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Escaping Reality With A Book
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items For whatever tyoe of mood you are in, I have a book for you! Most of this list will contain some type of romance story š¤
Sections
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Spicy Books (giggles)
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Dark Romance
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Mafia Romance
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Romance / Not as Spicy
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Fantasy
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Fiction/Books to Cry Over
Spicy Books (giggles)
For all the spicy book lovers! The spice ranges with all books, but please check trigger warnings!
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When you have a deadbeat boyfriend, seems like the best solution is to dump him and start dating his dadā¦ Let that sink in for a moment. I mean in this case, the dad is a hot, put together, caring and just downright delicious man. Seem's like a no br...
Birthday Girl
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Have you ever wondered what it would be like to have a taste of each brother from the family across the tracks? Saints vs Swamps, hidden secrets, messy entanglements.
Five Brothers
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Book 1 in the Dark Olympus retelling series! Neon Gods is a spicy retelling of Hades and Persephone. A personal favorite of mine! The series goes on to even more spice and more Greek Gods.
Neon Gods Book 1
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Attention all Cowboy lovers! This is book 1 in Ā a very ākick your feet while gigglingā spicy romance. Like rodeo cowboy hot!
Flawless - Chestnut Springs Book 1
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Yes the cover is very nice to look at! Have you ever read a book that completely throws you for a loop? Well here you go, not only does it contain SPICE, but it also gives spooky, haunted, murder mystery!
Pen Pal
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We are entering our Hockey Romance with this one here! Claire Contreras is a top favorite, I even got to meet her at a signing event. If she writes it, I'm reading it. Star hockey player Lachlan falls for Lyla at a party, they have a good thing going...
Until I Get You
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Book 1 in the Maple Hills Hockey Romance series! I actually listened to the audio book and was obsessed with the narrators! Barnes and Noble has the cutest Special Edition with sprayed Edges! I had to grab it as a Trophy book.
Icebreaker
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A spicy, hot and modern retelling of Hades and Persephone! I am a huge fan of Sav Miller. I actually got to meet her at a book event and she is just the best! I absolutely 1. love this book, and 2. love the Monsters and Muses series.
Promises and Pomegranates - Book 1
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Mafia Romance at its finest! It's dark, steamy, dangerous and all wrapped up in a dirty happily ever after! What more could you ask for?
Sweet Surrender - Book 1
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I do warn you, this book is mostly spice. If you are looking for a riveting plot this is not it. It's completely unhinged in the best way. Obsessed MMC, fated mates, funny, sweet, and just overall a fun READ.
Viciously Yours: Adult Fantasy Romance
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When reading this one, you just have to go in with an open mind lol. There's identify theft, revenge, a mystery, and dirty scenes in the middle of the oceanā¦ That's all I got lol.
Does It Hurt
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Book 1 in the never after series, Hooked is a spicy retelling of Peter Pan where the famous Hook ends up with Wendy!
Hooked (Collector's Edition) - Book 1
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Ooooooooh how I love a good Hades and Persephone story! A spicy retelling of my book husband and Persephone. He falls first, touch her andā¦., will do anything to protect her.
A Goddess of Spring and Shadows -Book 1
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Roman Valdez is the Devil. He sneers at me. He hates me. He wants to hurt me. Let him try. He thinks heās untouchable. The self-appointed Devil of Sun Valley High. But Iāve already lost everything and everyone I care about. I have nothing left to los...
Wicked Devil: Boys of Sun Valley - Book 1
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I am in love with these Special Edition of The BOT series!! For anyone who is going to start this series I HIGHLY, HIGHLY recommend checking the trigger warnings, These books will not be for everyone. It has highly sensitive content. I swear I cry an...
Boys of Tommen Series books 1-4 Special Edition
Dark Romance
Dark / Taboo Romance - A must check trigger warnings type of recommendations!Ā
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This was my first ever taboo romance, and I am obsessed! This is a definite check your trigger warnings, books like this is not for everyone! *She betrayed him, and now he wants revenge against the foster sister who became his forbidden obsession the...
