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CANDY CANE: Winter and the Awakening Goddess
In the fifth episode, Winter's greatest hopes and dreams are finally within reach... all she has to do to achieve them is sacrifice everything else.
_____________________________________A NEW SUBSTANCE…
...is spreading through Veramor High School.
The pill is red and white.
Some call it the Drug of Love.
INSTRUCTIONS
(1) Do not take the pill alone.
(2) Break the pill in two, each person swallows half.
(3) Enjoy the most intense feeling known on earth.
WARNINGS
(1) High will wear off sooner than you're prepared for.
(2) After effects include jealousy, neediness, and anger.
(3) You will never be able to take the drug with someone else... so choose your partner wisely.
_____________________________________A NEW SUBSTANCE…
...is spreading through Veramor High School.
The pill is red and white.
Some call it the Drug of Love.
INSTRUCTIONS
(1) Do not take the pill alone.
(2) Break the pill in two, each person swallows half.
(3) Enjoy the most intense feeling known on earth.
WARNINGS
(1) High will wear off sooner than you're prepared for.
(2) After effects include jealousy, neediness, and anger.
(3) You will never be able to take the drug with someone else... so choose your partner wisely.
41 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 7, 2024
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B.T. Gottfred
24 books205 followersGottfred is a novelist, screenwriter, producer, director, and playwright who has penned critically-acclaimed novels that deeply explore identity, sexuality, and human relationships. Starred reviews from Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, Publishers Weekly, and VOYA. Noted reviewers have called his books "swoon inducing and heartbreaking" (School Library Journal), "hilarious and deeply honest" (Publishers Weekly) and "plainly a talent to watch" (Kirkus). His work has been selected as one of BookRiot’s Best of the Decade, Audible's Best of the Year, and has also been featured in the New York Times, Bustle, 60 Minutes, and Salon.
As a playwright, Gottfred wrote and directed the critically acclaimed WOMEN ARE CRAZY BECAUSE MEN ARE A**HOLES that played to sold out audiences for over four years in Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York. He has written and directed four movies, including THE MOVIE HERO, which played at over 20 film festivals worldwide, winning numerous awards including the Audience Award at the Austin Film Festival. In 2017, Gottfred co-founded film/tv/digital production house BOLD SOUL STUDIOS with new media pioneer Corey Moss. They have produced films, documentaries, and series. As well as the Ambie Podcast of the Year, DYING FOR SEX, which was a major television series starring Michelle Williams.
As a playwright, Gottfred wrote and directed the critically acclaimed WOMEN ARE CRAZY BECAUSE MEN ARE A**HOLES that played to sold out audiences for over four years in Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York. He has written and directed four movies, including THE MOVIE HERO, which played at over 20 film festivals worldwide, winning numerous awards including the Audience Award at the Austin Film Festival. In 2017, Gottfred co-founded film/tv/digital production house BOLD SOUL STUDIOS with new media pioneer Corey Moss. They have produced films, documentaries, and series. As well as the Ambie Podcast of the Year, DYING FOR SEX, which was a major television series starring Michelle Williams.
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January 14, 2025I got my copy out of netgalley and because of the synopsis I'm not sure if I picked the write one to review on here .
DNF 40%
I tend to force myself to at least read 50% of each book I start before dnfing it, but when the characters are that big of a hurdle I just don't .
I've don't even want to write a proper review. I wrote some of my thoughts down so I'm going to put them here but this review is not good. Really, don't even bother reading it.
Obviously, I won't put a rating not having finished it
- Trent and Ophelia are a shitty ass couple, but I guess it's what high school romance feels like . When she started beating him I didn't understand what she was doing .
Winter is insufferable. What do you mean "What Trent and Ophelia had was better than my nothing"? It is way better to be single than be with someone you don't want do be and end up beating the shit out of one another for "fun" or as a foreplay type of shit. She is sad and pathetic, but even at your lowest you can see that they're fucked.
At least she added, ""but nothing like what I dreamed" , at least she acknowledge that at some point they might just killing each other.
- Winter being "a bitch"? Like what do you mean? She is one of the flattest characters I've ever read about. She not a bitch she just has no personality whatsoever.
"Damn. I forgot everyone existed. I am such a bitch. I wish I could forget I existed sometimes " forgetting someone from school is not being a bitch It is the much " normal" thing she has done so far. And also calling yourself a bitch is not
I was going to finish it because of how short it is, but I can't. I didn't even meet the love interest.
Winter is again insufferable. "That meant even August, the reclusive art kid whose name I couldn't remember five seconds ago, wasn't interested in me." I have no ideas who does she think she is to have those thoughts. I understand that when you are insecure, sad and maybe depressed you can have this kind of reflexion. And reflecting on it Winter is the cliché of what a depressed teenager would look like, but I didn't get far enough to see if her behaviour has been addressed but her lack of personality is genuinely exhausting.
DNF 40%
I tend to force myself to at least read 50% of each book I start before dnfing it, but when the characters are that big of a hurdle I just don't .
I've don't even want to write a proper review. I wrote some of my thoughts down so I'm going to put them here but this review is not good. Really, don't even bother reading it.
Obviously, I won't put a rating not having finished it
- Trent and Ophelia are a shitty ass couple, but I guess it's what high school romance feels like . When she started beating him I didn't understand what she was doing .
Winter is insufferable. What do you mean "What Trent and Ophelia had was better than my nothing"? It is way better to be single than be with someone you don't want do be and end up beating the shit out of one another for "fun" or as a foreplay type of shit. She is sad and pathetic, but even at your lowest you can see that they're fucked.
At least she added, ""but nothing like what I dreamed" , at least she acknowledge that at some point they might just killing each other.
- Winter being "a bitch"? Like what do you mean? She is one of the flattest characters I've ever read about. She not a bitch she just has no personality whatsoever.
"Damn. I forgot everyone existed. I am such a bitch. I wish I could forget I existed sometimes " forgetting someone from school is not being a bitch It is the much " normal" thing she has done so far. And also calling yourself a bitch is not
I was going to finish it because of how short it is, but I can't. I didn't even meet the love interest.
Winter is again insufferable. "That meant even August, the reclusive art kid whose name I couldn't remember five seconds ago, wasn't interested in me." I have no ideas who does she think she is to have those thoughts. I understand that when you are insecure, sad and maybe depressed you can have this kind of reflexion. And reflecting on it Winter is the cliché of what a depressed teenager would look like, but I didn't get far enough to see if her behaviour has been addressed but her lack of personality is genuinely exhausting.
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