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rubi / uk / “to the readers who look up to the stars and wish”/ rafe cameron apologist

[alicewiththreefingers]

[brightlyflamed]

"I think I could be quite happy in a place like this." "You're in a place like this."

[threefates]

and for the lady, perhaps a devout knight?

[valarrsgirl]

perhaps a targaryen prince

[pissbataille]

A KNIGHT OF THE SEVEN KINGDOMS

[baelcrtargaryen]

Bertie Carvel as Baelor Targaryen A KNIGHT OF THE SEVEN KINGDOMS (2026 - )

[anth3iareads]

to be a star you must burn

[mournfulroses]

Makenzie Campbell, from a poem featured in "2 a.m. Thoughts," originally published in 2017

[aralshiral]

rip maekar you would’ve loved life360

[starxs-s]

Baelor died and Valarr got immediately adopted by Maekar and put into a matching outfit.

[cranberrywren]

⊹₊⟡⋆

[goth-queen]

[cumdumpstiel]

i should be able to file for divorce on another couples behalf

[obiwancreampie]

[readingnerd9999-deactivated2026]

Emily Brontë 🤎🤎🤎

[inkpressedpetals]

[wellsysgarrett]

i am coming to love him, in two different ways. face to face, and word to word.

happy birthday dais @lorenlily

[rubireads]

here we go…(i’m scared)

[rubireads]

nocticadia by keri lake, 4 stars

this one has been on my tbr ever since i discovered it boasts of all aspects of my favourite genre: dark academia. it encompasses everything i love about the chilling but cosy genre and suffice to say, it did not fail to impress on this front. i found myself grimacing and spooked at pages that detailed gory and horror whilst at the same time was made to yearn to be a student at the prestigious institution of dracadia. like our fmc, i wanted to walk its cobblestone streets surrounded by grandiose architecture, rich history, and what feels like the word at your fingertips whilst surrounded by nothing but nature and sea.

the story follows lillia vespertine as she ventures to dracadia, a university set on a remote island off the coast of maine, and investigates the mysterious death of her mother. it is here she discovers the existence of a parasite named noctisoma and uncovers secrets about her family, the university, and the island whilst engaging in a forbidden relationship with her professor, also known as doctor death.

the plot had me gripped throughout the entire book and whilst the concept of the genre was what pulled me in, it is the page turning and thrilling revelations that had me stay. my only hesitation was the writing, specifically the cringeworthy dialogue. whilst it was clear the intentions were for the fmc and supporting characters to come off as intellectual, it made the interactions seem unrealistic and almost pull you out of the story. as the story progressed, however, this either become less prevalent or easier to ignore.

i would 100% recommend this to anyone looking for their next chilling dark academia read for the season.