en-US Thu, 05 Jun 2025 18:19:35 -0700 60 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg 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?]]> 364 Emily Henry 1984806750 Kerrie 5 3.84 2021
author: Emily Henry
name: Kerrie
average rating: 3.84
book published: 2021
rating: 5
read at: 2025/06/05
date added: 2025/06/05
shelves: comfort-reads, did-i-cry-yeah-what-about-it, favorites, audible
review:

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After swearing loyalty to his brother—Ilya's new king—Kai Azer's first mission as Enforcer is to hunt down the woman who killed their father. Even if that means pursuing Paedyn through the deadly Scorches and into the hostile city of Dor beyond.

But deep in a city without Elites, the balance between hunter and hunted shifts—and the battle between duty and desire can be deadly.]]> 390 Lauren Roberts 1665966351 Kerrie 5 did-i-cry-yeah-what-about-it
Edit: someone posted that this book was very reminiscent of Dance of thieves and I think that’s why I liked it. ]]> 4.07 2024
author: Lauren Roberts
name: Kerrie
average rating: 4.07
book published: 2024
rating: 5
read at: 2024/07/05
date added: 2025/05/25
shelves: did-i-cry-yeah-what-about-it
review:
4.5 stars!!! This was so much better than the last one! Powerless felt like a mashup of several other YA fantasy books with a twist to them and while I can definitely see similarities in Reckless, there’s enough difference for it to work. I thoroughly enjoyed watching Paedyn and Kai throughout this book and the additional Kitt POVs throughout their journey added both mystery and context for back in Ilya (and pain). The twist at the end was something I predicted but still had my jaw dropping.

Edit: someone posted that this book was very reminiscent of Dance of thieves and I think that’s why I liked it.
]]> 218559595 Two writers compete for the chance to tell the larger-than-life story of a woman with more than a couple of plot twists up her sleeve in this dazzling and sweeping new novel from Emily Henry.

Alice Scott is an eternal optimist still dreaming of her big writing break. Hayden Anderson is a Pulitzer-prize winning human thundercloud. And they’re both on balmy Little Crescent Island for the same reason: To write the biography of a woman no one has seen in years--or at least to meet with the octogenarian who claims to be the Margaret Ives. Tragic heiress, former tabloid princess, and daughter of one of the most storied (and scandalous) families of the 20th Century.

When Margaret invites them both for a one-month trial period, after which she’ll choose the person who’ll tell her story, there are three things keeping Alice’s head in the game.

One: Alice genuinely likes people, which means people usually like Alice—and she has a whole month to win the legendary woman over.

Two: She’s ready for this job and the chance to impress her perennially unimpressed family with a Serious Publication

Three: Hayden Anderson, who should have no reason to be concerned about losing this book, is glowering at her in a shaken-to-the core way that suggests he sees her as competition.

But the problem is, Margaret is only giving each of them pieces of her story. Pieces they can’t swap to put together because of an ironclad NDA and an inconvenient yearning pulsing between them every time they’re in the same room.

And it’s becoming abundantly clear that their story—just like the tale Margaret’s spinning—could be a mystery, tragedy, or love ballad…depending on who’s telling it.]]> 432 Emily Henry Kerrie 5 4.01 2025
author: Emily Henry
name: Kerrie
average rating: 4.01
book published: 2025
rating: 5
read at: 2025/04/23
date added: 2025/04/23
shelves: audible, did-i-cry-yeah-what-about-it
review:
This book was so beautiful! Definitely leans more lit-fic but the romance is just as good as always even if it’s not the main focus
]]> 198563657 357 Hannah Bonam-Young 0593872142 Kerrie 5 The perfect man 4.34 2023
author: Hannah Bonam-Young
name: Kerrie
average rating: 4.34
book published: 2023
rating: 5
read at: 2025/04/11
date added: 2025/04/11
shelves: comfort-reads, did-i-cry-yeah-what-about-it, favorites, audible
review:
The perfect man
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“You know the most dangerous kind of villain? A woman with nothing left to lose.��

In a world ruled by the cruel and merciless Stars, Elara has been cursed by fate. A prophecy promises she will fall for a Star, but that it will kill them both.

So when Ariete, Star of Wrath, War and Chaos, descends to wreak havoc on Elara’s kingdom, she flees her home—the Kingdom of Night—for the neighbouring Helios, Kingdom of Light.

And strides straight into the arms of an enemy prince.

Fearing that Ariete might turn his sights to Helios next, Prince Lorenzo is forced to train Elara as a weapon—one worthy of battling against the tyrannical reign of the Stars. But there are shadows even within the Kingdom of Light—and they threaten to reveal the darkness in Lorenzo’s past and the ancient magic that slumbers in Elara’s veins.

And with it all comes an undeniable, star-crossed pull between Elara and Lorenzo that neither can seem to resist...]]> 496 Imani Erriu 1039012590 Kerrie 5 4.08 2022
author: Imani Erriu
name: Kerrie
average rating: 4.08
book published: 2022
rating: 5
read at: 2025/04/10
date added: 2025/04/10
shelves: audible, did-i-cry-yeah-what-about-it
review:
4.5 stars! The ending on this book was so good!!!!!
]]> 54377375
When Vanessa Price quit her job to pursue her dream of traveling the globe, she wasn't expecting to gain millions of YouTube followers who shared her joy of seizing every moment. For her, living each day to its fullest isn't just a motto. Her mother and sister never saw the age of 30, and Vanessa doesn't want to take anything for granted.

But after her half-sister suddenly leaves Vanessa in custody of her infant daughter, life goes from "daily adventure" to "next-level bad" (now with bonus baby vomit in hair). The last person Vanessa expects to show up offering help is the hot lawyer next door, Adrian Copeland. After all, she barely knows him. No one warned her that he was the Secret Baby Tamer or that she'd be spending a whole lot of time with him and his geriatric Chihuahua.

Now she's feeling things she's vowed not to feel. Because the only thing worse than falling for Adrian is finding a little hope for a future she may never see.]]> 384 Abby Jimenez 1538715686 Kerrie 4 4.13 2021
author: Abby Jimenez
name: Kerrie
average rating: 4.13
book published: 2021
rating: 4
read at: 2025/04/08
date added: 2025/04/08
shelves: chirp-audio, did-i-cry-yeah-what-about-it
review:

]]> 214269328 Grieving the loss of her best friend, a young woman’s life is turned upside down when she meets a grumpy stranger who swears he can help her live again, in this heartwarming, slow-burn romance by the author of Ready or Not

Lenny’s a bit of a mess at the moment. Her best friend, Lou, recently passed away after a battle with cancer, and her death has left Lenny feeling completely lost. She’s avoiding her concerned parents, the apartment she shared with Lou, and the list of things she’s supposed to do to help her live again. The only thing she can do is temporary babysitting gigs, and luckily, she just landed a great one, helping overworked, single mom Reese and her precocious daughter, Ainsley. It’s not perfect: Ainsley’s uncle, Miles, always seems to be around, and is kind of... a huge jerk. But if Lenny acts like she has it all together, maybe no one will notice she’s falling apart.

Miles sees right through her though. Turns out, he knows a lot about grief and, surprisingly, he offers her a proposition. He’ll help her complete everything on her “live again�� list if she’ll help him connect with Ainsley and overcome his complicated relationship with Reese. Lenny doubts anything can fill the Lou has left behind, but she begins to spend more time with Miles, Lenny is surprised to discover that, sometimes, losing everything is only the first step to finding yourself, and love, again.]]> 416 Cara Bastone 0593595734 Kerrie 5 4.17 2025
author: Cara Bastone
name: Kerrie
average rating: 4.17
book published: 2025
rating: 5
read at: 2025/03/23
date added: 2025/03/23
shelves: did-i-cry-yeah-what-about-it, favorites
review:

]]> 199336186 Enter the brutal and elite world of a war college for dragon riders...

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

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

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

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

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

Friends, enemies, lovers. Everyone at Basgiath War College has an agenda—because once you enter, there are only two ways out: graduate or die]]> 500 Rebecca Yarros Kerrie 5 4.60 2023
author: Rebecca Yarros
name: Kerrie
average rating: 4.60
book published: 2023
rating: 5
read at: 2023/08/21
date added: 2025/03/18
shelves: did-i-cry-yeah-what-about-it, fairyloot, audible, chirp-audio, other-special-editions
review:
Absolutely lives up to the hype!!! Amazing FMC who knew what she wanted and went for it. She didn’t let anything out anyone stop her and I love that absolutely incredible we love to see it. I can’t wait to see how the story develops and get some more world building further into the series.
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Everyone expected Violet Sorrengail to die during her first year at Basgiath War College, Violet included. But Threshing was only the first impossible test meant to weed out the weak-willed, the unworthy, and the unlucky.

