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Some books entertain you. Some books consume you. And then there are books like Alchemised—the kind that hollow you out a little, settle into your chest, and refuse to leave quietly. Going into this, I expected something closer to the romantasy lane I usually gravitate toward. What I got instead was a story that leans
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⭐️⭐️⭐️½ The Secret Courtesan is a novel with big intentions and a clear love for the kind of historical fiction that asks difficult questions about women, power, and who gets remembered. From the outset, Kerry Chaput establishes a richly textured world. One where reputation is currency, silence is survival, and identity is something that can
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Imagine this: you wake up one morning to find a small, nondescript box on your doorstep. No return address. No note. Inside? A string. Its length, as you quickly learn, reveals exactly how long you’ll live. Everyone in the world receives one. No one is spared. That’s the haunting, can’t-look-away premise behind Nikki Erlick’s The
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If you love historical fantasy with dark, atmospheric storytelling and complex sisterly bonds, The Witches at the End of the World by Chelsea Iversen is a book to put on your radar. Set in 17th-century Norway, this debut novel weaves magic, revenge, and the struggle between belonging and rebellion into a haunting tale of two
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As I’ve mentioned before, I’ve never been big on reading Christian-based books. Not even just Christian but religious books in general. The fiction ones come off too cheesy most of the time and the non-fiction ones are just too dry. So when my mother begged me to read The Shack, I was a little reluctant. I’d
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Have you ever read H.P. Lovecraft? You know how his books like to toy with your mind? I always find I get “brain cringes” when I read his books because I feel like someone has taken my mind and played with it. I love that feeling, but at the same time I don’t. Jason Gurley’s Eleanor
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I had looked forward to reading this book for so long. The synopsis seemed like a great story. Little did I know how much this would affect me. The Light Between Oceans tells the tale of a war hero and a headmaster’s daughter who fall in love and move to an island so he can
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Ever read one of those books that works its way into your heart and then rips it out? All The Bright Places is one of those books that leaves a mark. It affects your life in a way that some books are incapable of. Jennifer Niven weaves a tale of young love and loss. Violet
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Imagine your entire family gone. No memory of who you are or where you came from, and suddenly being pushed into a world you’re unfamiliar with. Lavinia is a young girl who is in such a situation. Brought to a Virginian plantation by a captain who found her on a ship, alone and sick. She
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If you’ve watched any TV lately, you’ve probably seen a trailer for an upcoming movie titled A Dog’s Purpose. I have to tell you, that trailer made me laugh and cry all in the two minutes it lasts. Which of course, makes me want to go see the movie. But when I’d heard it was based
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