simonlorden's reviews
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It's Heliabel's time to shine!!! Christine is pregnant and craving food constantly, which kinda got less funny as it went on tbh. And now we have all the umbrae living in Widdershins along with

the Endicotts

, so that's gonna be fun.

Whyborne learns (again) that sometimes your biggest enemy is your family. It's not enough that they keep trying to kill you, but they don't even respect your desk.

I can think of a few rich people who could use a visit from a few ghosts

I was a bit bored tbh. I like the story but the writing style/execution had too much detail, maybe.

Can you imagine I didn't like this book at first. Then the messed up romantic relationship dynamic got me by the throat. Also, sibling relationship, and a cat called Lucipurr. What else do you need.

I honestly had so much fun with this book. Frederick is a vampire who spent the last hundred years in a coma, so he's very out of touch with the modern world. Cassie is an artist who does mixed-media modern art using trash, which isn't something most people understand. Somehow they still find each other and fall in love. Amazing.

Anyway, humorous, sexy, likeable characters. A lot of romance books lose a star for me around the 80% mark because of the "mandatory drama" that is often some forced miscommunication. That didn't happen. Your mileage may vary (I saw some reviews not liking the twist there), but I didn't have a problem with it, and it was an outside conflict that didn't annoy the hell out of me.

The book itself is from Cassie's POV, but each chapter has some of Frederick's correspondence at the beginning, which are just. golden.

We didn't really solve the ethical question of blood bank meals, though.

I've never watched iCarly and didn't really know Jennette McCurdy before this book, but I'm so so proud of her.

Definitely not an easy read. Absolutely horrific things are presented from the perspective of a child who thinks these things are totally normal, in a somehow entertaining and funny way. A narcissistic mother, being forced into a career you don't want from a young age, eating disorders (with quite graphic vomiting descriptions), and more.

Unfortunately I don't drink and I don't really have romantic relationships, so 80% of this book was unrelatable to me. I was also disappointed, because it's not really a book, or essays, or even longer blog posts, but mostly short jokes and doodles. I would have preferred a mix, or just, generally more text.