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Books I’d Beg You to Read So We Can Scream Together📚🩷
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items i’m a total bookworm with a soft spot for romantasy, emotionally devastating plot twists, and morally gray characters who ruin my sleep schedule 😅📚 over the years (and, let’s be real, countless 2 a.m. reading binges), i’ve built this list of favori...
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Romantasy
Contemporary Romance
Fantasy
YA
Dark Fantasy
Romantasy
🐉🔥 this book gave me butterflies, battle trauma, and a new fictional man to obsess over. it’s like divergent + the hunger games got dragon wings and trauma therapy. i was not prepared for how much i’d feel!
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros, Paperback
💔 i didn’t take a single note while reading this because i was too busy being emotionally obliterated. i screamed. i sobbed. this sequel is ✨unwell✨, and so am i.
Iron Flame (Standard Edition) by Rebecca Yarros, Hardcover
🥀 i loved it slightly less than Iron Flame, but somehow it broke me even more?? pain. betrayal. longing. read with caution (and a glass of wine). 📍 not kidding — i shut the book and stared at the wall.
Onyx Storm (Standard Edition) by Rebecca Yarros, Hardcover
👑✨ this book felt like slipping into a fairytale that refuses to stay simple. it’s quiet yet powerful, with magic that sneaks up on you and characters who stay lodged in your chest. a gentle fantasy that still manages to break and rebuild you.
The Reluctant Queen (Fear & Focus #1)
Contemporary Romance
📚 prepare to fall in love and get emotionally wrecked by a boy who deserves softness and a girl who’s never known safety. it’s messy, slow, heartbreaking, and beautiful. the kind of book that makes you cancel plans just to keep reading. 📍 warning: ...
Binding 13 (Boys of Tommen #1) Paperback
🧠 this one broke me and then broke me again. i’m still recovering. it’s that sequel that makes you love the characters more but also makes you want to throw the book across the room. emotional rollercoaster is an understatement. 📍 gibsie is the hig...
Keeping 13 (B&N Exclusive Edition) (Boys of Tommen #2)
💔 this book is pain in paperback form. it’s raw, gritty, and gives you a deeper look into joey’s life before the main series — and once you know what he’s been through?? yeah. you’ll never be the same. 📍 heavy on the heartbreak. heavier on the love...
Saving 6 (Boys of Tommen #3)
🥃 my heart was shredded and tenderized like steak in this one. joey’s redemption arc is one of the best i’ve read — complicated, aching, so real. he fights for love even when he doesn’t think he deserves it. this book hurts. 📍 it’s the feral love +...
Redeeming 6 (Boys of Tommen #4)
🎤 gibsie’s book!! chaotic, hilarious, sweet, and surprisingly emotional — it’s giving golden retriever energy with a side of unhinged. if you’ve loved him since book one, this will make you want to hug your book. 📍 contains: iconic banter, soft boy...
Taming 7 (Boys of Tommen #5)
⚡ new POVs, new dynamics, and the same chaotic tommen boys energy we love. i wasn’t sure what to expect but this gave me found family feels and pulled me right back into the universe. not as gut-wrenching, but just as satisfying. 📍 no matter how muc...
Releasing 10 (Boys of Tommen #6)
🌤️ this book felt like sunshine after rain — tender, hopeful, and quietly powerful. lila’s grief is raw and real, but the found family and slow-burn romance wrapped me up like a hug. the banter? i was giggling and kicking my feet. happy tears guaran...
Cloudless by Katie B Wright Paperback
💔✨ this book captures grief and love in such a raw, beautiful way. lauren and lena’s story feels real and grounding, while the dual timelines show how love changes but still connects us across decades. heartfelt, refreshing, and quietly unforgettabl...
Totally and Completely Fine (Paperback)
🎖this isn’t a tearjerker, it’s a soul-wrecker. a raw military romance that will gut you in the best (and worst) ways — full-body sobs, smeared mascara, and a love story that holds you through relentless tragedy. devastating but unforgettable💌
The Last Letter (Paperback)
Fantasy
🏰 a slow-burn fantasy full of royalty, secrets, and characters who are constantly one choice away from betrayal. it’s character-driven, morally gray, and political in all the best ways. if you love found family, tension, and reluctant duty? this is ...
Sword Catcher by Cassandra Clare (Paperback)
🩸 everything you loved in book one? she raised the stakes and ripped the rug out from under us. betrayals?? devastating. slow burn?? burning. that final twist?? i gasped. i can’t say much without spoiling — just know you’ll need therapy (and book th...
The Ragpicker King by Cassandra Clare (Hardcover)
⚓ this book grabbed me by the throat in the first chapter and never let go. think dark magic, reluctant alliances, ✨ sizzling ✨ tension, and a morally gray sea captain who is one ‘touch her and die’ moment away from ruining your life (in the best way...
Wicked Sea and Sky (Curse of Ever Book 1) (eBook)
YA
🌞⚔️ this book is like watered down hunger games met mexican mythology and decided to throw glitter on the whole thing. queer, chaotic, and full of heart — teo’s journey is messy in the best way, with trials that test more than strength. it’s vibrant...
The Sunbearer Trials (Paperback #1)
Dark Fantasy
🖤🧪 still reading, but i’m already hooked. this is dark, sharp, and atmospheric—the kind of fantasy that feels like it’s pulling you under. i can tell it’s going to live in my head rent free.
Alchemised (Hardcover)