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

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

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

Because Violet knows the real secret hidden for centuries at Basgiath War College, and nothing, not even dragon fire, may be enough to save them in the end.]]> 623 Rebecca Yarros 0349438781 Kerrie 5 4.36 2023
author: Rebecca Yarros
name: Kerrie
average rating: 4.36
book published: 2023
rating: 5
read at: 2023/11/08
date added: 2025/03/18
shelves: did-i-cry-yeah-what-about-it, fairyloot, audible, other-special-editions
review:
I have so many feelings about this book that I just cannot formulate into a genuine review. There was so much more action and world building and relationship forming in this book than the last and I loved that. However how dare you stop the book there like it’s not necessarily a cliffhanger but�� I need more information. Please
]]> 200923988 Two villains, one girl, and a deadly battle for happily ever after.

Evangeline Fox ventured to the Magnificent North in search of her happy ending, and it seems as if she has it. She’s married to a handsome prince and lives in a legendary castle. But Evangeline has no idea of the devastating price she’s paid for this fairytale. She doesn’t know what she has lost, and her husband is determined to make sure she never finds out . . . but first he must kill Jacks, the Prince of Hearts.

Blood will be shed, hearts will be stolen, and true love will be put to the test in A Curse for True Love, the breathlessly anticipated conclusion to the Once Upon A Broken Heart trilogy.]]> 416 Stephanie Garber 1529399289 Kerrie 5 4.13 2023
author: Stephanie Garber
name: Kerrie
average rating: 4.13
book published: 2023
rating: 5
read at: 2025/02/25
date added: 2025/03/18
shelves: did-i-cry-yeah-what-about-it, comfort-reads, favorites, fairyloot, audible, other-special-editions
review:
I needed sufficient time to process everything I just read and honestly I don’t think I will ever be over this book, this series, this world, these characters, THEM!!!! I finished this around 7pm and have just been nonstop thinking about it. I could not have asked for a more perfect conclusion to Evangeline’s story with pieces being woven in from the previous books and even callbacks to the Caraval series. I was feeling so many emotions reading this book: I was raging, giggling, sobbing, confused, and everything in between. There are now moments in both series that have entirely new interpretations. This series will most likely leave me in a serious book hangover because I genuinely can’t think of anything else. This is my Roman Empire!!! This is my favorite book of the year and I cannot imagine any book topping this in the next few months. I will probably end up updating this review again with more proficient thoughts but I just wanted to share my love for this book. Infinite stars!!! Laying on the ground thinking about this about them
]]> 50659472 The epic third novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling Court of Thorns and Roses series by Sarah J. Maas.

Feyre has returned to the Spring Court, determined to gather information on Tamlin's actions and learn what she can about the invading king threatening to bring her land to its knees. But to do so she must play a deadly game of deceit. One slip could bring doom not only for Feyre, but for everything-and everyone-she holds dear.

As war bears down upon them all, Feyre endeavors to take her place amongst the High Fae of the land, balancing her struggle to master her powers-both magical and political-and her love for her court and family. Amidst these struggles, Feyre and Rhysand must decide whom to trust amongst the cunning and lethal High Lords, and hunt for allies in unexpected places.

In this thrilling third book in the #1 New York Times bestselling series from Sarah J. Maas, the fate of Feyre's world is at stake as armies grapple for power over the one thing that could destroy it.]]> 699 Sarah J. Maas 1635575605 Kerrie 5 4.47 2017
author: Sarah J. Maas
name: Kerrie
average rating: 4.47
book published: 2017
rating: 5
read at: 2024/01/22
date added: 2025/03/15
shelves: favorites, did-i-cry-yeah-what-about-it, audible
review:

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Feyre has undergone more trials than one human woman can carry in her heart. Though she's now been granted the powers and lifespan of the High Fae, she is haunted by her time Under the Mountain and the terrible deeds she performed to save the lives of Tamlin and his people.

As her marriage to Tamlin approaches, Feyre's hollowness and nightmares consume her. She finds herself split into two different one who upholds her bargain with Rhysand, High Lord of the feared Night Court, and one who lives out her life in the Spring Court with Tamlin. While Feyre navigates a dark web of politics, passion, and dazzling power, a greater evil looms. She might just be the key to stopping it, but only if she can harness her harrowing gifts, heal her fractured soul, and decide how she wishes to shape her future-and the future of a world in turmoil.

Bestselling author Sarah J. Maas's masterful storytelling brings this second book in her dazzling, sexy, action-packed series to new heights.]]> 626 Sarah J. Maas 1635575583 Kerrie 5 4.65 2016
author: Sarah J. Maas
name: Kerrie
average rating: 4.65
book published: 2016
rating: 5
read at: 2024/01/19
date added: 2025/03/15
shelves: comfort-reads, favorites, did-i-cry-yeah-what-about-it, audible
review:

]]> 194802722 A shimmering, joyful new novel about a pair of opposites with the wrong thing in common, from #1 New York Times bestselling author Emily Henry.

Daphne always loved the way her fiancé, Peter, told their story. How they met (on a blustery day), fell in love (over an errant hat), and moved back to his lakeside hometown to begin their life together. He really was good at telling it... right up until the moment he realized he was actually in love with his childhood best friend Petra.

Which is how Daphne begins her new story: stranded in beautiful Waning Bay, Michigan, without friends or family but with a dream job as a children’s librarian (that barely pays the bills), and proposing to be roommates with the only person who could possibly understand her predicament: Petra’s ex, Miles Nowak.

Scruffy and chaotic—with a penchant for taking solace in the sounds of heart break love ballads—Miles is exactly the opposite of practical, buttoned-up Daphne, whose coworkers know so little about her they have a running bet that she’s either FBI or in witness protection. The roommates mainly avoid one another, until one day, while drowning their sorrows, they form a tenuous friendship and a plan. If said plan also involves posting deliberately misleading photos of their summer adventures together, well, who could blame them?

But it’s all just for show, of course, because there’s no way Daphne would actually start her new chapter by falling in love with her ex-fiancé’s new fiancée’s ex... right?]]> 400 Emily Henry Kerrie 5
Update: just reread this on my kindle and highlighted every interaction that felt very me and there were so many ]]> 4.21 2024
author: Emily Henry
name: Kerrie
average rating: 4.21
book published: 2024
rating: 5
read at: 2025/03/03
date added: 2025/03/15
shelves: comfort-reads, favorites, did-i-cry-yeah-what-about-it, audible
review:
I don’t think I’ve ever related more to a FMC before. That very specific brand of daddy issues and subsequent fear of attaching yourself to new people, places, or ideas as well as her general responses to the events in going on, it felt like a self insert honestly. This is by far my favorite Emily Henry book and I doubt anything will top it. This is probably a top read in general for the year and overall.

Update: just reread this on my kindle and highlighted every interaction that felt very me and there were so many
]]> 61718053
They broke up six months ago. And still haven’t told their best friends.

Which is how they find themselves sharing the largest bedroom at the Maine cottage that has been their friend group’s yearly getaway for the last decade. Their annual respite from the world, where for one vibrant, blue week they leave behind their daily lives; have copious amounts of cheese, wine, and seafood; and soak up the salty coastal air with the people who understand them most.

Only this year, Harriet and Wyn are lying through their teeth while trying not to notice how desperately they still want each other. Because the cottage is for sale and this is the last week they’ll all have together in this place. They can’t stand to break their friends�� hearts, and so they’ll play their parts. Harriet will be the driven surgical resident who never starts a fight, and Wyn will be the laid-back charmer who never lets the cracks show. It’s a flawless plan (if you look at it from a great distance and through a pair of sunscreen-smeared sunglasses). After years of being in love, how hard can it be to fake it for one week�� in front of those who know you best?

A couple who broke up months ago make a pact to pretend to still be together for their annual weeklong vacation with their best friends in this glittering and wise new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Emily Henry.]]> 400 Emily Henry 0593441273 Kerrie 5 3.95 2023
author: Emily Henry
name: Kerrie
average rating: 3.95
book published: 2023
rating: 5
read at: 2024/06/30
date added: 2025/03/15
shelves: did-i-cry-yeah-what-about-it, favorites
review:

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While her ultra-wealthy parents want her to carry on the family legacy of world-renowned surgeons, Alexis doesn’t need glory or fame. She’s fine with being a “mere�� ER doctor. And every minute she spends with Daniel and the tight-knit town where he lives, she’s discovering just what’s really important. Yet letting their relationship become anything more than a short-term fling would mean turning her back on her family and giving up the opportunity to help thousands of people.

