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With this being marketed as a romance between two men, having the first kiss and the first shag take place while the MC is temporarily in the body of a woman feels… like a strange choice.

There is something wrong with this author but I think I’m into it <3
Loving the way magic is being integrated. Curious how a romance is going to play out now that our MC has been transfigured.

I mean this as a positive, but it’s sooooo obvious Greer Stothers has a tumblr account

The Fall of the House of Usher: the best of the short stories so far!

Losing faith in the advice just a liiiiitle bit when Jessica Brody calls J.K Rowling’s worldbuilding ‘flawless’ 😭

The Man who was Used Up: Classic authors go out of their way to use slurs. They *have* to write in a black character whose only purpose is to be called the n-word. Okay, cousinfucker, thanks for that.

Ligeia: This anthology is giving an endless parade of just... young women dying: Berenice, Morella, then Ligeia. Surely this isn't all Poe wrote about? I think these should have been spaced out through the collection.

Morella:I feel as if I’m forcing myself to like these more than I’m actually enjoying them. I really enjoy Poe’s style on a linguistic level but the substance is leaving something to be desired. Hoping later stories change my mind!

Berenicë: very creepy! slow dawning horror at the end. bizarre enough to stay in the memory.
the relationship between Berenicë and Egaeus (cousins, one ☠️ early) lowkey foreshadowed his own relationship with his cousin childbride??

First story:
MS Found in a Bottle - Poe’s poeticism and control of language is always phenomenal but the story wasn’t too gripping. After Googling, it seems it includes a lot of references which I wasn’t familiar with/knowledge I was unaware of and therefore couldn’t connect to it.

Strong start so far but wish we spending more time in the action of the story instead of flashback!!

This has gone from a 5 star introduction to 2-3 star very quickly :((

Oh, so are we just… not going back to Mercy Chan’s POV then? The first 100 pages felt like a different book.

whey aye man

Part 2 is good, but not as great as Part 1 😭

Ohhhhh this is fucking GOOD. I did not predict how good this was going to be.

That was a 5 star introduction. Please, please let it keep up 😍

gross and unerotic sex scenes are everything to me. his dick was an ugly sea cucumber, veiny and brown and wretched. yay! <3