Luna's bookshelf: all en-US Sun, 13 Sep 2026 13:04:30 -0700 60 Luna's bookshelf: all 144 41 https://www.goodreads.com/images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg <![CDATA[Necronomicon: The Best Weird Tales]]> 1335019
H.P. Lovecraft's tales of the tentacled Elder God Cthulhu and his pantheon of alien deities were initially written for the pulp magazines of the 1920s and '30s. These astonishing tales blend elements of horror, science fiction and cosmic terror that are as powerful today as they were when they were first published.

This handsome tome collects together the very best of Lovecraft's tales of terror, including the complete Cthulhu Mythos cycle, just the way they were originally published. It will introduce a whole new generation of readers to Lovecraft's fiction, as well as being a must-buy for those fans who want all his work in a single, definitive, highly attractive volume.

Contents:
• Night-Gaunts
• Dagon
• The Statement of Randolph Carter
• The Doom The Came to Sarnath
• The Cats of Ulthar
• The Nameless City
• Herbert West - Reanimator
• The Music of Erich Zann
• The Lurking Fear
• The Hound
• The Rats in the Walls
• Under the Pyramids
• The Unnamable
• In the Vault
• The Outsider
• The Horror at Red Hook
• The Colour Out of Space
• Pickman’s Model
• The Call of Cthulhu
• Cool Air
• The Shunned House
• The Silver Key
• The Dunwich Horror
• The Whisperer in Darkness
• The Strange High House in the Mist
• The Dreams in the Witch-House
• From Beyond
• Through the Gates of the Silver Key
• At the Mountains of Madness
• The Shadow Over Innsmouth
• The Shadow Out of Time
• The Haunter of the Dark
• The Thing on the Doorstep
• The Case of Charles Dexter Ward
• The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath
• To a Dreamer
• Afterword: A Gentleman of Providence by Stephen Jones

See also: Eldritch Tales.]]> 878 H.P. Lovecraft 0575081562 Luna 0 to-read 4.23 Necronomicon: The Best Weird Tales
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]]> <![CDATA[In the Middle of a Better World: Poems]]> 235992562 What do we risk by living our most authentic lives? More importantly, what do we gain?

In the Middle of a Better World is a queer guide to love and identity, a collection both formally inventive and infused with a bright, shimmering imagination. The speaker of these poems isn’t afraid to dream, to be seen, to speak “the tender language.” Part elegy, part battle cry, this astonishing new collection by poet Grant Chemidlin is unabashedly joyous in its exploration of desire, human connection, and community—those we’re born into and those we build ourselves. ]]> 112 Grant Chemidlin 1771684364 Luna 0 to-read 4.08 In the Middle of a Better World: Poems
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]]> <![CDATA[Consumed by Deception (Deception Trilogy, #3)]]> 199056020 My husband. My monster.

The truth isn’t always what it seems.
Lia doesn’t realize that, but she will. Soon.
I chose this life. This road. This twisted arrangement.
For her, I made a deal with the devil.
For her, I toyed with fate and death.
There’s no going back.
I stole her and like any thief, I won’t return her.
Lia is my addiction. My obsession. My love.
Mine.

This book is the final part of a trilogy and is not standalone.]]> 286 Rina Kent 1685451365 Luna 3 2026 4.13 2021 Consumed by Deception (Deception Trilogy, #3)
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rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Tempted by Deception (Deception Trilogy, #2)]]> 199056103 My husband. My villain.

We started with death and blood.
We started with games and carnal pleasure.
Adrian and I shouldn’t have been together.
He’s wrong. I’m wrong.
What we have is the epitome disaster.
Yet, it’s impossible to stop.
My husband will either destroy me or I’ll destroy him.

This book is part of a trilogy and is not standalone.

NOTE: This is the special edition print of the book Tempted by Deception. To find the ebook and audiobook, please look for the main edition.]]> 348 Rina Kent 1685451357 Luna 3 2026 4.01 2021 Tempted by Deception (Deception Trilogy, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[Dark Deception (Deception Trilogy, #0.5)]]> 56897010 Stolen. Broken. Corrupted

Being born a leader taught me one thing.
I take what I want.
Including the lone rose who’s struggling to survive on the streets.
Only I’m no knight and I won’t do any saving.
If anything, I’m the nightmare she can’t wake up from.
The monster she can’t escape.
The devil she can’t fight.
I’m the blood that’ll be coating her pure petals.

This book is a prequel to a trilogy and is not a standalone]]> 55 Rina Kent Luna 0 2026 3.69 2021 Dark Deception (Deception Trilogy, #0.5)
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]]> <![CDATA[Vow of Deception (Deception Trilogy, #1)]]> 199055950 My husband. My tormentor.

The most notorious man in the city offers me a job.
Act as his dead wife.
Adrian Volkov isn't the type of person who takes no for an answer.
He commands with an iron fist and all his orders are met.
When he approaches me with the offer, I have two options.
Go to prison or put myself under his wrath.
I choose to have a roof over my head. What's so hard about acting, right?
Wrong.
The moment I step into his wife's shoes, everything spirals out of control.
My only way of survival is through Adrian.
Or is it?

This book is part of a trilogy and is not standalone.]]> 298 Rina Kent 1685451349 Luna 2 2026
Who the fuck is Luca?]]> 3.91 2021 Vow of Deception (Deception Trilogy, #1)
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Listen man, I’m going through some stuff irl and i wanted to read a dramatic book..I will not be judged.

Who the fuck is Luca?
]]> Human Acts 222214380
As his friend searches for Dong-ho's corpse, we also meet an editor struggling against censorship, a prisoner and a factory worker, each suffering from traumatic memories, and Dong-ho's grief-stricken mother. Through their collective heartbreak and acts of hope comes a tale of a brutalised people in search of a voice. A modern classic, Human Acts has been both a controversial bestseller and an award-winning book in Korea, and it confirmed Han Kang as a writer of international importance.

'[Han Kang's] way of telling about the events of a 10-day insurgency in Gwangju, South Korea in 1980 and its psychological, spiritual and political aftermath opened my eyes' Susie Orbach, Best Books of the Year, Guardian]]> 224 Han Kang Luna 0 to-read 4.37 2014 Human Acts
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]]> The Vegetarian 221860173
Fraught, disturbing and beautiful, The Vegetarian is a novel about modern day South Korea, but also a novel about shame, desire and our faltering attempts to understand others, from one imprisoned body to another.]]> 183 Han Kang Luna 0 to-read 3.67 2007 The Vegetarian
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]]> The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle 43459805 Enter the surreal and enchanting world of Haruki Murakami

Toru Okada's cat has disappeared.

His wife is growing more distant every day.

Then there are the increasingly explicit telephone calls he has recently been receiving.

As this compelling story unfolds, the tidy suburban realities of Okada's vague and blameless life, spent cooking, reading, listening to jazz and opera and drinking beer at the kitchen table, are turned inside out. He embarks on a bizarre journey, guided by a succession of characters, each with a tale to tell.

'Mesmerising, surreal, this really is the work of a true original' The Times

Part of the VINTAGE JAPANESE CLASSICS series - five masterpieces of Japanese fiction in gorgeous new gift editions.]]> 609 Haruki Murakami 1784875414 Luna 0 to-read 4.04 1994 The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
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]]> Sputnik Sweetheart 18806499 alternate cover for ISBN 9780099448471

A mystery story about love, the cosmos and other fictional universes

Sumire is in love with a woman seventeen years her senior. But whereas Miu is glamorous and successful, Sumire is an aspiring writer who dresses in an oversized second-hand coat and heavy boots like a character in a Kerouac novel.

Sumire spends hours on the phone talking to her best friend K about the big questions in life: what is sexual desire, and should she ever tell Miu how she feels for her? Meanwhile K wonders whether he should confess his own unrequited love for Sumire.

Then, a desperate Miu calls from a small Greek island: Sumire has mysteriously vanished...]]> 229 Haruki Murakami Luna 4 2026 3.75 1999 Sputnik Sweetheart
author: Haruki Murakami
name: Luna
average rating: 3.75
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rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Blood of My Monster (Monster Trilogy, #1)]]> 86246890 From the USA Today bestselling author Rina Kent comes a new dark mafia romance.

I’m out for revenge. He’s out to rule the world.
Kirill and I are as different as day and night.
We shouldn’t have been in the same frame or universe.
But we meet under the strangest circumstances.
He’s my superior in the military and the man who’ll introduce me to carnage.
His charm and exterior perfection shouldn’t have tempted me.
Behind the smokescreen lurks a manipulative emotionless monster.
And that monster might find out all my secrets, including the reason why I’m pretending to be a man.
He might also lure me to the point of no return.

This book is part of a trilogy and is not a standalone.]]> 338 Rina Kent 1685450423 Luna 0 to-read 4.09 2023 Blood of My Monster (Monster Trilogy, #1)
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]]> The Master and Margarita 117833 The first complete, annotated English Translation of Mikhail Bulgakov's comic masterpiece.

An audacious revision of the stories of Faust and Pontius Pilate, The Master and Margarita is recognized as one of the essential classics of modern Russian literature. The novel's vision of Soviet life in the 1930s is so ferociously accurate that it could not be published during its author's lifetime and appeared only in a censored edition in the 1960s. Its truths are so enduring that its language has become part of the common Russian speech.

One hot spring, the devil arrives in Moscow, accompanied by a retinue that includes a beautiful naked witch and an immense talking black cat with a fondness for chess and vodka. The visitors quickly wreak havoc in a city that refuses to believe in either God or Satan. But they also bring peace to two unhappy Muscovites: one is the Master, a writer pilloried for daring to write a novel about Christ and Pontius Pilate; the other is Margarita, who loves the Master so deeply that she is willing literally to go to hell for him. What ensues is a novel of inexhaustible energy, humor, and philosophical depth, a work whose nuances emerge for the first time in Diana Burgin's and Katherine Tiernan O'Connor's splendid English version.]]> 372 Mikhail Bulgakov 0679760806 Luna 0 to-read 4.30 1925 The Master and Margarita
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]]> Weavingshaw 247664333 ‘Leena didn’t believe in monsters until she saw Weavingshaw.’

The Saint of Silence trades coins for every sordid divulgence uttered to him. The darker the secret, the higher the price.

Leena has a secret, one that has haunted her since she was seventeen – she can see the dead. When her brother falls ill, she knows what she must do: seek the Saint.

But Leena's secret is more valuable to him that she could have imagined. To save her brother, she must make a deal with him to find the ghost he's searching for.

All paths lead to Weavingshaw, a cursed estate on the moors. As Leena grows closer to the Saint, and is plunged into his world of danger, deceit and desire, she learns that he is hiding his own secrets – ones that have the power to destroy them all.]]> 464 Heba Al-Wasity 085750701X Luna 0 to-read 4.11 2026 Weavingshaw
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]]> <![CDATA[A Court of Forgotten Melody (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #7)]]> 33026517
Prythian might never be the same again. Traditional alliances are crumbling, and no amount of diplomacy seems sufficient to repair them. With the continued threat of Koschei the Deathless on the horizon, a united front is crucial--and farther out of reach than it has ever been before.

Bonds will be tested. Power will shift. And old enemies will emerge from nightmares of the past.

As the Night Court's Inner Circle disperses far and wide, desperate for any advantage against Koschei and his mighty allies, peace hangs by a fragile thread. But hope can be spun from the darkest of shadows, and the Night Court has its own part to play in the looming crescendo.]]> 896 Sarah J. Maas Luna 0 to-read 4.57 2027 A Court of Forgotten Melody (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #7)
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]]> <![CDATA[A Court of Splintered Harmony (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #6)]]> 31050358
Deep in the heart of the continent, Koschei the Deathless is stirring. Though he's been bound to a mountain lake for millennia, the insidious threat of his return now spreads across the Fae territories, attracting powerful allies hell-bent on reclaiming what was once theirs: the human lands.

The Night Court will not stand idly by while innocents are attacked. But with Prythian still piecing itself together in the wake of the devastating Hybern War, the task of uniting is proving more difficult by the day.

To make matters worse, those who rule and protect the Night Court are reeling from recent betrayals and revealed truths. The rifts dividing them seem insurmountable.