Bringing Daniel into her world is impossible, and yet she can’t just give up the joy she’s found with him either. With so many differences between them, how can Alexis possibly choose between her world and his?]]> 389 Abby Jimenez 1538704374 Kerrie 5 4.25 2022
author: Abby Jimenez
name: Kerrie
average rating: 4.25
book published: 2022
rating: 5
read at: 2025/03/12
date added: 2025/03/12
shelves: audible, did-i-cry-yeah-what-about-it
review:
4.5 stars!! This was even better the second time. I felt all the emotions and the slightly magical elements were both funny and adorable (and just avoided being too cheesey)
]]> 208553104 A steamy game of cat and mouse between witch and witch-hunter, played out against a backdrop of opulence, secrets, and bloody history.

On the night Rune’s life changed forever, blood ran in the streets. Now, in the aftermath of a devastating revolution, witches have been diminished from powerful rulers to outcasts ruthlessly hunted due to their waning magic, and Rune must hide what she is.

Spending her days pretending to be nothing more than a vapid young socialite, Rune spends her nights as the Crimson Moth, a witch vigilante who rescues her kind from being purged. When a rescue goes wrong, she decides to throw the witch hunters off her scent and gain the intel she desperately needs by courting the handsome Gideon Sharpe - a notorious and unforgiving witch hunter loyal to the revolution - who she can't help but find herself falling for.

Gideon loathes the decadence and superficiality Rune represents, but when he learns the Crimson Moth has been using Rune’s merchant ships to smuggle renegade witches out of the republic, he inserts himself into her social circles by pretending to court her right back. He soon realizes that beneath her beauty and shallow façade, is someone fiercely intelligent and tender who feels like his perfect match. Except, what if she’s the very villain he’s been hunting?

Kristen Ciccarelli’s Heartless Hunter is the thrilling start to a romantic fantasy duology where the only thing more treacherous than being a witch...is falling in love.]]> 424 Kristen Ciccarelli Kerrie 5 4.27 2024
author: Kristen Ciccarelli
name: Kerrie
average rating: 4.27
book published: 2024
rating: 5
read at: 2025/02/17
date added: 2025/02/17
shelves: did-i-cry-yeah-what-about-it, favorites, fairyloot, owlcrate, audible
review:
WTF!!!!! WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT TO ME
]]> 76707900 An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found here.

Everyone Celaena Sardothien loves has been taken from her. But she’s at last returned to the empire—for vengeance, to rescue her once-glorious kingdom, and to confront the shadows of her past��

She has embraced her identity as Aelin Galathynius, Queen of Terrasen. But before she can reclaim her throne, she must fight.

She will fight for her cousin, a warrior prepared to die for her. She will fight for her friend, a young man trapped in an unspeakable prison. And she will fight for her people, enslaved to a brutal king and awaiting their lost queen’s triumphant return.

The fourth volume in the New York Times bestselling series continues Celaena’s epic journey and builds to a passionate, agonizing crescendo that might just shatter her world.]]> 648 Sarah J. Maas 1639731008 Kerrie 5 Reread: 5 stars also lol. This book is absolute perfection! This book will always be my favorite despite 98% of it being pure pain. The development of Aelin, her court, Manon, and even Chaol (despite his pig headedness for majority of the book ]]> 4.64 2015
author: Sarah J. Maas
name: Kerrie
average rating: 4.64
book published: 2015
rating: 5
read at: 2025/02/09
date added: 2025/02/09
shelves: favorites, did-i-cry-yeah-what-about-it, audible
review:
First read: 5 stars
Reread: 5 stars also lol. This book is absolute perfection! This book will always be my favorite despite 98% of it being pure pain. The development of Aelin, her court, Manon, and even Chaol (despite his pig headedness for majority of the book
]]> 124935969
The threat of war has arrived at Diem’s doorstep, along with a new discovery that could save her people. To use it, she must survive the next thirty days by forming a devil’s bargain with the people she hates most: the royal family of House Corbois.

But as she dives into the world of the Descended elite, Diem quickly realizes good and evil aren’t as simple as they seem. Old prejudices are challenged, and new loyalties blur the line between friend and foe.

Meanwhile, her mother is still missing, and the secrets she left behind can no longer be ignored—and neither can the Guardians and their demands. Caught between an old flame and a sizzling new spark, Diem must confront the truth about who she is and what she wants before time runs out.

War is coming, and dangerous enemies wait on all sides.. but the most deadly battle Diem faces may be the one for her heart.

Glow of the Everflame is the second book in The Kindred's Curse Saga, a four-book fantasy romance series. This book will appeal to fans of plot-heavy, character-driven romantasy such as A Court of Thorns and Roses, Throne of Glass, From Blood and Ash, Gild, Shadow & Bone, and The Serpent & the Wings of Night.]]> 637 Penn Cole Kerrie 5 4.35 2023
author: Penn Cole
name: Kerrie
average rating: 4.35
book published: 2023
rating: 5
read at: 2025/01/08
date added: 2025/01/08
shelves: audible, did-i-cry-yeah-what-about-it, favorites
review:
New 6 Star read‼️‼️‼️ This book blew me away! Was absolutely everything I have been looking for in a fantasy and had me so locked in even through one of my worst reading slumps. Now all I want to read is fantasy that feels like this!
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But then Jess hears about GeneticAlly, a buzzy new DNA-based matchmaking company that’s predicted to change dating forever. Finding a soulmate through DNA? The reliability of numbers: This Jess understands.

At least she thought she did, until her test shows an unheard-of 98 percent compatibility with another subject in the database: GeneticAlly’s founder, Dr. River Peña. This is one number she can’t wrap her head around, because she already knows Dr. Peña. The stuck-up, stubborn man is without a doubt not her soulmate. But GeneticAlly has a proposition: Get to know him and we’ll pay you. Jess—who is barely making ends meet—is in no position to turn it down, despite her skepticism about the project and her dislike for River. As the pair are dragged from one event to the next as the “Diamond�� pairing that could launch GeneticAlly’s valuation sky-high, Jess begins to realize that there might be more to the scientist—and the science behind a soulmate—than she thought.

The Soulmate Equation proves that the delicate balance between fate and choice can never be calculated.]]> 360 Christina Lauren 1982123966 Kerrie 4 That ending was adorable 3.99 2021
author: Christina Lauren
name: Kerrie
average rating: 3.99
book published: 2021
rating: 4
read at: 2024/06/11
date added: 2024/12/20
shelves: did-i-cry-yeah-what-about-it, audible
review:
That ending was adorable
]]> 56978115 Joseon (Korea), 1758. There are few options available to illegitimate daughters in the capital city, but through hard work and study, eighteen-year-old Hyeon has earned a position as a palace nurse. All she wants is to keep her head down, do a good job, and perhaps finally win her estranged father's approval.

But Hyeon is suddenly thrust into the dark and dangerous world of court politics when someone murders four women in a single night, and the prime suspect is Hyeon's closest friend and mentor. Determined to prove her beloved teacher's innocence, Hyeon launches her own secret investigation.

In her hunt for the truth, she encounters Eojin, a young police inspector also searching for the killer. When evidence begins to point to the Crown Prince himself as the murderer, Hyeon and Eojin must work together to search the darkest corners of the palace to uncover the deadly secrets behind the bloodshed.]]> 321 June Hur 1250800552 Kerrie 5 4.13 2022
author: June Hur
name: Kerrie
average rating: 4.13
book published: 2022
rating: 5
read at: 2023/09/27
date added: 2024/12/20
shelves: did-i-cry-yeah-what-about-it, favorites, audible
review:
Very fast paced, well written, and very interesting. I didn’t know it was based on real events until the authors note at the end but honestly that made me even more curious about the true story. I genuinely empathize with the prince while understanding that his actions were unforgivable mental health is still so misunderstood. However back to the story I was so engaged the entire time and could not predict where we were going and definitely not the result. I like that there were romantic elements to it but that it didn’t throw off investigation cause that’s something that really frustrates me in books. The politics of the palace was also interesting to read about. Overall very very interesting book highly recommend!!!!
]]> 61423072 From #1 New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn and television pioneer Shonda Rhimes comes a powerful and romantic novel of Bridgerton's Queen Charlotte and King George III's great love story and how it sparked a societal shift, inspired by the original series Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story, created by Shondaland for Netflix.

