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I hate that this is so dialogue heavy without speech descriptors. If it wasn’t for pairing the audiobook with it, I wouldn’t know the tone for most of these conversations.

Sciona is making me scream.

Oh, god.

I have a big suspicion of where the energy comes from and what the Blight actually is, and if I’m proven right, my stomach ache is gonna be bad.

This is such insta-love with non-stop smut that I cannot be bothered to care about the suspense plot. Why care when they're too busy having sex?

Oh, we're just going to do that to show commitment then, aren't we?

Is this essentially a love letter to Hannigram? Because that meal scene feels almost word for word like a conversation Hannibal had with Will.

Stop. The reason her ex left her at the altar? Be so ffr.

I want to point out that the story could end right here and I would not feel like there are any plot holes deep enough to matter.

Issues that caused breakup resolved? Check.
Love admitted and said? Check.
Past "angst" cleared? Check
No suspense.
No issues with new business.
They're going on vacation together.

Are we going to be dealt a 200 page epilogue now?

"'I've always been yours,' I whispered fiercely. 'And I always will be.'

She says, right after she admits that if her fiancé had NOT left her at the altar and ghosted her completely, she would be married to another man now.

There is not enough angst for the pacing to be set like this. 39% of the way through and we're both admitting we're in love and also not sure how we feel about each other? Scratch that. Collin is sure about everything. Bonnie is the one being exhaustingly weird about the entire dynamic.

I know this sounds bitchy, but I'm already annoyed with the badly conferred time jumps.

The time jumps and sudden flashbacks make this a bit difficult to follow. We go from one day to the next with just a break in sentences and it doesn't necessarily make it apparent.

This writing is bordering on far too repetitive.

Not me literally giggling and kicking my feet while reading this. 🫣

That opening really has me questioning the writing of Kristoff. And every other line is basically a metaphor? I don’t know. Am I in the right head space for this?

Just the sinking in my stomach at this point.

Hey, so I wasn’t expecting to cry over this right away. And certainly when I’m not crying, I wasn’t wanting to experience anxiety and dread.

They had never even seen each other before the kidnapping. Hell, Cash thought Jordyn was a man before he kidnapped her. So why is he getting bent out of shape about her planning a date BEFORE the kidnapping?

The insta-lust/insta-possessive is such an exhausted trope in dark romances. It doesn’t help that he insist that she call him Daddy and now he’s mad that she’s going on dates? Eww

I’m so upset with how upsetting these stories are.

Last One to Leave? How dare you, Deborah. It’s too early to be crying like this.

I fear I have not found humor as of yet. But I did cry a little already.

Deborah! I’m only feeling sadness and dread. Have I been bamboozled by a humor tag?

My god. My stomach is in my feet. This is viscerally upsetting.

I was told there would be humor. Why am I crying?

Oh. Oh no.

First story and starting it off sapphic? 🫦 Yaaasss

Knowing that Rose is the love interest is NOT helping me to trust him more.

Took a nap, had a thought, now slightly concerned.

How old is Rose? He lost the love of his life 30 years ago. Chessie was born shortly AFTER Jacklynn went missing. So what is the age gap between him and Chessie?

Chessie! NO!

This all feels like a fever dream.

Also, what KIND of dog is Xolo? A coated xoloitzcuintli (Mexican hairless)? Because he's referred to having hackles and Chessie has run her fingers through his "short, black fur." Why does not knowing that bug me so much?