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If I’m right… kind of an amazing plot twist…

Probably not a good thing that it took beyond the halfway point for me to finally feel like the story is picking up, but here we are. I maintain these books would be best served as 200 page novellas.

Omgggggg Little Vera mention !!!!!

Feeling deeply protective of these kids putting on the best damn play Soviet summer camp has ever seen

I already like the FMC in this one waaaay more but come on!!!!!!! We have GOT to ditch the endless, repetitive internal monologues

It’s so over

Kind of crazy that the word count set for this book was 100,000, but like, yeah, it sure was that long.

I am starting to learn that "cozy fantasy" as a genre is not for me. Unfortunately, I must press on because I got an ARC of book 4 and my completionist ass needs to go in order.

idk if this is getting finished by next wednesday, but i sure am going to try

Someone get this girl a xanax. Some zoloft. SOMETHING.

this is making me want to rewatch stilyagi lowkey...

“There’s not just one Atsumu Miya… there’s two?!” The absolute best narrative decision was to introduce Atsumu first and then only later on in the story do you realize… he has a twin.

I hate the songs at the start of every chapter because please tell me what Punisher by Phoebe Bridgers has to do with anything going on right now

I get that it’s very much a me problem, but the fact that they got together by the 50% mark and the last half of the book is just them being together kind of pisses me off. I want the yearning. Established relationship is boring!!!!!!!!

I find it incredibly hard to believe that a top player has never been to Spain, home of the WTA 1000 Madrid Open, and even harder to believe she skipped the chance to play there to “focus on grass season” when it’s a warm up tournament to the fucking French Open,,,,,,,, Meg Jones when I get you

diva i think it’s time to try cognitive behavioral therapy!!!!!

Feeling the same way about this one as I did with Olga’s House of Day, House of Night where I don’t think it’s bad, I think the problem is me not being in the mood for it.

You know, none of her books are particularly good but this one is currently ranked higher in my favor right now just because I don’t have to read a man’s POV.

Surely one of these stories will be happy, right?

You know a series is peak when there’s more than one volume about the side teams and you’re just as excited to read about them as you are to get back to following the main team

My toxic relationship with Meg Jones continues as I convince myself the third book of hers I read will be good

Shoutout to Akron Main for being there for me when Hubbard was not.

“My best weapon is my reliability. But… that doesn’t mean I can’t try new things too!” ☹️ Suga ☹️

“Just a block. Just one point out of 25. Just a school club…” Genuinely life changing stuff right here; I feel like I’m on the court with them!!!!!! The buildup to The Block is one of the greatest storytelling moments of all time, I mean that so sincerely!!!

The thing about Shiratorizawa is that, while they have some fun players on their team, I have to hate them on principle because they represent the exact kind of volleyball I hate (tall man hit hard)

“There’s stuff we can practice and work on, even while just doing ball boy stuff!” Ohohoho the foreshadowing

It's very important to have an imagination.

"...yet no endeavours shall be wanting on our side to make Northanger Abbey not wholly disagreeable." the titular line!