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Paladin’s Grace (The Saint of Steel, #1)

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Let's Split Up

Bill Wood

A nail-biting and perfectly formed Thriller for the YA BookTok generation. This is SCOOBY DOO meets WIN LOSE KILL DIE. When hot "it-couple" Brad and Shelley are brutally murdered in a Victorian mansion, a group of teen friends investigate. Set in a small town where rumour spreads as fast as the fire on the day of the killings, the theory is the old ghoul who haunts the house after his own murder nearly a century ago has finally taken revenge. As Cam, Jonesy, Amber and new-girl Buffy investigate, the rumour feels closer to the truth than they ever dared think possible, and as they enter the mansion themselves, the idea of splitting up to find evidence will prove to be either the best ... or worst decision of all... A guaranteed page turner full of tension and twists you won't see coming! From BookToker Bill Wood comes SCOOBY DOO meets WIN KILL LOSE DIE Perfect for the YA BookTok generation.

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Lesbiandisaster23

Chronic illness rep ✌🏻

Currently back in the ER so I would love to head your recommendations for books that feature chronic illness and/or disability!

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Lamelyss

Werewolves

Guys Hiiii

I need more werewolves romance (with some love scenes) please I feel like this genre is not there enough

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Oh my god author pls give my girl Grace a break!

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The Sins on Their Bones

Laura R. Samotin

Dimitri Alexeyev used to be the Tzar of Novo-Svitsevo. Now, he is merely a broken man, languishing in exile after losing a devastating civil war instigated by his estranged husband, Alexey Balakin. In hiding with what remains of his court, Dimitri and his spymaster, Vasily Sokolov, engineer a dangerous ruse. Vasily will sneak into Alexey’s court under a false identity to gather information, paving the way for the usurper’s downfall, while Dimitri finds a way to kill him for good. But stopping Alexey is not so easy as plotting to kill an ordinary man. Through a perversion of the Ludayzim religion that he terms the Holy Science, Alexey has died and resurrected himself in an immortal, indestructible body—and now claims he is guided by the voice of God Himself. Able to summon forth creatures from the realm of demons, he seeks to build an army, turning Novo-Svitsevo into the greatest empire that history has ever seen. Dimitri is determined not to let Alexey corrupt his country, but saving Novo-Svitsevo and its people will mean forfeiting the soul of the husband he can’t bring himself to forsake—or the spymaster he’s come to love.

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Sep 06, 2025

4.0

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

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Spooky Business (The Spectral Files, #3)

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Sep 06, 2025

4.0

Enjoyment: 4.0Quality: 4.0Characters: 4.0Plot: 4.0

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Even better than the second! We start to see some real, spooky consequences of Rain’s power that really upped the stakes of this one. The dual mystery kept me really engaged and the serial killer part of the story brought me back to my Criminal Mind days (could be time for a rewatch!) I also thought the work being into the side characters of the PTU is really paying off, I’m starting to love them as much as Rain and Danny. I know this series has only 5 books in it and I am dreading it being over already 🥲

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Principles of Spookology (The Spectral Files, #2)

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Sep 06, 2025

3.5

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

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A great sequel, this one definitely flowed much better than the first in series. I feel like I got to know the characters much better and I was truly invested in their arcs in this one. I’m a sucker for ghostly shenanigans, and it’s really fun to watch Rain learn to develop his power.

