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This photo shows none other than Leonardo di Caprio as Jay Gatsby. In this photo, we can see a smiling Gatsby at one of his grand parties, holding a wine glass with the firecrackers in the background. “I’ve never seen a man so full of hope,” which is how Gatsby was introduced to us in the movie. In this picture, you can see the hope and the happiness though behind this picture, and that smiling face is a bigger picture that isn’t all happy and smiling. The Great Gatsby, the third novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald was published in 1925. This classic about love, lie, and deceit was turned into a movie in 2013 directed by Baz Luhrmann. Set in Jazz Phase New York, the novel is narrated by Nick Carraway, which tells us the tragic story of Jay Gatsby, a self-made millionaire, and his chase of Daisy Buchanan, a wealthy young woman he loved at his young age. Nick was the neighbor of Jay Gatsby on the West Egg. Gatsby was surprisingly a young man who had an English accent, a remarkable smile, and ca

AUTHOR    - Lauren Asher SERIES ORDER AND RATING  The Fine Print - ★★★★  Terms and Conditions - ★★★★★ 3rd Book (TBD) GOODREADS  -  Goodreads ✦ﾟ━━━━━━━・❦・━━━━━━━ﾟ✦ SYNOPSIS ROWAN  I'm in the business of creating fairy tales.  Theme parks. Production companies. Five-star hotels.  Everything could be all mine if I renovated Dreamland.  My initial idea of hiring Zahra was good in theory, but then I kissed her.  Things spiralled out of control once I texted her using an alias.  By the time I realized where I had gone wrong, it was too late.  People like me don't get happy endings.  Not when we're destined to ruin them. ZAHRA After submitting a drunk proposal criticizing Dreamland's most expensive ride, I should have been fired. Instead, Rowan Kane offered me a dream job. The catch? I had to work for the most difficult boss I'd ever met. Rowan was rude and completely off-limits, but my heart didn't care. At least not until I discovered his secret. It was time to teach

AUTHOR   -  RuNyx   GENRE  -  Thriller, Mafia, Mystery, Dark, Romance.  ORDER OF THE SERIES  The Predator  The Reaper  The Emperor  The Finisher The Annihilator  TRIGGER WARNINGS   -  Violence, Sexual Assault, Kidnapping, Blood and Gore, Mention of Flesh Trade / Human Trafficking, Mental Trauma (There are many more content/trigger warnings for this book because it is a really dark book and IT'S NOT FOR EVERYONE.) OVERALL SERIES RATINGS  -  ★★★★ ★ GOODREADS   -  Dark Verse ✦ﾟ━━━━━━━・❦・━━━━━━━ﾟ✦ SYNOPSIS  𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗼𝗯𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗶𝘅𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻? She lives in the shadows. He rules them. She's the moon, and he the dark night encompassing her. She's surrounded by demons, and he's the biggest devil of them all. And she's his. Passion, obsession, possesion. Theirs is a tale of danger, deviance, dread, desires, and the darkest flavors of love. 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗼𝗿

Title   - Snow White Author  - Alice Callisto, Jeanette Rose Trope(s)     Dual POV Sapphic Romance Snow White Re-telling  Overall Ratings  -  ☆☆☆.5   ✦ﾟ━━━━━━━・❦・━━━━━━━ﾟ✦ SYNOPSIS   The Evil Queen in the Making… From the time she was a child, Azura was consumed with the need to consolidate power. Unlike those born as Vessels for Elemental spirits, Azura is forced to practice Dark Magic, her powers fueled by the remains of supernatural creatures. But the remains are finite, the Mystical woods not replenishing in the speed she requires, in order to fuel the dark spells she needs, she will need to marry into a Royal Bloodline. A Royal bloodline which drips with Elemental Power, which produces not just one Vessel, but two. The crown of Lithelle is hers for the taking, finally about to become the evil queen she was born to be. Her touch makes you shiver… Born as the Vessel of the Ice Elemental, Snow White has always been kept apart from those around her. When her father announces he intend

Title   -  The Starburst Effect Author   - Kelly Oram Genre(s)   -  Romance Publishing Date  - June 20th  Trope(s)    Disability Rep (Aphasia or Language Disorder / Brain Damage) Slow-burn Enemies to Lovers  Kind of Forced Proximity Overall Ratings  -   ☆☆☆☆ ☆ ✦ﾟ━━━━━━━・❦・━━━━━━━ﾟ✦ SYNOPSIS Lily Rosemont lives next door to the biggest jerk in high school. Noah Trask has bullied Lily for years, and now he’s ruined her senior year by making her a target and turning the whole school against her. On top of that, her parents are getting divorced, and her world is falling apart around her. After an accident on the football field leaves Noah with a traumatic brain injury, shattering his life as he knew it and leaving him with a whole heap of new disabilities, he’s no longer at the top of the high school food chain. In fact, he’s right down at the bottom with Lily. In a cruel twist of fate, if Noah wants to graduate high school on time, he needs Lily’s help to complete a project—a book he want

