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I am actually kind of uncomfortable now, idk if I’m going to finish it

I certainly didn’t expect the sexual slavery angle, and I don’t think I like it

“No matter how much of my life I devoted to your honourable country, no matter how man merits I achieved, I could never dream of attaining this kind of pure blooded nobles’ ribbon - all on account of my birth.”

☕️☕️☕️

Generals who used to work together but one betrayed the other by defecting to the enemy nation? I’m sat.

I keep asking myself why this needed to be a fantasy, because the fantasy element feels so barely there.

I’m a little underwhelmed I won’t lie.

I’ll be interest to see how Cleopatra is ultimately portrayed in this book. Obviously at first she’s young and somewhat naive, but I think authors sometimes try too hard - especially in historical fiction - to make their protagonists likeable/reasonable.

I finding some of this a little absurd but I wonder if that’s because i inherently find the ides of monarchy absurd

The real evil: landlords (+ capitalism)

‘It’s hardly our first witch trial. You must know the script by now.’

This book has so many little one-liners that make me giggle

I love toxic yaoi

‘Surely there is room for one more sodomite in here.’

I’m CRYING

‘You are a terrible man, Sebastian Grave…Whatever miracles you work, whatever good you wring from your misdeeds, you remain always the same loveless viper, consumed by your own self-regard.’

‘I know everything you loved about him Sebastian. I loved him with you.’

I kind of picture Sebastian carrying himself in the manner of Gale from Baldur’s Gate 3.

🧍‍♀️

I am right but at what cost

I am suspicious….

‘Among other things, I am a hunter of monsters. The most dangerous - and the most successful - are not monstrous at all.’

I’m not quite sure what I expected, because I didn’t go into this read knowing much, but it has been so delightfully gothic and witty and dark so far. I’m really interested in where it goes, because it did not start how I expected it to

So far so GAGGED

(I’m really liking it so far!!)

Have teared up a couple of times already icl

Fucking KNEW it

Damn RIGHT I thought I’d be stuck reading this stuff on ao3 this is fabulous