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I feel for Lia because they do have really good chemistry, and I love that Grace is demisexual (they literally give the definition, if not the term). But also Grace HAS been open and honest about her feelings, she just doesn't want to act on them. Lia is the one who keeps expecting her to change, and I don't think its right to frame Grace as the bad one for that??

This has quite a bit of nothing going on for a YA novel. He hasn't even really paid any attention to Mackenzie, he just wants to spend time with Karla.
I do like that they both don't want to mix their friend groups, it isn't Karla completely ditching him. Even though this is not a good relationship, it makes sense for high school

I never understood how people have long nicknames in highschool. Who actually cares to call someone "condom head cameron."
maybe bc im not a highschooler anymore but that is neither funny nor worth it lol but the rest of this is pretty cute

for my own sake:
Olivia supposed to like british guy, but is more interested in the black activist DeWhite
Ruby is their friend who is in trouble financially, and is supposed to like brother John, but may be interested in another regular guy
Helen in Oliv's sister who wants to fix cars, but is falling for British Guy
Amy-Rose is the servant who loves John
I feel like some of these could just be another book

The most important thing is their chemistry. Which is gooooodddd

There's so many people but I'm loving it lol definitely just like Bridgerton

The writing in this is almost my exact style....which is about on par for an okay fanfic lol The pace is also like LIGHTNING we're already on our way to the wedding! There was no debate or getting to know each other they're just BOOM into it lol

YES I LOVE this already! Cass is drawn very well lol Pan is a very fun character and I'm already so excited for where they're going!!

I do appreciate that a lot of these nature books are about respecting the bears boundaries and realizing that people don't NEED to see wildlife. We can stand in the Brooks River to look at bears, but they need to eat and leaving them alone is the best option sometimes. He's not condescending about it either lol

I don't like some of her stereotype "oooh gurrrl" friends, but the rest of this is really cute!!

"It's another couple thousand calories to add to her glorious shape. With her grizzled blonde fur, she's become a toasted marshmallow of a bear" THIS GUY gets it

I'm trying not to be judgmental but I really do not need this child sidekick

alright, her coming home and seeing THAT with her daughter was pretty terrifying. Also the thing with Mark's arm was pretty intense.
The rest isn't really about the house at all, just this weird looking puppet. It just doesn't seem that scary

Ngl don't really care for the puppet possession stuff lol and of course the family drama is immediately over because OF COURSE mark actually never did anything wrong. Still not sympathetic

she is BOLD lmao just accusing the first guy who might have been at the crime scene

Even if she did let him drown the fact that he's mad about what happened when they were TWO is such bullshit
If I'm supposed to be sympathetic for Mark for this it's not working

I am. SO. FRUSTRATED
Fuck men lmao

Glad to see my boy 747 being represented here lol
The behavior chapters are incredibly interesting! Moms being so overprotective of their cubs but very aggressively dropping them when she's ready to mate again. The big guys are mostly peaceful until they want something bad enough

Really cute so far! Pretty simple writing, and everyone in this school cares WAY too much about who's carpooling with who?? But still cute

I don't think I like anyone in this lmao Sam disrespects her mother so much. Her friend betrays her, Tim is just dense, and his old girlfriend is basically a Disney villain

Mother bears are known as vicious protectors for a reason lol I like that he actually knows the names of the bears at Katmai. Go Grazer girlboss

Very interesting, so far more focused on bear physiology and behavior. Yay

I apparently only want to read nonfic about brown bears lmao but they are FASCINATING