Into the Drowning Deep (Rolling in the Deep, #1) in Do Better: SFF without Sexual Violence

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"𝘏𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘢 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘢 𝘢𝘨𝘰, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘪𝘵 - 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘢 𝘨𝘳𝘶𝘥𝘨𝘦. 𝘉𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘶𝘱𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘭𝘰𝘸, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘺𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘥𝘢𝘺. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦."

I savored this audi "𝘏𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘢 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘢 𝘢𝘨𝘰, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘪𝘵 - 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘢 𝘨𝘳𝘶𝘥𝘨𝘦. 𝘉𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘶𝘱𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘭𝘰𝘸, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘺𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘥𝘢𝘺. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦."

I savored this audiobook over the course of a few weeks, and I'm so very glad that I did. The twists and turns, the horrors, the building dread, the character dynamics – it was all worth savoring each bite. I've never before in my life read a book that gave me quite the same feeling and immersion as this book had me hooked. As soon as I finished the audiobook, I felt quite inclined to start from the beginning and cherish it all over again. ...more

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