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Bridget the Book Dragon 💙📚 @fierybri.bsky.social · 8h

I'm trying out different ways of posting reviews. I'm not sure if it's better to repost my original post or just respond on it I'm a thread. Thoughts?
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Bridget the Book Dragon 💙📚 @fierybri.bsky.social · 8h

Thanks @nicolelsopergorden.bsky.social for a breath of fresh air!

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Bridget the Book Dragon 💙📚 @fierybri.bsky.social · 8h

5/5 ⭐ An ARC I nearly forgot & am so glad I didn't! A truly sweet story of how love can grow in unlikely places. Beautiful imagery, tender romance, & cozy fantasy. It was a lovely short read
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Bridget the Book Dragon 💙📚 @fierybri.bsky.social · Aug 26

Against An Alpine Sky by Nicole Leonard @nicolelsopergorden.bsky.social is a cozy fantasy focusing on Talos, a person carved from stone who is living his quiet life in the mountains, and Maëlle, a young woman running from the prospect of a cruel future
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Cover of Against An Alpine Sky by Nicole Leonard. Strawberries, bees, and various leaves are in the forefront with mountains and a glacial lake behind them

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Bridget the Book Dragon 💙📚 @fierybri.bsky.social · 8h

5/5 ⭐ An ARC I nearly forgot & am so glad I didn't! A truly sweet story of how love can grow in unlikely places. Beautiful imagery, tender romance, & cozy fantasy. It was a lovely short read
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Bridget the Book Dragon 💙📚 @fierybri.bsky.social · 8h

...waking up of a certain character and the villain manifesto. It also really didn't have much at all to do with magic except the very beginning and end. Even still, I enjoyed the story. #BookSky #Bookreview #mystery #gothic #BookTok #Bookstagram #BookTube 💙📚⚡📚⏰📚💬📚📸

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Bridget the Book Dragon 💙📚 @fierybri.bsky.social · 8h

4/5⭐ This read like a love letter to Wales & Welsh mythology & I felt it. The setting was immersive & really made me feel the pull of the land. The story was set up quite well but the ending seemed a bit thrown together w/ the convenient... #BookSky #Bookreview #mystery #gothic #BookTok 💙📚⚡📚⏰📚💬📚📸

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Vincent Lore [Coffee] @vincentlore.bsky.social · 1d

#spookyseason is upon us! Need a quick, queer scare or two? I bet you'll like my #horror short stories!

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two book covers and black text on a blue-white background. Over each book cover is their title: Friend of the Damned and Lock the Last Door. In between the covers are the words: trans masc detective MCs in historic inspired horror. Over the cover of Friend of the Damned is the genre: gaslamp gothic horror. To the left of the cover are the tropes: 1890s inspired, ghosts and mediums, women's wrongs, and letter to the villain. Beneath the cover are the content warnings: mild transphobia, violence, death, alcohol use. Over the cover for Lock the Last Door is the genre: Cthulhu Mythos Noir. To the right are the tropes: flapper era, crime lord rival, creepy old house, and scary bubbles. Beneath the cover is the content warnings: minor transphobia, violence, death, body horror

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Aubo 🏳️‍⚧️ Shop update 10/18! 🎃 @aubryjoi.bsky.social · 1d

Spooky season bookmarks 📚🧡🍂

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A photo of 3 diecut bookmarks lying amongst some open & closed books, tea lights, fall leaves, & pumpkins. They are: black long cat wearing a Halloween sweater; a white ghost long cat; a black skeleton long cat.

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Bridget the Book Dragon 💙📚 @fierybri.bsky.social · 2d

My Dear Illusion by Sarah Ready follows Mari Locke as she moves through the dangerous world of conjurers in New York City and the magical trials she must help Finn Alterra survive, w/ stakes higher than either knows
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Cover of My Dear Illusion by Sarah Ready

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Bridget the Book Dragon 💙📚 @fierybri.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you! Enchanting is a wonderful word for it

Bridget the Book Dragon 💙📚 @fierybri.bsky.social · 2d

Eleonora Blackwicket must return home after the death of her sister and confront a life she thought she left behind in this dark gothic magical tale involving an intriguing but dangerous inspector and secrets that might be better left buried
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Cover of Blackwicket by Bea Northwick. Red roses on grey vines encircle a dark house with red windows

