I loveeee romance in books but im not the biggest fan of spice cause my hot take is I feel like sometimes (not always) authors use spice as a crutch instead of developing the relationship in other ways. I feel like not having spice forces authors to find creative ways to up the tension (and i LOVE tension between couples hehe) so thanks for the recs! :D I gotta check out those slow burn holy grails
Yessss im sooo with you on thisss! Thats why im OBSESSED with The Timekeeper's Secret - Timeless Fate series! You should totally check it out! Its slow burn enemies to lovers and its like enemies to lovers done right! So good! Its dark academia, mystery, time travel and has crazy plot twists! All im gonna say is, welcome to your new obsession!
gave me the motivation to finish the gilded wolves trilogy 😭😭 i loved the first 2 and the slowburn between our engineer and historian had me fangirling just now. Also, you're an absolute icon for rewatching matt and clara's episodes of doctor who. I've watched it way too many times and adore that compilation of them 🥹🫶🏾🫶🏾
Had you read The Timekeeper's Secret - Timeless Fate series? Its a slow burn between enemies to lovers and its enemies to lovers actually done so well!
I ADORE no spice romances! ty for suggesting the letters to the lost book in the last one cuz omgosh I could not put it down. For the sake of you giving recs to others, I won't gatekeep mine: first of all, there's so many, but here are a few: - 100 days of sunlight by Abbie Emmons -The fifth wave by Rick Yancey (There's one scene in the 2nd book I think) - Better than the movies by Lynn Painter (Obviously)
I don't know you personally, but I love you. I've kinda lost my love for reading, because of how often I try to read a fluffy book and there's spice in it- it just throws my mood off. Thank you for making a part 2! All of these were added to my immediate TBR.
OMG! I loooove middle grade and still read it as a 20 yr old and no one ever knows what I'm talking about 😭 but its okay bc if these hit the mainstream i think it would hurt my heart. I also read the serafina series!! and I'm reading the companion series now. I kinda loved how dark middle grade got sometimes bc it felt like the authors respected out little hearts and didn't baby us lol I'd like to contribute an underrated MG series too, its called the blackthorne key series by Kevin sands and it has that slow burn romance that flowers from a tight knit friend trio.. and ahh it was dark and mysterious and medieval and so much fun bc puzzles!!
YES YES YES I WAS SOOOO HOPING CG DREWS books would make it into your list!! After you listed them in your 2023 reads, I had to read them and I fell in love so hard that I still think about them to this day (also I cried buckets but we don't need to talk about that). Genuinely your recommendation to read her books made me trust you 100% so now my entire TBR is just any recs you make lol.
I'm usually so hard into gatekeeping my favourite books, movies or songs but watching this video and also the comments this feels like such a me community- like the no spice, slow burn, character depth, touching books? We all crave those. So I'm resisting the urge to gatekeep this time! Here are a few of my MOST FAVOURITE BOOKS EVER - Unwind duology, Angelfall, delirium. These all are dystopian/sci fi/ hint of fantasy? I love these SO MUCH. One more - this is contemporary??? ORBITING JUPITER. Get your tissues ready 😭
You shouldn’t gatekeep, Sunny. You need to prop these up, so that they become popular and they make more 🧉🦄 Spicy Romance novels are popular because many readers talk about them 🌶️🌶️🌶️
GIRL. I JUST READ LEGEND AND CRIED. ITS SOOOO GOOD. I READ IT CUZ YOU RECOMMENDED IT. YOU HAVE NEVER DISAPPOINTED ME. anyway on topic, im also a no spice girlie
I’m so glad that you recommended Lockwood and co! It’s honestly one of my favourite book series and def doesn’t get enough hype! I will actually never get over the betrayal of Netflix not renewing the series 😭
I wasn't into reading when I was younger but now in my 20s, watching your videos and reading your recommendations have got me to the point where I can't go a day without reading! RIP to my sleep schedule 😆
salt to the sea is SOOOO GOOD!! i literally read it in a day!! all of ruta sepetys books are amazing. fountains of silence and i must betray you also have some no spice romance subplots!
I read a book about a week that I CANT stop thinking about and I think it is going to be my newest holy grail it’s called Hope this doesn’t find you Academic rivals she falls first but he falls harder and I want everyone to read it!!!
