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Too many flashbacks.

THE HEROINE IS OVER THIRTY. REPEAT. THE HEROINE IS OVER THIRTY. THE HEROINE IS THIRTY SEVEN YEARS OLD.

Holy shit, y'all. I want to throw a parade. If I had to read about one more 19 year old I was going to jump off a bridge. Glory glory.

Hello, have you heard about our Lord and Savior, Elizabeth Fremantle?

I was just getting ready to kvetch about what slow going this book was, then BAM.

"Balto was inexperienced and not as fast as some of the other dogs. Nobody had ever thought he was special--until now. Kaasen believed in Balto, and Balto proved him right."

Aaaand crying at work. FUCKING DOG BOOKS.

I just want everyone to know that I'm such a dog sucker that I looked at the cover and started tearing up.

If something happens to Adrian, I will forgive NO ONE.

Shout out to the Mid-Continental Public Library of MO for letting me OCLC their audiobook. Fremantle has THE BEST readers. I don't know if that's her influence or her agent or what, but DAMN.

Undercover aristos is not usually my cup of tea, but any port in a comfort-reading storm, eh?

I don't even like contemporary YA and I'm head over heels for this book.

Please rec me some really good romance? Give me your faves? The guiltiest of your pleasures?

"I'm interested in Craig because Craig is interesting. He'll talk forever, and he never worries about saying something stupid. I once heard him have an entire conversation with himself about whether he should bring his biology book to history or come back and grab it between classes."

This is officially the best YA love story ever in the history of time.

"At every other station, we were left alone. It figures. I've never met a nice person at Shady Grove, ever."

SO MANY DC METRO FEELS.

Wow. I think I've read these in almost precise backwards order. Excellent librarianing there, KJ.

And the Spindle Cove marathon continues apace. Forgive me, for I have e-romanced.

This one is...not the best. And normally, I am a 100% sucker for the Thorne type. But Kate is just boring.

I know what you're thinking. But I only have 48 hours until these all go back to Overdrive, due to a confluence of e-holds arriving at once.

I'm basically going to gorge myself on spindle cove until I run screaming into the arms of murderous historical fiction again.

I am SUCH a sucker for a Cinderella allusion, no matter how ham-fisted.

By the way, we've moved on to torture by medical experimentation on dying slaves. We got there shortly after Octavian's only father figure, Bono, was giving to a planter in Virginia as fucking thank you gift.

It's the Miss Congeniality talent contest all over again!

I can't hate on the author for stealing that so outrageously. It's awesome.

"'Save for unsightly mustaches, there are few things gentlemen find less appealing in a lady than a political opinion.' Well, I couldn't grow any whiskers. But I'm prepared to make six outrageous statements about the Corn Laws."

Tessa Dare's dialog is just the best, y'all.

"My. I do hope Dukes aren't held to the same standard. Can't be healthy for a man, always stifling his ejaculations."

Pauline For President.

"Mother, look who I brought home from the Bull and Blossom. The ninth duke of Halstone and his mum."

Pauline is my hero.

I have to finish this before Overdrive takes it away from me!

Nooooooooooo

I AM SO INTO IT.

Just to recap the tattoos and the Tarot:

Snakes (Myloria) - Wheel of Fortune
Flowers (Davenport)- Strength
Tower (Fisher)- The Tower, duh.
Wings (Shiny) - The Devil

BRB, I need to go get me an enormous Tarot tattoo from a dirt witch. If anyone needs me, I was probably eaten by the Hollow. I died happy.