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astral.projection

never met a gothic novel i didn't love

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All the Way to the River: Love, Loss, and LiberationRed, White & Royal Blue

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  • Chlorine
    Reading Update from 58%

    If this wasn't an audiobook I would have DNF'd by now, because honestly wth his happening. Every character is unlikeable - I have a high tolerance for unlikeable characters and often find it makes things more interesting, but this is next level. Cathy is pathetic, Ren is heartless and flat, and the men are awful caricatures of toxic masculinity. If there's a message in here somewhere, I've yet to find it.

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  • The Favorites
    Thoughts from 6% (page 27)

    So Tonya Harding coded 👀 also, I was rollin with the romance but now that they are LEGALLY sort of siblings... I feel obliged to feel something other than supportive lol

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    Fantasy TBR'd a book

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    What Fury Brings

    What Fury Brings

    Tricia Levenseller

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    All the Way to the River: Love, Loss, and Liberation

    All the Way to the River: Love, Loss, and Liberation

    Elizabeth Gilbert

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  • Phantasma
    Reading Update from 11% (page 52)

    First paranormal romance is successful so far! Just read our first encounter with a sexy ghost and… why does it actually work better for me than most human romances?? I love the NOLA setting, but feeling confused about the world and time - the first 40 pages I thought this was modern day, but then they started riding in carriages and mentioning long dresses so I guess this is a historical setting? Throwing me off since the dialogue is very modern. I’m intrigued though; a spicy paranormal romance is definitely outside my comfort zone but I’m very pleasantly surprised so far.

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  • Hell Bent (Alex Stern, #2)
    astral.projection
    Nov 14, 2024
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    Enjoyment: 2.0Quality: 3.5Characters: 3.0Plot: 2.0
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    Yo what the HELL was that 😭 first off, what a mistake not to read this right after finishing Ninth House - we get no foreplay just straight to the meat of the action, I had to watch multiple YouTube recaps to reorient myself. NORMALIZE CONTEXT ‼️

    I kept waiting to care and I just… didn’t? So much happened and none of the magic is explained until the second a plot point needs to happen (one of the most egregious examples at the end: the demon held the hell gate open with Alex’s blood? They just.. assume this? What?)

    The completionist in me will probably finish off the series but damn, I was saving book 2 for a rainy day and feel so let down. Hoping this is just second book syndrome at its finest

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  • Immortal Dark
    Reading Update from 22% (page 91)
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  • Gods of Jade and Shadow
    Thoughts from 17%

    THERE'S NO SMOKING LOUNGE ON THIS SHIP?! WHERE AM I GONNA USE MY E-CIGARETTE?! Fantasy does not use nor endorse the use of drugs, except if they're really cool

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