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“she could have sworn she saw the Red Maiden turn away to hide a smile in her hands. Nerida was openly smirking, and when she turned to Grim, he was gazing at her with unabashed adoration. Cheeks warming she looked away and shuffled her feet awkwardly.”

This is just an example of how confusing it’s been sometimes when nouns/pronouns aren’t used. “She turned to Grim” — who? Red Maiden? Nerida? Serena?

“The battle with Nerida had taken a lot out of him, she realized. Fucking Faery, she needed to find the queen!”

This is taking me outttt

I totally forgot about the rose on her chest, it only gave her pain/was brought up like twice

“A roar that reached the stars that were watching all this play out. The agonized scream made them flinch, and some of them turned away, for even in all their centuries of watching this world, they could never get used to the death of one’s True Love.”

I like this line, it feels very classic fairytale

She had a week as the little mermaid to get him to love her, spent only like 3 days of that week with him, and he’s already in love?

“I had to win your love before sunset, but I failed.” “You’re wrong!” he roared, and jumped forward reaching out for her, only for his hands to pass through her body.

Cringe 😬

Before they said the ball started at sunset, now it’s before sunset and she’s going to die by sunset… confused

She knew it was unfair, but part of her was angry at him for not fighting harder against the spell, for not regaining his memories on time. For looking at another woman the way he had only ever looked at her. “Look at me,” he said, and then gentler, “Please.”

None of this is his fault omg! Yall are both so possessive and it’s not cute

“Oh, Grim,” breathed Thea. “I’ve been wanting to tell you—I’ve been having the very same dreams as well.” Serena sat, rooted into her chair, and she almost could hear her heart shatter. This was all wrong—that bitch was lying.”

There’s been a lot of good female characters in this, but this interaction just feels nasty. Again, she’s a fictional character playing a role