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Ok, ok, I KNOW cozy fantasy is supposed to be slow, but does this one ever pick up the pace?! I feel like it’s Fern explaining how she ended up in the cart every single chapter.

Struggling to remember these characters and their motivations after reading book 1 two years ago...

YES.

How is a 280-page book a TWELVE HOUR audiobook?

oh, Cinderella, you WRETCHED GIRL!!!

The problem with 99% of new historical fiction is that every main character is written with the author's 21st century gaze.

A serious issue I have with romantasy is the oversaturation of the main couple's time spent together. Every. Single. Chapter. We need distance to create pining and reflection. Jensen has said that her books aren't what she considers "romantasy" but rather fantasy with a romance subplot. This book has her FMC drooling over the male love interest literally every chapter.

Auto-returned and now I'm back on 12-week waitlist. >:(

AM I READING THE SAME BOOK AS EVERYONE ELSE?!

This book is NOT IT. I honestly don't know why/how it's become such a huge hit.

Wondering when this book gets interesting?!

Trying this one again after a prior soft DNF.

...not really paying attention...

I don't really like her. :/

I like her movies well enough, and loved Samantha Who and Dead to Me, but this memoir makes me dislike her with every passing chapter. eep.

No one is more surprised than I to find out I am 100% enjoying this.

I am NOT feeling this one.

ughhhhh Not sure I can handle this narrator for another 9 hours...

TJR's books have too many "convenient" plot devices.

how the heck did i end up reading TWO 70yo little old lady with past trauma books SIMULTANEOUSLY?! Sybil is HIGHLY unlikeable, for numerous reasons. But this book is much more interesting than the octopus book.

is this seriously the same book that everyone else has read?!
*yawn*
*increases audiobook speed to 2x*

...wondering when this gets interesting?! :/

*yawn*

erm...nobody mentioned this is basically a HALLOWEEN book?!

Publishers: We've run out of ideas for books!
Author: Fairytales, but make them gay!
Publishers: BRILLIANT!

...what is the point of this book? So far it's a straight copy of the original Snow Queen.

skimming at this point

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These books are amazing and if you're not reading them, you're missing out!

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