anais

look the TW before reading it !
okay... this is a good romance book
big plus because the communication- amazing

BUT, this is an instant love... and because of that the relationship wasn't credible, I didn't really cared for them that much
the spice was okay if you like it (communication, consent etc...) but too much and detailed for me

spoiler and confusing things;
at a specific moment Bree said something she wasn't supposed to, in the way that it wasn't HER secret but HIS so she wasn't allowed to do it, I was PISSED ugh how would you do that to “the man you love” ?!
you're telling me that the man, at his twenties, NEVER communicated with anybody before Bree ? like she's the good girl and everyone's mean ? duh


anyway its a 2,75 because it's a good book but some points weren't for me

4,75
all my love for Dante
I don't have the five stars feeling even if i LOVED this finale, stephanie garber is just my queen

this book is the perfection itself

50% fear and sadness
50% hope and happiness

....
no words can be settled in my head right now

i dont even know where to begin...
this book was just fabulous

there's so much topics here; depression, sh, the mmc daddy issues, toxic relationships, grief, addiction, and true love

it's probably the kind of book that'll going to always be with me, always be thinking about summer-raine and auden
im so grateful for having experience this love story

absolutely must read

i don't know ?
it was extremely cliché but we expected that (the super tiny mfc who fell for the super big-charismatic-tortured guy), she ofc had the best dragon blablabla
if we expected that then it was a good fantasy book
if we expected more than the cliché type of fantasy then it was very disappointing
so for me it was a 2 stars (which is pretty good considering my opinion and my level of enjoyment)

ça fait du bien

I was liking it but then this moment happened.....
so this is absolutely normal that she called someone and lied by saying that she had been sexu*lly assault ?!
maybe, and I truly wish, I didn't understand

sorry but I cringe... not the book but the spicy-heterosexual romance it's definitely not for me AT ALL
help my eyes are embarrassed

DNF
I couldn't take this book seriously... yes it's a fiction but it just didn't work for me

she was very sad, probably depressed and in grief
I don't think I need to say this but it's, obviously, beautifully written

she just suffered so much in this one

that's not fair....

first read, august 2023
weird ? and dnf at 70% too much for me to handle

second read, march 2024
five stars ! favorite of all time
- writing process, lack of imagination (flawed Drafts/Darlings, difficulty to separate one bunny to the other, plagiarism...)
- commentary on the ridiculous pretensions at an “elite” art school, saying complex things but without any meaning or sense
- feels like a dream but at some point Samantha can say things that we can rely on so it's even more confusing
- the character of Samantha navigate between loneliness and belonging, friendship and desire, fantastic and the terrible power of the imagination (her need to be part of a group/friendship, her emotional attachment to Ava, her questioning the reality...)

J'étais curieuse d'enfin découvrir ce livre après énormément de mauvaises revues...
Mais j'ai tout de suite été touché par l'écriture et les personnages, je penses que c'est en grand partie parceque je me retrouve beaucoup dans les différents discours
Le côté paranormal vient très bien mettre une signification autour du sujet difficile qu'aborde le livre
Je le trouve important pour les jeunes, pour sensibiliser sur le harcèlement et les conduites malsaines au collège

I'm sorry but this book wasn't for me...
I'm just exhausted by stories about cisgender/straight/white characters who falls in love with each other, there is NO diversity at all, so I couldn't find the point on finishing this one
DNF at 70%, physically painful

déçu par toutes les recommandations élogieuses de ce livre
scène de violences psychologiques passives, « légère infidélité » avec « un gracieux animal, espagnole blonde » qui renforce son amour pour Marthe puis plus tard avec une amie de Marthe croyant « bénéficier d'un viol facile »

écœurée devant un texte grammaticalement bien construit qui fait passer des scènes misogynes comme si c'était romantique

1 étoile parcequ'on ne peut pas mettre moins

wtf just happened ? I didn't expect to like it but now this is in my top 5 “fav book ever”
read it ! read it ! can't wait for the second book of the folk of the air series

just finished and im speechless
the writing is amazing, so true, so honest, so real

romance touchante qui aborde pleins de sujets importants (TOC, anxiété, deuil...)
on trouve ENFIN un perso masculin cis-het bienveillant et non avec un comportement patriarcal extrême (comme on le voit ET banalise trop souvent dans la new romance)

un peu déçu par le dénouement

J'ai bien aimé les questionnements que ça amène même si le résumé en 4eme de couverture ne resume que les 20 dernières pages. Finalement l'histoire tourne autour d'une romance, avec un des deux protagonistes qui a de gros soucis dans sa sexualité et son estime. TW non mentionné de viol au milieu du livre qui impactera tout le reste du récit, on s'en doute.

je me suis ennuyé tout le long malheureusement

j'ai adoré ! histoire d'une adolescente avec une mère aux comportements de plus en plus étrange, un groupe d'amis ayant des expériences similaires... l'intrigue est pas mal, je reste quand même un peu sur ma fin/faim (clin d'œil) à la dernière page.