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You really feel the frustration and discomfort Zauner was feeling in that time. The relief that turned to betrayal.

Ooo. Yes mama shut down them feelings. Don’t let them see you break. Ugh. My brain isn’t fully comprehending this because I wouldn’t be able to read through the tears.

A quick set up chapter. She’s returned home for the first time in years.

Teenage years and a family at odds. “All those years she instructed me to save 10 percent of myself, I never knew it meant she had also been keeping a part of herself from me too”.

Oh Peta. This chapter is wildly emotional. Shocking news balanced with my parents really like my partner.

What a cute little chapter about her biannual trips to Korea with her mom. How her family is mostly women and they have their own little slice of life.

Food is a huge love language and I’m very excited that it’s a main topic of discussion in this book.

Oh here come the waterworks. I wish I had an e reader for a book like this to easily look up Korean references I didn’t fully connect. It really draws you in immediately.

And they fell together.

May the Fortunes watch over us all.

No effen way. Are they really going to do this??? I cannot believe this was what they hid. Gah!

My goodness. It’s the all is lost moment.

Trading a dog spirit for a cat spirit is always a plus. And this one seems to be hiding some shame like our protagonists. -Talk Valentina-

Oh my they both really care about each other but won’t say anything. And now it’s time for the shadow realm. Also a little hot that Bakeneko is a dommy mommy. But what do you expect from a cat.

He’s got a point you know. He’s better suited for sleuthing. The fighter needs to stay with the action.

You didn’t think to break his fall?

Oh no? ~Then who’s possessing me?~
Stop it!
Stop it, Wheels!
Wheels!
Stop it, Wheels’ Father!

Oh the reason they can’t find the witch? They were looking for an old hag.

I love when we bring in the trope of this big bad is the big bad big bads are scared of. Gotta fight the daddy of all monsters. uwu

Things are getting too spicy for the pepper! Our first encounter with a Yokai!

This is opening up a can of worms. I want to know more Japanese supernatural folklore. Good thing we bought a book for it about a year ago.

Ooooooof. Someone is projecting. Solve your own problems before thrusting them on others.

This better be some Star Wars type stuff and not Oran High School Host Club.

They touched! Oh my goodness. A hand to the Elbow!

The dog is back!

Oh no! The protagonist has collapsed. Time for nurse other protagonist to save the day.

I don’t know how far into this the book will dive but we’re starting to see that these peasants are of pure intention with their religion and not a tainted version of it he is familiar with. The prejudices and trauma run deep but the mountain folk look after each other and the earth.

Oooo. The jaded past from a scorned former lover. It wasn’t that he’s a widower, he was rejected.

Okay so they’ve each got a secret. Rival clans. One more comfortable with their sexuality. One a purist one a free spirit. It’s all lining up. (As it should!)

Okay. So this is a whole denial gay and accepted it gay. But now I’m really curious to what’s up with this adoption piece.