I used to follow C.G. Drews and her sister when they had a blog together years ago. Then her sister studied at the same music school as my sister at uni and I used to see her at campus a lot. I love C.G. Drews heaps!!!!
ive added SOOO much books into my tbr list, im like SO GRATEFUL for this whole video THANK YOU. this felt like a big sister giving me life advice- 😭 also thank you for giving us your gate kept books 😭🙏
YES to the False Prince 😭😭😭 the entire series is fire also if you haven't read Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale yet YOU'RE IN LUCK it's low fantasy + romance told through journal entries by the maid fmc who serves a princess imprisoned by the princess's father... and a prince gets involved 👀👀 trust me it is absolutely SO GOOD + special shoutout to Jessica Day George's "The Princesses of Westfalin" romantasy series - they're retellings of the Twelve Dancing Princesses and so forth (different for each book) that includes a lot of magic and, well, knitting. Where else will you find a male lead that knits 😭😭
THE TIMEKEEPER'S SECRET - TIMELESS FATE SERIES NEEDS TO BE ON THIS LIST! if you havent read it yet, its dark academia, time travel, enemies to lovers, mystery and has crazy plot twists! Im obsessed! Youd love it!
! The fact that we have the same book taste is crazy because I’ve read most of the books you mentioned and love them!! So I’m convinced we are sisters ha ha!
I LOVE The False Prince! I have recently read the first book and it was Amazing! As for books that I love there is a series called the rangers apprentice that I don’t think many people know about but I Love it. So it is basically about a orphan named Will who dreams of becoming a knight but has always been teased that he is not good enough, and when none of the craft masters are willing to take him as their apprentice the mysterious and feared Ranger Halt offers to take him as an apprentice due to his natural skills to hide in the shadows and see without being seen. Some of the tropes in this 12 book series are Slow-burn romance (as characters get older) Childhood friends to lovers Sunshine student and grouchy mentor (not a romance) And last but definitely not least (sorry for the long comment) is Keeper of the lost cities it is one of my all time favourites. So it’s about a girl named Sophie who has been able to hear people’s thoughts since she was six, and then one day she meets a boy just like her and he tells her that she is an elf (more LOTR elf’s then Christmas elf) and she also finds out there are secrets planted in her brain that even she doesn’t know about and there are people willing to kill for those secrets. So as for tropes Love triangle (between main girl and two bffs) Popular boy with bad home life who is overconfident and sassy also loves teasing Quite girl and nerdy bff
You made me watch Lockwood & Co. and im kind of upset because I never would have mourned the loss of its never being renewed if you never recommended it 😣💔no regrets tho!!
I HAVE LITERALLY BEEN SCOURING THE INTERNET DAY AND NIGHT TO FIND ADULT ROMANCE WITH NO SPICE THANK U SO MCUH i finally have something to recommend to my mum omg
Saving this so I can read some later. Love your recs! Your historical fic recs are so good! Read all of them except for Jane Austen. Also any Ruta Septys books, she’s amazing! Thanks for sharing your most gate keeped books!
About cg drews I follow their insta (haven’t read any of their books but really want to) and I think the sequels to the boy who steals houses are on their patreon also they’re putting out a like botanical horror book this fall so i guess they changed vibes a bit
The False Prince!!!! I was obsessed with that trilogy in early highschool. I have vivid memories of reading the first book in a single day the first time I read it
Oh my goodness the glad you exist trilogy by Kaye Rockwell is such a great ya -new adult read ,it follows a very sweet and loving friendship group in high school to college , has great anxiety and depression rep and Filipino rep . The first two books are no spice but I think that last book has a little spice 💗happy reading
Sunny, I think you would really enjoy "A Tempest of Tea" by Hafsah Faizal purely because of the slow burn romance (except it's a love triangle and I was screaming crying throwing up because she kept choosing the guy that I hated but the other guy is just *chef's kiss*). It's a heist story and the plot was questionable but that romance was something else. And if anyone ends up reading it please know there is a bonus chapter that I would actually die for soo...
