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An open book titled 'BOOK LOVERS' with the overlay 'HOW TO ANNOTATE YOUR BOOKS'. The book's pages are marked with colorful sticky tabs, each labeled with annotation categories like 'quotes,' 'romance,' 'humor,' 'banter,' and 'sexy.'

A graphic displaying various pens for book annotation, including colorful Midliner Pens, Le Pen Pens, and Muji Gel Pens. Each pen type has a description of its features and uses for writing, drawing, and highlighting.

A graphic showcasing different styles of sticky notes and flags, including multi-colored sets. Text explains their use for annotation, suggesting they can be drawn on and mentioning the availability of 'Annotation Kits' online.

Annotate your Books - How and what you’ll need!

Want to annotate your books like this?? Let me show you how! 🤍 SAVE this post for inspo and different things you’ll need for annotating your books. it’s easy AND totally customizable. You’ll want highlighters, pens and sticky notes to jot down and draw out the various themes and important deta

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BOOKS I’LL NEVER SHUT UP ABOUT

Books I’ll never shut up about: 1. Archers Voice: read this if you want to cry like a baby and wish you lived in their small town 2. Credence: read this for ALL the spice (don’t think too hard about the family stuff) 3. Silver Flames: part of the ACOTAR series so it’s a must read and my f

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🚫 5 books you should NEVER read! 📚

April Fools 😂 these are some of my favorites, BUT read at your own risk… there are consequences 😅 I couldn’t go the day without a little click bait prank lol 😂😌 - #lemon8bookclub #lemon8challenge #bookwormsoflemon8 #books #booktok

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Pink-covered books stacked on a white sheet, with a text overlay "Books I'll Never Shut Up About 💕" and Lemon8 branding.

A collage featuring the "Fourth Wing" book cover by Rebecca Yarros, with images of dragons, characters, and quotes from the book.

A collage centered around "The Love Hypothesis" by Ali Hazelwood, showing the book cover, characters, scientific elements, and quotes.

Books I’ll Never Shut Up About💕

These books? Personality traits at this point. I’ll recommend them forever and reread until the end of time 🫶 What book is your entire personality? ✨ Drop your obsessions in the comments ✨ #bookwormsoflemon8 #bookrecommendations #bookishaesthetic #booktok #lemon8bookclub

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Roman Reigns Appreciation Day 3

Our Tribal Chief in Australia, filming for Street Fighter movie coming October... 16th(?), 2026 (well, he's not on set there, just relaxing at an outside bar). A somewhat star-studded project that I'm PRAYING won't flop like the other live action Street Fighter movies! He's playing

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Book series I’ll never get over 😩

🧚‍♀️✨🔥🗡️📚👀🤎

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A bookstore display features numerous romance novels, with a prominent sign for 'New Romance.' The image has a text overlay that reads 'books i literally can't shut up about!'.

A collage showcasing the 'A Good Girl's Guide to Murder' trilogy, featuring book covers, handwritten notes with red string, a golden retriever, and text snippets from the book.

A collage dedicated to 'The Summer I Turned Pretty' trilogy, displaying the book covers, images of the show's characters, and various summer-themed scenes like a pool and beach.

books i will never shut up about

i think i just have a trilogy obsession at this point!! btw the orinigal pictures needed for the book summary challenge are the cutouts of the books in the middle of each slide!! #books 🫶🏼 #reading #lemon8book #lemon8bookchalllenge #booksummary #lemon8challenge #lemon8bookclub @Lemon

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romantasy books that need to be on your tbr

I will never stop recommending these romantasy books⚔️✨🐉🧚 If you read one let me know how you liked it 🤍 #romantasybookrecs #booktok #fantasybookrecs

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Romantasy Series I’ll Never Get Over 🫶

This series WRECKED me. It’s so beautifully written, with creative world building and AMAZING woman leads. #bookwormsoflemon8 #lemon8challenge #fantasybooks #lemon8bookclub #romancebookrecommendations

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Swoon-worthy YA romantasy

📚The Concealed, SK Horton 👑 Princess Diaries meets Alice in Wonderland When Cate travels from Oregon to university in England, she expects her gravest dilemma to be finding coffee instead of tea, but she’s got bigger problems—much bigger. At Staton University, nothing is quite what it seems

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When you're a Dark Romance AND a Romantasy girlie

Have you read this one yet? #romantasy #darkromance #books #bookrec #bookrecommendation #booksoflemon8

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The most Unhinged Romantasy you'll read this week

#bookworm #darkromance #whychoose #fantasybooks #romantasy #reverseharem #booktokfyp #booktok #kindleunlimited

