberá atravesar el corazón en guerra de Europa. Hasta que en la última noche antes de la liberación de Saint-Malo los caminos de Werner y Marie-Laure por fin se crucen. Y sus vidas cambien para siempre.]]> 658 Anthony Doerr 8483657619 sara 5 owned 4.04 2014 La luz que no puedes ver
author: Anthony Doerr
name: sara
average rating: 4.04
book published: 2014
rating: 5
read at: 2018/10/27
date added: 2024/11/14
shelves: owned
review:
❝But it is not bravery; I have no choice. I wake up and live my life. Don't you do the same?�
]]> <![CDATA[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Charlie Bucket, #1)]]> 17242193
But only five lucky children will be allowed inside. And the winners are: Augustus Gloop, an enormously fat boy whose hobby is eating; Veruca Salt, a spoiled-rotten brat whose parents are wrapped around her little finger; Violet Beauregarde, a dim-witted gum-chewer with the fastest jaws around; Mike Teavee, a toy pistol-toting gangster-in-training who is obsessed with television; and Charlie Bucket, Our Hero, a boy who is honest and kind, brave and true, and good and ready for the wildest time of his life!]]> 208 Roald Dahl sara 5 owned 4.27 1964 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Charlie Bucket, #1)
author: Roald Dahl
name: sara
average rating: 4.27
book published: 1964
rating: 5
read at: 2018/10/02
date added: 2024/11/14
shelves: owned
review:

]]> Crooked House 1100976 302 Agatha Christie 0007136862 sara 5 owned 4.01 1949 Crooked House
author: Agatha Christie
name: sara
average rating: 4.01
book published: 1949
rating: 5
read at: 2018/07/27
date added: 2024/11/14
shelves: owned
review:

]]> My Kind of Trouble 205063684 A slick conwoman meets her match in a hot and nerdy small-town librarian in this debut romance, perfect for fans of Spoiler Alert and Act Your Age, Eve Brown.

Conwoman Harmony Hale has sold lies up and down California for years, never looking back at her crafty scams or one-night stands. Now she’s come to Brookville, California, with her sights set on its wealthy mayor—the man who stole her father’s music-streaming algorithm and ruined his life. Harmony is finally ready to take him down, with her trusty con of selling a nonexistent music festival. All she needs is the cooperation of the man who owns the potential festival site.

Autistic librarian and piano teacher Preston Jones spends his days fighting book challengers trying to shut down his library programs. He’s responsible for raising his selectively nonspeaking little sister and needs to focus on keeping his job. He doesn’t have time for a romance like the ones in his books—and certainly none for the brassy festival promoter who wants to use his land for her “Coachella North.� Preston sees things in black and white, and he sees Harmony—amazing curves, flashy smile, and all—as nothing but trouble.

But when Harmony promises to help him win the public over and save his youth programs, Preston finds himself wondering if this hustler with a heart of gold might be the someone he’s been waiting for. Soon things are getting steamy in the stacks, and with her con coming to a crescendo, Harmony needs to choose: revenge and running again or the happy ending she never saw coming.

Romance readers and musical theater fans alike will adore this steamy, gender-swapped homage to The Music Man.]]> 300 L.A. Schwartz 1639108912 sara 3 3.5* 3.98 2024 My Kind of Trouble
author: L.A. Schwartz
name: sara
average rating: 3.98
book published: 2024
rating: 3
read at: 2024/11/12
date added: 2024/11/12
shelves:
review:
3.5*
]]> <![CDATA[Cruel Winter with You (Under the Mistletoe Collection, #1)]]> 220389458 New York Times bestselling author Ali Hazelwood.

All newly minted pediatrician Jamie Malek wants is to borrow a roasting pan for Christmas dinner. Unfortunately, that requires her to interact with Marc—her best friend’s troublemaking brother, who’s now a tech billionaire. He’s the one who got away. She’s the one who broke his heart. Outside, a howling blizzard. Inside, a crackling fire. Suddenly, being snowbound with the man she never expected to see again might not be such a bad way to spend a winter’s night.

