Stephanie Garber Shenanigans

Legendary
When Jacks shows up.
451 Pages

Finale
When Evangeline shows up in a cameo
478 Pages

Once Upon a Broken Heart
I once again want to have bright colored hair. Blue or Rose colored.
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The Ballad of Never After
The relationship growth. The weird cabin place. I can't.
The fact that Jacks room is just....covered in apple cores. I love it. It's a choice.
*starts crying.
403 Pages

A Curse for True Love
I'm not crying. You're crying.
WE GET JACKS PERSPECTIVE. I love him.
Apollo Apollo Apollo
448 Pages

The Name Drop by Susan Lee

Ok but like...the one plot hole....how can no one know that the heir to a tech company is a guy.
But also they got to switch places and do the things they want to do. Like. He got to be normal and just try things and she got to be in charge of things and have idea.
Jessica being...kind of clueless and Elijah actually knowing what's going on.
Also. NEW YORK ADVENTURES.
299 Pages

Kismat Connection by Ananya Devarajan

Her little science brain making experiments. Samesies.
Can someone please just give Arjun a sandwich and a hug...like...
He's like Adrien Agreste but different
304 Pages
TS Song: New Years Day

The Scarlet Alchemist by Kylie Lee Baker

It has some of the vibes of A Magic Steeped in Poison...but darker
The number of Fullmetal jokes I want to make.
It's the ducks being named after vegetables for me.
must find duck memes
*Stares into the abyss until next October.
416 Pages

Cage of Dreams by Rebecca Schaeffer

**It's a sequel**

"....not independence, it's isolation" quote... like... boof.
The number of therapy quotes about healing and fear and growth and trauma I want to underline.
It's the open conversations about fears and worries for me.
The last chapter/epilogue. Like...Don't do that to me. Like... that's hinting.
368 Pages

Caraval by Stephanie Garber

I'm rereading it for Curse for True Love. (which comes out at the end of October)
When I wasn't sure if I was mixing up the plot with another story, but I was right.
The magic. The mystery. The intrigue.
Me watching/waiting for Jack to show up
437 Pages

Foul Heart Huntsman by Chloe Gong

**It's a sequel**

You know what sounds as good as "that's my wife"... "I am your WIFE" best thing you ever gon get

They included one of my favorite tropes. fkdlsfjkldsfdjkl
They do talk about blood and needles and stuff.
....hears the phrase "burning red" ...sus
I don't even know why, but like...reading this book gives me LWYMMD tour entrance vibes

So this might have benefited from a re-read so that I have a greater grasp of the outer characters...but I'm screeching. My babies. All of my babies. With confirmation that my theory was right.
*me waiting for someone to die because Chloe Gong could kill me.
*Finally understands the titles.
593 Page

Silence and Shadow by Erin Beaty

**Sequel**
Netgalley ARC.
Publication Date: Oct 2, 2023
WE GET MORE SIMON CONTENT. SOFT BOI.
✨World building ✨
*Goes and buys the book because the cover is so pretty and because the story is pretty.
Did I want Simon's perspective. Yes. Do I understand why we don't have it. Also yes.
There's another serial killer and there's old school sleuthing.
I know that's an epilogue and it's an ending--and it's a satisfying ending to a duology, but I want more. Because I love them. Short stories....bonus chapters.... I don't care. I just want more fluff.
464 Pages

A Kingdom Discovered by Deborah Grace White

THE DROPOFF

When you get deeper into an organization and see even more of the problems and evil... Specifically the withholding information for "the good of the people" and spreading misinformation....
DRAGON
454 Pages 

Never a Hero by Vanessa Len

**IT'S A SEQUEL**

Me: Literally starts crying at the first chapter.
me listening to the audiobook:

OK BUT THUNDER AND LIGHTNING IN LITERATURE MEAN A THING SO EXCUSE ME WHILE I FANGIRL OVER LITERALLY NOTHING.
ROWAN LEAVES. (as in the plant) FJKLDSSFRILLDM
literally all the inconsolable gifs
I AM SO STRESSED OUT
some actress asking me "what happened you that's what happened you"
the sarcastic "how touching" vibes

*stares at a wall until the next book comes out
485 Pages

TS: Timeless (also ironically), I Know Places, Invisible String (but without all the happy stuff)

The Forest Grimm by Kathryn Purdie

ARC Publication Date: September 19, 2023
Me @ Friend (because I can't remember her name): 
ok but the appearances of the different fairytales.
Honestly should have guessed the wolf
Protect Axel at all costs. I love him.
Also. The book. The wishes. The prophecy/futures. The moving forest. Love it.
352 Pages

TS: Out of the Woods (ironically)

August Contemporary

Meet Me There by Judy Corry
I'm sorry. How did no one know that his mom died.
And like..How did she not figure it out.
286 Pages

Funny Feelings by Tarah Dewitt
Meyer just doing his best and loving Hazel.
The fake dating + single dad + requited unrequited
328 Pages

First Date Prophecy by Kate and Danny Tamberelli
I don't think the humor of the book is my type of humor.
But I really liked the concept and the characters.
320 Pages

The King is Dead by Benjamin Dean
So the villain motive made sense but also seemed a bit extreme.
384 Pages

Hang the Moon by Alexandria Bellefleur
I appreciate all the movie references.
Brendon = Terry

I kind of wanted to stab Darcy. Because she was being too logical.
384 Pages

The Brothers Hawthorne by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Me going into this book: It's a bonus book so it's not like...really necessary/part of the series because it was a trilogy.
Me after the book: Ok so where is book 6 and why isn't it on goodreads.
I still don't know who to ship. Not fair.
480 Pages

Between Us by Mhairi McFarlane
My brain after reading the title:
Can confirm. There were Taylor Swift references.
When your eye starts twitching because you can see the crappy guy being crappy. Like... He gives me The Last Five Years writer vibes.
I was worried for a second about the romance. But we good.
434 Pages

Better Than the Movies by Lynn Painter

Wes: 

I'm just....going to go lay down under my desk and cry because it's too pure and fluffy and I can't take it.

