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Ashley
Ashley is 11% done with Wake the Wild Creatures
Best way to beat a reading slump? A book by one of my faves! It’s been awhile since I read a Nova book and she’s already got me in an intrigued vice grip. 🥹 I’ve missed this~
May 10, 2026 12:11PM Add a comment
Wake the Wild Creatures

Ashley
Ashley is 15% done with The Everlasting
When you know it’s good, writing and characterization wise, but struggle to just commit and lock in. A me problem…
Apr 30, 2026 05:15PM Add a comment
The Everlasting

Ashley
Ashley is 4% done with The Secret World of Briar Rose
Only a couple chapters in and while the writing is pretty, it’s already getting weighed down by its abundance of figurative language. And the exposition establishment teeters toward the dumpy side. The general consensus from others is pretty much honk shoo mimi inducing and we’ll see if that holds true for me
Apr 30, 2026 05:12PM Add a comment
The Secret World of Briar Rose

Ashley
Ashley is 93% done with Silver Elite (Silver Elite, #1)
You mean to tell me the Hitler Jr she’s been sexually attracted to since chapter 1 (or ch2, can’t remember) is also her mysterious telepathic childhood friend who has always been (mentally) with her?! WHAAAAA?!?! NO WAAAAAYYYYYY!!!!!!!
Apr 29, 2026 11:01AM Add a comment
Silver Elite (Silver Elite, #1)

Ashley
Ashley is 85% done with Silver Elite (Silver Elite, #1)
I'm able to pick this POS up again and it's just as stupid as I remember. Nazi-fucker's still banging Hitler Jr. The fascistic normalization of everything has fully made the setting a backdrop to the Nazi romance.

Also, sentencing your (black) bestie to slavery at a labor camp is not the mercy Nazi-fucker thinks it is. BUT DON'T WORRY, IT'S ACTUALLY A NICE CONCENTRATION CAMP!!!
Apr 17, 2026 07:40PM 2 comments
Silver Elite (Silver Elite, #1)

Ashley
Ashley is 80% done with White Horse Black Nights (The Godkissed Bride, #1)
*SIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGH*

I’ve been full on skimming and I’ve yet to miss a thing; the writing is THAT superfluous. There’s no goddamn way I’ll be able to endure the rest of this series.
Mar 15, 2026 03:54PM Add a comment
White Horse Black Nights (The Godkissed Bride, #1)

Ashley
Ashley is 43% done with White Horse Black Nights (The Godkissed Bride, #1)
“🥺👉👈 uwu, Basten-senpai, will you tell me how you’d deflower me so I’ll know what to expect from Rian-sama???”
On its own, it’s not a bad scene. But it’s at the 40% mark in book 1. I don’t give a flippity floppity fuck about these cardboard cutout dunderheads with the interiority of a potato chip.
Mar 03, 2026 03:12PM Add a comment
White Horse Black Nights (The Godkissed Bride, #1)

Ashley
Ashley is 32% done with White Horse Black Nights (The Godkissed Bride, #1)
Like any other subpar, derivative work, we already have some of the greatest romance tropey hits!
- MC’s instalust
- WHO DID THIS TO YOU?!
- “There’s more to FE/MC than meets the eye~”
- repetitive lore, exposition, & internal struggle against sudden feeling dumps
- forbidden romance
- touch her & I’ll kill you
- teach FEMC to fight —> straddling —> Kiss
Surprised there’s no Only One Bed yet…
Feb 28, 2026 11:32AM 1 comment
White Horse Black Nights (The Godkissed Bride, #1)

Ashley
Ashley is 6% done with White Horse Black Nights (The Godkissed Bride, #1)
…..*SIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHHHHHHH*
This better get fucking nuts, Lauren.
Feb 26, 2026 09:24AM Add a comment
White Horse Black Nights (The Godkissed Bride, #1)

Ashley
Ashley is 62% done with The Poet Empress
it's been a loooong time since I have been devouring a book with zero compliants. pleeeeeease let this stick its land
Feb 01, 2026 04:36PM Add a comment
The Poet Empress

Ashley
Ashley is 22% done with The Poet Empress
Oh my god an actual good book. It’s been so long 🥲
Jan 30, 2026 03:54PM Add a comment
The Poet Empress