Title   - The Book of Azrael Author  - Amber Nicole Genre(s)    - Fantasy, Romance Trope(s)     Villain FMC One Bed trope Enemies to Lovers  Slow-burn  Forced Proximity  Overall Ratings  -  ☆☆☆☆ ✦ﾟ━━━━━━━・❦・━━━━━━━ﾟ✦ SYNOPSIS World Ender meets Ender of Worlds... A thousand years ago, Dianna gave up her life in the deserts of Erioa to save her dying sister. She called upon anyone who would listen, not expecting a monster far worse than any nightmare to answer. Now she does what Kaden asks, even if that means securing an ancient relic from the very creatures that hunt her.  A King thought long dead and long forgotten. In the old world his name was Samkiel. In the new world it is Liam, but one title remains true throughout time. He is the World Ender, a myth to his enemies, a savior and King to those loyal to him. After the Gods War, he locked himself away, hiding from the world. He denied his crown and responsibilities, leaving the very ones who needed him most to deal with the fallout o

Title  - My Mechanical Romance  Author  - Alexene Farol Follmuth Genre(s)   - Romance Trope(s)   - Academic Rivals to friends to lovers, Diversity, Women in STEM, POC  Release Date   - 31st May 2022 Overall Ratings  - ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐  ✦ﾟ━━━━━━━・❦・━━━━━━━ﾟ✦ SYNOPSIS Nerds are so hot. Especially battle robot building nerds. Bel would rather die than think about the future. College apps? You’re funny. Extracurriculars? Not a chance. But when she accidentally reveals a talent for engineering at school, she’s basically forced into joining the robotics club. Even worse? All the boys ignore Bel—and Neelam, the only other girl on the team, doesn't seem to like her either. Enter Mateo Luna, captain of the club, who recognizes Bel as a potential asset—until they start butting heads. Bel doesn’t care about Nationals, while Teo cares too much. But as the nights of after-school work grow longer and longer, Bel and Teo realize they've built more than just a combat-ready robot for the championship: the

AUTHOR   -  RuNyx ORDER OF THE SERIES  The Predator  The Reaper  The Emperor  The Finisher The Annihilator (To be out on June 21st)  GENRE - Thriller, Mafia, Mystery, Dark, Romance.  TROPES  - Found Family, Bad Girl/Bad Boy, Childhood Friends to Lovers. TRIGGER WARNINGS - Violence, Sexual Assault, Kidnapping, Blood and Gore, Mention of Flesh Trade / Human Trafficking, Mental Trauma (Please check out the detail Triggers List at the start of each book. Mafia is not for everyone. Please research thoroughly before starting. ) OVERALL SERIES RATINGS - ★★★★.5  GOODREADS   -  Dark Verse ✦ﾟ━━━━━━━・❦・━━━━━━━ﾟ✦ SYNOPSIS  What happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object in the field of death? In the dark underbelly of the mob, Tristan Caine has been an anomaly. As the only non-blooded member in the high circle of the Tenebrae Outfit, he is an enigma to all - his skills unparalleled, his morality questionable, and his motives unknown. He is lethal, and he knows it. As does Mora

Title  - Twisted Hate Series   - Twisted  series Author  - Ana Huang Genre(s)   - Romance Trope(s)   - Enemies to Lovers, One Bed Trope, Enemies with Benefits, Forced Proximity, Best Friend's Brother, Interracial couple Trigger Warnings  - Abusive Parents, Death of Parent, Death of a minor (small scene), sexual harassment, stalking Release Date   - 27th January 2022 Overall Ratings  - ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐  ✦ﾟ━━━━━━━・❦・━━━━━━━ﾟ✦ SYNOPSIS He hates her...almost as much as he wants her. Gorgeous, cocky, and fast on his way to becoming a hotshot doctor, Josh Chen has never met a woman he couldn't charm—except for Jules f**king Ambrose. The beautiful redhead has been a thorn in his side since they met, but she also consumes his thoughts in a way no woman ever has. When their animosity explodes into one unforgettable night, he proposes a solution that'll get her out of his system once and for all: an enemies with benefits arrangement with simple rules. No jealousy. No strings attached. And absol