bookswithaimee

190 points

0% overlap

My Taste

The Serpent and the Wings of Night (Crowns of Nyaxia, #1)

Reading...

Once Upon a Broken Heart (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #1)

bookswithaimee made progress on...

23h

Once Upon a Broken Heart (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #1)

Stephanie Garber

48%

Post from the Once Upon a Broken Heart (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #1) forum

23h

bookswithaimee

Thoughts from 43% (page 176)

spoilers

View spoiler

Post from the Once Upon a Broken Heart (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #1) forum

bookswithaimee

Thoughts from 31% (page 128)

🤭

bookswithaimee wants to read...

Nevernight (The Nevernight Chronicle, #1)

Jay Kristoff

In a land where three suns almost never set, a fledgling killer joins a school of assassins, seeking vengeance against the powers who destroyed her family. Daughter of an executed traitor, Mia Corvere is barely able to escape her father’s failed rebellion with her life. Alone and friendless, she hides in a city built from the bones of a dead god, hunted by the Senate and her father’s former comrades. But her gift for speaking with the shadows leads her to the door of a retired killer, and a future she never imagined. Now, Mia is apprenticed to the deadliest flock of assassins in the entire Republic—the Red Church. If she bests her fellow students in contests of steel, poison and the subtle arts, she’ll be inducted among the Blades of the Lady of Blessed Murder, and one step closer to the vengeance she desires. But a killer is loose within the Church’s halls, the bloody secrets of Mia’s past return to haunt her, and a plot to bring down the entire congregation is unfolding in the shadows she so loves. Will she even survive to initiation, let alone have her revenge?

bookswithaimee wants to read...

Bunny

Mona Awad

Samantha Heather Mackey couldn't be more of an outsider in her small, highly selective MFA program at New England's Warren University. A scholarship student who prefers the company of her dark imagination to that of most people, she is utterly repelled by the rest of her fiction writing cohort--a clique of unbearably twee rich girls who call each other "Bunny," and seem to move and speak as one. But everything changes when Samantha receives an invitation to the Bunnies' fabled "Smut Salon," and finds herself inexplicably drawn to their front door--ditching her only friend, Ava, in the process. As Samantha plunges deeper and deeper into the Bunnies' sinister yet saccharine world, beginning to take part in the ritualistic off-campus "Workshop" where they conjure their monstrous creations, the edges of reality begin to blur. Soon, her friendships with Ava and the Bunnies will be brought into deadly collision. The spellbinding new novel from one of our most fearless chroniclers of the female experience, Bunny is a down-the-rabbit-hole tale of loneliness and belonging, friendship and desire, and the fantastic and terrible power of the imagination.

bookswithaimee wants to read...

To Kill a Mockingbird

Harper Lee

The unforgettable novel of a childhood in a sleepy Southern town and the crisis of conscience that rocked it. "To Kill A Mockingbird" became both an instant bestseller and a critical success when it was first published in 1960. It went on to win the Pulitzer Prize in 1961 and was later made into an Academy Award-winning film, also a classic. Compassionate, dramatic, and deeply moving, "To Kill A Mockingbird" takes readers to the roots of human behavior - to innocence and experience, kindness and cruelty, love and hatred, humor and pathos. Now with over 18 million copies in print and translated into forty languages, this regional story by a young Alabama woman claims universal appeal. Harper Lee always considered her book to be a simple love story. Today it is regarded as a masterpiece of American literature.

bookswithaimee wants to read...

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (The Hunger Games, #0)

Suzanne Collins

Ambition will fuel him. Competition will drive him. But power has its price. It is the morning of the reaping that will kick off the tenth annual Hunger Games. In the Capitol, eighteen-year-old Coriolanus Snow is preparing for his one shot at glory as a mentor in the Games. The once-mighty house of Snow has fallen on hard times, its fate hanging on the slender chance that Coriolanus will be able to outcharm, outwit, and outmaneuver his fellow students to mentor the winning tribute. The odds are against him. He’s been given the humiliating assignment of mentoring the female tribute from District 12, the lowest of the low. Their fates are now completely intertwined—every choice Coriolanus makes could lead to favor or failure, triumph or ruin. Inside the arena, it will be a fight to the death. Outside the arena, Coriolanus starts to feel for his doomed tribute . . . and must weigh his need to follow the rules against his desire to survive no matter what it takes.

bookswithaimee wants to read...

