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Becca
Aug 15, 2023 rated it it was amazing
Wow. I devoured this book. In the beginning I was thrown by the strangeness of the prose, but I quickly grew to love it. It's intense, but whimsical and full of yearning. It's the type of style that I could see someone either loving or hating.

This story follows Red and Blue, two fighters on opposite sides of the time war. Their relationship begins when Blue leaves a taunting letter for Red on the battlefield. They continue to write each other messages throughout time and their affection slowly
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Linnea Schroeder
Aug 04, 2025 rated it did not like it
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In a distance future and not-so-distant past, a set of opposing agents exchange messages across time and space in a time war.

I tried to read this is 2021, and despite being an only FOUR HOUR audiobook, I DNF’d. Out of sheer embarrassment, I put myself on a waitlist to try again this year. After over six months of waiting, I have once again reached the 25% mark and am utterly disinterested. I could force onward (again, only FOUR. HOURS.) but it would be more honest to admit defeat and call thi
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Winter
Nov 16, 2020 rated it it was amazing
This book was incredible, the creativity it took to write this is so immense. This is going to be a book I read over and over. I love blue and red and their story so much, i cant recommend this book to enough people. Wow just wow.
Emily
Dec 31, 2024 rated it it was amazing
This was REMARKABLE. Beautiful, heartbreaking, funny. Please read this
gina ♡
May 01, 2021 rated it liked it
i have no idea what just happened but it was pretty and gay so
MeowMeowBooks
Nov 04, 2020 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Makes your heart ache in a good way.
Charlotte Rich-Griffin
Jul 27, 2020 marked it as didn-t-finish
MeowMeowBooks
Nov 04, 2020 rated it really liked it
Lalnicol
Jan 17, 2021 rated it it was amazing
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Sep 02, 2020 marked it as to-read
Cassandra
Sep 22, 2020 is currently reading it
Kara
Dec 31, 2022 rated it really liked it
Shelves: sapphic, sci-fi, lgbtq, fantasy
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Sep 05, 2022 rated it liked it
Tyler
Jan 30, 2023 rated it really liked it
Missy
Apr 08, 2021 rated it it was amazing
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May 02, 2021 marked it as to-read
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May 09, 2021 marked it as to-read
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Sep 20, 2021 marked it as to-read
Merle Wolf
Nov 11, 2021 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: lgbtq-fiction
Maeve_Ever
Dec 26, 2022 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: bipoc
4.5⭐️
Zaratros
Aug 14, 2022 rated it liked it
Elyse
Dec 18, 2024 rated it did not like it
Emily Sanderson
Jul 16, 2023 rated it it was ok
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