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EmmsBookshelf

I'm Em. A mid 30's. book nerd who adores Romance, Fantasy, Mythology Retellings and Ancient Historical Fiction and I generally love stories that revolve around complex female characters.

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Greek Myth Retellings
Made for the Movies
Reading...The Truth According to Ember
My Taste
The Wolf Den (Wolf Den Trilogy, #1)
Not in Love
What the River Knows (Secrets of the Nile, #1)
Immortal Dark
Funny Story

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  • Learn My Lesson (Wicked Villains, #2)
    EmmsBookshelf
    Jun 28, 2025
    5.0
    Enjoyment: 5.0Quality: 5.0Characters: 5.0Plot: 5.0

    The Dark Olympus series was my first foray into Katee Robert’s writing, so even though these books came earl;over in publication order, I had never given them a go. But wow. Did I love Learn My Lesson. Ok, let’s start off with plotting. Had I read other books in this series? No. Did it hinder my reading experience? Also no. Am I going to go out and back read them all? You bet. The story was easy to follow and engaging right from the beginning. Obviously, this is a smut heavy book that dominates the plot, but it wasn’t at the expense of the overall plot or the characters. Speaking of characters, Hercules. Damn. What a wonder, the big blob of himbo with a saviour complex was so fun to read from the perspective of. But as a Dark Olympus reader, his perspective was also bittersweet, I don’t think the big sweet boy realises how much his sisters think of him and that they miss him. Meg, delicious, strong, empowering Meg. I was obsessed with her. I love that even though Hades was the authorative figure in all of this, she had agency. And Hades, what a great character, his dubious moral compass was incredibly well written and the dynamics of the three together worked well. They all contrasted and complimented each other beautifully. The fact that this version came with annotations from Katee Robert elevated the reading experience, and, as someone who has been following them for years now, I absolutely could hear their voice cutting into the story to further elaborate. Thank you to Netgalley, Katee Robert and publishers, who provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. These thoughts are all my own.

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    Love Is a War Song

    Love Is a War Song

    Danica Nava

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  • Where has this website been all our lives.

    Came across one of Pagebound's videos on my tiktok fyp and I'm being so serious when I say I've never opened a website so fast in my life. One of the best websites I've ever come across (and created). It makes reading, updating, and rating that much more fun and I've never been more excited to pick up a book. If you don't have any reader friends it doesn't matter because Pagebound has enough, such a great wholesome community. We need a Pagebound app ASAP!!! From the bottom of a very grateful reader's heart, and I think I can speak for all of us when I say THANK YOU JENNIFER AND LUCY <3333

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  • Fulvia: The Woman Who Broke All the Rules in Ancient Rome
    EmmsBookshelf
    May 18, 2025
    5.0
    Enjoyment: 5.0Quality: 5.0Characters: 5.0Plot: 5.0
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  • TBR Purge

    Curious if anyone goes through periodically and removes books from their TBR that they’re just not interested in anymore? If so, how often? I went through recently and removed books that had been on there for over two years, I’d had multiple chances to read them but they never seemed to interest me and I feel like now I’m likely never going to want to read them so there’s no point in having them sit on my TBR. Would love to hear everyone’s process for this if they do it!

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    Wild and Wrangled (Rebel Blue Ranch, #4)

    Wild and Wrangled (Rebel Blue Ranch, #4)

    Lyla Sage

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