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Romantasy you've never read

The last book will surprise you! #booksoflemon8 #bookrec #bookrecommendations #bookreview #fantasyromance #darkromance #whychoose

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Beware of this dark romantasy…🥀

‼️ warning⚠️ VOW OF THE UNDEAD (book 1) is NOT your normal romantasy! This is brutal Viking fantasy with dark vampire romance… If that sounds like your kind of book… welcome to The Bloodrune Saga 🖤🖤🖤 It’s dark and mysterious and plot twisty here soooo check triggers and know there’s a dangero

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Enemies to lovers spice free romantasy 💕

🔥THE CONCEALED 🔥 Young Adult Romantasy, SK Horton When Cate travels to University in England, she’s whisked through a portal by two irresistible boys 💞 into a fantastical world, and when war threatens, she must uncover the prophecy’s key 🗝 before her new home is destroyed. The Concealed is a

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a mom who loves romantizing her life 🧚‍♀️

no negative motherhood over here and i will never not romanticize everything because you only have one life 🤍 #momsoftiktok #motherhood #motherhoodunfiltered #momof2 #romantizeyourlife

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What Happens If You Lived Like a Roman Soldier

What if you lived like a Roman soldier? 💀 No rest… 20 miles a day… brutal training… Most never came back. #lemon8 #history #romanempire #darkhistory #extremehorror

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My Roman Empire 🖤

Nothing like a little Photo Sesh with my favorite book series - My Roman Empire ❤️💜🧡💙💛🩷 - all my favorite Fictional Men in one stack What’s your Favorite Book series, your Romance Empire 🖤 -One quote from each book - - God of Malice - “You always wanted the nice guy; too bad you got the

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An open book spread with the overlay text "The Best Romantasy series I've EVER read." Visible book text includes a quote about a "murderer" and "monster," and a newspaper article mentioning "Princess Evangeline Fox."

A book page with a dedication: "For anyone who has ever made a bad decision because of a broken heart," accompanied by a small broken heart drawing. Below, a list of tropes includes "enemies to lovers" and "slow burn."

Three books from the "Once Upon a Broken Heart" series by Stephanie Garber, titled "Once Upon a Broken Heart," "The Ballad of Never After," and "A Curse for True Love." They feature dark covers with ornate designs.

A romantasy series you need to read!🍎

You guys, this is my favorite series of the year. I CANNOT get it out of my head. I don’t know what it is about this series, but something about it just has me obsessed. The world building and magic system is just… idk… magical. Enchanting. It just feels cozy and awe-inspiring all at the same ti

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Never gets old!!

Love this show!!! #idonotowncopyrights #mspat #mspatshow #Tamiroman

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A romantic fantasy illustration featuring a knight kneeling before a woman in a pink gown, set against a backdrop of an archway and pink roses. Text overlays read 'Romantasy releases of 2026'.

Four book covers are displayed: 'Graceless Heart' by Isabel Ibañez, 'A Vow in Vengeance' by Jaclyn Rodriguez, 'We Who Have No Gods' by Liza Anderson, and 'The Wolf and the Crown of Blood' by Elizabeth May.

Four book covers are shown: 'Silver & Blood' by Jessie Mihalik, 'Enchanting the Fae Queen' by Stephanie Burgis, 'The Younger Gods' by Katie Shepard, and 'Jealous Rage' by Sav R. Miller.

Romantasy Releases of 2026 💌

I love romantasy book and I’m so excited for these to come out, already on my TBR 🍒 #lemon8bookworm #lemon8bookclub #romantasybooks #romantasybookrecs #romantasybookseries

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A book excerpt from 'When Storms Awaken' by Michelle Frohman, featuring a dramatic dialogue between two characters about trust, betrayal, and defiance, with key phrases highlighted in blue and pink. The background is a shimmering, light-colored fabric.

CRASHING OUT b/c he never meant to betray her 😭💔

📖 When Storms Awaken - a completed trilogy by Michelle Frohman Diana thought she was a normal girl…until the new bad boy at school awakens her magic and turns her world upside down. ❤️‍🔥 Enemies to lovers ✨ Storm witch x shapeshifter 🗡️ Female villain 🖤 Hidden magical realm ⚔️ Storm M

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🖤 modern gothic romantasy 🖤

When you need a new shadow daddy in your life, but you're not afraid of a little heIIfire. 🖤🖤 #romantasybooks #gothicromantasy #darkromantasy

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Romantasy books for readers who don’t like romance

I’m not here for the romance, I’m here for the plot (And number 3 is criminally underrated 👀) #booktok #romantasy #bookrecommendation #romantasyrecs #fantasybooktok

