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unfortunately this is far more of a romance novel than a fantasy. i thought it would be 50/50 but noooooo

it really is the insistence on this draco malfoy variant being a whiskey snob that is making me almost want to put this down.

the magic system in this book is so thin, but it’s also so DIFFERENT from the source material (Harry Potter) that my familiarity with the OG text doesn’t help. According to the text, wielding and casting are different types of magic, that can’t be used by the same person. but at the same time, there’s clearly a bunch of ordinary, mundane spells, that a person can just use? is that it? it’s not explained

chapter 9 is so deeply unserious, and i think it’s meant to be serious…

drunken draco malloy variant with a dragon tattoo wailing on a punching bag in the middle of the night, oh- i’m sure 😭

fanfic level of understanding of alcohol consumption persists. this is my foremost issue in the fanfic-published novel pipeline

let peeve in books is when you can tell authors have a deranged grasp on alcohol. like 5 shots of whiskey is a lot, actually, unless shot glasses in this world are much smaller than real life.

good thing we don't dwell TOO often on the Mulan antics. I HATE young woman disguised as boy trope, everything else going on compensates, however, I can almost pretend it isn't happening

the concept of jace and clary not getting a happy ending after being tortured more than any other shadowhunter protagonists to ever exist sendssssss me. like if the wicked powers doesn’t end in their wedding im going to sue cassandra clare (and i wouldn’t be the first to do so!)

Jocelyn Fairchild they could never make me form a solid opinion of you....

the fact that this main pairing is a kanej variant grows clearer with each chapter. and i’m feasting, mind you, target audience

“She could no longer deny that she was aware of home as a man.” hell yeah girl clock it

sometimes i try and speculate on what kinds of books and relationships the author potentially enjoys, based solely on what's going on in here. i know nothing about this author. however, the ghosts of Kanej are speaking to me. i would bet money we have ourselves a fan of six of crows holding the pen here....

if this book wasn't so quick to read, i'd dnf. it's just.... nothing like book 1

this lacks much of the dark whimsy of the first book. lowkey it’s feeling chore-ish.

i don’t care for how fast things have progressed between elm and ione

movie was a disaster btw

this is all so very lovely and charming and fun, shame that love and yearning isn’t real (i’m kidding…. sort of)

charming and so easy to read