rmknitss

Likes romance, mystery, horror, and fantasy. Mostly romance. (She/Her)

10455 points

0% overlap

My Taste

She Who Became the Sun (The Radiant Emperor, #1)

Reading...

Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America

12%

Dating Dr. Dil (If Shakespeare Was an Auntie, #1)

66%

62%

rmknitss commented on notlizlemon's review of Carmilla

notlizlemon

Jul 13, 2026

Carmilla

4.0

Enjoyment: 5.0Quality: 4.5Characters: 4.0Plot: 3.5

🧛‍♀️

⚰️

👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩

Look, I didn’t know that a book from 1872 could be this vampy and campy and I am not mad about it. I had a great time. Not sure how Laura is gonna go on to like, marry a man with any level of satisfaction in her life after her very passionate connection with Carmilla, but I guess that’s a her problem 😭 Moral of the story is hide your kids, hide your wife from this lady, she’s thirsty as fuck, she has a type, and she is always looking for excess blood to nap in, sensory deprivation tank style.

Post from the Dating Dr. Dil (If Shakespeare Was an Auntie, #1) forum

rmknitss

Chapter 20 - 67% (page 239) - Playing for keeps

spoilers

View spoiler

rmknitss commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum

lovekase

Reading Goals

Are you ahead, on track or behind on your reading goals this year? I’m 6 books behind because a few rough months and now a book has 2.5 pages to hook me or I’m pausing and trying a new one. I love it though it’s fun for me and is helping me rearrange the monthly plan I made on here based on the vibe I get from the first few pages of the books I’m trying.

Post from the Dating Dr. Dil (If Shakespeare Was an Auntie, #1) forum

rmknitss

Chapter 12 - 31% (page 111) - Is this a Stalker Romance?

Being so for real right now, is this a stalker romance? Because this man isn't taking "leave me alone" or "give me space" or "back off" for an answer and it's making me uncomfortable.

rmknitss made progress on...

Dating Dr. Dil (If Shakespeare Was an Auntie, #1)

Nisha Sharma

66%

rmknitss commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum

wellreadperi

Middle grade books that aren’t Harry Potter

This summer I’m working as a camp counselor, and one of the kids I was in charge of this week was a major Harry Potter fan. It made me realize that Harry Potter is still a huge franchise, especially among little kids who are unaware of who J.K. Rowling really is. I don’t support J.K Rowling at all and frankly believe her prejudices are present all throughout her writing, but I’d hate to discourage the love of reading I see in children like this one, and nobody should be mad at a nine-year-old for not knowing the details of J.K. Rowling’s horrible actions, which is why I thought it might be nice to compile a list of books to hand kids that aren’t Harry Potter.

I know there are already some lists like this, and I don’t want to copy anyone else’s idea, so I came up with some specific criteria:

The book must be middle grade/for children (not YA or adult)
The book must be a series starter
The book should have some sort of fantastical element (like the gods in Percy Jackson or the elves in Keeper of the Lost Cities)
I’m less interested in graphic novels for this list, but they aren’t strictly forbidden

Basically any series that’s just as much fun and not nearly as problematic as Harry Potter will do. I really just want any series that could get a kid hooked on reading the way Harry Potter successfully has for decades. It would be great to have some books with better representation as well!

rmknitss TBR'd a book

10h

The Route of Ice and Salt

José Luis Zárate

A reimagining of Dracula’s voyage to England, filled with Gothic imagery and queer desire. It’s an ordinary assignment, nothing more. The cargo? Fifty boxes filled with Transylvanian soil. The route? From Varna to Whitby. The Demeter has made many trips like this. The captain has handled dozens of crews. He dreams familiar dreams: to taste the salt on the skin of his men, to run his hands across their chests. He longs for the warmth of a lover he cannot have, fantasizes about flesh and frenzied embraces. All this he’s done before, it’s routine, a constant, like the tides. Yet there’s something different, something wrong. There are odd nightmares, unsettling omens and fear. For there is something in the air, something in the night, someone stalking the ship. The cult vampire novella by Mexican author José Luis Zárate is available for the first time in English. Translated by David Bowles and with an accompanying essay by noted horror author Poppy Z. Brite, it reveals an unknown corner of Latin American literature.

rmknitss is interested in reading...

10h

The Luminous Dead

Caitlin Starling

A thrilling, atmospheric debut with the intensive drive of The Martian and Gravity and the creeping dread of Annihilation, in which a caver on a foreign planet finds herself on a terrifying psychological and emotional journey for survival.When Gyre Price lied her way into this expedition, she thought she’d be mapping mineral deposits, and that her biggest problems would be cave collapses and gear malfunctions. She also thought that the fat paycheck—enough to get her off-planet and on the trail of her mother—meant she’d get a skilled surface team, monitoring her suit and environment, keeping her safe. Keeping her sane. Instead, she got Em. Em sees nothing wrong with controlling Gyre’s body with drugs or withholding critical information to “ensure the smooth operation” of her expedition. Em knows all about Gyre’s falsified credentials, and has no qualms using them as a leash—and a lash. And Em has secrets, too . . . As Gyre descends, little inconsistencies—missing supplies, unexpected changes in the route, and, worst of all, shifts in Em’s motivations—drive her out of her depths. Lost and disoriented, Gyre finds her sense of control giving way to paranoia and anger. On her own in this mysterious, deadly place, surrounded by darkness and the unknown, Gyre must overcome more than just the dangerous terrain and the Tunneler which calls underground its home if she wants to make it out alive—she must confront the ghosts in her own head. But how come she can't shake the feeling she’s being followed?

rmknitss commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum

10h

femaelstrom

THANK YOU SO MUCH, I'M SO HAPPY!!!

