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if you like:
1. tense lesbian yearning
2. aching well written literary historical fiction
3. themes of memory, complicity, possession, lesbian repression and forbidden desire and longing
4. Slow burn house-bound drama
5. Dutch countryside in a war haunted house
6. Falling in love with brother's girlfriend
7. Neurodivergent main character

Then yes read it now please

I think everyone should read this

I already love it....

So, I think I like this way more than I did before. I think it's really interesting, entertaining and also sad. Caralee is an honest, genuine protagonist and not at all hard to root for. Getting to see Dell and her interact a bit more was also a welcome change.

Guys, this book is minimally sapphic. MINIMAL. The central focus is much more about her relationship with an abusive man that she loved but escaped from.

I can't stand Nino 😭 I love Elena but I can't stand the fact that she likes that guy, and also where is Lila?????????

Page 27

"I wanted to be penetrated, I wanted to tell Lila when she returned: I'm not a virgin, either, what you do I do, you can't leave me behind."

Page 31

"You're back," I said.
"Yes."
"Why didn't you tell me?"
"I didn't want you to see me."
"Others can see you and not me?"
"I don't care about others, I do care about you."

"I’ll give you treasure chests full of gold pieces, I know the value of spending time with you.”

By Lila, about Elena.

“Does he know your value?”
“We’ve been together for three weeks.”
“Do you love him?”
“No.”
“So?”
I challenged her with a look.
“Do you love Stefano?”
She said seriously, “Very much.”
“More than your parents, more than Rino?”
“More than everyone, but not more than you.”

Would I know how to imagine those things without her? Would I know how to give life to every object, let it bend in unison with mine?

- By Elena, about Lila

She (Lila) and Nino scarcely know each other, I thought, they have never been friends, and yet now they seem to me very similar (...)

By Elena.

She fell in love with the guy that in her mind most resembled her best friend, fellas.

I missed only Lila

- Elena

But didn't I work it out with her, didn't we excite each other in turn, didn't my passion grow in the warmth of her's?

By Elena about Lila

But didn't I work it out with her, didn't we excite each other in turn, didn't my passion grow in the warmth of her's?

By Elena about Lila