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being so honest, i’m reading this book bc hudson williams apparently loves it. and i love hudson williams, so here we are 😅

dnf @ p. 28 (3/1)

i’ve already read one book about a shitty mother this year. i can do without another for a while 😅

shane has every right to go scorched earth on allllllll of them!!!

the voyageurs need to piss off

chapters 10 and 11 are *chef’s kiss*

shane and ilya are breaking my heart! i’m going through it rn 😭😭😭

*post book club mtng reflection*

i stand corrected on the sex scenes! i think we’re def seeing ilya use sex as a means of escape/temporary happiness, while shane uses it as a way to (in some cases!) replace the intimacy that comes with having tough/necessary convos. they want to feel close to each other — and they aren’t in many ways — so sex is the way they try to achieve that

shari’s writing is beautiful

chapter 20……………
all i can say is yum 🙂‍↕️🤤

chapters 14 and 15 were actually quite great. i feel like i’m always trashing RR’s writing, but those chapters were very enjoyable

ilya depression arc incoming???

this quote made me audibly gasp:

“never trust anyone to maintain you who didn’t help build you.”

this book is a snooze

let’s talk about s*x real quick:

the steamy scenes in HR worked so well bc they functioned as a storytelling device. they communicated something that non-steamy scenes could not, or they were an extension of those scenes. those scenes didn’t feel flippant or unimportant. the story would be fundamentally changed without them. in TLG, it feels like RR is just throwing them in for the sake of doing so :/

van is a fantastic storyteller

i’m bored

one chapter in and rachel reid’s writing is already pissing me off 😒

i started listening bc i thought i needed a quick read for this month (i’m tryna collect all of the monthly achievements for this year’s reading challenge lol), but i forgot i finished my last read earlier this month 😅 anyhoo, i’m enjoying this so far, so imma stick with it

i love them baddddddd 😭😭😭

we’re coming to the fcking cottage!!!! 😭😭😭😭

my obsession with this story isn’t ending anytime soon. if anything, i’ve sunken deeper into the heated rivalry mass psychosis because of this book 😭

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