Status Updates From The Faithful Dark

i LOVE the writing :')

unfortunately i think this is it for me. i know we're just getting into the meat of it now but its just not clicking and idk, the cat thing didnt sit right with me.

"He’d struck well, the thought bringing a possessive sense of pride as he sat next to her. There were sharp welts across her upper back, purple blooming out of the red and pale islands of skin between them, but he hadn’t broken her, hadn’t risked any organs. It was beautifully done, and she’d been brave."

Omg 😩

"Those blackened fingers twirled a few chestnut strands of her loose hair in soft connection and Csilla couldn’t bring herself to push him away even as her skin crawled."

Is this a book about creepy men? I can't even pay attention to the serial killer mystery

"Ilan ran a finger down the soft leather strap of a flogger. All gifts had their uses to the Faith."

ALL the dudes in this book are creeps

Why is this dude so rapey ugh

"Ilan’s pulse quickened at the thought of dragging the Izir into the depths of the cathedral and flogging his ideas out of him. Fantasising about beating an angel was probably somewhere on the sin ledgers, the cleansing invocation set at an exorbitant price, but the thought of this man’s handsome face cracking was deeply pleasing."

That's hot 🥵

"Ilan touched each whip, clamp, and tool of confession lightly, every piece in its place and scrubbed clean."

This would be great if it was a kink thing

things are getting interesting but idk its still not clicking. i might just stick out till 25% and see how i feel

"A baby who left her baptism water cold and clear, whose touch never sparked the smallest reaction in anything from a consecrated threshold to a relic. No one had ever heard of anything like her, not evil, not good."

She's The One™️!!

"...any fresh blood that would have sealed the request had been emptied into the river to flavour the carp."

Flavor the carp?? 🤢

"Her soulless blood didn’t carry any spirit, couldn’t do anything to strengthen the Faith."

Huh

its neat but like. i dont think things are being introduced very well. i only remembered csilla was soulless from the book synopsis and how its introduced here... it kind of isnt introduced lmao. i'd like to know what being soulless means and how it effects things bc now i cant really tell.

i wasnt super into csilla's chapter but i liked illan's so. we'll give it a try... i like the concept....

I have a theory about the murders. Curious to see if I am right.