Ali Hazelwood’s Cruel Winter with You is part of Under the Mistletoe, a stirring collection of December romances that thrill and tingle all the way. They can be read or listened to in one swoony sitting.]]> 73 Ali Hazelwood 1662528396 sara 2
originally gave it three stars but the more i think about marc the more i'm like "yeah maybe not three stars" bro gave me creepy vibes sometimes lol]]> 3.68 2024 Cruel Winter with You (Under the Mistletoe Collection, #1)
author: Ali Hazelwood
name: sara
average rating: 3.68
book published: 2024
rating: 2
read at: 2024/11/12
date added: 2024/11/12
shelves:
review:
2.5*

originally gave it three stars but the more i think about marc the more i'm like "yeah maybe not three stars" bro gave me creepy vibes sometimes lol
]]> <![CDATA[Only Santas in the Building (Under the Mistletoe Collection, #5)]]> 220389090
All Evie Cruz wants for Christmas is a nap. And maybe some ornaments for her naked Christmas tree. And while she’s making a list, she wouldn’t mind unwrapping her sexy upstairs neighbor like a present. Luckily, the building’s Santa-themed party and a surprise sprig of mistletoe give her just the opening she needs to make all her wishes come true.

Alexis Daria’s Only Santas in the Building is part of Under the Mistletoe, a stirring collection of December romances that thrill and tingle all the way. They can be read or listened to in one swoony sitting.]]> 65 Alexis Daria 1662529376 sara 1 where was the chemistry 3.36 2024 Only Santas in the Building (Under the Mistletoe Collection, #5)
author: Alexis Daria
name: sara
average rating: 3.36
book published: 2024
rating: 1
read at: 2024/11/12
date added: 2024/11/12
shelves:
review:
where was the chemistry
]]> <![CDATA[Merriment and Mayhem (Under the Mistletoe Collection, #4)]]> 220389457
When Everleigh Dangerfield’s baking disaster necessitates a call to 911, firefighter Griffin Brantley douses the flames in the kitchen, but the ones he stokes in Everleigh are an entirely different story. Unfortunately, Everleigh’s only visiting and doesn’t do casual hookups, no matter how smoldering the temptation. But Everleigh’s holiday mishaps have just begun. And Griffin is seemingly always on call. If Everleigh is game for a change of plans, he can give her the merriest Christmas of her life.

Alexandria Bellefleur’s Merriment and Mayhem is part of Under the Mistletoe, a stirring collection of December romances that thrill and tingle all the way. They can be read or listened to in one swoony sitting.]]> 58 Alexandria Bellefleur 1662529341 sara 2 3.28 2024 Merriment and Mayhem (Under the Mistletoe Collection, #4)
author: Alexandria Bellefleur
name: sara
average rating: 3.28
book published: 2024
rating: 2
read at: 2024/11/12
date added: 2024/11/12
shelves:
review:

]]> <![CDATA[All by My Elf (Under the Mistletoe Collection, #3)]]> 220389455
Nina and William are underpaid adjunct professors at the same university, where winter break is no break at all: ’tis the season to make extra money. When their holiday side hustle has them stranded by a blinding blizzard in the middle of nowhere, there’s nothing to do but cuddle up for warmth and play a game of Never Have I Ever to pass the time. But in the game of love, secrets never stay secret for long�

Olivia Dade’s All by My Elf is part of Under the Mistletoe, a stirring collection of December romances that thrill and tingle all the way. They can be read or listened to in one swoony sitting.]]> 55 Olivia Dade 166252823X sara 4 2.58 2024 All by My Elf (Under the Mistletoe Collection, #3)
author: Olivia Dade
name: sara
average rating: 2.58
book published: 2024
rating: 4
read at: 2024/11/12
date added: 2024/11/12
shelves:
review:
my favourite from the collection, need a full length book about them asap <3
]]> <![CDATA[Merry Ever After (Under the Mistletoe Collection, #2)]]> 220389465 New York Times bestselling author Tessa Bailey.

