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Grace
is 17% done
Giving this another go. I feel like I ought to just try. Carey writes well but the three word French names, hefty lore dumps, and sex scenes using the word ‘phallus’ 😭. Honestly. It’s not at the awfulness level of ACOTAR, at least the writing here is ok and every male character isn’t ‘growling’. I *want* to like it, so we’ll see how it goes.
— Oct 14, 2025 04:40AM
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Grace
is 30% done
30% and I’ve been ‘reading’ this since May 2025 🤪. It has got better but the names are wild. So French. So needlessly overwrought. Also I don’t know if I’m being unfairly critical but surely if you’re hiring specialist courtesans solely to violently disrespect them, surely you are LESS likely to mention anything important or political around them? Right?! Or am I being mean to the book again? 😅
— Jan 09, 2026 02:59AM
