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Books That Left Me Emotionally Deceased 💀📚
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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
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🎉📚 HAPPY PUB DAY to Children of the Wolf! 🐺🐝🔪 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️+ 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
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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)
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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
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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.
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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
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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)
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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