Plot Twists

[close] A ᴛʜᴏᴜsᴀɴᴅ ʏᴇᴀʀs ᴀɢᴏ, ᴛʜᴇ Cᴏᴜɴᴄɪʟ ᴏᴠᴇʀᴛʜʀᴇᴡ ᴛʜᴇ ᴋɪɴɢ ᴀɴᴅ ʜɪs ғᴀᴍɪʟʏ. A ᴄᴏᴜᴘʟᴇ ᴇsᴄᴀᴘᴇᴅ, ʙᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ʀᴏʏᴀʟ ʙʟᴏᴏᴅ ʜᴀs ʙᴇᴇɴ ғᴏʀɢᴏᴛᴛᴇɴ ʙʏ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴏɴᴇ ᴏᴠᴇʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍɪʟʟᴇɴɴɪᴜᴍ. Aɴʏ ᴛʀᴀᴄᴇs ᴏғ ᴍᴀɢɪᴄ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ᴇxᴛɪɴɢᴜɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴜɪʟᴅɪɴɢ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ Wᴀʟʟ, ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ᴋᴇᴇᴘs ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴏɴᴇ ᴡɪᴛʜɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ Cɪᴛʏ ᴀɴᴅ ᴀʟʟ ɪɴᴛʀᴜᴅᴇʀs ᴏᴜᴛ. Tʜᴇ Cᴏᴜɴᴄɪʟ ᴏғ Nɪɴᴇ ʜᴀs ʀᴜʟᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴇ Cɪᴛʏ ᴇᴠᴇʀ sɪɴᴄᴇ. Tʜᴇʀᴇ ᴀʀᴇ ɴᴏ ᴍᴏɴᴀʀᴄʜs ᴏʀ ᴅᴇᴍᴏᴄʀᴀᴄʏ ᴏʀ ʀᴇᴘᴜʙʟɪᴄs. Tʜᴇʀᴇ ɪs ᴊᴜsᴛ ᴛʜᴇ Cᴏᴜɴᴄɪʟ. Nᴏʙᴏᴅʏ ᴇᴠᴇʀ sᴇᴇs ᴛʜᴇ Cᴏᴜɴᴄɪʟ, ʙᴜᴛ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴏɴᴇ ᴋɴᴏᴡs ᴛʜᴇʏ’ʀᴇ ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ. Tʜᴇɪʀ sᴘɪᴇs ʟɪᴛᴇʀᴀʟʟʏ ʜᴇᴀʀ ᴀɴᴅ sᴇᴇ ᴀʟᴍᴏsᴛ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴛʜɪɴɢ. Tʜᴇ ᴘᴏʟɪᴄᴇ ᴇɴғᴏʀᴄᴇs ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴀᴡs, ᴋᴇᴇᴘs ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴇᴀᴄᴇ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴋᴇᴇᴘs ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴀɴᴅ ɪsᴏʟᴀᴛᴇᴅ ғʀᴏᴍ ɪɴᴠᴀsɪᴏɴ. Iғ ɪᴛ ᴡᴇʀᴇɴ’ᴛ ғᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ғᴇᴀʀ, ɪᴛ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ʙᴇ ᴀ ᴜᴛᴏᴘɪᴀ.Tʜᴇ ᴘᴇᴏᴘʟᴇ ᴀʀᴇ ᴛᴇʀʀɪғɪᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴍᴏᴠᴇ, ᴡᴏʀʀɪᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴡɪʟʟ ʙᴇ ʀᴇᴘᴏʀᴛᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄɪᴛʏ ᴄᴏᴜɴᴄɪʟ. Tʜᴇʀᴇ sʜᴏᴜʟᴅɴ’ᴛ ʙᴇ ᴀ ʀᴇsɪsᴛᴀɴᴄᴇ. Bᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ɪs ᴏɴᴇ. Bᴇʜɪɴᴅ ᴄʟᴏsᴇᴅ ᴅᴏᴏʀs, ᴛʜᴇ Rᴇsɪsᴛᴀɴᴄᴇ sᴛʀɪᴠᴇs ᴛᴏ ᴏᴠᴇʀᴛʜʀᴏᴡ ᴛʜᴇ ɢᴏᴠᴇʀɴᴍᴇɴᴛ. Tʜᴇʏ sᴇɴᴅ ᴍᴇssᴀɢᴇs ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴄᴇʀᴛᴀɪɴ ᴅᴇsɪɢɴs ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴡᴇᴀʀ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ᴄᴏᴀᴛs. Aɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇʏ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ sᴘɪᴇs ᴛᴏᴏ, ᴇᴠᴇɴ ᴀᴍᴏɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ Cᴏᴜɴᴄɪʟ’s sᴘɪᴇs ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ Cᴏᴜɴᴄɪʟ ɪᴛsᴇʟғ. Bᴏᴛʜ sɪᴅᴇs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴏᴡᴇʀғᴜʟ. Nᴇɪᴛʜᴇʀ sɪᴅᴇ ɪs ᴘᴇʀғᴇᴄᴛ. Pᴇʀʜᴀᴘs, sᴏᴏɴ, ᴛʜᴇ Rᴇsɪsᴛᴀɴᴄᴇ ᴡɪʟʟ ᴛᴀᴋᴇ ᴀᴄᴛɪᴏɴ. Tʜᴇɴ, ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ᴡɪʟʟ ʙᴇ ᴡᴀʀ.

[close] ✨💞 Recomendamos livros, falamos sobre livros, fugimos à realidade, apaixonamos nos por personagens fictícios e adoramos estar umas com as outras! 💞✨

[close] Welcome to Paperback Babes, where the vibes are hot, the reads are hotter, and no one judges. Born somewhere between Oregon & Washington, we’re a crew of fun, flirty, unfiltered book lovers who like our fiction spicy, our thrillers twisty, and our nights filled with just one more chapter. A PNW book club for the hot girlies, soft introverts, main characters, and chaos readers between Oregon & Washington and beyond. We love moody weather, spicy chapters, impulsive book buys, and texts that say “wait have you read this yet??” From foggy thrillers to soft girl lit to whatever TikTok told us to read next... we’re here for vibes, not pressure. Rain or shine, we read. Come for the book recs, stay for the memes, wine recs, and way too honest reviews.

[close] i created this bookclub to motivate us to read more and share our interest in book types. ⋆˖⁺‧₊𓆩🦇𓆪₊‧⁺˖⋆ favorite genre: dark academia, thrillers, crime and mystery, books that’ll make me cry my eyes out, big plot twists. favorite tropes: grumpy x sunshine, slow burn, found family. i hope this will be fun!