Your Goth Bae

1. The Spanish Love Deception by Elena Armas

- slow burn

- perfect for fans of The Hating Game and Mariana Zapata

- fake dating

- enemies to lovers

- grumpyxsunshine

- guy fell first

2. The Hating Game by Sally Thorne

- hate-to-love relationship

- the sick scene is *double thumbs up

- grumpyxsunshine

- shared one office

3. The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood

- grumpyxsunshine

- fake dating

- Age gap

- women in science

- the friendships you wish you have

4. People We Meet On Vacation

- friends to lovers

- Harry Meets Sally x Love Rosie Vibe

- have one of the best heroine speech

- a feel good - tearjerker story (at least for me)

5. The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang

- the autism rep is good

- cool inclusion of Vietnamese culture

- fake dating

- perfect blend of sweet and steamy

- trigger warnings: anxiety attacks, abandonment, a fatphobic comment or insult, and someone telling someone else about a person's diagnosis

6. The Bride Test by Helen Hoang

- cute smutty romance

- with high functioning autistic and geeky hero who's struggles and passion for his few interest is genuine

- with uneducated Vietnamese immigrant heroine who's hard not to love

- shatters ignorant stereotypes as you witness internal battle, growth and love

7. The Heart Principle by Helen Hoang

- two individuals from different worlds that cross paths towards the way of healing and learning more about each other for the betterment of their individual selves

- beautiful emotional book

- elicited an emotional reaction a few times which meant something right?

8. . Kulti by Mariana Zapata

- age gap

- slow burn

- grumpy hero

- awesome heroine

9. The Wall of Winnipeg and Me by Mariana Zapata

- slow burn

- fake dating (more like a fake marriage but it's legal)

- have interesting side characters

- fun banter and bickering

10. From Lukov With Love by Mariana Zapata

- hero and heroine seemed to hate each other on the surface

- slow burn

- the main characters are figure skaters

- great character development

11. All Rhodes Lead Here by Mariana Zapata

- slow burn

- age gap

- grumpy landlord x sunshine tenant

- great storytelling

- fun and heartwarming

12. Wild at Heart by K.A. Tucker

- book 2 of The Simple Wild

- bearded bush pilot

- tackles couples journey in overcoming their domestic problems

- with great and interesting side characters

13. It Happened One Summer by Tessa Bailey

- bearded fisherman from Washington x fashionable influencer from L.A.

- the romance was to die for

- did not expect to be steamy because of that cute cover

14. Beach Read by Emily Henry

- top tier romance read

- with beautiful narrative and story

- great world building and character development

Adam Carlsen, everyone 👏🏻

My head in the rainclouds,

my heart in the sky

"Forgive me, for all the things I did but mostly for the ones that I did not."

The Secret History: Burning sips of vodka warming your insides, blood stained hands and wine stained lips, foggy days and sharp minds, secrets entwined in complicated dynamics, losing grasp of reality, clouds of fog rolling over mountain ranges hiding the unspeakable truths that occur under them

Kill Your Darlings: Tweed jackets and cable knit sweaters, ink bleeding into paper, glasses smudged with the horrors and phenomenons of the nights before, unspeakable sexual tension held between eye contact, revolutions written up by type writers, metal bars and emotional confinements

Dead Poets Society: Old books filled with traditional ideas ready to be challenged, endless footsteps echoing through the hall, grasping the day in white knuckles, stories drenched in infinite worlds for the imagination, sharp blazers and wonky ties, changing worlds with words, turtlenecks and rushed biro pens

The Song of Achilles : Fulfilling promises, messy hair, laying in the grass and looking up at the sky, a single ray of sunlight emerging from the clouds, thinking of their loved one, letting their imagination flow through the letters, poetry, calloused fingers, candlelight, long eyelashes, words dying in your throat every time you look at them

the bacchanal

Henry bit his lip. He went to the window and looked out the corner of the shade. Then he turned around. He still had the pistol. ‘Come here,’ he said to Camilla. She looked at him in horror. So did Francis and I. He beckoned to her with his gun arm. 'Come here,’ he said. 'Quick.’ I felt faint. What’s he doing? I thought, bewildered. Camilla took a step away from him. Her gaze was terrified. 'No, Henry,’ she said, 'don't…’ To my surprise, he smiled at her. 'You think I’d hurt you?’ he said. ’Come here.’ She went to him. He kissed her between the eyes, then whispered something – what, I’ve always wondered – in her ear. 'I’ve got a key,’ the innkeeper yelled, pounding away at the door. Till use it.’ The room was swimming. Idiot, I thought wildly, just try the knob. Henry kissed Camilla again. 'I love you,’ he said.