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I am absolutely LOVING this audiobook. I was a bit afraid to pick it up because Listen to Your Sister traumatized me, but I'm so glad I did!

I need to go to sleep but I can't stop!

So far, this is a really engaging, fun fantasy and I'm loving it.

I am flying through this!!!

It took a minute to get into it, but it really is adorable and the drama is finally starting. I guess the fact that I need drama says more about me as a thriller reader than it says about a cozy fantasy.

The way the narrator is telling the story was distracting at first but I got used to it and became really invested. Brittany Presley is always an amazing narrator.

This was categorized as slow-paced, which is one of the reasons that I chose it for a reading challenge (read a book at the pace you read the least). I'm listening to the audiobook and flying through it. Some of the banter between the men and women is a little dated, but I got used to it.

More detailed spice. So now we have a spicy romance with a slasher mystery.

So far this seems like a cozy slasher. The MC gushing over her husband is getting a little old. There was a spicy scene that may serve a purpose later.

I’m not as immediately immersed in dread as I was with The Silent Companions, but I’m enjoying the build-up.

It's cute. I wanted a Black romance for Black History Month and thought a YA would be fun. I'm right so far!

Main character is insufferable but also tragically damaged from childhood and a mythical, absent, dead mother. Creepy Christian hubby might be cheating. Competitive with the Utah trad wives. Wants a baby but hubby won't sleep with her. Wishes for a baby to the wrong entity. Oops.

Not my usual type of thing, but I'm enjoying it. Is this what the call Grimdark? It's a bit misogynistic and the beast attacks while sporting a raging erection, so there's that.

It's January so I'm looking forward to learning how to make the most of my raised garden beds!

I absolutely FLEW through the first 12 chapters.

I am flying through this! It's middle grade but so well written that I would recommend it to anyone that's into folk horror without gore!

Guessed the first twist, have a theory on the next one. Still flying through it!

Wowza. This one came out swinging and hasn't stopped. A stupid mistake snowballing into murder within 24 hours? Buckle up. I hope this pace continues.

Oops. I meant Cinderella.

Really enjoying that Lady Tremaine has the POV here but she's not a perfect angel. She is tough and plucky. Snow White is a spoiled princess. Loving it so far.

It's holding my interest, building up the story of how our MC committed murder (not a spoiler, it's in the blurb), but I'm anxious for some action.

Intriguing from page one!

Exhaustion, she realizes, is only unpleasant when one has to resist it. But when succumbing is an option -- when everything is still and quiet and there's no reason to push the strong arms of sleep away -- exhaustion is ecstasy.

It's taking a minute to work up to the meat of it, but I'm really enjoying the build up. Definitely establishing how the main character gets herself into trouble.

They're not lying when they say that this book is steamy and disgusting and weird. I'm here for it.

Well, it took until Chapter 34 for Bix/Dorothy to finally have a breakthrough in their identity. This book is a great premise, but that 30+ pages of being stuck in the mental hospital could have been much shorter.

So far very anxiety-producing. Reminiscent of Jason Bourne and maybe Quantum Leap. So many comps, but still seems original so far.

I was getting close to DNFing but we're getting somewhere now.

Wow... This book goes straight into the action. Can't wait to see where this goes.

Still not a ton going on yet. Things are happening but it's just not keeping me on my toes.