Ashley
Ashley is on page 310 of 384 of Dance of the Starlit Sea
Aaaand now we're channeling "Iron Widow" as Lila has now gone Wu Zetian levels of criiiiiinge
Dec 30, 2025 03:46PM Add a comment
Dance of the Starlit Sea

Ashley
Ashley is 75% done with The Burning Queen (The Ravence Trilogy, #2)
The politics is so much more engaging than the action. Still into it tho.
Dec 28, 2025 03:40PM Add a comment
The Burning Queen (The Ravence Trilogy, #2)

Ashley
Ashley is on page 250 of 384 of Dance of the Starlit Sea
I am fucking crashing out now lmao this shit is great
Dec 28, 2025 03:38PM Add a comment
Dance of the Starlit Sea

Ashley
Ashley is on page 216 of 384 of Dance of the Starlit Sea
This book certainly something, lol. A repetitive spiral of ME, ME, MEEEE. The Devil calls to her and instead of getting fucked, she chooses her assigned milquetoast cardboard cutout. Booooo
Dec 26, 2025 02:55PM Add a comment
Dance of the Starlit Sea

Ashley
Ashley is on page 124 of 384 of Dance of the Starlit Sea
After this, I never wanna see pastels or smell anything fruity or floral for a while 😩
Dec 22, 2025 01:41PM Add a comment
Dance of the Starlit Sea

Ashley
Ashley is 68% done with The Burning Queen (The Ravence Trilogy, #2)
Its steady pacing has paid off as we approach the climax with the gears clicking upward. It been a while since I've had to pry away from a book at ~3am.
Dec 16, 2025 03:35PM Add a comment
The Burning Queen (The Ravence Trilogy, #2)

Ashley
Ashley is on page 38 of 384 of Dance of the Starlit Sea
Suspense and intrigue? Nawww, let’s show our cards in chapter two. The pacing is Sonic the Hedgehog and its floral-pop aesthetics take precedent over actual structure. Sooo…..I’m having a good time so far! Lololll
Dec 16, 2025 03:17PM Add a comment
Dance of the Starlit Sea

Ashley
Ashley is 45% done with The Burning Queen (The Ravence Trilogy, #2)
Ok, I've fully warmed up to Elena's POV now. Despite not being 100% absorbed in this, it's defo waaaaay better than book 1. Look at that, a book 2 that manages to avoid Second Book Syndrome. Honestly, big accomplishment.
Dec 01, 2025 03:09PM Add a comment
The Burning Queen (The Ravence Trilogy, #2)

Ashley
Ashley is 25% done with The Burning Queen (The Ravence Trilogy, #2)
A slow crawl through a technically solid book….but a dry one. Love Samson and his interactions with Elena (even though she’s still bland). But scenes are written out like stage directions and how Verma would envision them in a movie adaptation. Leading to the dryness…..
Nov 23, 2025 03:31PM Add a comment
The Burning Queen (The Ravence Trilogy, #2)

Ashley
Ashley is 12% done with The Burning Queen (The Ravence Trilogy, #2)
Don’t have a lot of desire to push through ebooks in general, but I like what I’m able to read so far. I can tell Samson’s gonna steal the show. I mostly hope Elena will become more interesting because she was pretty milquetoast in book 1
Nov 18, 2025 10:15AM Add a comment
The Burning Queen (The Ravence Trilogy, #2)

Ashley
Ashley is 2% done with The Burning Queen (The Ravence Trilogy, #2)
I forgot how much this author likes similes. Only 2% in and I’m already clocking it in as “too much.”
Nov 08, 2025 10:33PM Add a comment
The Burning Queen (The Ravence Trilogy, #2)

Ashley
Ashley is on page 191 of 387 of Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games, #0.5)
This is a good book overall, but I still don’t see why it haaaaad to be written
Nov 06, 2025 02:25PM 2 comments
Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games, #0.5)

Ashley
Ashley is 14% done with A Dance of Lies (The Edge of Glass, #1)
Books like this make me dislike 1st person POV more and more. We’re too trapped in the FMC’s head and she bombards us with every minute thought and visual detail to repetitive degrees. Girlypop, these could’ve been emails.
Oct 25, 2025 10:59AM Add a comment
A Dance of Lies (The Edge of Glass, #1)

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