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I don’t have a bookmark so I must log what page I stopped on

“Goddesses don’t kneel before men” KERIS !!!!!

Keris :(

i’m going to be SICK

“Greer sits down at the pianoforte by the window.

Olive takes her place at a larger table covered with slips of paper.

Faith, Emmy, and Greer walk into an adjacent room.”

Excerpt From
The Rose Bargain
Sasha Peyton Smith

who edited this? like not to be a bitch I’m having fun but stuff like this drives me crazy. it’s marion at the piano btw.

being very good about controlling the impulse to Google the historical accuracy of everything

lichrally started this months ago and forgot to log it. I’m most of the way thru. I don’t remember most of what I’ve read.

I’m curious if Caroline (modern main character) randomly giving me a lesson on eucalyptus oil is the author attempting to connect her to Nella and the past with holistic apothecary remedies or if the author just did some research for the past part of the book and wanted to show off a little

you’re trying to tell me that NOBODY in ALL OF LONDON opened a CLEARLY VISIBLE DOOR in an alleyway that had been completely redone over the years….yeah uh idk…..

I hope Caroline gets to kill her husband

Jacks you absolute idiot

one bed left at the inn

“He was tall. The sort of tall that made Evangeline feel small.”

Yeah bestie….thats how height works…

These bitches can’t go five seconds without getting cursed

this is already better than caraval

Every once in a while phrases will just be copy-pasted and it drives me crazy. For example,

Chapter 43
“But this wasn’t something she could ignore or pretend away.”

And then a few pages later in chapter 44
“But this marriage wasn’t something she could ignore or pretend away.”

Talking about the same thing in the same context. Not the only time it happens maybe no one else cares but I find it grating.

“He didn’t kiss her as if he’d simply just come back to life. He kissed her as if he’d died, been buried, and clawed his way out of the grave and through the dirt just to get to her.”

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I actually started this a few days ago and forgot to update but WOW this one is wild and better than the first one

“Just be gentle with me, Granger,” he breathed, reeling her in with her own name, wielded like a different kind of weapon. “You’ve got me on the gallows here.”

He let the curl fall from his fingers. “But I’ll be damned if you’re not the most beautiful executioner I’ve ever seen.”

I’m!!! Just a girl!!! And this is my shit!!!

“Where the fuck is my wife?”

this energy is why tik tok convinced me to read this

I think I’m in a book club with my coworkers at this point

WHAT THE FUCK