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Lovely Afterthoughts @lvlyafterthoughts.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Everyone needs… a best friend who knows you so well that she gifts you for your birthday the gorgeous hardback editions of books you already own because she knows you stare at them and pet them (don’t judge me…they’re so pretty), but won’t buy them because you already own the duology and can’t 💙📚

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Lovely Afterthoughts @lvlyafterthoughts.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

✨ Can you believe it?! ✨ I got books for my birthday!This may shock you,but rarely do I get books as gifts,so this was a real treat&I couldn’t be more excited! 💙📚 Two of these I preordered…if they release on your bday,why not preorder them?A gift to yourself!🙌🏻 Which will you add to your TBR?

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Lovely Afterthoughts @lvlyafterthoughts.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Finished my 1st book of 2026 AND got to use my new book counter my bestie got me for Christmas!It’s perfect!It’s so cute & hello…it has dragons on it! Do you have a book counter that you use other than apps? I’d love to hear some of the cute ways everyone tracks their reads throughout the year! 💙📚

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Lovely Afterthoughts @lvlyafterthoughts.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Every time I start a new series or book by LJ Andrews,I’m convinced there’s no way I could possibly love another one of her found families more than I already do…& yet,here she is,doing it again. 💙📚 I loved everything about this book!For me my favorite part is the continued way that she pushes the

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Lovely Afterthoughts @lvlyafterthoughts.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Here’s the last book I read in 2025&the 1st book I’m thinking about in 2026! 1st,there has not been a single LJ Andrews book that I’ve read where she has lead me astray!I’ve devoured everything&loved every second of it&this book is NO different from whatever magic she sprinkles in her writing! 💙📚

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Lovely Afterthoughts @lvlyafterthoughts.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

I’m thankful for the ARCs I’ve read this year,street teams I’ve joined,my 1st collab, book Con w/friends,a year of Book Club,&made my bookstagram official in Sept.! It’s been fun trying to figure it out&connect w/more bookish friends!I can’t wait for more in 2026! What’s your fave book of 2025? 💙📚

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Lovely Afterthoughts @lvlyafterthoughts.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

How I review books around here: I am very much a feelings-first reader. I tend to focus on how a book made me feel, the vibes, and the tropes that wrecked me (or healed me). 💙📚 I don’t do detailed plot breakdowns because I will ABSOLUTELY spoil something-

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Lovely Afterthoughts @lvlyafterthoughts.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

Hi, I’m Natalie! Welcome to my cozy little corner of the book world! 💙📚 ! I’m very excited you’re here! I love romantasy, fantasy, and emotionally immersive stories that completely take over my brain. What you can expect from me are honest reactions, no shortage of bookish excitement,

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Lovely Afterthoughts @lvlyafterthoughts.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Been eyeing this book for a while! Who wouldn’t love a book with: 🔥Afterlife/Heaven&Hell Setting 🔥Friends to Lovers 🔥Found Family 🔥Slow Burn Romance 🔥Sassy&Competent Heroine 🔥GrumpyxSunshine Comment below&tell me what your go-to trope is! 💙📚 @sea-ya-later.bsky.social @sagapressbooks.bsky.social

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Lovely Afterthoughts @lvlyafterthoughts.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

Gah! If you’ve never read the Ever Seas series, you are missing out on an amazing story! This series lives rent free in my brain, was my introduction to LJ Andrews, & it was just rereleased as a traditionally published series & I am so excited!! I’m always ready to dive back into The Ever! 🏴‍☠️ 💙📚

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Lovely Afterthoughts @lvlyafterthoughts.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

You know it’s a great day when THREE of your favorite authors all have a book releasing on the same day!! Congratulations to @hannahnicolemae.bsky.social @authorljandrews.bsky.social and @carissabroadbent.bsky.social !! I can’t wait to dive in! 💙📚 Have you read any of these series yet?!

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Lovely Afterthoughts @lvlyafterthoughts.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Thank you Stacey McEwan for this beautiful character art! I was super excited to get it in the mail! I can’t wait to start this book! If it’s anything like your other books, I know I’m in for some heartbreak!😅 💙📚 Have you read this book or her Glacian Series?

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Lovely Afterthoughts @lvlyafterthoughts.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Thea, my black cat, was a little too happy I was finally home from vacation last night…she woke me up after about an hour of sleep & I couldn’t go back to sleep until like 3:30am. The silverlining? I finished Lunaria by Kara Douglas & LOVED it! 🤭 I’m excited to meet her in September as well!! 💙📚

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Lovely Afterthoughts @lvlyafterthoughts.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

On vacation and the view is great! Also working my way through The Other Side of the Mirror by @danaevyn.bsky.social and I’m loving it so far! 💙📚

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Lovely Afterthoughts @lvlyafterthoughts.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

My birthday gift to myself has FINALLY arrived!! @authorljandrews.bsky.social it’s stunning!! The artwork is to die for, the story is one of my absolute faves, and I can’t wait to add the trad version to my shelf next to these beauties!! 💙📚

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Lovely Afterthoughts @lvlyafterthoughts.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