But to defeat Koschei's creeping shadow, they must find a way back to each other and resurrect their former alliances. To survive, they must find a way to repair the splintered harmony all around them.]]> 352 Sarah J. Maas 1639739130 Luna 0 to-read 4.45 2026 A Court of Splintered Harmony (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #6)
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]]> The Illustrated Man 24830 The Illustrated Man has remained in print since being published in 1951 is fair testimony to the universal appeal of Ray Bradbury's work. Only his second collection (the first was Dark Carnival, later reworked into The October Country), it is a marvelous, if mostly dark, quilt of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. In an ingenious framework to open and close the book, Bradbury presents himself as a nameless narrator who meets the Illustrated Man--a wanderer whose entire body is a living canvas of exotic tattoos. What's even more remarkable, and increasingly disturbing, is that the illustrations are themselves magically alive, and each proceeds to unfold its own story, such as "The Veldt," wherein rowdy children take a game of virtual reality way over the edge. Or "Kaleidoscope," a heartbreaking portrait of stranded astronauts about to reenter our atmosphere--without the benefit of a spaceship. Or "Zero Hour," in which invading aliens have discovered a most logical ally--our own children. Even though most were written in the 1940s and 1950s, these 18 classic stories will be just as chillingly effective 50 years from now. --Stanley Wiater

Contents:

· Prologue: The Illustrated Man · ss *
· The Veldt [“The World the Children Made”] · ss The Saturday Evening Post Sep 23 ’50
· Kaleidoscope · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories Oct ’49
· The Other Foot · ss New Story Magazine Mar ’51
· The Highway [as by Leonard Spalding] · ss Copy Spr ’50
· The Man · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories Feb ’49
· The Long Rain [“Death-by-Rain”] · ss Planet Stories Sum ’50
· The Rocket Man · ss Maclean’s Mar 1 ’51
· The Fire Balloons [“‘In This Sign...’”] · ss Imagination Apr ’51
· The Last Night of the World · ss Esquire Feb ’51
· The Exiles [“The Mad Wizards of Mars”] · ss Maclean’s Sep 15 ’49; F&SF Win ’50
· No Particular Night or Morning · ss *
· The Fox and the Forest [“To the Future”] · ss Colliers May 13 ’50
· The Visitor · ss Startling Stories Nov ’48
· The Concrete Mixer · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories Apr ’49
· Marionettes, Inc. [Marionettes, Inc.] · ss Startling Stories Mar ’49
· The City [“Purpose”] · ss Startling Stories Jul ’50
· Zero Hour · ss Planet Stories Fll ’47
· The Rocket [“Outcast of the Stars”] · ss Super Science Stories Mar ’50
· Epilogue · aw *]]> 186 Ray Bradbury 000712774X Luna 0 to-read 4.14 1951 The Illustrated Man
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]]> East of Eden 4406
Adam Trask came to California from the East to farm and raise his family on the new rich land. But the birth of his twins, Cal and Aaron, brings his wife to the brink of madness, and Adam is left alone to raise his boys to manhood. One boy thrives nurtured by the love of all those around him; the other grows up in loneliness enveloped by a mysterious darkness.

First published in 1952, East of Eden is the work in which Steinbeck created his most mesmerizing characters and explored his most enduring themes: the mystery of identity, the inexplicability of love, and the murderous consequences of love's absence. A masterpiece of Steinbeck's later years, East of Eden is a powerful and vastly ambitious novel that is at once a family saga and a modern retelling of the Book of Genesis.]]> 601 John Steinbeck 0142000655 Luna 0 to-read 4.44 1952 East of Eden
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]]> Shattered in Darkness 250323131
King Arcius sees her not as a survivor, but as a threat.

Confined within his castle walls, Kivera and her friends are forced into a dangerous game as the king seeks to unravel the magic she keeps locked deep inside. The longer she resists, the more their lives hang in the balance.

Yet the gods did not bring her back without reason. Selva is unraveling under cruelty and bloodshed, and they call on Kivera to save her people. But the world she returned to is fractured, and answering that call may cost her everything, including the safety of those she loves.

When a striking warrior from a rival court delivers devastating news, Kivera has been condemned to a Death Trial for the murder of Reanna, her fate takes an even darker turn. Because the truth revealed is far more dangerous than

A mating bond.
With a stranger.

Drawn to him despite her fear, Kivera must decide whether to risk her heart again or lose herself to the secrets closing in around her.

In a land where crowns drip with blood and alliances are built on lies, Kivera must uncover the truth of her heritage before it’s too late. But with enemies on every side and trust a luxury she can’t afford, one question

Will darkness reveal the truth…
or will the light destroy them all?]]> 395 Hannah Hanvey Luna 0 to-read 5.00 Shattered in Darkness
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]]> <![CDATA[人渣反派自救系統 下 [Rénzhā Fǎnpài Zìjiù Xìtǒng 3]]]> 40204131 他，決定自救！

為拔下心魔劍，眾人前往埋骨嶺，一會天琅君，
一切，又和當年一樣，以多對一。
可這最終Boss的樣貌卻和沈清秋原本所想的不太一樣，
由於露芝軀不適應魔氣，天琅君竟是一派油盡燈枯之貌，
連同竹枝郎亦半顯蛇形，狼狽不已。

然即便如此，一行人卻也無法立即拿下天琅君，
此時，洛冰河出手，情勢竟瞬間一面倒！
沈清秋：「……」
──再難打的Boss，在男主面前也不要想浪得起來。
向天打飛機菊苣如是說。

原以為兩界合併可以就此停止，
可直到此時，他們才發現事情並非這般輕巧。
「心魔皆因執念起。」
沈清秋知道，那個執念，便是自己。

本書收錄十篇番外，及一篇繁體版獨家番外〈成親記〉。]]> 400 Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù 9865710986 Luna 4 2022 <i>Bloody hell...</i> 4.22 2017 人渣反派自救系統 下 [Rénzhā Fǎnpài Zìjiù Xìtǒng 3]
author: Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù
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average rating: 4.22
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rating: 4
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Bloody hell...
]]> <![CDATA[人渣反派自救系統 上 (The Scum Villain's Self-Saving Sytem, #1)]]> 50965691 「傻逼作者傻逼文！」臨終前他罵了這麼一句，於是──
【啟動碼：傻逼作者傻逼文。自動觸發系統。】
他重生到一本自己剛讀完還嫌棄過的暗黑系種馬小說了！
而且天殺的，他的角色還是男主角那位人渣反派師尊沈清秋！

說到沈清秋，雖然有外表、有修為，但為人還真是格外沒品。
欺負打壓男主角不說，還殘害同門，道貌岸然，內心淫邪……
這樣一個壞到天怒人怨的角色，在原著裡的下場當然是淒慘的，
男主角洛冰河最後會把他削成人棍啊我的媽，他不想死得這麼慘啊！

於是乎，新生的沈清秋開始了避免慘死結局的艱苦之路，
因為他要保命，但卻不能違反各種系統設定！
雖然艱辛，但他要趁徒弟還是可愛小綿羊的時候就開始刷好感度，
以免後期黑化的洛冰河稱霸後，會回來報復自己。
只是，沈清秋這好感度可能刷過頭了，
他沒發現洛冰河看他的目光，好像，有那麼點不一樣了……]]> 352 墨香铜臭 Luna 3 2022
How adorable is Luo Binghe!]]> 4.04 2014 人渣反派自救系統 上 (The Scum Villain's Self-Saving Sytem, #1)
author: 墨香铜臭
name: Luna
average rating: 4.04
book published: 2014
rating: 3
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3.5 / 5

How adorable is Luo Binghe!
]]> <![CDATA[The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)]]> 727798 The first part of J.R.R. Tolkien's epic adventure THE LORD OF THE RINGS

In a sleepy village in the Shire, a young hobbit is entrusted with an immense task. He must make a perilous journey across Middle-earth to the Cracks of Doom, there to destroy the Ruling Ring of Power — the only thing that prevents the Dark Lord's evil dominion.

Thus begins J.R.R. Tolkien's classic tale, which continues in The Two Towers and The Return of the King.

9780261102354

Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780261102354]]> 544 J.R.R. Tolkien Luna 0 currently-reading 4.39 1954 The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
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average rating: 4.39
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]]> <![CDATA[The Second Death of Locke (The Hand and the Heart, #1)]]> 220137908 Love. Loyalty. Sacrifice.

Grey Flynn has dedicated her life to her mage, Kier.

She will be his blade on the battlefield, his healer and protector. The deep well of raw power inside her is Kier's to use. Grey would do anything for Kier - be anything for him - if he would only ask.

When a quest to protect the child of an enemy kingdom pulls them into the dangerous heart of their nation's war, Grey and Kier will need to decide what they are willing to sacrifice to protect their secret.

For Grey is no ordinary magical well, but heir to the lost island of Locke - the root of all power. If she dies, all magic dies with her.

The Second Death of Locke is a devastatingly romantic epic fantasy and about the undying bond between a knight and their mage, perfect for fans of The Knight and the Moth and The Six Deaths of the Saint.]]> 481 V.L. Bovalino 035652454X Luna 0 to-read 3.82 2025 The Second Death of Locke (The Hand and the Heart, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Restitution (The Edge of Darkness, #3)]]> 203295198
La línea entre lo real y la locura se difumina cuando Kade busca venganza contra quienes le arruinaron la vida. Amenazaron a su familia, acabaron con su cordura y le robaron a su chica. Kade está dispuesto a sacrificarlo todo para salvarlos, incluso si eso implica empezar una guerra.

Stacey Rhodes ha vivido un infierno y ahora es prisionera de Bernadette, el monstruo que le arrebató a Kade. Pero Stacey no piensa rendirse: hará lo que sea necesario para salvarlo, sin importar el precio.

¿Será Stacey capaz de escapar de las garras de Bernadette y liberar a Kade antes de que la guerra se cobre la vida de todos sus seres queridos?

El oscuro viaje llega a su fin: conoce el emotivo final de la trilogía que ha cautivado a miles de lectoras.]]> 525 Leigh Rivers Luna 1 2026 4.31 Restitution (The Edge of Darkness, #3)
author: Leigh Rivers
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average rating: 4.31
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]]> <![CDATA[The Kiss of Deception (The Remnant Chronicles, #1)]]> 22718798
The Kingdom of Morrighan is steeped in tradition and the stories of a bygone world, but some traditions Lia can’t abide. Like having to marry someone she’s never met to secure a political alliance.

Fed up and ready for a new life, Lia escapes to a distant village on the morning of her wedding. She settles in among the common folk, intrigued when two mysterious and handsome strangers arrive—and unaware that one is the jilted prince and the other an assassin sent to kill her. Deceptions swirl and Lia finds herself on the brink of unlocking perilous secrets—secrets that may unravel her world—even as she feels herself falling in love.

This is an Alternate Cover Edition of ISBN-13 9781250063151.]]> 490 Mary E. Pearson Luna 0 to-read 3.90 2014 The Kiss of Deception (The Remnant Chronicles, #1)
author: Mary E. Pearson
name: Luna
average rating: 3.90
book published: 2014
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Voracious (The Edge of Darkness, #2)]]> 201489094
Stacey returns home with the security of Kade’s team, only to be dragged further into her own living hell by her deranged abuser Chris – until the opportunity finally comes to fight back.

Kade has never been so deep in the pits of hell itself. Seeing Stacey once nearly knocked him off his axis; seeing her twice – ready to submit to his dominance – is a disaster waiting to happen.

Yet despite his hatred for her, she’s his anchor, the flashes of what they used to be the only thing keeping him sane and stopping the darkness from claiming him completely. But what happens when the truth about their past finally unravels, and both he and Stacey learn what really happened the night that tore them apart?

As this is a dark romance, the author highly recommends reading the 'content warning' page.]]> 399 Leigh Rivers Luna 2 2026 2.75 / 5 4.26 2023 Voracious (The Edge of Darkness, #2)
author: Leigh Rivers
name: Luna
average rating: 4.26
book published: 2023
rating: 2
read at: 2026/07/29
date added: 2026/07/29
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2.75 / 5
]]> <![CDATA[Insatiable (The Edge of Darkness, #1)]]> 223688889
Kade Mitchell is obsessed with someone he despises. A snake in an angel’s skin, Stacey Rhodes is everything he can’t forget–the girl who shattered his heart and drove him deep into the darkness of the underworld. He watched her for years. Killed anyone who came close to her. But now, granted a brief moment of freedom from the life he’s trapped in, he’s back home and driven to claim her again, breaking every rule he’s ever made for himself. Not even his hatred can stop the pull between them. But he’ll never forgive her… will he?

As this is a dark romance, the author highly recommends seeing the 'content warning' page.]]> 413 Leigh Rivers Luna 2 2026
This was actually…not bad]]> 4.33 2023 Insatiable (The Edge of Darkness, #1)
author: Leigh Rivers
name: Luna
average rating: 4.33
book published: 2023
rating: 2
read at: 2026/07/26
date added: 2026/07/26
shelves: 2026
review:
2.5 / 5

This was actually…not bad
]]> <![CDATA[The Last King of Faerie (The Wicked Powers, #1)]]> 247655090 The highly anticipated first book of The Wicked Powers, the final Shadowhunters trilogy! #1 New York Times bestselling author Cassandra Clare brings the saga that began in The Mortal Instruments to a stunning conclusion.

It’s Drusilla Blackthorn's third year at Shadowhunter Academy when a chance encounter at a nightclub turns into a kidnapping. Dru finds herself held prisoner by Prince Ash Morgenstern in the land of Faerie, a place that proves just as dangerous as it is beautiful. Despite herself, Dru is drawn to Ash and the darkness that seems to surround him—but one false move could cost her life.

Meanwhile, a shocking disappearance rocks the foundations of the Shadowhunter world. Kit Herondale and Ty Blackthorn must set aside the bitterness that lingers between them and join forces on a perilous quest to save everything they cherish.

The first installment of the long-awaited concluding trilogy to the Shadowhunter Chronicles has all the nail-biting adventure, heart-pounding romance, and trademark humor that makes Cassandra Clare the reigning queen of YA romantasy.]]> Cassandra Clare Luna 0 to-read 4.43 2026 The Last King of Faerie (The Wicked Powers, #1)
author: Cassandra Clare
name: Luna
average rating: 4.43
book published: 2026
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Oath Taker (Kingdom of Runes, #1)]]> 44163860 Light magic is forbidden. 
Dark magic spells death. 
Haven has both.
​
After the Prince of Penryth saved her from captivity, seventeen-year-old Haven Ashwood spends her days protecting the kind prince and her nights secretly fighting the monsters outside the castle walls. 