Little Stranger: A Dark Taboo Romance Book 1
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This book has every emotion possible pouring out of me. I finished it a few days ago and still find myself thinking about these characters and how it ended. āHow did I get here? Broken, bruised, and mentally shattered. For most of my life, my older s...
Torment: Part One
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This is book 1 of a Dark College Romance series. The L.O.R.D.S. series is soooo spicy with MMC that give you ātouch her andā¦ā! The possessiveness, the plot twists, secret society!!!
The Ritual Book 1
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A debt needs to be paid and 4 vipers have just come to collect. Roxie has been sold to cover her fathers debt and uses the opportunity to indulge in her hidden desires. Reverse harem, all spice! Warning, its all SPICE. It's for fun!!!
Den of Vipers: A Dark Romance
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Please check you trigger warnings. With that being said, it is such an amazing debut novel of Dae Graves! She loves to torture us and I will share the moment my jaw dropped and my heart broke. āSix years laterāā¦ It has a plot twist I could not see co...
Falling Too Late - Day Graves
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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 an...
Insatiable - The Edge of Darkness: Book 1
Mafia Romance
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Mafia romance just has a choke hold on me. This is book one of the Bratva series and you get obviously a very hot possessive MMC, marriage of convenience, work romance, touch her andā¦, did I mention HOT MAFIA HUSBAND.
Champagne Venom Book 1
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Oh my goodness, I am in love! Dark hot romance, marriage of convenience, forced proximity! āWhere's my wife!ā The most jaw dropping cliff hanger! I was screaming as I read the last page!
Vicious Heir Book 1
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I have a thing for Mafia romanceā¦ With that being said, I am in love with Derek Cain!!!! Tropes include: Possessive, Touch her andā¦, dual POV, Morally gray!!! Derek was set on revenge when he stumbled upon Evangeline. He wasn't supposed to fall for h...
Severed by Vengeance Book 1
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Luca is CEO of Kings Enterprise, and due to a heart breaking past he sets certain rules to keep himself from ever feeling pain like that again. That is until Stella (a part of his painful past) is catapulted right back into his life. With her own tra...
Ruthless King: Dark Mafia Romance #1
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I will never get over a good Mafia Romance! The look in her direction andā¦, he most definitely falls first, only problem is he's engaged to her sister!
The Sweetest Oblivion
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This is why I love to read! Vegas King who falls in love first with the sweet southern bell. Instant attraction, hot, sexy, breath in her direction and your de**. I was legit giggling and swooning over how obsessed Louie is with Charlotte! It's a qui...
His Kingdom Book 1
Romance / Not as Spicy
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I just finished this book today and I love it!!!! I love Alex and Ophelia, my heart physically hurts!!! Dark academia romance. Enemies to lovers, family dynamics. It was just, ugh my heart strings. It gives you all the feelings. A girl set on revenge...
Nightshade Book 1
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When an author can make me feel the emotions of the characters, it will always be a 5 star read! Jude and Victoria have such a beautiful story, it has so much love and raw heartache, all packaged nicely with a happily ever after.
Gorgeous Lies
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All My Firsts it was a beautiful story of two people (Lanie and Xander) with a troubled past, finding each other and falling so madly in love it starts to heal past wounds. Xander is willing to go to the ends of the earth to keep Lanie safe and is pu...
All My Firsts - Book 1
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This book is what sold me on Meagan Brandy! The way I sobbed!!! Imagine falling in love with the most perfect girl, only for a tragic accident to happen and she forgets she was ever in love with you!!! The way I cried!!!! It has all of the emotions. ...
Say You Swear
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Second chance romance! A moddy guitar player with a troubled past, and a girl he loved more than anything but had to walk away from. They never stopped loving each other and when fate brings them back together, will they finally be able to make it wo...Ā either bring them closer together or tear them apart for good!
Sweet Regret
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Tropes: Sports romance, Dual POV, Workplace romance! Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Spencer and Camilla are thrown into a working relationship, and they don't get started off on the best of terms. Spencer is cocky and full of himself, while Camilla will do whatever it takes to keep herself hidden. Trauma and heartbreaking past seem...
