hiddengemsbookrecs

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📚 welcome to hiddengemsbookrecs

a little space to scream about the books no one else is screaming about (yet)

this blog is for the books you found at 2am and couldn’t stop thinking about. the ones with five reviews but infinite grip. the books that aren’t being hyped, but deserve to be. indie stories, self-published icons, underappreciated characters, and all the delicious chaos in between.

feel free to send in your own recs, whether it’s your book or someone else’s you adored. I want this blog to feel like the old days of the internet — when you found a post that made you feel like someone else got it.

I’ll start:

🖤 Lilies and Roses Make a Terrible Match by Massa L. — set in 1870s New York, it’s psychological, dramatic, and slow-burn dangerous. Amina (the main girl) is cold, manipulative, and doesn’t want your approval. She wants control. And it’s so, so good.

📖 other hidden gems I’ve loved lately:

🖤 The Mask of Mirrors by M.A. Carrick Fantasy with fashion, fake identities, and so much political scheming it feels like a chess match on silk sheets. Layered, slow, and rich with intrigue. Why aren’t more people screaming about this??

🖤 House of Hunger by Alexis Henderson A blood-soaked, sensual gothic with dark feminine energy and velvet drapes. Think hunger in all its forms—power, blood, survival, beauty. Not fully hidden, but still criminally underhyped.

🖤 Idle Grounds by Krystelle Bamford Set in rural New England during the late 1980s, this debut novel captures the haunting perspective of a seven-year-old amidst family tensions and a mysterious disappearance.