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starkhaven

i LOVE a historical, a british romcom, and anything involving cunning, sad, yearning romantic interests.

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Here's Looking at You
The Fox Wife
The Beautiful Ones
The Golem and the Jinni (The Golem and the Jinni, #1)
The Raven Scholar (The Eternal Path, #1)
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  • First Witches Club: A Novel
    starkhaven
    Apr 06, 2026
    DNF
    2.0
    Enjoyment: 1.5Quality: 1.0Characters: 1.5Plot: 0.5
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  • The Ivory City
    starkhaven
    Apr 04, 2026
    3.0
    Enjoyment: 3.0Quality: 2.5Characters: 3.5Plot: 3.5
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  • To Clutch a Razor (Curse Bearer, #2)
    starkhaven
    Apr 01, 2026
    5.0
    Enjoyment: 4.5Quality: 5.0Characters: 5.0Plot: 4.0
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    what can I say but hell yeah brother!!!!

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  • Dancing with Love (The Academy of Love, #5)
    starkhaven
    Mar 29, 2026
    DNF
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    Needs an editor. Things like "she swept passed him" kept popping up. Between that, the somewhat juvenile writing, and the strong mental image of the FMC looking like a leprechaun (she's described as being very small with orange hair and vivid green eyes 🫠), this was a very quick DNF for me.

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  • The Ex Next Door
    starkhaven
    Mar 26, 2026
    3.0
    Enjoyment: 2.0Quality: 4.0Characters: 2.0Plot: 2.0

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  • You Are Loved
    starkhaven
    Mar 26, 2026
    5.0
    Enjoyment: 5.0Quality: 5.0Characters: 4.5Plot: 4.0

    Devoured this in a single afternoon. I'm fully obsessed with Grace and James, their dynamic, and their romance. The cast of side characters was also wonderful, though I will take away a few points for two instances of "comically malicious woman rival". I was absolutely delighted with the ending and was THRILLED to turn the page and see an epilogue 😭😭

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  • When Among Crows
    starkhaven
    Mar 25, 2026
    4.5
    Enjoyment: 5.0Quality: 4.5Characters: 5.0Plot: 4.5
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    Divas everywhere tbh!!!! When Among Crows is a quick read and very stylish, with some really fun icky parts and some very not fun icky parts. Roth has some points to make about families, chosen or otherwise, and while they're not especially groundbreaking they are still emotionally resonant. Like I was fully crying by the end, especially for Ala and Dmityr, and I have very high expectations for the sequel :')

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  • Beautiful Things (Second Sons, #1)
    starkhaven
    Mar 22, 2026
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  • Summer Bride
    starkhaven
    Feb 26, 2026
    3.0
    Enjoyment: 3.0Quality: 2.5Characters: 3.0Plot: 1.5
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  • The Poet Empress
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    I have cried and cried over this book. This was a brilliant debut and Shen Tao has become an automatic buy for me. The emotional rollercoaster that I went through was exhausting but rewarding in the end.

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    A Dreadful Splendor

    A Dreadful Splendor

    B.R. Myers

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    A Dreadful Splendor

    A Dreadful Splendor

    B.R. Myers

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