Off the Grid - Book 1
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Okay, setting the seen. Romeo and Juliet style based in Mexico. Two families at war... The Mayors perfect ballerina daughter, and the heir to the dangerous Raven brothers gang, falling madly in love! Ugh this book was soooo good. It was a quick fun r...
Nevermore (The Raven Brothers)
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Introducing Thoe FREAKING Hayes!!! Book 1 in the brothers series. Thats right BROTHERS who all have their own steamy, sweet, jaw dropping, plot twist happily ever afters. Theo is book 1 and can I just say, he is the sweetest, funniest, and loving man...
Too Much: Hayes Brothers Book 1
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When people-pleasing Chloe learns that her birth mother has unexpectedly had another baby, she doesnāt hesitate to become a next-of-kin guardian. But when she fails to pass Child Protective Servicesā financial evaluation, she is faced with a choice: ...
Next of Kin
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Scarlett Vandermeer is a Junior at Stanford and a student-athlete who specializes in platform diving. Scarlett prefers to keep her head down, concentrating on getting into med school and on recovering from the injury that almost ended her career. She...
Deep End
Fantasy
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Absolutely in love with this series by Adalyn Grace. It's spooky, and haunting, and romantic! Perfect for an October read!
The Belladonna Collection|Hardcover
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Book 1 in a new Romantasy series! Just think Pinky Blinders meets Romeo and Juliet, and you get the start of an epic enemies to lovers series!
House of Bane and Blood
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Book 1 in the new Empyrean Series! The book hangover is real! I canāt tell you how many times I laughed, cried and fell in love with these characters. I also screamed āI freaking knew itā several times through the book!
Fourth Wing
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Book 1 in the Ringdweller series! Author Brady Hunsaker really knocked it out of the park with his Clean debut fantasy series. You get magic, world building, love, friendship!
Scorned Prince
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AcryliPics have the best special edition box sets of Throne of Glass! Like look just how gorgeous they are! I love this shop for my fantasy special edition books!
Throne of Glass Series Special Edition Box Set
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My husband bought me this box set for Christmas, and it is still one of my most prized possessions. They are just stunning!
Velaris X ACOTAR Special Edition Book Box Set
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Till the day I die, I will 1000000% always recommend this series! It is what got me back into reading. Victoria rips your heart out, throws in some out of nowhere plot twist, flawless world building. I justā¦ jaw on the floor type of series.
Red Queen Box Set
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OMG!!!! I put off starting this book for a while, and I can't even tell you whyā¦ but the amount of times i gasped, cried, said āaweeeeeeā is just unreal. This is book 1 in a new fantasy series and I love it. Think Red Queen, hunger games, enemies to ...
Powerless - Book 1
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I am obsessed with anything related to Anastasia and the Romanov's, so when I found this gem I was immediately sold. The longing, the touch her and die, the you are mine!!!!!
The Romanov Oracle
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Twin witch sisters living with the humans hiding from Hell. You have murder, mystery, magic, and dreamy princes of hell! The first book leaves you with your jaw on the floor and immediately wanting to consume the rest of the series.
Kingdom of the Wicked Boxed Set
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Vampire romance and not in the glitter in the light kind of way! This steamy romance has Vampires, witches, longing, a mystery to solve. Forced marriage!!!!!!
King of Battle and Blood - Book 1
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What girl doesn't want to be THE ONE who literally saves the world from the FOUR HORSEMEN!!! In book 1 we meet I would say the sweetest of the 4, Pestilence. Although he is killing everyone in his path he only has one girl on his mind, and choosing t...
Pestilence (The Four Horsemen Book 1)
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This is only book 1 in THE BEST HADES & PERSEPHONE series! When I say we LOVE Hades, I mean we truly LOVE HIM. The absolute chokehold this series has on my heart, anxiety, and tears!!!
