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Inviting the Wolf In: Thinking About Difficult Stories (Story Cove)

A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3)

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rwalker101

Dec 18, 2025

3.0

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

This was cute. I enjoyed it. I probably would have enjoyed it more if I were not almost 30 years old and afflicted with the "can no longer relate to teenagers so I can't read YA" curse lol

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rwalker101

Dec 05, 2025

2.0

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

in the immortal words of jenny nicholson: "needs story"

also how are you doing a miscommunication at 89%. why are you making them trip over the finish line.

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Not That Kind of Guy (The Nolans, #2)

Andie J. Christopher

An office attraction becomes something more when they're off the clock in this delightful romantic comedy by the USA Today bestselling author of Not the Girl You Marry. State attorney Bridget Nolan is successful in all aspects of her life--except romance. After breaking up with her longtime boyfriend, she's been slow to reenter the dating scene. To be honest, she has more important things to do like putting bad guys behind bars. But with her brother's wedding right around the corner, she suddenly needs a date and fast. Lucky for Bridget, the legal intern is almost done with his program. Matt Kido is dumbstruck by Bridget--total love at first sight--but there's one problem. She's totally off-limits while she's his boss. But the moment he no longer reports to her, Matt asks her on a date. An impulsive decision takes them to Las Vegas where, as the saying goes, what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas. Unless you put a ring on it.

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Jul 15, 2025

4.0

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Frankenstein

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Alternate cover edition of ISBN-13: ‎978-0141439471 / ISBN-10: 0141439475 'Now that I had finished, the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart ...' Obsessed with creating life itself, Victor Frankenstein plunders graveyards for the material to fashion a new being, which he shocks into life with electricity. But his botched creature, rejected by Frankenstein and denied human companionship, sets out to destroy his maker and all that he holds dear. Mary Shelley's chilling Gothic tale was conceived when she was only eighteen, living with her lover Percy Shelley near Byron's villa on Lake Geneva. It would become the world's most famous work of horror fiction, and remains a devastating exploration of the limits of human creativity. Based on the third edition of 1831, this volume contains all the revisions Mary Shelley made to her story, as well as her 1831 introduction and Percy Bysshe Shelley's preface to the first edition. This revised edition includes as appendices a select collation of the texts of 1818 and 1831 together with 'A Fragment' by Lord Byron and Dr John Polidori's 'The Vampyre: A Tale'.

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rwalker101

Nov 18, 2025

4.0

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

something something the nature of change and transitory spaces, something something love will always come looking for you even when the world ends

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As Many Souls as Stars

Natasha Siegel

For fans of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, an inventive and romantic speculative novel about two women—a witch and an immortal demon—who make a Faustian bargain and are drawn into a cat-and-mouse chase across multiple lifetimes. 1592. Cybil Harding is a First Daughter. Cursed to bring disaster to those around her, she is trapped in a house with a mother paralyzed by grief and a father willing to sacrifice everything in pursuit of magic. Miriam Richter is a creature of shadow. Forged by the dark arts many years ago, she is doomed to exist for eternity and destined to be alone—killing mortals and consuming their souls for sustenance. Everything changes when she meets Cybil, whose soul shines with a light so bright, she must claim it for herself. She offers a bargain: she will grant Cybil reincarnation in exchange for her soul. Thus begins a dance across centuries as Miriam seeks Cybil in every lifetime to claim her prize. Cybil isn’t inclined to play by the rules, but when it becomes clear that Miriam holds the key to breaking her family curse, Cybil finds that—for the first time in her many lives—she might have the upper hand. As they circle each other, drawn together inescapably as light and dark, the bond forged between them grows stronger. In their battle for dominance, only one of them can win—but perhaps they can’t survive without each other. Natasha Siegel has written an unexpected love story that feels both epic and deeply personal. Ambitious, gothic, and magical, As Many Souls as Stars is about the lengths we go to protect ourselves, our legacy, and those we love.

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Wind and Truth (The Stormlight Archive, #5)

Madams

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Nov 17, 2025

3.0

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

the yearns were yearning, the pines were pining. but also. i kinda wish he'd left the preisthood for other reasons? all of the reasons cited, in fact? leaving FOR HER is such crazy huge pressure on her.

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Kill the Beast

Serra Swift

The Witcher meets Howl’s Moving Castle in this debut original faerie tale of revenge, redemption, and friendship―for fans of T. Kingfisher, Naomi Novik, and cozy fantasy with a dash of gritty adventure. The night Lyssa Cadogan's brother was murdered by a faerie-made monster known as the Beast, she made him a promise: she would find a way to destroy the immortal creature and avenge his death. For thirteen years, she has been hunting faeries and the abominations they created. But in all that time, the one Beast she is most desperate to find has never resurfaced. Until she meets Alderic Casimir de Laurent, a melodramatic dandy with a coin purse bigger than his brain. Somehow, he has found the monster’s lair, and―even more surprising―retrieved one of its claws. A claw Lyssa needs in order to forge a sword that can kill the Beast. When the witch Ragnhild decrees that Alderic and Lyssa must gather the other ingredients to forge the weapon together, or else the spell will fail, Lyssa gets more than she bargained for. Alderic is ill-equipped for the task at hand, and almost guaranteed to get himself killed. But as the two of them search for the materials that will be the Beast's undoing, Alderic reveals hidden depths: dark secrets that he guards as carefully as Lyssa guards hers. Before long, and against Lyssa's better judgment, they begin to forge a blooming friendship―one that will either lead to the culmination of Lyssa's quest for vengeance, or spell doom for them both.

