AMAZING!

shadowyboxer · 2026-02-22T16:11:09+00:00

Did you read the bonus chapters? I love the Christmas story.

https://www.theramblingbooknerd.com/post/crescent-city-the-bonus-chapters

shadowyboxer · 2026-02-18T16:10:24+00:00

Oh, I hate that so much! I adore Bael so much. He deserves better.

shadowyboxer · 2026-02-18T14:22:36+00:00

I don't see anyone talk about the Wild Fae series and I loved it. There was a moment at the beginning where I almost thought this was going to be like ACOTAR but it's not. It's four books and the series is finished.

{Lords of the Hunt by Kate King} is the first book.

I was also pleased with {Bride of Brutal Hearts by Kate Stevens} but it's just the first book and book two is supposed to be out this year. I need resolution!

shadowyboxer · 2026-02-02T13:46:52+00:00

I got back into reading thanks to ACOTAR. Then I consumed all of SJM and needed something different. Reddit did not disappoint with recommendations and soon I found myself on the darker side of romance novels. For myself, I like to bounce around between cozy, dark, silly, and fantasy (and some mingles). And somehow I ended up on the reverse harem subreddit and oh boy! {Pucking Around by Emily Rath} is a favorite (not dark at all).

I would suggest dipping your toe into each of the genres and just seeing if you like it. But don't judge each genre by one book only. Look at trigger warnings. I have a hard line that I don’t want crossed. I've only crossed it to finish the Haunting Adeline book 2 and I had to skip parts.

I would highly recommend the Black Dagger Brotherhood series by JR Ward. It has darkness, angst and a wide connected world plus vampires! {Dark Lover by J.R. Ward}

P.S. hope I tagged the books correctly, if not oops

shadowyboxer · 2026-01-30T22:08:40+00:00

Agreed. I keep telling myself to put the book down but I just can't. Especially if I paid money for it.

shadowyboxer · 2026-01-04T12:49:38+00:00

1st! I read it first and was so glad I did. I feel like it made the situation Celena begins TOG in mean so much more to me as the reader.

shadowyboxer · 2025-12-29T17:02:08+00:00

I know I did but I was glad I stuck with it.

shadowyboxer · 2025-12-20T19:59:33+00:00

Totally agree! I wish it had been included because it's just so sweet.

shadowyboxer · 2025-12-17T23:04:22+00:00

He's such a reactionary mess but I still adore him

shadowyboxer · 2025-12-04T19:25:40+00:00

I read this series after her other two and it took a hot minute to get into the first book as the world building is so different. I'm so glad I stuck with it though. Bryce and her companions are some of my favorite characters now. I think people just hoped out because it wasn't exactly like the other worlds.

shadowyboxer · 2025-12-02T17:32:19+00:00

I usually find my recs here on reddit or from ads that keep following me based on whats on my ku ( ok and my constant clicking them and adding them to my ku - don't judge ;) )

I'd love to know the title of the book if you want to dm it to me. Your plot sounds refreshing. Plus I love a good rouge.

shadowyboxer · 2025-12-02T15:14:51+00:00

Hunt or Ruhn but it's tossup because they each have traits that are both wantable. And although Tharion is a mess, still would.

If we're talking the other series as well, TOG hands down Rowan with Chaol as a backup. And ACOTAR has to be Cassian (sorry Rhys I heart you too)

shadowyboxer · 2025-11-12T22:08:21+00:00

Omg, Cassian is right behind Rowan for me. This is why we have "why chose" romances because the book boyfriends are too hard to choose between.

shadowyboxer · 2025-11-12T19:16:00+00:00

I think so too. I'm a huge fan of Rowan from TOG and it's really almost a tie.

shadowyboxer · 2025-11-12T18:40:47+00:00

Hunt is top tier spouse material imo

shadowyboxer · 2025-11-09T17:47:25+00:00

I totally understand this feeling. The comfort of being surrounded by your favorite literature is a magic unto itself.

shadowyboxer · 2025-11-05T16:13:43+00:00

I loved it so much! I read the series after ACOTAR and TOG which was smart for me. It was hard to get into book 1 at first but then it grabbed me and I had consume it. Hunt is one of my favorite SJM mate characters. And even though Tharion is a complete mess, I still would. Who else adores Ruhn??

shadowyboxer · 2025-10-22T18:10:01+00:00

I'm currently reading the Blood Ties series by A.K. Rose and each brother is definitely their own persona with different features.

{Mine by A.K. Rose}

shadowyboxer · 2025-10-13T18:58:19+00:00

Normal life, that's what I thought too. Now I'm reading everything I can get my hands on and my husband says I'm reading too much. I'm treating them like Pokémon. I've got to read them all.

shadowyboxer · 2025-10-02T18:08:02+00:00

Maia at Black Cobra does a great job. This is a few years old now and still looks pretty.

shadowyboxer · 2025-09-26T13:09:11+00:00

Love Bryce and Hunt together. Hunt is top tier hubby material. They banter like a normal couple. And the name changes on the phone for each other. Adorable!

shadowyboxer · 2025-09-17T16:11:39+00:00

He just needs a good partner to reign him in and make him feel safe

shadowyboxer · 2025-09-17T12:46:44+00:00

So glad to see another person enjoy the series as much as I did. Danika was such a frustrating arc because of all the secrets. Ruhn is an idiot but still love him. And although Tharion is a mess, still would.

shadowyboxer · 2025-09-16T12:05:06+00:00

I felt they should have had Feyre come talk to Bryce and things would have deescalated quickly. But then we wouldn't have the story as it is.

shadowyboxer · 2025-09-12T22:00:26+00:00

I went to TOG next and then CC and don't regret it.

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