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Hunted by   Meagan Spooner Beauty knows the Beast’s forest in her bones—and in her blood. Though she grew up with the city’s highest aristocrats, far from her father’s old lodge, she knows that the forest holds secrets and that her father is the only hunter who’s ever come close to discovering them. So when her father loses his fortune and moves Yeva and her sisters back to the outskirts of town, Yeva is secretly relieved. Out in the wilderness, there’s no pressure to make idle chatter with vapid baronessas…or to submit to marrying a wealthy gentleman. But Yeva’s father’s misfortune may have cost him his mind, and when he goes missing in the woods, Yeva sets her sights on one prey: the creature he’d been obsessively tracking just before his disappearance. Deaf to her sisters’ protests, Yeva hunts this strange Beast back into his own territory—a cursed valley, a ruined castle, and a world of creatures that Yeva’s only heard about in fairy tales. A world that can brin...

Confess by   Colleen Hoover Don’t miss #1  New York Times  bestselling author Colleen Hoover’s beloved novel about risking it all for love—now an Awestruck original series, coming soon to go90.com and the go90 app, available for iOS or Android. Auburn Reed is determined to rebuild her shattered life and she has no room for mistakes. But when she walks into a Dallas art studio in search of a job, she doesn’t expect to become deeply attracted to the studio’s enigmatic artist, Owen Gentry. For once, Auburn takes a chance and puts her heart in control, only to discover that Owen is hiding a huge secret. The magnitude of his past threatens to destroy everything Auburn loves most, and the only way to get her life back on track is to cut Owen out of it—but can she do it? With her moving and compelling prose, Hoover “will pull heartstrings in this second-chance love story” ( Booklist ).   MY RATING:-🌟🌟🌟🌟 I just don't know how i fee...

The Valiant by   Lesley Livingston The youngest daughter of a proud Celtic king, Fallon has always lived in the shadow of her older sister Sorcha's legendary reputation as a warrior. But when Fallon was a young child, the armies of Julius Caesar invaded the island of Britain and her beloved older sister was killed in battle. On the eve of her seventeenth birthday, Fallon is excited to follow in her sister's footsteps and earn her rightful place in her father's royal war band. But she never gets the chance. Instead, Fallon is captured by a band of ruthless brigands who sell her to an exclusive training school for female gladiators—and its most influential patron is none other than Julius Caesar himself. In a cruel twist of fate, Fallon's worst enemy, the man who destroyed her family, might be her only hope of survival. Now, Fallon must overcome vicious rivalries, chilling threats and the dangerous attention of Caesar himself to survive the deadly fights t...

The Book of Life by   Deborah Harkness DON'T READ THE SUMMARY OR THE REVIEW IF YOU HAVEN'T READ THE FIRST OR SECOND BOOK YET.YOU NEED TO READ THOSE BOOKS THEN COME BACK HERE. MY REVIEW OF THE FIRST BOOK IS RIGHT HERE MY REVIEW OF THE SECOND BOOK IS RIGHT HERE Can i just say how gorgeous these covers are like straight up other cover artists should take notes. After traveling through time in  Shadow of Night , the second book in Deborah Harkness’ enchanting  series, historian and witch Diana Bishop and vampire scientist Matthew Clairmont return to the present to face new crises and old enemies. At Matthew’s ancestral home at Sept-Tours, they reunite with the cast of characters from  A Discovery of Witches —with one significant exception. But the real threat to their future has yet to be revealed, and when it is, the search for Ashmole 782 and its missing pages takes on even more urgency. In the trilogy’s final volume, Harkness deepens her theme...

Shadow of Night by   Deborah Harkness WARNING:-DON'T READ THE SUMMARY OR MY REVIEW BEFORE READING THE FIRST BOOK YOU DON'T WANT TO RUIN THIS TRUST ME FOR MY REVIEW OF THE FIRST BOOK GO RIGHT HERE IT BEGAN WITH A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES. Historian Diana Bishop, descended from a line of powerful witches, and long-lived vampire Matthew Clairmont have broken the laws dividing creatures. When Diana discovered a significant alchemical manuscript in the Bodleian Library, she sparked a struggle in which she became bound to Matthew. Now the fragile coexistence of witches, daemons, vampires and humans is dangerously threatened. Seeking safety, Diana and Matthew travel back in time to London, 1590. But they soon realize that the past may not provide a haven. Reclaiming his former identity as poet and spy for Queen Elizabeth, the vampire falls back in with a group of radicals known as the School of Night. Many are unruly daemons, the creative minds of the a...

A Discovery of Witches by   Deborah Harkness A richly inventive novel about a centuries-old vampire, a spellbound witch, and the mysterious manuscript that draws them together.  Deep in the stacks of Oxford's Bodleian Library, young scholar Diana Bishop unwittingly calls up a bewitched alchemical manuscript in the course of her research. Descended from an old and distinguished line of witches, Diana wants nothing to do with sorcery; so after a furtive glance and a few notes, she banishes the book to the stacks. But her discovery sets a fantastical underworld stirring, and a horde of daemons, witches, and vampires soon descends upon the library. Diana has stumbled upon a coveted treasure lost for centuries-and she is the only creature who can break its spell.  Debut novelist Deborah Harkness has crafted a mesmerizing and addictive read, equal parts history and magic, romance and suspense. Diana is a bold heroine who meets her equal in vampire geneticist Mat...

UPDATE-OKAY SO THIS IS GOING TO BE REAL QUICK I KNOW I'VE BEEN GONE FOR A WHILE A MONTH TO BE EXACT BUT I HAD EXAMS ALRIGHT? SO I WAS BANNED FROM READING AND HONESTLY THERE WAS SO MUCH WORK THAT I COULDN'T READ(AIN'T NO ONE CAN BAN ME FROM READING PFFT) BUT I PROMISE I'M BACK AND I'M GOING TO READ A LOT SO BE PREPARED!😆😉😉😉 Lola and the Boy Next Door by   Stephanie Perkins Budding designer Lola Nolan doesn't believe in fashion... she believes in costume. The more expressive  the outfit – the more sparkly, more wild – the better. And life is pretty close to perfect for Lola, especially with her hot rocker boyfriend. That is, until the Bell twins, Calliope and Cricket return to the neighbourhood and unearth a past of hurt that Lola thought was long buried. So when talented inventor Cricket steps out from his twin sister's shadow and back into Lola's life, she must finally face up to a lifetime of feelings for the boy n...