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A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas

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adventurous challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

ACOTAR is my new favorite series 🥺😭
I’ll sell my soul to be able to read it again for the first time.

10/10 ⭐️
Second favorite book of the series. 
I relate to Nesta in a lot of ways, but I really loved her character development throughout the series. I kinda hated her in ACOTAR, but I understood her more & more throughout the series and now I love her so much. 

and Cassian 🥺 
The way he never gave up on her no matter how hard she pushed him away and was pushing her to be better and to deal with her pain 🩶


The Valkyries ❤️‍🔥
I loved their storyline & their growth throughout the book. I really want to see more of them 

I hope there are books for Elain, Azriel, and Lucien. I need their stories to continue.
Tempting Auzed by Victoria Aveline

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adventurous emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Definitely my fave of the series
Love the slow burn/will they, won’t they between Auzed & Alejandra 😮‍💨 

Love that this series focuses on new parts of Clecania and new characters so that we don’t get the same story told over & over again. 

Also idk what kind of creature Wilson was supposed to be, but I need one in my life 🥰 
Saving Verakko by Victoria Aveline

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adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Easily my favorite of the series. 
Loved that it was more focused on the two of them
Papers Don't Lie by Maeve Hazel

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funny slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

CONGRATS ON BEING MY FIRST DNF 🎉🍾

Yall I really tried to give it a chance but this was SOOOO unserious 😭
What the hell was this plot… this read like it should’ve been a mafia romance or a dark romance but it wasn’t. 

0/10 for me 🙃☹️
The Three Kings by Penelope Barsetti

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adventurous lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Good ending to the series. Wish we got more of Bastian & Elora and Effie & Ryker. Ivory & Huntley got on my nerves. Ivory doesn’t know the meaning of stubborn if she folds like a deck of cards as soon as Huntley gives her a heated look 🫠 
VERY SHOCKED that the Queen changed her attitude towards Ivory, I for sure thought she’d die hating her 😭
Freeing Luka by Victoria Aveline

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adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

This was cute 🥺🥰
The Broken Queen by Penelope Barsetti

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adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This still had SMUT. REVENGE. BETRAYAL. HEAVY ON THE BETRAYAL. some groveling. Multiple POVS, some new lovable characters (Ryker & Effie) 
A petty ass bitch ass queen/mom 😤 
TWO DRAGONS. Some interesting character growth/development. 

This was still a good time, read it. 

But I’m gonna need Ivory to step her pussy up in book 3 and grow a fucking backbone. for the love of GAWD stop immediately caving bc Huntley got that thang - ENOUGH!!! STAND UP!!!! 😩😩
Choosing Theo by Victoria Aveline

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adventurous funny inspiring lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

grumpy x sunshine, fated mates, alien smut w/ an actual plot. 

What more could you want?? 
addicting. I devoured this. 10/10
The Forsaken King by Penelope Barsetti

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adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

This had SMUT. REVENGE. BETRAYAL. ENEMIES TO LOVERS. A petty ass mom. 
Idk what else to say, it was a good time. Read it.
Token Black Girl by Danielle Prescod

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informative slow-paced

3.5

Whether you are the “Token Black Girl” (like myself) or if you have a TBG in your friend group (hey, fix that immediately) or just want to know what it’s like growing up & being a Black woman in majority white spaces, you should give this book a read. 


It was a bit hard to stay engaged in the story because it was repetitive and the flow wasn’t as seamless. At times I was confused if the main focus of the book was about eating disorders & the toxicity of the fashion industry or about racial identity & navigating Blackness in white spaces. Either way it was very informative and a good read.