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My favourites: an update

It's been a while since I post anything so why not start with my updated favourites? (I'll try not to repeat any books I may have recommended in any previous post)

-A Court Of Thorns And Roses, Sarah J. Maas.

Feyre, a human who lives in a world divided by humans and faeries is brought to Prythian where she is to face the faerie courts, magic and daily struggles as a human captive.

This one I feel pretty much every romance lover has read. The first pages in my experience were hell, I was bored out of my mind and dreaded every last word but just like that, it got good. The author gradually explains everything and you eventually get a grasp of a really interesting world that has you hooked up seriously: magic, luxury, love, plot-twists... and you've had it. You're now in love with the book and unable to put it down.

Now, I am going to shut up and not spoil anyone's experience but let me say this: if you liked the first book and are considering reading the second one, do it. Of course you know how the first one ends but just so you know that's just the start of the shitshow that is about to begin.

With this being said, in my heart there will always be a spot for ACOTAR.

-The Stolen Heir, Holly Black.

The sequel to The Folk Of The Air series. It tells the story of Wren, the wayward, runaway queen of the Court of Teeth and Oak, the crown prince and brother of the queen of Elfhame, Jude.

I am absolutely and profoundly infatuated by the universe of the Folk Of The Air, so to dive into it again brings back a sense of rightness that I can't really explain.

It's a very addicting book that will have you looking for scraps of the tiniest bit of romance and when you do find some, they're worth it.

As a young person, I have enjoyed this book since it has a very refreshing feel to it throughout most of the work (yes, eventhough there's tougher and more brutal scenes in it)

Even though The Folk Of The Air isn't very spicy per se, I am looking forward to see how everything plays out in the second and last book of the duology, I just can't get enough of Oak, Wren, Tiernan, everyone!

-All The Young Dudes, MsKingBean89.

We all know the story of Harry Potter, the boy who lived, but what about the marauders' life? It narrates the story of the quartet with a bit of a homosexual twist.

Personally, I have been a fan of the Harry Potter universe since I first watched the films, and if you're one too you know the amount of fanfiction that there is, so after days and days of looking for a good and well-written fan-fic I remembered I had downloaded atyd. And I do not regret it.

You're reintroduced to the magical world all over, you're feeling nostalgic, our main character is Remus, you get to see everyone's evolution, it gives you a broader concept of the older charaters in the series... Not to mention Padfoot and Moony have something going on...

Despite me only being halfway through the book, every time I go online to read it (it's free!) I want to discover more and more of the marauderers' untold stories.

-Crave, Tracy Wolff.

Grace, a girl who's just lost both her parents is set to live in an elite boarding school in Alaska, of which her uncle is the headmaster. Despite her efforts to fit in it, they just don't seem to work and she is left feeling left out, but then she meets Jaxon, a mysterious boy with a devastating past.

This is one of the other books I haven't finished, and if by now you haven't noticed I LOVE romance books, even better if they're enemies-to-lovers. Even though this one isn't enemies-to-lovers it's veeeery similar to the one and only Twilight: it has vampires, werewolves (if I remember correctly) and even more types of magical creatures!

I read most of this book this summer and to be honest it's really entertaining, but it's also a little bit cliché... New girl, starts dating the hottest most powerful and dark in the school, she's basically perfect, odd forces want her dead... The typical y/n syndrome.

Although I'm not sure if I'd call it one of my favourite books, it's in the "would recommend section" so, if someone wants to read something, you know what to look for.

The list has come to an end. It is very short, I know, but with all my schoolwork and extra-curriculars I have no time to read, and if I do, I tend to go for fanfics.

Hasta la vista, beibe.

[athlen-the-merman]

I'm back 3 years later.

Hi everyone!

A few years back when I was about 14 I wrote on here a lot about books and stuff I liked and honestly, I recall it being rather comforting so I may start doing that again.

Back then I went through some identity discoveries and used to go by Moss or some other nicknames long left behind, so for the time being if I do end up writing here regularly you can just think of me as Athlen.

