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LEVIATHAN?????????????????????

Quantum Entanglement x Anna x Leviathan is the only love triangle that's valid to me

immensely fast-paced, and kind of everything I've wanted in a novel. more werewolf politics, please! - I'm totally engrossed in the way that the Alphas are reacting to one another in a highly-emotional situation. I am also very intrigued in the "post-HEA " situation of Anna & Charles

extremely well done novel - but immensely long, and I didn't have time to finish it before needing to return it to the library. saving this for another time, when I have more time & patience to dedicate to it. something I've already recommended to my friends, nonetheless.

I'm really intrigued by this one. MC is a reluctant hero and her resistance to the bandit leaders and their cause is reminiscent of a person waking up to how fragile and biased the so-called meritocratic system they grew up in is. It feels like the believable story of someone being convinced of a corrupt government that they were raised to serve for years & years. I'm excited to see Ling finally radicalized :)

holy sexual assault, batman!!!

this writing in this book is beautiful and decadent but man is it slow. i wish the gays were more fatally attracted to each other like the book is trying convince us of, instead of this really distant thing they got going on with each other in actuality. ah, well.

I am a little undecided on how to feel about this book so far. If I was given this to read by a trusted friend, I would most likely mark it as 'not my thing'. There are some really, really great lines in this book, like the one about how trans girls just pass around their trauma without the burden being lessened. I just with the Narrator had more interiority at this point of the novel.

no money awful job prospects no hope for the future -- idk i might join a lesbian cult too

oh jesus christ this book is incredible

I'm honestly??? So surprised??? This title is so good???

I can't remember how I stumbled on this book, but this seems to me like one of the best urban fantasy books I've ever come across. Anna's vulnerability is handled with such care, her trauma not romanticized or used as a way to fetishize her in the least. It feels so natural to follow her into this world & I'm so excited to see how she grows.

A really fascinating one. I keep thinking of a movie I watched half of, where a white woman preys on the image and presence of a POC one for her own success, showing their clear class divisions. Snow is acting in a similar way; while his empathy for the District folk may be real, it's only his respect for Lucy that makes him feel that way. Interesting themes of tokenization here, as a result.

also crazy but in a different way

this is crazy but I fear I have no clue what I'm reading

Unfortunately, this is too cozy of a book for me to warm up to :-/ the characters aren't interesting enough for me to just vibe with

I'm getting more used to the idea of slow-burn romances, since the last one I encountered was fairly enjoyable the whole time through. however, I'm not as immediately heartened by this one compared to the last; The different nations and its politics throw me more, and are a little more mystifying than I would prefer. I wonder if that's because Jainan is so secretive & Kiam so dense? It's not too bad, however.

I'm actually impressed this is the only enemies to lovers romantasy I've felt compelled by LOL

this white haired mf is just astarion but stupider

rechecked this book out from the library so I could make absolutely sure that I was committed to dropping this book. yeah, I can't be bothered. there's nothing really interesting going on w the main characters at all, nothing that pulls at me, and the plot is just kinda dragging. eh.

immensely interested in the relationship with Moira and David; thought it picked up quite suddenly. It's interesting how quickly David let down his walls here, and no doubt it's going to come back to bite him. Moira, too, has layers I was not expecting at all.

I hope this is gay