daramuscat

A girl's girl who drinks way too much coffee, reads books, loves fall, and watches 90s romcoms a thousand times 🤎☕️🍂

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

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The Entanglement of Rival Wizards (Magic and Romance)

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Soft launch intro romantasy—urgent help needed! ⚔️

Hi Pagebound community,

I want to recruit another person to join our reading community! I have a friend who's a romance reader (thanks to a hard work of yours truly) and now wants to try ROMANTASY (finally!) But here's the plot twist: her direct quote is

"...but I can't deal with war and death so maybe you have some soft lunch recommendations?"

I love romantasy but I'm completely stumped right now and don't know what to recommend. Has anyone here gone through a similar path transitioning from romance to softer fantasy books? Please send help!

With all my love and might, Dara

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daramuscat

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Starting this story and hopeful! 🤍 Started strong and fun, love all the main characters so far and I like that it doesn’t feel like another “Hogwarts inspired ” universe 🙌🏼 Half-elf MMC sounds gooood 😎🤌🏼

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The Entanglement of Rival Wizards (Magic and Romance)

Sara Raasch

Ali Hazelwood meets Dungeons & Dragons in this enemies-to-lovers fantasy academia romcom where rival grad student wizards are forced to work together without killing―or falling for―each other. Will they conjure love, or evoke chaos? Two rival wizards are about to find out. Sebastian Walsh: twenty-four. Grad student at Lesiara University in the Mageus of Evocation program. Human. The first of his family to go to college rather than the military (and it goes over at family get-togethers about as well as you’d think). Elethior Tourael: also twenty-four. Also a grad student, but in the far more inferior Mageus of Conjuration program. Half-elf. The latest in a long line of Touraels to grace the hallowed halls of Lesiara U (what would the world do if the Touraels ran out of rich douches to lead their magical weapons manufacturing empire?). ―and the other finalist for the Mageus Research Grant. Sebastian needs that grant to fund the last few months of research for his degree, after which he’ll get a job that actually helps people. He isn’t about to let anyone snatch this from him, least of all a snob who doesn’t even need the money because his family is loaded thanks to war profiteering. But there’s something worse than having a conceited academic nemesis steal grant money from you: you could be forced to work with him. Thio is secretive, broody, and his stunning biceps take up far too much shared lab space―but even as volatile as their partnership is, Sebastian just might find himself falling for his rival―and it could blow up his whole future.

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Ravenminder

Lindsay Cummings

A kingdom at war. A girl with a gift. A destiny to be revealed. Your new romantic fantasy obsession awaits in this captivating epic adventure, perfect for fans of Jennifer L. Armentrout and Sarah J. Maas. ……… The sky is a dangerous place for a girl without wings. In the war-torn kingdom of Lordach, Ezer has spent two years as the Ravenminder of Rendegard. Chained in a prison tower’s aviary, she pays the debts of the man she calls uncle, who rescued her after shadow wolves killed her parents. With three glittering scars on her cheek and mystical ‘strangeties’ unlike any magic in their world, Ezer is haunted by dreams of her death at the hands of an unknown warrior. Then a Sacred Knight arrives to recruit Ezer for the fight against the enemy, the Acolyte. When her affinity with birds reveals itself on the journey to Citadel, she is given a new mission: to help the Prince of Lordach tame one of the Acolyte’s captured raphons. Half giant raven, half black panther, these creatures are as loyal to the Acolyte as his strongest darksoul soldiers . . and only they can make the flight to infiltrate his lair. While Ezer forges an unbreakable bond with the raphon, her heart becomes torn between the loyal Knight and the mysterious Prince. But as her dreams take on new clarity, she finds herself faced with a choice and a question: has the darkness been her destiny all along? Perfect for fans of: 💘 Romance ⚔️ Action & Adventure 🔮 Magic 🐦‍⬛ Mysterious creatures

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Lady_of_the_Library

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Idea for nonfiction and intellectual topics lists

I was chatting about a topic with another PB user and an idea came to me.

When you guys look at a curated list, would you be interested in seeing non book recommendations in the same list?

I was thinking, for niche nonfiction topics, books are amazing, but I'd love to recommend some articles, videos, podcasts, etc on the topic in the same place.

I was thinking maybe the comments of a list would be a good place for that.

What do you think? I'm curious to know people's opinions. BC sometimes I'm in a hyperfixation on a topic so I'll look at books, articles, etc. and if everything is curated in the same place, to me that would be fun, but I'm curious what other people think.

EDIT If anyone has worked in libraries and has used LibGuides to curate content on specific contents, I love that sort of thing and want to provide a variety of stuff in lists :)

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daramuscat

Soft launch intro romantasy—urgent help needed! ⚔️

Hi Pagebound community,

"...but I can't deal with war and death so maybe you have some soft lunch recommendations?"

With all my love and might, Dara

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Lindsay Cummings

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Part of Your World (Part of Your World, #1)

storytrekker

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“I believe you. I can handle anything you need to tell me. You don’t need to protect me from the truth and I’m here to help you in any way I can. It’s not your fault. And you don’t deserve it.” i got teary-eyed after reading this🥹

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ams_8125

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Oh my... I LOVE KENJI!!! He was properly introduced like a few pages ago and I already adore him!!

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daramuscat

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Eagle riders… polar bear riders.. winter storms, magic, shadow wolves… This sorry gets more and more fun with every page 😍🖤

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Lindsay Cummings

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daramuscat

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‘..Instead, he smiled, a devilish thing, and he conceded by bowing his chin. 'Welcome to the north, then. A size up from Rendegard, for certain.' There was a hint of mischief as he added, 'And of course, I've been so rude. Allow me to introduce myself to you as Kinlear Laroux, Sacred Eagleminder and most loyal servant of Lordach. Though most call me the Handsome Twin!'

Ugh I hate him already 😒 MMC twins though with a love triangle.. will be fun! 🤭🤌🏼

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daramuscat

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'I wouldn't dare give you the satisfaction,' he said. 'Who said anything about satisfaction?' She smiled sweetly up at him. … 'I don't need a man for that.

Hehehehe I love a fierce FMC 🤭🙌🏼

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daramuscat

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Love it so far! Feels like a great fall read with ravens, cold atmosphere, magic, warriors.. 😌🖤

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