PLEEEEEASE MOOOOOOORE NO SPICE RECOMMENDATIONS!!!!! Especially for romance! I’ll take closed door romance as well. Pleaseeeee, can anyone recommend books??
another middle grade in case you want one: Ivy Aberdeens Letter to the World it is a BANGER i sobbed and it has a little romance-y kinda vibe it’s so good. AND ITS QUEER ugh i’m obsessed with it
Yes the Gilded Wolves! One of my favorite book series ever! The Diviners is good too but it's kind of spicy for YA. I'd recommend Counting Down With You (the best YA romance I've ever read, fake dating, shy smart girl "tough" guy) and The Unwanteds (middle grade fantasy series with slowburn, it sounds like a lot of the middle grade Sunny recommended)
Thank you so much for the video! I always love finding new no spice authors ❤. One I actually found recently is Sariah Wilson. Her books are amazing! I’d recommend The Seat Filler, The Paid Bridesmaid, The Roommaid, or Hollywood Jinx to start. They are fun and flirty romances that will make you giggle and kick your feet!
No because they way I just watched your other No spice video, and was looking for some more to watch...Girl you are literally awesome. Side note I love your channel so much, I just binged some of your videos!
These recs were totally amazing...i love Closed doors......and when i saw Eleanor oliphant is completely fine, i had this urge to ask you can you recommend me a good book with female lead named Alina or Elena but should be closed door 😊
A book about a fe engineer ❤❤ I need that because in books and TH-cam all the content and vlogs is mostly fashion designers and doctors and all that and I really want to be an engineer. BOOK REC: the school for food and evil Literally Favourite FANTASY retelling AFTER LUNAR CHRONICLES. Fantasy rce subplot and all Ur favourite fairytale heroes and villains.
THANK YOU SO MUCH for these recommendations! I'm a 14yo and really like romance books, but don't want to read spice and almost every romance book now days has spice in it, but you really saved me. And again tysm🩷🩷🩷
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girl never stop recommending no spice books!! YOU ARE A LIFE SAVER FOR GIVING OUT THESE RECS!!
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You really need to read The Timekeeper's Secret - Timeless Fate series! Its sooo gooood!
Living the no spice truth!!
AND YESSS, Lockwood and Co is my fav❤
Yesss
I loveeee romance in books but im not the biggest fan of spice cause my hot take is I feel like sometimes (not always) authors use spice as a crutch instead of developing the relationship in other ways. I feel like not having spice forces authors to find creative ways to up the tension (and i LOVE tension between couples hehe) so thanks for the recs! :D I gotta check out those slow burn holy grails
Yessss im sooo with you on thisss! Thats why im OBSESSED with The Timekeeper's Secret - Timeless Fate series! You should totally check it out! Its slow burn enemies to lovers and its like enemies to lovers done right! So good! Its dark academia, mystery, time travel and has crazy plot twists! All im gonna say is, welcome to your new obsession!
@@RileyH1999 yessss, I was just going to recommend The Timekeeper's Secret by iLana Markarov!!! It's the best book out there!!!
You have got to read The Timekeeper's Secret by iLana Markarov, it's the perfect book!
gave me the motivation to finish the gilded wolves trilogy 😭😭 i loved the first 2 and the slowburn between our engineer and historian had me fangirling just now. Also, you're an absolute icon for rewatching matt and clara's episodes of doctor who. I've watched it way too many times and adore that compilation of them 🥹🫶🏾🫶🏾
Had you read The Timekeeper's Secret - Timeless Fate series? Its a slow burn between enemies to lovers and its enemies to lovers actually done so well!
I ADORE no spice romances! ty for suggesting the letters to the lost book in the last one cuz omgosh I could not put it down.
For the sake of you giving recs to others, I won't gatekeep mine:
first of all, there's so many, but here are a few:
- 100 days of sunlight by Abbie Emmons
-The fifth wave by Rick Yancey (There's one scene in the 2nd book I think)
- Better than the movies by Lynn Painter (Obviously)
I don't know you personally, but I love you. I've kinda lost my love for reading, because of how often I try to read a fluffy book and there's spice in it- it just throws my mood off. Thank you for making a part 2! All of these were added to my immediate TBR.
