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ixie531

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Alchemised
The Alpha of Bleake Isle (Dragonkin, #1)
The Wolf and the Crown of Blood (The Broken Accords #1)
Daughter of Smoke & Bone (Daughter of Smoke & Bone, #1)

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We Who Will Die

We Who Will Die

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  • The Wolf and the Crown of Blood (The Broken Accords #1)
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  • The Entanglement of Rival Wizards (Magic and Romance)
    What to read while I wait for book 2?

    Hey all, can you recommend me something similar to this book to read while I wait for book two? I've already read and loved Sara Raasch's Romance and Royals books. I've also read Night of the Witch and the Snow Like Ashes series (but sadly didn't enjoy them as must). Gimme your cozy queer fantasy recs!

    Side note: I refuse to buy books from Amazon, so recs must be available elsewhere. TIA!

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  • The Entanglement of Rival Wizards (Magic and Romance)
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    friends if this is not a low stakes rivals to lovers romance with some charm and obnoxiously witty characters, tell me know so I can pause on this and find something else. my last read was A Lot so I'm looking for this to be a nice break.

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  • The Entanglement of Rival Wizards (Magic and Romance)
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    Mar 03, 2026
    4.5
    Enjoyment: 4.0Quality: 4.0Characters: 4.5Plot: 4.0
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    I really liked it. I will say, I read it looking for a bit of an escape, and thus was not expecting the staggering amount of childhood trauma, but it was still thoroughly enjoyable.

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    The Entanglement of Rival Wizards (Magic and Romance)

    The Entanglement of Rival Wizards (Magic and Romance)

    Sara Raasch

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  • 🗡️ Is He Morally Gray, or Just Hot?

    Let’s talk about the epidemic.

    At what point did "morally gray" become: A. War crimes, but make it romantic B. Emotional unavailability with good cheekbones C. “I’d burn the world for you” (sir, why is your world so flammable?) We eat it up every time.

    Discussion fuel: If your fave morally gray man were described as “medium height accountant with a receding hairline,” would he still be complex?

    Do we forgive violence faster when it’s aesthetic?

    Are fantasy readers more comfortable with authoritarian love interests because the world-building distances the harm?

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  • Vesselless (The Merciless Realms #1)
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    Feb 09, 2026
    4.5
    Enjoyment: 4.5Quality: 5.0Characters: 4.5Plot: 4.0
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    I loved it! I knew going in it was going to be book 1 in a series, but that cliffhanger was painfulll. I wish we'd gotten a little more worldbuilding about how certain things worked, including the spirits and vessels and the like, I hope we get more in the next book!

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  • Ruling Sikthand (Clecanian, #7)
    Pre listen rant

    I haven't had to put any of books 1-6 on hold, so I've just been zooming through them, 1 a day, and now you're telling me I gotta wait for this one?????? 😤

    Friends, how am I possibly going to remember the craziness of these books 2 weeks from now? I'm so locked in rn 😭

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    The Beheading Game: A Novel

    The Beheading Game: A Novel

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    Disgraced. Beheaded. And out for revenge . . .We all know what happened to Henry VIII’s second wife, Anne Boleyn. But what if she woke up the day after her execution and took it upon herself to seek justice?“Nobody was surprised at Anne’s conviction. The world loves to put a woman in her place.”The Beheading Game begins in the hours after Anne Boleyn’s beheading, when she wakes to find herself unceremoniously in an arrow chest, her head wrapped in linen at her knees. Discarded by King Henry VIII for not being able to give him a male heir, reviled by Cromwell for being too smart for her own good, and executed based on trumped-up charges, Anne escapes the tower, sews her head back on, and sets out on a quest for vengeance.Traveling in the guise of a commoner, with the help of a prostitute, Anne navigates the London streets she never before walked and soon realizes how little she knew about life in the real world. If Kelly Link had teamed up with Hilary Mantel, the result might be The Beheading Game. An epic journey through the wilds of British royal history and a prescient reminder that “mouthy” women have always been punished, The Beheading Game finally allows one of history’s most maligned women a chance to tell her side of the story.

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    Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times

    Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times

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