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Dracula + Vikings romantasy 🖤

If Vikings had forbidden magic and Dracula: A Love Tale had a heroine who bites back… you’d get this ✨The Bl00drune saga✨ (book 1 AND 2 are out now!) Reincarnation Forbidden love Touch her & ☠️ Possessive “my wife” Trials and gods #romantasy #fantasybookrecs #fantasybookto

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Choices… YA romantasy

🔥THE CONCEALED 🔥 Young Adult Romantasy, SK Horton When Cate travels to University in England, she’s whisked through a portal by two irresistible boys 💞 into a fantastical world, and when war threatens, she must uncover the prophecy’s key 🗝 before her new home is destroyed. The Concealed is a

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A bookshelf displaying various romance novels, including titles by Ali Hazelwood, Elsie Silver, Ana Huang, Elle Kennedy, Lana Ferguson, Hannah Grace, and Lauren Asher, categorized under "Romance."

Romance 💘, Dark Romance 🖤 or Romantasy? 🧚‍♀️

✨ Which style of reading do you like?✨ Personally, I like all 3 read genres. I have a few favorites from each genre that captured my attention.

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The book cover for "Quicksilver" by Callie Hart is displayed, featuring a male character with a sword. Arrows point to the cover with keywords like "Fae Politics," "Enemies to Lovers," "Shadow Daddy," and "Slow Burn to Spice."

The book cover for "Blood of Hercules" by Jasmine Mas shows a golden warrior silhouette. Arrows highlight themes such as "Dark Mythological Retelling," "Enemies to Lovers," "Strong Independent FMC," and "Touch Her And Die."

🌙Romantasy Book Recs

📚Looking for a story that feels like falling in love and stepping into another world? These are the books that will steal your sleep, break your heart, and heal it all over again. ✨If you crave shadow daddies, fierce heroines, and worlds you'll never want to leave... this list was made for yo

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Enemies to lovers no spice romantasy 💕💕

📚The Concealed, SK Horton 👑 Princess Diaries meets Alice in Wonderland When Cate travels from Oregon to university in England, she expects her gravest dilemma to be finding coffee instead of tea, but she’s got bigger problems—much bigger. At Staton University, nothing is quite what it seems

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She’s never told anyone how she was abandoned until…

📖: Dragon Hunter by Mase Evans, an NA fantasy romance out now on KU and in print! If you love: 🔥slow-burn ❤️forbidden romance ⚔️she trains him 🛏️only one bed 💀vengeful MMC 🥀b@d@$$ FMC 🗡️dagger to throat 🐉a sprinkle of dragons and magic A vengeful prince strikes a deal with the King’

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A hand holds the book 'A Fragile Enchantment' by Allison Saft, featuring two dancing figures on the cover. Other books are scattered on a quilt, with text overlays 'SUMMER READS:' and 'REGENCY ROMANTASY EDITION'.

The back cover of 'A Fragile Enchantment' displays praise quotes from other authors. An overlay states the book was preordered, signed, and came with foil character cards.

The front cover of 'A Fragile Enchantment' lies on a quilt, surrounded by several foil character cards. Text overlays suggest swiping for the inside flap and book tropes.

YA bridgerton-esque romantasy 💕 🏰 ✨💃🏻

dear diary and dearest gentle readers, it's the end of the weekend, but never fear! beat your Sunday Scaries with this summer read 🏰 A Fragile Enchantment was published six months ago, and i have to tell you this book was an absolute DELIGHT, friends. ✨ the publisher says: "

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😏 dark romantasy

‼️ warning⚠️ VOW OF THE UNDEAD (book 1) is NOT your normal romantasy! This is brutal Viking fantasy with dark vampire romance… If that sounds like your kind of book… welcome to The Bloodrune Saga 🖤🖤🖤 It’s dark and mysterious and plot twisty here soooo check triggers and know there’s a dangero

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I’m Writing A Romantasy Book!

I am writing a romantasy book, I’m so excited to finish it but I’m only on the first draft. The first draft should be finished soon, then onto the editing which I’m excited for because it’ll start to come together. Maybe this’ll motivate me to write more when I can. :) Let me know! Would you

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if you like your romantasy with…

Some horror and humor🖤 📚Inn the Forest series by Abby Auburn 📖Scratches (Book One) 📖Whispers (Book Two) 📖Cracks (Book Three) A desperate new mother. A disgraced warrior. A cursed forest. Deep in the middle of the Dark Forest, in the kingdom of Lutador, is an inn. The inn is the only d

