Status Updates From A Governess to Redeem Him

This author really needs to DIAL BACK on the italicized EMPHASIS of certain words & phrases…not to mention the ELLIPSES, of which there are SO MANY that keep trailing off…I don’t like being TOLD…what I’m supposed to notice, because I have a brain that functions, thank you VERY MUCH, & it’s just very annoying to read, because…

‘Sebastian stared out into the tenebrous mire of nothingness beyond the fire-tinted glass, a mire he couldn’t see, yet which remained infinitely preferable to staring at Juliana’s unconscious form.’ ….Tenebrous mire of nothingness? TENEBROUS MIRE OF NOTHINGNESS?? 💀 Go directly to purple-prose jail. Do not pass Go. Do not collect $200.

THIS OVERWRITING. ‘What mattered was putting an end to this hellish farce, & had she not been driven so close to the brink these past weeks, perhaps her famed rational mind might’ve averted her to the dangers of this pursuit, only it had truly abandoned her, & so, on she went. Until finally, as the figure reached the edge of the loch, he stopped; the water fiercely lapping at the toes of his boots…’ ….😒

Starting over. Hopefully it was just my mood last time I tried to read this. 🫣

‘The memories, no matter how he attempted to cast them away, clung to him like imps, reminding him of those precious few mornings, when she’d awoken thus, & he’d been beside her, to feel her warmth, & smell… jasmine, apple blossoms, the first dew of the morn, & the southern breeze of freedom.’