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House of Ash and Shadow (Gilded City, #1)

by Leia Stone (Goodreads Author)

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Lover Awakened (Black Dagger Brotherhood, #3) by J.R. Ward

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When she sighed good and hard, he said, “What’s the matter?” “Am I so distasteful?” He dropped his arm. “No.” What a lie. “Maybe I’ll get you a washcloth, how about that?” When she would have shot out of bed, his hand clamped on her arm. ...more

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Unbound (Confluence Academy, #1)

by Penelope Bloom

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“It’s hard to believe we’re barricading ourselves against the one boy who used to protect me.”
― Shannon Duffy, Awakening

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“Everyone has to die at some point, so the thought of passing on together while holding hands with my one true love has always sounded like an amazing fairy tale. It reminds me of the old Shakespearean play Romeo and Juliet, and of the powerful love they shared.”
― Shannon Duffy, Awakening

tags: dystopian, romance, ya, yalit

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“Even if I did feel bad for Darian, I wouldn’t admit it. Siding with anyone who violates The Protectorate would make me Noncompliant. That would make me almost as corrupt as him. To side with those who violate The Protectorate is strictly forbidden and punishable by a week in the Terrorscape.”
― Shannon Duffy, Awakening

tags: dystopian, romance, ya, yalit

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“Remember when you tried to convince me to feed a poultry pie to the mallards in the park to see if you could breed a race of cannibal ducks?"

"They ate it too," Will reminisced. "Bloodthirsty little beasts. Never trust a duck.”
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel

tags: jem-carstairs, will-herondale

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“Without the Dreamscape, we can’t sleep.
My parents remind me all the time about stories their parents told them, of how things were in the Manic Age. The time before our bodies were upgraded to sync with the amazing invention called the Dreamscape. Thirty-eight years ago, people actually had to fall asleep on their own and, sometimes, they would toss and turn for hours. My grandparents said when sleep, in its mercy, did come, it often brought with it horrible images I’ve heard people used to call nightmares.”
― Shannon Duffy, Awakening

tags: dystopian, romance, ya, yalit

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