Whoreiffying

by Piper C.J.

She talks to the dead. They talk dirty.

Lennie Pendrake runs a haunted museum in Salem, offering seances for a price. When she unlocks a cursed chest, she frees Cora Winters—a silver-tongued ghost with a talent for possession, an insatiable desire for pleasure, and a taste for the living.

Then there’s Devereaux—Lennie’s most trusted supplier of rare antiquities, a man who always knows exactly what she needs. She tells herself their chemistry is harmless, but the objects he brings her carry whispers of something darker.

A tryst between the living and the dead. A seance gone too far. A scandalous proposition. A secret waiting to be unearthed.

She’s spent her life speaking to the dead—now one refuses to let her go.

Genres: Paranormal, Romance, Novella, LGBT, Horror, Queer, Romantasy

131 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 1, 2025

About the author

Fantasy author with an M.A. in Folklore, who loves to take pictures, eat french fries, and live my life as an all-around creative forest nymph! I'm so excited to bring you with me on my journey as I step out of our everyday lives and into the new fantasy world within The Night and Its Moon fantasy series!

I wrote these books for an audience of one, and that audience was me. I wanted to see bi representation, love, mental health struggles, religious trauma, and overcoming the of obstacles that I needed to be modeled in my own life. At the end of the day I'm so proud of myself for creating the series that I'd always hoped I could read, and I hope someone is able to connect with them in a way that I have.

Reviews

[Talia Devereaux · Rating 1 out of 5]

well, I read it. there's a shit ton of typos and editing errors. not to mention ridiculous head-hopping.

I hate that I saw the potential for a cool story amidst that absolute mess that this was. Whoreiffying(which should be spelt Whoreifying because horrifying is spelt with one 'f', so this is forever going to be pronounced whore-iffy-ing) is about a medium named Lenora who lives in a museum filled with haunted antiquities. We could've expanded on how she started doing this, but we didn't. We learn that she's bought a lot of these artifacts from a guy named Devereaux(interesting choice of name) for the last few years. She's thirsty for Devereaux and fantasises about him crushing her a lot. We also learn that she can communicate with the ghosts attached to these artifacts, but we never actually see any of these conversations or learn any actual backstories of the ghosts aside from the one Slavic undertaker who exhumed corpses and dressed them up as dolls. (which happens to be a genuine case, but his name was Anatoly Moskvin, not Grigori...)

One day, Devereaux brings in an antique case that Lenora buys, and it releases a 17th-century ghost named Coraline. Coraline immediately tries to possess Lenora, fails, and when questioned about it admits she's been doing it for the last 300 years. Yet, somehow, Lenora never grasps this and continues to interrogate Cora about what period she's from. (Is she from the 80s or the 20s? Girl, she told you that she's been a ghost for three hundred years. Do the fucking math.) What I find disappointing about this is that we find out about 80-ish pages into this 131-page novella that Cora is a witch who was killed during the Salem witch trials. She's been working as a spirit to get her chest back to Massachusetts to find the descendant of the person who pointed the finger at them and get vengeance. Her entire coven is apparently trapped in this chest. But this is mentioned in a total of about three paragraphs in the whole book. We only meet one other member of Cora's coven, Abigail, and she's barely utilized at all. There could've been potential for flashbacks of Cora during her time alive while in a coven. Maybe she had a relationship with the person who accused her of witchcraft; maybe they looked just like Lenora, which would explain her immediate obsession with her and why she wasn't willing to turn her over to her coven to die. Maybe we could have seen how horribly her coven treated her, which would have helped us empathize with her. But nope, that doesn't happen.

Instead, what happens is Cora immediately tries to possess Lenora. When that fails, she immediately suggests that she should start selling sex through her seances. When Lenora ignores her, she convinces a ghost that Lenora is paid to summon to commune with her dead husband to possess said husband instead and lock him in the corner of his mind where he believes he's having lots of sex with his wife while said wife possesses his body and runs around using it. Then, later, a man shows up and pays Lenora $4000 for her to summon Marilyn Monroe so he can have sex with her.

Cora tries to convince Lenora that they can profit from this, but Lenora doesn't want to. Later on, Lenora is masturbating while thinking first of Devereaux and then of Cora. She opens her eyes and finds Cora there above her, touching her. She screams and pushes Cora away, yelling at her to get out. Then, immediately after this, Cora traps Lenora in a corner of her mind without her consent, showing her the sex dungeon they could lock other people in so they can have sex with their loved ones(???)

