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only have like 10 mins to read before i knock out 😮‍💨 exhausted after fostering kittens, bed rotting n playing phone games all day... lol

sooooo excited

i be skimming & it feels illegal, but better than listening to the audiobook on 2.5x ??

writing didn't get any better, but i'm starting to find some parts entertaining lol

the writing is not it, feels like too much explaining & unnecessary words.

tristan : 🧊👄🧊
morana: * a bunch of unnecessary word vomit*

finally starting the dark verse series omg. was intrigued by book 4 but seems like i can't just jump in so yeah 😮‍💨

mentioning tiktok & anime in a dark mafia romance... 😭 bring back real dark mafia romance

if the amnesia trope was the other way around, it'd be a thriller book lolll (that's lowkey just deception trilogy by rina kent)

hate the 15 year age gap even tho it's 37 & 52 but hey i'll ignore it , better than 24 & 52 😃...

also MMC being UNC 😭 1977... my mum was born in 1967... 😭 I AM 22... LILI'S AGE !! apparently this was set in 2021-2022 so MMC is 44/45?? idk if i can do this 😭 the age gap is the main plot of the book bc of their political beliefs n background, but i hate age gaps. this is a me issue bc i knew this coming in & i followed Anna, the author's publishing journey despite knowing this 😭

me who isn't american & has not learned politics/economics in uni yet 🧍🏻‍♀️ literally feel like a blobfish rn

chapter 30... i cannot defend u anymore Bennett 😭

rereading bc all the mafia & dark romance books i encountered so far are duds & were not it...

feels like we're getting tooooo much descriptions of places & what the fmc's seeing. that + the fmc's thoughts is kind of too much. it's not overwhelming but it's just too many descriptions that aren't really important 😵‍💫

saw a review saying the FMC is insufferable, i mean i see it but she's also kind of depressed :/

read 22/38 books in the rinaverse & this isn't as bad as the thorns duet, but i think Rina needs to go back to adult mafia romance lol

maaaaan what is this bs 😭

been gnawing at the bars of my enclosure for this, so i rlly hope i like it 😭 pls don't be like the best worst thing situation 🧎🏻‍♀️

i do not like college or high school dark romance, but i just had to read this bc it's rina kent's debut ? & bc aiden king's appearance in god of pain. i love adrian volkov so maybeeeee aiden would be my type :p (don't like Creighton tho)

first TL smith book 🙋🏻‍♀️

22 mins left but i have to stop bc im literally in the middle of ticketing for bts concert tickets 😭

ok after 50% the book got better, was gonna dnf @ 46% & look thru to see what happens, but i saw a bit n stayed for the drama. now im like awoo? @ Nico, but i still think he was annoying & hate that he pushed her into the pool... so disrespectful 🥱

audiobook is fun ! jackson is sweet too

2 months later & here i am trying to read this again... he does not respect her & is so annoying 😭 i hate him

i looked up background checks & private investigators after listening to this 💀

ok so jeremy isn't on adrian volkov's level, but he's okay i guess... i can't take mafia boys in college/uni seriously lmao. like this is so corny but rina's books are addicting

i have a bit of the same giddiness & excitement that i had while reading the deception trilogy 🫣 could be bc the 12% i listened on audio was enjoyable, thanks to Jason Clarke, not bad !