Status Updates From The Villains of Winter

IT WAS A LONG TIME AGO A BOOK HOLD ME IN CHOKEHOLD LIKE THAT.

THEY ARE MOSTLY HAPPY. WHY SO MUCH PAGES LEFT!? 😭

(I really imagine an ending like the Iliad. E die, J lose his mind and go f* crazy and also die)

So far I would give it 4 stars.

However (!!), there is still things that I don’t understand ?!
The power over others with the rituals in philosophy ?
Is it a system with « political guild » grid inside the USA ? (Connecticut -> socialist ; Boston -> communists -> … ) ?

I’ll just … Keep reading

Oh and. Definitly based on Achilles and Patroclus. You need some background on greek ancient lore.

Well… I don’t know where it goes from there, but count me in ! For those who has read, I just read chapter 23 when everything goes to shit.

The vibe is giving : The Secret History (Donne TARTT) mixed with These Violent Delights (Micah NEMEREVER, and a bit if If We Were Villains (M L RIO)

"in a different lifetime we would've been great together. right?"

okay stomp on my heart then???

There are so many instances of the author using esoteric words for no real reason other than to sound smart but then just... not using them correctly, which I think an editor would have caught? I don't know. There's not a lot I can say about the plot and characters at this point. I don't know how there's half a book left. It's no If We Were Villains.

Jesus fucking christ

Gods this is bad

How can there still be so much left of the book when it seems like its the finale?? HOW. This is my book of 2026, end of.

this book is already giving me anxiety 😩