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Okay, the plot is starting to catch my attention. It's just the writing style that's rubbing me the wrong way. There's a bluntness to it that comes off very bland and pedestrian despite the intriguing premise.

Maybe I'm a snob, but I'm starting to notice that a lot of adult fiction coming out these days is written using the same 2010's YA narrator voice and it's really starting to get on my nerves.

Can't believe the anime robbed us of the twins' full arc. Crying my damn eyes out over here, man 😭💞

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Another called shot, Tim is the one leaving all the creepy threatening signs around the house. Secretly harassing Bella to get her to stop vlogging/filming the kids.

This book has a try-hard energy that really screams YA despite being officially classified as adult fiction.

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Called shot: Main character's best friend is the person that died/why Bella is cancelled, and now main character is here for revenge. She took the nanny job to sort out her conflicting feelings over her fondness/fandom for Bella and her grief for her friend. She wants to learn everything she can about Bella to determine if she deserves to die.

Fighting not to DNF this. The writing style is just too plain and boring compared to how engaging the storytelling is in the anime. Maybe it's a translation thing, maybe I'm just not into light novels.

I need all these powerful men in their 30's to please stop making moves on 18 year old Tsukimi 😵‍💫

Reading this for the first time since childhood, and am now coming to realize that the version I had as a kid was heavily abridged because there is significantly more racism than I remember 😬

Damn, Du Maurier usually likes to wait until the end to hit you with a crazy gut punch, but looks like we're getting started early this time 😳

I haven't been so caught off guard by a book bringing me to tears like this in a minute. What a beautiful masterclass of setup and pay off. 💛

Stop threatening to do horrible things to my boy, I can't take it 😭

Well that was a punch to the gut after 100 pages of mostly lightheaded slice of life stuff. Consider me thoroughly hooked!

BioShock has some of the most fascinating worldbuilding and lore out there....and yet this book is weirdly boring.

man, this shit goofy as hell

Alright, this shit's getting weird.

HEY WTF??? OH MY GOD???

Okay damn, I gotta go back and re-read the first one before I can keep going. It's been over 2 years since I read the first book and I've fully lost track of the plot. 😅

Things pick up exactly where we left off with no breathing room to ease you back into things and bring you back up to speed. Feels like I stopped reading halfway through a chapter and then picked it up again years later. Whoops, brb!