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𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿: Elle Backenstoe✍🏻 𝗣𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁: 294📖

𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘀:⭐⭐⭐⭐
𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗰𝗲:🌶️

𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀: 4/5
𝗣𝗹𝗼𝘁: 4/5
𝗪𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴: 4/5
𝗣𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴: 3.5/5
 

“𝑰𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒏’𝒕 𝒅𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒎𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒅 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒎𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒘𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒕, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒏. 𝑰𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒏’𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒑 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒃𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒔 𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒄𝒉, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒏.
 

💀Reluctant Allies
🖤Slow Burn
💀Reaper and Daemons
🖤Magical Bargain
💀Shadow Besties
🖤Curse

Excuse me while I just… internal/external/alternate reality *screams*

“𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒆𝒆𝒕 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒚.”

Elle came for our throats right from page one—no games, just vibes.

Hooked from the start? Absolutely. Though, I’ll admit, the first four chapters took their time to pick up the pace. But looking back, I think it was a slow-burn setup, priming us for the delicious chaos ahead. I’m always game for fresh spins on familiar lore, and Elle’s take on the Ferryman and Death was truly captivating. Plus, I loved how the story made us question if it’s fair for Kat to fight against her curse and cheat death? It’s not often you find yourself mulling over the ethics of staying alive.

I had mixed feelings at first about The Ferrier’s POV—it felt a bit stiff. But as the story unfolded, I realized it’s exactly how his perspective should feel. And once we fully dive into his mind, let’s just say I wouldn’t mind an imbalance in POVs in the next book if it means more of him. 😅

Yes, the romance is a slow burn, and the steam is more of a simmer, but we still get moments like:

“𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒏, 𝒊𝒕’𝒔 𝒂 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑰 𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒅𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒚 𝒃𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒔. 𝑰 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒃𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒅𝒐𝒘 𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒊𝒏 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒂 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏.”

“𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘧.”

“𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑰 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒏𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒅, 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒖𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒉 𝒐𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒚, 𝒇𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝒎𝒚 𝒕𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒖𝒆.

Needless to say, my soul left my body, and I am still waiting for its safe return. 💀