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canwenot

I love romance, mystery, horror, and fantasy. I'm looking to chat with people about my reads!

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Winter 2026 Readalong
My Taste
Psy Changeling Series Collection (Psy-Changeling, #1-7)
Guilty Pleasures (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #1)
Magician (The Riftwar Saga, #1-2)
An Instance of the Fingerpost
Master of One
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Butter Witch (Torrent Witches, #1)
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My Thorns For Your Roses

My Thorns For Your Roses

Kristen Argyres

True love takes many forms. As one of the few survivors of her generation, Lark wants to live a quiet, peaceful life. All she needs is a tolerable husband. On her 24th birthday, Lark offends the local faerie lord, the shapeshifter Tamlin, who punishes her with a rose rooted in her flesh. In her efforts to convince Tamlin to undo his handiwork, Lark visits the forest daily and discovers the breathtaking and terrifying wonders of his realm. Despite her pragmatic nature tugging her toward a mortal huntsman, Lark falls for Tamlin. After a near-fatal accident exposes Tamlin’s cruel deception, Lark moves to the capital to accept a marriage of convenience. Yet when she learns of Tamlin’s capture, Lark must choose whether to secure her future or risk it all to save the love of her life from his cannibal ex. -- MY THORNS FOR YOUR ROSES is a "Tam Lin" retelling written in the spirit of the Scottish faerie tale and folksong - for readers who enjoyed the fae in Heather Fawcett's EMILY WILDE series, retellings like Naomi Novik's SPINNING SILVER, and the complicated family dynamics of Kell Woods' AFTER THE FOREST and UPON A STARLIT TIDE. Book cover artist: Yinan Sun (Grey)

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Tempted by the Devil (Kings of Mafia #1)

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Stone of Tears (Sword of Truth, #2)

Stone of Tears (Sword of Truth, #2)

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Stone of Tears (Sword of Truth, #2)

Terry Goodkind

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  • Stone of Tears (Sword of Truth, #2)
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  • 3 things you're grateful for ✨

    hey boundlings! this topic was pretty well-received last week when i first posted it so might just make it a weekly affair 😬 here's mine for the week:

    1. had a nice weekend lunch with my husband and toddler - husband's been pretty caught up with work so it's been awhile since we hanged as a family 🥹

    2. strawberry 🍓 cheesecake 🍰 - i placed an order few weeks back at a homebased bakery that i recently discovered and it arrived yesterday. can't wait to dig into it tonight after work 🤤

    3. work - work's been pretty shit for awhile but finally got a breather over the last and this week. somehow managed to negotiate a deal with my boss to wfh more often for my sanity and it got approved 🥳 means more sneaky reading time 🤪

    what about you? 🫶🏻 wishing everyone best of luck to all the battles you're fighting and cheering loudly for the small or big wins! ✨

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    Diamond: The History of a Cold-Blooded Love Affair

    Diamond: The History of a Cold-Blooded Love Affair

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    The Let Them Theory

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    What Trope is Just Not for You?

    Thanks to another book club talk that turned into rants after rants from all of us involved…I need my bounders (is that what we call ourselves?) opinions on tropes that illicit a visceral reaction from you!

    For me, it’s cheating trope. I just… don’t have it in me when this leads to a second chance. Because, I’m sorry, but there is no amount of groveling that’s going to make me root for them to get back together. Once it’s done, it’s done. No rewrites. No retries. And don’t even get me started on the miscommunication trope piled on top of that! If a simple question or conversation could solve everything, I’m immediately annoyed. 😒

    Whereas my book club friends eat that shit uppppp. No thank you.

    So now I have to know, what’s the trope that has you immediately thinking, “nope, not reading that”? h

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