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Pausing this one since I haven't picked it up in Months!

General update: I am slow-going on this book. I don't know why but it's just not catching and drawing me in

Ugh, so good

Holy crap, the things I've read 😭

On to the last chapter!

Oh, it's getting good, they're honing in on Dracula! I am confused tho- how was Dracula able to attack Mina earlier without anyone knowing!

The gang has reunited and now we're onto the final boss level

Taking a break from this one

This book has 10 chapters and is 215 pages and you're giving me a 5-page chapter? Are you kidding me? What a lame-o!

So far Nick has been bouncing around the timeline but hasn't learned any *valuable* information

Unfortunately, you can tell this wasn't written by someone of the culture and a non-Muslim. I finished reading a scene where a character is explaining "the Christian God" and Jesus's Atonement to Jahanara, and I had to take a pause and mentally think, "But she's Muslim, Jesus is the Messiah in the Qur'an, she would know who Jesus is already." Feels so uneducated having that scene be included at all.

I think this book would have been much better if it had been written by someone of the actual culture because so far.... I'm getting bland vibes here.

I forgot how good classic literature is. This is some peak writing. Also- I just now realized Mina's full name is actually Wilhelmina?! Why didn't I pick up on that?
Watching The Empress on Netflix seriously helped understand the Austrian background when Jonathan was traveling.

I'm getting frustrated that Nick is so slow on figuring things out at this point. We're like, 8 books?, into the series. Use your brain

Oh, we're about to get some deep family lore right now

Okay, this chick just ordered a pizza with tuna and olives?? Is that normal in England?

I feel really out of my comfort zone because the MC is like heavy into comic fandoms, fanfics and cosplay so they're using all this slang. I'm going to try to stretch it out but yeah, this is showing my age

Slow start so far

Not much has been happening, just mouthfuls of family history being shared.

Enjoying it so far but it is irritating how we jump settings so much. House-School-Caleb's house-school-house-hospital-house-Caleb's house. Good Lord, stay put for an hour, it's only noon.

Not really feeling this book right now, putting it back on TBR till ready