A Touch of Darkness - Book 1
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I absolutely love Scarlett St. Clair, I am so excited for this volume to come out. Her spicy retellings are soooo dreamy. I preordered this so fast!
Fairy Tale Retellings - Volume 1
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HAVE YOU SEEN HOW BEAUTIFUL THESE ARE!!! Do I already have a full set yes, will that stop me from buying this setā¦ absolutely not!
The Twilight Saga Deluxe Collection
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Just the absolute greatest fantasy duet! Picture mafia version of Romeo and Juliet based in Shanghai! The longing, betrayal, forbidden love, and a mystery to solve! I was in tears by the end of the series.
These Violent Delights Duet
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A Camelot retelling with so much angst! A dangerous mission, doomed love, and a kingdom on the brink of war.
Queen of Roses Book 1
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Kallie has trained all of her life, she has learned to fight and strengthen her gift of manipulation. She's the king's secret weapon. But all Kallie wanted was her father's approvalā¦ After learning of her father's secrets, all she wants is power, and...
The King's Weapon - Book 1
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Nothing I love more enemies to lovers, turned fated mates!!! I loved the magic system/world that was built through book 1. It's just so fun and creative. There were a couple of plot twist that I did not see coming, and the cliff hanger has me begging...
Quicksilver Book 1
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This book was the perfect combination of fantasy and history! This version tells the story of Anastasia and her family in the days leading up to tragedy. It has an interesting Ā magic system and is also filled with love for family, being true to yourself and fighting for what you believe in.
Romanov
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Stone Blind was a personal read for me. It's the story of Medusa and the trauma she endued during her life. It was a slow but very emotional read.
Stone Blind
Fiction/Books to Cry Over
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I read this on my kindle, and it was a pretty quick read but still so good! The author is one of my favorites and just has a way of pulling at your heart strings.
Evidence of the Affair
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Talk about an emotional roller coaster. Taylor Jenkins Reid just doesn't disappoint! She will make you fall in love, crush you, and then bring you back for a happy ever afterā¦. Emma and Jesse are living the perfect life together until an accident tak...Ā Having to learn to live without Jesse means through her grief, Emma comes out on the other side a different person. A person who finds happiness and love again.
One True Loves
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This was an emotional read. Now keep in mind most books I read do have a happy ending, and that is no different with this book. It just takes a while and a lot of trauma for the main characters to get there.
All the Little Raindrops
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There's just something so relatable about this book. It's adventure, and not being afraid to start over, and doing what's best for you despite what others think. You have great friendships and an overall great story.
Happy Place
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Listen, it's a guilty pleasure. I truly loved this book. It has heartbreak, loss, second chance, plot twist, tears and a happy ever after.
Reminders of Him
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I just love Taylor Jenkins Reid as an author. This one may be one of my favorites of hers!! Movie icon Evelyn Hugo decides to do a tell all article about her infamous life. What you wont see coming is the jaw dropping plot twist. It's full of found f...
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
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Absolutely heart breaking, but beautiful story of love, friendship, and found family between two best friends. This book does include DV, so please check your trigger warnings. This book is hands down one of my absolute favorites. I will never not re...
He Did It
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Oooooooh how I cried! This can be read as a standalone but will absolutely pull at your heart stings more if you read āHe Did Itā first. This is a book about DV so please check trigger warnings. It is also about true friendship, and love, and support...
Perfect Family (He Did It Series)
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One of the most soul shattering, beautifully written books I have ever read. It has everything! Life, death, love, loss, grief, found family, and an endless amount of crying.
I Fell in Love with Hope
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This is a bit more on the YA side, but when I tell you I cried my eyes out!!! Two best friends who grew up next to each other and get to experience life with one another. Friends to lovers? Maybeā¦ Just have your tissues ready!!!
If He Had Been with Me -Collector's Edition
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When Cora Lawson attends her sister's birthday party, she expects at most a hangover or a walk of shame by the end of it. She doesn't anticipate a stolen wallet, leaving her stranded and dependent on her sister's fiancĆ©, Dean Asherāher archnemesis an...