When one of those monsters kidnaps Prince Bell, Haven must ally with Archeron Halfbane and his band of immortals to rescue her friend. 

Her quest takes her deep into the domain of a warped and vicious queen where the rules are simple: break her curse or die.

Lost in a land of twisted magic and fabled creatures, Haven finds herself unprepared, not just for the feelings she develops for Archeron, but for the warring powers raging inside her. 

Her rare and forbidden type of magic may be their only hope . . . but mixing light and dark comes with a steep price. 

Haven’s soul.

Faced with impossible love, heartbreaking betrayals, and a queen intent on destroying the realm, only one thing remains certain. 

Haven must shatter the curse or it will devour everything she loves. 

Welcome to the Kingdom of Runes where immortals and humans clash, light and dark magic reign, and mythical creatures lurk in the shadows. If you like fierce heroines, enemies-to-lovers romance, wild plot twists, and endearing characters that stay with you long after you reach the end, you need to discover the book readers are calling dark fantasy at its best. Just make sure to clear out some space on your calendar first!

Oath Taker was previously published in the boxed set Shattered Worlds under the name Curse Breaker. This is a revised second edition. The Kingdom of Runes series is upper/mature YA and contains mild cursing and adult situations, including romance.]]> 369 Audrey Grey 1733747206 Luna 0 to-read 3.84 2019 Oath Taker (Kingdom of Runes, #1)
author: Audrey Grey
name: Luna
average rating: 3.84
book published: 2019
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Kiss the Villain (Villain, #1)]]> 224108311 From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Rina Kent comes a scorching standalone professor/student dark MM romance set in the world of Legacy of Gods.

My darkness meets a darker soul.

I’m a golden boy.
A genius law student, the heir to the Carson empire, and the dutiful son.
Or, at least, that's what it looks like from the outside.
Deep inside, I have the urge to set the world on fire.
I keep these impulses in check, rarely indulging in mayhem.
Until one night of debauchery backfires, and I'm caught by a villain.
I bury the entire ordeal with the rest of my skeletons.
That is, until that night walks into my classroom in the form of my new professor.
Kayden Lockwood.
A criminal who’s teaching criminal law.
I can't expose what he's done without unmasking my secret life.
What I can do, however, is force him to taste the poison he gave me.
In the clash of titans, Kayden and I break and crumble.
And I'm starting to realize this dangerous game may have no winners.

Kiss the Villain is a dark MM romance. Please check the author's note or visit the website for content warnings before diving in. While this book can be enjoyed as a standalone, diving into the Legacy of Gods series will give you a deeper connection to the characters.]]> 512 Rina Kent 1685451136 Luna 4 2026 4.5 / 5 3.94 2025 Kiss the Villain (Villain, #1)
author: Rina Kent
name: Luna
average rating: 3.94
book published: 2025
rating: 4
read at: 2026/07/12
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4.5 / 5
]]> Morning Star (Red Rising, #3) 24685115
Finally, the time has come.

But devotion to honor and hunger for vengeance run deep on both sides. Darrow and his comrades-in-arms face powerful enemies without scruple or mercy. Among them are some Darrow once considered friends. To win, Darrow will need to inspire those shackled in darkness to break their chains, unmake the world their cruel masters have built, and claim a destiny too long denied—and too glorious to surrender.]]> 526 Pierce Brown 0345539850 Luna 5 2026 4.59 2016 Morning Star (Red Rising, #3)
author: Pierce Brown
name: Luna
average rating: 4.59
book published: 2016
rating: 5
read at: 2026/06/30
date added: 2026/07/01
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]]> <![CDATA[Iron Gold (Red Rising Saga, #4)]]> 33257757 They call him father, liberator, warlord, Reaper. But he feels a boy as he falls toward the pale blue planet, his armor red, his army vast, his heart heavy. It is the tenth year of war and the thirty-second of his life.

A decade ago, Darrow was the hero of the revolution he believed would break the chains of the Society. But the Rising has shattered everything: Instead of peace and freedom, it has brought endless war. Now he must risk everything he has fought for on one last desperate mission. Darrow still believes he can save everyone, but can he save himself?

And throughout the worlds, other destinies entwine with Darrow’s to change his fate forever:

A young Red girl flees tragedy in her refugee camp and achieves for herself a new life she could never have imagined.

An ex-soldier broken by grief is forced to steal the most valuable thing in the galaxy—or pay with his life.

And Lysander au Lune, the heir in exile to the sovereign, wanders the stars with his mentor, Cassius, haunted by the loss of the world that Darrow transformed, and dreaming of what will rise from its ashes.

Red Rising was the story of the end of one universe, and Iron Gold is the story of the creation of a new one. Witness the beginning of a stunning new saga of tragedy and triumph from masterly New York Times bestselling author Pierce Brown.]]> 602 Pierce Brown Luna 0 currently-reading 4.18 2018 Iron Gold (Red Rising Saga, #4)
author: Pierce Brown
name: Luna
average rating: 4.18
book published: 2018
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[The Other Boleyn Girl (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #9)]]> 37470 This is an alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780743227445

Two sisters competing for the greatest prize: The love of a king

When Mary Boleyn comes to court as an innocent girl of fourteen, she catches the eye of Henry VIII. Dazzled, Mary falls in love with both her golden prince and her growing role as unofficial queen. However, she soon realises just how much she is a pawn in her family's ambitious plots as the king's interest begins to wane and she is forced to step aside for her best friend and rival: her sister, Anne. Then Mary knows that she must defy her family and her king and take fate into her own hands.

A rich and compelling novel of love, sex, ambition, and intrigue, The Other Boleyn Girl introduces a woman of extraordinary determination and desire who lived at the heart of the most exciting and glamourous court in Europe and survived by following her heart.]]> 661 Philippa Gregory Luna 0 to-read 4.09 2001 The Other Boleyn Girl (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #9)
author: Philippa Gregory
name: Luna
average rating: 4.09
book published: 2001
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[The Ninth Rain (The Winnowing Flame Trilogy, #1)]]> 29758013
When eccentric explorer, Lady Vincenza 'Vintage' de Grazon, offers him employment, he sees an easy way out. Even when they are joined by a fugitive witch with a tendency to set things on fire, the prospect of facing down monsters and retrieving ancient artefacts is preferable to the abomination he left behind.

But not everyone is willing to let the Eboran empire collapse, and the adventurers are quickly drawn into a tangled conspiracy of magic and war. For the Jure'lia are coming, and the Ninth Rain must fall...]]> 544 Jen Williams 1472235177 Luna 0 to-read 4.05 2017 The Ninth Rain (The Winnowing Flame Trilogy, #1)
author: Jen Williams
name: Luna
average rating: 4.05
book published: 2017
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[God of Wrath (Legacy of Gods, #3)]]> 63337195
But the moment she steps into their den, she knows she’s made a fatal error. The devil has seen her.

Jeremy Volkov may not technically be the devil, but as far as Cecily’s concerned, he’s close enough.

He’s not just a member of the Heathens—he’s their ruthless leader and the heir to the Russian Bratva.

And now, Jeremy wants one thing: Cecily.

He claims it's to protect her, but Cecily knows better. He wants to possess her, own her, make her his.

But Cecily is not about to be dragged into his blood-soaked world... or is she?]]> 490 Rina Kent 1685451489 Luna 3 2026
Ok so…

This book is definitely not for the faint of heart…there’s so much I want to talk about…

The girlies were right! Once you read a Rina Kent book, you WILL read them all.]]> 4.23 2022 God of Wrath (Legacy of Gods, #3)
author: Rina Kent
name: Luna
average rating: 4.23
book published: 2022
rating: 3
read at: 2026/06/22
date added: 2026/06/22
shelves: 2026
review:
3.75 / 5

Ok so…

This book is definitely not for the faint of heart…there’s so much I want to talk about…

The girlies were right! Once you read a Rina Kent book, you WILL read them all.
]]> <![CDATA[Metal Slinger (Fire & Metal, #1)]]> 213309864
Brynn's loyalty to the Alaha is tested when the truth of her identity is brought to light by this soldier who's taken an oath to bring her back to where she belongs. Narrowly escaping death on the violent high seas, Brynn's connection to the Alaha is further tested when she learns about the world of magic she's been denied. She was once certain of her fate and where she belonged, but the dark, knowing eyes of this stranger have her questioning everything, including her heart.]]> 497 Rachel Schneider Luna 0 to-read 4.15 2024 Metal Slinger (Fire & Metal, #1)
author: Rachel Schneider
name: Luna
average rating: 4.15
book published: 2024
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[The Crimson Moth (The Crimson Moth #1)]]> 251818060 Enemies-to-lovers doesn't get more high stakes than a witch and a witch hunter falling in love in bestselling author Kristen Ciccarelli's latest romantic fantasy.

On the night Rune’s life changed forever, blood ran in the streets. Now, in the aftermath of a devastating revolution, witches have been diminished from powerful rulers to outcasts ruthlessly hunted due to their waning magic, and Rune must hide what she is.

Spending her days pretending to be nothing more than a vapid young socialite, Rune spends her nights as the Crimson Moth, a witch vigilante who rescues her kind from being purged. When a rescue goes wrong, she decides to throw the witch hunters off her scent and gain the intel she desperately needs by courting the handsome Gideon Sharpe – a notorious and unforgiving witch hunter loyal to the revolution – who she can't help but find herself falling for.

Gideon loathes the decadence and superficiality Rune represents, but when he learns the Crimson Moth has been using Rune’s merchant ships to smuggle renegade witches out of the republic, he inserts himself into her social circles by pretending to court her right back. He soon realizes that beneath her beauty and shallow façade, is someone fiercely intelligent and tender who feels like his perfect match. Except, what if she’s the very villain he’s been hunting?

Kristen Ciccarelli’s The Crimson Moth is the thrilling start to a romantic fantasy duology where the only thing more treacherous than being a witch…is falling in love.]]> Kristen Ciccarelli Luna 0 to-read 4.15 2024 The Crimson Moth (The Crimson Moth #1)
author: Kristen Ciccarelli
name: Luna
average rating: 4.15
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]]> <![CDATA[The Unmagical Life of Briar Jones]]> 241180733 Casey McQuiston meets The Secret History in this unmissable dark academia fantasy from New York Times bestselling author Lex Croucher following former childhood best friends who reunite at magical boarding school after years, only to find themselves enemies on opposite sides of the ugly secrets hidden within the gilded walls.

Welcome to the Temple School of Thaumaturgy ... and your newest dark academia obsession.

For as long as they can remember, Briar Jones dreamed of attending the Temple School of Thaumaturgy. Behind its looming ornate gates, the elite prep school—the place that has produced the most CEOs and Prime Ministers in British history—is whispered to be magical. 

Briar's best friend, Sebastian Wolfe, never cared about Temple or believed in the rumors. He just wanted them to stay together forever. 

When, at age 11, Seb gets an acceptance letter and Briar doesn't, their childhood friendship is shattered. Seb vanishes onto Temple's grounds and Briar resigns themself to a mundane life. But they can't completely forget their yearning for Temple, for the extraordinary, to be one of the chosen in the ivory tower. 

Seven years later, a summer job advert a temp position sorting through the junk in Temple’s attics. Briar takes it. And they discover that quiet, sensitive Seb, the boy they once loved more than anything else in the world, has become Bastian: a beautiful, arrogant villain feared by most of the school. And worse, the secrets Temple is hiding might not be so magical after all, but a dark conspiracy with implications that extend far beyond the gates.]]> 447 Lex Croucher 0063460211 Luna 0 to-read 3.83 2026 The Unmagical Life of Briar Jones
author: Lex Croucher
name: Luna
average rating: 3.83
book published: 2026
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Golden Son (Red Rising Saga, #2)]]> 18966819
A lamb among wolves in a cruel world, Darrow finds friendship, respect, and even love—but also the wrath of powerful rivals. To wage and win the war that will change humankind’s destiny, Darrow must confront the treachery arrayed against him, overcome his all-too-human desire for retribution—and strive not for violent revolt but a hopeful rebirth. Though the road ahead is fraught with danger and deceit, Darrow must choose to follow Eo’s principles of love and justice to free his people.

He must live for more.]]> 466 Pierce Brown 0345539826 Luna 4 2026 4.50 2015 Golden Son (Red Rising Saga, #2)
author: Pierce Brown
name: Luna
average rating: 4.50
book published: 2015
rating: 4
read at: 2026/06/15
date added: 2026/06/15
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WHAT.THE.BLOODY.DAMN…WAS THAT??! THE ENDING???
]]> The Women 127305853 A #1 bestseller on The New York Times, USA Today, Washington Post, and Los Angeles Times!

From the celebrated author of The Nightingale and The Four Winds comes Kristin Hannah's The Women―at once an intimate portrait of coming of age in a dangerous time and an epic tale of a nation divided.

Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances “Frankie” McGrath hears these words, it is a revelation. Raised in the sun-drenched, idyllic world of Southern California and sheltered by her conservative parents, she has always prided herself on doing the right thing. But in 1965, the world is changing, and she suddenly dares to imagine a different future for herself. When her brother ships out to serve in Vietnam, she joins the Army Nurse Corps and follows his path.

As green and inexperienced as the men sent to Vietnam to fight, Frankie is overwhelmed by the chaos and destruction of war. Each day is a gamble of life and death, hope and betrayal; friendships run deep and can be shattered in an instant. In war, she meets―and becomes one of―the lucky, the brave, the broken, and the lost.

