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Best way to beat a reading slump? A book by one of my faves! It’s been awhile since I read a Nova book and she’s already got me in an intrigued vice grip. 🥹 I’ve missed this~

When you know it’s good, writing and characterization wise, but struggle to just commit and lock in. A me problem…

Only a couple chapters in and while the writing is pretty, it’s already getting weighed down by its abundance of figurative language. And the exposition establishment teeters toward the dumpy side. The general consensus from others is pretty much honk shoo mimi inducing and we’ll see if that holds true for me

You mean to tell me the Hitler Jr she’s been sexually attracted to since chapter 1 (or ch2, can’t remember) is also her mysterious telepathic childhood friend who has always been (mentally) with her?! WHAAAAA?!?! NO WAAAAAYYYYYY!!!!!!!

I'm able to pick this POS up again and it's just as stupid as I remember. Nazi-fucker's still banging Hitler Jr. The fascistic normalization of everything has fully made the setting a backdrop to the Nazi romance.

Also, sentencing your (black) bestie to slavery at a labor camp is not the mercy Nazi-fucker thinks it is. BUT DON'T WORRY, IT'S ACTUALLY A NICE CONCENTRATION CAMP!!!

*SIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGH*

I’ve been full on skimming and I’ve yet to miss a thing; the writing is THAT superfluous. There’s no goddamn way I’ll be able to endure the rest of this series.

“🥺👉👈 uwu, Basten-senpai, will you tell me how you’d deflower me so I’ll know what to expect from Rian-sama???”
On its own, it’s not a bad scene. But it’s at the 40% mark in book 1. I don’t give a flippity floppity fuck about these cardboard cutout dunderheads with the interiority of a potato chip.

Like any other subpar, derivative work, we already have some of the greatest romance tropey hits!
- MC’s instalust
- WHO DID THIS TO YOU?!
- “There’s more to FE/MC than meets the eye~”
- repetitive lore, exposition, & internal struggle against sudden feeling dumps
- forbidden romance
- touch her & I’ll kill you
- teach FEMC to fight —> straddling —> Kiss
Surprised there’s no Only One Bed yet…

…..*SIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHHHHHHH*
This better get fucking nuts, Lauren.

it's been a loooong time since I have been devouring a book with zero compliants. pleeeeeease let this stick its land

Oh my god an actual good book. It’s been so long 🥲

Aaaand now we're channeling "Iron Widow" as Lila has now gone Wu Zetian levels of criiiiiinge

The politics is so much more engaging than the action. Still into it tho.

I am fucking crashing out now lmao this shit is great

This book certainly something, lol. A repetitive spiral of ME, ME, MEEEE. The Devil calls to her and instead of getting fucked, she chooses her assigned milquetoast cardboard cutout. Booooo

After this, I never wanna see pastels or smell anything fruity or floral for a while 😩

Its steady pacing has paid off as we approach the climax with the gears clicking upward. It been a while since I've had to pry away from a book at ~3am.

Suspense and intrigue? Nawww, let’s show our cards in chapter two. The pacing is Sonic the Hedgehog and its floral-pop aesthetics take precedent over actual structure. Sooo…..I’m having a good time so far! Lololll

Ok, I've fully warmed up to Elena's POV now. Despite not being 100% absorbed in this, it's defo waaaaay better than book 1. Look at that, a book 2 that manages to avoid Second Book Syndrome. Honestly, big accomplishment.

A slow crawl through a technically solid book….but a dry one. Love Samson and his interactions with Elena (even though she’s still bland). But scenes are written out like stage directions and how Verma would envision them in a movie adaptation. Leading to the dryness…..

Don’t have a lot of desire to push through ebooks in general, but I like what I’m able to read so far. I can tell Samson’s gonna steal the show. I mostly hope Elena will become more interesting because she was pretty milquetoast in book 1

I forgot how much this author likes similes. Only 2% in and I’m already clocking it in as “too much.”

This is a good book overall, but I still don’t see why it haaaaad to be written

Books like this make me dislike 1st person POV more and more. We’re too trapped in the FMC’s head and she bombards us with every minute thought and visual detail to repetitive degrees. Girlypop, these could’ve been emails.