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CrypticQuinn

A 24 year old author who is trying to get back into reading original books after reading exclusivly fanfiction for a while.

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Roger Crenshaw:  The Vampires of New Haven (Roger Crenshaw, #1)
The Apples of New Eden
1984
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The Catcher in the Rye
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Common Goal (Game Changers, #4)
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ANGEL/PEARL
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Whiskey & Sin
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    CrypticQuinn
    Apr 24, 2026
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    Enjoyment: 3.5Quality: 3.0Characters: 3.5Plot: 3.0
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    CrypticQuinn
    Apr 22, 2026
    3.5
    Enjoyment: 4.0Quality: 3.0Characters: 4.0Plot: 3.0

    I feel like there should have been someone to go over this and tell the author to please cut more. It was so long unnecessarily. Everything before they go to college and maybe even some after that should have been cut because it would have just made the whole thing better. And then the ending was both so slow and also felt like a bit of a slog at times because there was just so much of it. I liked the characters well enough. They were interesting and following them was interesting. At the end the therapy speak was kind of annoying. So many characters who were way more emotionally intelligent than they should have been. It felt like the author was trying to handle the rough subjects well but just makes it so that the characters end up being boring because it feels like they can’t have actual thoughts and feelings that aren’t just what they should be thinking and feeling to be good people. The audiobook was nice to listen to. I loved Kyrans narrator, he always sounded so breathy and kind of like he was whispering to me. It was nice. I liked the smut most of the time. I don’t like switching in books and I liked Avi as a top a hell of a lot more than Kyran. He was just made to bottom I know it. As such it was nice that Kyran bottomed more but personal preference I would have rathered Kyran never topped in the story and they never even mentioned it. Also I did forget but Avis mom is Israeli in the book. She has since left the country obviously I feel like it’s kind of ambiguous if she still supports them or not. Just in case that is something that bothers you.

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    I definitely feel like we’re finally getting to story and not back story. I just feel like a lot of this could have been cut and not much would have changed. But I guess I’ll see if I change my mind further into the book. I am enjoying myself so far at least clearly as I just laid in bed for an hour and a half straight listening to it🤷‍♀️

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