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Read 100 books in 2026
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Apparently I'm one of the few that actually bought this book and didn't receive it as an ARC 😅
I liked the prose but this feels so much like just a step into another book.
Cassius and Muninn's relationship was a bit rushed at the end. It felt like they hated each other for like 80% of the book and then zas! They want each other.
I did appreciate the representation.
Apparently I'm one of the few that actually bought this book and didn't receive it as an ARC 😅
I liked the prose but this feels so much like just a step into another book.
Cassius and Muninn's relationship was a bit rushed at the end. It felt like they hated each other for like 80% of the book and then zas! They want each other.
I did appreciate the representation.

Atmosphere builds up slowly but nicely.
I could relate to the feminine ambivalence of fearing motherhood but also fearing not being a mother.
"The horror of giving birth can't be captured" YES!
Atmosphere builds up slowly but nicely.
I could relate to the feminine ambivalence of fearing motherhood but also fearing not being a mother.
"The horror of giving birth can't be captured" YES!

On the positive: ▪️ It blends fantasy and Gothic elements very well. The castle is its own entity. ▪️ It also questions tradition and rituals.
On the negative: ▪️ Too fkn dense. It takes some time to get the pace of it. ▪️ It felt like it would never end. It drags.
On the positive: ▪️ It blends fantasy and Gothic elements very well. The castle is its own entity. ▪️ It also questions tradition and rituals.
On the negative: ▪️ Too fkn dense. It takes some time to get the pace of it. ▪️ It felt like it would never end. It drags.

Will was the best part of this. Across the country and still pining over a married man you haven't seen in two years? 🚩🚩
This is way too similar to Catching Fireflies.
Will was the best part of this. Across the country and still pining over a married man you haven't seen in two years? 🚩🚩
This is way too similar to Catching Fireflies.

This is so fucking good. Heart wrenching and lovely and devastating. Rafael Nicolás writes so, so beautifully. I live for the all the commentary on the hypocrisy of religion, the holes in the biblical tales and the expanded points of view. How can all creatures not be evil if evil is where we come from?
Some quotes I highlighted: "Wickedness is something so natural in humans that if it comes from the devil it comes from the part of the devil that is god."
"But if an angel could die, let him suffocate to death kissing a man."
"Maybe no man was good enough for a woman."
This is so fucking good. Heart wrenching and lovely and devastating. Rafael Nicolás writes so, so beautifully. I live for the all the commentary on the hypocrisy of religion, the holes in the biblical tales and the expanded points of view. How can all creatures not be evil if evil is where we come from?
Some quotes I highlighted: "Wickedness is something so natural in humans that if it comes from the devil it comes from the part of the devil that is god."
"But if an angel could die, let him suffocate to death kissing a man."
"Maybe no man was good enough for a woman."