OMG! I loooove middle grade and still read it as a 20 yr old and no one ever knows what I'm talking about 😭 but its okay bc if these hit the mainstream i think it would hurt my heart. I also read the serafina series!! and I'm reading the companion series now. I kinda loved how dark middle grade got sometimes bc it felt like the authors respected out little hearts and didn't baby us lol I'd like to contribute an underrated MG series too, its called the blackthorne key series by Kevin sands and it has that slow burn romance that flowers from a tight knit friend trio.. and ahh it was dark and mysterious and medieval and so much fun bc puzzles!!
OOOO
YES YES YES I WAS SOOOO HOPING CG DREWS books would make it into your list!! After you listed them in your 2023 reads, I had to read them and I fell in love so hard that I still think about them to this day (also I cried buckets but we don't need to talk about that). Genuinely your recommendation to read her books made me trust you 100% so now my entire TBR is just any recs you make lol.
Omg I just finished the whole renegades series and I genuinely can’t bring myself to read another book because they were so good 😭
I'm usually so hard into gatekeeping my favourite books, movies or songs but watching this video and also the comments this feels like such a me community- like the no spice, slow burn, character depth, touching books? We all crave those. So I'm resisting the urge to gatekeep this time!
Here are a few of my MOST FAVOURITE BOOKS EVER -
Unwind duology, Angelfall, delirium. These all are dystopian/sci fi/ hint of fantasy? I love these SO MUCH.
One more - this is contemporary??? ORBITING JUPITER. Get your tissues ready 😭
Stop everything Sunny has posted 🎉
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I lit have a note list with all your no-spice romance book recs and have been going thru them. LOVE THEM
AWWH
You shouldn’t gatekeep, Sunny. You need to prop these up, so that they become popular and they make more 🧉🦄
Spicy Romance novels are popular because many readers talk about them 🌶️🌶️🌶️
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sunny sundays here we go!!
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Urge to breast feed caught me so off gaurd HAHAHAHAH 💀😭
GIRL. I JUST READ LEGEND AND CRIED. ITS SOOOO GOOD. I READ IT CUZ YOU RECOMMENDED IT. YOU HAVE NEVER DISAPPOINTED ME. anyway on topic, im also a no spice girlie
USSUDUS
No bc I'm actually in love with how you separate them into different categories
Love u
Books by Rūta Šepetys are SLEPT ON.
I’m so glad that you recommended Lockwood and co! It’s honestly one of my favourite book series and def doesn’t get enough hype! I will actually never get over the betrayal of Netflix not renewing the series 😭
Hi! I'm a no spice audiobook narrator, and your recommendations are spot on! Thanks for your content!
I wasn't into reading when I was younger but now in my 20s, watching your videos and reading your recommendations have got me to the point where I can't go a day without reading! RIP to my sleep schedule 😆
Wow! What an amazing list! And I haven’t heard of most of these so I’m so excited to check them out!!! Thank you so much!! 💕
salt to the sea is SOOOO GOOD!! i literally read it in a day!! all of ruta sepetys books are amazing. fountains of silence and i must betray you also have some no spice romance subplots!
Yesss The false prince is my favorite book series everrr
i am and will always remain a percabeth girly at my core 🤍
thanks for all the recs! youre so good at making me want to read these books
I'm so glad!
I read a book about a week that I CANT stop thinking about and I think it is going to be my newest holy grail it’s called Hope this doesn’t find you
Academic rivals she falls first but he falls harder and I want everyone to read it!!!
WE NEED A PT.3 🗣️
Omgosh, we are the complete opisite, I love telling people about my favorite book. (Also, the comment about breastfeeding😂😂😂) ❤❤❤
AUSHDHA
I used to follow C.G. Drews and her sister when they had a blog together years ago. Then her sister studied at the same music school as my sister at uni and I used to see her at campus a lot. I love C.G. Drews heaps!!!!