I would rate this one higher than the first, but I cannot for the life of me remember what the mystery was about, and I read this only a week and a half ago 😂

3.75/5

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The Keeper of Lonely Spirits

E.M. Anderson

In this mesmerizing, wonderfully moving queer cozy fantasy, an immortal ghost hunter must confront his tragic past in order to embrace his found family. Find an angry spirit. Send it on its way before it causes trouble. Leave before anyone learns his name. After over two hundred years, Peter Shaughnessy is ready to die and end this cycle. But thanks to a youthful encounter with one o’ them folk in his native Ireland, he can’t. Instead, he’s cursed to wander eternally far from home, with the ability to see ghosts and talk to plants. Immortality means Peter has lost everyone he’s ever loved. And so he centers his life on the dead—until his wandering brings him to Harrington, Ohio. As he searches for a vengeful spirit, Peter’s drawn into the townsfolk’s lives, homes and troubles. For the first time in over a century, he wants something other than death. But the people of Harrington will die someday. And he won’t As Harrington buckles under the weight of the supernatural, the ghost hunt pits Peter’s well-being against that of his new friends and the man he’s falling for. If he stays, he risks heartbreak. If he leaves, he risks their lives.

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Hazelthorn

C.G. Drews

CG Drews, acclaimed author of Don't Let the Forest In, returns with another deeply unsettling and yet hauntingly beautiful tale of murder and botanical body horror, perfect for fans of Andrew Joseph White and We Have Always Lived in the Castle. Evander has lived like a ghost in the forgotten corners of the Hazelthorn estate ever since he was taken in by his reclusive billionaire guardian, Byron Lennox-Hall, when he was a child. For his safety, Evander has been given three ironclad rules to follow: He can never leave the estate. He can never go into the gardens. And most importantly, he can never again be left alone with Byron's charming, underachieving grandson, Laurie. That last rule has been in place ever since Laurie tried to kill Evander seven years ago, and yet somehow Evander is still obsessed with him. But when Byron suddenly dies, Evander inherits Hazelthorn’s immense gothic mansion and acres of sprawling grounds, along with the entirety of the Lennox-Hall family's vast wealth. There’s just one caveat: He must choose a new guardian from amongst Laurie's scheming, backstabbing relatives to help manage the estate until he turns eighteen. Except Evander's sure his guardian was murdered, and Laurie may be the only one who can help him find the killer before they come for Evander next. Perhaps even more concerning is how the overgrown garden is refusing to stay behind its walls, slipping its vines and spores deeper into the house with each passing day. As the family’s dark secrets unravel alongside the growing horror of their terribly alive, bloodthirsty garden, Evander needs to find out what he’s really inheriting before the garden demands to be fed once more.

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Soul Searching: Sweetwater Peak, Book 1

Lyla Sage

Home is where the heart is - and this one is haunted. The No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of the Rebel Blue Ranch series returns with a brand-new story, featuring a small-town upholsterer in need of a fresh start, a photographer whose life has come to a screeching halt . . . and the supernatural forces that bring them together. Collins Cartwright does not want to go home. Sweetwater Peak, Wyoming, was supposed to be in her rearview mirror, but when she finds out a developer is trying to buy her parents' antique shop out from under them, she doesn't have a choice - at least, that's what she tells her family. They don't need to know she's lost her job and is out of money. Or that the ghosts that have always been her companions have recently gone silent. But just because she's returned home doesn't mean she has to stay with her parents or crash on her twin sister's couch. Lucky for her, the new-to-town upholsterer has a room for rent above his store. Unluckily, it is absolutely crawling with more ghosts who are freezing her out. And Collins hates being ignored. Brady Cooper is absolutely and totally fine. Seriously, there's no secret reason why he decided to uproot his life and suddenly move to Sweetwater Peak. He just needed a change of pace. At least, that's what he tells himself. And everyone else. When he agrees to let the elusive Collins Cartwright stay in his spare room, he doesn't know that she's absolutely bonkers - constantly talking to herself and having conversations with no one - or that she looked like that. But as they begin to get closer, the lines between them start to blur, leaving both of them - and the ghosts that have been pushing them together - wondering whether or not their temporary arrangement could be something more permanent.

