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Books That Left Me Emotionally Deceased 💀📚
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items Books that absolutely WRECKED me. 📚💀 Finished the last page and just sat there like…well, what am I supposed to do now?! 😂 Five stars. Zero emotional recovery.
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I honestly don’t even know how to explain this book. 😂 It is SO weird, but in the best possible way.
I went in expecting a speculative sci-fi story about these mysterious creatures called mimmoths suddenly appearing in Britain. And yes,...
The Strangers by Naomi Alderman
🎉📚 HAPPY PUB DAY to Children of the Wolf! 🐺🐝🔪
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Okay… this book might actually make my TOP 10 FAVORITE BOOKS EVER. 😳
I am ASTOUNDED by how much I loved this.
The title alone grabbed me, and I am so glad I gave this book a chance b...
Children of the Wolf by Abby Geni
Insane. Insanely good. And so WICKED. 😭🔪
I did a reread of Verity with my bestie before we go see the movie opening night, and I can confirm — it absolutely did NOT disappoint the second time around. If anything, knowing what was coming somehow ma...
Verity (Collector's Edition)
Insane. Insanely good. And so WICKED. 😭🔪
I did a reread of Verity with my bestie before we go see the movie opening night, and I can confirm — it absolutely did NOT disappoint the second time around. If anything, knowing what was coming somehow ma...
Verity: Hoover, Colleen - Books
WHY DID I SLEEP ON THIS FOR SO LONG?! 😭
I finally read ACOTAR and…okay, I GET IT. 😂
There was something about starting this book that gave me the same feeling I had reading Harry Potter for the first time. That excitement of discovering a complet...
A Court of Thorns and Roses: Maas, Sarah J.
THIS WAS SO GOOD. 😭👏🏻 Taylor Adams is quickly becoming an instant-read author for me because WHAT A RIDE.
Fast, twisty, completely addictive, and STRESSFUL. 😂 And the caves?! Absolutely freaking not. Being trapped underground is already one of m...
Her Last Breath: A Harrowing Thriller
WHAT A BANGER!! 💥🔥
I was SO excited when I got an advance copy of the newest Jack Reacher novel, and it absolutely did not disappoint!
I’ve been a longtime fan of the Reacher books, and lately I’ve become a BIG fan of the TV series too. Hello, Al...
Chain Reaction: A Reacher Novel (Book 31)
Magical. Purely magical. ✨
I completely understand the hype around The Night Circus now. This book didn’t feel like something I was reading—it felt like somewhere I went. 🎪🌙
Celia and Marco have been trained since childhood for a mysterious magic...
The Night Circus: A Novel - Erin Morgenstern
Amaya flies from Houston to Sri Lanka for her former best friend Kaavi’s week-long wedding celebration. Sounds lovely, right?
Except Amaya isn’t there to celebrate. 😬
She has exactly one week to make sure Kaavi does NOT marry Spencer—and she is fu...
You're Invited by Amanda Jayatissa
This book was INCREDIBLE. 😳🖤 I love horror, especially the kind that is dark, atmospheric, layered, and makes you wonder what the hell is actually happening—and Japanese Gothic delivered.
The writing immediately pulled me in. I genuinely never kne...
Japanese Gothic: A Folk Horror Dual-Timeline Novel
Not that this book needs my praise because EVERYONE is already talking about it, but WOW. I absolutely LOVED this. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️+++
I waited over TWO MONTHS for my library hold to finally come in, and now I’m sitting here thinking I need to buy a copy ...
Yesteryear: A GMA Book Club Pick: A Novel
I devoured this book like gossip I wasn’t supposed to hear. 😮💨🔥
June is insufferable. Delusional. Painfully insecure. And somehow completely convinced she’s the victim at all times — which makes her one of the most entertaining unreliable narrat...
Yellowface: A Novel by R. F. Kuang
Honestly? This book should be mandatory reading for every English major. Full stop. 🎓🔥
What an incredible book. It’s smart, emotional, challenging, and completely unlike anything I’ve read before. It took me a little while to fully get into it, bu...
Babel - Kuang, R.F.: Books
This book wrecked me in the best way. 😭📚
Demon Copperhead is devastating, powerful, and so incredibly well written. It’s a LONG book, but I honestly had such a hard time putting it down. Demon’s story completely pulled me in, and Barbara Kingsolve...