NO WAY
ive added SOOO much books into my tbr list, im like SO GRATEFUL for this whole video THANK YOU. this felt like a big sister giving me life advice- 😭
also thank you for giving us your gate kept books 😭🙏
Immediately clicked on this after the last no spice book rec video! Thank YOU!!!
ty queen!! and so real on julie and the phantoms . the way I sobbed when I foundout. like why do they do this to the best shows 😭😭😭😭
Aisidjsjshs
YES to the False Prince 😭😭😭 the entire series is fire
also if you haven't read Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale yet YOU'RE IN LUCK
it's low fantasy + romance told through journal entries by the maid fmc who serves a princess imprisoned by the princess's father... and a prince gets involved 👀👀 trust me it is absolutely SO GOOD
+ special shoutout to Jessica Day George's "The Princesses of Westfalin" romantasy series - they're retellings of the Twelve Dancing Princesses and so forth (different for each book) that includes a lot of magic and, well, knitting. Where else will you find a male lead that knits 😭😭
THE TIMEKEEPER'S SECRET - TIMELESS FATE SERIES NEEDS TO BE ON THIS LIST! if you havent read it yet, its dark academia, time travel, enemies to lovers, mystery and has crazy plot twists! Im obsessed! Youd love it!
! The fact that we have the same book taste is crazy because I’ve read most of the books you mentioned and love them!! So I’m convinced we are sisters ha ha!
we are one
Identical twins
I LOVE The False Prince! I have recently read the first book and it was Amazing!
As for books that I love there is a series called the rangers apprentice that I don’t think many people know about but I Love it.
So it is basically about a orphan named Will who dreams of becoming a knight but has always been teased that he is not good enough, and when none of the craft masters are willing to take him as their apprentice the mysterious and feared Ranger Halt offers to take him as an apprentice due to his natural skills to hide in the shadows and see without being seen.
Some of the tropes in this 12 book series are
Slow-burn romance (as characters get older)
Childhood friends to lovers
Sunshine student and grouchy mentor (not a romance)
And last but definitely not least (sorry for the long comment) is Keeper of the lost cities it is one of my all time favourites.
So it’s about a girl named Sophie who has been able to hear people’s thoughts since she was six, and then one day she meets a boy just like her and he tells her that she is an elf (more LOTR elf’s then Christmas elf) and she also finds out there are secrets planted in her brain that even she doesn’t know about and there are people willing to kill for those secrets.
So as for tropes
Love triangle (between main girl and two bffs)
Popular boy with bad home life who is overconfident and sassy also loves teasing
Quite girl and nerdy bff
Pretty sure the sequels to the boy who steals houses are only available on the author’s patreon
NOOOOOOO
You made me watch Lockwood & Co. and im kind of upset because I never would have mourned the loss of its never being renewed if you never recommended it 😣💔no regrets tho!!
AUDHSHHXS
have you done a slow burn book recs video?? PLEASE DO, it’s my favorite trope!!
Yes I do!
exciting news sunny: c.g. drews has a new book coming out this year! idk if its related to their previous though
I neeed the Gilded Wolves in my life.
Also I forgot about my love for historical fiction romance. Gotta get back on that.
Yesss
I HAVE LITERALLY BEEN SCOURING THE INTERNET DAY AND NIGHT TO FIND ADULT ROMANCE WITH NO SPICE THANK U SO MCUH i finally have something to recommend to my mum omg
FINALLYYYY, BEEN LOOKING FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS
Saving this so I can read some later. Love your recs! Your historical fic recs are so good! Read all of them except for Jane Austen. Also any Ruta Septys books, she’s amazing! Thanks for sharing your most gate keeped books!
Yay, thank you!
About cg drews I follow their insta (haven’t read any of their books but really want to) and I think the sequels to the boy who steals houses are on their patreon also they’re putting out a like botanical horror book this fall so i guess they changed vibes a bit
USSUSUS
Aw yay, bestie Sunny has posted again (: I’m sending you love! I hope your traveling journey is going well❤
Thank you!!
@@sunnykimreads Aw of course love, it’s true!!💜
SALT TO THE SEA IS MY FAV BOOK OF ALL TIME ❤️❤️❤️
YES
THANK UUUUU!!!!! I’m always looking for these types of books and your last video like this gave me so recommendations! Keep it up love your videos!!!!
You're so welcome!
The False Prince!!!!
I was obsessed with that trilogy in early highschool. I have vivid memories of reading the first book in a single day the first time I read it
Oh my goodness the glad you exist trilogy by Kaye Rockwell is such a great ya -new adult read ,it follows a very sweet and loving friendship group in high school to college , has great anxiety and depression rep and Filipino rep . The first two books are no spice but I think that last book has a little spice 💗happy reading
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love love LOVE this video
Glad you liked it!!
