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Jujutsu Kaisen, Vol. 20 by Gege Akutami

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adventurous dark tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

Not a cockroach cursed spirit, wtf man ๐Ÿคข

Yuta is that dude. The action in this volume was top notch. I just wish we would start reuniting to fight against Kenjaku. These volumes are feeling more like filler if anything since the people our mains are fighting arenโ€™t crucial to the overall storyline. And the whole hunger games plot is kinda strange. But it is still enjoyable regardless and Iโ€™m going to keep reading. ๐Ÿ˜‚
Court of Ice and Ash by LJ Andrews

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adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

เน‹เฃญ โญ‘โ€œ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฏ.โ€
- Elise being a baddie as per usual. ๐Ÿ˜Ž

4.5/5โญ

This sequel was just as good as the first book. Even better in many ways. The fight scenes were phenomenal and made me want to rewatch Vikings for the 207th time. The slow burn between Elise and Legion was EVERYTHING, I LOVE a good, real slow burn romance, and this was it. The spice? There was spice guys! Did anybody know it got spicy? Because I did not and I was shocked and clutching my pearls. ๐Ÿ˜‚

Elise grew so much more in this book, I hate everything she keeps having to go through, but she is handling it all with such grace, and a tad bit of anger. (To be expected honestly.) Legion made me want to slap him a few times, which made me begrudgingly like him even more. Jk, I am in love with this man. ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿฅต

The story was a tad bit slow at parts, but once it picked up, I did not want to put it down. I am obsessed with LJ Andrews writing and I am so excited to see where the rest of this series goes. 

โ€œ๐˜”๐˜บ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ด, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜•๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต ๐˜—๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜Œ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ข! ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ, ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ, ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต.โ€
-I am unwell by how obsessed I am with this man. ๐Ÿ˜…

Happy reading babes. ๐Ÿซถ
Jujutsu Kaisen, Vol. 19 by Gege Akutami

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adventurous dark funny tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

Megumi is my favorite. โญ๏ธ
Jujutsu Kaisen, Vol. 18 by Gege Akutami

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adventurous dark informative tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

While I still like it, I feel like the last two volumes made my head literally spin. We just got from Shibuya, and that devastation, to now a whole culling game? wtf. Hunger games JJK edition ig? May the cursed spirits be ever in your favor. ๐Ÿ˜…
Jujutsu Kaisen, Vol. 17 by Gege Akutami

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dark inspiring tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

Feral Maki is EVERYTHING I tell you. This SCREAMED feminine rage and I am here for it! ๐Ÿ˜
Leather & Lark by Brynne Weaver

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dark emotional funny mysterious relaxing sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

หš เผ˜โ™ก โ‹†๏ฝกหšโ€œ๐˜ˆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜จ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ,โ€ ๐˜ ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ญ๐˜บ, ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ, ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฏโ€™๐˜ต ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ. โ€œ๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏโ€™ ๐˜ด๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜จ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ.โ€ โ€œ๐˜๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ด,โ€ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ข ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜จ. โ€œ๐˜๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ต โ€ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ.โ€

5/5โญ easy. And the narrators? *chefs kiss*

Was this anything like B&B? no, well maybe a teeny tiny little bit. But these are different people, a different situation, it was bound to be different. And I loved it. 

Lark is my spirit person, she is so peppy, and adorable, and crafty, and a tad bit demented. I love her, she is perfect in every way, period.

Lachlan is grumpy, and broody, and a bit of a pessimist, but he is the perfect book boyfriend. And nothing will ever change my mind. 

Lark and Lachlan together? AHHHHHHHH โค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธ EXPLOSIVE. Their chemistry is beyond amazing. The progression of their relationship was perfectly paced and was outstanding. I love them together so freaking much.

This one is not that spicy, it didn't get spicy until 70% of the way through, but that's okay, it didn't need it. Their banter was more than enough for me. I need so much more of them, they are my favorite couple at the moment. ๐Ÿ˜

หš เผ˜โ™ก โ‹†๏ฝกหšโ€œ๐˜š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ด ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ'๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ.โ€

Happy reading babes๐Ÿซถ
Hell's Paradise: Jigokuraku, Vol. 13 by Yuji Kaku

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dark emotional sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

Stfu rn ๐Ÿ˜ญ that ๐Ÿ˜ญ was ๐Ÿ˜ญ the ๐Ÿ˜ญ perfect ๐Ÿ˜ญ ending ๐Ÿ˜ญ
Heartless by Elsie Silver

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funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

1000000000/5โญ I loved Flawless, but this book was on a whole new level. And with a trope I normally detest? Who am I?

โ€œ๐˜š๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜บ.โ€
-classic ๐Ÿ˜‚

Cade and Willa's story? o m g. I expected to like it a lot, I did not expect to love it and not want to put it down at all. Willa is adventurous, impulsive, loyal, and has a gigantic heart and I love her, so much. Cade is broody, grumpy, but he also has a big heart, he is just more scared to let down his walls to show it. I loved the story progression of these two getting to know each other and the events leading up to the scene that changes everything. ๐Ÿคญiykyk. And that ending? omg I love that for them. I'm picking up Powerless asap so I can continue this series. And if you haven't started this series yet but love romantic, cowboy, small town stories, this is is bestie. This series will be the first one I recommend for cowboy romances. Period. 

โ€œ๐˜โ€™๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜บ-๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜บ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข.โ€
-same bestie same. ๐Ÿฅต

Fun facts about this adventure:
๐ŸฎCowboy romance
๐ŸฎContemporary romance
๐Ÿฎ1st person pov
๐Ÿฎdual pov (Willa and Cade)
๐Ÿฎ๐ŸŒถ๏ธ๐ŸŒถ๏ธ๐ŸŒถ๏ธ๐ŸŒถ๏ธ spice
๐Ÿฎsmall town
๐Ÿฎage gap
๐Ÿฎnanny x single dad
๐Ÿฎgrumpy x sunshine

โ€œ๐˜โ€™๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ฅ๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ.โ€ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ๐˜บ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ. โ€œ๐˜‹๐˜ช๐˜ฅ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ด๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ?โ€ โ€œ๐˜ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด.โ€ โ€œ๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜บ?โ€ โ€œ๐˜‰๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฏโ€™๐˜ต ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ.โ€
-stfu my heart ๐Ÿ˜

Happy reading babes! ๐Ÿซถ
Hell's Paradise: Jigokuraku, Vol. 12 by Yuji Kaku

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

4.5โญ๏ธ w t a f? Omg, so we know not everybody is going to survive this now and I have a feeling I am going to cry like a baby with the final volume. Ugh. Iโ€™m not ready ๐Ÿ˜ญ
Filthy Rich Vampire by Geneva Lee

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mysterious relaxing tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

This is one of those books where you go in because the cover or title or both intrigued you and you stay for the vibes. 

It was good, especially the audiobook? Both Teddy and Stella were AMAZING as per usual. ๐Ÿ˜ The vibes were immaculate. I am all in with anything that has vampires in it. And the plot was intriguing enough. I just found the whole virginity and magical repercussions part of the story to be a little โ€ฆ strange. But besides that, it was a fun story. Iโ€™ll definitely be continuing the series in hopes that Julian and his little pet may finally better their communication skills. ๐Ÿ˜‚โค๏ธ

Happy reading babes ๐Ÿซถ๐Ÿป