Wicked Saints by Emily A Duncan

 aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand it's a re-read because I can't remember what happens and the last book is coming out this week. 
ok yeah yeah yeah. I remember. These characters... And I is concerned
The book is definitely better the second time around (maybe because I'm not mixing up characters, and I'm not in the middle of... 2020), and I'm not reading a ton of books that are super similar to each other....
Yeah definitely better this time around, because I knew some of what was going to happen
416 Pages

EDIT: 4/8/2021 --Did I miss the anit-Semitic undertones. Yes, I did.

Among the Beasts and Briars by Ashley Poston

Aha. I knew I felt some Beauty and the Beast vibes.
Oh duh it's Beauty and the Beast.
SWIPER NO SWIPPING.
Alexa play Lost in the Woods
I TOLD YOU. I FRICKING TOLD YOU. 
jkafhdsjkhfjkhfajkldf
352 Pages

Bone Crier's Dawn by Kathryn Purdie

I. AM. SO. STRESSED. 
...I just want everyone to be happy...Is that too much to ask
I do not like the taste of this. Ummmm...Kathryn please... please don't hurt me like this. Don't do the thing that happens in love triangles
Gurl don't do it.
Ok so Anastasia, All Dogs Go to Heaven, 
Yeah. I saw that ship
Also the salamander from Frozen 2
I'm just... Gonna go collapse.
448 Pages

Namesake by Adrienne Young

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh
How dare they attack me with feelings and thoughts about parents.
I'm not crying. I came here to have a good time, not be reminded about my issues.
I love West. I love Saint. I'm just.... Agh.
That last chapter. I fricking knew it.
That epilogue. 
368 Pages

The Electric Kingdom by David Arnold

Why cinnamon?
Umm ok so that is some mind-effery.
eh. it was ok.
That apocalypse concept though.... 
432 Pages 

Storm and Fury by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh
Trinity saying "I want it all"
My brain: 

@Clay: 

hehehe. Does wing size matter?

OH. MY. GOSH. DO WE GET TO SEE MY FAVORITE BOY.
hehe gray sweatpants
Put that thing back where it came from or so help me
Ope, yeah this is new adult. 

And I'm feeling things
512 Pages

Rage and Ruin by Jennifer L. Armentrout

"I was thinking we chill" smirking emoji
We don't deserve Zayne. We don't
I love how they're all yelling "not alien." I see you Jennifer. Gimme the crossover of all crossovers
"Nowhere" suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuure Zayne.
The angst. The miscommunication.
I really do love Bambi.
Ok theologically, that's incorrect, but I'll let it slide this time.
Umm. Excuse me? That's where they leave me.
544 Pages

Wicked by Jennifer Armentrout

Yeah, they're making this into a movie and I'm reading all of Jennifer Armentrout.
Jennifer. Please. I don't have the strength for a love triangle. (and I'm only three chapters in)
Children. (ok they're adults, but CHILDREN). Why are they so thirsty.
ok but does he have a bedframe?
And I called it. I fricking called it.

406 Pages

Skyhunter by Marie Lu

I'm getting some Carve the Mark vibes.
The mouse. I love the mouse. I've only had it for three seconds, and I love it. 
OH. THERE'S THE TITLE.
Oh my gosh he's the one with the.....
Can we just make all the ships canon please.
Help me I'm feeling things and I need the next book.
384 Pages

Good Girl, Bad Blood by Holly Jackson

So Pip deserves the world and she deserves a nap.
And I love Ravi. He's a cinnamon roll.
Ok but Pip's development and how that is going to play out in the next book....
416 Pages

The Princess Search by Melanie Cellier

afjkldjasfkjl the ship. Also all the cameos. Heeeeeeeeey Rafe. I see you. and I love you
Frederick I love you.
The relationship felt kind of rushed, but then again the book was 300 pages.
308 Pages

