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It’s incredible how hard this girl is attempting to negotiate with rich psychopaths who couldn’t be any clearer about how little they are interested in negotiating

This book is perplexing because the protagonist’s internal monologue is so narcissistic and insufferable but I can’t stop reading it

I FUCKING KNEW IT

Love it when a plan comes together

Every time there’s a time skip I die a little more inside because I keep losing my goddamn focus

This is shaping up to be so creepy, hell yeah

Wanted to finish this one up and now I’m sobbing

I didn’t think this book even needed a sequel but I was so so wrong

Inject this book into my veins

Started out extremely confusing because you’re thrown into a world that’s reworking and rearranging the Original-Source-Material-That-I-Won’t-Name but the interactions between these two characters are pretty good

Inject this book into my veins

I’ve literally read a fic by this person and the sentences weren’t nearly as choppy

Ok the book spelled Rensselaer wrong (if it’s going for Rensselaer, New York) but at the same time it’s understandable how the spelling must have been lost to time

Only beginning but it definitely feels like an homage to the Hunger Games (as advertised) so far without being a direct ripoff *cough*Divergent*cough*

I’m like 75% sure Margaret sent the tip to see if Alice could find her and then asked for Hayden as a backup in case she couldn’t but we’ll seeeeeee

So far it’s giving The Last Great American Dynasty + Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

Emily Henry has the power to break my reading slump, I know she does.

Snow’s perspective is kind of boring until you realize that the way it’s written is extremely intentional. I just keep picking out the times where he makes sure his reactions are properly mirroring the mood/event at hand or tailored to the person he’s interacting with. It’s incredibly narcissistic. I’m not the biggest fan of alternating POVs but Lucy Gray’s would have been interesting to see.

Finnick did not fucking deserve this

Idk how I put off Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes for so long. I need to know more about Snow’s descent into despotic madness. Thank god I’ve avoided spoilers

The binge reread of every book in order of publication continues

This book somehow hits harder when you’re an adult, especially in current year

Rereading 1) because of the new book and Ballad of Songbirds And Snakes which I have not read yet and 2) because current events

Buddy reading with my mama ❤️

It’s cute but I’m bored

The magic system in this book is so confusing but I’m really enjoying it. The multiple POVs are kind of killing me though, but I’m pleasantly surprised we get to see the original serial killer’s descent into madness. It’s already so creepy from his first POV chapter

No no no there’s still 23% of the book left this is gonna get resolved right quick

I was WRONG D:

I will never be convinced that there’s actually a twin