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ah finally, some groveling

"I'll always belong to you, even if you don't belong to me."

so confused bc this book is SO different from the first two (in a good way). the writing is actually so well done 😬😬😬

a tad bit ridiculous that the story is FINALLY getting interesting at the 84% mark

these two are driving me insane (in a bad way). chemistry level update: 0%

you literally cannot convince me that these two characters have any chemistry wtf

hayden's personality feels so inconsistent. not even hot & cold. more like personality-holes (like plot holes except w personality). i also haven't gotten the emhen spark that i've gotten w her previous books 😭😭 (maybe it'll happen soon)

idk whether to hate or empathize w the main female character bc her actions piss me off but also at the same time i realized that i used to be HER. 😭😭😭

honestly the start of this book was a bit slow, but now that i'm in the weeds of it, i love how slow-paced the romance is. this book is COZY.

“I painted my toes bright red last night because it made me feel good. Because I’ve always been able to make my own happiness when the people around me decide I’m not worth the trouble.”

i feel u girl 😭😭😭

need a novella solely dedicated to adil's book club sessions

“The show started in ten minutes, and our book club had devolved into a half-pillow fight, half-philosophical debate about the dinosaurs’ extinction”

adil is so daiyan henley coded i can't wait for his book 🥹

“...his eyes weren’t cerulean, but a shade of blue so distinct there wasn’t a word for it. They were the color of bluebird wings flashing in the sunlight, of the vivid shade of acrylic paint smeared across Monet’s water lilies, of smooth azurite rocks found at those beach stores perpetually going out of business, of an endless end-of-summer sky.”

when authors so perfectly describe hard-to-describe colors >

im going to forget i just read that sebastian has a manbun because 🤢.

"I hope he drowns in the thunderstorm and slips into a sewer and eats shit.”

grumpy jealous men are pure comedians at this point 😂😂

“The first option requires courage, the second, maturity, and the third, wisdom. I lack all three.”

this quote right here would be a reason why id absolutely DESPISE the FMC but honestly? she's kind of messy in a weirdly relatable way.

“I refuse to acknowledge the existence of children unless it’s absolutely necessary. They produce terrible noises and even more terrible smells, but society lets them get away with it just because they’re cute. It’s obscene how whipped they have us”

while i disagree w this i love nyota so much she's HILARIOUS

while i didn't care much about eli in not in love, i love how much he adores maya!!!! best big bro

"“I do not sound like I want to gouge my spleen out and let the exsanguination take me, and I am proud of that.”"

i love SAT vocabulary

not in love was so bad im praying this one redeems it

best way to describe vuk is a golden retriever joe goldberg except he really only kills bad guys and he plays bingo w the elderly. idk but im in love???

ANA HUANG IS SOOOO BACK

im horribly pmsing bc everything is making my heart twinge or me cry

bless netgalley for this arc i am beyond grateful

"It doesn’t make you a bad person to admit that you were hurt by the actions of someone also hurting.” rylie's therapist is the 🐐

so many flawed people in this book...this will either be a good thing or one that will make me hate it deeply. praying for their redemption arc 😭

omg lol is this a chicken shop date fanfic????

“Then let me explain,” he said, his hands braced on the doorframe. “It’s not what you think.” “I don’t want an explanation. I don’t care what happened or why or what you thought you were doing. None of it matters."

i actually hate this character so much she is so immature 😭

the third act is actually so stupid i'm speedrunning at this point

grace and emme's friendship is so toxic wow i can't believe i ever praised it

grace and emme's friendship is so healthy im emotional 😭🥺