Evie Crowe is starting over in a strange town with her newborn, and men are the furthest thing from her mind. If only the quiet, hulking farmer, Luke Ward, would stop coming into the thrift shop and piquing her reluctant interest. Evie wants to stay single all the way—she can’t trust anything more than friends-with-holiday-benefits. But Luke is in it for the long haul. He’s fixed on making this a Christmas Evie will remember forever. If she gives him a chance.

Tessa Bailey’s Merry Ever After is part of Under the Mistletoe, a stirring collection of December romances that thrill and tingle all the way. They can be read or listened to in one swoony sitting.]]> 59 Tessa Bailey 1662528736 sara 2 2.5* 2.79 2024 Merry Ever After (Under the Mistletoe Collection, #2)
author: Tessa Bailey
name: sara
average rating: 2.79
book published: 2024
rating: 2
read at: 2024/11/12
date added: 2024/11/12
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2.5*
]]> <![CDATA[The Serpent and the Wings of Night (Crowns of Nyaxia, #1)]]> 60714999 Human or vampire, the rules of survival are the same: never trust, never yield, and always � always � guard your heart.

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

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

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

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

The Serpent and the Wings of Night is the first book in a new series of heart-wrenching romance, dark magic, and bloodthirsty intrigue, perfect for fans of From Blood and Ash and A Court of Thorns and Roses.]]> 504 Carissa Broadbent sara 3 4.30 2022 The Serpent and the Wings of Night (Crowns of Nyaxia, #1)
author: Carissa Broadbent
name: sara
average rating: 4.30
book published: 2022
rating: 3
read at: 2024/11/11
date added: 2024/11/11
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]]> The Flood (Blackwater #1) 216604259 Discover the gothic horror phenomenon that is sweeping across Europe, with over 2 million copies sold

'RIVETING, TERRIFYING...JUST ABSOLUTELY GREAT' STEPHEN KING

As the dark and menacing waters of the local river submerge Perdido, a small town in the south of Alabama, the Caskeys - a family of rich landowners - must confront the tide of damage caused by the flood. Led by Mary-Love, the powerful matriarch, and by Oscar, her devoted son, the family must pick itself back up. But what they haven't anticipated is the sudden appearance of Elinor Dammert - a mysterious but seductive young woman with a troubling past. Her sole ambition appears to be to infiltrate the very heart of the Caskey clan...

'Beyond any trace of a doubt, one of the absolutely best writers of horror' Peter Straub

'One of the genre’s most underrated writers' Poppy Z. Brite]]> 226 Michael McDowell 1529948398 sara 2 3.67 1983 The Flood (Blackwater #1)
author: Michael McDowell
name: sara
average rating: 3.67
book published: 1983
rating: 2
read at: 2024/11/07
date added: 2024/11/07
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]]> The Flatshare 36478784 Tiffy and Leon share a flat
Tiffy and Leon share a bed
Tiffy and Leon have never met�

Tiffy Moore needs a cheap flat, and fast. Leon Twomey works nights and needs cash. Their friends think they’re crazy, but it’s the perfect solution: Leon occupies the one-bed flat while Tiffy’s at work in the day, and she has the run of the place the rest of the time.

But with obsessive ex-boyfriends, demanding clients at work, wrongly imprisoned brothers and, of course, the fact that they still haven’t met yet, they’re about to discover that if you want the perfect home you need to throw the rulebook out the window…]]> 394 Beth O'Leary 1787474402 sara 5 owned 3.97 2019 The Flatshare
author: Beth O'Leary
name: sara
average rating: 3.97
book published: 2019
rating: 5
read at: 2019/07/28
date added: 2024/11/05
shelves: owned
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]]> Eliza and Her Monsters 31931941 Her story is a phenomenon. Her life is a disaster.

