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IMHO: ILLUSIONS
Content Warning: Abuse, Homophobia, Hate Crime, Depression, Public Execution
- Told in alternating journal entries & poems by Thomas in between
- Immediately engaging and swept me away, very easy to imagine and slip into
- Could NOT stop reading. Pacing and flow is perfect.
- Did have to flip back to check out the dates as I was reading because I kept losing the time frame & dates, but that's a personal problem
- Journal entries were AMAZING. I love what was included and what was missing, leaving some to the imagination and between the lines. Voices and styles are very distinct for each narrator.
- I love their getting to know each other and following romance. Thomas is an adorable cinnamon roll poet while Saverio is dashing, and mischievous. Saverio kinda reminds me of Flynn from Tangled, TBH. I can totally see him doing "the smolder"
- There's no real explanation or world building in regards to the magic, it's about their relationships and the now. I'm cool with that personally. But don't go in expecting a ton of witchiness or spells or details.
- Did not see that twist coming. Honestly thought it was going another way.
- CRIED at the end. While in public on the bus. Embarrassing but so damn good.
Perfect for fans of Timekeeper by Tara Sim with less focus on the magical/paranormal aspects and The Gentleman's Guide to Vice & Virtue by Mackenzie Lee, with a little bit of magic.
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This review was originally posted on The Layaway Dragon