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im gonna need the plot to pick up babe. okay? let's pick up the plot. I've read 116 pages of the exact same thing on repeat every single chapter

I do find it a bit irritating were repeatedly reminded of misogyny in this book that takes place in 1895 but were using modern concepts of sexuality and openly talking about same sex relationships in the open and in public like.... okay. Mind you this is the year Oscar Wilde was put to trial for homosexual acts lmao

starting overrrrr

this is such a tonal shift from the last book I read and I am being made painfully aware this is YA

bro it has been a HOT minute since a book made me literally cry

NOT to sound anti feminist but i wish this side character had actually died and haunted the main character. her death had legit gravity for the main character and it feels like poof now that emotional investment is gone now that she's alive and well and about to get married and knows how to use the forbidden magic and is for the most part thriving. like.... all the weight and grief the main character had? for nothing

so im about at the half way point and im ngl if that was ALLLLLL the spooky forest we get from this book, which was about 30% of the book, im going to be cross. "the forest eats the girls who wander out after dark" is what i was promised. I dont want to be in the city doing a jailbreak lmfao

this laundress just happens to have the floorplans to the royal palace? because she stole random things for retirement? I mean I suppose?

im very confused on why a book with explicit religion discrimination would allow interfaith marriages just like that. I hope this is addressed bec that took me RIGHT out of this book

oh were getting some interesting back and forth regarding (fantasy?) jewish mysticism and (fantasy?) antisemitism. im really appreciating the history and research the author has put into this

incidentally I am getting more out of this book painting this innocent woman as a witch than I was with the weirdo white feminist "reclaiming witch" book i was reading so thats a plus

WELP. this is why you listen to the native population when they warn you about the fucking cursed woods eating women. "my god hasn't let me down yet" and how did that work out for youuuuuu

this book- yeah its a sapphic romance :)
me- oh nice :)
this book- ava reid readers will LOVE it
me- IMMEDIATELY adjusts my expectations

microdosing hell by being reminded of how BAD sjms world building is every time i read books with competent world building around villages and religion and mythology

page 11 and I got a dark forest that is cursed and maidens end up dead, men who tried going into the forest to hunt some creature and then coming back empty handed, tithes being collected and everyone struggling, herbs and spices being gathered and used in tinctures and remedies, a greedy ass landlord who owns half the houses, religious figures collecting tithes and actual cultural garb

"a bunch of women these men are" ugh I hope he gets kicked in the head

im a few pages into the book and so far im liking the vibe. its giving.... a dark fairytale sorta vibe. If this is the energy were going for for the whole book I think I will have a grand time

im LOSING my mind

noooo NOOOOOOOO

this plot twist has me GAGGED omfg

its his MOOOOOOOOOM???? okay yeah I believe that

oh its a SHE?? 👀

Nicos target is gonna be Dymitr's brother isn't it

"The Holy Orders magic comes from pain" oh well isnt THAT a loaded quote