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📚𝙷𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚘 𝙱𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝙳𝚛𝚊𝚐𝚘𝚗𝚜📚QOTD: What is your biggest reading “green flag”?📖 My Answer:I love when people get excited about books they love and immediately want to share them with others. It doesn’t matter if it’s my genre or not. Seeing someone passionate about reading is always a good sign.Book:✨Blood of the Sands- @s.c.grayson ✨Synopsis✨✨ KeeraAn exile struggling to survive, Keera is forced to rob passing travelers or face starvation. When she steals from the wrong man—a masked warlord known only as the Viper—his hand around her throat awakens an ancient magic within her, and she uses it to escape his clutches. Now, Keera must master her power to protect the city of Kelvadan—the only place an exile like her can find a home—from the warlord and his growing army.The ViperFor years, The Viper has fought to control the desert magic that boils in his veins, threatening to drive him mad. He will do anything to mend the broken magic of the desert—even marching on the great city of Kelvadan. However, the moment he touches the exile who tried to rob him, his magic calms for the first time in years. Now, he suspects the real key to healing the desert might lie with the infuriating woman who slipped through his fingers and now fights for everything he swore to destroy.Read if you love…Slow burn romanceHigh-stakes tournamentsForced proximityMorally gray charactersHidden identitiesDesert magicAnimal companionsPolitical intrigue✨Have you read this book?Sound Credit/ IB: @ fable.guy.chad from TT🩷 #bookreels #booklover #fantasybooks #reader #romancebooks by @rae.in_wonderland

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📚𝙷𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚘 𝙱𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝙳𝚛𝚊𝚐𝚘𝚗𝚜📚QOTD: What’s a popular book that you think is actually worth all the hype?📖My Answer:Sometimes a book becomes wildly popular for a reason. Every now & then I pick up a book expecting to be disappointed because everyone won’t stop talking about it, and instead I end up staying up way too late reading “just one more chapter.” Those are the books that remind me hype isn’t always the enemy. Sometimes it’s just thousands of readers collectively losing their minds over a really good story.Popular Books I loved:✨Dire Bound- @sablesorensen ✨Quicksilver- @calliehartauthor ✨Fourth Wing- @rebeccayarros ✨ Shield of Sparrows- @devneyperry ✨The Knight & the Moth- @rmgillig ✨Silver Elite- @authordanifrancis Have you read any of these books?Bonus Question:What’s a hyped book you avoided for the longest time, only to discover everyone was right?📚✨ I’m ready to be influenced. Tell me which popular books truly deserve their fame & which ones you’d recommend without a single disclaimer. #booklover #reading #bookish #fantasybooks #romancebooks by @rae.in_wonderland

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📚𝙷𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚘 𝙱𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝙳𝚛𝚊𝚐𝚘𝚗𝚜📚QOTD: If you could instantly own every book from one genre, which genre would you choose?📖 My Answer:Fantasy without hesitation. Give me magical worlds, impossible adventures, legendary creatures, and enough books to keep me busy for the next decade. My shelves would be overflowing and I would have zero regrets.Also Bandit was feeling a little needy so as soon as I finished making this video I gave him a ton & snuggled him! Sound Credit/ IB: @ kimskindle from TT🩷 #bookreels #booklover #fantasybooks #reader #romancebooks by @rae.in_wonderland

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📚𝙷𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚘 𝙱𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝙳𝚛𝚊𝚐𝚘𝚗𝚜📚QOTD: What’s a reading opinion you’ve had to defend over and over again?📖 My Answer:That audiobooks absolutely count as reading. Stories are meant to be experienced, and there are many ways to experience them. The important thing is enjoying the book, not how you got there. #booklover #reading #bookish #fantasybooks #romancebooks by @rae.in_wonderland

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📚𝙷𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚘 𝙱𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝙳𝚛𝚊𝚐𝚘𝚗𝚜📚 Giveaway ⬇️ QOTD: What’s your favorite thing about being a reader?📖 My Answer:I love that there’s always another adventure waiting. No matter how stressful life gets, I can open a book and disappear into another world for a little while. It’s like carrying thousands of doors to different lives and places wherever I go.Book:✨Liar in the Hollow Crown- @authorbethanyatazadeh ✨Blurb✨✨ Liar in the Hollow Court is a Cozy Fae Fantasy set in a world like The Cruel Prince with no-spice romance like Pride and Prejudice and cozy found family like FRIENDS.✨Thank you to @authorbethanyatazadeh for sending me a copy of the book and teaming up with me for a great giveaway! Check out how to enter below:GIVEAWAYEnter to win a copy of Liar in the Hollow Court TO ENTER- follow me, @authorbethanyatazadeh and @storygramtours - tag a friend you think will be interestedFor EXTRA entry- visit @bibliophile_nikki stepsRULES- Giveaway will end June 8th at midnight EST- US ONLY- not affiliated with Instagram-must be 18 or have parents permission-must be a public account so I can verify entriesBook Link: https://books2read.com/liarinthehollowcourtHave you read this book? #bookreels #booklover #fantasybooks #reader #romancebooks by @rae.in_wonderland