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oh hi~ *wink*

HOLA SAM TQM

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HOLA SAM TQM

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why can't I have a red, white and royal blue kind of romance

IS IT BCUZ I'M NOT A PRINCE?!

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THE WICKED KING OMG

CARDAN I WILL MURDER YOU (w love ur hot)

OKAY LISTEN I THINK IT'S EVEN BETTER THAN THE CRUEL PRINCE AND HERE'S WHY:

not gonna spoil anything BUT cardan I really despise u rn how dare you.

BUT HES SO HOT

and ofc this is a Locke and Taryn hate club.

SO BASICALLY READ IT RN

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The cruel prince, Holly Black

Shut up this book is so so so good.

Cardan? Love him but hate him

Taryn? Worst sister ever

Locke? A dumbass

The cruel prince? One of my favorite books.

I absolutely love how they introduce you to faerie so smoothly, all the plot twists and complex relations between characters.

I felt as if I was *in* the book while reading it and, considering my life is quite boring, I love that feeling.

Totally recommend it, 10/10

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3 months ago I was excited to get him, now he's my only level 90 character. I love you Bennett, you'll always be in my adventure team <3

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Books coming

I ORDERED 4 BOOKS. HERE THEY ARE:

The song of Achilles, Madeline Miller.

One last stop, Casey MCQuiston.

In Deeper Waters, FT Lukens

The Cruel prince, Holly Black.

When I'm done reading them I'm going to post a review <3

Reading atm:

Boyfriend Material, Alexis Hall.

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Genshin headcanons #2

-Bennett loves cooking and is actually quite good at it but since no one believes he's a good cook he'll bake a cake, bring it with him and say it's a bought one so everyone eats it.

-Kazuha stayed in inazuma for a couple days to visit Tomo Tomo's grave </3.

-Ei, Zhongli and Venti hang out every now and then to get completely drunk.

-Venti suggests to try one of his mushrooms but Ei and Zhongli refused to die.

-Eula actually apologized to all the people who got pissed at her when she was doing her demonstration.

-Thoma and Ayato are dating and Ayaka absolutely loves it.

-Lisa and Jean did a "little experiment" between the two of them if you know what I mean...

-Everyone that gets an anemo vision and their friends are still alive try to get Venti to revoke their vision.

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The house in the cerulean sea

After months of struggling with not finding the inspiration to read, I finally finished this lovely book.

The book is a solid 8/10, it's very very sweet and comforting, the kids are absolutely lovely and there's Arthur Parnassus, what else can I ask for?

Although I found it a bit lacking of intensity and tension between Linus and Arthur but that's my own taste in queer books.

I highly recommend it, it's totally worth it!

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Genshin Headcanons

Hey, sorry if they're shitty or not the best, I'm not used to writing HCs.

-Xinyan once broke a guitar string and got so upset that she searched all Liyue for someone that knew how to change a string.

-Zhongli gets into heated arguments with people that claim to know Rex Lapis better than him.

-Barbara overheard that Venti was Barbatos and wanted to quit being a devoted believer but Rosaria told her it was all a joke they had and convinced her to stay.

-Razor and Bennet have these cute dates in the forest, and everyone swears that they are dating but they think it's very friendly.

-Barbara and Xinyan are best friends and Jean hates it.

-Jean smokes weed once a week as a treat for her hard work.

-Bennet teaches Razor how to speak properly in their dates.

-Everytime Venti has to go to Liyue, Zhongli throws a considerably big rock at him.

-When they were teens Diluc and Kaeya used to party every weekend.

-Venti had his explorer era and by exploring I mean eating every single thing he found to see if it had secondary effects.

-When Sucrose is alone with Albedo they do the most wild experiments and Sucrose absolutely loves it.

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Baal

Hey, remember how I said I was an ayaka main? yeah, about that.

I got ayaka with an extra wish that I happened to have (I am f2p), which ruined my pity.