“We are one crown. His weight is mine, and mine is his…��

In 1761, on a sunny day in September, a King and Queen met for the very first time. They were married within hours.

Born a German Princess, Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was beautiful, headstrong, and fiercely intelligent�� not precisely the attributes the British Court had been seeking in a spouse for the young King George III. But her fire and independence were exactly what she needed, because George had secrets�� secrets with the potential to shake the very foundations of the monarchy.

Thrust into her new role as a royal, Charlotte must learn to navigate the intricate politics of the court�� all the while guarding her heart, because she is falling in love with the King, even as he pushes her away. Above all she must learn to rule, and to understand that she has been given the power to remake society. She must fight—for herself, for her husband, and for all her new subjects who look to her for guidance and grace. For she will never be just Charlotte again. She must instead fulfill her destiny�� as Queen.]]> 352 Julia Quinn 0063305089 Kerrie 5 4.15 2023
author: Julia Quinn
name: Kerrie
average rating: 4.15
book published: 2023
rating: 5
read at: 2024/04/02
date added: 2024/12/20
shelves: did-i-cry-yeah-what-about-it, audible
review:
4.5 stars HOW DARE YOU HURT ME LIKE THIS
]]> 54017820 Once upon a time, there was a horrible girl...

Vanja Schmidt knows that no gift is freely given, not even a mother’s love―and she’s on the hook for one hell of a debt. Vanja, the adopted goddaughter of Death and Fortune, was Princess Gisele's dutiful servant up until a year ago. That was when Vanja’s otherworldly mothers demanded a terrible price for their care, and Vanja decided to steal her future back�� by stealing Gisele’s life for herself.

The real Gisele is left a penniless nobody while Vanja uses an enchanted string of pearls to take her place. Now, Vanja leads a lonely but lucrative double life as princess and jewel thief, charming nobility while emptying their coffers to fund her great escape. Then, one heist away from freedom, Vanja crosses the wrong god and is cursed to an untimely end: turning into jewels, stone by stone, for her greed.

Vanja has just two weeks to figure out how to break her curse and make her getaway. And with a feral guardian half-god, Gisele’s sinister fiancé, and an overeager junior detective on Vanja’s tail, she’ll have to pull the biggest grift yet to save her own life.]]> 512 Margaret Owen 1250191904 Kerrie 5 4.24 2021
author: Margaret Owen
name: Kerrie
average rating: 4.24
book published: 2021
rating: 5
read at: 2023/10/13
date added: 2024/12/20
shelves: did-i-cry-yeah-what-about-it, audible, favorites
review:
This book actually gave me similar vibes to daughter of the moon goddess!! I was hooked so fast but the romance was more slow burn and the plot was more intricate and a bit more gothic then full force fairytale mythology but still just as beautiful. I loved the main character and her journey to accept that she can be seen and loved as herself as well as all the complications that came with that journey. I think that starting where we did and then getting more of the backstory and future plot was absolutely perfect and I can’t wait to see what comes next!!!
]]> 195820804
Emma hadn't planned that her next assignment as a traveling nurse would be in Minnesota, but she and her best friend agree that dating Justin is too good of an opportunity to pass up, especially when they get to rent an adorable cottage on a private island on Lake Minnetonka.

It's supposed to be a quick fling, just for the summer. But when Emma's toxic mother shows up and Justin has to assume guardianship of his three siblings, they're suddenly navigating a lot more than they expected--including catching real feelings for each other. What if this time Fate has actually brought the perfect pair together?]]> 432 Abby Jimenez 1538767449 Kerrie 4 4.25 stars!!! 4.38 2024
author: Abby Jimenez
name: Kerrie
average rating: 4.38
book published: 2024
rating: 4
read at: 2024/09/23
date added: 2024/12/20
shelves: did-i-cry-yeah-what-about-it, audible
review:
4.25 stars!!!
]]> 57423631 For millennia, men have told the legend of the woman whose face launched a thousand ships--but now it's time to hear her side of the story. Daughters of Sparta is a tale of secrets, love, and tragedy from the women behind mythology's most devastating war, the infamous Helen and her sister Klytemnestra.

As princesses of Sparta, Helen and Klytemnestra have known nothing but luxury and plenty. With their high birth and unrivaled beauty, they are the envy of all of Greece. But such privilege comes at a cost. While still only girls, the sisters are separated and married to foreign kings of their father's choosing--the powerful Agamemnon, and his brother Menelaos. Yet even as Queens, each is only expected to do two things: birth an heir and embody the meek, demure nature that is expected of women.

But when the weight of their husbands' neglect, cruelty, and ambition becomes too heavy to bear, Helen and Klytemnestra must push against the constraints of their society to carve new lives for themselves, and in doing so, make waves that will ripple throughout the next three thousand years.

Daughters of Sparta is a vivid and illuminating reimagining of the Siege of Troy, told through the perspectives of two women whose voices have been ignored for far too long.

Required reading for fans of Circe, and a remarkable, thrilling debut.
--Fiona Davis, New York Times bestselling author of The Lions of Fifth Avenue

"[A] gorgeous retelling of the classic Greek myth... Absolutely riveting!"
--Alka Joshi, New York Times bestselling author of The Henna Artist]]> 370 Claire Heywood 0593184378 Kerrie 5 3.86 2021
author: Claire Heywood
name: Kerrie
average rating: 3.86
book published: 2021
rating: 5
read at: 2023/10/07
date added: 2024/12/20
shelves: did-i-cry-yeah-what-about-it, audible
review:
I think Claire Heywood writes Greek myth retellings so beautifully even if they absolutely break my heart. Both girls stories was absolutely heart wrenching and hopeful but despite how much I struggled listening to their story I couldn’t stop.
]]> 61361681 For fans of Madeline Miller's Circe, a stunning debut following Clytemnestra, the most notorious villainess of the ancient world and the events that forged her into the legendary queen.

As for queens, they are either hated or forgotten. She already knows which option suits her best...

You were born to a king, but you marry a tyrant. You stand by helplessly as he sacrifices your child to placate the gods. You watch him wage war on a foreign shore, and you comfort yourself with violent thoughts of your own. Because this was not the first offence against you. This was not the life you ever deserved. And this will not be your undoing. Slowly, you plot.

But when your husband returns in triumph, you become a woman with a choice.

Acceptance or vengeance, infamy follows both. So, you bide your time and force the gods' hands in the game of retribution. For you understood something long ago that the others never did.

If power isn't given to you, you have to take it for yourself.

A blazing novel set in the world of Ancient Greece for fans of Jennifer Saint and Natalie Haynes, this is a thrilling tale of power and prophecies, of hatred, love, and of an unforgettable Queen who fiercely dealt out death to those who wronged her.]]> 435 Costanza Casati 1728268230 Kerrie 4 4.22 2023
author: Costanza Casati
name: Kerrie
average rating: 4.22
book published: 2023
rating: 4
read at: 2023/10/16
date added: 2024/12/20
shelves: did-i-cry-yeah-what-about-it, audible
review:
4.5 stars!! Women set on revenge
]]> 62197594
Enter Logan, the gorgeous, foul-mouthed stranger she meets at a hotel bar. Audacious and filterless, Logan is Alexis's opposite-and boy, do opposites attract! Just as she's about to fulfill her hookup wish, the hotel catches fire in a freak lightning storm. In their rush to escape, Logan is discovered carrying her into the street, where people are waiting with cameras. Cameras Logan promptly-and shockingly-flees.

Alexis is bewildered until suddenly pictures of her and Logan escaping the fire are all over the internet. Turns out Logan is none other than Logan Arthur, the hotshot candidate challenging the Texas governor's seat. The salacious scandal is poised to sink his career-and jeopardize Alexis's job-until a solution is he and Alexis could pretend to be in a relationship until election day…in two months. What could possibly go wrong?]]> 384 Ashley Winstead 1525804960 Kerrie 4 3.75 2023
author: Ashley Winstead
name: Kerrie
average rating: 3.75
book published: 2023
rating: 4
read at: 2024/03/28
date added: 2024/12/20
shelves: comfort-reads, did-i-cry-yeah-what-about-it, favorites, audible
review:
My initially higher review was absolutely influenced by the fact that I relate to the FMC but also the MMC is amazing!! I liked this book a lot more than I thought that I would and despite it being in the romance genre I found myself focused more on the election campaign and how she influenced public opinion. Alexis’s character development was absolutely beautiful and I loved what she ended up using the campaign to do as well as how her story ended. I like stories that can develop the relationship as well the individuals because they both grew (although it’s more obvious with Alexis) through these events.
]]> 207003161 Torn apart by war. Reunited by love?

