“I catch a scent of shadows and pine” GIRL WHAT DO SHADOWS SMELL LIKE 😭

tbh I never really thought too much about her name being Misery, maybe just because im used to fantasy books and the mcs generally having unique/weird names? but I actually kind of like it! it's more memorable than something plain like "Laura" (no shade to any Lauras out there)

something I've seen people mention is the world building names seeming a bit lazy, but I feel like considering Ali Hazelwood's other works and her not generally being any sort of fantasy writer it doesn't bug me? like if it were a high fantasy focused book I might be like okay just calling them "Weres" and calling the language "the tongue" might seem lazy or id want more novelty, but coming from Ali who just generally writes spicy science romance, I think its fine 💀 and tbh I like the simplicity because when im choosing to read something like this I don't want anything overly complicated so far as world building goes. keeping it simple with "vampyres" and "weres" is great with me 😌

something I've seen people mention is the world building names seeming a bit lazy, but I feel like considering Ali Hazelwood's other works and her not generally being any sort of fantasy writer it doesn't bug me? like if it were a high fantasy focused book I might be like okay just calling them "Weres" and calling the language "the tongue" might seem lazy or id want more novelty, but coming from Ali who just generally writes spicy science romance, I think its fine 💀 and tbh I like the simplicity because when im choosing to read something like this I don't want anything overly complicated so far as world building goes. keeping it simple with "vampyres" and "weres" is great with me 😌

If like me you feel like you need a recap of the events of the previous book, you can read the interlude written by the author here! Apologies if links aren't allowed im new to pagebound. https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog_posts/26162420-recap-of-the-will-of-the-many