Talented, brilliant, incredible, amazing, show-stopping, spectacular, never the same, totally unique, completely not ever been done before, unafraid to reference or not reference, put it in a blender, vomit on it, eat it, give birth to it.
Started Reading: August 3, 2021
0.0% “i’ve had this on hold at my library for two and half months”
17.2% “haven’t been this hyped for a book in ages. love inej. kaz too. give me the slow burn pls and i love you nina also this world building is amazing, why haven’t I gotten around to this til now?? can’t believe i’m saying this, but thank you netflix”
27.74% “it’s the lovers to enemies for me. nina ily also wylan ily”
39.78% “wylan’s just out here existing and jesper’s like. and i took that personally”
61.51% “i am. crying. (not really but. internally)”
73.55% “i’m losing my mind”
85.59% “kaz is really out here being rico from penguins of madagascar. (also i consider it a heinous crime that we don’t get any wylan povs!!!!!!!!!!!!)”
Finished Reading: August 19, 2021
😀 Five stars.
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