I am pulling for Baal my pity is 17 and I've got 31 wishes rn (32 tomorrow). Baal pls come home.

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I want to apologize to all Rosaria mains, I built her and gave her a chance and oh boy she does some good damage

updated rating:

~Rosaria

-y'all have some mad building skills

-high damage go brr

-luv u

8/10

Genshin main rating

rating genshin mains coming from a keqing and ayaka main

~Bennett

-omfg ilysm bro you're the best

-y'all are so sweet

-marry me

10000/10

~Tartaglia

-either really scary or really sweet and funny

-if you're type 2 hmu.

-lol Ed sheeran

7/10

~Keqing

-y'all that's me

-head empty. only high damage.

-we got her as our first 5 star didn't we

6/10

~Albedo

-never met one

-y'all I love albedo sm

8/10

~Venti

-ARE YALL OKAY

-I'M WORRIED FOR YOUR MENTAL HEALTH

-overall 7/10

~Barbara

-y'all have a pocket statue of the seven

-c6 barbs is cool

-really chill

7/10

-Diluc

-only met one

-I'm so jealous. I love diluc.

-y'all are so nice and for what

8/10

~Xingqiu

-your builds are usually real bad. mine are too ngl

-y'all always lag sm

-no you can't fight oceanide with a hydro character

-hello lgbtq community

5/10

~Kaeya

-great damage I see

-y'all are not as horny as they say you are

-very noice

8/10

~Klee

-annoying

-can be nice.

4'5/10

~Diona

-I don't like you

-I have no reasons, I just don't.

2/10

~Hu Tao

-I haven't got Barbara c6 bro idk if I could play w yall

-very high damage

-I like you

7/10

~Eula

-omfg I've never met one

-I love Eula

-you're lucky my *dear friend*

7/10

~Sucrose

-I met one when I was AR 18 and they helped me find anemoculi

-so sweet omg ily

-here's my credit card info <3

10/10

~Xiao

-hey yall have a pocket trampoline istg

-a bit sour and mean

-you are nice with selected people

6/10

~Rosaria

-pls I hate rosaria. I got her c4

-y'all r nice ig

5/10

~Kazuha

-very polite

-nothing more to say

7/10

~Qiqi

-what 5 star where you *actually* wishing for?

-lolz u got qiqi

-the best at builds

6/10

~Jean

-stop throwing people off cliffs pls it's not funny anymore.

-haha simp

6/10

~Ningguang

-also the best at builds

-great damage my friend

8/10

~Beidou

-you're gay

-that's okay

7/10

~Ayaka

-lol same

-pls we have to stop bringing our level 50 ayaka to level 80 domains

-we're so nice

9/10

~Yanfei

-dw yall haven't got off brand Klee

-so sweet

-but stop lecturing ppl pls

7/10

~Zhongli

-omg what a dumptruck of an ass

-osmanthus winE

8/10

~Noelle

-that damage is on fleek ma friend

-y'all r amazing at builds

-so so so so so nice

9/10

~Traveler

-uh yall okay?

-I don't like you

-traveler level 90

1/10

~Sayu

-timmie hates u

-cmon kill his birbs I'm hungry

5/10

~Ganyu

-the ammount of dn jokes u make

-y'all kinda sad tho

7/10

~Razor

-hmm okay yall have good taste

-I like potatoes

8/10

~Lisa

-omg u have the prettiest main and you know it

-hothothot

7/10

~Amber

-do people still use her past AR 20?

-wow I was unaware of your existence

3/10

~Yoimiya

-same problem as ayaka mains. your yoimiya is level 50 at best.

6/10

~Chongyun

-OMG SO SWEEEEET

-GREAT BUILDS LOVE

9/10

~Mona

-please how does your mona do 91836028 damage

-EVEN WITH HYDRO OPPONENTS

7/10

~Xinyan

-okay i love Xinyan, but I think it's time to move on...

