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‘What are you thinking?’ she asked, searching his face.
If you knew what I’m thinking, Bouchère de Rome, you’d kill me. Just like that.

MY. HEART. IS. BLEEDING.

If this book is half as good as it promises, it will probably be my favorite read so far this year.
9% and I'm HOOKED.

World-building? Characters? Plot? Prose? CHEF'S KISS 🤌🏻✨️ I'm obsessed.

I usually fall faster for Annette Marie books... idk what's happening.
Book, do your thing!!! This is weird. Hook me up!

‘I’ve never heard of a Dagger this bad at his job,’

LOL 🤣🤣🤣 my boy's reputation is in tatters

The prose is pretty, the plot is good, the world-building is well done, the characters are cute, and THE ENEMIES-TO-LOVERS IS ENEMIES-TO-LOVERING 😭✨️💖 I'm so happy right now.

if I couldn’t secure it by playing by their rules, I would make my own.

Right when I thought things were finally improving, her idiocy strikes again. 🙄🤌 Absolutely unnecessary.

this moment felt real, precious . . . and, weak creature that I was, I did not want it to end.

Long story short: you transformed your "unjustified insta-hate" into "manipulative insta-love" to achieve his compliance—(not a big deal, considering the absurdity of the request)—how *very* REAL. And, of course, he asked to keep some of your hair in his pocket as a return favor—how *very* PRECIOUS. 🤡

"in spite of all I knew of him."

🤡 that he is a gentleman? A very stupid one: considering his insistence on keeping her ungrateful ass alive. At this point, I honestly believe it would be for the greater good if he simply left her to deal with the consequences of her own stupidity. Aka, she dies✨️ The end. I love a good happily ever after.

"Wicked words, but a devil possessed me in that moment, one with a knife for a tongue and a stone for a heart."

... and a grain of salt for a brain? Because you, my dear, are the dumbest protagonist ever.
I'll probably dnf this book because of your clever intellect.

“If anything happened to you, who would bring me home?”

The audacity!!!!!
He'll be punished for PROTECTING her... an action I can't comprehend because she definitely doesn't deserve the sacrifice. And here we are, still dealing with her petulance????

Worst FMC I've read in a while.

While I hated him for the destruction to my home, for terrifying Grandfather—for now, my safety lay in his hands.

Are we reading the same book???????????????

I'll go through two more chapters... if by then, I'm still falling asleep, I'm dnfing the book.
Roth is splendidly sweet, but I can't keep reading just because of that. I couldn't care less about anyone else... not even Layla, our dearest protagonist. Actually, especially Not Layla.
I really can't stand the lovely Mary Sue, or as Cayman called her: the cute version of the village idiot.”

Ps. Where is the edition with the pretty cover?????? Because I reaaaaaally don't like this one????😭

I'm bored again 😭
Where is the ploooooooooot!?!??!!??!?!

“And I’m yours.”

MY POOR HEART!!!!!!!!! AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH♾

“I bet you’re regretting that now.”
“No,”

My baby 😭😭😭

“Why are you here, Layla?”
“I’m here... I’m here because this is where I’m happy, with you.”

Now I'm glad I picked up the book!!!!!

“I will never forgive myself for that.” Zayne’s quiet voice broke the terse silence

Layla was KILLING HIM, tearing his soul out of his body... and he is the bad guy because, scared, he tried to escape his imminent death and SCRATCHED her face???? 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄 Geez.

His lips were on mine, demanding and fierce as I kept my mouth sealed.

That's like the worst kind of kiss EVER.

I need to be honest: I'm bored.
There is nothing happening here.
Just Layla with her pity party, bouncing from one boy to the other.
At this point, I think I like Danika better than her.
And Roth isn't getting enough page-time. Not a big difference in the "lacking plot" department, but at least he is funny.
I don't even have a legit reason to mention Zayne, he is THAT meh.

Layla and Zayne? GROSS.
Sorry, I'm not that Lannister/Targaryen.

Yes. They are not related by blood, but anyway: they have lived as siblings all their life... and now they are h0rny??? Ew.

Roth, baby... she doesn't deserve you.

Btw, this is the book cover I needed. I couldn't stand the previous one...

I started liking this the moment Roth reappeared... but I must confess that all the Biology class/ Edward Cullen vibe is getting on my nerves... 🙄

Such an aesthetically offensive book cover!!!🥲

"I’m sure my mother will be pleased when I give her your head"
“I doubt even my head could make your mother proud.”

WHO IS THIS DIVA!?!? lmao

Piper crouched beside him and Zwi hopped onto the ledge between them.

They are such a beautiful family 🥹

“I don’t want your help.”


YOU REALLY HURT HIM 🥲