Can never go wrong with Kingfisher's books! One of my favourite writing styles ever.

this book found me EXACTLY when I needed it to! the only reason I didn't sob like a baby was because I was listening while in the office!

I dont know why, but this book was intoxicating!

This was a very pleasant surprise!

Went into it not thinking much would happen, but I was so pleasantly surprised with how much this resonated with me!

Steamy too 👀

Male narrator's voice made this unreadable I'm afraid 😳 also the french accents were NOT it...

I will not lie; I knew what I was about to read before I went into it, but somehow I was still a bit flabbergasted. I think the problem isn't the content, it could have an enjoyable read if the writing was a bit better. I didn't need flowery writing or prose that would stop me in my tracks, I just needed decent writing, that's all 😅

This is my book. Anything I say about this pales in comparison to how it makes me feel. Reading 3 years after the first time, having discovered/accepted my own autism in the meantime, was double the fun. Jacob has my heart and Eve is the best friend I need.

As with my first time reading this book, this wasn't my favourite of the series. Mainly because it felt like we pushed Glendower aside and explored more of Ronan's dreams, but also because it felt like the relationships among the characters weren't the main focus.

Adding to that, wasn't a massive fan of this book's villain (if he can be called that) contrary to how much I had enjoyed reading about their Latin teacher in the first one.

Fave scene though, has to be the Gansey and Blue under the stars moment 🫶🫶

Lost me entirely all the million times Emma tried to rebuff or change the subject and Justin kept pushing her to get his way.

When after sex a woman is putting on her clothes a couple of steps away from you, with her back turned the opposite direction from where you are, she's evidently trying to emotionally regulate herself. What did Justin do? He went up to Emma, invaded her personal space, hugged her, nuzzled her ear and started talking about dinner and all the options of food they could have. Emma said that she'd be getting back to him. A firm but polite "no". Justin kept pressing, saying he could bring it to her and she had to physically remove herself from his hug and say that she needed a minute to think.

All this happened literally 100 pages before the book ended. I don't even wanna mention all the times it happened before. Justin isn't a "if he wanted to, he would", he's a man without enough emotional intelligence to understand and respect someone setting boundaries.