Status Updates From Philomena and the Seven Deaths

DNF: I give up

Gods above & below, yeah she just met Hu & fucked him in a church confessional. She talks about how she’s been begging for forgiveness when she hasn’t in the entire book (except the authors 1 attempt to write a possession esque scene) & all this stuff about her religion after having the character say she really wasn’t into her religion & was a bad Christian??? Like please, can I get plot & not retcon?

Hu has been introduced & he is a cool ambiguous brown person which is fun. I don’t understand why the characters think Mena is witty when she’s been anything but the entire book, if anything, she’s really flat for a character. It feels like the writer just writes like scenes instead of a flowing plot which feels disjointed & the romances are being rushed to get to the smut which sucks.

It uses Edwardian London as an aesthetic backdrop without exploring the actual socio-political environment— especially when having a main male love interest be black with dread locs. Mena has little personality other than telling the reader how “not like other women” she is when she’s not bad mouthing corsets (which is so just gross as someone who loves straight front corsets)

A reaper, a vampire king, Dr. Jekyl/Mr. Hyde and Cthulhu all vying for her attention!!!! Yes please!!!!! Mena you lucky biotch.

Omg the way she died the fourth time!! Why am I smiling??