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laimae

Once I'm allowed an entire year to just read and nothing else I'll be okayšŸ˜” she/they šŸ³ļøā€šŸŒˆ gap year vet tech studentšŸ•ŗ

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  • Always, Clementine
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    laimae reviewed...
    Sep 14, 2026
    Always, ClementineCarlie Sorosiak
    5.0
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    This is one of the most beautiful and heartbreaking middle grade books I've ever read😭

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  • Heartstopper: Volume Three
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    Sep 13, 2026
    Heartstopper: Volume ThreeAlice Oseman
    4.0
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  • Heartstopper: Volume Two
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    laimae reviewed...
    Sep 13, 2026
    Heartstopper: Volume TwoAlice Oseman
    4.0
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  • Sky (Warriors: A Starless Clan #2)
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    laimae reviewed...
    Sep 13, 2026
    Sky (Warriors: A Starless Clan #2)Erin Hunter
    3.0
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  • Heartstopper: Volume One
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    laimae reviewed...
    Sep 13, 2026
    Heartstopper: Volume OneAlice Oseman
    4.0
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    My Dark Vanessa

    My Dark Vanessa

    Kate Elizabeth Russell

    Exploring the psychological dynamics of the relationship between a precocious yet naĆÆve teenage girl and her magnetic and manipulative teacher, a brilliant, all-consuming read that marks the explosive debut of an extraordinary new writer. 2000. Bright, ambitious, and yearning for adulthood, fifteen-year-old Vanessa Wye becomes entangled in an affair with Jacob Strane, her magnetic and guileful forty-two-year-old English teacher. 2017. Amid the rising wave of allegations against powerful men, a reckoning is coming due. Strane has been accused of sexual abuse by a former student, who reaches out to Vanessa, and now Vanessa suddenly finds herself facing an impossible choice: remain silent, firm in the belief that her teenage self willingly engaged in this relationship, or redefine herself and the events of her past. But how can Vanessa reject her first love, the man who fundamentally transformed her and has been a persistent presence in her life? Is it possible that the man she loved as a teenager—and who professed to worship only her—may be far different from what she has always believed? Alternating between Vanessa’s present and her past, My Dark Vanessa juxtaposes memory and trauma with the breathless excitement of a teenage girl discovering the power her own body can wield. Thought-provoking and impossible to put down, this is a masterful portrayal of troubled adolescence and its repercussions that raises vital questions about agency, consent, complicity, and victimhood. Written with the haunting intimacy of The Girls and the creeping intensity of Room, My Dark Vanessa is an era-defining novel that brilliantly captures and reflects the shifting cultural mores transforming our relationships and society itself.

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  • Blood and Bone (Bravelands, #3)
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    laimae reviewed...
    Sep 12, 2026
    Blood and Bone (Bravelands, #3)Erin Hunter
    4.5
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    Ahhhhhhhh I love this series so much

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  • Hooves of Death, Volume 1 (Hooves of Death, #1)
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    laimae reviewed...
    Sep 12, 2026
    Hooves of Death, Volume 1 (Hooves of Death, #1)Sam Bragg
    4.5
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    Did not know I needed a unicorn/zombie combo.......

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