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I'm confused by what the time period is supposed to be. Is this a gaslamp fantasy, but people are still running around as knights with swords?

"I was just wondering why you always carry apples."

Jacks chuckled under his breath. "Trust me, Little Fox, you’re better off not knowing."

I also have questions about Jacks neverending supply of different colored apples. Are they all he eats? LOL

You know a story is great when you don't want it to end.

I'm getting sooo many red flags here. Calling it now, but I think werewolves or the fae might be involved.

"She had to bring the two lovers together.
Never mind that she was painfully infatuated with both of them."

A disaster bi has entered the building.

"It wasn’t that Pedyr couldn’t die. He was, as a whole, extremely good at dying. It was only that he couldn’t seem to stay dead."

Dang, what a hook.

“.... It’s wrong to use a human being as potting compost.”
“Tell that to the daisies in the churchyard.”

"Fine then, little lamb," he said, "keep your secrets."

I can't help but think of the Frodo meme here. LOL

The banter in this book is SO good. Makes me realize how much I've missed good ol' fantasy heists.

"Effy was no great designer, but she was an excellent escape artist. She was always chipping away at the architecture of her life until there was a crack big enough to slip through. Whenever she was faced with danger, her mind manifested a secret doorway, a hole in the floorboards, somewhere she could hide or run to."

God, I love this book so much so far.

"How terrible death is, Hayden thinks, to take vibrant, vital people, and render them into nothing but their component parts, all greying flesh and hissing gas and frayed, useless nerves."

This book is sooo good so far.

Nooooooo. What does Nick Cutter have against turtles?

"You are a ghost of a ghost, a memory fast fading. The smell of nothing on the breeze—the pale limbs of trees on the holoscreens, the memories of sounds upon the walkway, the clarity of the echo of your hand upon the railing. The emotion that comes to you is so clear, so simple, as if a painter has managed, using translucent paints, to penetrate to the core of a canvas, and you its reflection."

Yes, we've got a hot priest! 🤪

OK, tongue eaters are wonderfully gross and remind me of the chestbusters from Alien.

Did he just ... quote Mark Twain??

OK, time to see what all the hype is about.

Maybe there'll be an explanation for it later, but I'm really confused why the narrative is switching between the first person from the mom's POV to the third person from the daughter's POV.

Wait, is that a reference to The Last Unicorn!?

Ooo, yes. This is giving me The Witcher/Van Helsing monster hunter vibes.

"She gave his index finger a light tug, like a farmer testing a teat."

What is going on with this description? LOL

Uhh ... is it normal for guys to nibble their close friends?

Gandalf voice: keep it secret, keep it safe.

I am that very witch.

The Wild Man is committing tax evasion

OK, now we're getting into Lovecraftian, Bloodborne territory

Release the BEES!

[Insert Leonardo pointing meme here]
He said it. He said the word. Haha. I KNEW it was inspired by Annihilation.

This brings a whole new meaning to the phrase "human centipede."

An expedition team to a continent that twists and transforms all life on it!?? Heck yeah Annihilation vibes.