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arieznocturne

28/ARG || romance, literary fiction, fantasy, and beyond | fair warning: my star rating has always been based on vibes (probably always will be) [new to pagebound! @arieznocturne on thestorygraph]

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Love by the Town Limits
Saddle Up, Sweetheart: Cowboy Romance
My Taste
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
Love, Theoretically
Pride and Prejudice
Mexican Gothic
How to Kill a Guy in Ten Ways
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Geisha, a Life

Geisha, a Life

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  • Deep End
    arieznocturne
    Feb 12, 2026
    5.0
    Enjoyment: 5.0Quality: 5.0Characters: 5.0Plot: 5.0
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  • In the Dream House: A Memoir
    arieznocturne
    Feb 12, 2026
    4.5
    Enjoyment: 3.0Quality: 5.0Characters: 3.0Plot: 3.0
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  • Bait
    Feb 03, 2026
    2.0
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    This is the prime example of a story that was written with one single aim in mind: smut. The worldbuilding, for a better word, is lacking. We don't learn much about the dystopian word -- neither the bunker life, nor the outside one. However, what we do learn is very inconsistent. There seem to be bad outside people who trade(?) with the bunker dwellers, but their threat is practically non-existent. Or rather, it is there, but it seems inconsequential. And well, the characters... Alma is the MMC, but I couldn't say one single thing about her beside the fact that she is horny. Horny for two people, both happen to be outside, together: the ex-best friend and the bestie of a brother. And you couldn't torture heir names out of me. The gist is: girlie gets thrown out, girlie is immediately rescued by two people she knows, girlie is instantly horny (and always has been) for both of them, and after a little bit of brooding -- which is essentially foreplays -- they jumpstart their threesome-era. Ant the conclusion of the story? Now that Horny Girl gets everything she wants, everyone else can just stay in the dystopian hellscape they were born into...

    This story just didn't work for me, the smut was smutting, but, maybe because it is very short, but there was no connection to the characters or their story.

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  • First: A Novella
    arieznocturne
    Feb 06, 2026
    4.0
    Enjoyment: 4.0Quality: 4.5Characters: 5.0Plot: 5.0
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    ali hazelwood is allergic to failure, she doesn't know how to avoid delivering every time.

    im not rating it 5 ⭐ because I'm still processing that last scene (if you know you know) but I really enjoyed it and it was overall great. out of all the "after the end" novellas I've read so far, definitely the best one (do I even want to continue reading the others? tbd)

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  • Bait
    Feb 03, 2026
    2.0
    Enjoyment: Quality: Characters: Plot:

    This is the prime example of a story that was written with one single aim in mind: smut. The worldbuilding, for a better word, is lacking. We don't learn much about the dystopian word -- neither the bunker life, nor the outside one. However, what we do learn is very inconsistent. There seem to be bad outside people who trade(?) with the bunker dwellers, but their threat is practically non-existent. Or rather, it is there, but it seems inconsequential. And well, the characters... Alma is the MMC, but I couldn't say one single thing about her beside the fact that she is horny. Horny for two people, both happen to be outside, together: the ex-best friend and the bestie of a brother. And you couldn't torture heir names out of me. The gist is: girlie gets thrown out, girlie is immediately rescued by two people she knows, girlie is instantly horny (and always has been) for both of them, and after a little bit of brooding -- which is essentially foreplays -- they jumpstart their threesome-era. Ant the conclusion of the story? Now that Horny Girl gets everything she wants, everyone else can just stay in the dystopian hellscape they were born into...

    This story just didn't work for me, the smut was smutting, but, maybe because it is very short, but there was no connection to the characters or their story.

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  • M.A.Y.A
    arieznocturne
    Feb 05, 2026
    2.5
    Enjoyment: 2.5Quality: 3.5Characters: 2.5Plot: 3.5
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  • Bait
    arieznocturne
    Feb 05, 2026
    2.0
    Enjoyment: 1.5Quality: 2.0Characters: 2.0Plot: 2.5
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  • Lost and Lassoed (Rebel Blue Ranch, #3)
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    In the Dream House: A Memoir

    In the Dream House: A Memoir

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