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Bridget the Book Dragon 💙📚 @fierybri.bsky.social · 2d

My only slight complaint was the way it ended, even though I found this thought-provoking. It felt a bit like the easy way out to just have the moon come back, but I also don't know that there would be a more satisfying ending, either #BookSky #Bookreview #scifi #specfic #BookTok #BookTube
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Bridget the Book Dragon 💙📚 @fierybri.bsky.social · 2d

The way the story followed a different character each chapter (w/ each chapter being a day in the cycle of the moon) was as interesting as you might expect & added a nice layer of storytelling. I loved nearly everything about this
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Bridget the Book Dragon 💙📚 @fierybri.bsky.social · 2d

4.75/5 ⭐ I expected a Scalzi book about the moon turning to cheese would make me laugh, but I didn't expect to get teary eyed, as well. #BookSky #Bookreview #scifi #specfic #speculativefiction #sciencefiction #BookTok #Bookstagram #BookTube

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Bridget the Book Dragon 💙📚 @fierybri.bsky.social · 2d

The violence was not super graphic and the romance was sweet. And I always love when books come with recipes! The details did get a little bogged down in the middle to latter half of the book, but everything was tied up nicely at the end. #BookSky #Bookreview #cozy #cozymystery #mystery
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Bridget the Book Dragon 💙📚 @fierybri.bsky.social · 2d

4.5/5 ⭐ A thoroughly delightful cozy mystery, this was actually my introduction to the series, but will not be my last. I didn't feel lost just jumping in and reading this as a standalone. #BookSky #Bookreview #cozy #cozymystery #mystery #romance #BookTok #Bookstagram #BookTube
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Bridget the Book Dragon 💙📚 @fierybri.bsky.social · 10d

My vacation to Ireland was amazing. I took a break from reviews and hardly did any reading, just living in the moment and engaging with family and friends around me. But now I need to start catching up! I'll be paying more regularly to get back on schedule. #booksky #bookreviews 📚💙

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Bridget the Book Dragon 💙📚 @fierybri.bsky.social · Sep 11

I really like this idea of a cozy reading curriculum. Thoughts? #BookSky 💙📚

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Bridget the Book Dragon 💙📚 @fierybri.bsky.social · Sep 11

I'm entirely gravitating towards such cozy fantasy and have been since the end of last year. So I'd say for people like me, we need such releases.

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Bridget the Book Dragon 💙📚 @fierybri.bsky.social · Sep 10

I just felt like the whole murder plot line didn't really resolve well and in the grand scheme of the story it felt like an odd juxtaposition

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Bridget the Book Dragon 💙📚 @fierybri.bsky.social · Sep 9

It does lean towards magical realism more than fantasy, though the last part of the book went deeper into magic. Thanks to BookSirens for my ARC copy for my honest review.
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Bridget the Book Dragon 💙📚 @fierybri.bsky.social · Sep 9

The climatic ending felt a bit thrown together & I wonder why this was a murder mystery at all with everything else that was going on.
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Bridget the Book Dragon 💙📚 @fierybri.bsky.social · Sep 9

The pacing was fast, in a way that things going normally seemed slow, so it took a little bit getting used to the way the story interjected twists and turns
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Bridget the Book Dragon 💙📚 @fierybri.bsky.social · Sep 9

4.25/5⭐ I love a good cozy fantasy mystery, so I was quite happy to jump into this. I really enjoyed the concept of perfume magic & how important scent is to memory
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Bridget the Book Dragon 💙📚 @fierybri.bsky.social · Aug 12

Fragrance of Forgotten Truths, A Serenity Falls Cozy Mystery, by Iris Applewood dives into the power of scent, memory, & magic in a cozy small town mystery of family & community
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Cover of Fragrance of Forgotten Truths, A Serenity Falls Cozy Mystery, by Iris Applewood. A sideways crescent moon is behind a purple perfume bottle and several types of flowers, herbs, and fruits.

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Bridget the Book Dragon 💙📚 @fierybri.bsky.social · Sep 9

It was like the author wanted you to feel a certain way but didn't quite fill it out enough to draw you there naturally. I feel like it could have been so much more, but as it is I'm left wanting.
Thanks to BookSirens for my ARC copy for my honest review
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