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Deanna’s 2025 Year in Books
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| Hannah Bonam-Young has this inexplicable ability to write the most relatable characters, and Next to You is no exception. This time, we meet Lane—never Elaine—who’s still dealing with the sudden loss of her father and is firmly in her avoidant attach ...more | |
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"Home and family may not always look the way we imagined it would." For Whom the Belle Tolls is officially in my top five romantasy books of all time and I need you to know how important that is. I read the physical copy while listening to the audioboo ...more |
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| My god, Ashley Herring Blake has done it again. The way she writes sapphic love? Magnificent. The grand gestures? Absolutely swoonworthy. And the raw, believable characters? She could bottle that talent and sell it - but luckily for us, she binds it ...more | |
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3.5 stars Love in Focus is a soft, queer, heart-eyed ode to reconnection and resilience. Even if this wasn’t a favorite read, it definitely left me smiling. I’ll be checking out more of Lyla Lee’s work - she’s got a great handle on romantic tension an ...more |
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| Fake dating? YES. Every time. The Build-a-Boyfriend Project proves once again that this trope never misses - especially when it’s paired with messy queer romance, biting humor, and enough awkward tension to make you want to crawl under a table (in th ...more | |
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| This book is hot. Like, sizzling hot. Trishara and Rafe hate each other so good - I was feral from the very beginning. I’m not surprised by Nisha J. Tuli’s writing - her skill knows no bounds. But for this being her first foray outside the romantasy ...more | |
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Idk what they’re feeding Hannah Bonam-Young but whatever it is, she’s clearly adding it to every book she writes because Out on a Limb? Addicting. Charming. Devastating. Lovely. I’ve officially declared it one of my favorite reads ever. Win and Bo are ...more |
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I read this book on a plane, and I genuinely thought tsa was going to escort me off for disrupting the peace because I could NOT stop wheezing into my hoodie like I was trying to self-smother. The BANTER?? DEAR GOD- This book is really something beaut ...more |
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| Let me start with this: I know some people felt like the dual storyline in this book “ruined it” for them. That was not my experience at all. In fact? It’s the exact opposite. I don’t usually gravitate toward literary fiction, but the way Emily Henry ...more | |
“I will never understand why women let men decide if they get to be the villain or the victim in their story.”
― Ruin and Roses
― Ruin and Roses
“My grandmother was the only other incarnation to pass before her time, at only thirty-eight when my father killed her. His ignorance of aging in the mortal realm created confusion when he fell upon my grandmother and her nineteen-year-old daughter. Or perhaps it was only wishful thinking that fueled his lunacy when he struck down his true bride.”
― Ruin and Roses
― Ruin and Roses
“You’re so sure that Liam doesn’t give a shit? You think it’s not breaking him to be away from you, Jane?” There it was again, my name on his tongue. “You think yourself so unworthy of love that this was easy for him?”
― Shadows and Lies
― Shadows and Lies
“I feel Sel’s gaze on the back of my neck, on my cheek, before I hear his voice.
“Mae hi’n brydferth.”
“What?” I ask. Nick turns when I do, just as confused. Arthur’s memories don’t recognize modern Welsh, and I only know a little. I do recognize the words for “she” and “beautiful” though.
Or maybe Nick isn’t just as confused as me, because a slow, laughing smile spreads across his face, like he understands Sel’s game already. He leans a hip against the wall to watch me beside his Kingsmage, eyes teasing. “Ydi, mae hi. Yn dragwyddol.”
Maybe that last word was “forever.”
“Beautiful forever”? No, “always”? I flush, then pout.
“Because of Arthur, I’m only fluent in Old Welsh, not modern. You know this isn’t fair.”
“We know,” they respond together, and laugh.”
― Bloodmarked
“Mae hi’n brydferth.”
“What?” I ask. Nick turns when I do, just as confused. Arthur’s memories don’t recognize modern Welsh, and I only know a little. I do recognize the words for “she” and “beautiful” though.
Or maybe Nick isn’t just as confused as me, because a slow, laughing smile spreads across his face, like he understands Sel’s game already. He leans a hip against the wall to watch me beside his Kingsmage, eyes teasing. “Ydi, mae hi. Yn dragwyddol.”
Maybe that last word was “forever.”
“Beautiful forever”? No, “always”? I flush, then pout.
“Because of Arthur, I’m only fluent in Old Welsh, not modern. You know this isn’t fair.”
“We know,” they respond together, and laugh.”
― Bloodmarked
