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Asha
is 66% done
The dirty talk in the sex scenes is ugh ugh barf but I do enjoy their kind of fucked up romance dynamic. Neither of these leads is normal and it works pretty well. The book does suffer for not letting those complicated backstories breathe. There are all these notes that are dropped then plowed on by.
— Jul 10, 2026 09:16AM
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Asha
is 37% done
Managing heavy backstory in a short book is hard and the main plot does carry itself well enough but I am still annoyed that major pieces of worldbuilding backstory get swept under the rug. Maybe I’ve been reading too much nonfic. I want the story about the tattoos! Don’t just tell me it was funny and not tell it. AUGh.
— Jul 10, 2026 08:00AM
Asha
is 20% done
I do like a nice genre-historical. I’m curious about the world building and I do not think I’ll get as much of it as I’d like.
It rollicks along and it seems to be a pretty short read. Let’s see how it turns out.
— Jul 10, 2026 06:51AM
It rollicks along and it seems to be a pretty short read. Let’s see how it turns out.