Cissy’s Reviews > Alchemised > Status Update

Don’t talk to me I’m crying.

I’d like to comfort myself by thinking that Alchemised is the diary Helena wrote, which Enid published after her parents’ death to reclaim her mother and father’s names + I need a continuation about Enid and Apollo now. 😭

"Love isn't as pretty or pure as people like to think. There's a darkness in it sometimes. Kaine and I go hand in hand. I made him who he is. I knew what that array meant when I saved him. If he's a monster, then I'm his creator."
Chapter 77; page 1059

I just finished chapter 71, page 978. At this point I’m the one being tortured not Helena, stop this madness, I’m gonna have ptsd after living this war 🥀

“I don't want to choose. I always have to choose, and I never get to choose you”
- chapter 69, page 950

I’ve finished Chapter 64, page 880. There are SO many plot twists (also some different from Manacled). I want to say so much, but I don’t want to spoil anything. All I’ll say is I’ve already cried and been completely shocked, so I’ll just leave this here:

“If I don’t come back… if you ever see Ferron, tell him… tell him that…” […] “Never mind. I suppose he knows.”

I knew from the beginning that the “good guys” were going to lose the war, but actually watching it happen is a completely different thing, and every time, just a tiny bit of hope gets raised again just for the book to remind you they are not gonna win. Anyway, I’m loving every interaction between Helena and Ferron, It’s heartbreaking. [2/2]

Chapter 61, page 814. First of all, I’ve left so many bookmarks in this book that I’m genuinely afraid I’m going to break it. I hope not. Also, something happens in every single chapter. I don’t even know how to react anymore. [1/2]

Finished chapter 51, finally a bit of comfort, i needed it as much as Helena 😭

“I can’t get attached to you, if I do I won’t be able to use you”
“Then use me”

I’m on page 684, at the beginning of Chapter 51. I read the entire previous chapter in one sitting. The whole part about the fight really hooked me, and I honestly didn’t expect it, the anxiety was real. I also still feel so bad for poor Ferron, and obviously for Helena too (but my pookie Ferron is so relatable). We love a tragic love story anyway 🥹