Immediately after, we meet their first client, a woman who hasn't been able to move on from her hs sweetheart 20 years after the fact, so they summon her 18-year-old spirit for this woman to have sex with.

Then, immediately after that, there's a four-week time jump where I'm supposed to believe that Lenora suddenly is into Cora after she straight-up assaulted her. We see none of their relationship develop at all. This is what we get.

Day one, I was surprised by her. Day two, I was annoyed by her. Day three, I’d been distracted by allure and swept into a panic by her. Week one, I looked forward to talking to her every day. Week two, I struggled to remember a life before her.  Week three, she was practically part of the furniture—immovable, indispensable, and impossible to envision a home without. Where would we be by week four?

Bro, what do you mean? She assaulted you and trapped you in your mind without your consent. Are you alright??

Anyway, they decide to get 'vengeance' on the guy who wants to fuck Marilyn Monroe. Now, I thought that they were going to mess with him and scare him, as in summon some scary ghosts and make him shit his pants. But in reality, Cora makes herself look like Marilyn Monroe, possesses this guy and then locks him in a corner of his mind where he thinks he's boning Marilyn Monroe. So, according to him, he's getting exactly what he wants. Meanwhile, Cora, while possessing his body, takes Lenora out to a total of three places where he shouts about having a big dick and being rich, then gets kicked out, and that's it. Oh, also, she takes a dick pic and sends it to everyone on his phone and says that he probably does it to a bunch of women without their consent anyway....so you're just gonna do it to them some more??? also potentially his fucking mom? okay?!??!

Then she unpossesses the dude and has sex with Lenora without needing to lock her in the mind dungeon. So let it be known that Cora can touch objects in the physical world without a body.

They do this for a whole month to a bunch of random people and make a fuck ton of money. Then, one day, Lenora gets a cut on her hand, and Devereaux shows up randomly to sell her some more antiques. He sees her injuries and takes her to the hospital instead. She needs six stitches, which is enough for Devereaux to think she needs constant watching over, and he brings her back to his house and refuses to let her have alcohol. (As someone who has had a hand injury that required multiple stitches...this is not how hand injuries work. Just saying.) Anywho, she stays there for three days, not questioning how he knows the exact meals she likes or worrying about the museum she's left unattended for several days. She's all happy and floaty and clearly drugged, and then she has sex with Devereaux, and the way it is written is so fucking disturbing. She has obviously been drugged, and we get confirmation a few pages later that she actually was when she finds drugs in her coffee. But the literal rape scene is written in a way where she loves every second of it and is feeling super euphoric over it. It's never actually dealt with that she was drugged and raped by a man who she fantasized over, and it gets even worse...

She ends up escaping after a ghost wakes her up from her drugged state. She runs back home and learns that Devereaux has been murdering the owners of the antiques he's been selling her. Interestingly, she never thought to question the providence of any of the antiques she's been purchasing... (my question is why he suddenly decided to attack and kill Lenora. She pays him. It's foolish as fuck that he would suddenly be like, let me kill her and steal her antiques? Where is he going to sell to now? And if he wanted to be with her, why didn't he do that when she was actively yearning for him? Why bother drugging and locking her up? She already liked him.)

Anyway, there's a whole dramatic showdown at the end that lasts like five pages where the ghosts we saw her cultivate no relationship at all with are determined to save her from Devereaux even though they could have warned her years ago what he was doing, considering he likely sold her their antiques, but okay. Cora ends up possessing Devereaux and deciding to stay in his body forever. So now, Cora, who has assaulted Lenora before, is in the body of Devereaux, who drugged and raped Lenora, and they are now a couple... The book ends with them talking about dying for each other while having sex with Devereaux's possessed body. So....wow. What the absolute fuck.

Piper's commentary on gender identity is offensive as fuck in my opinion. Saying that because Cora bodyswapped into a man, she's now a man, even though she has identified as a woman her entire life, is not how being trans works. This should've been a topic handled by or at least sensitivity read by an actual trans person, not Piper CJ, who consistently misgenders an NB character in one of her books and still can't grasp the meaning of consent. Body-snatching can absolutely be used in a way to explore gender identity, but the way Piper does it, like she does literally everything else, is lazy and insulting.

