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I’ve been around 70-75% for months lol. Will I ever finish this book? The world may never know

This kind of angst is my freaking catnip 😭😭😭 I’m obsessed

This world is so interesting!

This woman is so fucking interesting ?!

OK ALI DAMN I WAS NOT AWARE OF YOUR GAME. SHIT. SHIT!!!!!!!!!

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Ohhh I am intrigued. And already liking the darker tone in this story (compared to her other works). I am prepared to cry

“He leans in. His face is just a few inches from mine.
‘I want to play chess with you,’ he repeats. His voice is lower. Closer. Deeper. ‘Please, Mallory.’”
WEAAKKK I AM WEEEAAKKK

“Sawyer is already there. Waiting. Sitting on Black, tracking all my movements. His eyes on me are unsettling. There's something too sharp, too ravenous, almost acquisitive about them. Like the match is an afterthought, and I am what he came here for.”

“‘But this is my emotional support sandwich.’
‘Then have a mental breakdown.’” LMFAO

TY TO MY LIBRARY, YOU’RE A REAL ONE ☝️ gonna save this for after check & mate incase that one flops for me. I just know this one is going to CRUSH ME❤️

Breaking my reluctance to read YA for The Ali Hazelwood because I guess she’s my fave author or whatever

“‘Martise, that bed and all its linens will be utterly destroyed by morning.’” I AM HYPERVENTIILATING !!!!

I am absolutely LOVING this so far

“It triggers a confusing flurry of emotions in my chest.
A softening toward this new incarnation of him, the one with an age-appropriate partner and the foresight to book a motel room.
But also, a reawakening of the old hurt. The reminder that my father never found a person he couldn't love more than héd ever loved me or Mom, a place he didn't want to be more than he wanted to be at home.”
OUCH, EMILY. OUCH.

Listening (and enjoying) this w my bf! He really likes his YouTube videos and introduced me to Dr. K. Looking to hopefully have a good rec ready to give to any parent/friend needing help

“I’m a fish, not a Luddite. Of course I have a phone.” SCREAMING at this fucking book oh my god

The narration style is so interesting; both comedic and melancholic. “I haven’t traveled this far (a few blocks) to get nothing in return (the attention of the person who has not asked for me). It’s cosmically wrong!” The girlies rating this low just don’t get it, I fear 💁🏻‍♀️

Not the FMC’s name literally being Saylor 💀

“At three o'clock she'd play, and I'd have to remind myself that this was the same person I'd just sent to fetch me lunch. It didn't make any sense. I had already hired someone to clean for her. I wondered if I should get that same person to do the laundry. Was laundry bad for the hands?” AAAAAHHH💕💕💕

Gwyn and Joarr have such good chemistry omg 😭😭😭❤️

This is sooo good so far!!

Ruby Dixon, my beloved 🫶

The PDA is sooo cringey but otherwise I’m eating this UP! 👏 this is so good so far!

Oh my god wtf is this book 🤣🤣🤣 this is so bad. LIKE SO BAD

“My touch appears to be enough, just like the rest of me.” OKKKK ALLIII DAMN. 😩😩💦

““I know you don’t like my scent.” “I fucking love your scent.””
PHEW O LORD 😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨

AAYYY ty library for pulling through!!!!

I hate to be that person lmao but….where is the spice? 2 scenes and that’s it?? I’m a whore I guess but I’m confused tbh 🕵️‍♀️🔍👀

Really liking this tbh but a book saying “unaliving” instead of “killing/dying/etc” is becoming a pet peeve of mine lol. Why are authors saying this?? This isn’t TikTok wtf