Aoxora is re-reading...

Saving Verakko (Clecanian, #3)
Victoria Aveline
Aoxora wrote a review...
This one, I’m afraid, is not as good as the previous Alice Coldbreath works I’ve read. I believe it is partly due to the court intrigues which were quite boring to me. Also, the romance didn’t work as well either, likely owing to the pacing of how the couple became closer. It sort of felt disjointed to me.
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His Forsaken Bride (Vawdrey Brothers, #2)
Alice Coldbreath
Aoxora commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
Not sure this is the right place to post this, but I was wondering if there is a place where I can read more about how Pagebound is funded? How do they make money/how do the owners make a salary/what is their long term investment plan? Is this public information? If someone could direct me to anywhere where the owners have discussed this, I’ll high five you 🙏 Thanks!
Aoxora commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
Let’s talk about the epidemic.
At what point did "morally gray" become: A. War crimes, but make it romantic B. Emotional unavailability with good cheekbones C. “I’d burn the world for you” (sir, why is your world so flammable?) We eat it up every time.
Discussion fuel: If your fave morally gray man were described as “medium height accountant with a receding hairline,” would he still be complex?
Do we forgive violence faster when it’s aesthetic?
Are fantasy readers more comfortable with authoritarian love interests because the world-building distances the harm?
Aoxora commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
If you could pack one suitcase and move into any fictional home immediately - where are you going?
Drafty castles absolutely count. So do crooked cottages, dramatic cliffside mansions, hobbit holes, chaotic city apartments, enchanted libraries, and suspiciously affordable small-town farmhouses.
Are you:
🌧️ Living your best moody life in a crumbling estate?
🌿 Baking bread in a cozy woodland cottage?
📚 Secretly hoping your house comes with hidden passageways and a mildly concerning attic?
🕯️ Choosing vibes over structural integrity?
Drop the book + the home + one reason you’d survive (or absolutely wouldn’t).
Bonus: what’s the first thing you’re decorating or rearranging when you move in?
Let’s see where PageBound is relocating.
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A Forgery of Fate
Elizabeth Lim
Aoxora commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
I’m looking for arranged marriage romances where they truly meet (or properly meet) right when they’re about to get married. I want the awkwardness. The tension. The “oh no, this is my spouse now???” energy.
Some scenarios that I would love:
Give me emotional intimacy. Give me walls slowly coming down. Give me “we are strangers but now we share a bed” tension, please I beg you 🥲
I’m deep in my historical romance era right now (please feed it 🥀📜), but I’ll happily accept contemporary recs too!
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Choosing Theo (Clecanian, #1)
Victoria Aveline
Post from the His Forsaken Bride (Vawdrey Brothers, #2) forum
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The Empress of Salt and Fortune (The Singing Hills Cycle, #1)
Nghi Vo
Aoxora commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
Lunar New Year is here! Prosperity and great health to all!
But I need your help PB! I’m going to be inundated with visits and my weird family culture (I’m sure I’m not the only one with these) is that I’m not allowed to read books or use an “iPad” size device which means my ereader is out. I can only use my phone to read whilst visiting, and unfortunately my current library is very NSFW indeed.
Please introduce me your greatest SFW reads! Some preference:
SFW in this instance here would be if a kid peeks at my screen no one is gonna string me up by my toes.
Thank you in advance!
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Lunar New Year is here! Prosperity and great health to all!
But I need your help PB! I’m going to be inundated with visits and my weird family culture (I’m sure I’m not the only one with these) is that I’m not allowed to read books or use an “iPad” size device which means my ereader is out. I can only use my phone to read whilst visiting, and unfortunately my current library is very NSFW indeed.
Please introduce me your greatest SFW reads! Some preference:
SFW in this instance here would be if a kid peeks at my screen no one is gonna string me up by my toes.
Thank you in advance!
Aoxora commented on Aoxora's update
Aoxora commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
I’m looking for arranged marriage romances where they truly meet (or properly meet) right when they’re about to get married. I want the awkwardness. The tension. The “oh no, this is my spouse now???” energy.
Some scenarios that I would love:
Give me emotional intimacy. Give me walls slowly coming down. Give me “we are strangers but now we share a bed” tension, please I beg you 🥲
I’m deep in my historical romance era right now (please feed it 🥀📜), but I’ll happily accept contemporary recs too!