There's also the fact that this was a book once again advertised as sapphic that ends with a heterosexual presenting couple. Sure, Cora is possessing Devereaux's body, but Lenora is still having sex with a man's body, pretending Cora is a man sometimes, sometimes not. Like, what even is this book?

Let me leave you with these quotes.

"Unlike Cora, I believe in consent, even when it’s the rights of a bloodthirsty killer.”
-- UMMM??? DO YOU??

"She was divine masculine, divine feminine, and simply divine, the blending of every gender in one, perfect form."

"We stewed in oxytocin, a perfect moment marinated in love and sex as her cum seeped out of me."

yeah so. that was shit. oh and piper still doesn't know what dredges vs dregs means

[Alice Quinn · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book was utter trash. First off… Editor who? There’s no way. Where the **** did the money go that seemingly was donated to her for this novella? Because she sure as hell didn’t use it to pay an editor or cover artist. I’m also so over being queerbaited by Piper. This isn’t the first time, and I’m sure it won’t be the last. Marketing your books as wlw spice and then mishandling that spice and ‘love story’ is exhausting and it’s becoming her M.O. But yaaaaaaay glad we got multiple smutty little spice scenes with the male protagonist. Very wlw of you Piper.
Such a cool concept that was just straight fumbled and rushed. So many moments I practically yelled ‘but tell us WHY this is happening/WHY this works. Disappointed

[Millie Faber]

CANNOT CONTINUE THIS. DNF

[Whitney · Rating 2 out of 5]

If I told you that I looked at this book and expected an unproblematic journey, well... I would obviously be lying. So that's on me. I knew it. It's my fault that I'm here.

I'll start with the good. The heart of this story is actually really interesting. I would have loved to see it expanded more and to see the two female leads really connect and learn more about one another. I think there was a ton of potential there that wasn't explored at all.

The mood and atmosphere at the start was well done and intriguing. It just fell off as the book went on.

There were typos and issues like that, but overall it was actually better written than I expected going in.

On to the bad. This is not a wlw story. All but one sex scene is with a male body. If anything, maybe this could have been used to deal more with trans or non binary identities, but it wasn't. It's just a woman possessing a man and describing heterosexual sex and I'm supposed to accept that as a lesbian love story. Which feels really pretty insulting. Again, if it were advertised differently, that's fine. Whatever blows your skirt up. But I don't think it's at all fair to push it as wlw. Lesbians also deserve representation absent of male bodies and heterosexual sex. It feels to me like there's an underlying message that lesbian sex or a lesbian relationship is palatable so long as there is a penis?? Obviously I really hope that wasn't the authors intent, but 🤷🏻‍♀️. I just don't see why a story about two women needed to be told in this way and it felt gross and dismissive. The "spice" in these scenes was not remotely sapphic. I cannot stress that enough.

There's also the major issue of the main character now having a relationship with the body that raped her. The trigger warnings are extensive and honest, but still. Just felt icky.

ALSO, the only really sweet lesbian moment in this book was between a living and a dead side character during a seance. And the living one is later murdered by the male who becomes the body used in all the sex scenes. Bury your gays I guess.

2 stars for the unrealized potential. - 100 stars for whatever kind of queer representation this is.

[Vanessa · Rating 4 out of 5]

First off, this cover is stunning!!!

I devoured this spicy spooky season novella about a witchy medium FMC (Lennie) who lives in a museum filled with magical artifacts. She bought a lot of these items from a guy named Devereaux, who she has been crushing on for the last few years. At the start, you learn that Lennie can communicate with the ghosts attached to these items, including a 17th century ghost named Coraline. Throughout the story, Lennie and Cora make a killing off of seances, where the living can interact sexually with those among the dead...but the story takes a huge turn when the girls want to get revenge!

Perfect for fans of:
👻smutty novellas
👻horny ghosts
👻 witchy medium FMC
👻 haunted museums
👻 atypical love triangles
👻 WLW (but also potential gender fluidity, depending on how you see things)
👻 revenge
👻 Salem, MA

[Marissa McCrady - reezzareads · Rating 5 out of 5]

Book Review

Whoreiffying By Piper C.J
5⭐️3🌶️

👻I completely devoured this novella. I absolutely loved the story. It was fun, sexy and filled with twists and turns that leave you jaw dropped. The banter was 10/10.

