Gonna keep using the audiobook to go through it faster. The writing is not amazing and Evie is so annoying. I don’t know if that’s me or the writing itself but she seems pretty young and quite childish in the way she talks and the villain sounds paternalistic sometimes. That makes their whole dynamic seems wrong in my eyes. I’m really struggling to get attached to any of them. The author uses the opposite of the « show don’t tell » and that makes the story annoying to read.

I don’t know if I’m getting old or what but I feel like I’m slowly growing out of romantasy… I used to love it so much but I’m just getting bored of the genre. The main characters are ALWAYS the same, there’s no originality whatsoever. I’m going through this book and it’s not bad but it’s something I’ve seen countless times before already 😩

We have some product updates to share - please make sure you're on the latest app version to see them! Quick summary here, with more info below:

• Set your 2026 reading goal! See past/future goals in the app.
• Save on Pagebound Royalty with an annual subscription
• New way to support PB: Gift Royalty to any PB user for 3, 6, or 12 months (link in footer or visit https://support.pagebound.co/gift)
• New OP tag on comments when the Original Poster comments
• New ways to filter forum posts (see both posts + comments from people you follow)
• See badge names when editing the badges displayed on your profile

2026 Reading Challenge You can now set your goals for next year, and continue to edit and add to your 2025 yearly goal as normal. You can now view your past and future goals in the app by visiting the Reading Challenge screen and clicking the blue "All Challenges" link on the right below the progress bar.

PB Royalty Gifting + Annual Subscription In the Serviceberry spirit, we're offering a new way to support Pagebound and spread community love through gifting a Royalty subscription to a fellow Pagebound user. You can specify which user you'd like to gift a subscription to for 3, 6, or 12 months (or, send this link to loved ones asking what you want for the holidays!). 6 months includes 1 month free and 12 months includes 2 months free. For those considering joining Pagebound Royalty, we're excited to share an option to become a yearly supporter (at a discounted price of $100 for 12 months, so 2 months free)! This option is available through our payment provider Stripe to everyone on the web, and to iOS app users in the US. If you’re an iOS app user outside of the US, visit us on the web instead of signing up in-app to see this option (Apple requires us to use Apple in-app payments outside the US).

A huge thank you to all our Royalty members who make Pagebound possible; it's not cheap running the servers + software required to keep Pagebound going and our Royalty members ensure PB continues to exist for everyone.

Another huge thank you to all our readers here on Pagebound; 2025 was an incredible year, from public launching the Website in January after 4 months of beta testing, to releasing the app in October, to growing to 70k readers and seeing this community flourish and thrive - it has been SUCH a great year, and we couldn't be more grateful and proud of the Pagebound community. You all do so much to ensure PB stays the welcoming, diverse, discussion-centered, interesting place that it is. Cheers to you all!

Happy reading, Jennifer + Lucy

I don’t know if I’m too much of a Shrek fan but why does it give off the same vibes? The mention of magic creatures that are hunted to be sold, the frog with a crown…are we…in Far Far Away?