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Yesssssss

Hester = Violet Crawley and you can’t convince me otherwise

We are 2/2 for servants wanting this woman dead lol

I swear the audiobook narrator makes Alice sound like she’s in her 40’s when she’s only a couple years older than Cordelia.

I just need everyone to know that my reread is going stupendously well. I am rereading sections and giggling constantly. This book truly is so much fun while also making me cry. #healing

Oh my god I need to reread now just because of these implications

WHAT?!

The way my mouth fell OPEN while I was out walking. A mosquito could have flown in and I wouldn’t have noticed.

Oooooo a lore drop!

I love how we can go from some great sex scenes to deep things like, “just because you’re good at something doesn’t mean you have to do it for the rest of your life.”

HOT 🥵🥵🥵🥵

Damn Mei, way to ruin the vibe lol

This is working for me. It’s like a plottier version of Desperate Measures tied with a bitchy Ariadne

Hahahaha I love that she didn’t get the joke

I don’t love the pronunciations Opal’s narrator is doing but overall this reread is going well

“Perfectionism is driven not by high standards, but by anxiety.”

FACTS

“The more reliable, we are, the more others take us for granted – and the more starkly any mistake stands out.”

I’d even go so far as to say it stands out more so to ourselves and then others.

“It’s easier to notice the exceptional than the familiar, so to observe the obvious requires intense attention.“

“We can change our lives without changing ourselves.”

“We know if something is important to us if it shows up in our schedule, our spending, and our space.”

“We should pay special attention to anything that we lie about, or try to hide.“

Honestly? That tracks

Interesting pause point…

BRUTAL

“Demand better than to be worshiped by a crumb.”

Every time I read this page there are tears

Well well well Din

I realize it’s the tiniest of things, but I’m barely a few pages in and the narrator is already changing how they said things from the first book and it’s throwing me off

Oooooo I am suspicious!

Unfortunately this is a DNF for me. I’m not enjoying the writing or the pace.

We love some special brownies

Sylvia is a delight, a dream, a national treasure.

And also she totally deserves to be kidnapped in the next book or something.