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still picking up

commute reading,, first recommended by pinterest then by sarah,, i can see why

just how long is this

slow start but it's picking up, weird going from el who's internal monologue is her dissecting everything going on and breaking down exactly why how or when something happens to alex who doesn't know - not for lack of trying but from being just as fresh into it as we are. frustrating at times but realistic. magic system is one that needs someone like darlington to explain at all times.

will not be binge reading tonight i have a headache the size of greenland

"now untie, open by" i've never bust out laughing more than reading that

justified god complex for once

concocting a heinous three way with leisel and orion and el

give me more orion :<

executive decision to go to sleep

started at like 11 pm might actually finish this by 4

i swear i finished it last month

need. to. finish. before. end. of. month.

URGh world building is getting shoved down me

a bit quick to i love you imo and we're just frolicking back to the human realm for funsies i suppose??? also wooo first sex scene 🥱 i get it but we could have done more but maybe that wasn't possible for the time i suppose

ffs looked up fanart of the characters and never been turned off so quickly in my life

if i was still 16 and hadn't read better things then yeah i get why someone would be hooked

"I admire your balls, Feyre — I really do. Or maybe it's stupidity."

Trust me Lucien, it's stupidity. A lot of it is stupidity and a lot of this would be solved if people had some perspective and common sense and if anyone actually stuck with their values.

death taxes and trouble are inevitables for ravka as it's made v clear. lack of expo dump which is fair considering you'd need to read 5 books to get to this point. fairly standard atp, writing is refreshing from shadow and bone trilogy. though can be overmuch with certain povs

here we go ...

cute so far, don't hate anyone atm. it's giving an expanded cast of soc, a little hard to keep track of people but i will always love david <3

plots within plots .... i like no one mainly for their intentions ... nothing to not like about the writing but throwing so much at once at me plot wise is a choice

the whole skill debacle was a cool read. the name reveal!!!! verity is lowk a favourite while burrich is annoying as a character i can admire he sticks to his morals even tho it hurts fitzy. fitzy going into burnout for a month after failing smth is also v relatable. it takes ages to finish a page just because you need to eye EVERY detail and pay attention to who or what someone's talking about or else you're lost :<

the reveal of patience was pretty funny i had to go back and reread the kitchen scene. using molly as a way to explain how the commoners/everyone else feels at buckkeep about the raiders is nice, keeps it all tied together v neatly. a little aimless atm, shrewd is v much going to die and i have no clue how verity is going to manage but we'll see. regal is defo staging a coup.

fitz's voice is lovely. the odd observations that only he gets and what does go over his head is interesting. slowly he's getting dragged into the games of the court. curious to his faults and oblivious to others. hard but smooth reading despite being in a party rn 😵‍💫

with moving to buckkeep comes with expected drama. doesn't disappoint and the pacing is fair imo

pleasant intro :) the characters feel alive and are v distinct already without the need for a world building deepthroat, everything you do need is seeded v naturally into the dialogue between characters. chivalry abdicating threw me in a good way :)