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Kayla T @kaylabobayla.bsky.social · 12h

Ep6 of ✨Judging a Book By Its Cover✨ where I tell you if the beauty of the exterior matches the quality of the story within!

Fall I Want by Lyra Parish 🍁

Ans: V cutesy cover, and it’s Hallmark turned SPICY🌶️ Lots of cute lovely scenes but a few times the “good” billionaire MMC gave me the ick

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Kayla T @kaylabobayla.bsky.social · 16h

This was also my first Ali Hazelwood!! I’m picking mine up on Fri! 😍🐺

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Kayla T @kaylabobayla.bsky.social · 1d

Holy crap!! I don’t know how I got so lucky, but I just received an early copy of Cry, Voidbringer by @artofelaineho.bsky.social !!!
🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 It was a beautiful tough read for all the right reasons 💙📚

Shout out also to @michaellaborn.bsky.social 🫶

5⭐️ review here:
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Hand holding copy of book Cry Voidbringer by Elaine Ho

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Kayla T @kaylabobayla.bsky.social · 6d

So actually, not A LOT. But it felt like more 5⭐️ than usual in a month? And also I’ve learned I’m bad at judging a book stack at a glance 🤣

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Kayla T @kaylabobayla.bsky.social · 6d

You’re right, that’s missing!! Full disclosure, what I loved was wildly different each:

Crimson Throne (YA, great fae)
The Bewitching (best of the month, spooky prose)
Second Death of Locke (new magic system, childhood friends to lovers)
Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Enemy (a funny Dramoine!!)

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Kayla T @kaylabobayla.bsky.social · 6d

So good! This was my first by the author, but I’ve heard all of her books are good. This had a perfect eerie setting as we head into autumn!

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Kayla T @kaylabobayla.bsky.social · 6d

Agreed!! One of my friends recommended Under the Whispering Door next, so I added to my TBR!

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Kayla T @kaylabobayla.bsky.social · 7d

My September 2025 reading wrap up! 💙📚 🪐📚 A LOT of 5⭐️ this month!

#booksky
#booktok

Hands holding stack of books
Mixed Signals by BK Borison
Somewhere beyond the Sea by TJ Klune
The irresistible urge to fall for your enemy by Brigitte Knightley
The Bewitching by Silvia Moreno Garcia
The second death of Locke by VL Bovalino
The enchanted greenhouse by Sarah Beth Durst
Gild by Raven Kennedy
Foxglove and Wisteria by Adalyn Grace
The perfect marriage and the perfect divorce by Jeneva Rose

Front covers of books
Foxglove and Wisteria by Adalyn Grace
The second death of Locke by VL Bovalino
The irresistible urge to fall for your enemy by Brigitte Knightley
Gild by Raven Kennedy
The enchanted greenhouse by Sarah Beth Durst
Somewhere beyond the Sea by TJ Klune
Crimson throne by Sara Raasch and Beth Revis
Mixed Signals by BK Borison
The Bewitching by Silvia Moreno Garcia
The perfect marriage and the perfect divorce by Jeneva Rose

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Kayla T @kaylabobayla.bsky.social · 7d

Heck yeah!!! Looks great!! ✨🙌

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Kayla T @kaylabobayla.bsky.social · 9d

Oo this is on my TBR! Let me know what you think!! 😍🌙

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Kayla T @kaylabobayla.bsky.social · 9d

YESSS the optimum fall food!!

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Kayla T @kaylabobayla.bsky.social · 10d

Heading to the local Farmers market today! But first, a relaxing reading morning 📚💙

Hubby asked how my “bird book” is going. Now I can’t unsee these character designs 🤣

Hand holding book, Leave Me Behind by K M Moronova

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Daisy Is Decaying 🥀🪦 @yellowlikedaisy.bsky.social · 20d

period.

#booksky #bookish #bookmeme #reading

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Kayla T @kaylabobayla.bsky.social · 13d

HELLOOOOOO 🥹

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Kayla T @kaylabobayla.bsky.social · 13d

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Kayla T @kaylabobayla.bsky.social · 14d

The Crimson Throne by @sararaaschbooks.com @bethrevis.bsky.social
5🌟

True YA (ages 13+) but I didn’t care because I was here for the vibes ✨ THIS is the crafty fae I crave in fantasy, but make it Outlander and zero🌶️, but big on yearn! Teen me would have made it my whole personality 🫶
#netgalley
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Cover of The Crimson Throne by Sara Raasch and Beth Revis

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Kayla T @kaylabobayla.bsky.social · 16d

Ditto! I really liked this one!! 💕

Kayla T @kaylabobayla.bsky.social · 16d

Ep. 5 of ✨Judging a Book By Its Cover✨ where I tell you if the beauty of the exterior matches the quality of the story within!

The Second Death of Locke by V.L. Bovalino

Ans: Story inside is PRETTIER! & mother👏effing👏queer👏normative! Releases tomorrow 09/23/2025📚💙
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Hand holding copy of book The Second Death of Locke by VL Bovalino

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Kayla T @kaylabobayla.bsky.social · 26d

This has been sitting on my bedside table for 2 months, and I have resolved to read it today!

Hand holding book Mixed Signals by BK Borison

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Kayla T @kaylabobayla.bsky.social · 27d

AAHH thank you!! 🫶

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Kayla T @kaylabobayla.bsky.social · 28d

I can’t wait! 🥹

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Kayla T @kaylabobayla.bsky.social · 29d

The Second Death of Locke by VL Bovalino
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Friends to lovers, but don’t judge by that alone! The magic system was unique, world building was rich, and story was very queer normative! LOVED it 💙📚

#netgalley
#TheSecondDeathofLocke

www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Kayla T (kaylabobayla)'s review of The Second Death of Locke (The Hand and the Heart #1)

5/5: This was darn near a perfect read. I devoured this one. Told from the POV of lady knight Grey Flynn and her Captain, Kiernan Seward, the story follows these two as they set off on a secret missio...

www.goodreads.com

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Kayla T @kaylabobayla.bsky.social · 29d

I AM SO HYPE!!! This looks fantastic!!

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Kayla T @kaylabobayla.bsky.social · 29d

Ep. 4 of ✨Judging a Book By Its Cover✨ where I tell you if the beauty of the exterior matches the quality of the story within!

Wild Reverence by Rebecca Ross

Ans: Yes x1000000!! I loved it! You don’t even have to get an SE, just enjoy! (Standalone or can read Divine Rivals duology if desired) 💙📚

Hand holding Wild Reverence by Rebecca Ross, with black sprayed edges

Hand holding Wild Reverence by Rebecca Ross without dust jacket to reveal character art on cover

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