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ishraq ★ is on page 35 of 368

“Hence my second go-round of college.
Hence my need for this job and my three-times-a-week overnight job.
Hence my propensity for thinking stupid words like hence.”

If this is the “comedy” part of Lynn painter rom coms, I’m not laughing nor even smiling

— Jun 13, 2026 05:47PM

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ishraq ★ is on page 40 of 368

“ I opened my smitten mouth to say “How can I help you?” without
drooling when he said in a midnight-rich voice, “Hello, Abi with an i.”

The way this sentence was worded hurts my reader heart

— Jun 15, 2026 11:26AM

ishraq ★ is on page 37 of 368

"There were a lot of attractive men out there, but this man had to be The
One they were inspired by.
He was tall—like six and a half feet of tall—but no one would call him
lanky."

IM CRYING why does this sound like that one time I tried writing a horror romance in 3rd grade

— Jun 15, 2026 07:35AM

ishraq ★ is on page 25 of 368

I’m damn tired of Lynn painter assuming that all guys say the word “fuck” every five seconds AND I can smell the fake dating trope even though I’m like two pages in

— Jun 13, 2026 05:19PM