As your hands are bound together now, so your lives and spirits are joined in a union of love and trust. Above you are the stars and below you is the earth. Like the stars, your love should be a constant source of light, and like the earth, a firm foundation from which to grow.
Wanted to try and make an alternative cover for one of my favorite book series. I’m not sure if this feels finished but I really like the stage it’s at nevertheless.
“Someday, I wanted someone who would love me. Not for what I could do for them, but for who I was to them.”
Happy Birthday bby @magalidragon!!!
Thank you for being such an amazing friend and for all our fun and silly chats 🤭. I hope you have the greatest birthday celebration in London, full of Em, HP and fancy things!!! ♥️
Hey friend i got this question. Have you ever read pinocchio: vampire slayer and watched pinocchio 3000 k? Both of them are really good😁 and i love them💖💖💖
Hi! I've read PVS a couple years ago and I liked it IMMENSELY - even bought myself a physical copy so I could support the authors 💞 Pinocchio 3000 is still in my to watch list, though. I think I need the right amount of courage to watch it LMAO
I've been getting into nail polish a lot lately thanks to my suddenly breaking a nail biting habit of 20+ years (yup) and I couldn't help but notice how well this shade matches the cover of Well Met by Jen DeLuca.
(Nail polish is Pound the Pave-mint from Sally Hansen X-treme Wear)
Here are some of my favorite summer reads. Some are actually set in the summer, some give me summer vibes, and others remind me of the summer because that's when I originally read them.
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• Never Been Kissed by Timothy Janovsky (adult)
• The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun (adult)
• Well Met (and the rest of the Willow Creek Ren Faire series) by Jen DeLuca (adult)
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• A Little Bit Country by Brian D. Kennedy (young adult)
• Heartstopper by Alice Oseman
• Bookish and the Beast (and the rest of the Once Upon a Con series) by Ashley Poston (young adult)
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• Beach Read by Emily Henry (adult)
• A Quiet Kind of Thunder by Sara Barnard (young adult)
This is my first Jen DeLuca novel and I really enjoyed it! It scratched an itch I didn’t know I had. It’s got the Hallmark small-town vibes, the Lizzie/Mr. Darcy conflict, it’s got some spice, I liked the banter, and found myself giggling or grinning like a school girl sometimes😅
Emily’s internal conflict about not feeling like she was enough hit a little too close to home….but I found myself cheering her on when she stood up for herself and learned to lean on her friends and family in her worst moments. Honestly, Emily and I had way too much in common and it’s nice to see a character I can really relate to and feel for. I just wanted to give her a hug🫂
“Well Met” is a great comfort, feel-good read if you’re looking for something that’s light on the conflict and heavy on the character plot/growth. Honestly, had few complaints and gave it a 5⭐️. Solid read👍
I started reading Well Met by Jen DeLuca last night, and only got a few chapters in. But fuck me, it has me in a vice grip of emotions.
I don't even care that much about the romance (although finding love at a ren faire is the dream tbh) because of everything else I'm feeling. In many ways, Emily Parker is me:
a somewhat strained by time/distance relationship with her older sister, but Emily is still willing to drop absolutely everything for her in a time of crisis
Putting her family's needs and wants above her own
a teenaged niece and a relationship with her that, because of an age difference of only about 10 years, is an odd cross between friend and "Adult in Charge"
Finding friendship that feels like family and a place that feels like Home in the faire that she joined on a whim (or rather because said niece wanted to do it and needed an adult to join with her)
And it is quickly obvious that the author, like the show runners of "American Princess" and very unlike many 'renaissance faire episodes' of shows, has not only been to faires but has worked and lived them. The behind the scenes culture of and propensity for half-garbing and faire names is Spot On.
I just finished one of the books you recommended, well met, and I really enjoyed it. It was charming and funny and I'm in love with Simon or should I say captain Blackthorne ❤️ *swoons*
Yay anon! I'm very happy to hear that, I loved it too, but then again, it's enemies to lovers...duuuh, of course I LOVED IT!
Gotta thank my bestie @magalidragon for the awesome rec. She's the one who told me about the book and sent bits like this
Needless to say, I was immediately sold!!!🤭
Captain Ian Blackthorne, is really something else, with his tight black leather pants and the swagger 😍