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That is not where I expected the story to go lol this was good. Very original. The idea of what happens to Eve is terrifying. Her anxiety was palpable.

In the acknowledgments the author mentions he got a 3 book deal so hopefully it involves a sequel and/or prequel to this book?? 🤞🏼 Cause there’s definitely alot that wasn’t answered and that could definitely be expanded upon

Okay!! I’ve had to sleep on this one because there was so much going on and I had to sort out my feelings. I love looking up author interviews which I’m feeling like this because they often help me process my thoughts better. 

This was incredibly twisty, twists inside of twists, a novel inside of a novel with the backdrop of the Mojave Desert. This book is actually based off of MK Ultra, CIA experiments conducted in the 60’s and 70’s. The experiments touched on here involve dogs so if that’s triggering for you skip this one. 

Catriona said in an interview, “a lot of the book and characterizations are like a Rorschach test in itself, who and what you’ve been led to believe is good or bad will determine what you think of the book and the people in it.” There is no one understanding of this. 

I’ll admit I was confused at the end but knowing that it’s open-ended really helped. Last House on Needless Street is still my favorite but this one is really good. 

This felt like such a dark fairytale which is exactly how it was meant to be taken I believe. Highly recommend listening to this on audio, the bridegroom’s voice is mesmerizing 🤩 Kind of wish he narrated the whole book. Funny thing was I was annoyed the POVs were everyone’s but Indigo who is the main focus of the story…but is she really?? You won’t find any answers until the end. 

This was good but there was something missing.. I wish maybe the ending was more fleshed out. It left on such a fairytale note, “and they lived..”. I did like The House of Dreams and how it was a living presence. The setting was very cool. I also liked the mention of

fairies even if I didn’t understand what kind exactly Asher/Indigo turned into 😂🤣

I am OBSESSED with this series!! I would follow Emily Wilde and Wendell Brambleby a n y w h e r e

They are easily one of my all time favorite couples (Feyre and Rhysand who??? Emily and Wendell are superior!!!). The way they have come together in this book to further their quest is nothing short of amazing. Emily is such a baddy. I love her to pieces. Her bravery and smarts are incredibly admirable. Also her undeniable love for Wendell is so damn cute to watch unfold. Their love for each other is G O A L S. The lengths they are willing to go for each other is the stuff only found in fairytales (ha! Get it?!). 

FIVE ST- no, SIX STARS! ALL THE STARS!!! The hold these characters had over me within these five hundred pages was something I haven’t felt in a long time. I was laughing, literally rolling my eyes, smiling, and tearing up a couple of times. I completely understand and agree that this book is FUCKING AMAZING. THAT ENDING?!! Are you kidding me?!!! I audibly gasped while trying to process everything else that was going on. What 👏🏼 a 👏🏼 way 👏🏼 to 👏🏼 end 👏🏼 the 👏🏼 book 👏🏼 And the dragons?!!! 🐉🐉🐉 They were the best part 🥹🥹

Violet is a fucking boss and so is Andara. Screw Aetos. I got a bad feeling about him from the beginning. Such a damn snake. Xaden and Tairn are 👑

I stayed for the writing style. Not the plot because there isn’t much that happens. The narrator interjects himself into the story quite a bit but it was in a way I’ve never seen before (even though the author even states that this is a common writing tool). This book feels like it was written recently. Not in 1935, almost 90 years!! Insane. 

This book is definitely one of the weirdest books I’ve read this year but in the best way possible. Kerolyn’s messages reminded me soooo much of my toxic manager at my last job it was scary. 

The whole concept of Gerald’s consciousness to Slack while trying to uploading a document oddly made a lot of sense 🤣😂  the one part I didn’t care for and didn’t even make sense was

when slack body-snatched Gerald and was him for a bit.

The romance that developed was unexpected but very cute and a nice way to end the book 

I guess I enjoyed this? Lmao. This turned realll silly. It’s really too bad the plot isn’t as good as this cover. I almost want to keep it just for the cover.  It started off so incredibly slow… we don’t actually start to notice the possession signs until over a 100 pages in even though the event where it supposedly happened was at the start of the book.

can we also talk about how lame the possession was? We didn’t even see anything!!

I believe this book uses satire and I’m really not a fan of that. This isn’t your average possession story so if that’s what you’re looking for, don’t read this. The possession seemed very real during the second half until we get to the exorcism and meet the exorcist..where everything falls apart and becomes one big joke. I don’t understand the point of using demonic possession to prove how strong Gretchen and Abby’s friendship was. If that was the whole point, kudos to Grady because he did prove that. 

I’m also wondering if reading two books about possession back to back affected my enjoyment of this. I had just finished Come Closer by Sara Gran before this and thought it was such a fab possession story. Then coming to this where everything felt like a joke in the last half left a bad taste in my mouth. 

This is such a weird book!!! It has some really graphic horror scenes but I wouldn’t classify this entirely as horror.. there was a lot of humor and i just didn’t vibe with it. It made the whole story corny and not as dark as I wanted. The blurb on the cover says this book resembles  Tina Fey’s version of The Exorcist and I couldn’t agree more. That’s my problem with it. Super disappointed in this. Grady definitely took an L with this one but redeemed himself with The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires. I read Horrorstör before this and though I didn’t like the ending of that one, it was a better book and that was actual horror. Grady is a pretty average author in my eyes after reading three of his books. I will still read his work but I’ll lower my expectations going forward. 

Cozy fantasy with a dash of dark in there? I 👏🏼 Am 👏🏼 Here 👏🏼 For 👏🏼 It 👏🏼 Emily is everything I want to read about in a scholar. Her entries feel like we are reading her faerie encyclopedia and the fact that the author could pull that off is outstanding. I was captivated from the first line where we are introduced to her lovely companion, Shadow, before anything else 🥰 

Wendell Brambleby, is the other brooding scholarly companion that was a wonderful member of this cozy crew. He is also Irish and missing his homeland. I really hope maybe we get to see him return in the next installment. 

 This is definitely a friends-to-lovers romance and I thought it was perfect. Mind you, the romance is a very minor subplot that’s sprinkled in here and there in entries. Just the way I like it. Something you can pick up on along the way and are delighted to see where it goes. I am pre-ordering the B&N special edition paperback for the next book right now!!! 

Very creepy and insidious possession novella. This gave me the chills. Watching your life fall apart and not being ask to do anything about it is incredibly scary. I loved the audiobook and highly recommend reading it that way to avoid the repetition that might annoy you reading the physical book. I loved the way Nama (the demon) interacted with our MC. I just wish it was a bit darker.