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Am I right to expect C.S Pacat vibes from this?

I love Murderbot. I will read every single Murderbot novel ever.

Naomi Novik is so good, I'm loving this.

I swear this is my last romance novel

Picking up a Penelope Douglas novel because I need some WTF in my life

Omg I can already tell this will be a favourite of mine

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this damn book is making me cry

Me to me: stop reading 500 romance novels just because you're stressed about quitting your job/moving to Germany
Me: *picks up another romance novel*

I loved Macrae Burnet's previous book (His Bloody Project) so I'm giving this a chance. So far the MC just seems so ... unlikable though :/

Sometimes, Vin imagined she was like the ash, or the wind, or the mist itself. A thing without thought, capable of simply being, not thinking, caring, or hurting. Then she could be... free.

I'm kind of uncomfortable with the sexual aspects of MC's friendship with Rafaele

"No one told me this place was a brothel," I say.
"A pleasure court," Rafaele specifies. "Brothels are for the poor and tasteless."

I thought this book with a (male) character who is a sex worker would be subversive, but I guess not - you can always shame those forced into prostitution for economic reasons 🙃

Okay so why did everyone think Adelina killed her father? It must be super obvious he was trampled by a horse?

Also, Adelina's father is the ultimate tropey evil father.

I'm getting an Annihilation and Illuminae vibe in the way the story is told

It's very very good!! I predict tears, I am weak.

"There are worlds between us, but that seems more like semantics than tangible evidence of how dissimilar we are."

CRYING. Again.

Reading this book is a cycle of crying and highlighting quotes. I will be DESTROYED at the end of this.

I already know this book will wreck me.

"Sometimes, when extraordinary personalities come together, things go very, very well.
Those couples are not in this book."

Preach.

Stayed up reading this until 2 am on weekday night. Consider me hooked.

Rowell has successfully made me weep to another one of her novels.

"You might get only one shot. So shoot. You know who said that?"
The rifle clatters to the bloody floor.
"Hanna fucking Donnely. That's who."

The third Illuminae files book (Amie Kaufman), the third Rebel of the Sands book (Alwyn Hamilton) and Sons of Ares (Pierce Brown) are all released in March! Hypeeeed!

God I hate Elena

She had a way of walking as if her body was singing a song...

Fudge The Blade Itself, so excited to read this instead <3

First female POV! First female character not defined by her femaleness (Ardee is only ever thought of as Collem's sister or Jezal's love interest/ignition for self-improvement).

A summary of the plot so far: men men men men men men men men men men men men men men men men men men men men men men men men men men men men men men men men men men.

It's simply the tale of how two people can be important to each other their whole lives and then one morning, quite without meaning to, one of them wakes to find that the importance has been magnified to an intense desire to put his tongue in the other's mouth. A long slow slide, then a sudden impact.