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“Everything has two histories. Especially in the South.”

Forgot to log that I’ve been listening to this on Spotify. Honestly… the only thing keeping me going is Teddy Hamilton’s voice! This is MAX millennial cringe. A character actually used the phrase “rock my socks off” unironically 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

I wish I had time to demolish this in one sitting right now! Obsessed!

Starting a little late… but let the re-read commence!

My first Alj Hazelwood… let’s see!

So far this is much better than Leather & Lark - but it’s such a pet peeve when authors overly explain the connection between a book and a previous one. Yes I get these are all technically stand-alones not sequels, but the info dumps to recap previous characters/plot points are always tedious! Is it just me?

This is so Taylor Swift/Matty Healy coded.

So many people have raves about the audio book, and I needed some comedic relief from all the American Psychoing this week!

Turns out you can use the term “hard body” too often.