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It is not violence against women. It is violence done by men.

Getting hit by a bus would hurt less than this! I'm so conflicted and warry of everyone.

This book is awesome. The pacing is immaculate. The characters are complex. The world building is intriguing. The political danger has me flipping pages as fast as humanly possible. Lastly the revenge plot is brewing, and I know it's going to pay off with an epic finale.

"If anyone had told me you'd become so lovely, I would never have come near you. I was rather blindsided when I saw you again."
Her eyebrows furrowed in confusion.
"You're like a rose in a graveyard."

I hate how much I love this. Alchemised is everything I typically hate in a novel. Self-harm, suicidal ideation, sexual assault, violence, rape, complex trauma, corrupt religion, racism, classism, and a fascist regime. Yet there's something there in how these two broken people learn to love each other, to process trauma, and grieve, which has me on the edge of my seat eagerly flipping to the next page.

Second time trying to read this. However, with hot goth lesbians and a unique sci-fi mystery setting, this one deserves to be read.

"Maybe is a loser's word." Absolute banger of a line. My ego could never recover.

love an emotionally unavailable girly. humbling men like it's nothing.

Melodrama Queen

Traumatized nuerodivergent orphan discovers drugs and becomes absolutely insane at chess.

I'm just over 200 pages in, and it's only 9% of this story. I respect this story and the fans that make it so special. However, I'm not sure I have another 2300ish pages left in me. The story is unique, but I'm not gripped by it. I respect the character dynamics that have been established. But they don't have me engrossed.

I undownloaded Instagram in order to force feed myself this masterpiece. If you don't hear from me in the next six months you know why. I am emotionally fragile and ready to cry.

I finally read the most heartbreaking death in the history of queer Harry Potter fanfiction. The worst part is I did it to myself. I knew when I started this that he was going to die. There's no happy endings, just tears and a story that took me 3 years to finish the tragic ending. I'm so close to being done, but it's so sad. I'm not supposed to feel this much raw emotion over fanfiction.

I am so confused. I can only take so much pretentious banter, non-linear storytelling, and meager crumbs for plot. But in Petras' book recommendations, I trust.

Only Olivie Blake could write a story about a vampire, ghost, demon, demigod, angel, reaper, siren, death, demon king, and some guy named Fox and make it read like a typical Wednesday afternoon.

James didn't answer he just said, "I want to be yours, not his."

No, my heart can't take it. James believes that he's choosing someone who's not going to enslave him. While unknowingly choosing the person destined to enslave him.

James and Will are going to be the death of me. I can not begin to explain how horribly wrong but also beautifully perfect their relationship is. C.S. Pacat is the master of problematic power dynamics within beautifully wholesome love stories.

Oh no, there's only one bed!

James is perfect. I already know this book will destroy me.

The way C.S Pacat can convey complex themes of intimacy and power dynamics by a mere brush of Will's fingertips on James' wrist is perfection. She is an absolute master of the slowburn complex romance dynamics that is the enemies to lovers trope.

Extremely interesting and easy to follow both politically, philosophically, and scientifically.

Okay, something must be very wrong because I'm getting butterflies and kicking my feet to a Lance/Darcy romance, and Darius might be my favorite character.

This is so addictive. I am having way too much fun.

Not this book gaslighting me into loving these characters.

I want to like this..... but it leaves me bored. He's rich, hot, smart, and handsome, with daddy issues. Whereas she's quirky, funny, artsy, and poor, with mommy issues. That's all I've got, really.

There's dragons😍

A lost queen, two princes who hate each other, a lady who only stops talking to eat a snack, a child, and a servant become unlikely allies in an intricate plot against the devil. I'm having way too much fun reading this.

I've made it to the canon event. The first of the major character deaths. I knew Regulus had to drown, but I'm still not ready for it.