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Ok, I take it back. Now that the romance has finally entered the room, it has me swooning all over these two! I hope it only gets better from here on cos I'm starting to enjoy this.

I don't think I've ever skipped so many pages this early in a book. If it wasn't for the genuinely funny moments, this would be in the DNF shelf by now.

There's something very comforting about the stories, nothing special I'd day but I find them very sweet in their normal-ness.

I'm reading this and I enjoy it and I appreciate the references to different times and how was like being gay in 70s and 80's New York but all I'm thinking is, damn! my sex life is so boring lol :(

People are dying and going back in time willy nilly now, I'm just here for the vibes now, I'm done trying to follow the timelines.

When I tell you my mind is hurting... I'm going back and forth in the chapters to try and piece everything together but I don't think it's working. And all this before we even get to 50%?!

I'm not sure what happened, but I went from wanting to DNF this to being completely absorbed by it. There's something about putting humans and humanoids together that has me hooked.

I'm only reading this cos someone at a Heated Rivalry book club told me I really had to read "that scene" but man, the immaturity and the unnecessary drama are just so annoying and formulaic:

"'Exactly I liked it a lot, don't get me wrong, but I'm not sitting here thinking it means more than it does.' Please tell me it means more."

"'What the hell, dude?
What?
Why not just wear a t-shirt that says Harris is into you?
Oh, come on. He's a hockey player. He doesn't pick up on stuff like that.
He's smart!'
She made a face that said is he, though?"

I've got a couple of issues with this book so far but I gotta say, lines like these make me laugh and they remind me how genuinely funny these books can be.

I, who have never been known as particularly, patient, almost want to put this in fast forward! I have so many questions that if this ends without answering at least the basic ones, I'll be very disappointed.

I really need to stop reading books about young boys falling in love with their best (boy) friends until they both realise what it means and their friends start making fun of them and they turn on each other 🥹

"I bury my face in my hands and ask God, ask whoever's listening: wash this out of me. Swallow it up and wash it away."

There is something about people actually being their boroughs defending New York, that takes superhero to a whole new level. I have no idea what to expect or where this is going or how it'll end but I am soo here for it.

"I had no idea your kind had advanced to the point of using energized abstract macroconstructs in combat. Who expects microbes to go nuclear? That was when I knew the time for stealth head past."

Now read that again 🤯 It's a perfect description of this story and this world - worlds? - and I've given up resisting it and now I am so here for it!

I am so baffled and intrigued by this book so far. He's Manhattan and she's Queens? As in the boroughs?! I can't decide if I'm into the whole hero- saving-my-city trope or if I'm put off by New York being under attack by a monster with tendrils. From another New York dimension!

I am consumed by this book, I can't put it down. It's got all the right elements of eerie and a bit spooky but also a sense of dread and mystery and isolation, but with a family in its core and secrets and maybe ghosts? Oh, and penguins and seals. I need this on my TV screen soon!

I did not expect a book about walking in rural Japan to get me all welled up, but there's something about a man talking to his young self that gets me every time 🥹

"The walk is many things, but it's also a way to say to that kid: Look man, I appreciate you being there back in the day. What you did was tough, brave in a way, but we're good now, you can go. No headlocks, no guns, no violence here."

This has gone from a magical, dark romance fairytale to an action packed, sci-fi vengeance story. I am reading this during work (from home) hours and I don't even feel bad about it! Can somebody please make this a movie already?

When I tell you I cannot turn the pages fast enough!..

"But they managed it alright, and Lazlo took the chair opposite, and just like that they were two people sitting at a table regarding each other shyly through a wisp of tea steam.
Inside a dream.
Within a lost city.
In the shadow of an angel."

Yeap, that pretty much sums it up!

Are all fantasy books like this?! And there's still 60% of floating citadels and blue-skinned teenagers falling in love, and story teller travelers, who dream of unseen cities?... I am soo into this world!

First time reading fantasy and I honestly have no idea what to expect from this story but I'm here for it.

I can't believe what I just read. I know we shouldn't blame victims but this evil psychopath of a woman is by far the worst of them all in the series. And something tells she's going to get away with it and I'll end up shouting at my Kindle. Again!

I have a feeling this book will upset me a lot. I'm not even halfway through and I can sense my frustration and anger towards this woman bubbling up.

I am devouring this at an alarming rate and I'm loving it. It reads like a diary and I'm realising this might be my favourite type of book: no fillers, just good writing, pacing that keeps the story moving, real characters (I know, sorry, but I had to!), messy love stories and a lol or two.

I think 2026 might be the year that I start reading books based on their cover. I downloaded this completely at random cos I was drawn to the scene and the excellent choice and use of that font, so now I guess I'll have to finish it!

Ok, this has no right being this good but I get it now. I get the hype and the craze and the love about this book and these two. I like them more the more they grow up and I can't wait to watch the show so I can watch the steamy scenes live! 🤭🫣

Seeing I'm probably the only gay right now who hasn't read this, I've finally started this book I've been avoiding for ages and I hate to say I kinda like it so far. These two together are so funny. And f cking hot!