*Please read trigger warnings*

[labibliofille · Rating 3 out of 5]

I didn't love this book, but I also didn't hate it. I honestly feel like there was so much happening in such a short amount of time that I was missing potential information as a reader. The depth that could have been reached if this were a full-length novel and we had more of Deb's perspective, or even a larger glimpse into Cora's history would have been stellar. I will say, I enjoyed what I got, but I was left yearning for more.

[Emma Birtles · Rating 5 out of 5]

How is this so good??

It touched on so many areas of life and realities of present while also being a paranormal bisexual work of art?!? How??

A clairvoyant who unexpectedly team ups with a persistent ghost, offering a unique service for those missing their loved ones.

Read this.

Seriously.

[Andrea Brado · Rating 4 out of 5]

Forget being haunted by a ghost. How about being hard core hit on by one?

Lennie Pendrake is the real deal as a medium. She owns a haunted museum in Salem which to the tourist is a spooky shop but to the trained eye is full of active spirits. Ghosts that are happy to stay and chat - yes chat - with Lennie and ghosts Lennie is happy to help move on. She enjoys her collection of curiosities and characters while balancing life. When her antique supplier, Devereaux, provides a puzzle chest. Lennie unlocks a ghost Cora who not only won’t leave, but has an insatiable hunger for the pleasure of humans.

Believing their sexual chemistry to be harmless, Lennie continues business as usual. When a seance goes horribly wrong and the line between the living and dead is blurred, Lennie has to face the reality that her flirty ghost may be doing more harm than good. But Cora won’t let go.

I was privileged to receive an ARC of this book and have been honest in my review of it. I did not receive anything in exchange for my review.

—- Quotes —-

“My curated museum of antiquities rested on the blood-soaked earth of the two hundred women Salem once accused of being witches. Now, tourists and residents alike saw witchcraft as little more than a gimmick.”

“It took a lot to scare a medium, but nothing was more terrifying than the entitlement of a straight white man.”

“ ‘Dying for someone is easy… Living for someone is hard.’ “

“ ‘Some love stories linger, but ours was always destined to haunt eternity.’ “

[Micca B aka gigglybookgeek · Rating 5 out of 5]

Finished in one sitting! I mean, yes, it’s a novella, but I could not put it down. No adult responsibilities were completed until it was finished. Piper, keep these novellas coming! I’ve read it twice through already.

Let’s start with the name and the cover. Is it suggestive? No more than a man posing shirtless on a cover kissing a woman with her bøøbs pushed up. So, either people just want to shame women or they have an issue that she’s not thin. We are body and sex positive here on this side of the book world! I absolutely LOVE this cover that Helena did. Honestly, I am torn on if this cover or the NOG covers are my favorite. Plus, the title, Whøeiffying is genius. If you read the description, you would get it. A sense of humor is a fabulous thing.

Now, the book. Buckle up, because this books starts and does not slow down until the end. I did not see what was going to happen from one chapter to the next. So, when hit with that spice, whewwwwww! Lennie’s museum is a special one. Dev, an antiquities dealer of sorts, brings by special finds that he feels would fit in only in a museum like hers. This one comes with an unexpected annoyance. Coraline. Cora isn’t happy just to stay quiet in the shadows. Nooo. She is going to stir up everything in Lennie’s life. Especially her side séance business.

At first, I could not stand Cora. I would have found a way to get rid of her. Well, I’m sure glad I didn’t. The relationship between these two takes us on an interesting and wild ride.

Favorite quote in this book (quite possibly any book ever)? “…nothing was more terrifying than the entitlement of a straight white man.” Spitting the truth here.

Now, you know by now that you need to read the trigger warnings before starting a book. Protect that mental health, and don’t read a book that’s too spicy or twisted for your taste. I know better than to eat the hot salsa and then complain about it, because I know I can’t handle spicy food. Know what past traumas you can handle reading or not. I’ve had to pass on plenty of books because of the TWs. No shame in that at all.

The ebook is available for preorder on the Zon and paperback will be when released on April 1st. It can’t get here fast enough!

Thank you to Piper for the eARC for review in exchange for an honest review.

