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

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Book cover for Unbound (Confluence Academy, #1)

Unbound (Confluence Academy, #1) by Penelope Bloom

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“Quite the pair of admirers you’ve collected,” Beck says, appearing at my side with a grin. “The legacy prince and the scarred warrior. If this were a bard’s tale, there’d be a duel by sunset.”

Lover Awakened (Black Dagger Brotherhood, #3)

by J.R. Ward

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“His forehead bumped softly against mine, his brilliant silver gaze searing into me. “I plan to keep you, from everyone, for as long as I’m alive. That includes Puck, the false king, and anyone else who would take you away.” One corner of his mouth quirked, as I struggled to catch my breath under his powerful scrutiny. “I guess I should’ve warned you that I have a slight possessive streak.”
― Julie Kagawa, The Iron Queen

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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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“Nobody wants to be born a One. One’s have the shortest lifespan. They must turn themselves in to The Protectorate for termination at age twenty-five. If I were ever going to feel sympathy for Darian, it would be because of that. Knowing he’d die the youngest of all the citizens is probably what made Darian go mad.”
― Shannon Duffy, Awakening

tags: dystopian, ya, yalit

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“I don’t care how hard being together is, nothing is worse than being apart.”
― Josephine Angelini, Starcrossed

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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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