Demon Copperhead: A Pulitzer Prize Winner
This series just keeps getting better while simultaneously blowing my mind over and over again. 😂
Every single page is some unexpected, impossible, straight-up ridiculous situation, and if you asked me to explain what actually happened in this book...
The Gate of the Feral Gods: Dungeon Crawler Carl 4
Okay, I was EXTREMELY late to this one 😂 but now I completely understand the hype.
Old Hollywood glamour 🎬 scandal 💄 ambition, secrets, complicated relationships… this had so much more depth than I expected.
Evelyn is SUCH a fascinating characte...
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo: A Novel - Books
Ohhhh this one was GOOD. 😈🔥
This is easily one of the best Freida books I’ve read in a while. Debbie was absolutely unhinged, and honestly? I loved every second of it.
Female rage ✔️
Secrets on secrets ✔️
Morally messy characters ✔️
This was SUC...
Dear Debbie - McFadden, Freida: Kindle Store
This was unlike anything I’ve ever read. I had no idea what to expect and I was pleasantly surprised. I loved how Jodi turned a story about the pandemic into something thought provoking, eye opening and optimistic. I also thought tying in the near de...
Wish You Were Here: A Novel
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I absolutely adored this. 📚✨
Liv Green is a struggling writer working as a housekeeper when she lands a job cleaning for Essie Starling — a reclusive bestselling author who also happens to be one of Liv’s literary idols. What starts as ...
The Messy Lives of Book People: Humorous Women's
Okay but can I give this 10 stars?! 🔥
S.A. Cosby does it AGAIN. His books are just so freaking good, and King of Ashes might be one of his darkest yet. And when I say dark… I mean VERY dark. 😳
I listened to this one on audio and it was absolutely...
King of Ashes: A Novel by S. A. Cosby
Not my usual genre, but I liked this one A LOT. 🤭💙
Fake dating is definitely not my favorite romance trope because the whole thing is usually so ridiculous 😂 but somehow that ridiculousness really worked for me here. It was cute, funny, and I abs...
The Love Hypothesis: Hazelwood, Ali - Books
Fiona Davis at her finest. 👏🏻 This one seamlessly blends historical fiction, art-world intrigue, mystery, and an unexpectedly tender love story — and somehow, she manages to balance all of it without ever dropping a thread.
The dual timelines take...
The Stolen Queen - Kindle edition by Davis
Beautiful, heartbreaking, infuriating, and incredibly powerful. 💔
Chanel Miller is such a beautiful writer, and I’m so glad she chose to tell her story. This is obviously not an easy book to read, but it’s such an important one.
What really got me...
Know My Name: 9780241428283: Miller Chanel: Books
Oh, my heart! 💙✨ What an absolutely magical little book!
This book is pure sunshine in literary form. ☀️ It’s like curling up on a porch swing on a beautiful afternoon, with a cool breeze, a blue sky, and absolutely nowhere else you need to be.
It...
The House in the Cerulean Sea: Special Edition
WTAF DID I JUST READ?! 🤯
What an absolute fever dream of a book. Crime, mystery, horror, trauma, supernatural weirdness, romance (??), and a whole lot of WHAT THE ACTUAL HELL.
I don’t even know where to begin with this one. 😂
I immediately moved...
Headlights - Leede, CJ: Books
Witchy season is HERE! 🧙♀️🍂🖤 And this was such a PERFECT October read! Easily a TOP 5 Freida book for me!
I LOVE a good dual timeline, and this one was done so well! Going back and forth between the present day and 1692 during the Salem Witch Tr...
The Witch eBook : McFadden, Freida: Books
WOW. What a ride! 🤯🔪
I absolutely DEVOURED this book! I kept thinking I had everything figured out, only to realize I had absolutely no idea what was going on. 😂 And that ending?! DID NOT SEE IT COMING!
Six teenage boys are murdered, a seventh e...
The Good Lie - Torre, A. R.: Books
I absolutely LOVED this one!! 🥹📚💕
Who knew a bunch of nosy, cranky neighbors could completely steal my heart?! 😂🏡
When Shelley House is threatened with demolition, two very unlikely allies, 77-year-old Dorothy and 25-year-old Kat, find themsel...
Nosy Neighbors - Sampson, Freya: Kindle Store