[Orini · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am loving these indie novella releases! Whoreiffying was exactly the kind of urban paranormal fantasy I have been searching for. Oracle goth lady (Lennie) talks to ghosties she meets through items she collects from hunky "art collector" (Dev) with serious control issues. Her mediumship doesn't end there though, for some extra cash she occasionally performs séances calling to loved ones of clients who pay top dollar to get closure. She meets a particularly mischievous spirit (Cora) from a locked chest she recently acquires who turns her whole world upside down. People are possessed, fun is had, justice is served. Oh and secrets are revealed. Big twist happens oh and sexy time beneath the sheets if you get my meaning 😉 (I make no apologies for the puns, you read this review on your own free will.)
You'll like this book if you like goth girls with black cat energy, snarky sexy ghosts, Brett's that get what they deserve. It's a short, dark humor, macabre twist on an occult museum, thrilling, and sinfully spicy. Just read it okay? It won't disappoint.

[sunbeams.and.rainbows · Rating 5 out of 5]

Omg I could NOT put this novella down! I read it in one sitting and I will be reading it again when it releases on pub day! I am completely obsessed with the concept of this book. Piper is a master at playing with perspective, and that was highly emphasized in Whøriffying. Also, can we talk about the name? Picasso! I love it! The pacing was perfect, the spice was super freaking hot in completely unexpected ways, and the twists and turns kept me on my toes! This was a perfect novella. Seriously, 10/10, no notes. Highly recommend if you’re looking for a quick read with sexy ghosts, Salem witch lore, goth witch aesthetic, queer and gender fluidity/exploration rep, and plenty of mystery.

[Alex · Rating 2 out of 5]

2 1/2 stars. I started this in October but struggled to pick it back up again to finish it. (It's January now.) So I guess I wasn't that interested. Not a bad novella but I think I would have liked it more when I was a younger.

[Rachel · Rating 2 out of 5]

Some extensive proofreading would have definitely helped - starting with the title. The pacing was all over the place and the story felt like it was trying to go in too many different directions.

[Lara · Rating 5 out of 5]

A Lot happens in a short book

[Hanna · Rating 3 out of 5]

so many errors but a cute little mindless read

[Jokie · Rating 4 out of 5]

3,75 ⭐
This was a wild ride, I loved it!

[Sara · Rating 5 out of 5]

Obsessed with this from start to finish. I love this series of novellas from Piper. The cover art is STUNNING, and I absolutely adore Lennie and Cora. It's such a fun and fresh take on being a medium and truly so different than anything else I've read in this genre.

[Lindsey Conway · Rating 5 out of 5]

I will NEVERRR get enough of Piper’s spooky spicy novellas and I hope she gives us 1000 more.

This novella has so much packed into just over 100 pages and it was sooo satisfying for an afternoon read! For the goth folks and witchy babes, or anyone who’s ever wondered what it would be like to get a little freaky with a ghost!

There are also some more serious themes like women empowerment (rampant misandry), exploration of gender and identity, and coping with grief and loss.

And that cover!? Pick this one up, you will not regret it!

[Sarah (TheLibrarysKeeper) · Rating 5 out of 5]

Piper is the QUEEN of novellas. This one is no exception. I read this is one go and couldn't have stopped even if I wanted to.

Lennie runs a haunted museum in Salem and does seances on the side to make some money. When a cursed chest makes it's way into the museum, suddenly the ghost of Cora Winters is helping her use her gifts in ways she never thought possible.

A tryst between the living and the dead. A seance gone too far. A scandalous proposition. A secret waiting to be unearthed. You won't be able to put this one down.

[Kelli · Rating 5 out of 5]

Omg!!! I cannot say enough about this book. It’s a sexy twist on mediums. I couldn’t guess where each turn was taking me but I loved every bit of it! If your into ghost and the living - sex and revenge. Then this book is definitely for you! Piper has done it again!! 🖤

[Cattikira · Rating 5 out of 5]

Whoreiffying got my heart racing in more ways than one. This is a fun spicy novella is about witches, ghosts, possessions, and murder. The chapter titles are delightful. I especially loved the Houdini and Spiritualism references. (Do yourself a favor and go down that rabbit hole). The MCs and story are enthralling. I can’t help but be obsessed. This is a novella I will be returning to many times!

