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Romantasy Starter Pack Vol I
Universe Quest: Maasverse
Level 3
My Taste
Anathema
The Seven Year Slip
The Games Gods Play (The Crucible, #1)
Shield of Sparrows
A Forbidden Alchemy
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Wild and Wrangled (Rebel Blue Ranch, #4)
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Sifting Sands (Blood of the Durit, #1)

Sifting Sands (Blood of the Durit, #1)

Angie Caedis

All Ren wants is to see another sunrise, but when you grow up with people cursing your very existence, that’s easier said than done. As someone touched by the gods, she keeps far from the cities and the dangers they pose, preferring to keep to the endless and isolating sands of the Jahaer Desert. She’s managed to keep the marks that identify her as a daemon out of sight for this long, but when her camp is raided, and her allies have fled, there’s nowhere left to hide.Captured and taken to the heartless city of Denheir, Ren has only one goal—survival. She’s never embraced her gift of sight, but now she might not have a choice. Face to face with the most notorious man on the Continent and his desire for the power coursing through her veins, Ren must submit to the fate the gods have dealt her or fight. Good thing she’s never been one to yield.With new threats at her back and old ones plaguing her dreams, Ren is thrust into a journey of self, survival, and new alliances as she tries to escape a life she never asked for. The future is murky, and though she’s spent her whole life running from her gift, she just might realize that true power is as inevitable as the gods themselves.

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Copper Skin, Oaken Lungs (Copper & Ash, #1)

Copper Skin, Oaken Lungs (Copper & Ash, #1)

Adam Bassett

For a thousand years, The Old Town has stood as humanity’s last bastion against the maalkonis, malignant black mists that reduced the rest of the world to ash. They are kept at bay by rusty machines on the town’s walls. In order to survive, the dwindling population depends on one another. Since a young age, Justīne has embraced the harsh responsibilities that accompanied her apprenticeship on the last farm in existence. Her younger sister, Anna, is beginning her own apprenticeship as well. Learning engineering was not Anna's first choice, but the town's last mage fell to the maalkonis years prior, leaving nothing behind but confusing books and strange runes. When food runs low during a particularly harsh winter, distrust spreads like a plague, and Justīne is blamed for it. As hunger leads to violence, she and her siblings are forced to flee The Old Town, embarking on a perilous journey into the very mists that had formed their cage. Their fight to survive in the dark develops into a hopeful mystery as they follow the breadcrumbs of a mage’s efforts to save the world. Meanwhile something pursues them through the maalkonis…

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Rook & Rebel (The Mavericks #1)

Rook & Rebel (The Mavericks #1)

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    Nicole better back tf off 😤🤣

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    Lost and Lassoed (Rebel Blue Ranch, #3)

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  • Swift and Saddled (Rebel Blue Ranch, #2)
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    Feb 11, 2026
    4.0
    Enjoyment: 4.0Quality: 4.0Characters: 4.0Plot: 4.0
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    Wes is your sweetheart next door and I really enjoyed the audiobook for this one. Ada is the classic FMC that can’t get out of her own way. 🤣 and Gus is still just a d*** (which I’m sure he will grow on me in his story).

    This book had me laughing, kicking and screaming like a lil school girl, blushing and all of the above. It was entertaining and I never got bored because the spicy scenes were for sure spicy 🌶️ 🥵. I loved Ada and her background and related to her insecurities of no one liking her (since it is one of my own). Wes was sweet and caring and always supportive which I also loved. He never faltered in his feelings for her and fought for her every step of the way. Loved this book and looking forward to the next!

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  • Swift and Saddled (Rebel Blue Ranch, #2)
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    The guy on the cover does not at all match what I'm picturing in my head for Wes. I'm thinking a rugged Chris Pine-type for him and picturing Camila Mendes as Ada. The cover is not giving typical hot cowboy romance novel vibes for me. Thoughts?

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  • Heat of the Everflame (Kindred's Curse, #3)
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  • Shield of Sparrows
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    So many questions… What if I never see my home again? How did he sneak up on me? Why did he do that? Our main character is in a constant state of wonder apparently.

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  • Anathema
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    Hmmmm not really sure I'm fully feeling it? Specifically the romance portion that's on the horizon. If its done right I can appreciate it and give the author kudos but I'm worried it's going to wind up like every other "spicy" romantasty and the MMC's traumatic history is gonna end up brushed off. At this current point I would rather read about the two characters in two separate stories rather than together. I'm way more invested in Maevyth's story than Zevander's. He's just hitting me as stereotypical broody, morally grey love interest with more intense trauma. I feel like if his personality was more fleshed out I'd love him a lot more and be more invested in his plot line. I'm not in DNF territory yet but I hope I'm not disappointed.

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  • Slaying the Vampire Conqueror
    samplethisstory
    Feb 08, 2026
    5.0
    Enjoyment: 5.0Quality: 5.0Characters: 5.0Plot: 5.0
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