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finished the book last night, but only just now finished episode 6 of the show… i truly am so obsessed with all that this is!!! the book! the show! these characters!
i’m in love <33
(i want to read the long game now soooo badddd)

“i’m playing the long game here”
HE SAID THE NAME OF THEIR NEXT BOOK :’)

just finished ep 5… connor storrie the actor that you are!! the way you play ilya rozanov is one for the books babe, this performance is INCREDIBLE!!
and the ending of this ep… electrifying!
idk about y’all… but i’m about to leave to go to the motherfucking cottage!!
literally too bc i’m about to sit down n finish this book… i’m so hyped up n in love w this book/show!
i need to calm down woahhh lol

read the first part of this last weekend, but have been too consumed with reading heated rivalry to make any progress in this one over the past week… but i’m determined to read, and hopefully finish, it this weekend!
it’s been strange to start, but quite fascinating!!
excited to read more now! :)

episode 4… pure insanity from start to finish!

chapter 13 is my fav chapter so far (i think anyway)… it just really stood out to me! it was cute n horny n adorable n sweet n emo at the same time! i loved it!!

no progress made in the book but i’ve just finished watching episode 3 and i <3 scott hunter and i <3 kip grady and i <3 scott and kip as a couple!!!!!!!
i can’t wait for episode 5 when they kiss on the ice in front of everyone and all they mamas :)

episode 2 down… i’m in love with this show and book… i can feel my life changing!!!!!!!
(ilya u specifically are my beloved <3)

i may be late to the party, but i’m here and proud to announce that i’m just like every other bitch!!!!!
this shit is so buzzy to me!!!!!!!!!
just finished episode 1 of the show and i’m obsessed!!
now to read the next set of chapter so i can watch episode 2 (and 3! i WILL be reading scott n kip’s book eventually! trust!!)!!!!

first new book i’m starting in 2026! let’s see how this goes!
(gonna try to watch the show alongside of reading… i found a guide that matches chapters to episodes so i’m gonna follow it! i’m excited!)

an advent calendar mention in this advent book!!!

saw sara carrolli buy this and immediately had to get it for myself!! this advent book idea is SO fun! i’m excited to see how i feel about it as the month goes on… happy december 1st! the month of my favorite holiday!!! <3 let’s get into this!! :)

ah yes, “man’s best friend”, an incredible album by the incomparable sabrina carpenter <3

them dressed as rapunzel n flynn as i have tangled on in the background >>> !!!
(and omg i’m just now noticing now that her outfit on the cover is literally a short version of rapunzel’s dress… wait!!! i love!!!!)

“i melt into him like butter on hot toast”
loveeee this!!!!!

pico is the same as my cat smokey (one of my 3 who i love w my entire being!!!!)… always begging for food even if he’s already eaten n there’s some dry food sitting out for him to have… but boyyyyy do i love him!!!!! so fucking much :’) <3

“i’d run into a fire for emerson hartwell—all of the boys would”
aw!!! <3

lenny n blair own a bakery… ohhh that’s adorable <33

“i would know you by the beat of your heart alone.”
woahhhhhhh

forgot to add to that last update but… <33 i miss my kai n pae so much!! (can’t wait to eventually reread this series n see them again!!)

“it seems in every instance, in every body, kai azer chooses paedyn gray.”

“then i laugh. for the first time in weeks, i laugh.”
“to living with you, mara.”
“to accompanying you in death, kitt.”
<3 very sweet!

“and when i was a little girl, baking was the only thing in my life i could control.”
… two things this reminds me of:
1) “when i was a little girl growing up in the hills of vega altaaa” from “carnaval del barrio” from “in the heights”
2) “i am the one thing in life i can controool” from “wait for it” from “hamilton”
… i <3 u lin manuel miranda!! ur work lives rent free in my mind!!!!

“for adena”
:’(
i love how every book in this series has remembered and honored her (even in a slight way)… she’s really a huuuuge cornerstone of this overall story <3

i’ve been so sporadically reading this book, so i’m not very far in even though i’ve been reading it all month, but anyways…
“loving is the gravest danger one can put themselves in.” 3

okay miss carpenter! i love ur sister sabrina!!! :)
(pls tell her i’m obsessed w her song sugar talking n her big brain that helps her to make such good music n to always look so fabulous n to have me so charmed by her excellence! .. bc i swear that lil blonde lady has me in a chokehold!!! … which can also be said ab my main girl ariana <33)
(anyways i’m excited to get into this book! happy spooky season!!!)

“she is a truly devastating creature, stunning in a way that is beyond the words i know.”
<33
i’m loving this book so far!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

the word willpower…… MY MAN’S IN TOUCH WITH HIS EMOTIONS!!!! MY MAN WON’T TOUCH ME WITH A 20 FOOT POLE!!!!!!!!!
i love you so much, sabrina carpenter <3

my fav soup is french onion too!!! prue’s mom has good taste!!!! :)

kinda disappointed that this scene of her going down on him was like 3 pages long n yet him going down on her about 20 pages ago was barely 1 page long… :/
(complaining about the length of smut is crazyyyy work on my part.. but it’s work nonetheless! it’s my opinion!!)