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Teal Blackleaf
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Reader, Book Reviewer, Dark Empress, Disabled, Demi/Bi 🏳️‍🌈, Mom, Writer, Artist, Chaos Gremlin, Gamer (She/Her)

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Wicked Witch of the Midwest
Did you say Trigger Warnings? *Adds to TBR*
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📚 Word of the Day 📚

Braggadocio - Empty boasting. Arrogant pretension.

Ex. sentence(s) - “His braggadocio couldn’t hide his vulnerability, at least not from me.”

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📚 Word of the Day 📚

Incarnadine - Having the pinkish color of flesh.

Ex. sentence(s) - “The killer is an artist. In the literal sense, they’re using the body for all the necessary supplies, the incarnadine paint, from the flesh itself.”

#Learn #BookSky
📚 Word of the Day 📚

Schmaltz - Sentimentality. Or extremely or excessively sentimental music or art.

Ex. sentence(s) - “ He was overflowing with schmaltz when his teenage children presented him with a present depicting their younger selves.”

#Learn #BookSky
‘Goldfinch’ by Raven Kennedy
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

So the series overall all follows some very predictable arcs but it was like consuming a warm cup of soup, soothing and fulfilling.

I’d really read more about the side characters and world in general if there was ever a spin off!

#BookSky
August 30, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I love the fall season and Halloween, it’s my favorite!

I however can no longer pretend that the cheaply made, over priced selection of decorations and decor excite me. It’s usually a pretty picture but disappointing to actually see and feel in person.
August 30, 2025 at 2:20 PM
‘Soul of a Witch’ by Harley LaRoux
⭐️⭐️⭐️.25

I liked their relationship after it was developed, it was very much just an insta love set up. It’s just hard for me to relate to that.

Overall I like the series, this one just had too many filler scenes.

Is it all worth a read? Yes, I had fun.

#BookSky
August 27, 2025 at 2:45 PM
‘Gold’ by Raven Kennedy
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Raven Kennedy is a very talented writer. I continued to be captured by this world.

The found family trope really holds strong throughout this whole series.

I can’t believe I waited so long to read these!

Bump this series up on your TBR!

#BookSky
August 24, 2025 at 1:46 PM
‘Glow’ by Raven Kennedy
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

😰 Half the time I’m shouting for someone to just tell the truth and the other time I’m shaking my head knowing damn well it wouldn’t matter. 😞

Slade is knocking other book boyfriends out of the top tier spots with ease in this book!🧎‍♀️ 👏🏻

#BookSky
August 19, 2025 at 5:22 PM
‘Gleam’ by Raven Kennedy
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.75

This book is full of experiences so utterly female that I just couldn’t bring my attention to much of anything else. How brilliant to have it all laid out in a fantasy setting.

I can’t wait to start the next book and find out the fall out of this one!

#BookSky
August 15, 2025 at 4:58 PM
‘Her Soul For Revenge’ (book 2) by Harley LaRoux
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Thanks to book 1, you know where this book is going to end up, but the journey is the fun.

It’s hard to explain how the subject manners and plot feels so very cathartic.

I like the series more than I thought I would. Check the TWs!

#BookSky
August 12, 2025 at 3:57 PM
‘Glint - The Plated Prisoner 2’ by Raven Kennedy
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I really hope Midas’s downfall includes some moments where some form of self awareness hits him. Scenes that help him understand that his life falling to pieces is just the consequences of his actions.

Okay I’m ready, to start book 3!

#BookSky
August 12, 2025 at 12:57 AM
‘Gild (The Plated Prisoner 1)’ by Raven Kennedy
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

A brutal, but interesting start.

I did not anticipate the allegory representing women as objects, to be used under the right circumstances, and placed on the mantle and ignored when it suits men. Well played Raven Kennedy. 👏🏻

#BookSky
August 10, 2025 at 9:35 PM
‘Gild - The Plated Prisoner Series’ by Raven Kennedy

🎧 - 40%

Is this entire series going to be a metaphor for how women are seen as objects and nothing more? 😐

#BookSky
August 8, 2025 at 7:44 PM
‘Shadow Princess’ (ZA Book 4) by Caroline Peckham & Susanne Valenti
⭐️⭐️⭐️.75

This series is absolutely dark romance.

Well fuck. 💔 😢.
The reason I have kept going is for Orion and Darcy! 😱!

It’s gotten better as the books have gone on, but it’s still junk food of the book verse.

#BookSky
August 8, 2025 at 2:34 PM
‘Her Soul To Take’ by Harley LaRoux
⭐️⭐️⭐️.75

Demons, Eldritch Gods, sacrifices - what’s not to like?! When you accidentally summon a demon and he finds out you’re spooky, mouthy, and extra kinky, of course the sparks are gonna fly!

