mari

far from perfect and definitely rough at the start but god DAMN did i love me the undying loyalty of two fine af princes

this book felt like a warm hug for someone who is also Going Thru It

yeah the weird comment about looking ethiopian stuck more than some plot points

on the floor? devoid of a soul

so conflicted by this book. has so many great conversations wrt being unable to leave an abusive relationship with a narcissist and our relationship with god and our family, but at the end of the day it paints a lot of islam and muslims (mainly muslim men) in bad light. you can maintain your faith and be messy. you don't have to blame your imperfections and the adversity you face in life on your faith.

ooh that was CLEVER...

i understand but i also don't understand but also now i get it

this had me shaking in terror but unable to put it down because i was so confident i knew who the killer was... READER, SHE WAS WRONG

I'd give my heart for selena st. clair to sacrifice

there i said it

i wish the first half was as fun as the second half lmao

this one's for the karin slaughter girlies (i am not a karin slaughter girlie)

listen, if you didn't enjoy this you're simply not unhinged enough

shatter me warner “love”

no no thank u no baby arm no thanks

i love it when the last book is the best book in the series like yes hoe that was SO WORTH IT

i hate this book for making me like jess mariano

INCREDIBLE AUDIOBOOK. not good for my anxiety but harrowing in a good way. also not sure i wrapped my head around earthseed, but very interesting to see the “birth” of a religion

so promising in terms of dystopian concepts, but delivery fell short. i wanted more creepy stuff basically lol

also some women are simply not meant to be moms. perhaps this was the point, but listening to frida say what she would've done, how much she really cares about her daughter, etc. after what she did was f-ing annoying. my own strained relationship with my mom might not help, but it certainly took away from my overall enjoyment

not a metal girlie but enjoyed this book so much nonetheless (is nu metal really that bad?)

thoroughly freaked out by the horror aspects and in awe of hendrix' take on “selling your soul”

absolutely phenomenal

this was funny and entertaining but triggering as hell when fernando was painfully relatable

oh my lord i am in so much PAIN

i am tired of white american mom with shitty ex husband books

not only did this book have a magic system based on music, but it also had a friends-to-no-contact-because-of-some-traumatizing-event-to-lovers romance, AKA my new fav SMG??

picked this up because it was an available audiobook on scribd and was very pleasantly surprised to see that it's a polyamorous romance featuring two trans women and one trans man! hell yes!!

i think the only reason i was unable to give this five stars was the sort of lack of plot. sure, two of the main characters are writers and writing a novel is the goal of one of them, but outside of the smut and (really good) conversations surrounding identity, vulnerability, and being perceived, i felt myself wanting for more.

that being said, those conversations were handled quite well. i'm a cis-woman, so keep that in mind when i say this, but i really loved conversations about the body after intimacy, as well as what you can and can't control about your public perception as a transgender person. and of course i loved that the characters were able to be wholly themselves with each other, and the relationship was spicy and enjoyable

chuckles nervously what the fuck