TO WHOEVER ADDED THE "ARE YOU SURE?" BUTTON WHEN MARKING A BOOK AS FINISHED: I OWE YOU MY FIRSTBORN.

I used to hit “I'm Finished” by accident ALL THE TIME, and fixing it was such a pain. I just noticed the new "Are you sure?" feature and I am ridiculously grateful. To the Pagebound team: thank you for protecting me from my own thumbs 🫶

101

rmknitss made progress on...

12h

The Great Mann

Kyra Davis Lurie

62%

Post from the The Great Mann forum

12h

rmknitss

56% (page 168) Chapter 21 - The Drama of it all

spoilers

View spoiler

rmknitss is interested in reading...

12h

Marriage & Masti (If Shakespeare Were an Auntie, #3)

Nisha Sharma

The third and final installment in Nisha Sharma’s beloved Shakespeare-inspired rom-com trilogy—an ode to Twelfth Night—is the perfect friends to lovers romp featuring an accidental wedding, meddling families, and plenty of sizzling chemistry. Veera Mathur has been through a lot in the past year. Both of her friends found soul mates, the man she fell in love with got engaged to another woman, and her father fired her before selling the family company. When her twin sister, Sana, tells her there is no way of getting her old life back, Veera feels lost at a single, unemployed mess with a bad tattoo and tons of talent, but nowhere to go. Deepak Datta hasn’t had the best luck either. To secure enough board votes for the CEO position at his family's company, Illyria Media, he’s ready to marry board member and famous beauty influencer, Olivia Gupta. That is until he wakes up to a get ready with me video announcing their separation. Despite his immediate relief, Deepak needs to do something fast to repair his image. After a series of convenient mishaps bring them together again—including a literal shipwreck, way too many drinks, and a sunset elopement on the beach—Deepak and Veera realize their accidental wedding might be the solution to their career aspirations. Together, they plot against the very company that ruined their lives in the first place. As they try to convince the world their friendship was a ruse for romance they’ve felt all along, the line between fake and real begins to blur. Now Veera and Deepak must ask themselves the terrifying question that has haunted them since the first time they will love ruin everything? With her signature humor and heartfelt storytelling, Nisha Sharma writes a messy, spicy romance about identity, family honor, and love. In Marriage & Masti, readers are sure to love the highly anticipated finale of this beloved trilogy.

rmknitss commented on a post

12h

tedizzle

Thoughts from 84% (page 106)

80% done with the book and my brain is still reading the name as George Michael instead of Michael George

rmknitss commented on Braam.reads's update

Braam.reads made progress on...

21h

The City We Became (Great Cities, #1)

N.K. Jemisin

100%

rmknitss commented on a post

12h

Defiantgoats

Thoughts from 88%

spoilers

View spoiler

rmknitss commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum

12h

aviifld

favorite summerween reads?

hi friends!! ive been in a very halloween-y mood (which i always am, i fear) and i was wondering what everyone's favorite summerween books are? you know, something with a summer vibe but spooky! like if AHS 1984 was a book 🙂‍↕️

rmknitss wrote a review...

15h

Too Brazen to Bite (Gothic Love Stories, #5)

rmknitss

Jul 12, 2026

Too Brazen to Bite (Gothic Love Stories, #5)

3.5

Enjoyment: 4.0Quality: 3.0Characters: 3.5Plot: 3.0

🧛‍♂️

❤️

This was a light, fun, fairly middle of the road paranormal romance. While I wish the MMC's feelings and motivations had been explored a little more, I don't think the plot would have held up to many more pages.

The vampire elements were integral to the plot but didn't detract from the romance. The romance itself does feel a little rushed because it takes place over the course of like, three or four meetings, but I wasn't exactly expecting a slow burn with this page count so it didn't bother me.

I would recommend this for fans of paranormal historical romance (a bit of a niche genre) who just want a quick, low stakes read.

rmknitss finished a book

15h

Too Brazen to Bite (Gothic Love Stories, #5)

Erica Ridley

A hidden secrets, forbidden lovers romance from a New York Times bestselling author: In this gothic castle, even a woman of science isn’t immune to the charms of a wickedly handsome, dangerously sexy vampire… The devilishly seductive, irresistibly rakish Mr. Macane is ravishing all the ladies of the ton—despite the fact that he is penniless, untitled—and believed to be a vampire. Hired to disprove such an absurd claim, the skeptical Miss Elspeth Ramsay does not expect to tremble in his presence—until the graze of his teeth on her neck ignites an appetite of her own, and she finds herself biting him back! Surely this sudden bloodlust can only mean danger for her family and her heart—or a love for eternity... Too Brazen to Bite is a re-edited, author's edition update to the previously published book Never Been Bitten (originally in the anthology Born to Bite).

rmknitss is interested in reading...

17h