Loved itI love them. These are YA, but I would say they're definitely upper YA in my opinion and one of the few books I've read in recent years that properly has Yearning. Bring back Yearning.
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Belladonna (2022)
Others: Overwhelmingly positive Nineteen-year-old orphan Signa Farrow confronts Death – and her own deathly powers – when she investigates the mysterious murder of a relative at the Thorn Grove estate.
- ISBN:
- 9780316158237
- Length:
- 400 pages
Genres: fantasy, romance, mystery, thriller, young adult
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Loved itI read books one and two recently and I did really like them... very Gothic very atmospheric.
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Loved itthe mystery is really great it's very dark it's very brooding the chemistry between Signa and death and another person another man on the scene is really great and oh there's so many twists and turns in this I absolutely adored it
Loved itI actually genuinely enjoyed that romance in belladon because I think the author adelyn Grace really used the immortal Shadow Daddy's Trope and the huge age Gap to actually add something to the story
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Loved itI read belladon recently and honestly found it to be quite entertaining and fun and just in general like a low stakes but viby fall read
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