But war is just the beginning for Frankie and her veteran friends. The real battle lies in coming home to a changed and divided America, to angry protesters, and to a country that wants to forget Vietnam.

The Women is the story of one woman gone to war, but it shines a light on all women who put themselves in harm’s way and whose sacrifice and commitment to their country has too often been forgotten. A novel about deep friendships and bold patriotism, The Women is a richly drawn story with a memorable heroine whose idealism and courage under fire will come to define an era.]]> 471 Kristin Hannah 1250178630 Luna 0 to-read 4.56 2024 The Women
author: Kristin Hannah
name: Luna
average rating: 4.56
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]]> Alchemised 223702416
“What is it you think you’re protecting in that brain of yours? The war is over. Holdfast is dead. The Eternal Flame extinguished. There’s no one left for you to save.”

Once a promising alchemist, Helena Marino is now a prisoner—of war and of her own mind. Her Resistance friends and allies have been brutally murdered, her abilities suppressed, and the world she knew destroyed.

In the aftermath of a long war, Paladia’s new ruling class of corrupt guild families and depraved necromancers, whose vile undead creatures helped bring about their victory, holds Helena captive.

According to Resistance records, she was a healer of little importance within their ranks. But Helena has inexplicable memory loss of the months leading up to her capture, making her enemies wonder: Is she truly as insignificant as she appears, or are her lost memories hiding some vital piece of the Resistance’s final gambit?

To uncover the memories buried deep within her mind, Helena is sent to the High Reeve, one of the most powerful and ruthless necromancers in this new world. Trapped on his crumbling estate, Helena’s fight—to protect her lost history and to preserve the last remaining shreds of her former self—is just beginning. For her prison and captor have secrets of their own . . . secrets Helena must unearth, whatever the cost.]]> 1030 SenLinYu 0241714346 Luna 4 2026
Finished this at 4am last night, no one talk to me.]]> 4.27 2025 Alchemised
author: SenLinYu
name: Luna
average rating: 4.27
book published: 2025
rating: 4
read at: 2026/06/14
date added: 2026/06/14
shelves: 2026
review:
4.5 / 5

Finished this at 4am last night, no one talk to me.
]]> <![CDATA[Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (Ernest Cunningham, #1)]]> 60879779 384 Benjamin Stevenson 0063279029 Luna 0 to-read 3.72 2023 Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (Ernest Cunningham, #1)
author: Benjamin Stevenson
name: Luna
average rating: 3.72
book published: 2023
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[The Secret World of Briar Rose]]> 241673771 A lush and immersive queer “Sleeping Beauty” retelling about escapism, grief, and dreaming of a better world, as imagined by YouTube star Cindy Pham

100 years have passed since the last heir of Gyldan fell into eternal slumber and doomed the once-mighty kingdom into poverty and invasion. At least, that’s what the fairy tales claim. 

Corin is a jaded thief who doesn’t believe in fables, even when she searches Gyldan’s underground tunnels to find her younger sister, Elly, who ran away to find the sleeping princess in hopes of a better life. Corin's conviction is challenged when she discovers the ruins of the ancient castle, maintained by beings from the kingdom's golden age, who protect a hidden portal into princess Amelia's subconscious. Following Elly’s voice, Corin jumps in the portal and seals the entry behind her.

Inside the lush world of Amelia's dreams, the sisters reunite for a new adventure as they meet Briar Rose, Amelia’s whimsical alter ego, and Malicine, a sharp-tongued demon with a gift for magic. But as they explore ice castles, sunflower mazes, and star-filled oceans, Corin suspects Briar Rose is hiding darker secrets behind her "perfect" paradise – and that there are some things their subconscious can’t bury forever.]]> 400 Cindy Pham Luna 0 to-read 3.18 2026 The Secret World of Briar Rose
author: Cindy Pham
name: Luna
average rating: 3.18
book published: 2026
rating: 0
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]]> Nocticadia (Nocticadia, #1) 136470356 A dark, atmospheric tale of deadly secrets and forbidden love.

Mortui vivos docent.
The dead teach the living.

After watching my mother succumb to a mysterious illness, I promised myself two things. I’d find the cure for what ravaged her. And leave the godforsaken city where she abandoned me.

Four years later, I receive an acceptance letter from Dracadia University, one of the oldest, most prestigious schools in the country. Nestled on a secluded island off the coast of Maine, it’s rumored to be haunted by the souls of the mental patients exiled there centuries before. Those whose bones are said to make up the island’s white sandy shores.

And restless ghosts aren’t even its most daunting peculiarity.

Devryck Bramwell, known on campus as Doctor Death, is a brilliant pathologist in charge of the midnight lab. He’s also my devastatingly handsome professor, who seems to loathe tenacious first-years, like me. Except, his dark and enigmatic gaze tells me all the ways he’d devour me if given the chance, and his stolen kisses burn my lips with forbidden jealousy.

I crave his authority.
He aches for redemption.
Together, we’re toxic. Delicious fodder for the prying eyes hellbent on exhuming the rotted skeletons of our pasts.

For the dead have much to teach, and it’s only a matter of time before Dracadia’s most depraved secret is resurrected.

Nocticadia is a standalone dark academia gothic romance.]]> 682 Keri Lake Luna 0 to-read 4.18 2023 Nocticadia (Nocticadia, #1)
author: Keri Lake
name: Luna
average rating: 4.18
book published: 2023
rating: 0
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]]> The Poet Empress 231680079 Debut author Shen Tao introduces readers to the lush, deadly world of The Poet Empress, a sweeping, epic and intimate fantasy perfect for fans of The Serpent & the Wings of Night, The Song of Achilles and She Who Became the Sun.

In the waning years of the Azalea Dynasty, the emperor is dying, the land consumed by famine, and poetry magic lost to all except the powerful.

Wei Yin is desperate. After the fifth death of a sibling, with her family and village on the brink of starvation, she will do anything to save those she loves.

Even offer herself as concubine to the cruel heir of the beautiful and brutal Azalea House.

But in a twist of fate, the palace stands on the knife-edge of civil war with Wei trapped in its center…at the side of a violent prince.

To survive, Wei must harden her heart, rely on her wit, and become dangerous herself. Even if it means becoming a poet in a world where women are forbidden to read—and composing the most powerful spell of all. A ballad of death...and love.

The Poet Empress is an epic fantasy that explores darker themes, subjects, and scenes that may not be suitable for all readers. Please see the author's content note at the beginning of the book.]]> 393 Shen Tao 125040682X Luna 0 to-read 4.42 2026 The Poet Empress
author: Shen Tao
name: Luna
average rating: 4.42
book published: 2026
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]]> Ariadne 58818904
When Theseus, Prince of Athens, arrives in Crete as a sacrifice to the beast, Ariadne falls in love with him. But helping Theseus kill the monster means betraying her family and country, and Ariadne knows only too well that in a world ruled by mercurial gods - drawing their attention can cost you everything.

In a world where women are nothing more than the pawns of powerful men, will Ariadne's decision to betray Crete for Theseus ensure her happy ending? Or will she find herself sacrificed for her lover's ambition?

Ariadne gives a voice to the forgotten women of one of the most famous Greek myths, and speaks to their strength in the face of angry, petulant Gods. Beautifully written and completely immersive, this is an exceptional debut novel.]]> 388 Jennifer Saint 1472273907 Luna 0 to-read 3.77 2021 Ariadne
author: Jennifer Saint
name: Luna
average rating: 3.77
book published: 2021
rating: 0
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]]> Rapunzel 17160901 Short story 32 Jacob Grimm Luna 5 3.84 Rapunzel
author: Jacob Grimm
name: Luna
average rating: 3.84
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rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)]]> 17934886  
But Darrow and his kind have been betrayed. Soon he discovers that humanity reached the surface generations ago. Vast cities and sprawling parks spread across the planet. Darrow—and Reds like him—are nothing more than slaves to a decadent ruling class.

Inspired by a longing for justice, and driven by the memory of lost love, Darrow sacrifices everything to infiltrate the legendary Institute, a proving ground for the dominant Gold caste, where the next generation of humanity’s overlords struggle for power.  He will be forced to compete for his life and the very future of civilization against the best and most brutal of Society’s ruling class. There, he will stop at nothing to bring down his enemies . . . even if it means he has to become one of them to do so.]]> 400 Pierce Brown 0345539796 Luna 4 2026 4.04 2014 Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)
author: Pierce Brown
name: Luna
average rating: 4.04
book published: 2014
rating: 4
read at: 2026/05/21
date added: 2026/05/21
shelves: 2026
review:
This was….pretty insane, not gonna lie.
]]> <![CDATA[Shiver (The Wolves of Mercy Falls, #1)]]> 6528333 The pack circled around me, tongues and teeth and growls.

When a local boy is killed by wolves, Grace's small town becomes a place of fear and suspicion. But Grace can't help being fascinated by the pack, and by one yellow-eyed wolf in particular. There's something about him - something almost human.

Then she meets a yellow-eyed boy whose familiarity takes her breath away...

A chilling love story that will have you hooked from the very first page.

Cover illustration by Christopher Stengel]]> 434 Maggie Stiefvater 1407115006 Luna 5 3.70 2009 Shiver (The Wolves of Mercy Falls, #1)
author: Maggie Stiefvater
name: Luna
average rating: 3.70
book published: 2009
rating: 5
read at: 2020/03/30
date added: 2026/05/13
shelves: 2014, 2015, 2020, favorites, 2013
review:
This book has such a huge place in my heart; as it was the book that made me fall in love with the fantasy/romance genre. Every time i grab it from my book shelf I’m reminded once again of my 13 year-old self sitting by the window and reading it at winter.
]]> Can You Keep a Secret? 34845440 384 Sophie Kinsella Luna 4 2026
This book had me laughing out loud so many times and giggling and kicking my feet like a crushing schoolgirl!

I felt like I was watching a 2000’s romcom on a Friday night. No part in this would actually happen in real-life, but who gives a fuck?

I loved this book so much!!]]> 3.82 2003 Can You Keep a Secret?
author: Sophie Kinsella
name: Luna
average rating: 3.82
book published: 2003
rating: 4
read at: 2026/05/07
date added: 2026/05/07
shelves: 2026
review:
4.5 / 5

This book had me laughing out loud so many times and giggling and kicking my feet like a crushing schoolgirl!

I felt like I was watching a 2000’s romcom on a Friday night. No part in this would actually happen in real-life, but who gives a fuck?

I loved this book so much!!
]]> <![CDATA[A Time of Dread (Of Blood and Bone, #1)]]> 34523206
In the south, hotheaded Riv is desperate to join the Ben-Elim's peacekeeping force, until she unearths a deadly secret.

In the west, the giantess Sig investigates demon sightings and discovers signs of an uprising and black magic.

And in the snowbound north, Drem, a trapper, finds mutilated corpses in the forests. The work of a predator, or something far darker?
It's a time of shifting loyalties and world-changing dangers. Difficult choices need to be made. Because in the shadows, demons are gathering, waiting for their time to rise...]]> 463 John Gwynne 0316502243 Luna 0 to-read 4.35 2018 A Time of Dread (Of Blood and Bone, #1)
author: John Gwynne
name: Luna
average rating: 4.35
book published: 2018
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2026/05/06
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> The Love Hypothesis 59432685 When a fake relationship between scientists meets the irresistible force of attraction, it throws one woman’s carefully calculated theories on love into chaos.

As a third-year Ph.D. candidate, Olive Smith doesn’t believe in lasting romantic relationships but her best friend does, and that’s what got her into this situation. Convincing Anh that Olive on her way to a happily ever after was always going to be tough, scientists require proof. So, like any self-respecting woman, Olive panics and kisses the first man she sees.

That man is none other than Adam Carlsen, a young hotshot professor and well-known ass. Which is why Olive is positively floored when he agrees to keep her charade a secret and be her fake boyfriend. But when a big science conference goes haywire and Adam surprises her again with his unyielding support (and his unyielding abs), their little experiment feels dangerously close to combustion.

Olive soon discovers that the only thing more complicated than a hypothesis on love is putting her own heart under the microscope.]]> 356 Ali Hazelwood 1408725762 Luna 0 to-read 4.12 2021 The Love Hypothesis
author: Ali Hazelwood
name: Luna
average rating: 4.12
book published: 2021
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2026/05/06
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> 风波吞天同征路1 (余污 [Yu Wu], #1) 95664592
多年后，墨熄得知顾芒以叛徒的身份回到重华却沦为奴隶。奇怪的是，对这个叛贼，人人都想杀之而后快却没人敢下手。然而当墨熄去找他的时候，却发现他已经不记得从前事，还变得如傻子一般……

与此同时，重华一夕间怪事迭起。墨熄等人奉旨查案，然而抽丝剥茧般，众人发现一系列事情的结果比想象中复杂，似乎还卷入朝中不少公侯将相，其中更是牵扯出当年顾芒叛变的隐情……

（原作名: 余污）]]> 369 Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou 7549275874 Luna 0 to-read 4.42 2018 风波吞天同征路1 (余污 [Yu Wu], #1)
author: Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou
name: Luna
average rating: 4.42
book published: 2018
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2026/05/03
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> 二哈和他的白貓師尊 231246196 小童相和在遠方，令人牽掛爹和娘。

Mo Ran thought that he had made a mistake of becoming Chu Wanning's disciple.

His shizun was really similar to a cat, while he himself was like a dumb puppy slobbering and wagging his tail.