Still Beating
Murder Mystery
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If you like a good murder story with a 100% āI did not see that comingā type ending, then Jeneva Rose is your author!
One of Us Is Dead
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I cannot express enough how much I loved this book! I loved it so much I have not only the original, but the special edition also!
The Perfect Marriage
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The way I was clutching my pearls through this whole book!!!! So many things I did not see coming! It was justā¦. listen I started and finished the book all in one day. Just 1000000/10
The Housemaid- Book 1
Kindle & Accessories
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I absolutely love my Kindle, I feel like I can read books faster somehow this way, and easy to carry everywhere!
Amazon Kindle Paperwhite
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I love the clear case because it allows me to add stickers underneath to be visible. Easier to change the stickers out without having to actually stick them.
Clear Case for All-New Kindle Paperwhite
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Pop sockets make it so much easier to hold your kindle and be comfortable while reading. As a sung girly this one was perfect for me!
PopSockets
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Best way to express yourself and have an aesthetically cute kindle is to accessorize with stickers!
Book Stickers for Kindle
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Which one fits you best? Is there such thing as too many?
Funny Skeleton PopSockets
Art for your Home Library
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Ruhn Danaan is one of my absolute favorite characters from CC, and this art piece to hang on my walls is just perfection! Perfect for the fantasy readers, and it comes in different sizes.
Ruhn Danaan - Print SJM Fanart
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I cannot express enough how much I love OliviaRoseJamesArt! It is a goal to eventually have her entire series in my collection. Her art work is just so emotional, and shows true emotion of the characters from ACOTAR.
High Lord Prints - Acotar Fantasy by Olivia Rose James
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Our High Lady!!! Just perfection! They are so perfect for my home library and would make a great piece in your home! Just haunting, and beautiful!!
High Lady Prints - Acotar Fantasy by Olivia Rose James
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In my head, this is what I look like while reading! Ā All of her art work is truly amazing, and would look beautiful in your home library!
The Reader Prints - By Olivia Rose James
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She is just beautiful! When i first saw this print on tiktok, I knew I had to have it! She is a masterpiece.
Medusa's Gaze
Annotation Tools
I am obsessed with annotating my books, and these are perfect for doing just that
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I love to match my tabs to the aesthetic of the book, and with multiple colors the combinations are endless.
Books Tabs for Annotating
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This kit is the one stop shop to start annotating!
Book Annotation Kit
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I'm a sucker for the pastel highlighters. Not so bold but soft.
Sharpie Pocket Highlighters
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I am a sucker for aesthetically looking tools, and these multicolor pens go with all my moods.
Aesthetic Pens
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I love using this stamp to personalize all my books with. It also makes the perfect gift for the book lovers!
Floral Book Stamp | Personalized
Best Bookish Gifts
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How freaking cute!!! You can even personalize your name on it! This is a great gift for yourself or the book lover in your life.
Personalized Booktrovert Glass
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I LOVE THIS SWEATER!!! Like really, I CLOSED MY BOOK TO BE HERE! You should consider yourself lucky if I do that lol.
I closed my book to be here Sweatshirt
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As a die hard Acotar fan, I am telling you this is a must. This is the absolute perfect gift for your Acotar lovers!!!
Bookshelf Suriel
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*Internally Screams* I have an obsession with cups and books, so this cup is absolutely perfect!
Just One More Chapter 40oz Glass Tumbler
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I am in love with the brown tones right now and this sweater is just so cute.
Book Lover Embroidered Sweatshirt
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Do I really need to say more! If you aren't already sold based off the picture!! Like, do you know how much the book lover in your life would love this shirt!!
Bookworm Shirt
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These are just sooooooo cute!!! Fun way to keep track of the books you are reading, ranking system, and so many ways to color in and decorate.
Reading Tracker Journal
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If someone gifted this to me I would marry them instantly! Soā¦ get this for your book lover lol.
Silver Book Locket Necklace
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Such a beautiful necklace! Love tarot card, and us readers will be holding onto our books till the day we die!
The Reader Tarot Card Necklace