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Books That Really Made Me Feel. Sorted by Genre!
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items 5 star reads (for me) I recommend! Sorted by genres
Do I often remember plots of books? Nope! But I’ll always be able to tell you how they made me feel
Sections
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Romantasy recs!! 💕✨
YA Contemporary
Adult Contemporary Romance
YA Fantasy
Historical Romance
Dystopian
Romantasy recs!! 💕✨
Great world building, sizzling slow burn and a story that will rip your heart out and leave you begging for the second book
Quicksilver by Callie Hart, Paperback | Barnes & Noble®
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YALL THIS BOOK WAS SO GOOD!! If you loved Fourth Wing, but wanted a bit more from it, this may be your answer. OR even if you loved it, I think you’ll love this one.
It’s a mix of Harry Potter, Fourth Wing, Arthurian legend and maybe the Hunger Games...
On Wings of Blood: Dark Academia Romance
Yall I don’t know how to possibly get across to you how GOOD this series is. Like I just want to take a bunch of copies and put them on the front table at all my local bookshops so more people can get exposed to it.
This series deserves the same hyp...
The Bond That Burns by Briar Boleyn
Ok so this is the prequel series, though it was published after From Blood and Ash. I’m reading through this first then rereading the FBAA series so I can be correct on timeline
A Shadow in the Ember (Flesh and Fire Series #1) - Barnes & Noble
This was so good!! And that ending!! I’ve been seeing this book everywhere on my feed and it’s def worth the hype. It’s bingeable— I read the whole thing in one sitting (well, I started it on my run but it still counts). I loved the enemies to lovers...
The Veiled Kingdom: Book 1 eBook
Daddy Nyktos 😈🤭
A Shadow in the Ember (Flesh and Fire Series #1)
This book was like Caraval with Hunger Games-esque stakes and bump it up quite a few notches. And throw in some sizzling spice. I loved it.
Like a hot ghost, suspense, mystery, and a forbidden romance? Sign me up!!
As a New Orleanian, I loved the N...
Phantasma by Kaylie Smith, Paperback
IM OBSESSED
Heartless Hunter: The Crimson Moth: Book 1 - Barnes & Noble
Somehow even better than the first book
Rebel Witch: The Crimson Moth: Book 2|Hardcover - Barnes & Noble
YA Contemporary
Most are romance but some aren’t
Watched and enjoyed the show and dove into the book! Definitely a quick, popcorn read but cute and entertaining !
My Life with the Walter Boys by Ali Novak, Paperback
Follow up to the first book and probably what season 2 will be based on!
Very of its age in the back and forths teenage relationships take— as well as the rollercoaster of emotion. I ate this book up like popcorn— I really enjoyed the first book an...
My Return to the Walter Boys|Paperback - Ali Novak - Barnes & Noble
This book is a love letter to all the gifted students out there who suffer(ed) endless burnout climbing up the tallest mountain only to reach the peak and still feel like you’re not good enough.
Jenna Chen is smart, but she’s not /as/ smart as her c...
I Am Not Jessica Chen by Ann Liang, Hardcover | Barnes & Noble®
Adult Contemporary Romance
This book had the power to make me both laugh and cry. The characters were so witty in their banter, and I enjoyed their chemistry so much, especially the radio conversations. And when we got down to the serious conversations— Aiden’s fear of commitm...
First-Time Caller by B.K. Borison, Paperback | Barnes & Noble®
Wow, what must it be like to be a debut author and just hit it completely out the park. I ADORED this book, and my abundant use of annotation tabs exemplifies it. It was a journey of growth, and filled with hilarious moments. The one liners in this b...
Any Trope but You: A Novel by Victoria Lavine, Paperback
This book had me BAWLING during certain parts alright 😭 in this great, big beautiful book we got two loves stories. One— the current grumpy/sunshine relationships forming between the two competing writers; and the other, a tragic love story that spa...
Great Big Beautiful Life (B&N Exclusive Edition) - Barnes & Noble
YA Fantasy
I loved this book so much! You have an incredibly strong and powerful (in more ways than one) female protagonist who’s part of a family of pirates. They get taken captive by Nightweavers who they were brought up to hate and despise. Turns out the lor...
Nightweaver (Deluxe Limited Edition) by R. M. Gray, Hardcover
If you liked Divine Rivals, I think you’d really enjoy this one!
Maeve is an orphan who has to keep her identity a secret. See her father destroyed a whole world, and now her last name can get her in trouble.
It’s dark academia and a portal fantasy...
The Otherwhere Post (A Good Morning America YA Book Club Pick)
Historical Romance
I’m not that big on historical romance, but Alexandra Vasti always manages to capture my heart with the humor and lovely flow of her prose. I fell in love with these characters so hard.
Arthur is this big brute (think Jamie Fraser before he fell fo...
Earl Crush: A Novel by Alexandra Vasti, Paperback | Barnes & Noble®
Dystopian
Brb crying 😭 😭 Haymitch deserved better
Sunrise on the Reaping (A Hunger Games Novel) - Barnes & Noble
DYSTOPIAN IS BACK BABY!
I really enjoyed the different elements brought about in this— the emotion drugs like Mean, Ambrosia, “Orange Haze”— and how everyone in the metro serves a purpose. They’re almost like robots with a certain task. Which is wil...
The Dividing Sky a book by Jill Tew