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My first romantasy! Crossing my fingers I'[m into it.

She always knew who Aelin was 😭😭😭

Been thinking about this book a lot since watching the Harris-Trump debate, in particular this quote: "All I understand for sure is that people have a very strong need to explain the world in ways that make them feel better, or safer, or more powerful, or more well liked, or more in control, but not necessarily in ways that are true. Alas, the truth is of very low importance, psychologically speaking."

This was one of my favorite reads last year, and I looked into the origin story since it's Shelby Van Pelt's debut (and she rocked it). Have to share some quotes from her recounting the writing process bc this is literally so crazy impressive and inspirational: On her inspiration: "I saw this clip of an octopus who was determined to escape its enclosure, and I just thought…there’s a character in there. A little while later, I was in a writing workshop, and we had this prompt to write from an unexpected point of view, so my mind immediately went to that octopus. Exasperated and frustrated at the bumbling humans who were trying to keep him confined. The scene that I wrote in that class eventually became the first pages of this novel." On her experience: "When I enrolled in the workshop [...] I'd never taken a writing class before. But I had always enjoyed writing, and I was living in a new city, and figured it might be a fun way to meet people. It was a continuing-education class, open to anyone. I’ve since done similar workshops at other institutions, and I am a huge fan of the community classes, adult enrichment, whatever you want to call them. In my experience, they are full of lovely, unpretentious folks from all different walks of life and are a wonderful, accessible resource for anyone who wants to get into writing."

This is my second time reading. I'm not overly fussed with this book though.

Everyone is too happy and I’m already crying over it…I know I’m not going to be able to handle the last bit of this book

Lowra’s POV’s are annoying me bc all she does is complain but overall I’m really enjoying this!

ingrid is unhinged and I really appreciate that. But, really hoping we don't spend the next 300 pages complaining about this poetry dissertation

Not sure how I gave this play 3 stars during undergrad... it is delightful so far!

I just finished the first season of Pantheon (AMC), so was in the mood for more AI exploration and this hit the spot!

This was such a cute young love story, with a fun family mystery at the center. Highly recommend if you need a light read that keeps you coming back.

I'm trying so hard to follow all these battle scenes but my lord my brain does not work that way. Especially on audiobook, I feel like I'm just spacing out as they're flailing around battling. Shame because I'm starting to lose interest and I was so hopeful this would be a hit during the first 15% or so

I’m so scared of what’s to come and whatever the huge cliffhanger is that this book ends on 😅🥲

the ghost spice is no JOKE, Blackwell knows what he's doing 😭 almost makes me forgive him for the knife jabbing incident

GIRL MOVE OUT ???!!

Perfect fall read for the dark romance lover who is looking for some witchy vibes. This was a fun twist to dark academia.

Book is getting freaky in more ways than one. I already have some theories going at the end of part one... I'm totally locked in. Will say though - not a huge fan of the writing so far. Maybe I'll get used to it but sentences are just so choppy and feel unnaturally fragmented. I've started reading like half of the periods as commas.

not ready for this to end