en-US Thu, 12 Jun 2025 02:56:55 -0700 60 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg ReadStatus9538223162 Thu, 12 Jun 2025 02:56:55 -0700 /review/show/7648240496 Irida wants to read Brutal Ambition: A Secret Society Romance by Sam Mariano
]]> ReadStatus9538216550 Thu, 12 Jun 2025 02:52:43 -0700 /review/show/7036119809 Irida started reading Even if it Hurts by Sam Mariano
]]> Review7541829428 Wed, 11 Jun 2025 16:19:13 -0700 /review/show/7541829428 Irida has read Nights of Obedience (Vines & Venom, #1) by Rachel Mays
bookshelves: dnf
DNF @ 48% - people said this was supposed to be the dark fantasy version of Still Beating so I went into this excited.

Honestly the first 30% was boring but I pushed through until we got to the captivity part hoping it would pick up. The chemistry was lacking and so was the character depth.

Safe to say it didn’t get any better for me
]]> ReadStatus9534705273 Wed, 11 Jun 2025 05:36:40 -0700 /review/show/7645806831 Irida wants to read Sin With Me by Haley Tyler
]]> ReadStatus9534430990 Wed, 11 Jun 2025 03:18:39 -0700 /review/show/7645613651 Irida wants to read Radiance by Grace Draven
]]> Review7604619217 Tue, 10 Jun 2025 16:29:35 -0700 /review/show/7604619217 Irida gave 4 stars to Amid Clouds and Bones (Kindle Edition) by Ella Fields
bookshelves: arranged-marriage, enemies-to-lovers, fantasy-romance, love-triangle, morally-grey-mmc
This one is for my villain loving girls, prepare to fall in love with one of the meanest mmc’s I’ve ever read.

I didn’t want to put this down and I wish this had been a duet, but for a standalone dark romantasy? This was amazing.

The spice?? I’m telling you it was some top tier shit. I had to regain composure.

Trust me when I say just go into this completely blind and with a clear schedule cause you’ll not want to move. ]]> ReadStatus9526854603 Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:17:19 -0700 /review/show/7571083109 Irida wants to read Reckless Hearts by Jessa Wilder
]]> Review7634906017 Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:15:55 -0700 /review/show/7634906017 Irida gave 3 stars to Drowning Erin (Kindle Edition) by Elizabeth O'Roark
bookshelves: forbidden, frenemies-to-lovers, opposites-attract, second-chance
This was an angsty read but so worth the ride.

The two main characters have always wanted each other but masked their feelings as “hate�. After four years apart they’re forced to spend time together and confront their feelings head on. The only problem is, she’s engaged to his best friend.

Something I’ll always love about Elizabeth O’Roark’s books is that her characters will always feel like real people, and this book was exactly that. The mc’s felt so fleshed out, they had flaws and weaknesses that impacted their lives.

The mmc is terrified of relationships because of a traumatising past with an ex-girlfriend and the fmc is a chronic people pleaser who is in a dull relationship because it’s good on paper and also comes from a family who constantly burden her.


]]> ReadStatus9524341535 Sun, 08 Jun 2025 15:19:59 -0700 /review/show/7604619217 Irida started reading Amid Clouds and Bones by Ella Fields
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