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1000/10 Recommend The Arcanaeum Series!!

OH MY GOD!!l Why did no one force me to read {The Arcanaeum by Marie Mistry} sooner?! I am absolutely FLYING after this series! I need to gush about it because it has become one of my top 5 RH of all time.

The basic premise: The FMC, Kyrith, was murdered centuries ago and has spent the last 500 years as the ghost Librarian of the Arcanaeum, which is a huge magical library. Six MMCs come into her life, and everything starts unraveling from there. The setting had this gorgeous dark academia + ethereal curated library vibe. I wanted to live in it.

The plot? SO GOOD! It stayed interesting across all three books & had a lot going on! There was a perfect balance of plot with six love interests, complicated magic, political/family drama, mysteries, reveals & easter eggs, found family, yet it never felt like Marie Mistry lost control of the story.

The magic systems? One of my favorite parts. There are different types of magic, and each character’s abilities felt tied to who they are. I could picture it! Some of the descriptions were so vivid that I had almost visceral reactions to the way some used their magic. It felt realistic & tactile rather than just ✨magic happens✨. It was so cool.

The characters? Ugh I’m so attached to them! I can get lost in the shuffle with six MMCs in other books, but these guys all felt genuinely different to me! Different personalities, relationships with Kyrith, ways of caring for her, baggage & character arcs. Watching this weird group become a family was so sweet. The devotion of these men??? PERFECTION. 😭😭 Also Kyrith herself!! I loved this smart, independent, somewhat grumpy FMC. The Arcanaeum itself also felt like a sassy little character.

The spice? I was honestly GOBSMACKED by how good it was. SO. FUCKING. HOT. 🥵 Each MMC brought a different dynamic (Dom/Sub/Switch with kinky KINKS). Scenes never felt repetitive or like we were just checking another person off the list. The emotional build-up was amazing. There was excellent slow burn for one character in particular. The last spice scene in book three was…. MA’AM 🤭🙈 😩🙏

I have no notes. The writing was master-level. This was my first Marie Mistry series and apparently I have been sleeping on her.

10000/10 would recommend! This is me forcing you to GO READ THIS SERIES!! Which Marie Mistry book should I read next?!

u/Only-Box1151 — 11 days ago

Monster Cocktober?

Hello friends! Every October I try to get real spooky with it by falling headfirst into some monster loving!

All recs where the MMC’s or FMC is a monster, has different monster bits (if you know what I mean), or the story is heavily gothic and has monstrous themes count.

Everything goes in this recommendation category. MM, OV, MMFOVABC!

Only small caveat is no Layla Fae. It pains me because I loved her Jaga and the Devil Series and Prize for the King would be perfect for this, but she is a known out and proud AI user.

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u/ehv8ion — 10 days ago

can we talk about the hydration hypocrisy between mmcs and the fmcs please lol

all these MMCs having the absolute audacity to insist their fmc drink more water when they’re over here with Baywatch abs. like excuse me sir maybe YOU should be drinking that bottle of water because as ✨aesthetic✨ as a six or eight pack may be that’s just pure dehydration my guy!!

not so patiently waiting for the day i finally come across a fmc that will call these guys out because oh my god

(i know it’s not that serious, i just keep seeing this trope and i can’t help but laugh and roll my eyes every single time it comes up. this is a very lighthearted rant and I don’t intend to hate on any author that uses this trope or enjoys describing abs it’s all in good fun 💜)

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u/Ill-Bike112 — 10 days ago

What’s going on with RARE 2027??

I’ve seen numerous authors post that they’re pulling out of RARE 2027 in London. It’s been alluded to that bad “behavior and language” but no additional details were given…

Anyone in the know??!!

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u/JustSaying1981 — 10 days ago

Ironside Academy: why isn't she furious? [books 1-3]

I'm in the middle of book three and I am furious because I don't understand why the FMC isn't furious.

These guys have been lying to her since book one. >!Then they hid the bonds from her, so that she didn't know who her mate is. They even briefly contemplate killing her to get rid of the bond. Even once she finds out that they're her mates, they're still keeping secrets from her. I kept expecting her to call them out for hiding the bonds from her, while she's getting sick the whole time, but nope, never happens. !<

>!She's outright suffering from being half-bonded. All the guys are acting as if she can just live like that for the rest of her life. Meanwhile, she keeps saying she doesn't want to bond with them, for hand-wavy r-e-a-s-o-n-s that don't make any sense. !<

>!Now, I just read a dub-con scene in which two of the guys rough her up in a closet, and she has to apologize to them because she ran away and therefore denied them their right to give her aftercare. !<I know that she's a Sigma and that her whole personality is doormat, but the apology scene is just next level victim blaming. What the fuckity fuck fuck fuck.

I have a feeling I'm not going to like any of this Stone Dahlia shit that's being introduced either....

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u/ghostbored — 10 days ago
▲ 7 r/ReverseHarem+2 crossposts

Dark romance omegaverse but with kidnapping 🤭

I don’t really have anything to go off of with this idea but I want a really sweet innocent omega that is kidnapped by a pack of obsessed men, they don’t necessarily have to be brutal about it but they need to be insistent on needing/wanting her but if you have any brutal recs I’ll take whatever I can get + I’m not picky so rec whatever you think is similar to this idea.

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u/Maleficent_Appeal592 — 11 days ago