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i love the premise !!!

orinthia isn't a flawless mc
she's 1) short-tempered... like, really short-tempered

also, why is everything going wrong in her life?

i'm quite interested in the stone man btw

this was such a warm, comforting little read. i loved that it wasn't really about romance, but about someone coming into your life at the right time and leaving you better than they found you.

i hope they got that coffee date of four someda. hiya, her granny, him, and his wife... admiring the mountains and talking about happy things ☕

"one day, i'll give a name to this beautiful thing in my heart that is not love." i had to stop for a second 🤌🏻⭐

also, i really liked that the book didn't try to label what he felt for hiya as love

i loved the "smile for a discount" bit 😭 and the fact that he smiled without even thinking about the money. it just happened

i've officially accepted that the biggest conflict in this book is this man's own brain 😭

he'll witness one tiny thing and somehow end up reflecting on backpacker hostels, huckleberry finn, a kafka quote, a covid call centre job, being put on hold for fifteen minutes and then somehow circle back to wondering what he's running from

and yet... i'm weirdly invested??

also, this guy thinks too much (same bro, same)

the contrast between his constant internal monologue and hiya just... existing is everything

this man's brain is genuinely a circus 😭 he'll spend five minutes overthinking whether he should introduce himself or ask if he can smoke, make up ten hypothetical scenarios in his head and somehow convince himself that the weirdest option is the most reasonable one

"who's there?"
"someone."

LMAO 😂

awwww, i really do love juliana and bastien's friendship so much 🥹

last chapter we got celine's confession in front of anaïs...and now we get bastien's in front of jules. i absolutely adore these parallel moments

and oh, bastien...i love this idiot loverboy so much 💗 thank goodness for jules, who had the patience to knock some sense into him while still being the bestie he needed

"i don't think anyone in love has ever been happy. love is pain and all those poets are liars."

omg, anaïs...who hurt you? 😭

CEL ADMITTED IT. OH MY GOD???

the way i SCREAMED. i was basically at girls' night with celine and anaïs, kicking my feet, squealing into a pillow and living for every second of this conversation. aaaaaaa 🤭💗

"you and bastien are having an affai—"

OH MY GIRL ANAÏS IS BACK!!! 😭😭😭

never change, my favorite gossipmonger. i missed her so much <33

also...that kiss was— ahem, ahem.

i'll just be over here pretending i'm completely normal about it (i'm absolutely not)

WHEN ARE THEY GETTING TOGETHER??? 😭

but oh my goodness, i absolutely adored bastien's partnership idea with celine. this entire chapter was pure bliss 🥹

we finally got more of bas and cel just...talking, teasing, dreaming and spending time together, and i was smiling through the whole thing. aaaaaaa i need 200 more chapters exactly like this, pls and thank you 🩷

she knows. she just doesn't want to know. 🙂‍↔️🩷

"he was looking at her like she had been looking at the cake earlier."

well, well, well...someone's down catastrophically bad 😭🤌🏻💗

well...that escalated quickly

things got very heated this chapter... and i was just sitting there like 👁️👄👁️

oh.

OH.

now this is a hot mess. 🍿

HOLY CATHARSIS. WHAT. A. MESS.

bastien and juliana's friendship >>>>> 💌

NO, NOT HER SKETCHBOOK AAAA

oh, how i loved this chapter 11 😭🩷

bastien fussing over celine's injured hand, the effortless banter between them, and him casually calling her "mine" every other sentence...hello??? you can't just do that to me

i'm always weak for the charming flirt in fiction, especially when i know they're about to yearn their way through a slow burn. every conversation between him and celine has me giggling, and yes, i've highlighted an embarrassing number of their interactions already 🙂‍↕️ i already know i'm going to eat up every second of this slow burn ✨✨✨

the bastien-in-a-gown scene had me smiling so hard!!

he really just put on the dress and modeled for celine like it was the most natural thing in the world. even calling himself foxy lmao. 10/10, no notes. i need this scene adapted frame for frame if this ever gets a live action 🤌🏻🥹

i'm already seated for juliana and anaïs 🥹💗

jacques is out here making me fall for him with every thoughtful little gesture...and then immediately reminding me why i shouldn't 😭

sir, you had one job: listen to celine when she was opening up about the thing she's most passionate about

still rooting for his character development ⭐

the banter between celine and bastian??? chef's kiss 🤌🏻💗 i would pay good money to see bastian wearing a dress aaaaaa 😭 and jacques... what's going on with you, sir? does he like celine or am i reading too much into this 👀

i'm already in love with the premise and our characters!! paris, fashion, yearning... say less 🤌🏻💗