[vee · Rating 2 out of 5]

Unfortunately I did judged this book by its cover and I highly regret now. I thought I was going to read some filthy ghost smut but the spice was barely there for my standards. Lame wlw “love” story, random bad guy with no real personality and the overall plot was just weak and not catchy. Also the author casually switches from a first person perspective to a third person narration out of the blue, not to mention the overall bad editing. Definitely not recommended

[YuQian Zheng · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed this. There were some spelling errors, but this novella was fun and hilarious and I really liked it. I might make a more in depth review later, but for rn I give it a solid 👍

[Joanne Love · Rating 4 out of 5]

When I read the tropes and trigger warnings for this novella, I was intrigued! Ghosts, Salem witches, seances and a Goth witch?! Sign me up! This is a fast read and pretty satisfying for a short one. Lennie’s world is well built and defined. I could clearly picture the museum and her life within it.

Coraline at first felt like a character you wouldn’t like, but I gradually warmed to her and grew to like her relationship with Lennie, which I didn’t expect. There a layers to this story and they are built at a good pace without you easily guessing the twists. I would have liked to see more of surrounding Salem in the story, but the lack of outside activity to the museum reflects Lennie’s introversion.

There is a good level of spice in this novella, check the trigger warnings but everything that is included in the story moves the plot along well and builds your understanding and love for the characters. I want to hear more from Lennie and Coraline please! If the premise grabs you like it grabbed me, you should definitely give this one a read!

[Lucrezia Castello · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Pendrake Cabinet is the most unusual place to visit, especially if you want to get in touch with someone who has passed away...
Lenora - Lennie - Pendrake has quite a strange past, especially as a witch living in the town of Salem👀
After Lennie receives another antiquarian chest from her 'friend' Devereux, the ghost of a girl called Cora will be keeping her company from now on - and she will be anything but quiet😏

Working together will allow Cora and Lennie to escape the monotony that has been plaguing them, and new clients will allow them to explore what they've both been longing for🔥

If before I feared that there would be too much spice, the author surprised me by giving voice to many injustices that have not been redressed and by finding peace for those who have not been able to do so for centuries.

Brief, vibrant and decidedly unforgettable❤️‍🔥

[Francesca Elizabeth · Rating 3 out of 5]

I have to say I went into this book 100% blind. Did not read anything about it before I dived in and I’m not even mad about it! I started it at 4am on the 23rd and was so hooked that I finished it at 7am on the 24th lol

I went from laughing at the banter between Cora and Lennie and thinking Dev was a good friend. Well that all changed real fast! I wasn’t expecting Dev to turn into a total dbag, but honestly it works out in the end. Cora bringing out all that Lennie can really be was so beautiful and hilarious. Who knew spirits can smut it up with the rest of us 🤣 honestly the connection was steamy and I loved it! The way she gets all parts of Lennie is amazing and vice versa!

I have to say this was my first paranormal smut but I will be open to more after this!

[Cleo B · Rating 1 out of 5]

DNF. If the typo in the title wasn’t enough (if you want to make a pun on “horrifying” there’s only one F in the word! it looks like whore-iffy-ing lmfao) it’s riddled with distracting mistakes. I can accept some mistakes in indie books but this is egregious for a novella that was “fully funded” by donations. An editor is credited but they clearly did not do their job!

There’s also simply nothing less sexy than the reliably chemical description of hormones and neurotransmitters in every sex scene.

[CB · Rating 2 out of 5]

The concept seemed interesting initially, but the execution was not great. It was an easy read but I found myself skimming over the repetitive supposed spicy scenes as they were just lacking in any real storyline/context, and were just padding posing as a novella but that’s basically all there is to this aside from the writing being a let down which is disappointing compared to how mostly well written the authors other books are. Like other people have said this feels rushed, and there are some typos or poorly constructed sentences.

[Haileybugs7 · Rating 4 out of 5]

I feel as if this book would’ve been better if it didn’t start so confusing. There were many times that it switch pov without really saying if it switch which made it harder to follow the story line. I honestly loved how the ending though cause the ending quote actually made the story even better. It said “We are the promise even death can’t break. We’re Forever.”
Which if you actually read the book you’ll understand why it hits so hard.

Overall: I’m glad to have read it even if it was just a random book I picked up. Would I read it again? Probably not