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rwalker101

Nov 16, 2025

0.5

Enjoyment: 0.5Quality: 0.5Characters: 0.5Plot: 0.5

I hated both of these assholes the entire time. Guess I'm happy for them, they definitely deserve each other

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CatherineJ

Thoughts from 9%

I’m not sure what the point is with the nasty customer interaction scene. Is it supposed to show us how she’s put upon? A pushover? She never says the items are one of a kind and old. She never says there’s a no return policy. (And if there was such a policy, most store owners would have a sign posted.) We already get Harriet is a people pleaser without this awkward scene. We know she needs to grow, become at least a little stronger.

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Hi! Do you guys know that joke of “there is two Emily Henry fans: the happy place people and the book lovers people” Can someone tell me which one fits this book more? hahahah I didn’t care for happy place but I think I will like this one

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"Robert, I don't like this male lead" "Yeah I don't like him either buddy" "..... Robert. It's pissing me off."

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Heavy Hitter

Katie Cotugno

The beloved New York Times bestselling author of Birds of California hits it out of the park with this smart, sexy, thrilling take on the celebrity-athlete story—a funny, sizzling, ripped-from-the-headlines romance between an international pop star and a major league baseball player who thought his best days were behind him. Taylor and Travis. Jennifer and A-Rod. Marilyn and Joe. When a professional athlete and a megawatt star fall in love, the world is obsessed . . . With four chart-topping albums, Lacey Logan is a superstar whose life no longer feels like her own. Her every move is photographed, videoed, and dissected online, and her carefully curated Instagram feed studied by fans worldwide. To maintain her privacy, Lacey skillfully controls her narrative, showing fans and paparazzi what she wants them to see. But when Lacey discovers her boyfriend is hiding two devastating secrets—a bad cocaine habit and a pregnant girlfriend—she begins to lose confidence and control of her own story. Then big-shouldered baseball player Jimmy Hodges, a former Rookie of the Year when Lacey was in high school, walks into the bar where she’s venting to a friend. With his shaggy beard and unfashionable button-down, Jimmy is the opposite of the picture-perfect guy Lacey thinks she wants. Soon, sparks fly and inhibitions go out the window when Lacey dares to take some chances. Lacey and Jimmy are polar opposites. But could this be the forever after they both need?

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SombreTambourine

Thoughts from 30% /ch 13

I never really believed when some people say they don't see a movie in their head when they read books. But somehow this is happening to me for the 1st time ever?

It's not that the writing isn't descriptive. It's like it doesn't stick. My mental image clears between sentences and I have to keep re-reading parts.

Anyone else having this issue?

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Nov 14, 2025

4.0

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

3.75 ⭐ thanks to Atria Books for the ARC!

I really enjoyed this! I think it will fit right in with the rest of the "STEM-inist" novels that have been trending in recent years, but I don't think it was as strong as it had the potential to be.

The love story was great, very sweet and romantic, but I felt that some of the side characters weren't fleshed out as well as I wanted them to be. Some additional editing could have cut a few of the side characters and strengthened the side plots involving the remaining ones. Also, call me a masochist, but I'm lowkey disappointed that the side plot with his notebook didn't end up with her ex trying to pull shenanigans. It kinda just. fell off in favor of the grant conflict. Again, some more time with an editor, trimming side plots and digging deeper into what remains could have easily made this a more resonant novel.

That said: still very cute, still enjoyable.

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Bromantasy

Máire Roche

Two heroes. One brain cell.BROMANTASY is a cozy, queer fantasy about the mortifying ordeal of being known by your totally platonic best friend and the epic quest that might force you to confront the truth.This deluxe limited first run edition will feature beautifully designed colored edges—while supplies last!Fellas, is it gay to kiss your bff while on a quest through the forest you’re unqualified for?Juniper O'Reilly is good at only two demolishing a pint of mead and finding the perfect skincare routine. Everything else—taking care of the farm, bartering for goods, any sort of manual labor—falls to Juniper’s best friend, the absurdly capable, endlessly patient Mo Elmthorn.But when Juniper accidentally volunteers them both for a quest to kill a fearsome monster, he knows he’s finally gotten in over his head. Juniper hates camping, he hates the dark, and there’s no way all these foraged mushrooms are going to sit well in his stomach. One thing he doesn’t hate? How good Mo’s thighs look in his questing pants—he doesn’t have time to think about that, though, with a monster to hunt and their futures on the line.But monsters come in all shapes and sizes. When Juniper and Mo realize that the terrifying beast they’ve sworn to kill is just a scared little girl torn from her family, they’re off to find not only the true villain of the story, but maybe even a happy ending.

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