I LOVED this. An MM new adult romance in a high school setting. I really liked reading about two rivals falling for each other and then wanting to protect each other from the consequences of their rivalry, because it expanded beyond them to their respective schools. It has the perfect ratio of romance and steam in my opinion. The MCs are so cute and sweet together. The writing and the storyline are good too.
Anyone has any book recs like this one?

Any recommendations for fantasy books similar to the ACOTAR series? With courts/kingdoms warring with each other and found family and lovable characters and misfits and outcasts and a good romance with a bad boy who's actually good deep down? Some steamy scenes are a welcome bonus. Thank you in advance I'm desperate!

This is sexism and toxic feminism all wrapped up in one. If a woman is doting on a man he's not considered weak, but if a man is doting on a woman, she is? Why? And so he's holding coats and doors for her, so what? He loves her and trying to show her affection in those little gestures. If her feminism is taking a hit she can reciprocate. In a healthy relationship there's no weaker and stronger, there's give and take.

I had a smile on my face the whole time reading this book! Definitely recommend if you're in the mood for a light and cute romance between two asexual men who are trying to navigate relationships with their asexuality.

Any romance book recommendations that are all fluff and steam but also not quite mind-numbingly shallow?

When dealing with people, let us remember we are not dealing with creatures of logic. We are dealing with creatures of emotion, creatures bristling with prejudices and motivated by pride and vanity.

On the last book of this series. I owe my knowledge of Greek and Roman mythology to these series and I‘m never bored reading them.
After this book I‘m definitely diving into the other series that are inspired by Egyptian and Norse mythology!

The feels.

I‘m quite proud of myself.

It‘s always a good idea to go back to Hogwarts.

5 books in this series, and I enjoyed every single one of them. I loved the author‘s writing. There‘s always humor and witty banter and the characters are all so lovable. It‘s totally a series I will reread in the future.

A story about a man struggling with bipolar disorder. It was a heavy read but oh so powerful. It felt so validating to read some of my thoughts in someone else‘s words, though my struggles with depression weren‘t as intense. I cried so many times. But it also made me feel grateful that I‘m making my way to the other side and hopeful because the characters made it too. Highly recommend!
TW: depression, self harm, suicide attempts.

Well, now this just made me laugh. This series is filled with toxic masculinity and misogyny. Seriously, what is up with the author? I mean, she‘s a woman, and she wrote this book, so clearly not every woman is offended by the mention of a hard-on.
I really don‘t want to read her other books but at the same time I really want to read a book of hers with a female MC just to see how she writes a woman‘s thoughts.

Can we stop it with the salad and diet coke comments? I guess you‘re trying to be a feminist or whatever but it‘s not really working because you‘re judging this girl who‘s eating a salad just like other people may judge a girl for eating a burger with a side of fries and onion rings. A girl can eat whatever she wants without having to be judged, and that includes a freaking salad.

Well, that‘s a shitty way to call Arab people. I‘m really disappointed in these authors. And they didn‘t even do a decent research about the laws in Dubai. “These people in Arab countries” don‘t all have the same laws, and it‘s actually not illegal for women to wear revealing clothes in Dubai.

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N.R. Walker is fast becoming one of my favorite MM romance authors! I finished this book in one sitting it‘s so good. I‘m usually only interested in the romance part of a contemporary romance book, but this one had me interested from beginning to end.

Something we should remind ourselves of every day.

If this isn‘t the truest thing I‘ve ever read.

I like it when the Arabic language is accurate in books and movies, but I couldn‘t help but laugh when I read this 😂. If I‘m not mistaken there‘s a mix of Syrian and Egyptian dialects in this and the character is supposed to be Iraqi?

I‘m cautiously starting to like Haider. The not eating meat bit certainly earns him brownie points 😂.
I actually have a friend named Haidar and he looks a lot like the description of this Haider‘s appearance so I‘ll just be imagining my friend while reading his scenes 🤷🏻‍♀️.

I‘m currently reading Shatter Me and Kings of Lockdown, and reading ACOTAR with my friend (it‘s her first time).

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Halfway through and have mixed feelings about it.

Such a sweet story, I loved all the main characters and enjoyed reading this book so much.

I laughed out loud so many times while reading this book. It‘s rare and so good to find a book that can do that.

Two guys who make an arrangement to spend one night a week together without knowing any information about each other so there‘s no complications. It‘s a cute (and steamy) love story and I couldn‘t put the book down.

This is my third time starting this series, hopefully this time I‘ll finish it. I really like it though so I don‘t know why I stopped in the first place 😅.

There‘s no story. Halfway through the book they hadn‘t had one single normal conversation, but suddenly they‘re in love with each other. And then when they did start actually talking a little, it‘s all “what‘s your favorite movie” and “what‘s your favorite color”. And I like steamy scenes as much as the next gal, but after the nth one, it‘s not steamy anymore, it‘s just boring. I had high expectations for this one 🤦🏻‍♀️.

So I‘ve been in a contemporary romance kinda mood lately, and I read The Hating Game by Sally Thorne and The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren. They‘re both great, fun reads, but this one I feel is gonna easily become one of my favorites. I‘m only a 2 chapters in and I‘ve already laughed out loud like 3 or 4 times. And I already love the main character, her sense of humor and her love for and protectiveness over her niece.

This book has everything I love in a YA contemporary romance. I love it.
And I‘m quite proud of the fact that I understood almost every election related jargon, having followed the real 2020 election 😅.

Switching it up with some contemporary romance.

It‘s very rare that I DNF a book, but I just REALLY didn‘t like the writing, and the plot didn‘t interest me enough to continue despite it.

Finished the All for the Game series and gonna start another series I‘ve been wanting to read for years!

I liked this book more than the first. There‘s so much more development in the storyline and the characters, and I appreciated the author always getting right to the point, skipping over boring details AND gruesome ones too.

I had a hard time getting used to the writing, and I didn‘t expect the theme of the book to be so dark, but I enjoyed reading it. The characters are complicated and some of them are a complete mystery to me still, but I‘m very interested to know more about them and see how all this will play out. Definitely picking up the next book in the series.

This is a translated version of a poem called “The Stranger” by the Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish.
Like they say, some things get lost in translation, but it‘s still in my opinion a very emotion provoking piece.

Almost every Six of Crows and The Raven Cycle fandom account I‘ve seen on Instagram in the last few years is also fan of this series so I can‘t wait to dive in!

After a little over a week of binge-reading this series, I am finally upon this behemoth of a book!

I‘ve been having a Sarah J Maas-withdrawal since I finished A Court of Silver Flames, so, naturally, I started reading Throne of Glass. Again.

I am LIVING for this trailer and these particular two seconds.

I like this book more than any other from the series, maybe because I like Nesta more than Feyre, and I related to what she was going through and to her mental struggles a lot more than I did with Feyre.
The story was good, I didn‘t feel like the plot was forced, and it contained everything you expect from a SJM book, from adventure to personal growth to budding friendships and family bonds to love and smut.
Eagerly waiting for the next book!