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this book is pissing me off lol

maybe I should take a break.
November 13, 2025 at 4:09 AM
alice and peter: in the end, he’s not all that bad. and our suffering is only worth it because he’s bad.

grimes: *assaults alice and treats her like garbage* *steals peter’s work, blames him, and makes him feel inherently inferior*

yeah but at least he doesn’t yell at you /s
November 13, 2025 at 4:09 AM
ah yes, discrimination based on an invisible illness.
being called lazy and believing it, despite your body literally trying to kill itself.
relatable.
November 13, 2025 at 4:09 AM
two brilliant, passively suicidal people spend half their lifespan to rescue their abusive professor because of complicated admiration and guilt.

we hate to see it.
November 13, 2025 at 4:09 AM
alice finally opens up and suddenly the story is more tolerable.

though, this girl needs therapy.
and Peter has so much patience with her. I’d be livid.
November 13, 2025 at 3:08 AM
cringing from this confrontation with Elspeth.

I’m about 50% of the way through this book and haven’t really enjoyed it?

kind of a bummer. idk if it’s the plot or if I’m just in a shit mood.
November 13, 2025 at 1:04 AM
ah, Alice admits that she chose to remain naive in order to survive the social chaos of Cambridge.

I get it, but I don’t like it.
November 13, 2025 at 12:28 AM
241 📚💙

Bound by Ali Hazelwood

Narrated by Brittany Pressley & William MacLeod 🎧📚

“I have not betrayed my own moral code… at least, not yet.” 😏
shy, hot professor is 10/10.

but, I’m sorry, this plot felt so shallow to me. a puddle.
also some of the duet narration wasn’t edited correctly.

⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
November 13, 2025 at 12:09 AM
…Alice and Peter went into Hell without a plan on how to get out?
November 12, 2025 at 11:57 PM
I agree.
I think for me it’s that she hasn’t acknowledged how much the professor’s treatment of her is abusive.
and her sense of morality and direction are negatively affected by her loyalty to her teacher.
November 12, 2025 at 11:56 PM
I feel bad for peter. alice is annoying.

this has been a common occurrence for me with young FMCs recently. and I’m a little concerned about what that means 😅
unconscious bias? internalized misogyny? or are the characters just written to be immature and the frustration is justified?
November 12, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Peter is captured by weaver girl. they’re attacked by bone things.
Alice states the river is too far away for it to help with the bone things.
she gets taken away, attacked, and then the Boatman shows up to save Alice,
then travels down the river close enough to grab Peter.

did the river move???
November 12, 2025 at 10:43 PM
rules for being in love, according to Alice:
1. must know what his dick looks like
November 12, 2025 at 10:09 PM
their professor telling the female student that she’ll have to work twice as hard for half the recognition of the male student is so real.

reminds me of something a presenter said at a work conference I attended: men are measured by their potential, women are scrutinized by their results.
November 12, 2025 at 6:51 PM
it is still really, really bothering me that the FMC’s narrator is speaking with a British accent for an American character. it’s a plot point brought up multiple times.

“I love Americans, so unconventional.”

this may be an irrational complaint but it’s how I feel 😅
November 12, 2025 at 6:51 PM
oooh, I see. ty for clarifying ✨

I’m excited lol
November 12, 2025 at 6:45 AM
oh hey, this ended up on my Hoopla, too?? I wasn’t expecting it to since it’s supposed to be a Spotify exclusive?

anyway, don’t mind me dropping my current read for this 😂😇
November 12, 2025 at 6:41 AM
I’m about 30% complete.
having Big Feelings™️ about how their professor is disgustingly manipulative without any accountability (aside from being dead).

the way sorcery is presented as a science is really neat, as well as the commentary on generational conflict.

not fully bought-in yet, though.
November 12, 2025 at 6:17 AM
having a british narrator for the american FMC is just a little confusing to me.
November 12, 2025 at 5:02 AM
yeah, I agree. I think he was mentioned once before as attending a family bbq at Big Bertha but that’s it.
November 12, 2025 at 3:12 AM
240 📚💙

Not Catching Love by Saxon James

Narrated by Teddy Hamilton 🎧📚

“apparently self-hatred isn’t a thing most people do, and he wants me to work on it—go figure.”

definitely the most emotionally complex of the series. mixed feelings about the morality of the relationship. emotional HEA.

⭐️⭐️⭐️
November 12, 2025 at 3:07 AM