Okay, but seriously, the party described here is The Ideal Party.

ok but what if she made a tomato jam? hello? savory jam lovers unite? also heed my warning, fellow tomato haters. you never know how much you'll miss tomatoes until you can't have them anymore. if i ever get to eat them again i need to find a tomato jam bc that actually sounds amazing rn 😭💔 i hate that covid gifted me the ability to imagine scents and tastes so vividly bc i never used to be able to do that. but its also what made me allergic to everything so i guess i gotta take what i can get 😂 its also a testament to the writing that its so flavourful. i can taste the raspberries and the sea very strongly. and the tomatoes.

What had her face been doing when she passed him? Had she smiled? Had it been a weird smile? She practiced smiling and wished she had a mirror. She couldn’t tell if she was curving her lips too much

she’s actually so real for this the introvert in me does this all the time 😭

I don't read a lot of books that require hefty content warnings so maybe this is standard practice, but I love how thoughtfully written this note is, and how it differentiates between what is depicted and what is referenced, and even notes for certain things if they involve a named character or not. Obviously anyone who doesn't mind either way can just skip that, but this is such a demonstration of compassion from an author to their readers (as did the gorgeous dedication). For me it really helped to set expectations better on the tone, especially as someone who typically avoids almost all information about a book until I opened it.

TLDR; wanted to call the content warning out in appreciation and also to give a heads up to anyone that tends to jumps straight to the first written page that it's there to peruse!

"How do I mount?" Girl if you don't fix your language when speaking to this beefy merhorse rancher, he's gonna get the wrong idea

"the dark side of vegetables" 😭😭😭

I really really want and need a plant like Caz. Then maybe it won't die...