Status Updates From Atramentium

lips curved/curled: 8
gaze/eyes soften: 17

the repetition (words, phrases and plot). so many words and so little has happened. i really really want to like this. the author has a new novella coming out tmrw and i wanted a taste of her writing style beforehand but holy shit.

respectfully, i need authors to find different ways to describe a change in a characters facial expression outside of "their lips curled" i am so serious :") once or twice is fine but dozens? also, fog/mist does not a gothic make. i'd argue this is closer to a dark academia than a gothic (so far). i do find the writing lovely and the horror elements quite creepy.