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The Son of Good Fortune

Lysley Tenorio

Excel spends his days trying to seem like an unremarkable American teenager. But Excel knows that his family is far from normal. His mother, Maxima, was once a Filipina B-movie action star who now makes her living scamming men online. The old man they live with is not his grandfather, but Maxima’s lifelong martial arts trainer. And years ago, on Excel’s tenth birthday, Maxima revealed a secret that he must keep forever. “We are ‘TNT’—tago ng tago,” she told him, “hiding and hiding.” Excel is undocumented—and one accidental slip could uproot his entire life. Casting aside the paranoia and secrecy of his childhood, Excel takes a leap, joining Sab on a journey south to a ramshackle desert town called Hello City. Populated by drifters, old hippies, and washed-up techies—and existing outside the normal constructs of American society—Hello City offers Excel a chance to forge his own path for the first time. But after so many years of trying to be invisible, who does he want to become? And is it possible to put down roots in a country that has always considered you an outsider?

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The House in the Cerulean Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #1)

T.J. Klune

Linus Baker is a by-the-book case worker in the Department in Charge of Magical Youth. He's tasked with determining whether six dangerous magical children are likely to bring about the end of the world. Arthur Parnassus is the master of the orphanage. He would do anything to keep the children safe, even if it means the world will burn. And his secrets will come to light. The House in the Cerulean Sea is an enchanting love story, masterfully told, about the profound experience of discovering an unlikely family in an unexpected place—and realizing that family is yours.

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Sparks Fly

Birdie Lynn

Arthur Pham didn't expect to spend his final year at the Stonebury Conservatory for Young Mages dating his archnemesis-fake dating, that is. Arthur's particular brew of perfectionism and anxiety has served him well, landing him at the top of his class. Almost. The number one spot belongs to Stonebury's most popular student, Mika Rivera-Arthur's sworn rival with a mirthful glint in his eye and an ever-present grin. But when Arthur's tuition check bounces, he must win the fellowship money granted to the top student in his class, or his future will come to a grinding halt. When a spell reveals that the only obstacle in Arthur's way-Mika-is his soulmate, they enter into a fake dating ploy to stop their classmates' ridicule. On their rollercoaster of falsified romance, Arthur finds himself shoved into more compromising situations with his rival than he ever imagined, and he's horrified to find that he even enjoys some of them. The real Mika-wickedly charismatic and earnest in equal parts-refuses to fit into the checkboxes on Arthur's meticulous to-do lists. Can Arthur put aside his pride to secure the future he has so desperately dreamed of? Or will his obsession with hating Mika cost him everything?

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Sparks Fly

Birdie Lynn

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Books like Supernatural (the show)

Update: I have started a List based on my digging and recs if you want to check it out! Still looking for more input though 😊

Finally rewatching this series again and it got me thinking about what books give the same vibes, but with romance. I remember in high school reading a YA book about demon hunters (I think it was called The Demon Trappers Daughter or something).

Anyone have any recs for books/series that involve hunting/handling the paranormal/mythical, but is a romance? So has the dark vibes and the hunting aspect of Supernatural, and (hopefully) an MMC that kind of give Dean/Sam, but it’s not like a spin off of two brothers who hunt stuff if that makes sense!! I want to make a List once I have some ideas, but I need at least 5 books 😂

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Fate of the Fallen (The Shroud of Prophecy, #1)

romancemimi

Sep 05, 2025

2.5

Enjoyment: 2.5Quality: 2.5Characters: 2.0Plot: 2.5

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I…do not think I liked this? Honestly I’m still feeling pretty confused by it. It started off so strong, had some really exciting trope subversions, and then just kind of died off for me.

This might be harsh but I can’t think of another way to put it…it almost felt like a parody of a high fantasy? Was that intentional? It was doing all the high fantasy things but I just felt completely disconnected from it. There was a big cast of characters that felt more like props than actual agents of change in their own narratives. There was an epic quest that was doomed at all turns, and known to be doomed throughout the whole story.

The only classic part of a high fantasy that I thought was truly well done was Myropa’s part of the story. I looked forward to her POV’s and was interested by the machinations of the gods.

Because my feelings are still incredibly mixed, I’ll say:

2.5/5

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