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Every book I've read sorted by their star-rating from 1 to 5 ⭐
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5⭐

A five star read for me doesn't have to be perfect - but it has to be damn close

 
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Beautiful gothic romantasy
One Dark Window (The Shepherd King, 1)
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Beautifully devastating ending
Brandon Sanderson's "Mistborn: The Hero of Ages"
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One of my favourite fantasy series
S.A. Chakraborty's "The City of Brass"
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One of my favourite fantasy series
S. A. Chakraborty's "The Kingdom of Copper"
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One of my favourite fantasy series
S. A. Chakraborty's "The Empire of Gold"
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5
Shahrnush Parsipur's "Women without men"
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This story still lives with me
Antonie de Saint-Exupéry's "The Little Prince"
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Introduced me to romantasy
Sarah J. Mass' "A Court of Mist and Fury"
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Beautiful and touching
Markus Zusak's "The Book Thief"
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A classic for a reason
Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird"
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Heartbreaking
Hanya Yanagihara's "A Little Life"
 
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First Colleen hoover book I read
Colleen Hoover's "It Ends with Us"
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Remember this leaving an impression on me
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
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Still recommend this to people who love historical fiction
Heather Morris' "The Tattooist of Auschwitz"
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Really liked this series
Dragon's Ground (Desert Cursed #2)
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Really liked this series
Jinn's Dominion (Desert Cursed Series)
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Reality tv-drama as a fantasy book series
Ruthless Fae (Zodiac Academy, #2)
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Reality tv-drama as a fantasy book series
The Reckoning (Zodiac Academy #3)
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Really liked this series
Witch's Reign (Desert Cursed Series Book 1)
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Very cute
Ali Hazelwood's "Love on the Brain"
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Papa's book
Niels Ole Busk's "Lidenskabens pris"
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One of my favourite books of all time
Haruki Murakami's "Kafka on the Shore"
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Very cute read
Satoshi Yagisawa's "Days at the Morisaki Bookshop"
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Nostalgic wonder
H. C. Andersen's "Tales for Christmas"
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One of my favourite books of all time
Haruki Murakami's "Norwegian Wood"
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So close to perfection
Brandon Sanderson's "Warbreaker"
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Beautiful writing
Tove Ditlevelsen's "Childhood"
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Emotional conclusion
Tove Ditlevsen's "Dependency"
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My favourite in the series so far!
Pierce Brown's "Golden Son (Red Rising Series)"
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This book made me love the series
Brandon Sanderson's "Words of Radiance"
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Did not expect for this to be so good
Andy Weir's "Project Hail Mary"
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Fuck this book and I love it
James Islington's "The Will of the Many"
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Wish it had been longer
James Islington's "The Strength of the Few"
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4⭐

Good books that I would recommend

 
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A classic for a reason
J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit"
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Unfortunately not translated but a great book
Christian Mørk's "De ti herskere"
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The best in the series so far
Rebecca Yarros' "Onyx Storm"
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A great beginning to a great series
Pierce Brown's "Red Rising"
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A bit slower but great
The Well of Ascension (Mistborn, Book 2)
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The ending to a great duology
Two Twisted Crowns (Shepherd King Book 2)
 
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Great start to the series
Mistborn: The Final Empire (Book 1)
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Funny and different
Holly Black's "The Stolen Heir"
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Fast paced and fun
The Cruel Prince (Folk of the Air, 1)
 
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Got me hooked
The Wicked King (The Folk of the Air, 2)
 
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A great ending to the series
The Queen of Nothing (Folk of the Air, 3)
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Was expecting more but still good
Shadow and Bone (Book 1 of Trilogy)
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Like the dragons, too much spice for my taste
Rebecca Yarros' "Fourth Wing"
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Great installment, but some things was a bit to farfetched
A Court of Wings and Ruin (Book 3)
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Cute
Colleen Hoover's "Regretting You"
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Not his best, but enjoyable
Haruki Murakami's "Dance Dance Dance"
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The last twenty percent will have you hooked
Sarah J. Maas' "A Court of Thorns and Roses"
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Definitely one to make you think about your own thought-patterns
Svend Brinkmann's "Tænk"
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Cuuute
Ali Hazelwood's "Love, Theoretically"
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Honestly can't tell them apart at this point
Zodiac Academy 6: Fated Throne
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Honestly can't tell them apart at this point
Zodiac Academy 5: Cursed Fates
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Ate this up
Zodiac Academy 4: Shadow Princess
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Introduction to the world
Zodiac Academy 1: The Awakening
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A follow-up that is mostly for the fans
Colleen Hoover's "It Starts with Us"
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Liked this series overall
Leigh Bardugo's "Siege and Storm"
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Will forever recommend this series
Pierce Brown's "Morning Star"
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Exciting
Leigh Bardugo's "Six of Crows"
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The amount of flashbacks took me a bit out of it
Leigh Bardugo's "Crooked Kingdom"
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Cute
Abby Jimenez's "Just for the Summer"
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I think I have to up my rating for this
Emily Henry's "Funny Story"
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Found a bit predictable
Freida McFadden's "The Housemaid"
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Found the stories individually entertaining
Sarah J. Maas's "The Assassin's Blade"
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Honestly don't remember much from it anymore
Sarah J. Maas's "Queen of Shadows"
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Probably the best in the series
Sarah J. Maas's "Heir of Fire"
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Don't understand why people hate on this book
Sarah J. Maas's "Tower of Dawn"
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Only remember the ending
Sarah J. Maas's "Empire of Storms"
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Didn't quite meet the expectations I had
Sarah J. Maas's "Kingdom of Ash"
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Very interesting inside into Japanese culture about dieting and body image
Butter by Asako Yuzuki
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Wonderful beginning to the next part of the series
Pierce Brown's "Iron Gold"
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Interesting prospect
Rachel Gillig's "The Knight and the Moth"
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Was adding up to something very interesting…
Jennifer L. Armentrout's "From Blood and Ash"
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Interested to see what this author also can come up with
Shelley Leigh Crane's "Wicked Beasts"
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Interesting and motivating read about habits and their power over us
James Clear's "Atomic Habits"
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All we know about aging and health as we age
Nicklas Brendborg's "Jellyfish Age Backwards"
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So many great take aways about how the food industry works and manipulates our biology
Super Stimulated: How Biology Creates Bad Habits
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Brutal but somehow loved it
Pierce Brown's "Dark Age"
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Such an interesting introduction to what we know about nature science
Bill Bryson's A Short History of Nearly Everything
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Best Christmas book I've ever read
B. K. Borison's "Good Spirits"
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Emotional and life-confirming
Pip Williams' "The Dictionary of Lost Words"
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Liked it surprisingly much
Rachel Reid's "Heated Rivalry"
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Ticked off so many boxes
Brandon Sanderson's "Elantris"
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Great introduction to an advanced world
Brandon Sanderson's "The Way of Kings"
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Action-packed and interesting
Carissa Broadbent's The Serpent & Wings
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The beautiful writing continues
Tove Ditlevsen's "Youth"
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I always fall head over heels for Emily Henry books
Emily Henry's "Book Lovers"
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Okay, you got me hooked now
Lauren Palphreyman's "The Night Prince"
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Such a classic
J. R. R. Tolkien's "The Fellowship of the Ring"
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Such an interesting story and concept
Kenan Orhan's "The Renovation"
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More or less what I expected, but not bad for that reason
Sasha Peyton Smith's "The Rose Bargain"
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A fun, short story
Brandon Sanderson's "Dawnshard"
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This surprised me positively!
Peyton Corinne's "Unbound"
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3⭐

