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jamie is giving me whiplash. i'm not a fan of the emotional push-and-pull going on with him. one second, he's warming up to mika, the next second, he's being a prick.
i'm gonna need one hell of a redemption arc for this guy 'cause he just keeps annoying me.
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The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
Sangu Mandanna
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It’s taken me 15 min to get through like 6 pages bc I keep stopping to google/find what things mean. I kind of love it.
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this was okay, at best. but it really needed a different male narrator. the voice sounds too old to be the mmc, and i honestly feel like i'm listening to a love story between someone in her 20s and a literal grandfather 😭
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it was fine. the ending feels a bit dumb and lackluster, but for a novella, it did okay.
this absolutely cements the fact that i won't enjoy audiobooks if i don't like the narrator, though. the narrator for veronica was good, and she was the only reason why i even stayed until the end. the male narrator sounds too old and a bit like a grandfather 😭 i cringe every time he speaks.
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Bound
Ali Hazelwood
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does it matter that I have not read book 1 of this series? everyone I know who has read both books always raves about this one and hates the first
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i'm trying to continue listening to this despite not liking the main male character's voice. he sounds old 😭 i hate it. the female narrator sounds so good though, so i'll stick with it for her.
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i'm trying to continue listening to this despite not liking the main male character's voice. he sounds old 😭 i hate it. the female narrator sounds so good though, so i'll stick with it for her.
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Bound
Ali Hazelwood
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the meme "i hope you're hungry... for nothing!" is basically this book and its plot. this could've been an email. you can summarize the entirety of it in like two sentences.
i have never read a book since last year that feels like a prologue from beginning to end. it didn't have a build-up, climax, or even an exciting ending.
the timeline runs concurrent with the second book, and the only silver lining here is i got to see crumbs of penny and rafe—my absolute favorites.
honestly, save yourself the hassle and just wait for the finale book so you can be disappointed in one sitting.
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The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
Sangu Mandanna