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If you kind of just power through and skim read the missing information kind of becomes moot

And another thing…. The first few chapters were genuinely just a countdown until the FC turned 18 so they could start their little sex games. Characters are still boring in case anyone’s wondering I do not have an open heart for this

Time jumps are never specified, so each new chapter you go into it assuming it’s the same time period, and wait until someone says out right how much times has passed. love!

Chapter 2 and the writing is still bad. Things are said before the context is said, making everything confusing. I’m shocked some of this even hit publishing

Only have finished the prologue, and so far the writing is sub par.. I find myself going back to make sense of why something was said, as though I’ve missed context, but it’s just that things are said randomly without any preamble. Just doesn’t make sense.

Reading a chapter at a time instead of avoiding reading at all until I can sit down for hours to complete a book…. Maybe I’ll remember more this way

Her rainbow hair indicates her wildness and her sexuality, so she’s got a thing for horns!

“We must recognize that our fates are not ours alone to control” page 35

I’m not entirely sure I’m following quite yet… starting this a bit too soon after finishing Mate and starting it when I’m tired so my brain is everywhere but this book

Illumicrate book box for August!

Was there a third act break up in Bride? I can’t remember … but it feels like we are on the brink of one (an ever so brief one considering we are 88% finished)

It’s just about that time of year isn’t it

Believe it or not I was not picturing her to be British, I don’t think that’s my factory setting, so reading it took me back for a second (which feels equally as silly)

✧ Thank you NetGalley, Simon & Schuster publishing, and Charlotte Ingham for giving me access to this arc so I may honestly review ✧

Finally starting this! Got behind on my reading because of work 😵‍💫

Okay Cinderella let’s hear your story now

Feeling particularly sad for the robot people right now I don’t know

I can’t believe I’m stuck reading about Shiraha every other page. When does this guy get hit by a truck he’s so mean to Keiko

Am I supposed to believe that Shiraha will become tolerable, just by the simple fact that he’s still around? He’s so rude?? Sort of one of my least favorite types of people in jobs like this……

Actively seeking the humor they have advertised all over this book and not finding it, maybe I’m just not the exact intended audience for their jokes? Bumming me out more than anything at the moment, it feels lost.

The preshift meeting… gives me flashbacks

I think I hate these people

This woman is bumming me out slightly…. She is literally nothing outside of this convenience store that she’s worked in for half of her life, but maybe that’s fine I guess?

This poor undiagnosed woman just walking around her childhood completely unaware of why everything she’s doing is wrong when it all seems logical to her

gonna read a lot of questionable short books to complete a reading goal 👍

How did we get here. horrifying start btw. trying to beat a reading challenge going on in a book club I have 1 week.

Went insane, reading this now I guess

Julia Quinn is a huge fan of writing about men grabbing a woman’s ass, huh

I jinxed myself…. said I was enjoying this book and now I’m bored at the prospect of them now being pushed into marriage because of a scandal. snooze fest!!! now nothing is standing in their way except Anthony’s made up rules in his head (will late for all of 4 minutes probably) how boring ! are we allergic to a different plot point to push the marriages

Truth be told, I didn’t watch the show, so I have no concept of how the story is different than what everyone else is used to now

Not the red string theory 🥲