Chain of Iron by Cassandra Clare

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh
when you know things and you can't do anything about them and you want to strangle a character, and you're starting to like another character but you still dislike them.
Honestly all of my babies deserve the world. Protect all the Carstairs and Herondales and all their friends.
I love Cordelia and I would kill for her. Someone give Matthew a hug. And Thomas. And Alistair. And Christopher. We love all the muppet babies. I just want to take all of them away from Cassie until she learns how to not hurt them.
why are the children always unsupervised?
688 Pages

The Princess Game by Melanie Cellier

I really liked the way that the curse was used in this story. I loved the secret identities (which gave me love square flashbacks-Miraculous Ladybug) and the angst (light angst). I loved how Celeste manipulated her curse and still found a way to be hecka smart.
Cute people being cute and fighting together. 
316 Pages

The Last Ever After by Soman Chainani

Ohhhhh. The first book was about fighting over the boy, the second was fighting over Agatha, and the third fighting over Sophie...smort.
Guys. They all have two hands.
No. Not that fanfic trope. Drat.
LANCELOT. GO. OFF.
Ahhhhhhhhhhh
AHhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
AHHHHHHH
Ok we good.
704 Pages 

A World Without Princes by Soman Chainani

....Following butterflies....
Sophie: Agatha wouldn't leave me for a boy
Agatha: 

(and honestly....Same Agatha)
Chamber of Secrets Hermione
Sophie really do be reminding me of Mother Gothel.... I. Hate. Her. 
Her name means butterfly. I feel like we need to put it together.
Like I said...Wicked vibes
512 Pages

All the Tides of Fate by Adalyn Grace

Ok so my brain kind of thought of Princess Diaries 2 during the first ball.
Bastian. I love him.
I probably should have done a re-read...
Ferrick.
368 Pages

Down Comes the Night by Allison Saft

Ok but all of the learning about self-worth and realizing that you're more than what you do, and that you're not too much....that didn't hit me at all.. *laughs nervously*
The science and sleuthing and mystery was fun.
I just wanna protect them. Why
Hey look that's a toxic person. Girl deserves better. 
Ok ok ok... I was concerned about how they were going to resolve everything, but ok. 
400 Pages

The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang

Ok so self-harm warning

Ok and now I'm in pain. Like. No one talk to me.
And I am once again at the point in my life where if I was able to read the names instead of hear them I would be able to tell the difference between characters.
Did my brain hear the OG Attack on Titan theme song...yeah
544 Pages

The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty

And I once again did not read the synopsis before I read the book. So I thought it was going to be all fantasy world, but there was real world settings and magical settings, and the history and the politics.
I think if I had been reading the book, instead of listening to the audiobook I would have been able to understand it better, because sometimes the characters were referred to by their titles, and sometimes by their names, so I sometimes I had a hard time keeping track of who was in what scene. But the concept, and the world building. Sveet.
You name the character Ali:

I had a ship, and now I don't know if it's sinking or not.
Can we just not fight....just like...not lie or deceive...just let the children be happy. and by children I mean Nahri, Alizayd, and Dara.
576 Pages

Winter's Orbit by Everina Maxwell

Ok so apparently this was originally posted on AO3, so like...
Ohhhhhh my gosh are we getting this trope... the one where one is a partier and the other isn't.... The extrovert with anxiety and the introvert with anxiety. Yaaas
I am having so much embarrassment, and I can't.
Nooooo babies. I want to hug them. My anxious babies.
I love Jainan and I love Kiem. I love them. I love them. I love them.
Ok so if this was on AO3, 100% would binge read again. It's got all of my favorite things: arranged marriage, miscommunication, angst (in the form of characters not thinking they're good enough), the pining, and requited unrequited love. It reads like fanfiction, and I'm here for it. It is so soft. Chefs kiss.
To quote an iconic TikTok, "It's gay, and it slaps."
Did I go through and find all the fanart and fanfiction that there was for this? Yes. Yes I did.
432 Pages