I'm currently listening to Ruthless Vows so I understand what you mean about immediately needing to pick it up. I'm not very invested in the story, to be honest. But I do think Ruthless Vows is much more interesting when it comes to the magic. Divine Rivals would have been a lot stronger if it were more fully fleshed out. I also wonder if I'm not connecting to it as much because I'm listening to the audiobook.
I definitely understand that - I'm not a great audio processor myself and feel more connected to a book when I read a physical copy. I would have loved a more fleshed out magic system (that's just what I'm interested in!) but also acknowledge that the magic wasn't really the point of the book and that the relationship between the two characters was. Apparently Rebecca Ross announced today that she's releasing a new adult novel in the same universe later this year so I'm going to keep an eye on that. You'll have to let me know your thoughts when you finish!
I am very impressed by your reading of FOUR French books in one month.
I don't tend to do reading goals, other than read x number of books each year. I'm sticking to 52, having pushed myself to reach 104 in previous years and not enjoyed it. Oh, I suppose joining in read alongs and book club reads that I promptly get left behind on are goals of a kind too... I have too much water and air in my birth chart! lol
lol I hear you on the stubbornness and determination! I’m a cancer moon (night chart) and scorpio sun, so I can be pretty tenacious at times. lol And all packaged with a gemini rising. What you see isn’t what you get! Ha ha ha
Ayyy I'm *also* a Cancer Moon!! So many big feelings all the time. I'm a Virgo Sun/Cap Rising, so a day chart. It's so funny how these things play out. I always need to have a plan (even if I'm going to abandon it) because having a plan makes me feel better on the inside ha.
Ahh yes, so I bet you're having the best time right now with Mars retrograde in Cancer. I so often feel like that meme of the crab scuttling around with a knife.
I'm currently listening to Ruthless Vows so I understand what you mean about immediately needing to pick it up. I'm not very invested in the story, to be honest. But I do think Ruthless Vows is much more interesting when it comes to the magic. Divine Rivals would have been a lot stronger if it were more fully fleshed out. I also wonder if I'm not connecting to it as much because I'm listening to the audiobook.
I definitely understand that - I'm not a great audio processor myself and feel more connected to a book when I read a physical copy. I would have loved a more fleshed out magic system (that's just what I'm interested in!) but also acknowledge that the magic wasn't really the point of the book and that the relationship between the two characters was. Apparently Rebecca Ross announced today that she's releasing a new adult novel in the same universe later this year so I'm going to keep an eye on that. You'll have to let me know your thoughts when you finish!
I am very impressed by your reading of FOUR French books in one month.
I don't tend to do reading goals, other than read x number of books each year. I'm sticking to 52, having pushed myself to reach 104 in previous years and not enjoyed it. Oh, I suppose joining in read alongs and book club reads that I promptly get left behind on are goals of a kind too... I have too much water and air in my birth chart! lol
I am too!! It’s amazing what pure stubbornness and determination will get you 🤣
I’ve got a lot of earth in mine so this makes sense! I’m constantly trying to find the balance between ~spontaneity~ and actual goals.
lol I hear you on the stubbornness and determination! I’m a cancer moon (night chart) and scorpio sun, so I can be pretty tenacious at times. lol And all packaged with a gemini rising. What you see isn’t what you get! Ha ha ha
Ayyy I'm *also* a Cancer Moon!! So many big feelings all the time. I'm a Virgo Sun/Cap Rising, so a day chart. It's so funny how these things play out. I always need to have a plan (even if I'm going to abandon it) because having a plan makes me feel better on the inside ha.
Oh, those BIG feelings! Yes. I also have Mars right on top of that Moon in Cancer. Yikes!
Ahh yes, so I bet you're having the best time right now with Mars retrograde in Cancer. I so often feel like that meme of the crab scuttling around with a knife.
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