traversingfiction

It's the best time of year; the time when people look slightly envious when you confess that you spent the weekend recharging by being cuddled up under a blanket in comfy, cosy clothes and fluffy socks and immersed yourself in a fictional world (or two!)

Enjoy the cosy season! 🍁🍂🍁

@sofiaroseauthor.bsky.social 💕

I've been in a real reading slump - not DNFs, just a lot of Not-Right-Nows because I haven't been able to get into the right headspace.... And then Sofia Rose dropped the Touched & Tamed arc 💕
Cosy, Fated Mates, Strong Silent Type MMC, Omegaverse with 🪢goodness, the perfect antidote to my slump.
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Did I forget I had this account? Yes
So following that short dump of minibook review posts, expect me to forget again and reappear in 3months.
Ttfn

There are more quotes I wanted to share but some of them would probably be viewed as significant spoilers so these are what you're getting!
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#booksky #bullyromance #stalkerromance #hockeyromance

*size difference* 😏
That's not enough of a review?
Alright then... Himbo orc 'meets' (mail orders) traumatised human. Also contains sassy dachshund 🐶
TW: foot play and p🥚ING (just in case that isn't for you)
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#booksky #monsterromance #orcromance #himbo

You're getting 2 images for this one because I couldn't bring myself to cut the first quote short - it resonates too heavily with how the real world has been feeling lately.
But the second quote is .... 🤌🏻 *chefs kiss*
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#romancebooks #booksky #friendstolovers #plussizeromance

I had the pleasure of getting my hands on this angsty story from #HarleighBeck
Some incredibly sensitively written self-realisation and coming to terms with self identity in this one 🩷
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#mm #smuttyfiction #booksky

If you like:
Golden retriever MMCs
Fated Mates
Mating bites
Wolf shifters
Found family
Spicy romcoms
And it wouldn't be titled Knotting Hill if there wasn't a 🪢....
Knotting Hill is now live and available to buy or borrow on KU.
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This very much feels like a #sorrynotsorry 😅 I know the 🌶️ will help to compensate though! 📚🌶️

I'll be spending the run up to publication of this book psychologically preparing myself to be destroyed, because @nduneauthor.bsky.social usually obliterates my emotions!

Smashed this in about 5 hrs, that should speak volumes about how I felt about this book!
Absolutely adore taboo/forbidden relationships, love the flirty slow burn (not something I generally enjoy, I find it torturous but this just hit differently).
Kayla has rapidly become an instant read for me 💙📚🌶️

So there's one on the left bottom shelf by the wold, green monster 🍆 next to the plant on the right side of the bottom and the third is a little hidden as it's top shelf Infront on the rabbit 😅 and I only realised from the photo how dodgy the placement by the rabbit was 🫣

Did you find them??

Picture of 3 long bookshelves above a computer workspace. The computer work space is surrounded by indoor plants, the middle shelf is dedicated to dragon books and paraphernalia. The top shelf is 99% special editions with sprayed edges for book boxes, the lowest shelf is a range of paperbacks written by amazing indie authors I'm privileged to call my friends.

💙📚🌶️Aware I haven't shared a #shelfie on here, these are just my special editions and paperbacks by my author besties 😍 (3 further bookcases sit to my right and behind me whilst working).

P.S - there are 3 mini 🍆 in this pic, did you find them all??

P.P.S - the 'wellbeing jungle' is thriving 🪴🪴🪴

🌶️📚 my brain "oooh, this would sound so good voiced by Teddy Hamilton 🫠"
📖Whirlwind by Kayla Grosse
Release date 6th Feb 25

January '25 was fully a month for PNR/fantasy/monster romance, heavily featuring @lizziestrongauthor.bsky.social
and her Kings Falls characters 🩷
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Lyrics That Burn by Leah Steele 🌶️📚

Mini book review for Lizzie Strong Author upcoming release Deal with the Devil. 4 star rating given and 2 quotes included from the book - one of which is in the post text. The second quote is "even his fucking evil cackle is hot. Fuck him. That's the point. Shut up! Even the voices in her head were annoyed..."

I love that @lizziestrongauthor.bsky.social writes bookish characters. I think the below sums up why we often devour books:
"Knox was an avid reader. He devoured books in his down time. Easier to keep the mind clear of doubt and judgment when the brain is busy reading someone else’s f**k ups."
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Can I get on this list please? 🙏 Thank you

A graphic showing the baby dragon café book by A T Qureshi cover with a line of text stating 'if you've read and loved this' and then a second line of text stating 'you should try this series and author' with an arrow pointing to the first book in the Sons of Olympus series by Eden Royale.

I've just finished The Baby Dragon Café 🩷
Everyone needs more cosy romantasy in their lives!
So if you have also read and loved The Baby Dragon Café, you should read the Sons of Olympus series by Eden Royale - the series is complete, they are interlinked standalones, available on KU.
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All hail the Heathen mistress Ember Nicole! She breaks our hearts and makes us come back, crawling on our knees begging for more.

These books need to be read in order, so you get to read 3 books before being chucked off a cliff and then join us in purgatory waiting for book 4.
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#myyearinbooks #booksky 📚🌶️

My Goodreads 2024 wrap-up.
#monsterfudgers #spicybooksky #spicybook #stalkerromance #vampireromance #shifterromance #monsterromance #darkromance #booktok #contemporaryromance #romancebooks #romancebooksky #smutsky #booksky 📚🌶️

Dark Mode Books Winter event is happening on the 27th December.
I've created my wishlist in preparation...what are you going to be snagging from this event?

#darkmodebooks #booktok #darkromancebooks #darkromance #syk #darkmodesykdwinter2024 #darkmodesyk #darkparanormalromance #darkfantasyromance

The mood reading is hitting hard at the moment, so my current reads are:
🎧 Lights Out by Navessa Allen
e-📚: Messing with my brother's best friends by Sam Hall
🎧ALC: Forged in Blood by Sadie Kincaid
Beta: Precarious Shifters by Leah Steele
Alternate e-📚: Off to the Races by Elsie Silver
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#BookSky

Unfortunately there are still SO many people that don't think it "counts", completely disregarding how audiobooks increase accessibility to fiction 💔

Currently reading graphic showing the book cover of Rope Me In by Kayla Grosse, with formats selected for both ebook and audiobook

Using my first post to introduce the chaotic way I sometimes read. Yes, I am currently flitting between the audio and ebooks of Rope Me In by Kayla Grosse

If you don't believe that listening to audio books count as reading, don't follow me.

#currentlyreading #booksky #cowboyromance