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More books about forbidden love I received a prepublication edition of Broken Country  courtesy of Simon For more books about forbidden love, check out the titles at this link .

obtaining a key treasure map and handling hard-to-please fathers--and it lays the groundwork for a forbidden The cross/double-cross setup and forbidden-love tension is intriguing.

The True Love Experiment is a wonderful, romantic read about forbidden attraction and heartwarming vulnerability I looooved Fizzy and Connor's heart-bursting friendship, forbidden attraction, and their funny banter

obtaining study subjects, a main protagonist's surprisingly believable entrée into body snatching, a forbidden

felt more intriguing and would have carried more weight if either their relationship had felt more forbidden Grant were together, which is a big strike in her mind against their relationship, but I felt like the forbidden-relationship

in a fabled hotel with a sinister violinist who seems to control their emotions--and tempt them with forbidden

Ali Hazelwood's light fiction novel is wonderfully immersed in science, offering a forbidden relationship

Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books as an audiobook. 02 A Language of Dragons: An Epic Tale of Forbidden

This story ticked so many of my boxes--a strong, young, underestimated female; an important quest; forbidden

intensely disturbing, extended situation involving abuse, neglect, and danger and the blossoming of a forbidden

When Mia, who has become desperate, stumbles upon The Scarlet Letter--which is, as all books are, forbidden

Eldest daughter Orsola Rosso is forbidden from working with glass because she's a woman.

The teenage roommates become unlikely best friends, then fall into a deep, forbidden attraction, pledging

Lister and her boarding school roommate Eliza Raine become unlikely best friends, then fall in a deep, forbidden

Charlotte, a continued rejection of Victorian society's rigid expectations, and a bubbling undercurrent of forbidden

tale duology from Elizabeth Lim, main protagonist Shiori is a princess trying desperately to hide the forbidden

Oh, and there's also the matter of her attraction to a forbidden, brooding artist who's bound to the

Taylor Jenkins Reid's novel offers a dual timeline, immersive Old Hollywood detail, a forbidden love,

True Love Experiment by Christina Lauren The True Love Experiment is a wonderful, romantic read about forbidden by Ali Hazelwood Ali Hazelwood's light fiction novel is wonderfully immersed in science, offering a forbidden

There's a forbidden love, but oh, the lengths the couple must go to in order to try to be together.

The cardinal rule of the Museum was that freelancing was strictly forbidden.

by Ali Hazelwood Ali Hazelwood's light fiction novel is wonderfully immersed in science, offering a forbidden True Love Experiment by Christina Lauren The True Love Experiment is a wonderful, romantic read about forbidden

Charlotte, a continued rejection of Victorian society's rigid expectations, and a bubbling undercurrent of forbidden True Love Experiment by Christina Lauren The True Love Experiment is a wonderful, romantic read about forbidden

Fable, the first in a planned two-book series, offers pirates, a little forbidden romance, a handful

affecting book in her Gilead series, this time about faith, grace, human connection, and a romance forbidden

fulfilled" aspect, wonderfully structuring the reasons for (and the prolonged tension surrounding) the forbidden

young adult novel, the first in a duology from Elizabeth Lim, Shiori is trying desperately to hide the forbidden

elaborate disguises; there is a refreshing lack of violence beyond fistfight-level conflicts; and the forbidden

desperate to break with the group, she stumbles upon The Scarlet Letter--which is, as all books are, forbidden

book); the bible is rewritten with the cult leader Vern's name in place of Jesus', the congregation is forbidden

nineteenth-century prejudice against the Irish and other immigrant groups, as well as introducing a heart-wrenching, forbidden

obtaining study subjects, a main protagonist's surprisingly believable entrée into body snatching, a forbidden

groups, as well as introducing a heart-wrenching unrequited love of one woman for another--an attraction forbidden

True Love Experiment by Christina Lauren The True Love Experiment is a wonderful, romantic read about forbidden

Charlotte, a continued rejection of Victorian society's rigid expectations, and a bubbling undercurrent of forbidden

The teenage roommates become unlikely best friends, then fall into a deep, forbidden attraction, pledging

The teenage roommates become unlikely best friends, then fall into a deep, forbidden attraction, pledging

fulfilled" aspect, wonderfully structuring the reasons for (and the prolonged tension surrounding) the forbidden

nineteenth-century prejudice against the Irish and other immigrant groups, as well as introducing a heart-wrenching, forbidden

like a mix of the detail and romance of Diana Gabaldon's Outlander books and the angst, emotions, and forbidden

tale duology from Elizabeth Lim, main protagonist Shiori is a princess trying desperately to hide the forbidden

intensely disturbing, extended situation involving abuse, neglect, and danger and the blossoming of a forbidden

intensely disturbing, extended situation involving abuse, neglect, and danger and the blossoming of a forbidden

Jenkins Reid Taylor Jenkins Reid's novel offers a dual timeline, immersive Old Hollywood detail, a forbidden

well as introducing a heart-wrenching unrequited love of one woman for another--an attraction that was forbidden

But there is also a refreshing lack of violence beyond fistfight-level conflicts, and the forbidden love

like a mix of the detail and romance of Diana Gabaldon's Outlander books and the angst, emotions, and forbidden

They listen to forbidden music, secretly wear Western clothing, and otherwise rebel in small ways against

