honestly i don't know what to rate this because it's really well written but it's genuinely a book that puts lesbians, gay teens and trans teens through enormous amounts of suffering just to prove that it's bad for them to suffer i guess

“Long live the Alchemists’ Council”

reasons to read this book:
- librarians
- bees that can affect free will
- alchemy
- rebels
- sapphics (in a place seemingly without homophobia)

rahul kapoor is my son and he deserves the entire world