For romance, romantasy and fantasy readers
Keep every book that wrecked you.
Log what you read, and what it did to you. Turn every finished book into a recap worth keeping, find your next one by trope or feeling, and meet the readers who felt it too.
Your reading journal
Page 312. You can't breathe. Write it down.
Mark how a book is treating you as you go, and leave the thought you'd otherwise text a friend at 1am.
- Drop a feeling at any point, not just at the end.
- Notes and quotes stay attached to where they happened.
- Private by default. Share a page only if you want to.
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
Journal
I saw it coming from about page 200 and it still took the floor out from under me. Sitting on the kitchen tiles. Not okay.
Nothing has gone right for forty pages and I have read every one of them with my shoulders somewhere around my ears.
Absolutely not. I trusted that one. I put my whole heart on that one and this is what I get.
Feelings, not ratings
Ask the community, not the star rating.
So we pool what every reader actually felt, and show you how this book sits against the rest of the genre.
- Every reader's feelings, pooled into one shape for the book.
- Know whether it runs darker, softer or more feral than what you usually read.
- See what you're walking into before page one.
A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas
Wrecked
Betrayed
Charmed
Obsessed
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The Recap
Every book you finish becomes a recap.
Close a book and Amber Hours spins the whole ride into a gorgeous recap. Collect them like trophies, share them on your grid.
- The spice, the tropes, the feelings, all in one card.
- Collect them into a shelf of feelings, your reading year in one place.
- Built to share, your grid will thank you.
Find your next obsession
Tropes and backdrops first. Everything else after.
Enemies to lovers, a snowbound court, a morally grey love interest, a touch that heals? We speak that language, and we sort books by it, not by a bestseller chart.
- Search by trope, backdrop, spice and feeling.
- Rule out what you can't handle today, with content warnings up front.
- Sort by what fits you, not by what's selling.
snowbound court
And there's more
Everything else you'd want. Nothing you wouldn't.
Private clubs
Your own little corners to read and lose it together.
Readalongs
One book, one season, everyone reading at their own pace.
Weekly Confessions
The group-chat meltdown you didn't know you needed.
Reading tracker
Kindle, audio or paperback, log every single read.
Your library
A home for every book you've loved, hated, and reread.
Followers and friends
Follow the readers whose taste you actually trust.
Not your usual reading app
We built it the opposite way.
From the besties
Bring your smut, your feral takes, your 47-book TBR.
Come read with us. No judgment, no gatekeeping. Just readers, feeling everything together.
Finally, an app that gets that I don't want to rate a book. I want to scream about it.
MiraAlmost there
Be here when the doors open.
We're aiming for autumn. Leave your email and you'll be the first in.
or follow along @amberhours.app
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FAQ
What is Amber Hours?
It's the reading journal for romance and romantasy readers, built on feelings instead of star ratings. Track how a book left you, discover your next read by trope and feeling, keep a shareable Recap, and find your people in clubs and readalongs.
Is it free?
Yes, completely. Amber Hours is a passion project built for the romance, romantasy and fantasy community.
When does it open?
Sometime this autumn. Which means I now have to pick the book for our first readalong, got any suggestions?
Do I need physical books?
Not at all. A book is a book, whatever the format: paperback, e-reader or audio.
Who is it for?
Readers of romance, romantasy and fantasy. A gentle 18+ space for women and non-binary readers.