Dog and cats were different by nature in terms of reproduction, so the dumb puppy originally didn't want to extend his furry paws to that cat.

He used to think that dogs should be with dogs, for example, his shixiong, beautiful and gentle, like a lovely Japanese Spitz, and the two of them together would surely be a match made in heaven.

Yet, after having died and having been reborn, after having lived two lifetimes, the one that he ended up hauling back to his den in the end was always the one he initially despised: the snow-white cat shizun.]]> 388 Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou 9865537796 Luna 4 2022
I'm just gonna come right out and say it: Shi Mei is evil

both my heart and soul belong to Chu Wanning...

Merged review:

4.5 / 5

I'm just gonna come right out and say it: Shi Mei is evil

both my heart and soul belong to Chu Wanning...

Merged review:

I DID IT! I’M DONE! WE HAVE EMERGED VICTORIOUS!]]> 4.45 2017 二哈和他的白貓師尊
author: Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou
name: Luna
average rating: 4.45
book published: 2017
rating: 4
read at: 2022/02/19
date added: 2026/05/03
shelves: 2022
review:
4.5 / 5

I'm just gonna come right out and say it: Shi Mei is evil

both my heart and soul belong to Chu Wanning...

Merged review:

4.5 / 5

I'm just gonna come right out and say it: Shi Mei is evil

both my heart and soul belong to Chu Wanning...

Merged review:

I DID IT! I’M DONE! WE HAVE EMERGED VICTORIOUS!
]]> 二哈和他的白貓師尊 2 231246303
言简意赅的文案：

我本欲抱师兄归，岂料抱走了……师尊？

紅海棠，黃海棠，一朝風吹多悠揚。
小童相和在遠方，令人牽掛爹和娘。]]> 390 Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou 986553780X Luna 5 2022, favorites Goddamn...

Tis book gave me all the emotions]]> 4.55 二哈和他的白貓師尊 2
author: Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou
name: Luna
average rating: 4.55
book published:
rating: 5
read at: 2022/02/06
date added: 2026/05/03
shelves: 2022, favorites
review:
Goddamn...

Tis book gave me all the emotions
]]> 二哈和他的白貓師尊 3 231246344
言简意赅的文案：

我本欲抱师兄归，岂料抱走了……师尊？]]> 392 Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou 9865537818 Luna 5 2022 "Two lifetimes, they belong to you."

The pain i experienced was unimaginable.

Goddamn...

"Under the bright moon I visit my old friends, both our faces reflecting red in the lanterns.
Once the phoenix sings, the spring dawns, endless rivers and mountains are peaceful.
Burying the brewed drink having no one to drink with
After years separation, returning to meet brother again.
Why do people need to accompany one another so often in life, when the east wind can carry love?"
 ]]> 4.48 二哈和他的白貓師尊 3
author: Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou
name: Luna
average rating: 4.48
book published:
rating: 5
read at: 2022/02/18
date added: 2026/05/03
shelves: 2022
review:
"Two lifetimes, they belong to you."

The pain i experienced was unimaginable.

Goddamn...

"Under the bright moon I visit my old friends, both our faces reflecting red in the lanterns.
Once the phoenix sings, the spring dawns, endless rivers and mountains are peaceful.
Burying the brewed drink having no one to drink with
After years separation, returning to meet brother again.
Why do people need to accompany one another so often in life, when the east wind can carry love?"
]]> <![CDATA[A Curse for True Love (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #3)]]> 62816044
Two villains, one girl, and a deadly battle for happily ever after.

Evangeline Fox ventured to the Magnificent North in search of her happy ending, and it seems as if she has it. She’s married to a handsome prince and lives in a legendary castle. But Evangeline has no idea of the devastating price she’s paid for this fairytale. She doesn’t know what she has lost, and her husband is determined to make sure she never finds out. . . . but first he must kill Jacks, the Prince of Hearts.

Can’t get enough of the Once Upon a Broken Heart series? Don’t miss The Mirror of Infinite Endings!

Also by Stephanie Garber:

The Caraval Series
- Caraval
- Legendary
- Finale
- Spectacular

Alchemy of Secrets]]> 386 Stephanie Garber 1250851203 Luna 5 2023, 2026
This series is everything I could’ve wanted and more!]]> 4.17 2023 A Curse for True Love (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #3)
author: Stephanie Garber
name: Luna
average rating: 4.17
book published: 2023
rating: 5
read at: 2026/05/02
date added: 2026/05/02
shelves: 2023, 2026
review:
“Once upon a time, there was nothing but kissing, and everything was perfect. And then there was even more kissing.”

This series is everything I could’ve wanted and more!
]]> <![CDATA[Once Upon a Broken Heart Series Hardcover Boxed Set: Once Upon a Broken Heart, The Ballad of Never After, A Curse for True Love]]> 81067678
All three books in the New York Times bestselling Once Upon a Broken Heart series are now available together in a beautiful hardcover boxed set.

From beloved author Stephanie Garber comes a tale of love, curses, and the lengths that people will go to for happily ever after, starring heroine Evangeline Fox and Jacks, the Prince of Hearts.]]> 1200 Stephanie Garber 125089834X Luna 0 favorites 4.62 Once Upon a Broken Heart Series Hardcover Boxed Set: Once Upon a Broken Heart, The Ballad of Never After, A Curse for True Love
author: Stephanie Garber
name: Luna
average rating: 4.62
book published:
rating: 0
read at: 2026/05/02
date added: 2026/05/02
shelves: favorites
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The ​Mirror of Infinite Endings (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #3.5)]]> 246483669
Jacks and Evangeline Fox have finally found their happily ever after.

Everything here in the Hollow is wonderful and perfect.

Nothing is going to go wrong.

No one is keeping a secret . . . except for maybe one.

But don’t worry, it’s not going to rewrite reality or alter history or change the ending of Jacks and Evangeline’s story.

Definitely not.

Featuring cameos from fan-favorite characters and twenty full-page illustrations by Lotusbubble, the newest installment in the Once Upon a Broken Heart universe will immerse readers once again in this beloved, #1 New York Times bestselling series. Because every story has the potential for infinite endings.

Also by Stephanie Garber:

The Caraval Series:
- Caraval
- Legendary
- Finale
- Spectacular

Alchemy of Secrets]]> 256 Stephanie Garber 1250462037 Luna 0 to-read 4.84 2026 The ​Mirror of Infinite Endings (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #3.5)
author: Stephanie Garber
name: Luna
average rating: 4.84
book published: 2026
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2026/05/02
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Empire of Shadows (Raiders of the Arcana, #1)]]> 203592539 Nice Victorian ladies don’t run off to find legendary lost cities.

One trifling little arrest shouldn’t have cost Ellie Mallory her job, but it’s only the latest in a line of injustices facing any educated woman with archaeological ambitions.

When Ellie stumbles across the map to a mysterious ancient city, she knows she’s holding her chance to revolutionize Pre-Colombian history. There’s just one teensy complication. A ruthless villain wants it, and Ellie is all that stands in his way.

To race him to the ruins—and avoid being violently disposed of—she needs the help of maverick surveyor Adam Bates, a snake-wrangling rogue who can’t seem to keep his dratted shirt on.

But there’s more than Ellie’s scholarly reputation (and life) on the line. Her enemies aren’t just looters. They’re after an arcane secret rumored to lie in the heart of the ruins, a mythical artifact with a power that could shake the world.

Between stealing trousers, plummeting over waterfalls, and trying not to fall in love with her machete-wielding partner, will Ellie be able to stop the oracle of a lost empire from falling into the wrong hands?

Empire of Shadows is the first book in Jacquelyn Benson’s smart, swashbuckling Raiders of the Arcana series. Read it now and dive into a rip-roaring historical fantasy adventure perfect for fans of Romancing the Stone and The Mummy.]]> 476 Jacquelyn Benson 1958051330 Luna 0 to-read 4.20 2024 Empire of Shadows (Raiders of the Arcana, #1)
author: Jacquelyn Benson
name: Luna
average rating: 4.20
book published: 2024
rating: 0
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date added: 2026/05/02
shelves: to-read
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]]> Faebound (Faebound, #1) 157981739 Faebound is the first book in an enchanting new trilogy from the internationally bestselling author of The Final Strife.

A thousand years ago, the world held three beings: fae, elves, and humans. But now the fae and humans exist only in myth and legend, survived by the elves who are trapped in an endless war over the remaining lands.

Yeeran is a colonel in the elven army and has known nothing but a life of violence and hardship. Her sister, Lettle, is a diviner whose magic promises a different future for her and her sister, but the prophecies have yet come to pass.  

When a fatal mistake leads to Yeeran’s exile from the Elven Lands, Lettle, fearful for her sister’s life, follows her into the uncharted territory beyond their borders. In the wilderness the sisters encounter the largest obeah they have ever seen. Part leopard, part stag, the obeah’s magic is harnessed to make weapons for the elven war. It is during this hunt that they are confronted with the impossible: a group of fae who take them captive. Imprisoned in a new land, they must navigate the politics of the fae court all while planning their escape.

Now Yeeran and Lettle are fighting a different kind of war: between their loyalty to their elven homeland and the intoxicating world of the fae, between what duty decrees is right, and what their hearts tell them they need.]]> 386 Saara El-Arifi 0593723007 Luna 0 to-read 3.50 2024 Faebound (Faebound, #1)
author: Saara El-Arifi
name: Luna
average rating: 3.50
book published: 2024
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2026/05/02
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World]]> 44778171
'In the first minute following her death, Tequila Leila's consciousness began to ebb, slowly and steadily, like a tide receding from the shore. Her brain cells, having run out of blood, were now completely deprived of oxygen. But they did not shut down. Not right away...'

For Leila, each minute after her death brings a sensuous memory: the taste of spiced goat stew, sacrificed by her father to celebrate the long-awaited birth of a son; the sight of bubbling vats of lemon and sugar which the women use to wax their legs while the men attend mosque; the scent of cardamom coffee that Leila shares with a handsome student in the brothel where she works. Each memory, too, recalls the friends she made at each key moment in her life - friends who are now desperately trying to find her. . .]]> 306 Elif Shafak Luna 0 to-read 4.12 2019 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World
author: Elif Shafak
name: Luna
average rating: 4.12
book published: 2019
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2026/05/02
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[A Conspiracy of Charming Monsters: Illustrated Tales from Elfhame (The Folk of the Air)]]> 249755067 From the brilliant mind of #1 New York Times bestselling author Holly Black comes a collection of short stories, gorgeously illustrated in full color and set in the Faerie world, where beauty can be monstrous and love can be capricious….

A reluctant king is thrown into turmoil when the girl he loves to hate is stolen by the Undersea.

An exiled redcap, trapped in the mortal world, must rediscover his inner monster.

A mortal girl sacrifices the other half of herself for an unworthy faerie lover.

A tiny sprite’s determination to prove herself puts the entire High Court in danger.

In this collection, #1 New York Times bestselling author Holly Black combines her signature wit and lush world-building with stunning full-color art by Frostbite Studios in six irresistible tales that return readers to the world of the Modern Faerie Tales and Elfhame, including two never-before-seen stories: one revealing the interior life of Madoc while in exile and the other featuring the moment that High King Cardan realizes what he most desires.]]> Holly Black 031659265X Luna 0 to-read 4.93 2026 A Conspiracy of Charming Monsters: Illustrated Tales from Elfhame (The Folk of the Air)
author: Holly Black
name: Luna
average rating: 4.93
book published: 2026
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2026/04/30
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> The Raven and the Reindeer 250216135
A strange, sly retelling of Hans Christian Andersen’s "Snow Queen," by T. Kingfisher, author of "Bryony and Roses" and "The Seventh Bride."]]> 288 T. Kingfisher 1835413730 Luna 0 to-read 3.77 2016 The Raven and the Reindeer
author: T. Kingfisher
name: Luna
average rating: 3.77
book published: 2016
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2026/04/30
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The Warded Man (Demon Cycle #1)]]> 3428935 416 Peter V. Brett 0345503805 Luna 0 to-read 4.24 2008 The Warded Man (Demon Cycle #1)
author: Peter V. Brett
name: Luna
average rating: 4.24
book published: 2008
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2026/04/27
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire (Blood and Ash, #2)]]> 54319549 A Betrayal…

Everything Poppy has ever believed in is a lie, including the man she was falling in love with. Thrust among those who see her as a symbol of a monstrous kingdom, she barely knows who she is without the veil of the Maiden. But what she does know is that nothing is as dangerous to her as him. The Dark One. The Prince of Atlantia. He wants her to fight him, and that’s one order she’s more than happy to obey. He may have taken her, but he will never have her.

A Choice...

Casteel Da’Neer is known by many names and many faces. His lies are as seductive as his touch. His truths as sensual as his bite. Poppy knows better than to trust him. He needs her alive, healthy, and whole to achieve his goals. But he’s the only way for her to get what she wants—to find her brother Ian and see for herself if he has become a soulless Ascended. Working with Casteel instead of against him presents its own risks. He still tempts her with every breath, offering up all she’s ever wanted. Casteel has plans for her. Ones that could expose her to unimaginable pleasure and unfathomable pain. Plans that will force her to look beyond everything she thought she knew about herself—about him. Plans that could bind their lives together in unexpected ways that neither kingdom is prepared for. And she’s far too reckless, too hungry, to resist the temptation.

