very thrilling i was geniunely hooked. villainelle...come here bae i can make us a home

this was great! very unique; i've never ever read someone like tamsyn muir and she has such an interesting writing style, although i did find myself a bit overwhelmed at times because of what seemed like the breakneck plot. i really liked the characters in this story; every character from gideon and harrow to the side characters such as pal and camilla are so singular.

gideon and harrow should've kissed just once though

it was fine but kevin kwan basically just rewrote crazy rich asians but make the lead wasian like why is the male character always this dashing young guy who wants to not be rich and works a job not suitable for his "position" and his love interest is a chinese girl who comes from a lower class but

surprise surprise her dad is actually rich ASF

and the dad of the male lead is this normal guy and his wife is crazy like HELLO?? 

also i'm not sure why everyone's school was mentioned like 

i was really busy with school and had no time to read

such a good book and the relationships between all four main characters are so enchanting and alluring like i felt so alive while reading this! i loved louisa and karina's relationship in particular. a very fascinating look into a world i had no insight to before.

if spartan did that to me trust and believe her life would never know peace like you are finished

DECKLEE???? MICKENLEE??? these names are not real i'm sorry

such a strong ya book and perhaps one of my favorite books this year! i really love grace's character and her journey through her grief and realization of her sexuality; the flashback scenes were done so well and i also loved her dynamics with her roommates and julia. 

 oh i was shocked this book is shocking (positive).

this book is about bel price, a teenager who's agreed, along with her family, to appear in a documentary about her missing mother, who suddenly reappears after having been missing for sixteen years. i've read holly jacksons' work before and i quite enjoyed her a good girl' guide to murder series. i'm not a huge fan of thrillers but i really like jackson's works; they always have a good strong cast with good characterization and a twisty mystery that i'm always shocked at, and i'm glad to report that the reappearance of rachel price checks both those boxes. this plot in particular left me so surprised and i really had no clue where this book was heading. specifically the ending ten chapters were just shocking me left right and center.

bel is a really interesting mc because she's definitely a flawed and emotional character, and she has her own faults, but it's easy to understand where it comes from and why she's this way. i loved her relationship with carter, and i really liked carter; she proved a good foil to bel in terms of their opinions about rachel. the only nitpick i have with this book though is the faint hint of romance; i didn't really think it was necessary and honestly i could've done with or without it.

this book dragged a little for me before rachel's reappearance, but once she came back, this book was dialed up to ten and i was hooked. i would definitely recommend this to fans of jackson's previous works and fans of a good twisty thriller in general. 

thanks to netgalley and random house children's for the arc! 

i felt so bad for maeve in some parts and then in others i was like wtf is wrong with you like please but this was a good sequel even if i stopped understanding the magic system once we got to the wells and the drawing