The Games Gods Play (The Crucible, #1)

Abigail Owen

The gods love to toy with us mere mortals. And every hundred years, we let them… I have never been favored by the gods. Far from it, thanks to Zeus. Living as a cursed office clerk for the Order of Thieves, I just keep my head down and hope the capricious beings who rule from Olympus won’t notice me. Not an easy feat, given San Francisco is Zeus’ patron city, but I make do. I survive. Until the night I tangle with a different god. The worst god. Hades. For the first time ever, the ruthless, mercurial King of the Underworld has entered the Crucible—the deadly contest the gods hold to determine a new ruler to sit on the throne of Olympus. But instead of fighting their own battles, the gods name mortals to compete in their stead. So why in the Underworld did Hades choose me—a sarcastic nobody with a curse on her shoulders—as his champion? And why does my heart trip every time he says I’m his? I don’t know if I’m a pawn, bait, or something else entirely to this dangerously tempting god. How can I, when he has more secrets than stars in the sky? Because Hades is playing by his own rules…and Death will win at any cost.

bookswithaimee joined a quest

Sarah J Maasverse 👑🌌❤️‍🔥

🏆 // 2239 joined

Not Joined

Listed in the recommended reading order for people who like to read full series.

bookswithaimee earned a badge

Sarah J Maasverse

Gold: Finished 15 Main Quest books.

bookswithaimee commented on a post

fireheartt

Thoughts from 28%

Part 1 is done, and I’m straight up not having a good time 🥲

bookswithaimee commented on a post

SpookyCat

Due for a re-read eventually

Yes, he's a stalker.

But he's a nice stalker.

Tbh, I think about Josh a lot still. Book boyfriend fr, I love a cat dad and a man that can satisfy my feelings for masked men.

He's my favorite chaotic green flag

bookswithaimee commented on a post

A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #2)

wyr_heather

Thoughts from 43%

I’m bothered by how unlikeable I find Feyre most of the time? I might have to do some internal work on that.

Post from the Once Upon a Broken Heart (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #1) forum

bookswithaimee

Thoughts from 23% (page 92)

So much has happened already. Im loving the writing. THERE'S TINY DRAGONS! 🥰

So far so good 🫶🏼

bookswithaimee started reading...

Once Upon a Broken Heart (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #1)

Stephanie Garber

How far would you go for happily ever after? For as long as she can remember, Evangeline Fox has believed in true love and happy endings... until she learns that the love of her life will marry another. Desperate to stop the wedding and to heal her wounded heart, Evangeline strikes a deal with the charismatic but wicked Prince of Hearts. In exchange for his help, he asks for three kisses, to be given at the time and place of his choosing. But after Evangeline’s first promised kiss, she learns that bargaining with an immortal is a dangerous game—and that the Prince of Hearts wants far more from her than she’d pledged. He has plans for Evangeline, plans that will either end in the greatest happily ever after or the most exquisite tragedy...

bookswithaimee finished reading and wrote a review...

bookswithaimee

Oct 05, 2025

3.5

Enjoyment: 3.5Quality: 3.5Characters: 3.5Plot: 3.5

🥺

🌊

❤️

📖 ARC REVIEW | 🗓 9th Oct 2025 3.5 ⭐️ | 0 🌶

As Wren’s debut novel, High by the Beach is an emotional and heartfelt story that really surprised me. It follows Brielle as she navigates the grief of losing her twin sister, Bryce. Seeking healing, Brielle and her parents head to Grove Beach - a trip she initially resents but ultimately becomes the turning point she needs.

The book shines in its emotional depth. Brielle’s struggle with grief feels raw and real, even when her coping mechanisms veer into unhealthy territory (alcohol and drug use). The romantic subplot is beautifully done - it's gentle and tender. The book is spice free which allows space for the emotional weight of the story to take center stage. The MMC is brooding yet kind, and the side characters add warmth and dimension.

That said, a few things fell a little flat for me. The ending felt abrupt, leaving me wondering if future installments will expand on it. Some dialogue felt slightly off - almost like words were missing - which pulled me out of the moment occasionally. As this was an ARC, I expect these issues may be smoothed out before release.

Overall, this is a strong debut with a poignant message about grief, healing, and unexpected love. If you enjoy emotional contemporary romance with zero spice and lots of heart, this one is worth adding to your TBR.

bookswithaimee commented on a List

MAAASIVERSE