A Secret…

But unrest has grown in Atlantia as they await the return of their Prince. Whispers of war have become stronger, and Poppy is at the very heart of it all. The King wants to use her to send a message. The Descenters want her dead. The wolven are growing more unpredictable. And as her abilities to feel pain and emotion begin to grow and strengthen, the Atlantians start to fear her. Dark secrets are at play, ones steeped in the blood-drenched sins of two kingdoms that would do anything to keep the truth hidden. But when the earth begins to shake, and the skies start to bleed, it may already be too late.]]> 637 Jennifer L. Armentrout 1952457106 Luna 0 2023, did-not-finish
After the ending of From Blood and Ash, i was super excited to read this one. But it’s quickly proving to be all talk and no plot. I absolutely adore the premise of it and overall aesthetics. But that’s about it. I’m not even drawn to Casteel, he’s more disgusting than hot.]]> 4.30 2020 A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire (Blood and Ash, #2)
author: Jennifer L. Armentrout
name: Luna
average rating: 4.30
book published: 2020
rating: 0
read at: 2023/12/31
date added: 2026/04/26
shelves: 2023, did-not-finish
review:
DNF-ed at 11%

After the ending of From Blood and Ash, i was super excited to read this one. But it’s quickly proving to be all talk and no plot. I absolutely adore the premise of it and overall aesthetics. But that’s about it. I’m not even drawn to Casteel, he’s more disgusting than hot.
]]> <![CDATA[King of Gluttony (Kings of Sin, #6)]]> 231698932 She's his greatest rival…and his greatest weakness.

Handsome, talented, and beloved by (almost) everyone, Sebastian Laurent is used to being on top. The heir to a culinary empire, his sharp instincts and effortless charm have made him a legend.

What people don't see are the demons lurking beneath his golden-boy facade. There's only one person who's come close to knowing the real him―Maya Singh, his childhood rival and secret obsession.

She's also the only one who's ever successfully challenged him. He can't stand her, but if that's true…why can't he stop thinking about her?

***

Smart, witty, and competitive to a fault, top marketing executive Maya Singh is used to winning―unless her opponent is Sebastian. It's something that's infuriated and motivated her her entire life.

So when a series of unfortunate events forces her to work with her sworn enemy, she's determined to one-up him and show the world who's the best once and for all.

What she didn't count on? Not hating their time together. To her horror, she might even…like it.

There may be a thin line between love and hate, but that's one line she'll never cross. Not with him. Not ever.]]> 434 Ana Huang Luna 0 to-read 3.76 2026 King of Gluttony (Kings of Sin, #6)
author: Ana Huang
name: Luna
average rating: 3.76
book published: 2026
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2026/04/26
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Itachi's Story, Vol. 1: Daylight (Naruto True Chronicles, #1)]]> 30012784 Naruto franchise. Naruto’s allies and enemies take center stage in these fast-paced adventures, with each volume focusing on a particular clan mate, ally, team…or villain.]]> 165 Takashi Yano 1421591308 Luna 0 to-read 4.35 2015 Itachi's Story, Vol. 1: Daylight (Naruto True Chronicles, #1)
author: Takashi Yano
name: Luna
average rating: 4.35
book published: 2015
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2026/04/24
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> The Count of Monte Cristo 49004361
Imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit, Edmond Dantès spends fourteen bitter years in a dungeon. When his daring escape plan works, he uses all he has learnt during his incarceration to mastermind an elaborate plan of revenge that will bring punishment to those he holds responsible for his fate. No longer the naïve sailor who disappeared into the dark fortress all those years ago, he reinvents himself as the charming, mysterious and powerful Count of Monte Cristo.]]> 1472 Alexandre Dumas Luna 5 2026
Wow…I can’t believe I finally finished reading this!

My heart truly breaks for the women in this book, with the exception of Madame de Villefort (idc if it was for her idiot of a son, she can rot in hell). Mércedes and Madame Danglars’ only crimes were having ended up with such horrible men as their husbands. They shouldn’t need to be carrying so much weight and guilt on their shoulders.

Monte Cristo however, I meannnn….I MEANNN!!!

Need I say more?]]> 4.00 1846 The Count of Monte Cristo
author: Alexandre Dumas
name: Luna
average rating: 4.00
book published: 1846
rating: 5
read at: 2026/04/21
date added: 2026/04/22
shelves: 2026
review:
Mild-spoiler warning

Wow…I can’t believe I finally finished reading this!

My heart truly breaks for the women in this book, with the exception of Madame de Villefort (idc if it was for her idiot of a son, she can rot in hell). Mércedes and Madame Danglars’ only crimes were having ended up with such horrible men as their husbands. They shouldn’t need to be carrying so much weight and guilt on their shoulders.

Monte Cristo however, I meannnn….I MEANNN!!!

Need I say more?
]]> <![CDATA[The Ballad of Never After (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #2)]]> 59808071
Not every love is meant to be.

After Jacks, the Prince of Hearts, betrays her, Evangeline Fox swears she'll never trust him again. Now that she’s discovered her own magic, Evangeline believes she can use it to restore the chance at happily ever after that Jacks stole away.

But when a new terrifying curse is revealed, Evangeline finds herself entering into a tenuous partnership with the Prince of Hearts again. Only this time, the rules have changed. Jacks isn’t the only force Evangeline needs to be wary of. In fact, he might be the only one she can trust, despite her desire to despise him.

Instead of a love spell wreaking havoc on Evangeline’s life, a murderous spell has been cast. To break it, Evangeline and Jacks will have to do battle with old friends, new foes, and a magic that plays with heads and hearts. Evangeline has always trusted her heart, but this time she’s not sure she can. . . .

Continue the adventure in A Curse for True Love and The Mirror of Infinite Endings!

Also by Stephanie Garber:

The Caraval Series:
- Caraval
- Legendary
- Finale
- Spectacular

Alchemy of Secrets]]> 416 Stephanie Garber 1250268427 Luna 5 2023, 2026
Post reread thoughts: OH MY GOD!!!]]> 4.48 2022 The Ballad of Never After (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #2)
author: Stephanie Garber
name: Luna
average rating: 4.48
book published: 2022
rating: 5
read at: 2026/04/19
date added: 2026/04/19
shelves: 2023, 2026
review:
OH MY GOD!

Post reread thoughts: OH MY GOD!!!
]]> <![CDATA[One of Us Is Lying (One of Us is Lying, #1)]]> 58679358 On Monday afternoon, five students at Bayview High walk into detention.
Bronwyn, the brain, is Yale-bound and never breaks a rule.
Addy, the beauty, is the picture-perfect homecoming princess.
Nate, the criminal, is already on probation for dealing.
Cooper, the athlete, is the all-star baseball pitcher.
And Simon, the outcast, is the creator of Bayview High's notorious gossip app.

Only, Simon never makes it out of that classroom. Before the end of detention Simon's dead. And according to investigators, his death wasn't an accident. On Monday, he died. But on Tuesday, he'd planned to post juicy reveals about all four of his high-profile classmates, which makes all four of them suspects in his murder. Or are they the perfect patsies for a killer who's still on the loose?

Everyone has secrets, right? What really matters is how far you would go to protect them.]]> 416 Karen M. McManus 0593565371 Luna 0 to-read 3.86 2017 One of Us Is Lying (One of Us is Lying, #1)
author: Karen M. McManus
name: Luna
average rating: 3.86
book published: 2017
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2026/04/15
shelves: to-read
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]]> <![CDATA[The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books)]]> 19226379
It is 1945 and Barcelona is enduring the long aftermath of civil war when Daniel Sempere’s bookseller father decides his son is old enough to visit the secret Cemetery of Forgotten Books. There Daniel must ‘adopt’ a single book, promising to care for it and keep it alive always. His choice falls on The Shadow of the Wind.

Bewitched, he embarks on an epic quest to find the truth about Julian Carax, the book’s mysterious author. Soon Daniel is consumed by strange discoveries about love and obsession, art and life, and how they become entangled within the shadow world of books.

The Shadow of the Wind is a mesmerising love story and literary thriller, which twists and turns and enthralls with its cast of vengeful souls, threatening spectres and innocent hearts.

Carlos Ruiz Zafón was born in Barcelona in 1964 and attended university there. He worked as a screenwriter in Los Angeles for ten years before the publication of his fifth book, The Shadow of the Wind, in 2001. It has been translated into over 40 languages and was a finalist for the Premio Fernando Lara. Ruiz Zafón is now a full-time novelist and regular contributor to the newspapers El Pais, La Vanguardia and El Mundo. He lives in Barcelona.

‘Atmospheric, beguiling and thoroughly readable.’ Observer

‘A popular masterpiece, an instant classic.’ Daily Telegraph

‘Utterly unputdownable.’ Australian

‘Wondrous…intended for readers as passionate about storytelling as its young hero.’ Who Weekly

‘An intoxicating and thoroughly irresistible mix of romance, mystery, gothic horror and melodrama.’ Vogue

‘I’d like to say more about this superbly entertaining book but don’t dare to hint any more about its plot twists. Suffice it to say…anyone who enjoys novels that are scary, erotic, touching, tragic and thrilling should rush right out to the nearest bookstore and pick up The Shadow of the Wind. Really, you should.’ Washington Post]]> 514 Carlos Ruiz Zafón 1921921706 Luna 0 to-read 4.25 2001 The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books)
author: Carlos Ruiz Zafón
name: Luna
average rating: 4.25
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]]> <![CDATA[Legendborn (The Legendborn Cycle, #1)]]> 50892338 An Instant New York Times Bestseller!
Winner of the Coretta Scott King - John Steptoe for New Talent Author Award

Filled with mystery and an intriguingly rich magic system, Tracy Deonn's YA contemporary fantasy Legendborn offers the dark allure of City of Bones with a modern-day twist on a classic legend and a lot of Southern Black Girl Magic.

After her mother dies in an accident, sixteen-year-old Bree Matthews wants nothing to do with her family memories or childhood home. A residential program for bright high schoolers at UNC-Chapel Hill seems like the perfect escape — until Bree witnesses a magical attack her very first night on campus.

A flying demon feeding on human energies.

A secret society of so called "Legendborn" students that hunt the creatures down.

And a mysterious teenage mage who calls himself a "Merlin" and who attempts — and fails — to wipe Bree's memory of everything she saw.

The mage's failure unlocks Bree's own unique magic and a buried memory with a hidden connection: the night her mother died, another Merlin was at the hospital. Now that Bree knows there's more to her mother's death than what's on the police report, she'll do whatever it takes to find out the truth, even if that means infiltrating the Legendborn as one of their initiates.

She recruits Nick, a self-exiled Legendborn with his own grudge against the group, and their reluctant partnership pulls them deeper into the society's secrets — and closer to each other. But when the Legendborn reveal themselves as the descendants of King Arthur's knights and explain that a magical war is coming, Bree has to decide how far she'll go for the truth and whether she should use her magic to take the society down — or join the fight.]]> 502 Tracy Deonn 1534441603 Luna 0 to-read 4.28 2020 Legendborn (The Legendborn Cycle, #1)
author: Tracy Deonn
name: Luna
average rating: 4.28
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]]> Den of Vipers 53544752 Ryder, Garrett, Kenzo, and Diesel—The Vipers.

They run this town and everyone in it. Their deals are as sordid as their business, and their reputation is enough to bring a grown man to his knees, forcing him to beg for mercy. They are not people you mess with, yet my dad did. The old man ran up a debt with them and then sold me to cover his losses.

Yes, sold me.

They own me now.

I’m theirs in every sense of the word. But I’ve never been meek and compliant. These men, they look at me with longing. Their scarred, blood-stained hands holding me tight. They want everything I am, everything I have to give, and won’t stop until they get just that. They can own my body, but they will never have my heart.

The Vipers? I’m going to make them regret the day they took me.

This girl? She bites too.


18+ Reverse Harem Romance. Warning this book contains scenes and references of abuse/assault that some readers may find triggering. Along with graphic sex scenes and violence. This is a dark book.]]> 654 K.A. Knight Luna 0 to-read 3.66 2020 Den of Vipers
author: K.A. Knight
name: Luna
average rating: 3.66
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]]> <![CDATA[전지적 독자 시점 1 [Jeonjijeog Dogja Sijeom 1]]]> 43802732
Only I know the end of this world.

One day our MC finds himself stuck in the world of his favorite webnovel. What does he do to survive? It is a world struck by catastrophe and danger all around.

His edge? He knows the plot of the story to the end. Because he was the sole reader that stuck with it. Read his story to see how he survives!]]> 2079 singNsong Luna 0 to-read 4.71 전지적 독자 시점 1 [Jeonjijeog Dogja Sijeom 1]
author: singNsong
name: Luna
average rating: 4.71
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]]> The Pawn's Revenge, Band 1 63189888 224 Evy 3551623244 Luna 4 2023 4.08 2021 The Pawn's Revenge, Band 1
author: Evy
name: Luna
average rating: 4.08
book published: 2021
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Once Upon a Broken Heart (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #1)]]> 56251250 From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Caraval, the first book in a new series about love, curses, and the lengths that people will go to for happily ever after.

Evangeline Fox was raised in her beloved father’s curiosity shop, where she grew up on legends about immortals, like the tragic Prince of Hearts. She knows his powers are mythic, his kiss is worth dying for, and that bargains with him rarely end well.