Books I thought were fine and would recommend in some cases

 
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Not what I expected but liked it non the less
Holly Black's "The Prisoner's Throne"
 
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I will definitely read some Keri Lake again
Keri Lake's "Anathema (The Eating Woods)"
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Nooooo, not as good as the rest of the series
A Court of Silver Flames (Book 5)
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Fun
Emily Henry's "Happy Place"
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Not my favourite
Rebecca Yarros' "Iron Flame (The Empyrean Book 2)"
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Not my favourite of Ali Hazelwood's, but cute anyway
Ali Hazelwood's "Check & Mate"
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A cute middle book
A Court of Frost and Starlight (Book 4)
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Underwhelming
Powerless (The Powerless Trilogy) by Lauren Robert
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Only slightly better than the first book
Ana Huang's "Twisted Games (Twisted, 2)"
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Cute easy read
Emiko Jean's "Mika in Real Life"
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Some good stories but not what I thought it would be
Lars Tvede's "Børshandlens psykologi"
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A bit farfetched
Martin Lindstrøm's "Afdelingen for sund fornuft"
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Not what I hoped it would be
Penelope Douglas' "Birthday Girl"
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I kind of mixes with the rest in my head
Nicole Snow's "One Bossy Offer"
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Fairly enjoyed this series
Emperor's Throne (Desert Cursed Series)
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This series was not for me
Kelsie Rae's "Don't Let Me Go"
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Fun and spicy
Nicole Snow's "One Bossy Date"
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This series was not for me
Kelsie Rae's "Don't Let Me Fall"
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Liked it, not entirely to my taste
Leigh Bardugo's "Ruin and Rising"
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Interesting perspectives
Nassim Nicholas Taleb's "The Black Swan"
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Not the beginning I had hoped for
Sarah J. Maas's "Throne of Glass"
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Barely remember it at this point
Sarah J. Maas's "Crown of Midnight"
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Fine, but nothing extraordinary
Colleen Hoover's "November 9"
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An easy, enjoyable Fall read
Erin Sterling's "The Ex Hex"
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The cute Fall read continues
Erin Sterling's "The Kiss Curse"
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I just don't think it was for me
Ellen Marie Wiseman's "The Lies They Told"
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Liked it a bit more
Elsie Silver's "Heartless"
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Will probably not continue the series after this
Elsie Silver's "Powerless"
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Was a bit too much for me
Rachel Reid's "The Long Game"
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More or less what I expected it to be
Lauren Palphreyman's "The Wolf King"
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Not what I hoped it would be
Jane Austen's "Emma"
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Quite predictable
Autumn Woods' "Nightshade"
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Didn't live up to the previous two books
Brandon Sanderson's "Oathbringer"
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I still haven't found the Abby Jiminez quite to my taste
Abby Jiminez's "The Friend Zone"
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2⭐

I thought the book was okay but won't recommend them

 
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No no no
Lauren Roberts' "Reckless (The Powerless Trilogy)"
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What was that
Ana Huang's "Twisted Love (Twisted, 1)"
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This series was not for me
Kelsie Rae's "Don't Let Me Break"
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Should've been 200 pages shorter
Chloe Walsh's "Binding 13"
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A pretty cover and that's about it
Lauire Gilmore's "The Pumpkin Spice Café"
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A cute concept and not much else
A. T. Qureshi's "The Baby Dragon Cafe"
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The second half completely lost me
Rachel Schneider's "Metal Slinger"
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Too cringe for me
Elsie Silver's "Flawless"
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Don't know why I continued this series
Laurie Gilmore's "The Cinnamon Bun Book Store"
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1⭐

Would not recommend

 
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Definitely not for me
Alexandra Thomashoff's "Kingdom of the Two Moons"
 
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Gods no
Elle Campbell's "War on Christmas"
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I'm not sure why I finished this one
A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire by Jennifer L. Armentrout
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