THE NUMBER OF ROM-COM MOMENTS/REFERENCES. and the tropes
Ok but like... Being a music supervisor sounds so cool.
"nothing trashy, just something that doesn't make you look like a librarian"
HE'S SO SOFT. PROTECT AT ALL COSTS.
356 Pages

Under the Lights by Dahlia Adler

Josh being the best.
279 Pages

One of Us is Back by Karen M McManus

The gang is back.
I will always love Nate. and Cooper. And Grandma.
Also Chris. Chris has the brain cell.
Aaand I need to go back and look at all the clues. from the first two books
368 Pages

Winner's Trilogy by Marie Rutkoski

The Winner's Curse
Mr Grumpy Gills. I love him.
Arin doing Kestrel's hair. Heart eyes. Heart eyes. Heart eyes.
384 Pages

The Winner's Crime
The miscommunication and misunderstandings and incorrect assumptions really make the angst taste great. And the yearning and the hatred mixed together. Depth.
416 Pages

The Winner's Kiss
Is the situation that Arin and Kestrel are in at the beginning of the story, like, one of my favorite hyper-specific tropes. Yes. I don't know what it says about me yet, but that's for therapy.
LOTR moths gif
486 Pages

Borrow My Heart by Kasie West

ok but pretending to be the girl from online so it doesn't look like he got catfished
Also the social media challenges to get pupper adopted.
I love soft boi.
320 Pages

Sky in the Deep by Adrienne Young

Everyone says to avoid the second book....but like...I don't listen.
ok but vikings and rival clans and fjkds
Fiske is cool. we stan.
352 Pages

Apparently I don't have the brain capacity to make individual posts anymore

Accidentally Amy by Lynn Painter
I feel like I've read this story before, but also I love it.
281 Pages

Love, Chai, and Other Four-Letter Words by Annika Sharma
ok but the different cultures and like....trying to juggle that.
384 Pages

Rosewood: a Midsummer Meet Cute by Sayantani DasGupta
So it's like....if you were on the set of Bridgerton with all the actors, but they're all teens, so the shenanigans are teen level.
It's also a Jane Austen retelling (that I cant remember atm) and there's references thrown in throughout.
336 Pages

Ten Trends to Seduce Your Bestfriend by Penny Reid
Hi so I loved this, no one look at me.
Also the sensory processing and the needing space.
I love this boy. I love him so much.
436 Pages

The River of Silver by S.A. Chakraborty
When you get more content from a world you love.
256 Pages

The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston
LISTEN. LISTEN LISTEN LISTEN. Ashley Poston. AND IT'S IN THE SAME WORLD AS DEAD ROMANTICS.
The magic time-traveling apartment.
Kermit hearts gif
I need more content
Also I didn't guess all of the twists so I'm v happy about that.
368 Pages

The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
So like...This felt low stakes so I was kind of...eh.
518 Pages

Payback's a Witch by Lana Harper
When you don't remember reading a book until you write about not remembering it.
It was ok. I'm interested in the side characters.
340 Pages

Infinity by Sherrilyn Kenyon
So like...you can tell this was written in the 2010s. It also feels closer to middle grade because of the writing style and the language, but he's 14 so like..
But also...he's 14...
Nick reminds me a bit of younger Percy Jackson
464 Pages

Love Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood.
So I counted the number of times Jack was described as tall (including like....times it talks about him having his own atmosphere or whatever) ...and it's a lot....like....over 100
But also like....I'm being attacked in this book. And I don't like it:

We love tattoos
389 Pages

A Witch's Guide to Fake Dating a Demon by Sarah Hawley
My Alchemical Romance
Grumpy demon is my favorite. I love him.
Also. Like. The solution to the problem. Smort.
390 Pages

The Night in Question by Liz Lawson and Kathleen Glasgow
It's the sequel to the Agathas, and now I'm waiting for what might be the third book because there's the set up for it.
Also I really want to hurt Alice sometimes because of her reckless driving
416 Pages

Ink Blood Sister Scribe by Emma Torzs
the talking about blood made me a little uncomfy...because I don't like needles.
But the magic is cool.
400 Pages

Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld
The Main MC is from Missouri... which just...gives me so many happys
The SNL vibes. Also the musician vibes.
305 Pages

Five First Chances by Sarah Jost
Ow.
I'm sad and I wasn't planning on being sad and now my coworkers that sit next to me probably think I'm actually dying
400 Pages

Same Time Next Summer by Annabel Monaghan
Um so I love these beach vibes.
Let's get rid of city boy...like seriously.
*Wants a tree house and a fun artsy house
TS: The Way I Loved You, High Infidelity
302 Pages

Garden of the Cursed by Katy Rose Pool
Ok but boi gives me Cardan "I love you and I hate it but I love it" vibes. Like there are so many Jude/Cardan vibes angst-wise.
Also. The curse. Like.
Must protect.
Can I have some more please
352 Pages

From Bad to Cursed by Lana Harper
sfjdsajklfdsa Panic attack on pages.
Also enemies to lovers.
351 Pages