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she digs the graves. she never expected to meet what fills them.

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dark. paranormal. and death has never been more attractive.

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“The best thing that ever happened to the worst thing in existence.”
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sundays are for letting fiction ruin me a little & pretending it’s self care.
i don’t “wake up early” – i simply regain consciousness and reach for my kindle.
decorating my kindle like it’s an altar to all the fictional men who will never text back.
“just one more chapter” is how i time travel from 9pm to 2am in a single blink.

reader chemistry

for the reader who loves one book boyfriend too much

the lead obsession, then two more books with dangerously similar energy.

if alex lancaster is your type
morally gray villain energy, with a dangerously familiar pull.
quietly curated for the reader who fell for alex lancaster and gives morally gray villain energy.
if ryker bennett is your type
morally gray villain energy, with a dangerously familiar pull.
quietly curated for the reader who fell for ryker bennett and gives morally gray villain energy.
if Rio is your type
athlete with heart energy, with a dangerously familiar pull.
quietly curated for the reader who fell for Rio and gives athlete with heart energy.
if caz is your type
academic rival energy, with a dangerously familiar pull.
quietly curated for the reader who fell for caz and gives academic rival energy.

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