6/10

~Fischl

-she has waaaaay too low HP for me

-good main tho

-y'all tough

8/10

~Xiangling

-GUOBA

-great people

8/10

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Genshin main rating

rating genshin mains coming from a keqing and ayaka main

~Bennett

-omfg ilysm bro you're the best

-y'all are so sweet

-marry me

10000/10

~Tartaglia

-either really scary or really sweet and funny

-if you're type 2 hmu.

-lol Ed sheeran

7/10

~Keqing

-y'all that's me

-head empty. only high damage.

-we got her as our first 5 star didn't we

6/10

~Albedo

-never met one

-y'all I love albedo sm

8/10

~Venti

-ARE YALL OKAY

-I'M WORRIED FOR YOUR MENTAL HEALTH

-overall 7/10

~Barbara

-y'all have a pocket statue of the seven

-c6 barbs is cool

-really chill

7/10

-Diluc

-only met one

-I'm so jealous. I love diluc.

-y'all are so nice and for what

8/10

~Xingqiu

-your builds are usually real bad. mine are too ngl

-y'all always lag sm

-no you can't fight oceanide with a hydro character

-hello lgbtq community

5/10

~Kaeya

-great damage I see

-y'all are not as horny as they say you are

-very noice

8/10

~Klee

-annoying

-can be nice.

4'5/10

~Diona

-I don't like you

-I have no reasons, I just don't.

2/10

~Hu Tao

-I haven't got Barbara c6 bro idk if I could play w yall

-very high damage

-I like you

7/10

~Eula

-omfg I've never met one

-I love Eula

-you're lucky my *dear friend*

7/10

~Sucrose

-I met one when I was AR 18 and they helped me find anemoculi

-so sweet omg ily

-here's my credit card info <3

10/10

~Xiao

-hey yall have a pocket trampoline istg

-a bit sour and mean

-you are nice with selected people

6/10

~Rosaria

-pls I hate rosaria. I got her c4

-y'all r nice ig

5/10

~Kazuha

-very polite

-nothing more to say

7/10

~Qiqi

-what 5 star where you *actually* wishing for?

-lolz u got qiqi

-the best at builds

6/10

~Jean

-stop throwing people off cliffs pls it's not funny anymore.

-haha simp

6/10

~Ningguang

-also the best at builds

-great damage my friend

8/10

~Beidou

-you're gay

-that's okay

7/10

~Ayaka

-lol same

-pls we have to stop bringing our level 50 ayaka to level 80 domains

-we're so nice

9/10

~Yanfei

-dw yall haven't got off brand Klee

-so sweet

-but stop lecturing ppl pls

7/10

~Zhongli

-omg what a dumptruck of an ass

-osmanthus winE

8/10

~Noelle

-that damage is on fleek ma friend

-y'all r amazing at builds

-so so so so so nice

9/10

~Traveler

-uh yall okay?

-I don't like you

-traveler level 90

1/10

~Sayu

-timmie hates u

-cmon kill his birbs I'm hungry

5/10

~Ganyu

-the ammount of dn jokes u make

-y'all kinda sad tho

7/10

~Razor

-hmm okay yall have good taste

-I like potatoes

8/10

~Lisa

-omg u have the prettiest main and you know it

-hothothot

7/10

~Amber

-do people still use her past AR 20?

-wow I was unaware of your existence

3/10

~Yoimiya

-same problem as ayaka mains. your yoimiya is level 50 at best.

6/10

~Chongyun

-OMG SO SWEEEEET

-GREAT BUILDS LOVE

9/10

~Mona

-please how does your mona do 91836028 damage

-EVEN WITH HYDRO OPPONENTS

7/10

~Xinyan

-okay i love Xinyan, but I think it's time to move on...

6/10

~Fischl

-she has waaaaay too low HP for me

-good main tho

-y'all tough

8/10

~Xiangling

-GUOBA

-great people

8/10

[athlen-the-merman]

GUYS I'M NOT PROMOTING ANY TYPE OF ED. PLZ HAVE A HEALTHY LIFE AND EAT WHAT YOU NEED TO EAT ILY!