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ROMAN AND IRIS!!🖤

This book!!😭🤚🏻🖤 Divine Rivals is seriously the best and most romantic book I’ve ever read in my life! Iris and Roman 💞 ughhh! Perfection! #divinerivals #book #romanandiris #booktok

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Romantasy monster MMC anti hero alert 🥵

A Game Cursed and Deadly is a romantasy book with (lovers to-) enemies to lovers, a morally-grey, monstrous (literally) love interest, witches, ghosts, and bonds stronger than deäth. ✨YOU’LL LOVE IF YOU LOVE✨ 🖤 Enemies-to-lovers romance 🍂 Eerie, gothic aesthetic in the PNW and Barcelona 👨‍👩‍

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A paper bag filled with books, with the title "Rating books so you don't have to ~Romance Edition~" overlaid, framed by a decorative border.

The book cover for "Shadow & Storms" by Helen Scheuerer, rated 6/5, is displayed over a paper bag of books, with a description of its epic romantic fantasy plot.

The book cover for "Phantom" by H.D. Carlton, rated 3.7/5, is displayed over a paper bag of books, with a description of its dark, twisted plot involving obsession and art.

Romantasy books that left me unwell ✨🤍🫠

Romantasy + Dark Romance Edition 🖤 This lineup nearly ended me: death’s obsession, gleam, iron and embers, phantom, and shadows and storms. I swear Helen Scheuerer owns my whole heart — her worlds feel like home and heartbreak all at once. comment your current fantasy obsession 👇 or save thi

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MOST highlighted romantasy quote…

from Vow of the Undead book 1 of The Bloodrune Saga 🥀🖤🥀🖤🥀 ‼️ warning⚠️ this is NOT your normal romantasy! This is brutal Viking fantasy with dark vampire romance… If that sounds like your kind of book… welcome to The Bloodrune Saga 🖤🖤🖤 It’s dark and mysterious and plot twisty here soooo ch

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A lush green forest scene with a body of water, featuring text overlay about a snake in a magical forest feeling energy, hinting at a fantasy story element.

A book quote overlayed on a green foliage background, discussing a character's power and attractiveness, with highlighted phrases "the power is there" and "attracted to you."

Two book covers, "The Concealed" and "The Captured" by SK Horton, displayed against a fantasy background, with text indicating "Young Adult Romantasy Must Read No Spice Series."

Underrated YA romantasy series 💜

📚The Concealed, SK Horton 👑 Princess Diaries meets Alice in Wonderland When Cate travels from Oregon to university in England, she expects her gravest dilemma to be finding coffee instead of tea, but she’s got bigger problems—much bigger. At Staton University, nothing is quite what it seems

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An animated image shows a smiling blonde man in a black shirt, with a dark-haired woman peeking shyly from behind him in an arched hallway. Overlaid text reads: "I'm always two paces behind—close enough to guard him, far enough to hide the way I love him." —Veya Caelum.

She thinks he'll never love her 💔

📚: Honor or Nothing #fictionalboyfriend #unrequitedlove #romantasy #fantasyromance

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YA romantasy rec

The Concealed has 👑Princess Diaries meets Narnia vibes with a dash of 💕rom-com, regency romance, 🔪backstabbing villains, ballgowns and daggers, dragons, and swoony kissing-only romance. The follow-up to The Concealed is here! The Captured is full of more 🔥fire, pulse-pounding romance, banter, a

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A person's torso and arm, with the arm appearing dark and shadowy with glowing accents. The text "When she calls out to the wrong God..." is overlaid, along with a Lemon8 watermark and username at the bottom left.

Fae Romantasy 🔥📚

📚 Cursed Evermore by Khardine Gray If you're looking for a new enemies to lovers fantasy world to dive into, you've found it!! 📚✨ I'm so excited that book two will be here in three days, I need it like I need air after the cliffhanger we got left on in this one. Also....did I

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YA romantasy on KU

🔥THE CONCEALED 🔥 Young Adult Romantasy, SK Horton When Cate travels to University in England, she’s whisked through a portal by two irresistible boys 💞 into a fantastical world, and when war threatens, she must uncover the prophecy’s key 🗝 before her new home is destroyed. The Concealed is a

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A hand holds a tablet displaying the cover of 'The Wraith King' by Juliette Cross. The cover features a dark-haired male figure with horns and glowing eyes behind a light-haired female figure wearing a crown, with his hand near her neck. Golden dragon decorations are visible in the background.

For the Romantasy Girlies!

The Wraith King This is one of my most anticipated reads of 2024 and it was a home run for me! I have been salivating for Juliette Cross to go back to her Dark Fantasy Romance roots. Which she does in fantastical fashion with this first entry to the Rise of the Northgall series. Well, if you

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