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that was my second thought after my first thought (“AAAAAAHHHH”)

this wouldn’t happen twice. would it…?
November 23, 2025 at 6:32 AM
IS THIS REAL AAAAAAHHH
November 23, 2025 at 6:28 AM
hi me too ✋🏼
November 18, 2025 at 5:40 AM
I knoooow but it is very important to me personally that they do not go with greyish blond. Or anything resembling movie Celeborn’s hair tbh 🙈
November 15, 2025 at 12:15 PM
but … blond???

I really hope blond is a spectrum that accommodates sth that could properly be called silver here 🥹
November 15, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Skeletons who love tidying things and reading moist books are very important too. #bookshopsandbonedust #satchel
October 30, 2025 at 4:30 PM
came here for the comments and was not disappointed
October 23, 2025 at 7:09 AM
ah cool :) i love King of Scars/Rule of Wolves and Six of Crows/Crooked Kingdom so much.
October 15, 2025 at 7:09 PM
same, he grew on me so much, poor guy. and you have a point about Dawes, she’s definitely the mom friend
October 15, 2025 at 7:07 PM
on the topic of resonance, she also does that so brilliantly with phrases imo. like “This town” in the first book.

have you read LB’s other books too?
October 15, 2025 at 7:01 PM
yes! omg Turner. he’s great too and i got that vibe as well.
October 15, 2025 at 6:59 PM
i loved that Mercy became an honorary member of Lethe, though. and i lowkey ship Dawes and Tripp. though, we don’t actually know what’s up with Tripp, currently, do we? btw i think his backstory is such a good example of how LB creates very strong resonance very quickly
October 15, 2025 at 6:58 PM
me too! i do think Alex and Darlington are endgame, right? and LB does like writing demon boyfriends. but i really wonder how things will unfold in the third book, i don’t really have a theory. which is a good thing.

that said i admit i don’t remember the second book as well as the first.
October 15, 2025 at 6:58 PM
although they should be using to protect others like her
October 15, 2025 at 6:41 PM
yes, and i always thought there’s also this intense sense of betrayal because she’s found this thing that can protect her and that she would have needed so much earlier in her life (i love the scene leading up to the crystal glassware smashing) and now there are all these people abusing that power
October 15, 2025 at 6:41 PM
actually about what she might want from Darlington, not his attraction to her. am i remembering that right?

but it’s also so interesting in terms of the narrative of their romance that they spend more time apart than not across both books
October 15, 2025 at 6:37 PM
that’s very true. i think i kept expecting there to be sth clearer from Alex’s side, but her desire to save Darlington is also to tied up with guilt and fear, it’s literally too complicated. but the “serve you” thing is actually in her dream, right? after the party at … was it Manuscript? so that’s
October 15, 2025 at 6:37 PM
(and I just remembered “I will serve you til the end of days” so probably it’s clear how Darlington likes Alex lol)

(i’ve read the book a few times but it’s been a little while)
October 15, 2025 at 6:22 PM
takes what she can get and doesn’t turn out to be an academic or artistic genius and how Dawes bargains for her in the end. 🫶🏻
October 15, 2025 at 6:20 PM