In the real world, Eliza Mirk is shy, weird, and friendless. Online, she’s LadyConstellation, the anonymous creator of the wildly popular webcomic Monstrous Sea. Eliza can’t imagine enjoying the real world as much as she loves the online one, and she has no desire to try.

Then Wallace Warland, Monstrous Sea’s biggest fanfiction writer, transfers to her school. Wallace thinks Eliza is just another fan, and as he draws her out of her shell, she begins to wonder if a life offline might be worthwhile.

But when Eliza’s secret is accidentally shared with the world, everything she’s built—her story, her relationship with Wallace, and even her sanity—begins to fall apart.]]> 385 Francesca Zappia 0062290134 sara 5 owned 4.14 2017 Eliza and Her Monsters
author: Francesca Zappia
name: sara
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2017
rating: 5
read at: 2019/05/22
date added: 2024/11/05
shelves: owned
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The Hand on the Wall (Truly Devious, #3)]]> 45240918
She knows who Truly Devious is. She’s solved it. The greatest case of the century.

At least, she thinks she has. With this latest tragedy, it’s hard to concentrate on the past. Not only has someone died in town, but David disappeared of his own free will and is up to something. Stevie is sure that somehow—somehow—all these things connect. The three deaths in the present. The deaths in the past. The missing Alice Ellingham and the missing David Eastman. Somewhere in this place of riddles and puzzles there must be answers.

Then another accident occurs as a massive storm heads toward Vermont. This is too much for the parents and administrators. Ellingham Academy is evacuated. Obviously, it’s time for Stevie to do something stupid. It’s time to stay on the mountain and face the storm—and a murderer.

In the tantalizing finale to the Truly Devious trilogy, New York Times bestselling author Maureen Johnson expertly tangles her dual narrative threads and ignites an explosive end for all who’ve walked through Ellingham Academy.

New York Times bestselling author Maureen Johnson delivers the witty and pulse-pounding conclusion to the Truly Devious series as Stevie Bell solves the mystery that has haunted Ellingham Academy for over 75 years.]]> 369 Maureen Johnson 0062338110 sara 5 owned 4.12 2020 The Hand on the Wall (Truly Devious, #3)
author: Maureen Johnson
name: sara
average rating: 4.12
book published: 2020
rating: 5
read at: 2020/01/29
date added: 2024/11/05
shelves: owned
review:
it's confirmed, truly devious is one of my favourite series <3
]]> <![CDATA[The Vanishing Stair (Truly Devious, #2)]]> 39991163 New York TimesԻ Publishers Weekly bestseller!

In New York Times bestselling author Maureen Johnson’s second novel in the Truly Devious series, there are more twists and turns than Stevie Bell can imagine. No answer is given freely, and someone will pay for the truth with their life.

The Truly Devious case—an unsolved kidnapping and triple murder that rocked Ellingham Academy in 1936—has consumed Stevie for years. It’s the very reason she came to the academy. But then her classmate was murdered, and her parents quickly pull her out of school. For her safety, they say. She must move past this obsession with crime.

Stevie’s willing to do anything to get back to Ellingham, be back with her friends, and solve the Truly Devious case. Even if it means making a deal with the despicable Senator Edward King. And when Stevie finally returns, she also returns to David: the guy she kissed, and the guy who lied about his identity—Edward King’s son.

But larger issues are at play. Where did the murderer hide? What’s the meaning of the riddle Albert Ellingham left behind? And what, exactly, is at stake in the Truly Devious affair? The Ellingham case isn’t just a piece of history—it’s a live wire into the present.

