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My 2025 Book Reviews 📖

Currently Re Reading: Flesh & Fire Series by Jennifer L. Armentrout

The Primal of Blood & Bone (Blood & Ash Book #6) by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross

The Shepherd King Series by Rachel Gillig

One Dark Window

Two Twisted Crowns

The Hunger Games Series by Suzanne Collins

The Hunger Games

Catching Fire

Mockingjay

The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes

Sunrise on the Reaping

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez

Wicked Games by Kaylie Smith

Enchantra (Wicked Games #2)

Phantasma (Wicked Games #1)

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab

The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

2024 Book Reviews & Recs

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How I feel reading smut while being scared of intimacy in real life

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first off -- i'm sorry if you've already received an invitation to FREEDOM & LITERACY. I look through my favorite author's/books tags and tend to message people inside those. It's hard to keep track of who I've invited so far!

ANYWAY: i'm inviting you to a forum for book lovers! we are NOT a book club, i promise. there are no mandatory readalongs or anything like that. we just love books!!

the link is here: https://freeliteracy.jcink.net

there is absolutely NO pressure for you to join, or for you to post this publicly. hell, you can even blatantly ignore me. that's fine. i don't mind.

i simply want to talk to more people about books, and if it takes messaging individuals, than i'll do that!

anyway, i really hope that you and yours have a good week, and if you made it this far, thank you for your time!

JAY

thank you for the invite! i'd love to join 🤭

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My simple review to The Primal of Blood and Bone by Jennifer L. Armentrout!

I have seen a lot of mixed reviews on this book, and I agree with both sides. First, this was definitely a filler book. I remember JLA saying that she realized Poppy and Casteel's story wasn't over, which (yay!) means there will be a seventh book. Contrary to the mixed reviews, I still loved it. It was very slow in the beginning and I feel like there were so many scenes/chapters that just weren't necessary. Second, Casteel is a fucking asshole in this book. He was so controlling towards Poppy. I truly feel that JLA wrote him as a completely different person and it is not the Casteel I fell in love with 5 books ago. Third, while yes, this was a filler book, there is so much more important information that is discovered by the characters that I feel is pertinent to the series. There are also new characters that are both entertaining and absolute pieces of shit. There are also characters from the Flesh and Fire series that make appearances, which I enjoyed a lot.

Either way, I am still excited for the next book "The Throne of Blood and Ash." Hopefully you enjoyed reading this book or are now more inclined to read it! I'd love to hear your thoughts!

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My simple review to Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross. If I am being completely honest, I was not going to do a review on this book because I just did not enjoy it. I don't always do reviews on books I do not like, but this one was waiting to be complete.

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me staring at the search bar trying to decide which fictional man I’ll read about tonight:

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i need him so bad its concerning at this point

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finest shyt ☝️

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My simple review to Two Twisted Crowns by Rachel Gillig! If you like men who yearn, this book is for you.

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My simple review to One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig! This book was honestly something I needed after my heart being shattered due to THG series and SotR. I enjoyed being sucked into this world.

Also, please please please send me some book recs, my summer vacation is almost over.

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yeah. my heart was utterly and completely shattered. i haven't stopped crying about SotR. i keep seeing edits and theories on tiktok and it is not helping with the heartache. best book i've read this entire year, but 100% do not recommend.

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My simple review to The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes. I have to admit that I was pretty bored throughout most of it. I think it stemmed from already having immense hatred for Snow so I wasn't interested in reading anything about him.

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free palestine y chinga la migra

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my simple review to Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins! i did not feel like speaking to anyone after finishing the book. i'm still thinking about it.

my next anticipated reads are The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes and Sunrise on the Reaping.

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my simple review to Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins! i'm so mad at myself for not reading the series a decade ago.