Two weeks have passed since Iris returned home bruised and heartbroken from the front, but the war is far from over.

Roman is missing, lost behind enemy lines, with no memory of his past, or Iris. Hoping his memories return, he begins to write again �� but this time for the enemy.

When a strange letter arrives through his wardrobe door, he strikes up a correspondence with a penpal who seems at once mysterious�� and strangely familiar.

As their connection deepens, the two of them will risk their very hearts and futures to change the tides of the war.]]> Rebecca Ross Kerrie 5 4.11 2023
author: Rebecca Ross
name: Kerrie
average rating: 4.11
book published: 2023
rating: 5
read at: 2023/12/26
date added: 2024/12/20
shelves: comfort-reads, did-i-cry-yeah-what-about-it, favorites, bookish-box, fairyloot, owlcrate, audible
review:
How can I give this book more than 5 stars? I cannot describe how just incredible this book was. It definitely leaned more into the fantasy elements than the first book did as well as build on the relationships formed which I thought was just masterfully done. I adored everything about this book and I cannot believe I have to live in a world where Roman Kitt is fictional and I can’t be best friends with Iris and Attie and Tobias. The writing is so descriptive and immersive that you feel like you are there with them living the situations, seeing the places and feeling all the emotions the characters are feeling. This is one of those stories that will stick with you long after you finish it and I cannot recommend it enough!
]]> 43198847
Aelin has risked everything to save her people-but at a tremendous cost. Locked within an iron coffin by the Queen of the Fae, Aelin must draw upon her fiery will as she endures months of torture. Aware that yielding to Maeve will doom those she loves keeps her from breaking, though her resolve begins to unravel with each passing day��

With Aelin captured, Aedion and Lysandra remain the last line of defense to protect Terrasen from utter destruction. Yet they soon realize that the many allies they've gathered to battle Erawan's hordes might not be enough to save them. Scattered across the continent and racing against time, Chaol, Manon, and Dorian are forced to forge their own paths to meet their fates. Hanging in the balance is any hope of salvation-and a better world.

And across the sea, his companions unwavering beside him, Rowan hunts to find his captured wife and queen-before she is lost to him forever.

As the threads of fate weave together at last, all must fight, if they are to have a chance at a future. Some bonds will grow even deeper, while others will be severed forever in the explosive final chapter of the Throne of Glass series.]]> 992 Sarah J. Maas 1619636123 Kerrie 5 Reread review: 5 stars ]]> 4.77 2018
author: Sarah J. Maas
name: Kerrie
average rating: 4.77
book published: 2018
rating: 5
read at: 2024/01/16
date added: 2024/12/20
shelves: did-i-cry-yeah-what-about-it, audible
review:
Original review: 4.25 stars
Reread review: 5 stars
]]> 61240284 Danae: Banished from her homeland thanks to a prophecy foretelling that her unborn child will one day cause the death of her father, the king of Argos, Danae finds herself stranded, pregnant, and alone in a remote fishing village. It's a harsh new world for a young woman who grew up as a coddled princess, and forging a new life for herself and for her young son Perseus will be the hardest thing she's ever done.

Medusa: As a member of a reclusive band of women who live deep in the woods, known as the Gorgons, Medusa has eschewed all contact with the outside world. That is, until the day she finds an injured boy named Perseus in the forest.

Andromeda: When a harsh sandstorm threatens to destroy her nomadic desert tribe's way of life, Andromeda knows that a sacrifice will be required to appease the gods and end the storm. But when a forceful young Perseus interferes, Andromeda's life is set on an entirely new path.

As Perseus becomes increasingly obsessed with the promise of his own destiny, his heroic journey casts a shadow of violence and destruction across all three women's lives. But even as he tries to silence them, the women may find that reclaiming their voices is their only hope for lifting themselves into a better future.

Nationally bestselling author of Daughters of Sparta Claire Heywood returns with an imaginative and female-centered reinterpretation of the myth of the great hero Perseus, told through the voices of three women who are sidelined in the traditional version--his mother, Danae; his trophy, Medusa; and his wife, Andromeda--but whose viewpoints reveal a man who is not, in fact, a hero at all.]]> 289 Claire Heywood 0593471555 Kerrie 5 3.63 2023
author: Claire Heywood
name: Kerrie
average rating: 3.63
book published: 2023
rating: 5
read at: 2023/03/27
date added: 2024/12/20
shelves: did-i-cry-yeah-what-about-it, favorites, audible
review:

]]> 50056075 A woman struggling with burnout learns to embrace the unexpected—and the man she enlists to help her—in this new New York Times bestselling romance by Helen Hoang.

When violinist Anna Sun accidentally achieves career success with a viral YouTube video, she finds herself incapacitated and burned out from her attempts to replicate that moment. And when her longtime boyfriend announces he wants an open relationship before making a final commitment, a hurt and angry Anna decides that if he wants an open relationship, then she does, too. Translation: She’s going to embark on a string of one-night stands. The more unacceptable the men, the better.

That’s where tattooed, motorcycle-riding Quan Diep comes in. Their first attempt at a one-night stand fails, as does their second, and their third, because being with Quan is more than sex—he accepts Anna on an unconditional level that she herself has just started to understand. However, when tragedy strikes Anna’s family she takes on a role that she is ill-suited for, until the burden of expectations threatens to destroy her. Anna and Quan have to fight for their chance at love, but to do that, they also have to fight for themselves.]]> 339 Helen Hoang 0451490843 Kerrie 4 3.91 2021
author: Helen Hoang
name: Kerrie
average rating: 3.91
book published: 2021
rating: 4
read at: 2024/07/30
date added: 2024/12/20
shelves: did-i-cry-yeah-what-about-it, libro-fm
review:
4.25 stars!! Cried, screamed absolutely adored this book despite a less than pleasing conflict resolution between the MCs and the pain I felt for them both in their individual lives.
]]> 123247704
Hunt Athalar has found himself in some deep holes in his life, but this one might be the deepest of all. After a few brief months with everything he ever wanted, he's in the Asteri's dungeons again, stripped of his freedom and without a clue as to Bryce's fate. He's desperate to help her, but until he can escape the Asteri's leash, his hands are quite literally tied.

In this sexy, breathtaking sequel to the #1 bestsellers House of Earth and Blood and House of Sky and Breath, Sarah J. Maas's Crescent City series reaches new heights as Bryce and Hunt's world is brought to the brink of collapse-with its future resting on their shoulders.]]> 852 Sarah J. Maas Kerrie 5

I saw someone (I think Destiny Sidwell) say that this book felt like a filler book and even when I finished I said that this book felt like one that you’ll enjoy more once you have the next one. ]]> 4.40 2024
author: Sarah J. Maas
name: Kerrie
average rating: 4.40
book published: 2024
rating: 5
read at: 2024/02/01
date added: 2024/12/20
shelves: did-i-cry-yeah-what-about-it, audible
review:
This is probably a 4.5 star for now but it’s hard to rate. I have a string emotional attachment to these characters but not as strong as ACOTAR despite liking this series more. This one was disappointing but only because it felt predictable in a way that SJM normally isn’t. It was very reminiscent of past books she’s written which was kind of annoying but understandable In certain parts. I wasn’t as upset about the autumn kings “character destruction�� that a lot of people point out because despite moments of him showing care I never trusted it because for every moment of hidden care there was 5 revealed of hidden cruelty. He plays both sides until he finds the one that serves him best and that was never the side of his children cause he never thought they were enough. There was also a lot of Bryce slander which again to an extent I get because in the original world of the fae (Velaris) she wasn’t great to them and she wasn’t the most understanding to Hunt. However no one was very open with each other in Velaris and they openly said to her (If I’m remembering correctly) that they weren’t going to let her go back to her world and risk the asteri coming back to their world. They were going to keep her from her brother and mate who were being tortured, from her friends and family who have risked so much and are in danger to keep themselves safe which is valid in their perspective but in Bryce’s POV she’s going to do whatever she has to to get home. If you put Rhys in her place he would’ve killed anyone who tried to stop him from going after Feyre and I doubt anyone would’ve said anything but I think everyone is more attached to ACOTAR characters which understandable so they’re seeing it more from their side. I still really enjoyed this book and seeing a lot of the callbacks to TOG and potential paths for the future of ACOTAR. I’m disappointed that SJM didn’t do more with the crossover elements but there is still potential to continue crossing over and we don’t know where she’ll continue.


