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I truly hate books without quotation marks

I have a feeling she’ll redeem herself somewhere, but as of right now, their mom freaking sucks. It’s a bummer to read about someone who genuinely doesn’t have a maternal instinct.

I am LOVING all of the food mentions, as EH is incredibly good at. I want to try everything

I've been enjoying this book on the most part but it's so hard to remain engaged. I think the fact that I've been chipping away at it slowlyyyy is making it worse. i need to just sit down and finish it already

The two main narrators are good, but the full cast narration is not well done at all. It doesn't flow AT ALL. And the narrators for the kids are awful. The 9 year old sounds like a 35 year old man....

Def skip the audiobook on this one

I don't understand why we're spending so much time on Mingus. So many words, and yet not a single important thing being said. This book is overall pointless so far

This book has been highly anticipated and on my TBR for a few years, but this has been a chore to read. I'm about 40% in and not even sure if I want to continue 😭

Maybe i'm just not used to unrequited love stories, but Vera is coming off a just plain creepy and stalker-ish....

I know this will all tie together, but there are sooo many unlikeable characters right now. (luckily it's not the fmc or mmc, only the side characters)

"In politics, being deceived is no excuse." - Leszek Kolakowski

Both of these narrators are just awful 😂
The female narrator is okay for the FMC but can't do men's voices.
The male narrator is annoying in general and even worse as women's voices.

I was on such a good streak of narrators lately; it had to be broken at some point 😭

I don't really like dark romances but i love western romances, so we'll see how this goes!!
I love the FMC's name ... Stetson. So pretty and unique and perfectly western

I LOVE a contemporary royalty romance, so I can't wait for this one <3

Time of Death: 39%

1. The narrator is talented but the accent is so thick its somewhat hard to understand/follow
2. I'm bored with how long this is. I want it to either pick up in pace or just be over already
3. Honestly wish there was less sex scenes

The ending of Part 1 seriously made my heart stop????????

This scene:
"Sent to haunt me?" She digs her finger into the middle of her chest. "Me?"

Made me thinks of this lol:

I genuinely would not have picked up this book if I knew the TWs. With how intense it is, there should have been something mentioned in the description or at least at the beginning in an author's note. so disappointing

This book is intense and heartbreaking. I just want every character to finally catch a break.
I think the description was very misleading to not have included the TWs or at least referenced that there are sensitive topics and warn to look into the TWs if you feel you may need to. I'm not sure I would've picked this up if I knew. I hope the heartbreak is worth it by the end...

I'm only 20% in and I've already read the hottest car scene i've EVER read 🥵🥵

Okay wait this book is so good

"All I know is that a few months ago, I woke up from a very long sleep and discovered i was engaged to someone I can barely stand."
I don't even feel bad for either of them. They both suck

I'm hoping this takes a turn soon because both MCs are actually terrible....

This is just so... cringey. If it weren't for the fact that this is a book club choice, i would have DNF-ed already. I hate this

I can't believe I'd never heard about the Okawa Elementary School tragedy. So heartbreaking

He came. He left. Nothing else had changed. I had not changed. The world hadn’t changed. Yet nothing would be the same. All that remains is dreammaking and strange remembrance.

“Call me by your name and I’ll call you by mine”

The fireball technique: She could set the universe aflame, but she’d use herself as fuel. Somewhere inside, the earth was scorched.

“It never occurred to me that if one word from him could make me so happy, another could just as easily crush me, that if I didn’t want to be unhappy, I should learn to beware of such small joys as well.”

“Was he home, then, my homecoming? You are my homecoming. When I’m with you and we’re well together, there is nothing more I want. You make me like who I am, who I become when you’re with me, Oliver. If there is any truth in the world, it lies with you, and if I find the courage to speak my truth to you one day, remind me to light a candle in thanksgiving at every altar in Rome.”