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Not going to lie this feels punishingly cruel

This is 100% the first polished draft...

Haruto's the best

Also the cozy comparisons?????????????????? Eh?!!!!!!!! idk if I'd call this "cozy." Again whimsy is great, but it's much more mysterious and we pretty much jumped into a high stakes slightly unsettling scenario. Again! Totally dig the book but idk about some of the takes on this book. Cozy to me is like very low stakes or framed in a way that implies "everything will be alright."

This book gives bittersweet vibes

I'm really sorry but if the only reason people are comparing WM to Ghibli is when Kei mentioned My Neighbor Totoro then I will be floored.

This book (as of right now) isn't anywhere near as hopeful as Ghibli films. Whimsical? Sure! But imho even Graveyard of the Fire Flies had more optimism than WM so far.

Don't get me wrong that does not make this book bad by any means but the G comparison is such a **Stretch.**

hmm

So... I see so many ghibli references but this book is giving more Mr. Penumbra's 24 hour bookstore and The Alchemist vibes...

My Goodness! Long are the days where Miss Emily Wilde was having mostly cozy adventures with a sprinkling of action! This field research trip is action packed with a sprinkle of cozy and a dash of suggestive spiciness. I am loving this!

This is so sad omg…

Boy Howdy that was an adventure and I need to mull over my thoughts on this one, but overall I can say I definitely liked it

I... hmm
feeling a lot of things and idk how to express them

lol just as much whimsy as the last

this is adorable so far

I am in a conflicted kind of space right now. Although, for those people who said that Lila hadn't grown over the last couple of years??? HUH??? Are we reading the same book?
Love Tes, Have a feeling about new Tiernen I do not trust or like her tbh. WTF is going on with Nero? And with White London for that matter. Not thrilled with that new development.
Everything else is kinda badass. Worried abt the Queen tho