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Happy debut release day to The Song of Salt and Shadow by the one and only @serenrose.author 🏴‍☠️🪸💜

Beautiful art by @isajense

Tropes:
🐚 Siren x Pirate
🪸Slow Burn
💜Forced Proximity
🔥Morally Grey MMC
🧜🏼‍♀️Dark & Paranormal Elements
🌊“Did I do this to you?”
🏴‍☠️Pirates of the Caribbean meet Phantasma

“I’ll bring you the horizon”

First I’d like to thank Seren for giving me the opportunity to read this amazing book as an arc!

I am not a girl who’s always reading pirates romances nor have read many of them in her life, but ever since I stumbled upon a post made by seren about this book, I couldn’t stop thinking about it.

Oh what a joy to have The Song of Salt and Shadow as my introduction to the sub-genre! More pirates books are definitely in my future thanks to you 💜

The book is amazing, the writing flows greatly and the world building is otherworldly! The characters are very captivating and who doesn’t love a man who does anything it takes for his woman, like Sable for Eryse? I know I do!

Can’t wait to see what is coming next from @serenrose.author ✨

(And yes, I spent more time than I’d like to admit making each object slightly wobbly trying to imitate a water effect)

Special thanks to my beautiful friend @afterhoursromance who always helps me with videos 🫶🏼 by @literarycarol

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4 months ago

A game of Cat and Witch 🐈‍⬛♥️

Author: @rubycanread

A little late to the party, but I’m here 🫪 thank you Ruby for the arc

And omggg it had been a while since I had so much fun reading a book. The banter between Avery and Felix is so good and the writing is so funny!!

I surely had to highlight a lot of hilarious and iconic quotes. The plot flow and development is very balanced and the world building is very well thought.

And I cannot forget about the steam! The chemistry between the characters and the scenes are 🔥🔥

Full and longer review to come soon!

Inspo didn’t hit me as hard as the book and I had this layout stuck in my mind for days lol thank you for you patience girlsss @charityslibrary @afterhoursromance by @literarycarol

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5 months ago

The Mindf*ck Series

I need to stop announcing I’m back… but I’m back!!

While I’m (finally) reading some new books, I saw a reels and had the urge to edit lanalogan universe again (it’s actually @charityslibrary fault. Blame her).

And let’s be honest, editing anything related to mother Lana Myers give us chills 😂

Hopefully a Logan version coming soon 👀

Dt to my beautiful friends: @afterhoursromance @charityslibrary @libraryofiris @darkversedaddy ♥️ by @literarycarol

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6 months ago

Happy (very, very, very late) birthday to my best friend @darkversedaddy 🤍

I had to post this, even if more than 3 months late. I’m beyond grateful to have you in my life and to be able to call you my friend. You deserve the most beautiful things in life, my little gusini. I hope you you know you can always count on me 🤍 and you already know everything else I’d like to say to you.

Btw, books: The Predator and The Reaper by @authorrunyx

Okayyyyy, this might be a comeback… might be not. Life has been crazy and even tho I don’t plan to spend more than 3 months without posting again, I’m not sure how active I’m gonna be here. Buuuut, I’m reunited with my computer, so I’m definitely gonna edit more (now I just have to read more) ✨ I hope everyone is safe and thriving by @literarycarol

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7 months ago

Marry Me Not

Author: @authorgabriellesands
Release date: Jan 2026

I’m sooooo excited to read Cosimo and Fabi’s story! I’ve been since the first chapter of Be With Me!

I can’t wait to see him yearning for her but trying to stay away hehehe. The snippets we got in romolomia left me so curious to know what have already happened between them

💙 by @literarycarol

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a year ago

THE RIVALS

Happy release day @vi_keeland 🩷

ARC Review:

Weston and Sofia are the epitome of rivals. Both their families are fighting for the remaining shares of a famous luxury hotel: The Countess. Coming from families on the hotelery market, they both need to move to New York City to secure this deal and prove their worth, and for that, they need to coexist with each other.

She thinks she hates him. He knows he desires her. They have been intertwined for a long time. Social circles, schools, friends. Their chemistry is off the charts. What could happen when a Lockwood and a Sterling have to get along managing a hotel… and on the bed?

Whether they like it or not, they were made for each other.

Weston and Sofia’s story was such a delight to read. Getting to understand their insecurities, their past and their goals was an amazing experience. The writing captures you and makes the book an easy and great read. What’s not to like in a well written book about rich rivals who can’t keep their hands off of each other, even if they are competing?

Thank you @read_bloom for the arc ✨ by @literarycarol

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a year ago

Arkana

Happy @authorrunyx appreciation day! 🖤

I didn’t have the time during the week to edit something (and tbh, I thought it was yesterday lol). Today I had some spare time and tried to make something show some love to Arkana and RuNyx.

