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Nightshade and Oak
Molly O'Neill
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the use of second person is chef's kiss, it gives me the vibe of a monologue in a one-person play which i love! it probably also helps that it's the first story i've read that uses it that isn't like a choose your own adventure book LOL
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he GAVE her the name constanta? … i fear in that moment, i’d be a little bit slow and probably go “who are you talking to right now?”
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"Even loneliness, hollow and cold, becomes so familiar it starts to feel like a friend."

its like the second page and i already want to save this poor woman
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“To those who escaped a love like death, and to those still caught in its grasp: you are the heroes of this story”
Gosh this authors note, my copy does not have any content warnings so had to look them up after reading this note. This will be a heavy read but I’m excited to dive in
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A Dowry of Blood (A Dowry of Blood, #1)
S.T. Gibson
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I teetered on whether I liked Honeyfires or not, and I came to the conclusion there were good things and bad things about it.
So let’s start with the good:
The love Petra and Vera was very clear. They were truly ride or dies for one another from the jump. I liked the fact they were, on paper, exact opposites but when together worked so well. There was plenty of outside drama going on to keep it interesting while keeping the relationship between the two MCs solid. The drama that came from Petra’s work definitely kept my attention.
I always have to make comments on the smut because I can be particular, and for the most part it was just the right amount of hotness. I was under the impression there was going to be a bit more BDSM/control style, but honestly it was fine by me the way it was.
Here was some of the things I found not so good:
I was a little bored by halfway through and that was the result of the two MCs moving really fast. I enjoy a good slow burn and by halfway though I kind of wondered “what could happen now?” (in regards to their relationship). I found their relationship as a whole a bit too cheesy for me, and it did feel repetitive at times, especially when random sex scenes popped up, they felt kind of like fillers.
I can appreciate when it seems like an author did their research, and although I know little to nothing about wildlife fires, it seems that the author learned all of it so respect to that! I do wonder if the severity of this situation would really happen, out of it was dramatized to keep the readers entertained. Either way, it worked.
My last point, as someone who lives in Arizona, is that this was located in San Jacinto which I don’t believe is actually in Arizona. I do think it would’ve been cool to use an actual city in AZ to make it even more realistic, but isn’t a dealbreaker for me.
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Honeyfires: A Sapphic Romance
Nora Fares
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Liar Liar
Olivia Lucas