Recs if you like The Way I Used to Be ...
books that double as emotional damage
for when you’re craving an emotional hangover.
So you want to cry
love sad books all day every day
Thanks, it’s the✨Trauma ✨
Books where the main character is going through it, (or has gone through it), and dammit they’re dealing with it as best they can. Romantasy, SFR mainly! But a few memoirs and litfic too. ❤️🩹 Always open to more suggestions ❤️🩹
*Check the TW/CW as some of these books are dark romances. If I’ve left a review, I will usually leave a comment w the info
want to cry over a romance story? i gotchu(｡•̀ᴗ-)✧
recs from a girl who loves books that simultaneously make her cry and heal her
Need a psychologist? Perhaps a therapist?
Books where the MCs are either traumatized or need professional help.
Please read trigger warnings for some of those books
Suggestions are welcomed! 🩷
Sad books
standalones
Why I read
All the books I’ve enjoyed (rated above 3.0 archive)
even when i’m quiet i love you baby i promise
romance in books that i want to read or reread🫧
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