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One more time, for book club.

I'm enjoying it overall but I'm not really enjoying getting into Eli's head space. He's being way too creepy in regards to his obsession with Iris.

The Knight's Tale inspiration is definitely confirmed. Now we need forged patents of nobility to compete.

The teens livestream their D&D sessions and quote Critical Role as their idols but then have a bunch of rules that CR breaks all the time and the teens say it's unprofessional. Nope, your rules are just shitty. I would NOT join this campaign.

Have there always been so many italics in this book? This is annoying me so much that Poppy's inner voice is constantly italizing pretty much every thought she's having of Casteel.

Reading again to follow along with the campaign that I am actually watching now.

Rereading for the hundredth time now that I know more about Haymitch's life from reading Sunrise.

Why is this book so long?! I feel like it should definitely be wrapping up right about now but nooo....

I knew the narrators before I started it and wasn't surprised given that this is an Amie Kaufman book. Hello North/Ezra Mason/Tyler Jones!

Maybe don't lie about your symptoms aftet getting a cast iron skillet to the head and falling unconscious? Ugh. Already making the stupidest decisions...

This has Sarah Addison Allen "Garden Spell" vibes and I'm here for it.

On like page 8 I was already hoping that if Alyssa had to choose between saving her dog or her brother she should choose the dog. This clinches it. Let's sacrifice the brother. It's for the good of the rest of the family.

All of the top reviews are telling me I should not bother finishing this but now I'm just going to kind of hate read this. Have a feeling this is going to be one of those really, really bad stereotypical cozies. Check list so far: small town, bookstore/coffeshop owner where a death happens, pet cat, main character oogling the cop the second she sees him. Main character is judgmental AF.

Need a little quick and easy read since I've finished everything else I was in the middle of and reading challenge starts on Thursday.

Told a friend about how the antagonists were giving me Team Rocket vibes only for them to literally paraphrase Jesse and James.

I do appreciate how the book is making it so that Elodie is also suspicious of the situation, because she's a smart girl and she should have been. BUT I am very much noticing the modern phrases when reading. They didn't stand out as much to me in the movie but hit real hard here.

Violet is pissing me off with her ultimatum to Xaden. V: "No secrets about anything." X:"I'll tell you anything about me but not the rebellion." V: "Not good enough." Really Vi? You can't even shield your thoughts and you think you should know all the details of a rebellion? Stop being ridiculous. You're going to get everyone killed.

Chose this to read because it fit a reading challenge prompt and it turne

Yet another book where people are being chased by a murderer and the "good guys" have missed a half dozen opportunities to take him out. They literally smacked him in the face with a skillet and knocked him down and he still fought off 4 people (with skillets and bats and, you know, feet) and got away. You knock him down and you finish the job!

Wait...is this a Shutter Island type of book?