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Amending my prior statement, this is "what if Giulia Tofana ran a plant shop, but also whacked the men herself depending on the situation? but make it cozy"

I see why this considered a 'dark cozy' novel because there's a cozy vibe but...it's definitely got some more graphic scenes

Okay. so this is basically "what if Giulia Tofana ran a plant shop? But make it cozy" like not exactly, but it's there

There are some pretty distressing things happening, but it's so distant all at once. I'm not really that moved

"This batch had outlived its usefulness"

I didn't even know cozy horror (thriller?) was possible, but ok!

This book has felt so tedious, and the author less than stellar exposition and description skills are starting to become more obvious at this point in the book. I also think setting up this seemingly futile situation doesn't work as well because there are 5 more books, so obviously he gets out of this. Idk, I'll need a break after this, I think.

Honestly, it doesn't really sound like anyone liked Rebecca except for Mrs. Danvers.

This girl feels like the most unreliable narrator ever.

Might need to take a break from the series after this book tbh.

Ah, the "I would actually prefer if we didn't switch POVs every single chapter" mood is hitting me again. It's still interesting, though.

Poor Orka....

And the first line to make me laugh in the entire series is "what the hell color is chartreuse?" of all things. It's more or less the exact question my coworker asked the first time he ever heard the word chartreuse, so it made me cackle.

Out of everyone, I think I like Orka's POV the most so far.

This is so good. If I didn't have responsibilities I'd read it in one sitting 😭

That was... something. Definitely twistier than i expected. Rtc.

Dr. Lobotomy might need to be renamed Dr. Loco because he sounds like a woo woo nut job.

The writing sometimes feels a bit too modern for something sett in 1877. It's not anachronistic or anything like that, it's just that one part felt a bit too contemporary compared to the sentences around it and took me out of the story. But it's still interesting and I like the imagery.