]]> 376 Maureen Johnson sara 5 owned o m f g

can 2020 arrive quickly?]]> 4.17 2019 The Vanishing Stair (Truly Devious, #2)
author: Maureen Johnson
name: sara
average rating: 4.17
book published: 2019
rating: 5
read at: 2019/03/26
date added: 2024/11/05
shelves: owned
review:
o m f g

can 2020 arrive quickly?
]]> <![CDATA[Sorcery of Thorns (Sorcery of Thorns, #1)]]> 42201395
Then an act of sabotage releases the library’s most dangerous grimoire. Elisabeth’s desperate intervention implicates her in the crime, and she is torn from her home to face justice in the capital. With no one to turn to but her sworn enemy, the sorcerer Nathaniel Thorn, and his mysterious demonic servant, she finds herself entangled in a centuries-old conspiracy. Not only could the Great Libraries go up in flames, but the world along with them.

As her alliance with Nathaniel grows stronger, Elisabeth starts to question everything she’s been taught—about sorcerers, about the libraries she loves, even about herself. For Elisabeth has a power she has never guessed, and a future she could never have imagined.]]> 456 Margaret Rogerson 1481497618 sara 4 owned 4.03 2019 Sorcery of Thorns (Sorcery of Thorns, #1)
author: Margaret Rogerson
name: sara
average rating: 4.03
book published: 2019
rating: 4
read at: 2019/09/17
date added: 2024/11/05
shelves: owned
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]]> Field Notes on Love 43351619 The bestselling author of Windfall and The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight returns with a meet-cute romance about Hugo and Mae, two teens who are thrown together on a cross-country train trip that will teach them about love, each other, and the futures they can build for themselves.

It's the perfect idea for a romantic week together: traveling across America by train.

But then Hugo's girlfriend dumps him. Her parting gift: the tickets for their long-planned last-hurrah-before-uni trip. Only, it's been booked under her name. Nontransferable, no exceptions.

Mae is still reeling from being rejected from USC's film school. When she stumbles across Hugo's ad for a replacement Margaret Campbell (her full name!), she's certain it's exactly the adventure she needs to shake off her disappointment and jump-start her next film.

A cross-country train trip with a complete stranger might not seem like the best idea. But to Mae and Hugo, both eager to escape their regular lives, it makes perfect sense. What starts as a convenient arrangement soon turns into something more. But when life outside the train catches up to them, can they find a way to keep their feelings for each other from getting derailed?]]> 311 Jennifer E. Smith 1509831711 sara 4 owned
The way is written captivated me and if you are looking for a light, easy and romantic read, this is the book for you!]]> 3.80 2019 Field Notes on Love
author: Jennifer E. Smith
name: sara
average rating: 3.80
book published: 2019
rating: 4
read at: 2019/07/26
date added: 2024/11/05
shelves: owned
review:
Even tho I'm not a fan of these types of romances, I have to say that I loved this book.

The way is written captivated me and if you are looking for a light, easy and romantic read, this is the book for you!
]]> Since You've Been Gone 18741728 Second Chance Summer and Amy and Roger’s Epic Detour.

Before Sloane, Emily didn’t go to parties, she barely talked to guys, and she didn’t do anything crazy. Enter Sloane, social tornado and the best kind of best friend—someone who yanks you out of your shell.

But right before what should have been an epic summer, Sloane just…disappears. There’s just a random to-do list with thirteen bizarre tasks that Emily would never try. But what if they can lead her to Sloane?

Apple picking at night? Okay, easy enough.

Dance until dawn? Sure. Why not?

Kiss a stranger? ²…w󲹳?

Getting through Sloane’s list will mean a lot of firsts, and with a whole summer ahead of her—and with the unexpected help of the handsome Frank Porter—who knows what she’ll find.

Go Skinny Dipping? �

—Includes sixteen pages of bonus content!—]]> 465 Morgan Matson 144243502X sara 4 owned 4.03 2014 Since You've Been Gone
author: Morgan Matson
name: sara
average rating: 4.03
book published: 2014
rating: 4
read at: 2020/04/10
date added: 2024/11/05
shelves: owned
review:

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