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OH MY GOD HES SO CUTE I CANT

Trope on trope on trope on cliche on cliche on cliche and I am EATING IT UP. DEVOURING IT. RAVENOUS YESSSSSSSSSS

CINEMA. This has me CACKLING.

I have 0 clue how this got onto my tbr... I'm already skeptical

This book a yapper. Tis not the book for me. Tis not. The book for me.

not the fmc nicknaming the mmc "pretty boy" 😔

It feels like the author saw people say that poppy war felt YA and responded by writing this book like "nuh UH. LOOK. Cursing 😌"

I stand by my initial thoughts on this particular scene and find it even worse with context

Suzanne. I'm going to pretend that didn't happen. You are. So mean.

What a cute trio! I'm sad now 💔💔

Jared I'm trusting you.

A problem I had with manacled and is present here as well:

"Why is he smirking so much"

I can’t tell if I’m enjoying this book because it’s actually good or if it’s just such a marked improvement from the original fanfiction that it exceeds my original (very very low) expectations

trying to separate my negative feelings toward the fanfiction from this book so i can assess it as it's own work but i'm just such a negative nelly meanie

It should come at no surprise but this book is very dumb.

Wanted to do a complete 180 from my last read as well as reduce my tbr, and the title of this is ridiculous enough to set my expectations very, very low (a good thing!)

Yet still it manages to draw out a visceral "UGH. EW." within the first 2% by starting the chapter off with "Washington D.C." 🥲

oh crap dramatis personae give me ulcers

i've held back the bulk of my criticisms until now because i'm certain most of them are spurred by me being unreasonably mean but the same issue is popping up so much i think i can solidly say it's the writing and not my bias: worldbuilding is so-so. literally every time a new word is used, it launches into an explanation that feels loose and clunky

This book is stupid. and ridiculous. and cringe. and very very very entertaining.

genuinelygenuinelygenuinelygenuinelygenuinelygenuinely one of the most romantic meet cutes I've ever read. Maybe even THE most romantic. I am screaming. I am freaking out. I am going feral at 3am.

I have things to do but I'm having a hard time putting down this book

imagine I had a distinct look and went into hiding and named myself "Schmava"

magnificent?? MAGNIFICENT????

i wish there were emojis for the precise expression of revulsion that my face is making rn

Oh wait nvm lmao

What if--- hear me out--- what if Jacks kissed Apollo 🤔🤔🤔

It would be a surprise attack. A very surprising surprise attack. And then Apollo would be dead.(Shark tank hands)

Ah BOOOOOO. BOOOOO I SAY. Blatantly evil is so bland blah bleh BORING.

"The gloves wouldn't do much against the chill, but they were very pretty. And Evangeline always felt a little happier wearing pretty things."

OMG ME? I? AVA? ME?

I'm not enjoying how Vin's character is being handled

okay I kind of ate that up tho--- was not expecting mr sanderson to craft such a good YA girl book scenario 😭