AHHH your rec videos have been soooo good. I read letters to the lost after your other no-spice video and it is now my favourite book EVER 🩷🩷
I'm so glad!
Sunny, I think you would really enjoy "A Tempest of Tea" by Hafsah Faizal purely because of the slow burn romance (except it's a love triangle and I was screaming crying throwing up because she kept choosing the guy that I hated but the other guy is just *chef's kiss*). It's a heist story and the plot was questionable but that romance was something else. And if anyone ends up reading it please know there is a bonus chapter that I would actually die for soo...
OH
❤❤❤❤❤ always love it when sunny posted
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PLEEEEEASE MOOOOOOORE NO SPICE RECOMMENDATIONS!!!!! Especially for romance! I’ll take closed door romance as well. Pleaseeeee, can anyone recommend books??
I just saw ur channel recently but lovvve ur videos 🌸
another middle grade in case you want one: Ivy Aberdeens Letter to the World
it is a BANGER i sobbed and it has a little romance-y kinda vibe it’s so good. AND ITS QUEER ugh i’m obsessed with it
Stopp you are incredible and I love these recs!!
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Yes the Gilded Wolves! One of my favorite book series ever! The Diviners is good too but it's kind of spicy for YA. I'd recommend Counting Down With You (the best YA romance I've ever read, fake dating, shy smart girl "tough" guy) and The Unwanteds (middle grade fantasy series with slowburn, it sounds like a lot of the middle grade Sunny recommended)
I’ve read all but 6!!!
We are one
If you love historical fiction you must read books by Kate Quinn!!
You should read Rose Code first😉
Sunny please read the book Counted with the stars it’s a slowburn where you only get crumbs of them and it has no spice 😘
Thank you so much for the video! I always love finding new no spice authors ❤. One I actually found recently is Sariah Wilson. Her books are amazing! I’d recommend The Seat Filler, The Paid Bridesmaid, The Roommaid, or Hollywood Jinx to start. They are fun and flirty romances that will make you giggle and kick your feet!
THANK U SO MUCH I love these videos
you should read MISTBORN!
This is all we ever need!!!!🫶🏻
No because they way I just watched your other No spice video, and was looking for some more to watch...Girl you are literally awesome. Side note I love your channel so much, I just binged some of your videos!
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i was literally just searching for no spice fantasy books 😭🫶🏾
I am here
Just what I needed
These recs were totally amazing...i love Closed doors......and when i saw Eleanor oliphant is completely fine, i had this urge to ask you can you recommend me a good book with female lead named Alina or Elena but should be closed door 😊
Yesssss these videos. ❤❤❤
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YOU ARE THE BESTTT
did somebody make a list of book recs?? I am too lazy for it😭😭😭
Ive heard sarah adams is really good for no spice!!
Me too!!
A book about a fe engineer ❤❤ I need that because in books and TH-cam all the content and vlogs is mostly fashion designers and doctors and all that and I really want to be an engineer.
BOOK REC: the school for food and evil Literally Favourite FANTASY retelling AFTER LUNAR CHRONICLES. Fantasy rce subplot and all Ur favourite fairytale heroes and villains.
Love you!❤
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Have you read The Timekeeper's Secret by iLana Markarov? Its Amazing! Best proper romance thriller!!!
5:20 REALLLLLL
When I tell you , Julie and the phantoms had SO much potential ugh 🥹😓
iSJSJDJAU
random question but should I read the shadow and bone trilogy before six of crows or is it ok to skip it
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@@sunnykimreads okk tysm
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2:57 i feel like i put it on 2x speed she talks fast 😭😭
First. 😚😚🫶🫶
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Sunny you always have the best book recs 🫶🏼🫶🏼
AWWH thank u
and OMG Sunny - the second book of the boy who steals houses (the kings of nowhere) IS available online but as a pdf doc 😍🥹
WHERE
@sunnykimreads ermmm dont wanna expose anything so lemme put a 'secret code' 😂 it's Anna's A 🤫
THANK YOU SO MUCH for these recommendations! I'm a 14yo and really like romance books, but don't want to read spice and almost every romance book now days has spice in it, but you really saved me. And again tysm🩷🩷🩷