Okay so I had a lot of fun. It’s horror, it’s full of TWs!

#BookSky
August 3, 2025 at 2:53 PM
‘When the Moon Hatched’ by Sarah A. Parker
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

An incredibly immersive story.

The heart wrenching romance in this story is something else!

If you like adventure, romance, revenge, longing, immersive fantasy, you should definitely read this!

#BookSky #BookRecommendations
August 3, 2025 at 2:50 PM
‘Her Soul To Take’ by Harley LaRoux

82% 📱

This book has my 🖤 fluttering. My dark romance loving self needed this one!

—— Lots of TWs, proceed with caution.

#BookSky #DarkRomance
July 31, 2025 at 6:04 PM
📚 Word of the Day 📚

Braggadocio - Empty boasting. Arrogant pretension.

Ex. sentence(s) - “His braggadocio couldn’t hide his vulnerability, at least not from me.”

#Learn #BookSky
📚 Word of the Day 📚

Incarnadine - Having the pinkish color of flesh.

Ex. sentence(s) - “The killer is an artist. In the literal sense, they’re using the body for all the necessary supplies, the incarnadine paint, from the flesh itself.”

#Learn #BookSky
📚 Word of the Day 📚

Schmaltz - Sentimentality. Or extremely or excessively sentimental music or art.

Ex. sentence(s) - “ He was overflowing with schmaltz when his teenage children presented him with a present depicting their younger selves.”

#Learn #BookSky
July 31, 2025 at 5:54 PM
‘When The Moon Hatched’ by Sarah A. Parker

🎧 10%

I’m intimidated by the length of the audiobook. I know I’ve done ebooks/books of this length, but I think this is my first hefty audiobook. I got this! I like a dangerous woman, so we’re off to a great start!

#BookSky
July 29, 2025 at 8:05 PM
‘Tangled up in Luck’ by Merrill Wyatt
📖 20%

The kids and I are currently making our way through this book. So far they like the mystery vibes, it’s about a lost treasure. It’s gonna be a long while until we finish!

#BookSky #Childernsbooks
July 29, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Cover Reveal: 'The Questioneers: Billie Jean Peet, Athlete' by Andrea Beaty and David Roberts
Cover Reveal: 'The Questioneers: Billie Jean Peet, Athlete'
Abrams is introducing a new protagonist to its bestselling The Questioneers series, written by Andrea Beaty and illustrated by David Roberts, which has been published in 25 languages and has sold…
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February 12, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Please narrate books with more inflection! The flat monotone speech when you’re describing a scene makes it hard to focus! Don’t be afraid to put feeling behind everything, not just the “speech” parts!

Narrator choice affects the review rating of a book!

#BookSky #AudioBooks #Narrators
July 28, 2025 at 10:03 PM
TW - Grooming, SA
‘Dark Harmony’ by Laura Thalassa
⭐️⭐️⭐️

I have an appreciation for the dark side of Fae represented here, There were opportunities to keep it darker. The topics in the series lent itself to a more sinister ending.

Would I recommend, no.
Overall did I like it, it’s mid.
#BookSky
July 28, 2025 at 4:30 PM
‘The Emperor of Evening Stars’ by Laura Thalassa
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.25

It’s satisfying to know the inner monologue of the mmc, when he waxes poetic about his love.
I also am appreciative to now know the visceral way he appropriately punished those that wronged her. 👏🏻

Onward to the last book!

#BookSky
July 24, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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I miss the days when the internet was a fun place to share things and make friends
July 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM
‘A Strange Hymn’ by Laura Thalassa
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

This story continues to be more of what I expect of a story from fairies. As a result, I’m intrigued and loving it.

I think what I like most about the series is the plot, and Temperance!

Extra stars for Temperance, Desmond, and bleeding trees.

#BookSky
July 23, 2025 at 2:22 PM
‘Blood & Betrayals (Avalon University)’ by Alexis Rune & Jeanette Rose
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

So the ending is something I saw coming, but it still hurt! 😭

It’s a thick one, but I think it’s all necessary to get you so wrapped up.

I am dying to know more about the stranger!

When’s the next book?!
#BookSky
July 21, 2025 at 3:08 PM
‘Rhapsodic’ by Laura Thalassa
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Callie made a deal with “The Bargainer”, and she owes him.
7 years have passed and “The Bargainer” is back.

This is more like the Fae myths, horrific, and less commercialized.
They do skate the age gap romance line dangerously.

I will be continuing!
#BookSky
July 20, 2025 at 9:24 PM