ICYMI: In Matt Haig's How to Stop Time, main protagonist Tom Hazard lives for centuries but is not allowed to fall in love. When he rejects the rules, he must reckon with mortality, heartbreak, and the meaning and purpose of his extended existence. “That is the whole thing with the future. You don’t know. At some point you have to accept that you don’t know. You have to stop flicking ahead and just concentrate on the page you are on.” In How to Stop Time, Matt Haig explores the beauty and the horror of time as it spools on essentially without end while his characters live through many centuries. Tom Hazard is a high school English teacher. He's also a seemingly 41-year-old man, but he's actually been alive for centuries. The Albatross Society has one rule for its members, all of whom live on and on: never fall in love. So when Tom begins to fall for the French teacher at school, it may renew his faith in the world and in humanity--but it can also only mean trouble. Haig dives into Hazard's wonder at new experiences and his and other characters' perspectives on the world and history, but also the heartbreak of their loneliness and the weight of the constant loss of their beloved “mayflies” (other people, who live such relatively short existences compared to Tom and his fellow Albatross Society members). “It made me lonely. And when I say lonely, I mean the kind of loneliness that howls through you like a desert wind. It wasn't just the loss of people I had known but also the loss of myself. The loss of who I had been when I had been with them.” While I enjoyed main protagonist Tom Hazard’s point of view, which evolves by the close of the story, the shift seemed to come about a little abruptly, so it felt somewhat unsatisfying. The ending felt a little too quickly wrapped up, and I didn’t feel particularly emotionally invested in the book's Big Events. But there were many lovely, lovely moments in How to Stop Time, and I really like Haig's writing style. Do you have any Bossy thoughts about this book? Haig is also the author of The Midnight Library and his memoir-ish book that I'm reading now, Reasons to Stay Alive, as well as many others. If you like books that play with time, you might also like the books on the Greedy Reading Lists Six Fascinating Second-Chance, Do-Over, Reliving-Life Stories and Six Riveting Time-Travel Escapes.

The moments of redemption aren’t too easy, and I found the various threads building toward the amazing ending to be satisfying and delightful and messy and wonderful. Rule of Wolves is the second and final book in Bardugo's young adult fantasy King of Scars duology. In book one, King of Scars, Nikolai was a king rebuilding the kingdom of Ravka following a long civil war. Bardugo's story line offered great twists and turns, intrigue, romance, and, as always, characters I loved becoming invested in. (I mentioned the author's Shadow and Bone series in the Greedy Reading List Six Royally Magical Young Adult Series, and I adored her Six of Crows duology even more.) Nikolai, Zoya, and Nina are king, general, and spy, respectively, and when Rule of Wolves picks up with these characters for book two, they're all coping with loss, facing danger, and are bracing for destruction as Fjerda invades Ravka. Large numbers of the magical Grisha are being cruelly exploited for their powers by the ruthless Shu queen, and the horrifically evil Darkling, nebulous shadowy forces, and ruthless leaders threaten the safety, peace, and future for all involved. None of this had been fated; none of it foretold.... They were just the people who had shown up and managed to survive. Practical Zoya struggles with her inconvenient romantic feelings for Nikolai (and vice versa) and begins to come to terms with the mysterious beast taking shape within her. Nina lives out a secret identity as a meek and mild young woman in Fjerda while attempting to uncover military plans and plotting the death of Jarl Brum--while protecting his daughter Hanne, who has become precious to her. Meanwhile, Nikolai is harboring enormous, dark secrets about his bloodline and kingship as well as the dark power within him. Revealing either truth would almost certainly lead to his undoing. I read this rich, almost-600-page story on vacation, and I think my own timing was one reason I found myself getting distracted from the story in a way I didn't while I was reading King of Scars. The page time in Rule of Wolves was more evenly split between different characters--and especially as related to The Darkling, I found this really interesting. However, I have a mild obsession with Nikolai and enjoyed spending more page time in his point of view in King of Scars. Bardugo explores interesting gray areas. Each character grapples with dark monster-like aspects of themselves--and must accept others' various darknesses as well. Fjerdan warmongering and the cruel programs of the Shu are condemned. While Ravka’s retaliatory destruction causes some guilt and regret in those carrying it out, the resulting battles and death seem presented as more necessary and acceptable to a reader who is naturally sympathetic to Ravkan characters' interests. She'd been too afraid to say yes to him, to show him the truth of her longing, to admit that from the first time she'd seen him, she'd known he was the hero of all her aunt's stories, the boy with the golden spirit full of light and hope. The Zoya and Nikolai love-that-must-not-be twists and turns without being melodramatic, but it's exquisitely drawn out. Bardugo provides misogynistic, cruel male characters a reader may love to hate as well as a megalomaniacal, lying queen Makhi. Releasing the physically manipulated khergud army--such a focus of book one--is a motivator for action in Rule of Wolves, but Bardugo also delves into the complicated aftermath, lost futures, and broken spirits resulting from the ruthless program. The moments of redemption in Rule of Wolves aren’t too easy, and I found the various threads building toward the amazing ending to be satisfying and delightful and messy and wonderful. Do you have any Bossy thoughts about this book? Leigh Bardugo's Grishaverse is made up of her Shadow and Bone trilogy, the Six of Crows duology, and the King of Crows duology discussed here, which is expected to be the end of the interconnected series. She also wrote The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic, which are twists on folklore, fairy tales, and her own imagined stories that the characters in the Grishaverse might have heard as children; and Ninth House, a book for adults whose story line is not connected to the Grishaverse. The Shadow and Bone Netflix series offers intermingled Grishaverse characters and storylines, and a second season is in the works. I need to begin again after refamiliarizing myself with how the books connect; I was overwhelmed by sorting out the intersections of the books, their characters, and their timelines when I started, but I immediately loved the cast and the visually stunning settings.