Angmara

she/her | 32 | USA - I just got back into reading a few years ago, slowly catching up! My favorite genres are horror, science fiction, dystopian, and thrillers; if it's a mind melter, I'm interested!

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The Six Deaths of the Saint (Into Shadow, #3)

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The Chain House

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The Priory of the Orange Tree

Samantha Shannon

A world divided. A queendom without an heir. An ancient enemy awakens. The million-copy selling start to the Roots of Chaos series. The House of Berethnet has ruled Inys for a thousand years. Still unwed, Queen Sabran the Ninth must conceive a daughter to protect her realm from destruction – but assassins are getting closer to her door. Ead Duryan is an outsider at court. Though she has risen to the position of lady-in-waiting, she is loyal to a hidden society of mages. Ead keeps a watchful eye on Sabran, secretly protecting her with forbidden magic. Across the dark sea, Tané has trained to be a dragonrider since she was a child, but is forced to make a choice that could see her life unravel. Meanwhile, the divided East and West refuse to parley, and forces of chaos are rising from their sleep.

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Overwhelming Quests

I feel like quests have become just like lists and there is no real difference between the two except for who can make them and the rewards. The quests have become so long that they are overwhelming and discouraging. It is more of a 'if I need a recommendation list,' but I thought that was what lists were for. I thought lists were basically a place to go for recommendations and to list what you wanted to get through. Quests to me were something to work towards, but they are so long now that I have no hope in finishing any of them. Or I was close, and then they updated and now I'm at 17 percent. Quests was one of the things that drew me to PageBound and I still love it, but I have avoided that part of it because it is so discouraging and overwhelming to look at. Even Side Quests are a little daunting. If I compared this to an RPG, the quests would be more like achievements, and side quests would equal main quests. I'd love to hear thoughts.

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Angmara

Jul 13, 2026

The Suffering

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this was pestilence and gluttony and lust at it's absolute finest. honestly, it's what i wanted from "the unworthy". it's sinful, disgustingly vidid, claustrophobic, and tense. there's a perfect juxtaposition of innocence, benevolence, and purity with filthy depraved infesting sickness. and it had a really wonderful "dark religion" thread - the arc of the abbess 2.0 was incredible and exactly what i wanted, more of that please! the atmosphere and characters are near perfect (i needed a bit more complexity with ursula and for henrik to care a teeny tiny bit more about everything, and i wanted much more from the mystery girl). the ending made sense but a something was lacking, i'm not sure what, it just felt like a shift. but all in all, the writing is fantastic, the story and pacing was excellent, and the very ending was PERFECT. it's all very timely i read this around when evil dead burns is in theaters, lots of bloody similarities. very much looking forward to re-reading this one, can't recommend it enough!

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Angmara

Jul 13, 2026

The Suffering

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Angmara

Jul 13, 2026

This House Isn't Haunted But We Are

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i live laugh love horror but the haunted house story doesn't usually tickle my fancy (unless its like some 1408, house of leaves level madness). nevertheless, i found this to be a favorable contribution to the category for me. allow the house to have it's own personality and pov was a very welcome and effective mechanic. it really helped supplement the "loss of a child" environment/emotions as the house itself was child-like in some ways. although i cannot relate to what the MCs are going through, i thought the portrayals of grief were compelling and complex by themselves. the ending was alright, some loose ends and things that wrapped up a little too abruptly for my liking, but the arc of the house was quite lovely in a bittersweet way.

⭐️ 3.75 ⭐️

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This is How You Lose the Time War

Amal El-Mohtar

Among the ashes of a dying world, an agent of the Commandant finds a letter. It reads: Burn before reading. Thus begins an unlikely correspondence between two rival agents hellbent on securing the best possible future for their warring factions. Now, what began as a taunt, a battlefield boast, grows into something more. Something epic. Something romantic. Something that could change the past and the future. Except the discovery of their bond would mean death for each of them. There's still a war going on, after all. And someone has to win that war.

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Till Summer Do Us Part

Meghan Quinn

From New York Times, USA Today, and Amazon Charts bestselling author Meghan Quinn comes a new laugh-out-loud summer rom-com. "I got what I wanted. I became buddy-buddy with my boss in an instant. But the cost will be hefty…finding a husband by tomorrow."  Scottie Price just started a new job, and it's a real sausage fest. She's the only woman on a team filled with Brads and Chads. Expecting a bachelor pad atmosphere, she is quickly corrected when she finds out everyone is happily married. In an effort to impress her boss, Scottie mentions her nonexistent husband in a company meeting. But eagle-eyed Chad points out her lack of wedding ring. Panicked, Scottie creates a story about her unhappy marriage. Unfortunately for Scottie, her boss has a solution―a one-on-one session with the best marriage counselor in the Northeast, who happens to be her boss's husband. With no way out of her lie, Scottie agrees to see him. Frantic, she calls in help from her best friend who sets her up with his brother, an improv-obsessed millionaire. Enter Wilder Wells. More than happy to take on the job, he teaches Scottie the main rule of improv: always say yes. But the rule backfires during the session when Wilder signs them up for an eight-day summer marriage camp with all of Scottie's co-workers where she'll have to share a cabin with her way-too-handsome fake husband.

