Well, this was depressing. This is one of those books where it was hard for me to read large chunks at a time, but if I read it in little pockets I needed to pick it up again immediately. It's a slow book, repetitive at times, and takes its sweet time building up to a potentially disappointing ending; but that's also the point. This book is someone's entire life, and because of the nature of this story, their childhood really is the largest chunk of that. Something about this

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This book was so good it made me forget I was on my period. And that is a FEAT. I need a physical copy of this immediately because I think I will be using it as a form of pain relief. I also am dying to be able to annotate it even though I know that literally every single page will be highlighted. Normally I’d insert some quotes to really show the iconic parts, but if I did that I’d be inserting 368 pages of text into this review. The whole thing is the iconic part. This book

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~ Thank you to Macmillan and Wednesday Books/St. Martin's Press for sending me an early copy in exchange for an honest review! (Any quotes in this review are subject to change, as this is an ARC.) RELEASE DATE: March 8, 2022 ~ But if lust is so perverse, why would God make girls like Margaret? Buckle up everyone, if you're looking for a fantasy romance that's actually a romance, this one's for you. It took me a little bit to get into this story, but only because it was slight