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Average rating3.5
"What a pretty flower to keep locked in a big, rocky tower." Nineteen years ago, I was plucked from the heart of a bloody massacre that spared nobody else. Small. Fragile. An enigma. Now ward to a powerful High Master who knows too much and says too little, I lead a simple life, never straying from the confines of an imaginary line I've drawn around the castle grounds. Stay within. Never leave. Out there, the monsters lurk. Inside, I'm safe...though at a cost far greater than the blood I drip into a goblet daily. Toxic, unreciprocated love for a man who's utterly unavailable. My savior. My protector. My almost executioner. I can't help but be enamored with the arcane man who holds the power to pull my roots from the ground. When voracious beasts spill across the land and threaten to fray the fabric of my tailored existence, the petals of reality will peel back to reveal an ugly truth. But in a castle puddled with secrets, none are greater than the one I've kept from myself. No tower is tall enough to protect me from the horror that tore my life to shreds. To Bleed a Crystal Bloom is a dark Rapunzel reimagining full of immersive imagery and breathtaking angst.
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📖 1st read: 5⭐
📖 2nd read: 5⭐
🎧 3rd read: 5⭐
i dont even remember if i gave a review to this because goodreads has been deleting mine, but i dont think i need to say anything else aside from:
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This book was almost 500 pages and it had literally no plot! I read this because I absolutely l loved when the moon hatched and I was so disappointed.
The MMC fell in love with the girl that he kept captive for 19 years conveniently as she turned 21 and it was so creepy to me!!! I'm also convinced that any book that has a GLOSSARY at the beginning is because the author is too lazy to do any world building
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