But when Evangeline learns that the love of her life is about to marry another, she becomes desperate enough to offer the Prince of Hearts whatever he wants in exchange for his help to stop the wedding. The prince only asks for three kisses. But after Evangeline’s first promised kiss, she learns that the Prince of Hearts wants far more from her than she’s pledged. And he has plans for Evangeline that will either end in the greatest happily ever after, or the most exquisite tragedy…]]> 416 Stephanie Garber 1250268389 Luna 5 2023, 2026
I knew I could trust Stephanie Garber with bringing my reading slump to an end, and she most definitely didn’t disappoint!

Post 2nd read thoughts: my statement still stands.]]> 3.98 2021 Once Upon a Broken Heart (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #1)
author: Stephanie Garber
name: Luna
average rating: 3.98
book published: 2021
rating: 5
read at: 2026/04/12
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Finally some good food!

I knew I could trust Stephanie Garber with bringing my reading slump to an end, and she most definitely didn’t disappoint!

Post 2nd read thoughts: my statement still stands.
]]> <![CDATA[The Kinder Poison (Kinder Poison #1)]]> 42893340 Perfect for fans of Victoria Aveyard and Holly Black, this enthralling fantasy adventure follows a teenage girl chosen to be the human sacrifice in a deadly game between three heirs who will do anything for the crown.

Zahru has long dreamed of leaving the kingdom of Orkena and having the kinds of adventures she’s only ever heard about in stories. But as a lowly Whisperer, her power to commune with animals means that her place is serving in the royal stables until the day her magic runs dry.

All that changes when the ailing ruler invokes the Crossing: a death-defying race across the desert, in which the first of his heirs to finish—and take the life of a human sacrifice at the journey’s end—will ascend to the throne and be granted unparalleled abilities.

With all of the kingdom abuzz, Zahru leaps at the chance to change her fate if just for a night by sneaking into the palace for a taste of the revelry. But the minor indiscretion turns into a deadly mistake when she gets caught up in a feud between the heirs and is forced to become the Crossing’s human sacrifice. Zahru is left with only one hope for survival: somehow figuring out how to overcome the most dangerous people in the world.]]> 416 Natalie Mae 1984835211 Luna 0 to-read 3.85 2020 The Kinder Poison (Kinder Poison #1)
author: Natalie Mae
name: Luna
average rating: 3.85
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]]> <![CDATA[The Winner's Curse (The Winner's Trilogy, #1)]]> 16069030 Winning what you want may cost you everything you love... 

As a general’s daughter in a vast empire that revels in war and enslaves those it conquers, seventeen-year-old Kestrel has two choices: she can join the military or get married. But Kestrel has other intentions.

One day, she is startled to find a kindred spirit in a young slave up for auction. Arin’s eyes seem to defy everything and everyone. Following her instinct, Kestrel buys him—with unexpected consequences. It’s not long before she has to hide her growing love for Arin.

But he, too, has a secret, and Kestrel quickly learns that the price she paid for a fellow human is much higher than she ever could have imagined.

Set in a richly imagined new world, The Winner’s Curse by Marie Rutkoski is a story of deadly games where everything is at stake, and the gamble is whether you will keep your head or lose your heart.]]> 355 Marie Rutkoski 0374384681 Luna 0 to-read 3.94 2014 The Winner's Curse (The Winner's Trilogy, #1)
author: Marie Rutkoski
name: Luna
average rating: 3.94
book published: 2014
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]]> Onyx Storm (The Empyrean, #3) 210482168 THE STORM IS COMING . . .

Get ready to fly or die in the breathtaking follow-up to Fourth Wing and Iron Flame from #1 New York Times bestselling author Rebecca Yarros.]]> 779 Rebecca Yarros 0349443246 Luna 3 2026 What did <i> she </i> do?!! 4.33 2025 Onyx Storm (The Empyrean, #3)
author: Rebecca Yarros
name: Luna
average rating: 4.33
book published: 2025
rating: 3
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What did she do?!!
]]> Midnight on the Celestial 231003006
But when she fails her realm’s trial to keep her magic and is deemed too dangerous for society, she faces a harrowing choice: give up her gift or serve a punishment sentence aboard the Celestial, a luxurious magical cruise ship where staff members compete for guest votes to earn a coveted retrial.

As a concierge, Roe juggles the demands of affluent guests, cruel bosses, and the suspicion that an infuriatingly handsome silks performer, Ivander, is determined to keep her from a retrial.

But the true dangers surface after her shift ends when the Celestial transforms into halls of nightmares that kill staff members after dark. Faced with the reality of serving aboard, Roe begins to question the ship, trials, and the system that put her there. But the moment Roe sinks into the ship's dark history, she's wrongly framed for a guest's murder. Vowing to conjure her own second chance, Roe will use whatever power she has to uncover the secrets of the ship, her family, and their entwined bloody past... before she becomes the Celestial’s next victim.]]> 352 Julia Alexandra 1250380103 Luna 0 to-read 3.73 2026 Midnight on the Celestial
author: Julia Alexandra
name: Luna
average rating: 3.73
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]]> The Poison Daughter 230848723 To err is human. To avenge is Divine.
Every person Harlow Carrenwell kisses dies immediately, and that’s the way she likes it. The poison-lipped youngest daughter of Lunameade’s magical founding family has used her power to annihilate their opposition.

Her first husband is in the ground. Her new betrothed is next.

But the merry widow has a secret. When she’s not acting as an assassin at her parents' whims, she moonlights as a vigilante for abused women in their walled-off city.

Meet a man. Lure him in. Kill him with a kiss. Until one night Harlow kisses a mark and he doesn’t die.

Worse, her invincible partner in passion is her new betrothed, Henry Havenwood, and now he knows about her double life. Instead of selling her out and bringing the rival families to blows, he does something much more sinister—whisks her away to wed in his wild mountain fort.

Harlow doesn’t trust Henry, but the only way to protect her family and the city of Lunameade is to figure out what his family is planning.

Cursed with a husband she can’t kill and trapped in a fort miles of vampire-infested woods from home, Harlow’s survival requires her to do the impossible: Make the man who knows she’s a killer fall in love with her anyway.

The Poison Daughter is a standalone dark fantasy romance that combines the vigilante justice for abusive men of Promising Young Woman with a romantasy arranged marriage and a dash of vampires.]]> 668 Sheila Masterson Luna 0 to-read 4.40 2025 The Poison Daughter
author: Sheila Masterson
name: Luna
average rating: 4.40
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]]> Daggermouth (The Heart, #1) 247928235 Set in a corrupt surveillance state ruled by the masked elite, this true enemies-to-lovers dystopian romance that’s Conform meets V For Vendetta follows a mercenary who botches the assassination of the president’s son and ends up forced to marry him.

The first thing you’ll learn in New Found Haven is that mercy doesn’t exist. The second thing is that, from the highest glass atrium in the Heart to the windowless slums of the Boundary, the Veyra are always watching.

The last lesson is the hardest, but you must remember it: Love outside of your ring is a death sentence.

The city is carved into rings of privilege and poverty, ruled by the masked elite who will do whatever it takes to hold onto power. Obedience is demanded. Rebellion is crushed.

Greyson Serel has spent his life caught between two worlds. Publicly, he’s the flawless heir to the presidency. Privately, he’s entangled in secrets that could topple the regime. But when he’s forced into a political marriage meant to bind him tighter to the government’s brutal laws, he finds himself shackled to a bride as lethal as she is unwilling.

Shadera Kael is a mercenary raised to kill, not to wed. Yet when her bullet misses its mark, survival leaves her tied to the very man she was sent to eliminate. Trapped inside the corrupt heart of the city, she becomes both prisoner and wife, her every step watched, her every move tested.

Their union is no love story—it’s a battlefield. As secrets come to light and betrayals fester within the walls of power, Greyson and Shadera must decide between annihilating each other or burning the city to the ground together.

In a world where passion has consequences and loyalty is paid for in blood, their forced bond may be the spark that ignites a revolution. Or the fire that consumes them both.]]> 516 H.M. Wolfe Luna 0 to-read 4.32 2025 Daggermouth (The Heart, #1)
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name: Luna
average rating: 4.32
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]]> <![CDATA[Riftborne (Esprithean Trilogy, #1)]]> 218405601
He was striking in a cold-blooded kind of way, like his beauty was tinged with poison. Unassuming, alluring even.

I brought my eyes up to meet his.

"Fia Riftborne?" The words dripped from his lips like blood from a dagger.

Twenty years after a rebellion branded her an outcast, Fia Riftborne navigates a city rife with prejudice so deep, it's often deadly. But she harbors a secret, one that would paint an even larger target on her back. A hidden power within her is growing, threatening to destroy everything she's built for herself.

Enter the elusive Sidhe General, Laryk Ashford, who is building a unit of powerful wielders within the Guard to face a growing threat. Wraiths of darkness devour the Western border, leaving a trail of death and destruction in their wake.

When Fia's power erupts, and two daughters of Nobility are seemingly dead, General Ashford offers her a chilling choice: join the Sidhe Guard or face execution.

Because Fia might be the only hope for the Isle's survival.

Torn between surrendering to the chaos or becoming a weapon for those who took everything from her, Fia must confront her growing feelings for the General and face a dark truth that could shatter everything she's ever known.]]> 426 Bree Grenwich Luna 0 to-read 3.67 2024 Riftborne (Esprithean Trilogy, #1)
author: Bree Grenwich
name: Luna
average rating: 3.67
book published: 2024
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]]> <![CDATA[Dire Bound (The Wolves of Ruin, #1)]]> 234292648 Fourth Wing meets The Hunger Games in this spicy, page-turning romantasy where humans and direwolves forge unbreakable bonds and fight for survival at all costs.
 
Only the worthy survive the Bonding Trials.  She’ll risk her life—and her heart—to be one of them.
 
Meryn Cooper has always hated the Bonded, elite warriors who form mental links with the massive, vicious direwolves they ride. While they live in luxury, Meryn struggles to keep her family out of poverty. When her little sister, Saela, is kidnapped—stolen across the border by the immortal monsters her country has spent centuries fighting—Meryn’s world falls apart.
 
Desperate to cross the front and save her sister, Meryn enlists in the army and is thrown into the deadly Bonding Trials, where any mistake will cost her life.  
 
Now Meryn must survive four months of training at the castle. She is bound to a feral direwolf who refuses to communicate. The other trainees would love to spill her common blood. And her cold and beautiful instructor, Stark Therion, is eager to punish any weakness.
 
Everything is a competition, and everyone is out to get her—everyone except the dangerously handsome crown prince, whose attention adds another target to her back. In the castle, every smile hides a knife…and the halls hide dark secrets. 
 
It’s bond or bleed. Duel or die. Failure is ruin.
 
Dire Bound contains mature content including depictions of graphic violence, and is therefore recommended for readers 17+. For a full list of tropes and TWs, please visit the author's website. 
 
Readers are already falling in love with 

“ONE OF THE BEST READS OF THE YEAR! This book was insanely good.” Goodreads reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
 
“Stop it right now... I’m actually quite feral for the next book…” Goodreads reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 
 
“The plot was THICK, the tension and banter? Flawless. And the world with the wolf bond, and trials??? NEED MORE NOW.” Goodreads reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

“I just finished and still trying to mentally and emotionally recover to what just happened to me. You need to read it IMMEDIATELY.” Goodreads reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

“If you’re into dark romantasy with high stakes, fierce characters, and just the right amount of emotional wreckage, Direbound is your next obsession.” Goodreads reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

“What an incredible read!! … I am blown away. … The romance, the anguish, the BANTER! I love a book with good banter and this was FULL OF IT!” Goodreads reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

“I. Am. OBSESSED. … Left me spiraling in the best way possible. The morally grey anti-hero? Perfection. The slow-burn tension? Electric.]]> 605 Sable Sorensen 0316601403 Luna 0 to-read 4.32 2025 Dire Bound (The Wolves of Ruin, #1)
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name: Luna
average rating: 4.32
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]]> <![CDATA[The Wolf King (The Wolf King, #1)]]> 196920718
Princess Aurora longs to escape the castle and the marriage that has been arranged for her.

But on the night before her wedding, at a dog fight where captured werewolves are made to fight for sport, she spares the life of a young wolf. It puts her on the radar of the powerful alpha who was going to kill him. And it changes everything.

That night, when the alpha escapes, he kidnaps her and takes her to the rugged lands north of the border — where the once warring werewolf clans are beginning to unite. He thinks that she is the key to winning the war against the humans.

Only, as they spend time around one another, forbidden attraction starts to grow. And as Aurora learns that not all wolves are bad, the alpha discovers that she is in danger from both his enemies, and those he once considered friends.

With monsters on both sides, a bloodthirsty war between humans and wolves raging, and undeniable passion growing between them — will their story end in love? Or tragedy?

And will Aurora ever get home?

Does she even want to?]]> 475 Lauren Palphreyman Luna 0 to-read 4.13 2023 The Wolf King (The Wolf King, #1)
author: Lauren Palphreyman
name: Luna
average rating: 4.13
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]]> A Stage Set for Villains 230238455 The gods are dead. All that’s left are the Players…

The performers of the Playhouse are as worshipped as they are feared, their enchanting shows bending hearts, minds, and even reality itself. Vicious, godlike, lethal. Eighteen-year-old Riven Hesper knows the dangers better than anyone, after her own encounter with a Player resulted in a curse that is slowly killing her.

When the Playhouse announces the spectacle of a lifetime—a chance for one mortal to steal a Player’s immortality—Riven sees her last chance to live. Desperate for answers, she infiltrates the competition. There, she finds Jude, the Playhouse’s brilliant, merciless Lead Player, whose charm is as dangerous as his Craft, and strikes a deadly bargain to save her life.

