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I'm kind of invested in it but
1) the writing quality is questionable
2) the pov from two years ago is already taking over the entire narrative, I wish I saw the characters in current timeline instead of relying on their backstory
3) I'm afraid the entire "will they won't they" situation is based on the main character constantly reminding the mmc that they are friends and only friends, and it's lame for ~35 yo

The nostalgia is hitting so hard in this one. I've been delaying reading it so it lasts longer 🥹 perfect bedtime read too

I swear Hastings is like Brock from Pokemon, every young lady he sees is possibly the love of his life

I am struggling 😮‍💨Somehow getting through 965 pages of this series so far did not convince me to care about these characters and while my opinion was mostly positive in book one and two, in this one every time Darrow opens his mouth I wish he'd just shut up. I'm not a quitter but it's difficult to pick up this book

I have some major complaints as always but I'm so invested in this story??? It's really a decent debut so far

oh I have a feeling it's gonna break my heart

"I was lucky, and I know it. I didn't train him, he trained me. He was the heart I was missing."

Did I cry at introduction chapter? Yes, of course I did.

please gods give me patience to survive Melville's yapping sessions ;-;

The way some contemporary romances are written get on my nerves, it's like they're not even trying anymore. Not every book needs a beautiful prose and not every author is capable of writing that well, and that's okay. However I hate that it feels like it was written in one afternoon and using such basic language it could have been a conversation between teenagers, not a book that is supposed to make me feel things

it works SO MUCH better as an audiobook, thank god

There's something about it that makes me want to cry

I expected unholy amount of smut in this but not in the first 40 pages???

This is so painfully Twilight 2.0 I'm fully expecting "This is a skin of a killer, Bella" scene

What the actual f...

"Stop it," Zeb said. "Stop this nonsense about shadows. Stop drinking if you can't hold it, stop whining about Elise as if that was ever going to end well, and if you feel doom coming upon you, book yourself into a sanatorium."

SO. MUCH. FUN.

Back in the trenches with this one 😪

"They got the land, fine, but it's not enough. They want submission. They want to feel good about it when they rip things out of our hands. But they won't get me again. And they wint get my children, either. I have to go after them. I have to make it right."
Oh it's so good 🥺

I'll be continuing but quite honestly it lacks the same soul that The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches had. It feels like the author wanted to recreate the same kind of story with the same themes but slightly different set of characters since it was received so well the last time but failed somewhere in the middle

I'm afraid the gargoyle is stealing the show 🤣 the beginning was really atmospheric and I was immediately drawn in but the story is falling apart as I read more

I know King's take on popculture references (& anything that's deeply rooted in our reality, including covid tbh) in his books, he made it loud and clear by now, but dear god it's a lot to get through sometimes 😮‍💨 after reading "Holly" this one is somehow even worse in that department

putting my detective glasses on 🤓

Alice Law, you are delusional.
If one more time I'll have to listen to hers 'Im not a victim, it was my decision'... It's not even that these characters are unreliable and morally grey, they are so incredibly unlikable they might as well end up soulless in Hell for all I care. I don't feel connected, I don't root for them nor like them (which is the entire point of deeply flawed characters).

Considering dnf. Textbook where? Too academic where??? It's written like any other ya fantasy out there and the actual discussions surrounding academia have a depth of a puddle. So far it's no better than listening to students' rants in-between lectures at a local university.