I saw someone (I think Destiny Sidwell) say that this book felt like a filler book and even when I finished I said that this book felt like one that you’ll enjoy more once you have the next one.
]]> 61713106
Since then, I've sworn never to love anyone again. With three exceptions: My friends, Sony, Neo, and Coeur, a little gang of rebellious, dying kids. Sony leads the charge with the air of freedom and only one lung to breathe it. Neo, a bad-tempered and wheel-chaired writer, keeps track of our great deeds from stealing to terrorizing our nurse. Coeur is the beautiful boy, the muscle, the gentle giant with a failing heart.

Before death inevitably knocks down our doors, my thieves and I have one last heist planned. A great escape that will take us far from abusive parents, crippling loss, and the realities of our diseases. So what happens when someone else walks through the door? What happens when a girl joins our party and renders me speechless with her mischievous smile? What happens when she has suns in her eyes, and as terrified as I am to lose again, I start to fall?

Trigger warnings found in foreword

Written By Lancali]]> 402 Lancali Kerrie 4 3.86 2022
author: Lancali
name: Kerrie
average rating: 3.86
book published: 2022
rating: 4
read at: 2023/06/25
date added: 2024/12/20
shelves: did-i-cry-yeah-what-about-it, audible
review:
4.5 Stars!!! Beautiful Beautiful Beautiful! Absolutely heartbreaking and I was sobbing majority of the time (I listened to the audiobook at work which made the sobbing very awkward cause people kept walking by). The found family was beautifully written and I loved reading about their adventures and watching them cope, live, and grow together. I understand why some people felt that there was too much effort for quote worthy material but honestly it wasn’t that bad and I actually enjoyed it for the most part. I actually found it quite fitting once you understand the characters.
]]> 51075274 Her life for freedom. Her blood for love. Her soul for vengeance.

Ripped from a forgotten homeland as a child, Tisaanah learned how to survive with nothing but a sharp wit and a touch of magic. But the night she tries to buy her freedom, she barely escapes with her life.

Desperate to save the best friend she left behind, Tisaanah journeys to the Orders, the most powerful organization of magic Wielders in the world. But to join their ranks, she must complete an apprenticeship with Maxantarius Farlione, a handsome and reclusive fire wielder who despises the Orders.

The Orders�� intentions are cryptic, and Tisaanah must prove herself under the threat of looming war. Even more dangerous are her growing feelings for Maxantarius. The bloody past he wants to forget may be the key to her future�� or the downfall of them both.

But Tisaanah will stop at nothing to save those she abandoned. Even if it means gambling in the Orders�� deadly games. Even if it means sacrificing her heart.

Even if it means wielding death itself.]]> 550 Carissa Broadbent 0998461938 Kerrie 5 4.13 2020
author: Carissa Broadbent
name: Kerrie
average rating: 4.13
book published: 2020
rating: 5
read at: 2024/08/01
date added: 2024/12/20
shelves: did-i-cry-yeah-what-about-it, audible
review:

]]> 215347487 Love is a sacrifice at the altar of power.

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

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

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

But with enemies closing in on all sides, nothing is as it seems. As she unravels her past and faces her future, Oraya finds herself forced to choose between the bloody reality of seizing power �� and the devastating love that could be her downfall.]]> 578 Carissa Broadbent Kerrie 5 4.13 2023
author: Carissa Broadbent
name: Kerrie
average rating: 4.13
book published: 2023
rating: 5
read at: 2024/11/18
date added: 2024/12/20
shelves: did-i-cry-yeah-what-about-it, favorites, audible
review:
So many secrets and mysteries to uncover as well as new ones to hide. Reeling from the events of the last book, going into this one dealing with everyone’s trauma and growing into their powers was just a beautiful journey. Oraya reminds me a lot of Jude but a lot more vulnerable in her own mind. I think that the way she processed Vincent’s death slowly throughout this book as well as accepting that he wasn’t the man she thought he was but she still loves him anyways was just magnificent. Raihn being that ever present supporter for her journey and pushing her where necessary was perfection and even her snapping at him for forcing her to kill him because he couldn’t kill her perfection. This book was just so good. I’m excited to see how they handle ruling together as their lives are now intertwined and so are their people. I can’t wait to see how they handle a goddess coming after them in the future as well as whatever Septimus decides to do.
]]> 123027751
Six roses. Six vials of blood. Six visits to a vampire who could be her salvation�� or her damnation.

Lilith has been dying since the day she was born. But while she long ago came to terms with her own imminent death, the deaths of everyone she loves is an entirely different matter. As her town slowly withers in the clutches of a mysterious god-cursed illness, she takes matters into her own hands.

Desperate to find a cure, Lilith strikes a bargain with the only thing the gods hate even more than her village: a vampire, Vale. She offers him six roses in exchange for six vials of vampire blood–the one hope for her town’s salvation.

But when what begins as a simple transaction gradually becomes something more, Lilith is faced with a terrifying realization: It’s dangerous to wander into the clutches of a vampire�� and in a place already suffering a god’s wrath, more dangerous still to fall in love with one.]]> 187 Carissa Broadbent Kerrie 5 4.24 2023
author: Carissa Broadbent
name: Kerrie
average rating: 4.24
book published: 2023
rating: 5
read at: 2024/11/14
date added: 2024/12/20
shelves: comfort-reads, did-i-cry-yeah-what-about-it, favorites, audible
review:
I genuinely thought people were crazy when they said this was better than the serpent and the wings of night but this was incredible! I have no criticisms whatsoever I love everything about it and I need this book engraved in my brain
]]> 212247991 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.]]> 450 Carissa Broadbent Kerrie 5 4.33 2022
author: Carissa Broadbent
name: Kerrie
average rating: 4.33
book published: 2022
rating: 5
read at: 2024/11/14
date added: 2024/12/20
shelves: did-i-cry-yeah-what-about-it, favorites, bookish-box, fairyloot, owlcrate, audible
review:

]]> 33555224
Citra, now a junior scythe under Scythe Curie, sees the corruption and wants to help change it from the inside out, but is thwarted at every turn, and threatened by the “new order�� scythes. Realizing she cannot do this alone—or even with the help of Scythe Curie and Faraday, she does the unthinkable, and risks being “deadish�� so she can communicate with the Thunderhead—the only being on earth wise enough to solve the dire problems of a perfect world. But will it help solve those problems, or simply watch as perfection goes into decline?]]> 504 Neal Shusterman 1442472456 Kerrie 5 4.38 2018
author: Neal Shusterman
name: Kerrie
average rating: 4.38
book published: 2018
rating: 5
read at: 2023/09/07
date added: 2024/12/20
shelves: favorites, did-i-cry-yeah-what-about-it, audible
review:
There were so many twists in this book I couldn’t predict anything. I love every insight that the thunderheads perspective adds in this book. Watching everyone’s mentality shift and decide whether or not to stick to their core beliefs. It’s also interesting how the story can focus so wholly on both a persons humanity and the way Ai can grow and affect society That ending threw me for a loop I literally could not put it down despite the fact that I should’ve been asleep 2 hours ago.
]]> 126062562
When Celaena's scheming master, Arobynn Hamel, dispatches her on missions that take her from remote islands to hostile deserts, she finds herself acting independently of his wishes—and questioning her own allegiance. Along the way, she makes friends and enemies alike, and discovers that she feels far more for Sam than just friendship. But by defying Arobynn’s orders, Celaena risks unimaginable punishment, and with Sam by her side, he is in danger, too. They will have to risk it all if they hope to escape Arobynn’s clutches—and if they fail, they’ll lose not just a chance at freedom, but their lives . . .

A prequel to Throne of Glass, this collection of five novellas offers readers a deeper look into the history of this cunning assassin and her enthralling—and deadly—world.

