So here for the Riize 🫶

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I know I mentioned this in a comment on another video but I highly recommend you prioritize reading The Red Palace by June Hur! (which I know you already own!) You made it sound so good that I read it and loved it and I have no one else to talk to about it so I would love to hear your thoughts!!

I enjoyed The Wishing Game too! I did want more expansion on the games as well, and I was confused why goodreads says it’s fantasy because I didn’t notice anything magical

JESSE have you read the Starless Sea? It’s one of the only books that completely transported me because of the descriptive and atmospheric writing ❤

For those who don't want to watch the entire video. (From beginning to end) 1:27 A River Enchanted by Rebecca Ross 5:49 Happy Place by Emily Henry 10:00 Yellowface by R. F. Kuang 12:34 The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer 14:19 Before The Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi Honorable mentions 17:49 Untethered Sky by Fonda Lee 18:47 The Montague Twins: The Witch's Hand by Nathan Page 19:24 Summer Ghost by Yoshi Inomi and loundraw

Na this is cheating

I recently read When Among Crows by Veronica Roth and really loved it.

THANK YOU for recommending A River Enchanted, it's also my favourite book so far this year, I loved it! I'm still saving A Fire Endless for a rainy day when I really need a great 5star read <3

Jesse you have to read the Red Palace by June Hur!! You inspired me to pick it up and it absolutely blew me away please please please please read it!! I promise you won't regret it!

The closest in terms of atmosphere to A River Enchanted that I've read is The Scorpio Races. Both have a similar feel in terms of a mystical, Celtic-inspired island steeped in folk lore. The audiobook is one of the best I have ever listened to.

If you love A River Enchanted, you should check out Daughter of the Forest by Juliette Marillier :) The OG forest magic slow burn.

A River Enchanted is on my list to read! I listened to "The Girl Who Feel Beneath the Sea" and it might have similar vibes. Definitely added Summer Ghost to my list.

Who is here after hearing for POTENCIAL solar storm this year 2024?

The fictional tea is spilling!! 😂

My favourite so far this year is Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng

Loved, loved, LOVED Before The Coffee Gets Cold! Read it two years ago and I'm still thinking about it now! (I apologize for the multiple comments 😅)

Haven't read A River Enchanted yet, but I've been dying to! If you're looking for more cozy fantasy, I highly recommend Legends & Lattes and Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree. Also, The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune and The Sun & The Star by Rick Riordan & Mark Oshiro

I love Rebecca Ross’s writing so much 🥹

Love this tag so much!! 🏕

My best books of the year this far: The book that wouldn't burn by Mark Lawrence The women by Kristin Hannah Bright young women by Jessica Knoll

Hot Take: A River Enchanted > Divine Rivals

A River Enchanted and A Fire Endless are my favorite books I’ve read this year!!!! 🫶🏻🥰

I don't know if these are exactly your vibes but "Lasagna Means I Love You" by Kate O'Shaughnessy (girl's grandma passed and she ends up in the foster system, using cooking to cope (I cried so much!)) and "Ella Minnow Pea" by Mark Dunn (a town's monument slowly loses letters, and now those letters are forbidden) are my absolute favorites this year so far! Funnily enough, both are novels written as letters

✨Based on the books that you just talked about… You would love the book “Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop” by Hwang Bo-Reum!!! You actually recommended it to us… And it really was great!✨

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My fave books of the year so far are "Middlegame" by Seanan McGuire (SO. GOOD.), "Parable of the Sower" by Octavia E. Butler (written in 1993 and it's scary how close she got it), "Honey & Spice" by Bolu Babalola (made me realize there ARE romances for me out there), the "Shadow of the Fox" trilogy by Julie Kagawa (it needs an anime), "The Dead Romantics" by Ashley Poston (another romance that's up my alley), and "The Jasad Heir" by Sara Hashem (slow-burn, but definitely enemies-to-lovers done right!).

I’m also one of those readers who loved Before the Coffee Gets Cold. Can’t wait to see if you also love Legends & Lattes. Put coffee in a title or cover, and I’m here for it! ❤☕️

I hate when romance feels forced into a story. Pleaaase just skip it!🥱

You should read "rascal does not dream of Bonnie girl sempai"

A River Enchanted is just wonderful and it's sequel is fantastic.

🤣🤣🤣😏🤭💖💖👏🏻👍🏻 So accurate tho!😊😂

I simply adore a River Enchanted and was tickled pink to see that you loved it, too! I actually ended up somehow loving A Fire Endless even MORE so I can't wait to see what you think of it! 🔥

The audio.... how befitting this is 😂😂

I LOVE A RIVER ENCHANTED