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Ohoooo what do we have here? I kind of love that we are fighting for a disintegrated friendship without yet knowing what caused the meltdown. We are fighting for the memories of a person loved, not necessarily the person as they are now.

Really love this author. Really love this concept. Perfect build-up. I am just so not in the head space for this sadly.
To shelve till next year, or to continue?
Help me decide? I want to enjoy it and not feel like I'm forced to finish for the sake of the challenge.

Am I overthinking? Will I be glad to add it to my finished list and enjoy regardless? Decisions Decisions.

I am determined to finish this before years end. Who am I rooting for again?

What in the fae trap is happening?!

Girls can be strange in our fierceness and fascination, in our devoted friendship and imagination, and this is capturing those youthful, viciously played daydreams so perfectly.

The scalp tingles of memory are prickly and proud. I miss those young dreamers of youth, I miss being one of them. I also wonder if I could possibly recall even a moment on the playground with much clarity. Alas, not likely.

Creepy, spooky, I am intrigued, but it is dark, and I must sleep.

Starting this on audible.
The writing is already so somber and pretty.
The narrator is pleasant.
1.10x speed.

I don't remember buying this on audible, but I did? I had the first book on audible too. Wasn't my favorite but the narrators were top rate.
Breaking back into audio books as I go through breaking out autumn decor and winding down the day. I can say right off the bat the author has maintained ridiculous situations with a bang (pun intended) but the narrators seem solid enough so far. Let's go.

So far, a slow dread of beautiful prose reminiscing on an age of repression and heartbreak from the mind of a bride of Dracula. Delicious.

The pickled mess we weave our jars of. Oh what a whirling dervish of a time. The puzzles pieces are forming and im so excited I'm trying so very hard to savour this.

I was planning to death skim this and it sucked me back in? How'd I get here. Where yo clothes at?

How did I not initially realize this was Sylvia Mercedes? Her characters are honestly kind of a chore to pursue. There is so much internalized overthinking that minutes, days or months could be passing and they are still agonizing over whether to eat a pastry. The world's she builds are rich with description but bogged down by pacing issues. I am so bored, but determined to finish. Much like the lead in this book.

The book started so fast and fun, and now I feel bamboozled. The characters are insipid. Our lead is one of those dreadful stars who refuses to be happy and is determined to be self-sacrificing without ever lifting a finger. The love interest is a literal shadow and the protagonist can't see through his intentions. We've determined he's cursed but refuse to do more than acknowledge that. Ah well. We continue in vain.

I love this protagonist and the ridiculous things she gets herself into. Only 17 pages in and we've started a cult and have to use ingenuity and luck to perform minor miracles. Perfect.

Um wut

Glad to find this interesting again. Angst only works for so long. A badass montage of struggle through dangerous lands and learning how to hone magic? I'm in!

Just when we got to the good part. Finally seeing some big bad that had been looming the past three books Author presses pause, let's check in with other characters. (Face palm)

Starting again. Still makes me sleepy

I'm nervous. It's getting so good but this lead character smacks of an unhappy ending. I'm worried.

Lore, language, beautiful descriptions and tangled mystery. Color me intrigued.

Help. I'm so bored. I don't want to dnf but I just might have to.

This book is a slog. I was hoping for a cozy mystery romance with some possible supernatural elements based off the cover and title. Instead I'm cringing at the word-vomit dialogue, abominable mental processes these characters make (fl just had a break-in of her store and got hurt so she invites a random gargantuan homeless man she gifts a burrito to, to putter around said store?) and am just overall so confused?