as said in my goodreads review, THIS BOOK DESERVES A 5 STARS FOR THE VISCERAL EMOTIONAL REACTIONS IT RIPPED OUTTA ME but alas no book is entirely perfect. LISTEN THE FIRST DAMN PAGES WERE JUST THE MURDER AND HOW HEKTOR'S LAST WORDS WERE ALESSANDRA'S NAME AND HOW SHE SAYS SHE WON LIKE HOLY SHITHDJSJSJ. THE VIBES WERE IMMACULATE and then KALLIAS BRO HE'S SAUR CUTEEEE UWUWUWU AND HIS RELATIONSHIP W ALESSANDRA IS ONE OF THE BEST I'VE SEEN AND AS A PERSON WHO VALUES FRIENDSHIPS BEFORE ROMANCE THEIR DYNAMIC WAS SUCH A TREAT TO READ COZ THEM AS FRIENDS W ALL THAT TENSION UFFFFFF and that leandro ass bitxh I CALLED HIS DECEITS LESS THAN HALFWAY INTO THE BOOK AND WAS RIGHT MUAHAHAHAHAΗΛΗΑ. the gothic, dark romance, murder, black aesthetic and shiz UFF right up my alley baby <33 THE WAY THEY DON'T FUCK ON THEIR FIRST NIGHT AND IT'S JUST THEM BEING VULNERABLE AHHHHHH. there are so many good quotes lemme share the one i remember rn: "you didn't bow and roll over like every other human being alive. you challenged me. that's when i first knew i was doomed" DHJSSJJSSJ ALSO KALLIAS LAUGHING AND ASKING ALESSANDRA TO MARRY HIM RIGHT AFTER HE FINDS OUT SHE KILLED HER FIRST LOVER LMFAOOO I LOVE IT. now for shit that threw me off: first balldance scene could've been better it had lots potential but yikes, and the ending felt a bit choppy like the reveal and all BUT IT WAS GOOD THANK YOU ANANYA U QUEEN FOR GIVING UR HARDCOPY TO ME COZ THIS EXPERIENCE WAS ONE OF IT'S KIND, and abeer u madwoman u're so cool finishing this before me when u had started after me.
