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GingerHaleZeroSugar

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Epic Sci-Fi and Fantasy Series
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My Taste
Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)
Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)
The Nightingale
The Wedding People
Mistborn: The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)
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The Silversmith (The Selvaren, #1)

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  • The Silversmith (The Selvaren, #1)
    Thoughts from 22%

    this literally just happened. “My mother died in childbirth”- “I’m so sorry.”- “It’s been… a while, and I don’t remember her.” OF COURSE YOU DON’T REMEMBER SHE DIED GIVING BIRTH TO YOU

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  • The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
    Not Troupe-y!

    I've seen a couple of posts on TikTok that describes the poppy war with troupe phrases like enemies-to-lover which this book is not!! This is also not the kind of book where you expect to turn off your brain and just read for enjoyment. This book is heavy and compels you to think. Read the non spoilers reviews instead of relying of Booktokers and don't expect romance.

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  • Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
    Thoughts from 100%
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  • Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
    Aug 27, 2025
    4.5
    Enjoyment: 4.5Quality: 5.0Characters: 4.5Plot: 4.5

    No words. Suzanne Collins 😮‍💨

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  • Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
    Thoughts from 99%

    All of that for it to have this ending… I don’t even wanna watch the movies. 😭 I was gonna read The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes + Sunrise on the Reaping. I think I need to take a break 😢… what do you think?

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  • Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
    Aug 26, 2025
    5.0
    Enjoyment: 5.0Quality: 5.0Characters: 5.0Plot: 4.5

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  • Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
    Thoughts from 63% (page 70)
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  • Hunger Games
    Aug 25, 2025
    5.0
    Enjoyment: 5.0Quality: 5.0Characters: 5.0Plot: 5.0

    10 out of 10. No notes. How has it taken me this long to read this? How can people discount YA when there are such beautiful novels as these?

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  • Unbound: A Fantasy Romance (Confluence Academy, #1)
    Aug 24, 2025
    1.5
    Enjoyment: 2.0Quality: 0.5Characters: 0.5Plot: 2.5
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    do not recommend. 2 generous ⭐️. Pretty much a bad rip off of Fourth Wing and Zodiac Academy, in my opinion. That combo should have been perfect for me but NOPE. Too many similarities, but with worse writing. There was a lot of telling and not showing. Like all the characters saying how smart the FMC was when she’s actually a moron. The relationships and characters weren’t deep. Even the Insta love was flat (I mean flatter than typical insta love and more shallow than a kiddie pool). I felt no connection to any of the characters. It was like I was reading a juvenile book report/fan fiction with no emotion. The “plot twists” could be seen a mile away. It was just so disappointing. It ended in a cliffhanger and honestly I do not care. I will not be reading the next book. I’m a big hater, but that’s because this book seemed to take so many themes and plot from another book and make it, honestly, so bad. If you’re gonna make a bad book, at least make it uniquely bad? Lol, I’m sorry. This just was not for me. I sincerely hope others enjoy this but I did not. 2 🌶️ (alright. If you’ve read the ZA series, it’ll sound familiar to you..) * please disregard grammatical errors due to accessible voice texting. Thanks.

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  • Unbound: A Fantasy Romance (Confluence Academy, #1)
    Thoughts from 90% (page 624)
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  • Unbound: A Fantasy Romance (Confluence Academy, #1)
    Thoughts from 89% (page 620)
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  • Unbound: A Fantasy Romance (Confluence Academy, #1)
    Thoughts from 12% (page 83)
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  • Unbound: A Fantasy Romance (Confluence Academy, #1)
    Thoughts from 10% (page 69)

    This is like a combo of Zodiac Academy and Fourth Wing but with no emotion or connection behind anything. First impressions. Maybe I’m just a hater because I love both of those books and this is not nearly up to par so far. Truly, I hope I eat my words.

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  • Unbound: A Fantasy Romance (Confluence Academy, #1)
    Thoughts from 3% (page 20)

    Seeing the most beautiful and dangerous man you’ve ever laid eyes upon within 20 pages of the book. Come on… 🙄. Let’s not make it so obvious please

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    Unbound: A Fantasy Romance (Confluence Academy, #1)

    Unbound: A Fantasy Romance (Confluence Academy, #1)

    Penelope Bloom

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