Included in this volume:
The Assassin and the Pirate Lord
The Assassin and the Healer
The Assassin and the Desert
The Assassin and the Underworld
The Assassin and the Empire]]> 451 Sarah J. Maas 1619632217 Kerrie 4 4.16 2014
author: Sarah J. Maas
name: Kerrie
average rating: 4.16
book published: 2014
rating: 4
read at: 2024/08/16
date added: 2024/12/20
shelves: did-i-cry-yeah-what-about-it, audible
review:
Not gonna lie feeling kinda empty after that. Sam’s death killed me and I even had warning that it was coming and could see warning bells from a mile away. I was able to predict a lot of the betrayal and could see the foreshadowed death and some of the behind the scenes deals that played out before the happened (still thought they worked well with the story and were believable because the MC is only 16 and still learning) but I still felt the emotions. Rating this one was kind of hard because afterwards I really felt what she felt which was pretty much nothing. I felt kind of numb for a little bit which I guess is a sign of good writing. I felt the story with the healer was meant to show some character development as well as foreshadow her finding the good in leaving to grow however I didn’t care for it much and found it kind of boring. Overall really liked it and I’m excited to continue with the series.
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Hunt Athalar is a notorious Fallen angel, now enslaved to the Archangels he once attempted to overthrow. His brutal skills and incredible strength have been set to one purpose-to assassinate his boss's enemies, no questions asked. But with a demon wreaking havoc in the city, he's offered an irresistible deal: help Bryce find the murderer, and his freedom will be within reach.

As Bryce and Hunt dig deep into Crescent City's underbelly, they discover a dark power that threatens everything and everyone they hold dear, and they find, in each other, a blazing passion-one that could set them both free, if they'd only let it.

With unforgettable characters, sizzling romance, and page-turning suspense, this richly inventive new fantasy series by #1 New York Times bestselling author Sarah J. Maas delves into the heartache of loss, the price of freedom-and the power of love.]]> 803 Sarah J. Maas 1635574048 Kerrie 5 4.43 2020
author: Sarah J. Maas
name: Kerrie
average rating: 4.43
book published: 2020
rating: 5
read at: 2024/01/25
date added: 2024/12/20
shelves: did-i-cry-yeah-what-about-it, comfort-reads, favorites, audible
review:

]]> 76706470 576 Sarah J. Maas Kerrie 4
Reread review: 4.75 stars more enjoyable the second time around for sure but something is stopping me from giving it the full 5 stars and idk what it is. On the second read it was a lot less irritating jumping POVs and seeing ‘new�� characters and storylines since I understand why they’re necessary now lol. ]]> 4.44 2014
author: Sarah J. Maas
name: Kerrie
average rating: 4.44
book published: 2014
rating: 4
read at: 2024/12/16
date added: 2024/12/20
shelves: did-i-cry-yeah-what-about-it, audible
review:
4.5 stars better than the second book but not quite as good as throne of glass.

Reread review: 4.75 stars more enjoyable the second time around for sure but something is stopping me from giving it the full 5 stars and idk what it is. On the second read it was a lot less irritating jumping POVs and seeing ‘new�� characters and storylines since I understand why they’re necessary now lol.
]]> 561456
But when you're the son of a Greek god, it happens. And now my friend Annabeth is missing, a goddess is in chains and only five half-blood heroes can join the quest to defeat the doomsday monster.

Oh, and guess what? The Oracle has predicted that not all of us will survive...]]> 352 Rick Riordan Kerrie 5 4.37 2007
author: Rick Riordan
name: Kerrie
average rating: 4.37
book published: 2007
rating: 5
read at: 2023/11/16
date added: 2024/12/17
shelves: did-i-cry-yeah-what-about-it, comfort-reads, favorites, bookish-box, illumicrate-afterlight
review:
Reread number lord knows how many and I still bawl like a baby
]]> 50093704 Where do you see yourself in five years?

When Type-A Manhattan lawyer Dannie Kohan is asked this question at the most important interview of her career, she has a meticulously crafted answer at the ready. Later, after nailing her interview and accepting her boyfriend's marriage proposal, Dannie goes to sleep knowing she is right on track to achieve her five-year plan.

But when she wakes up, she’s suddenly in a different apartment, with a different ring on her finger, and beside a very different man. The television news is on in the background, and she can just make out the scrolling date. It’s the same night—December 15—but 2025, five years in the future.

After a very intense, shocking hour, Dannie wakes again, at the brink of midnight, back in 2020. She can’t shake what has happened. It certainly felt much more than merely a dream, but she isn’t the kind of person who believes in visions. That nonsense is only charming coming from free-spirited types, like her lifelong best friend, Bella. Determined to ignore the odd experience, she files it away in the back of her mind.

That is, until four-and-a-half years later, when by chance Dannie meets the very same man from her long-ago vision.

Brimming with joy and heartbreak, In Five Years is an unforgettable love story that reminds us of the power of loyalty, friendship, and the unpredictable nature of destiny.]]> 272 Rebecca Serle 1982137444 Kerrie 2 did-i-cry-yeah-what-about-it 3.74 2020
author: Rebecca Serle
name: Kerrie
average rating: 3.74
book published: 2020
rating: 2
read at: 2024/12/15
date added: 2024/12/15
shelves: did-i-cry-yeah-what-about-it
review:
WTF did I just read and how was it both something I enjoyed and Hated with a burning passion.
]]> 203578730 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.]]> 325 Ann Liang 1250289467 Kerrie 4

Thank you NetGalley for the eARC!!]]> 3.83 2024
author: Ann Liang
name: Kerrie
average rating: 3.83
book published: 2024
rating: 4
read at: 2024/09/30
date added: 2024/09/30
shelves: netgalley, did-i-cry-yeah-what-about-it
review:
4.25 stars!!! This book was absolutely incredible and depicted the more emotional aspects of the fight for justice and the more hidden and darker aspects of rebellion not often spoken about! I absolutely loved every moment in our main characters perspective as she navigates this dangerous undercover situation as well as the complicated feelings that arise throughout her time. I also really enjoyed how this talked about women’s contribution to war and how oftentimes they go unrembered or underappreciated. I think this book is such a fresh take on the war aspect in books and would love to see more of it in books.


Thank you NetGalley for the eARC!!
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Prince Corrick is out of options. Held captive by the vicious Oren Crane, he’s desperate to reunite with Tessa, but will need to ally with the rebel leader Lochlan, who until now wished him dead. An unlikely but deadly pair, Corrick and Lochlan must plot their next moves carefully.

An island away, Tessa Cade is heartbroken and angry. Grieving Corrick, and unsure how to find a way back to Kandala, she doesn’t know who to trust. Until Rian—the man she trusts least—makes an offer: aid in a plot to finally oust Oren Crane and see what the future holds . . .

Meanwhile in Kandala, Harristan is dethroned and on the run. He’s struggling to unite the rebels in his fractured kingdom, but he finds support—and maybe more—in unexpected places.

Can Harristan be the king his people need? Can Corrick and Tessa find their way back to each other? As outside threats loom and the fires of revolution burn from within, time is running out to save their kingdom.

In the thrilling conclusion to the Defy the Night series, Brigid Kemmerer crafts heartrending twists and devastating turns that will keep readers breathless to the very end.]]> 550 Brigid Kemmerer 1547613238 Kerrie 5 did-i-cry-yeah-what-about-it 4.18 2024
author: Brigid Kemmerer
name: Kerrie
average rating: 4.18
book published: 2024
rating: 5
read at: 2024/09/16
date added: 2024/09/16
shelves: did-i-cry-yeah-what-about-it
review:
4.75! Absolutely perfect ending to the series
]]> 30628062
What if everything you set yourself up to be was wrong?

Frances has been a study machine with one goal. Nothing will stand in her way; not friends, not a guilty secret �� not even the person she is on the inside. Then Frances meets Aled, and for the first time she's unafraid to be herself.

So when the fragile trust between them is broken, Frances is caught between who she was and who she longs to be. Now Frances knows that she has to confront her past. To confess why Carys disappeared��

Frances is going to need every bit of courage she has.

Engaging with themes of identity, diversity and the freedom to choose, Radio Silence is a tour de force by the most exciting writer of her generation.]]> 496 Alice Oseman Kerrie 5 did-i-cry-yeah-what-about-it 4.75 stars!!! 4.13 2016
author: Alice Oseman
name: Kerrie
average rating: 4.13
book published: 2016
rating: 5
read at: 2024/08/26
date added: 2024/08/26
shelves: did-i-cry-yeah-what-about-it
review:
4.75 stars!!!
]]> 10025305
With the help of the handsome, self-destructive Will and the fiercely devoted Jem, Tessa discovers that the Magister’s war on the Shadowhunters is deeply personal. He blames them for a long-ago tragedy that shattered his life. To unravel the secrets of the past, the trio journeys from mist-shrouded Yorkshire to a manor house that holds untold horrors, from the slums of London to an enchanted ballroom where Tessa discovers that the truth of her parentage is more sinister than she had imagined. When they encounter a clockwork demon bearing a warning for Will, they realize that the Magister himself knows their every move—and that one of their own has betrayed them.