(I received a copy of this book from the author, but the review is my own) @vblaceybooks.bsky.social I didn’t think I could love this series of standalone books anymore than I loved the first, but I do! There’s lots of action,vulnerability,banter, old friends & new,twists, & yearning! SO good! 💙📚

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Lovely Afterthoughts @lvlyafterthoughts.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

(I received a copy of this book from the author,but the review is my own) @authoremiliajae.bsky.social Amazing book!! Angst,yearning,found family,enemies to I don’t even know…,betrayal,& raw feminine RAGE!The story grips you,POV’s are wonderful,MMC is everything & our FMC is power personified!📚💙

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Lovely Afterthoughts @lvlyafterthoughts.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Currently reading A Wraith Beneath the Tides by Amelia Jae and it’s SO good already and I’m only 14% into the story! 💙📚

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Lovely Afterthoughts @lvlyafterthoughts.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Opened up some beautiful book mail today! Thank you so much Ellen McGinty! I can’t wait to dive into this book!! 💙📚

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Lovely Afterthoughts @lvlyafterthoughts.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

@authorljandrews.bsky.social writes stories& characters that utterly destroy you & then put you back together! I adored the story of the Eastern Kingdom & can’t wait to read the rest of this series! I’m excited to learn more about our devilishly handsome (his words,I’m certain)& witty Ambassador!💙📚

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Lovely Afterthoughts @lvlyafterthoughts.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Don’t these two new releases look great together?!Opal continues my favorite series,Lux by @jlarmentrout.bsky.social that is being rereleased & Forbidden Alchemy by Stacey McEwan,is her 1st in a new series that’s,given what I’ve seen of reviews & know from her previous series,bound to wreck me 💙📚

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Lovely Afterthoughts @lvlyafterthoughts.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

Can’t wait to start The Robin on the Oak Throne by K.A. Linde! Loved the first book in this series! Have you read either yet?! Amazing shirt from @phasesandpages.bsky.social 💙📚

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Lovely Afterthoughts @lvlyafterthoughts.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

So thankful that my friend was willing to sell me her FL copy of Broken Souls & Bones by @authorljandrews.bsky.social because it’s beautiful!! And it’s my first very special edition and I love it! Now I’m to off to go read it! 💙📚

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Lovely Afterthoughts @lvlyafterthoughts.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how you end a book on a cliffhanger! I loved our FMC & her fierce desire to do what she thinks is right, often to her own detriment. I loved her fight. I loved our MMC & his protectiveness, quiet moments of tenderness, & his growth in this book surprised me.💙📚

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Lovely Afterthoughts @lvlyafterthoughts.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Thank you Eva Pohler for hosting a giveaway and for this beautiful book and bookmark! I can’t wait to read it! 💙📚

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Lovely Afterthoughts @lvlyafterthoughts.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

I got the MOST gorgeous copy of Pride and Prejudice yesterday from my hubby for our anniversary! I’m in love (with him and the book!😘)! 💙📚

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Lovely Afterthoughts @lvlyafterthoughts.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

I’m SO excited that this book FINALLY arrived! It’s pink, it’s thick, it’s SO good too! I loved this book so much and then finding out the naked cover is this gorgeous pink, Ivy Asher gave me NO choice but to buy it! 💙📚 #ivyasher #books

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Lovely Afterthoughts @lvlyafterthoughts.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

Book club! This last month we read The Book of Azrael by @ambervnicole.bsky.social ! I’ve read all three books already,but I was super excited for Amber to work her magic on the girls & put them through ALL the things like she put me through! It was soooo worth it! 💙📚 #thebookofazrael #ambervnicole

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Lovely Afterthoughts @lvlyafterthoughts.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

Looooved this book! Loved our MMC, loved the growth of our FMC, Valas has my heart, loved this world, the humor, the pain, and everything in between! S.M Gaither did a great job and I can’t wait to read the next one! 💙📚 #smgaither #bookreview #bookish

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Lovely Afterthoughts @lvlyafterthoughts.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Happy release day Rachel Gillig! I’m super excited to read this story!

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Lovely Afterthoughts @lvlyafterthoughts.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

So I might have a problem…I DO judge by the cover (sorry not sorry)and thankfully the blurb for this one sounded really interesting because this beauty was TOO pretty to leave at the book store!😅 can’t wait to read this one! 💙📚

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Lovely Afterthoughts @lvlyafterthoughts.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

gifted a copy of the book from the author,review’s my own This book ran the gamut of emotions:trauma,feelings of unworthiness,hope,desperation,& reluctant romantic feelings. @staciastarkauthor.bsky.social I was laughing out loud due to the banter,knowing looks,& antics these characters got up to. 💙📚

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Lovely Afterthoughts @lvlyafterthoughts.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Happy Mother’s Day to me! Look what showed up this evening! Devney Perry’s new book caught my eye because it’s GORGEOUS! So my bestie and I each bought one (we love matching with our books, clothes, and phone cases 🤣) and I can’t wait to read it! 💙📚 #booksky #bookmail #tbr #books

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Lovely Afterthoughts @lvlyafterthoughts.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

