Now, why are we here?
I’ve always been a reader.
I can remember being a kid on the bottom bunk reading out loud to my big brother. Stories took me places I could only imagine going. And when I couldn’t get books from the school book fair, the library was only a short walk away.
As I got older, my reading changed. It became technical jargon, medical articles, and enough clinical language to make your eye twitch. Reading became work.
Then one day I was scrolling on that clock app—you know the one—and a book series popped up on my timeline. I bought the first book on a whim and somewhere between morally gray men, emotional damage, and bad decisions in expensive clothing…
I fell in love with reading again.
These books were a little different from what work required me to read.
These stories had:
– small town chaos
– women with sharp tongues
– men with black hearts and bigger wallets
– female assassins
– morally questionable billionaires
– mermaids
– murder
– obsession
– yearning
– and enough emotional instability to require federal supervision.
You get the drift.
At first, I started writing reviews privately in an app called BookBuddy. Nobody saw them. It was just a place to dump my thoughts without having to get on TikTok and record videos because absolutely not. I would rather fight a bear.
Also, if you’ve read any of my reviews, you already know:
I’m long-winded.
You’re not getting 15 seconds of me staring into a camera while text flies around my head. Writing lets me ramble, spiral, side-eye fictional people, and yell at plot twists properly.
The more I read, the more fun I had writing honest, unfiltered reviews. Reading became fun again. Writing became creative again. And eventually I wandered over to Goodreads where I behaved myself for a little while before finally saying:
fuck it.
And once I did?
The reviews got better.
The humor got sharper.
The opinions got louder.
The chaos got stronger.
I stopped trying to sound polished and started sounding like myself.
Why 13Pages?
Well first, 13 has always been my favorite number. Don’t ask questions. I even wore it on my basketball jersey.
But the real reason came from a book I was reading where by page 13 I realized:
oh no.
I was already in too deep.
The story had officially gone wrong in the best possible way and there was no turning back.
That’s what 13Pages is.
A place for readers who love:
– chaos
– morally gray characters
– emotional damage
– unhinged plot twists
– fictional people making catastrophic decisions
– and books that leave a mark long after the last page.
We love dark romance.
We love fluffy romance.
And let me tell you something right now:
those “sweet and wholesome” books be having some nonsense going on too 😭
Both can be healing.
Both can be fun.
At 13Pages, we believe great books don’t need permission.
They need nerve.
Our reviews—called The Damage Reports—spotlight bold stories, emotionally unsafe characters, unconventional plots, and authors willing to take risks. Especially indie authors, hybrid authors, overlooked authors, and the writers creating stories outside traditional publishing spaces.
If it’s gripping, daring, chaotic, addictive, or emotionally devastating?
It belongs here.
We’re here for the books that live:
– outside the algorithm
– beyond the gatekeepers
– far away from “safe”
– and somewhere near a terrible decision.
And if a story feels too clean, too predictable, or too polished?
Baby, I’m gonna tell you 😭
13Pages is for readers who trust their instincts, tempt fate, and chase stories that ruin their emotional stability in the best way possible.
The kind of books you think about for days afterward.
The kind that alter your brain chemistry.
The kind that feel like bad decisions you’d happily make again.
So I hope you stick around for the chaos.
And remember:
read responsibly.
…or don’t.