But with time running out and the Playhouse’s secrets unraveling into a disturbing picture, Riven faces a grim possibility: she might not be the hero of her story after all. In fact, she may be the villain.

Because the Playhouse doesn’t just tell stories. It rewrites them.

And Riven’s might end in blood.

Caraval meets One Dark Window in this lush and dark fantasy.]]> 530 Shannon J. Spann 1649379528 Luna 0 to-read 4.08 2026 A Stage Set for Villains
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average rating: 4.08
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]]> <![CDATA[Malice (The Faithful and the Fallen, #1)]]> 15750692
Young Corban watches enviously as boys become warriors and yearns to join them, determined that he will make his family proud. It is only when everything he knows is threatened that he discovers the true cost of becoming a man.

As the Kings look to their borders, and priests beg answers from the Gods, only a chosen few know that the fate of the world will be decided between two champions, the Black Sun and the Bright Star. And with their coming will be a war to end all wars.]]> 672 John Gwynne 0230758452 Luna 0 to-read 4.15 2012 Malice (The Faithful and the Fallen, #1)
author: John Gwynne
name: Luna
average rating: 4.15
book published: 2012
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]]> <![CDATA[To All Those I've Killed Before]]> 238938465
At just forty-one years old, Rachel Marless is given months to live. After accepting the devastating news, she makes a decision: She will spend her final days imparting wisdom, advice, and confessing a long list of misdeeds to her only niece, Linnea.
Linnea is a freshman in college and can’t believe she’s losing her favorite aunt before they’ve had time to travel the world together. From the moment she receives the news of her aunt’s diagnosis, Linnea vows to spend each Tuesday afternoon with Rachel. Every week, she listens to her aunt’s stories and learns devastating secrets about the woman she thought she knew better than anyone.
Aunt Rachel has done awful, unspeakable things in her life, but nothing will be as bad as her final confession.

Can Linnea handle the truth, and will Rachel live long enough to tell it all?]]> 220 J.L. Hyde Luna 0 to-read 4.08 To All Those I've Killed Before
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]]> <![CDATA[If the Crown Fits (Twisted Crown Trilogy #1)]]> 219289090 Magic forests, forbidden romance and villainous royalty in a tale about an uncommon thief, a soldier prince and a deadly power struggle.

In the kingdom of Everness, the memory of magic only lives on through whispered stories. Lara, an elusive bandit raised in a clan of thieves, makes the mistake of stealing from the tyrannical royal family . . . and getting caught.

She has no idea how high the price for her freedom will be.

Forced to choose between forfeiting her life or offering her services to the cruel, spoiled prince regent, Lara is blackmailed into retrieving a stolen heirloom from the crown prince of an enemy kingdom. She must pose as his betrothed — a princess of Everness he is yet to set eyes on.

Bound by a dangerous secret and driven by a desperate need to protect those she loves most, Lara's path to freedom is rife with treachery and complexity. Most of all, an infuriating and charming prince who can only lead her to becoming an enemy of the crown, or an enemy of her own heart . . .

If the Crown Fits follows an uncommon thief as she fights to survive among ruthless princes while fighting against forbidden desire, injustice and a kingdom of secrets.

Tropes:
🗡 Enemies to lovers
🗡 Found family
🗡 One bed
🗡 Badass FMC
🗡 We support women's rights and women's wrongs
🗡 Slow burn romance
🗡 Fake relationship
🗡 Forced proximity]]> 306 Leané Giliomee 1835268234 Luna 0 to-read 3.72 2021 If the Crown Fits (Twisted Crown Trilogy #1)
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name: Luna
average rating: 3.72
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]]> Mephisto 223635
Klaus Mann, the second child of Thomas Mann, was born in Munich in 1906. He began writing short stories and articles in 1924, and within a year was a theatrical critic for a Berlin newspaper. In 1925 both a volume of short stories and his first novel, THE PIOUS DANCE, were published. His sister, Erika, to whom he was very close, was in the cast of his first play, ANJA AND ESTHER. Mann left Germany in 1933 and lived in Amsterdam until 1936, during which time he became a Czechoslovakian citizen, having been deprived of his German citizenship by the Nazis. He moved to America in 1936, living in Princeton, New Jersey, and New York City. He became a U.S. citizen in 1943. He died at the age of forty-two in Cannes, France. Robin Smyth was a European correspondent for the London Observer.]]> 272 Klaus Mann 0140189181 Luna 0 to-read 4.08 1936 Mephisto
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name: Luna
average rating: 4.08
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]]> <![CDATA[Our Dark Duet (Monsters of Verity, #2)]]> 32075662
Rat je počeo.

Čudovišta pobeđuju.

Kejt će morati da se vrati u Istinograd, a Avgust će morati ponovo da je pusti u svoj život. Novo čudovište čeka - ono se hrani velikim nemirom i nagoni žrtve da sprovedu u delo svoja najmračnija osećanja.

Koga će biti teže pobediti: čudovišta s kojima se suočavaju napolju ili čudovišta s kojima se suočavaju unutar sebe samih?

Ako je roman Smrtonosna pesma predstavljao napeto istraživanje ljudske prirode, ovaj nastavak je svođenje računa. Švabova je utkala pitanja identiteta, moralnosti i prosuđivanja u svoju zadivljujuće vešto napisanu priču. Čitaoci će teško spustiti završnu knjigu serijala ispunjenu akcijom.]]> 528 Victoria Schwab 0062380885 Luna 4 2026 It nearly killed me as well]]> 4.11 2017 Our Dark Duet (Monsters of Verity, #2)
author: Victoria Schwab
name: Luna
average rating: 4.11
book published: 2017
rating: 4
read at: 2026/03/14
date added: 2026/03/14
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The author said that this book nearly killed her…
It nearly killed me as well
]]> A Company of Swans 54914667 Weekly ballet classes are Harriet Morton's only escape from her intolerably dull life. So when she is chosen to join a corps de ballet which is setting off on a tour of the Amazon, she leaps at the chance to run away for good.

Performing in the grand opera houses is everything Harriet dreamed of, and falling in love with an aristocratic exile makes her new life complete. Swept away by it all, she is unaware that her father and intended fiancé have begun to track her down . . .

A Company of Swans is a sweeping tale of romance, freedom and the beauty of dance from award-winning author, Eva Ibbotson.

]]> 404 Eva Ibbotson Luna 0 to-read 4.45 1985 A Company of Swans
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]]> <![CDATA[Gardens of the Moon (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #1)]]> 55399 Vast legions of gods, mages, humans, dragons and all manner of creatures play out the fate of the Malazan Empire in this first book in a major epic fantasy series from Steven Erikson.

The Malazan Empire simmers with discontent, bled dry by interminable warfare, bitter infighting and bloody confrontations with the formidable Anomander Rake and his Tiste Andii, ancient and implacable sorcerers. Even the imperial legions, long inured to the bloodshed, yearn for some respite. Yet Empress Laseen's rule remains absolute, enforced by her dread Claw assassins.

For Sergeant Whiskeyjack and his squad of Bridgeburners, and for Tattersail, surviving cadre mage of the Second Legion, the aftermath of the siege of Pale should have been a time to mourn the many dead. But Darujhistan, last of the Free Cities of Genabackis, yet holds out. It is to this ancient citadel that Laseen turns her predatory gaze.

However, it would appear that the Empire is not alone in this great game. Sinister, shadowbound forces are gathering as the gods themselves prepare to play their hand...

Conceived and written on a panoramic scale, Gardens of the Moon is epic fantasy of the highest order--an enthralling adventure by an outstanding new voice.]]> 666 Steven Erikson 0765348780 Luna 0 to-read 3.92 1999 Gardens of the Moon (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #1)
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]]> Atonement 5324495
Brilliant and utterly enthralling in its depiction of love and war and class and childhood and England, An Atonement is a profound – and profoundly moving – exploration of shame and forgiveness, of atonement and of the possibility of absolution.]]> 370 Ian McEwan 1400075556 Luna 4 2026 4.12 2001 Atonement
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name: Luna
average rating: 4.12
book published: 2001
rating: 4
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]]> 56 Days 57628810
56 DAYS AGO
Ciara and Oliver meet in a supermarket queue in Dublin the same week Covid-19 reaches Irish shores.

35 DAYS AGO
When lockdown threatens to keep them apart, Oliver suggests that Ciara move in with him. She sees a unique opportunity for a new relationship to flourish without the pressure of scrutiny of family and friends. He sees it as an opportunity to hide who—and what—he really is.

TODAY
Detectives arrive at Oliver's apartment to discover a decomposing body inside.

Will they be able to determine what really happened, or has lockdown provided someone with the opportunity to commit the perfect crime?]]> 305 Catherine Ryan Howard 1982694653 Luna 0 to-read 3.65 2021 56 Days
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average rating: 3.65
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]]> <![CDATA[King of Wrath (Kings of Sin, #1)]]> 217206738
Ruthless. Meticulous. Arrogant.

Dante Russo thrives on control, both personally and professionally.

The billionaire CEO never planned to marry—until the threat of blackmail forces him into an engagement with a woman he barely knows.

Vivian Lau, jewelry heiress and daughter of his newest enemy.

It doesn’t matter how beautiful or charming she is. He'll do everything in his power to destroy the evidence and their betrothal.

There’s only one problem: Now that he has her...he can't bring himself to let her go.

***

Elegant. Ambitious. Well-mannered.

Vivian Lau is the perfect daughter and her family’s ticket into the highest echelons of high society.

Marrying a blue-blooded Russo means opening doors that would otherwise remain closed to her new-money family.

While the rude, elusive Dante isn't her idea of a dream partner, she agrees to their arranged marriage out of duty.

Craving his touch was never part of the plan.

Neither was the worst thing she could possibly do: fall in love with her future husband.

King of Wrath is a steamy arranged-marriage billionaire romance. It includes explicit content and profanity. Recommended for mature listeners only.]]> 398 Ana Huang Luna 4 2023 4.03 2022 King of Wrath (Kings of Sin, #1)
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name: Luna
average rating: 4.03
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rating: 4
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]]> Ashputtel 59334695 Jacob Grimm Luna 0 3.57 Ashputtel
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]]> <![CDATA[The Prison Healer (The Prison Healer, #1)]]> 53968496
When the Rebel Queen is captured, Kiva is charged with keeping the terminally ill woman alive long enough for her to undergo the Trial by Ordeal: a series of elemental challenges against the torments of air, fire, water, and earth, assigned to only the most dangerous of criminals.

Then a coded message from Kiva’s family arrives, containing a single order: “Don’t let her die. We are coming.” Aware that the Trials will kill the sickly queen, Kiva risks her own life to volunteer in her place. If she succeeds, both she and the queen will be granted their freedom.

But no one has ever survived.

With an incurable plague sweeping Zalindov, a mysterious new inmate fighting for Kiva’s heart, and a prison rebellion brewing, Kiva can’t escape the terrible feeling that her trials have only just begun.

From bestselling author Lynette Noni comes a dark, thrilling YA fantasy perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas, and Sabaa Tahir.]]> 416 Lynette Noni 0358434556 Luna 0 to-read 4.14 2021 The Prison Healer (The Prison Healer, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Don't Let the Forest In (Don't Let The Forest In, #1)]]> 200982373 Once upon a time, Andrew had cut out his heart and given it to this boy, and he was very sure Thomas had no idea that Andrew would do anything for him. Protect him. Lie for him.

Kill for him.

High school senior Andrew Perrault finds refuge in the twisted fairytales that he writes for the only person who can ground him to reality―Thomas Rye, the boy with perpetually ink-stained hands and hair like autumn leaves. And with his twin sister, Dove, inexplicably keeping him at a cold distance upon their return to Wickwood Academy, Andrew finds himself leaning on his friend even more.

But something strange is going on with Thomas. His abusive parents have mysteriously vanished, and he arrives at school with blood on his sleeve. Thomas won't say a word about it, and shuts down whenever Andrew tries to ask him questions. Stranger still, Thomas is haunted by something, and he seems to have lost interest in his artwork―whimsically macabre sketches of the monsters from Andrew's wicked stories.

Desperate to figure out what's wrong with his friend, Andrew follows Thomas into the off-limits forest one night and catches him fighting a nightmarish monster―Thomas's drawings have come to life and are killing anyone close to him. To make sure no one else dies, the boys battle the monsters every night. But as their obsession with each other grows stronger, so do the monsters, and Andrew begins to fear that the only way to stop the creatures might be to destroy their creator...]]> 336 C.G. Drews 1250895669 Luna 0 to-read 4.04 2024 Don't Let the Forest In (Don't Let The Forest In, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Knight and the Moth (The Stonewater Kingdom, #1)]]> 205335957
Just as she and her sister Diviners near the end of their service, a mysterious knight arrives at the cathedral. Rude, heretical, and devilishly handsome, the knight Rodrick has no respect for Sybil's visions. But when Sybil's fellow Diviners begin to vanish one by one, she has no choice but to seek his help in finding them. For the world outside the cathedral's cloister is wrought with peril. Only the gods have the answers she is seeking, and as much as she'd rather avoid Rodrick's dark eyes and sharp tongue, only a heretic can defeat a god.]]> 385 Rachel Gillig 0356522962 Luna 0 to-read 4.20 2025 The Knight and the Moth (The Stonewater Kingdom, #1)
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name: Luna
average rating: 4.20
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