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📚𝙷𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚘 𝙱𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝙳𝚛𝚊𝚐𝚘𝚗𝚜📚QOTD: What’s your reader toxic trait?📖 My Answer:I will stay up way too late to finish a book and then spend the next day regretting every decision I’ve ever made. The worst part is that I never learn my lesson. The next time a book has me hooked, I’ll do the exact same thing again.Book:✨The Music of Us- @emeraldalexandrea ✨Synopsis✨✨ If life came with a playlist, Lucy’s current era would be “stressed girl summer.” While her friends are out enjoying the last summer before college, Lucy has her hands full managing her mom’s quirky cat café. But with the fancy new coffee shop across the street, how will she attract enough customers to adopt the cats—or even pay the rent?In a desperate moment, Lucy emails her ex-best friend (and first crush) Jake Moody, who’s now the resident bad boy in the massively popular boy band the Usual Suspects. Lucy hasn’t spoken to him in years—not since he kissed her and left for auditions without a backward glance. Which she’s totally not holding a grudge about, thanks for asking.To her surprise, Jake is all in on hosting a livestream performance to raise support for the café—and salvage his image after his most recent scandal. As Jake and Lucy work together to corral his bandmates and plan the livestream, she finds her old feelings resurfacing despite her firm intentions to keep her distance. Is it possible the old Jake she knew is still hiding under his new rebellious image?✨Have you read this book?Sound Credit/IB: @ sarahthebookfairy from TT💜💚 #booklover #reading #bookish #fantasybooks #romancebooks by @rae.in_wonderland

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📚𝙷𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚘 𝙱𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝙳𝚛𝚊𝚐𝚘𝚗𝚜📚QOTD: What’s one thing non-readers will never understand?📖 My Answer: How you can miss people who never actually existed. #bookreels #booklover #fantasybooks #reader #romancebooks by @rae.in_wonderland

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📚𝙷𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚘 𝙱𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝙳𝚛𝚊𝚐𝚘𝚗𝚜📚QOTD: What is the most “book gremlin” thing you’ve ever done?I carried six books on vacation and still bought more books while I was there 😬 I need my emotional support books!!!Book:✨The Thorns We Inherit- @authorlindseyahart ✨Synopsis✨✨ This lush dark gothic fantasy debut by Lindsey Hart weaves haunting worldbuilding, goddess-blessed magic, and an aching slow-burn romance into a story of legacy, devotion, and survival. Perfect for fans of V.E. Schwab, Rachel Gillig, and Hannah Whitten—and for readers who crave gothic fantasy steeped in tension, magic, and emotional depth.Aurelia Moirae never asked for power—or for the gods who carved her bloodline to come calling.When her world collapses, Aurelia is dragged into Nyxarra, a mist-shrouded city ruled by blood bargains, ancient grudges, and magic long thought buried. What begins as a desperate attempt to save her brother quickly unravels into something far more dangerous.With a haunted warrior at her side and a beautiful monster at her throat, Aurelia must face the stories etched into her blood—and the cost of daring to rewrite them.Power is a curse. Love is a risk. And survival may cost her everything she has left.✨Have you read this book? #booklover #reading #bookish #fantasybooks #romancebooks by @rae.in_wonderland

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📚𝙷𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚘 𝙱𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝙳𝚛𝚊𝚐𝚘𝚗𝚜📚QOTD: What book trope owns your soul?📖 My Answer: Found family. Every single time. #bookreels #booklover #fantasybooks #reader #romancebooks by @rae.in_wonderland

