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Romance Books to Read If You Love YA Romances

Romance Books to Read If You Love YA Romances

Nov 16, 2021

 

This week I’m sharing the romance books to read if you love reading young adult romances. Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and Bookish and is hosted by The Artsy Reader Girl. 

The theme for this week’s Top Ten Tuesday is; Books to Read If You Love/Loved X. So today I thought I would share some of my favourite romances to read if you love reading YA romances. I found one of the hardest things for me when I started reading romances was bridging that gap.

Going right from YA to romances is not for everyone. Sometimes it can come as a shock to readers when they are thrown into very spicy romances books after only every reading young adult. And what better way to share my love for both genres than sharing the romances books I recommend for those starting to read romances after reading YA books. 

Anyway, let’s get into this weeks list. As always these are in no order. There is a mix of new adult romances, as well as a mix of all types of genres in romances. So let’s go. 

The Enemy Trap by Maren Moore | The Spanish Love Deception by Elena Armas | Rejected  (Shadow Beast Shifters #1) by Jaymin Eve | Nowhere But Here (Thunder Road #1) by Katie McGarry. 

Secrets of a Summer Night (Wallflowers #1) by Lisa Kleypas | Only When It’s Us (Bergman Brothers #1) by Chloe Liese | The Year We Fell Down (The Ivy Years #1) by Sarina Bowen | Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston.

The Duchess Deal (Girl Meets Duke #1) by Tessa Dare | The Kingmaker (All the King’s Men #1) by Kennedy Ryan.

And there we go. Those are the romances books that I think y0u should pick up if you like reading young adult romances. Have you read any of these? Are you planning on reading these? What would you suggest? Let’s have a chat! 

Favourite Quotes From Characters

Favourite Quotes From Characters

Nov 9, 2021

This week I’m sharing the quotes that I love from characters. Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and Bookish and is hosted by The Artsy Reader Girl. 

This was a really fun post to do. It got me really thinking, I had to try and remember some of those quotes that just hit me hard and fast. There are a mix of different books and genre’s here and I really love that. I tried to also pick quotes from some of my favourite books. Let’s get right into this. Like always these are in no order. 

“Because despite how much he’d hurt me, despite his betrayal and everything it had caused, I still fucking loved him with my whole sullied soul.”

– Hades, Timber by Tate James 

“I’ll give you the world,” he said against my mouth. “The moon. The fucking stars. Anything you ask, it’s yours. I’m yours.”

– Aaron, The Spanish Love Deception by Elena Armas 

“And then suddenly he was there, charging down the hallway like death in a cowboy duster.”

– Rose, Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead 

“I like how you smile and how you laugh. I like how you love and defend your family and I like how you’re trying to love mine I love how you trust. But mostly, Emily, I like how I feel when I’m around you.”

– Oz, Nowhere but Here by Katie McGarry  

“Love can’t cure a mental illness. There are lots of ways to help him, you can just be there. To listen. To talk To cheer him up if he’s having a bad day. And on the bad days, you can ask what to could do to make things easier. Stand by his side, even when things are hard. But also knowing that sometimes people need more support than just one person can give. That’s love darling.” 

– Sarah Nelson (Nick’s mum), Heartstopper Vol 4 by Alice Oseman 

“I wish I’d been born in another time, another place. Then maybe I could’ve escaped fate… maybe I could’ve been your darling.”

– Sascha Duncan, Slave to Sensation (Psy-Changeling #1) by Nalini Singh

I’d never known what it was to be held before that. Never knew what it was to have someone hold you so tenderly that you feared you might just collapse into fragments of who you once were without their touch.

– Queen Audra, A King so Cold (Royals #1) by Ella Fields

“You’re a King who makes her want to be his rough-and-tumble Queen.”

– Cressida, Lessons in Corruption (The Fallen Men #1) by Giana Darling

“I only know that learning to believe in the power of my own words has been the most freeing experience of my life. It has brought me the most light. And isn’t that what a poem is? A lantern glowing in the dark.”

– Xiomara Batista, The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo

“You’re too precious to put into words. I think … it’s like one of Theodore’s buttons. If you asked him why he cared about them so, he would tell you it’s because they exist at all.”