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Just for the Cameras

Meghan Quinn

From New York Times bestselling author Meghan Quinn comes a sizzling sports romance full of flamingo feathers, slow-burn heat, and one grump-meets-sunshine love story that's anything but fake. They're faking it for the cameras. But what if the sparks are real? Graydon St. John doesn't do drama―or public appearances. The brooding defensive end for the San Francisco Foghorns prefers silence, solitude, and avoiding headlines. But when a league-wide PR scandal forces him into a media stunt at the city zoo, he's suddenly face-to-face with squawking birds, nosy fans, and the zookeeper who seems to hate his guts on sight. Maple Baker loves her flamingos. Loud, pink, messy? Sure. But they're hers. And the last thing she needs is a grumpy football player stomping into her sanctuary with a bad attitude and a bigger ego. Unfortunately, they've been paired for the zoo's new public outreach program, and the cameras are already rolling. The banter is sharp. The tension is electric. And the more they pretend to play nice for the press, the more their fake flirtation starts to feel like something dangerously real. But when family secrets, viral fame, and a PR romance gone off-script threaten everything Maple's worked for, Graydon must decide if he's willing to fight for love―or let it slip away to protect her.

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Bone of My Bone

Johanna van Veen

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The Acolyte

Nick Cutter

Jonah Murtag is an Acolyte on the New Bethlehem police force. His job: eradicate all heretical religious faiths, their practitioners, and artefacts. Murtag's got problems - one of his partners is a zealot, and he's in love with the other one. Trouble at work, trouble at home. Murtag realizes that you can rob a citizenry of almost anything, but you can't take away its faith. When a string of bombings paralyzes the city, religious fanatics are initially suspected, but startling clues point to a far more ominous perpetrator. If Murtag doesn't get things sorted out, the Divine Council will dispatch The Quints, aka: Heaven's Own Bagmen. The clock is ticking towards doomsday for the Chosen of New Bethlehem. And Jonah Murtag's got another problem. The biggest and most worrisome... Jonah isn't a believer anymore.

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Angmara

May 23, 2026

Atmosphere

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anyone else’s kindle screen get super blurry at the end? right so here’s the list of space things i’ve cried over this year: -the project hail mary movie -artemis II in general -the carroll crater -the moon with colors -noah kahan’s orbiter (if you’re feeling extra self-destructive, put this on for the last chapter) -this damn book

turns out the heavens might not be as far away as you think. this was a monumental yet very approachable story about love, perseverance, and dreams. it’s cinematic yet grounded, has effective writing that obviously evoke tons of emotion, and has near perfect pacing. the characters are diverse and it was both cruel and genius to open with all that and then go back and have us build connection with them. there’s no question the themes of feminism, strength, ambition, love, faith, family, and sacrifice are well done and pack a punch. the only thing that didn’t make this six stars is i wanted, nay, needed barbara to swap places with griff. apart from that, another slam dunk for the “emotional about space stuff” category.

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Cash

Jessica Peterson

Butting heads leads to knocking boots in this wildly sexy enemies-to-lovers, grumpy/sunshine, small town cowboy romance by Jessica Peterson. My dad and I have been estranged for years. But as his only living relative, it’s no surprise I inherit his massive cattle ranch when he dies. Something that is a surprise? The stipulation in his will, which requires me to live on the ranch and actively manage it for a year before I can access my inheritance money. I haven’t stepped foot in Hartsville, Texas, population one thousand, since my parents split when I was six. Now a city girl through and through, I never imagined having to move back to cowboy country. But I need the money to invest in my company, and a girl’s gotta do what a girl’s gotta do. There’s just one giant roadblock to my plan: the ranch’s foreman, grumpy cowboy Cash Rivers. I don’t care how good he looks in his Wranglers and chaps. He’s rude, he’s growly, and he wants me gone. I’d fire him in a heartbeat, but I need this cowboy to teach me the ropes of running a ranch. We’re enemies from the get-go. But turns out, Cash is really good at this ranch thing. He’s got strong hands, an intelligent mind, and let’s just say everything really is bigger in Texas. Working alongside him leads to conversations beneath the stars. Throw in some cheek-to-cheek dancing at the local dive bar, and it all feels so right that I start to fall in love with life on the ranch. And maybe with him, too. But my stay in Hartsville is only temporary. And you know what they say about cowboys: they may break horses, but they also break hearts. If only Cash hadn’t already lassoed mine… CASH is the first standalone book in the brand new steamy, interconnected Lucky River Ranch Series.

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Till Summer Do Us Part

Meghan Quinn

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Till Summer Do Us Part

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