It’s here and a day early and I’m SO excited! I can’t wait to start @authorljandrews.bsky.social newest release (officially tomorrow 4/29)! The world building she does is spectacular! 💙📚

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Lovely Afterthoughts @lvlyafterthoughts.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

I’m dying!I need the 2nd book asap! This is an action packed book,w/romance,a strong FMC who is unapologetic about it,&side characters that you love & love to hate,plus betrayal always makes things more interesting!Don’t mind me,I’ll just be twiddling my thumbs until the 2nd book releases in July!💙📚

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Lovely Afterthoughts @lvlyafterthoughts.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

The Book Bin posted a stack of books they had in their store and I had already been eyeing this book by @leiastoneauthor.bsky.social , so I had to swing by and pick it up! I love the indie book stores in my city! Looking forward to starting this book too! 💙📚

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Lovely Afterthoughts @lvlyafterthoughts.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Opened up surprise mail to see this bookplate signed by @authorljandrews.bsky.social !Made my whole day!!Thank you so much! I’m so excited to meet her in September at Villains & Vixens!Now I’m just counting down the days until Broken Souls & Bones releases!🙌🏻 (April 29th if you were wondering!😘) 💙📚

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Lovely Afterthoughts @lvlyafterthoughts.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Speak of the Demon by @staciastarkauthor.bsky.social is on sale TOMORROW only for $0.99! If you haven’t read it before, it’s such a fun read! I love the characters in this series!🔥 You should definitely check it out! 💙📚

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Lovely Afterthoughts @lvlyafterthoughts.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Um, whoa! What a wild ride! 1st off, I adore our FMC & our MMC! It grips you & never lets you go.There’s trauma, pain, self loathing, & then unconditional love & it’s for who you are & not for who people think you should be & I loved that!The ending had me reeling & now I’m desperate for book 2! 💙📚

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Lovely Afterthoughts @lvlyafterthoughts.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Twists and turns, lost memories, hidden identities, starlight and shadows.This book has it all, love, betrayal, trauma, friendship, trials, and overcoming a lot! Just when you think you have it figured out, you find out something that changes everything! I can’t wait to start book 2! 💙📚

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Lovely Afterthoughts @lvlyafterthoughts.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Vampire Diaries meets Gladiator (uhhh, yes please!) January 2026 @staciastarkauthor.bsky.social is at it again w/a new series that’s bound to suck us into another amazing world! Pre-orders are open now!You can also read her Kingdom of Lies,Deals w/Demons,& Bargains w/Beasts Series while you wait!💙📚

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Lovely Afterthoughts @lvlyafterthoughts.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

I received a copy as an ARC & this is my voluntary review.Wow.I devoured this book. @jessagreyauthor.bsky.social I definitely NEED more!I love our FMC & our MMC! They were frustrating, intriguing, & endearing.I loved the story, characters, & all the feels it gave. I will reread over & over again!💙📚

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Lovely Afterthoughts @lvlyafterthoughts.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

I received an ARC copy & this is my voluntary review.The emotional rollercoaster that was this book was one heck of a ride! Now I’m just supposed to go on with my normal life?! So much happened in this book. I’m still in love w/these characters, their growth & hearts. Sooo…book 3? I need it!😅 💙📚

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Lovely Afterthoughts @lvlyafterthoughts.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

I think I signed up for too many ARCs because that’s all I’ve been reading 😅 my poor tbr…💙📚

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Lovely Afterthoughts @lvlyafterthoughts.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

I’m OBSESSED w/this book!I was hooked from the 1st page& IT JUST GOT BETTER EVERY PAGE!Our FMC is fierce, fragile, resilient, &strong.Our MMC…🔥🔥🔥I love him!He is protective,charming, fierce,&he’s gentle&loyal.I will DEVOUR this whole series!!This was an ARC read,but I wasn’t quite ready for this!💙📚

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Lovely Afterthoughts @lvlyafterthoughts.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Started this ARC read last night and have been hooked since the FIRST page! Ivy Asher really knows how to start a story!! 💙📚

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Lovely Afterthoughts @lvlyafterthoughts.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

This book! This series! 🔥🔥The inside papers are beautiful and I’m in love with this cover!! @authorpenncole.bsky.social you’ve outdone yourself! It’s so vibrant and just perfect!! If you haven’t started The Kindred’s Curse Saga yet, you are missing out! 💙📚

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Lovely Afterthoughts @lvlyafterthoughts.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Thank you for this ARC!It had me from go!I love our MMC!He’s sweet,smart,& supportive of our stabby FMC! Ahh the banter!The FMC & MMC had me laughing out loud!It’s got family drama,lost memories,assassins, secrets,&enemies to friends to…This books was so much fun to read& I didn’t want it to end! 💙📚

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Lovely Afterthoughts @lvlyafterthoughts.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

I got some pretties in the mail!🙌🏻🎉 The Broken Kingdom series by @authorljandrews.bsky.social is quickly becoming one of my all time faves! Blooms of Darkness by Anna Applegate & Helen Domico was an ARC read that quickly stole my heart! Do yourself a favor and check these out! 💙📚

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