– Arthur Parnassus, The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune

 

 

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And there we go. Those are some of my favourite quotes that I love from characters. What are some of your favourite quotes? Are any of them the same as mine? Have you read any of these books? Let’s Chat! 

Books For Those That Don’t Love Reading | TTT

Books For Those That Don’t Love Reading | TTT

Nov 2, 2021

This week I’m sharing the books for those that don’t love to read. Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and Bookish and is hosted by The Artsy Reader Girl. 

This week’s Top Ten Tuesday was a lot of fun. As a bookseller, it’s my job to recommend books to my customers. And I recommend a lot of books to those that don’t read a lot. So today I share some of the books that I think are great for those that don’t love to read.

From romance to graphic novels and more, here are the books that I think are perfect. As always these are in no order. 

The Spanish Love Deception by Elena Armas | Punderworld, Volume 1 (Punderworld #1) by Linda Šejić |The Duchess Deal (Girl Meets Duke #1) by Tessa Dare | Heartstopper: Volume One (Heartstopper #1) by Alice Oseman.

With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo | Girl Against the Universe by Paula Stokes | The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune | The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians #1) by Rick Riordan

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller  | Queens of Geek by Jen Wilde 

And there we go! Those are the books that I think are good picks for those that don’t love to read. Have you read any of these books? Are you planning on reading these books? What are the books that you think are perfect for those that don’t love to read? Let’s Chat!

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I have a love-hate relationship with this series. I have a love-hate relationship with this series. But I ended up really enjoying this one. It’s best friends to fake dating to-lovers. It’s always been you, bad-boy/good-girl, and I loved that. While Save Your Breath has quite a few tropes, it really leads itself to it, and it works. 

Aleks and Mia have known each other for years now. Since they were teenagers, that angst has been building up this whole time. And you can tell right from the get-go, it’s fantastic. I even wanted more of it, because I love pain. When Aleks went to live with Mia’s family as a teenager, sparks flew, but for many reasons, they both put their feelings aside. And well, now they are not only going to be fake-dating, but they might as well be engaged, too. 

I really enjoyed seeing how both Aleks and Mia both tried to hide how they were feeling throughout the whole ‘fake-dating’ situation, but anyone could see it. They know each other as no one else does. Aleks has a lot going on, and while I do think this was brushed over a little too much, Mia is his centre. Mia is a massive music star and is a female in the industry, so yeah, people don’t respect her. Obvsiouly because why couldn’t a female star be badass and write about the things that she has gone through? Aleks and Mia get each other, and that is very clear from the start; they are both just trying to squash everything. We get to see them slowly start to show how they feel, and well, one night it all explodes. 

Overall, I enjoyed this one a lot; it’s not my favourite of the series, but I had a great time reading it. I liked Aleks and Mia a lot as characeters and while I think the mental health aspect could have been explored a whole lot more, I can see why it wasn’t. The romance was slow and spicy, the angst was great, and the payoff for these two was what they needed. 

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🏒Sports/Hockey Romance
🎤Fake Dating/Engagement
🏒Childhood Friends to Lovers
🎤Forced Proximity
🏒Athlete x Pop Star 
🎤Angsty Slow Burn 

Content Warnings
Mental Health Struggles 
Suicide Intention 
Family Deaths 
Alcohol Consumption
Violence on Ice

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Well February wasn’t the best reading month. I onl Well February wasn’t the best reading month. I only ended up reading 3 books in. 3 pretty fun books but one of my slowest readings months in a while. 

And I’m going to be honest here it’s because I’ve been constantly reading Heated Rivalry fanfics. 🤷‍♀️ I’m having the best time though. 

How was your reading in February? Any 5  star reads? 

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January was a really solid reading month. I read s January was a really solid reading month. I read some books that had been on my tbr for some time, reread a few things that peaked my interest. I also started a few new series. And just had a good time!

I just had a really good start to the year. While February is a little slow so far I’m looking forward to what I can pick up.

What did you read in January? Any 5-star reads? Let’s chat! 

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Can you believe that it’s already February? I know Can you believe that it’s already February? I know I can’t. But that means it’s a new month with more releases coming out! And that makes me excited. Some fantastic titles releasing this month and I cannot wait to read them. 📚

A couple of these are on my TBR already and some have just caught my eye and that makes me super excited to pick them up. 🖤

What are you looking forward to reading this month? Let’s chat! ✨

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