I have no words to describe what your work and words mean to me, how meaningful your characters and stories are and how grateful I am for the amazing friends I made because of your worlds. So many incredible, talented and inspiring people. People that I call friends and who I truly connect. You guys mean a lot to me 🫶🏼

I know one day we will be fortunate enough to read Lenore and Draven’s story 🤍

Thank you for @nemesisreads and @corvinascloud for creating this special moment/day!! by @literarycarol

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a year ago

Villainess by @author_s_bacchante

QOTD: What book is next in your tbr?

Art: @adalovewitch

I hardly edit books I haven’t read yet (and if I do, it’s because they are my most anticipated unreleased books lol), but inspiration (that has been really absent lately) really hit with this one, so here it is hehe ♥️

I haven’t read this book yet, but it’s very high on my tbr list right now 🙂‍↕️ when the lovely @author_s_bacchante reached out to talk about her book I was immediately invested. The vibes and setting are so interesting! by @literarycarol

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a year ago

Wyatt and Blake

Author: @ellekennedyauthor
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Nobody touch meeee 😭 I’ve been waiting for this moment for years!! I’m so happy we gonna have them as a couple and of course, a Logan and Graham family union is gonna be perfectttt 🤍

Since we don’t know much about them yet, I decided to make it look like they were going through the family photo albums (and yes, each parent has their own font - they annotated the pics 🥹) + Wyatt’s guitar and some recent pics of them

And the number 1 dad bottom: let’s say Hannah and Grace decided to get them for Logan and Garrett and Logan couldn’t accept he wasn’t the only one who had a number one dad bottom, so changed Garrett’s for number 2 😂

*Also, sorry, I couldn’t choose one background color, so the last slide is another color hehe
*I own the edit, not the pics :) by @literarycarol

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a year ago

It’s my birthday 🥳🎉

Season 23 is officially here!

Another year surround by wonderful people in here. Thank you so much for all the lovely messages. I appreciate every single one of you and your words (I’m still going through my dms lol).

I had to bring this quote in my bday post, cause I realized my age is becoming too serious now and I’m no longer a girl, I am a grown woman 😭 lmao, jk, jk. Of course I had to edit one of my favorite couples ever, Dante and Amara. And this quote has always been special to me, cause it’s a glimpse of how eternal and resilient their love are. How they kept each other in different stages of life and even when they became different people. It shows how love can overcome time, hardships and pain. They are IT for me.

And I think that’s what life is about. Growing, becoming better versions of ourselves and surrounding ourselves with the best people. Thank you everyone for being part of my life journey and my growing process 🤍🥹

Book: The Emperor
Author: @authorrunyx by @literarycarol

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a year ago

Fruit of the Flesh
Author: @ophallic
Release date: January 20th, 2026

Stunning arts (from left to right, top to bottom): @ahkaryn
@mynqzo @wikkoda @madchaxx

Blurb:

In early 1900s New York, former ballerina Petronille De Villier makes an unconventional choice: Marry struggling sculptor Arkady Kamenev. For her, it’s an escape from her family’s unsavory legacy. For him, the De Villier name promises the patronage his art desperately needs. It should be a simple arrangement.

But beneath their marriage of convenience lurks a darker recognition. In each other, they see a reflection of their own dangerous appetites. As buried secrets surface and bodies begin disappearing, Petronille and Arkady discover their union runs deeper than social advantage. Their shared obsessions draw them into an intoxicating dance of predator and prey, though it’s never quite clear who is which.

Bound by law, God, and blood, they must decide if their monstrous natures will tear them apart or forge them into something terribly wonderful together. In a world where nothing is quite what it seems, two creatures of shadow learn that true love requires a taste for the macabre.

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I’m soooo excited for this! To make a parallel with one of my The Poisoner edits, I made this version for Fruit of the Flesh, trying to portray what a wall with frames in their home would look like. And ofc, the moths resting and flying around 🤍

And as usual, dt my lovely friend @mercury_moonstone by @literarycarol

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a year ago

Happy birthday to the one and only @mercury_moonstone ♥️ (swipe for a surprise)

May you always shine and thrive like you do ✨

A special thank you to @ophallic who accepted to be part of this birthday wish 🤍 And only fair to make an edit for your bday about these two and the books you love so much and can’t wait for!

Art by: @madchaxx @wikkoda

You already know how grateful I am to have met an incredible, crazy, academic, talented and amazing friend like you here. I love you and wish you the most beautiful things in life, Mermer.

As the great philosopher Sebastian 🦀 would say:
“Children got to be free to lead their own lives” and I hope one day you can realize all the dreams you have dreamed. Oh, and of course, as he also said and never forget:

Under the sea
Darling it’s better
Down where it’s wetter
Take it from me

Happy birthday to you, the Flounder to my Sebastian 🥹

*I own the edit, not the pics :) by @literarycarol

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a year ago