Tessa finds her heart drawn more and more to Jem, but her longing for Will, despite his dark moods, continues to unsettle her. But something is changing in Will—the wall he has built around himself is crumbling. Could finding the Magister free Will from his secrets and give Tessa the answers about who she is and what she was born to do?

As their dangerous search for the Magister and the truth leads the friends into peril, Tessa learns that when love and lies are mixed, they can corrupt even the purest heart.]]> 498 Cassandra Clare 1416975888 Kerrie 5 did-i-cry-yeah-what-about-it 4.42 2011
author: Cassandra Clare
name: Kerrie
average rating: 4.42
book published: 2011
rating: 5
read at: 2024/08/16
date added: 2024/08/16
shelves: did-i-cry-yeah-what-about-it
review:
4.75 stars! Sobbing. In physical pain cause of this book! Any ways great book everyone should read it
]]> 101145836
Maple Hills students Russ Callaghan and Aurora Roberts cross paths at a party celebrating the end of the academic year, where a drinking game results in them having a passionate one-night stand. Never one to overstay her welcome (or expect much from a man), Aurora slips away before Russ even has the chance to ask for her full name.

Imagine their surprise when they bump into each other on the first day of the summer camp where they are both counselors, hoping to escape their complicated home lives by spending the summer working. Russ hopes if he gets far enough away from Maple Hills, he can avoid dealing with the repercussions of his father’s gambling addiction, while Aurora is tired of craving attention from everyone around her, and wants to go back to the last place she truly felt at home.

Russ knows breaking the camp’s strict “no staff fraternizing�� rule will have him heading back to Maple Hills before the summer is over, but unfortunately for him, Aurora has never been very good at caring about the rules. Will the two learn to peacefully coexist? Or did their one night together start a fire they can’t put out?]]> 387 Hannah Grace 1668026279 Kerrie 5 Listen�� I loved this book 3.81 2023
author: Hannah Grace
name: Kerrie
average rating: 3.81
book published: 2023
rating: 5
read at: 2024/07/04
date added: 2024/07/05
shelves: did-i-cry-yeah-what-about-it, comfort-reads, favorites
review:
Listen�� I loved this book
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But love works in surprising ways, and Nick is discovering all kinds of things about his friends, his family ... and himself.]]> 320 Alice Oseman 1338617516 Kerrie 5 4.57 2019
author: Alice Oseman
name: Kerrie
average rating: 4.57
book published: 2019
rating: 5
read at: 2024/06/16
date added: 2024/06/16
shelves: did-i-cry-yeah-what-about-it, favorites, comfort-reads
review:
Boyfriends with mutual unproblematic communication issues
]]> 62673140 212 Ichigo Takano 1685794548 Kerrie 5 4.20 2022
author: Ichigo Takano
name: Kerrie
average rating: 4.20
book published: 2022
rating: 5
read at: 2023/06/02
date added: 2024/02/21
shelves: comfort-reads, did-i-cry-yeah-what-about-it
review:

]]> 26247042 An Epic Love Story Across Time

Naho immediately feels a connection to the new boy who has transferred to her class. Kakeru is calm, kind, and seems to like Naho as well. But their relationship gets thrown for a loop when Naho receives a letter from the future. The letter explains that Kakeru will die unless Naho does exactly as the letter says. But changing fate is no easy task. When the letter starts to get things wrong, Naho worries that she will still lose Kakeru forever. Luckily, Naho has her friends to back her up. Not only do they want to see Naho and Kakeru get together, they also have time-traveling letters of their own...

Orange: The Complete Collection 2 also includes a bonus story, Haruiro Astronaut. This five chapter story is about a pair of twins who discover that they can't share everything in life--or at least not an alien that suddenly becomes a part of it.]]> 523 Ichigo Takano 1626922713 Kerrie 5 4.40 2016
author: Ichigo Takano
name: Kerrie
average rating: 4.40
book published: 2016
rating: 5
read at: 2023/06/02
date added: 2023/10/13
shelves: did-i-cry-yeah-what-about-it, comfort-reads, favorites
review:

]]> 25667474 A Plea From the Future

On the day that Naho begins 11th grade, she receives a letter from herself ten years in the future. At first, she writes it off as a prank, but as the letter’s predictions come true one by one, Naho realizes that the letter might be the real deal. Her future self tells Naho that a new transfer student, a boy named Kakeru, will soon join her class. The letter begs Naho to watch over him, saying that only Naho can save Kakeru from a terrible future. Who is this mystery boy, and can Naho save him from his destiny? This is the heart-wrenching sci-fi romance that has over million copies in print in Japan!]]> 523 Ichigo Takano 1626923027 Kerrie 5 4.43 2016
author: Ichigo Takano
name: Kerrie
average rating: 4.43
book published: 2016
rating: 5
read at: 2023/05/31
date added: 2023/10/13
shelves: did-i-cry-yeah-what-about-it, comfort-reads, favorites
review:

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After experiencing a series of dangerous--and frankly, humiliating--trials at Camp Half-Blood, Lester must now leave the relative safety of the demigod training ground and embark on a hair-raising journey across North America. Fortunately, what he lacks in godly graces he's gaining in new friendships--with heroes who will be very familiar to fans of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians and Heroes of Olympus series. Come along for what promises to be a harrowing, hilarious, and haiku-filled ride. . . .]]> 432 Rick Riordan 1484746422 Kerrie 5 did-i-cry-yeah-what-about-it 4.09 2017
author: Rick Riordan
name: Kerrie
average rating: 4.09
book published: 2017
rating: 5
read at: 2023/05/01
date added: 2023/10/13
shelves: did-i-cry-yeah-what-about-it
review:

]]> 50991951 If you could go back, who would you want to meet?

In a small back alley of Tokyo, there is a café that has been serving carefully brewed coffee for more than one hundred years. Local legend says that this shop offers something else besides coffee—the chance to travel back in time.

Over the course of one summer, four customers visit the café in the hopes of making that journey. But time travel isn’t so simple, and there are rules that must be followed. Most important, the trip can last only as long as it takes for the coffee to get cold.

Heartwarming, wistful, mysterious and delightfully quirky, Toshikazu Kawaguchi’s internationally bestselling novel explores the age-old question: What would you change if you could travel back in time?]]> 272 Toshikazu Kawaguchi 1335430997 Kerrie 5 did-i-cry-yeah-what-about-it 3.74 2015
author: Toshikazu Kawaguchi
name: Kerrie
average rating: 3.74
book published: 2015
rating: 5
read at: 2023/08/21
date added: 2023/10/13
shelves: did-i-cry-yeah-what-about-it
review:
Cried during 3/4 of the stories. Wholesome heartwarming stories that I will definitely end up Rereading. I adore this book
]]> 40940121 The 40th anniversary edition of the classic Newbery Medal-winning title by beloved author Katherine Paterson, with brand-new bonus materials including an author's note by Katherine herself and a foreword by New York Times bestselling author Kate DiCamillo.

Jess Aarons has been practicing all summer so he can be the fastest runner in the fifth grade. And he almost is, until the new girl in school, Leslie Burke, outpaces him. The two become fast friends and spend most days in the woods behind Leslie's house, where they invent an enchanted land called Terabithia. One morning, Leslie goes to Terabithia without Jess and a tragedy occurs. It will take the love of his family and the strength that Leslie has given him for Jess to be able to deal with his grief.

Bridge to Terabithia was also named an ALA Notable Children’s Book and has become a touchstone of children’s literature, as have many of Katherine Paterson’s other novels, including The Great Gilly Hopkins and Jacob Have I Loved.]]> 190 Katherine Paterson Kerrie 3 did-i-cry-yeah-what-about-it 4.18 1977
author: Katherine Paterson
name: Kerrie
average rating: 4.18
book published: 1977
rating: 3
read at: 2023/09/25
date added: 2023/10/12
shelves: did-i-cry-yeah-what-about-it
review:
3.5 stars I was hoping for a little bit more from the healing journey at the end of the book however I thoroughly enjoyed watching Leslie and Jess grow their friendship again. I’ve watched this movie many times (and cried each one) and have loved their relationship every time but reading about it was so special. Her death and his subsequent breakdown was absolutely heartbreaking to read but I was really hoping for a longer healing journey but I suppose it’s more accurate for the time it was written
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