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📚𝙷𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚘 𝙱𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝙳𝚛𝚊𝚐𝚘𝚗𝚜📚QOTD:You can only keep one: physical books, ebooks, or audiobooks. Which are you choosing?Physical books. I need my trophies. 😆Book:✨Blood Bound- @ellishunterauthor ✨Synopsis✨✨ You duel or you die.Astrid has always known she is destined to die. She is the last Nachstern witch and heir to the Queendom of Arturea, cursed by a centuries-old covenant to duel the heir to the Kingdom of Vatra for the source of all magic: the Heart. And now Astrid’s time is up. She is heading into enemy territory to face Prince Zryan, the most powerful dragon rider in eons, with only her familiar, her potions and her wits to aid her. She is going to die, and any chance her queendom has of curing the Blight that’s ravaging the lands and killing her people will die with her.Meanwhile, deep in dragon country, Skylar and her travelling troupe arrive in Vatra’s capital, ready to profit off the legions of spectators swarming to the city ahead of the duel. She despises the royals and all they stand for, especially as the King’s guard murdered her mother. But when her best friend disappears, suspected to have been taken in the conscription, her search takes her closer to the royals than she ever could have imagined.As the duel looms over the kingdom, Skylar and Astrid’s fates intertwine. They must battle a growing rebellion, their inner demons, and ultimately, those they love most, to determine if together they will save—or doom—their world.✨Have you read this book? #booklover #reading #bookish #fantasybooks #romancebooks by @rae.in_wonderland

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📚𝙷𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚘 𝙱𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝙳𝚛𝚊𝚐𝚘𝚗𝚜📚QOTD: You’re given a magical bookshelf that lets you live inside ONE book for a year. Which book do you choose & why?I’d pick Lord of the Rings because I want second breakfast, cozy holes in hillsides, and an adventure that starts with a knock on the door instead of an email! It’s a Hobbit life for me 💚Book:✨Quicksilver- @calliehartauthor ✨Synopsis✨✨ Do not touch the sword. Do not turn the key. Do not open the gate.Saeris Fane is good at keeping secrets. No one knows about the strange alchemical powers she possesses, or the fact that she has been stealing from the Undying Queen for most of her twenty-four years. But a secret is like a knot. Sooner or later, it’s bound to come undone.When Saeris is caught stealing something she shouldn’t, she inadvertently reopens a dormant gateway between realms and is whisked away to a land of ice and snow. There, she discovers that the Fae—creatures of legend and nightmare—are not only real, but they are caught up in a centuries-long conflict that might just get her killed.After inadvertently binding herself to a secretive and incredibly powerful Fae warrior named Kingfisher, Saeris quickly learns that he will use her secret magic to protect his people, no matter what it costs him… or her.Be careful of the deals you make, dear child. The devil is in the details... ✨Have you read this book? #bookreels #booklover #fantasybooks #reader #romancebooks by @rae.in_wonderland

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📚𝙷𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚘 𝙱𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝙳𝚛𝚊𝚐𝚘𝚗𝚜📚QOTD: What is one fall book release that you are excited for?I cannot wait for The Secrets of Everlight by @julie.hall.author to release October 6, 2026! I have loved every single book. I’ve read by Jewelie and cannot wait to read this new Romantasy! It looks absolutely incredible and the cover is gorgeous!!! I am so honored to be apart of this stunning cover reveal! Book:✨The Secrets of the Everlight- @julie.hall.author ✨Synopsis✨✨ A thief turned spy must unravel an assassination plot against the fae prince by disguising herself as a princess competing for his heart in this entrancing romantasy byUSA Today bestselling author Julie Hall.For nineteen years, Rowan has fought to survive: first on the streets scavenging for scraps, then bound by a decade-long contract to a corrupt master. She longs for freedom but spends her days stealing from the highborn to pay off her servitude.When a mysterious fae buys her contract, Rowan seizes her chance to escape. But her freedom comes at a price: uncover the assassin targeting Prince Dryden of the Ember Kingdom.To do so, she must pose as a princess among the royals competing for the prince’s hand in marriage.Thrust into a world of silks and finery, Rowan has weeks to master her role while hunting a killer hidden in plain sight. Eavesdropping and sneaking through gilded halls may come naturally, but the bonds she forms with the other princesses-and Dryden’s growing interest in her-are complications that threaten to unravel everything.As whispers of danger beyond the kingdom rise, Rowan realizes the stakes are far greater than she imagined. And every stolen glance with the prince pulls her closer to a desire that could cost her not only her future, but the kingdom itself.✨Sound Credit/IB: @ baddiesbookbox from TT💜💚 #booklover #reading #bookish #fantasybooks #romancebooks by @rae.in_wonderland

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