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lexi aka newlynova talked about this book in her latest video and its the right time of year for this book *and* its the kind of silly fun thing I wanna read right now
the love interest's name is Hex Hallow and he is the prince of Halloween
this book is *so* silly lmao
this book takes its bizarro fantasy world seriously but nothing in this book is serious at the same time, lexi was right lmao
its rare that a fiction author uses a word I don't know the meaning of or haven't seen before
this author just did
"It curls over my tongue, a diaphanous cloud, and even this subtle there-then-gone sizzle of his taste makes my eyelashes flutter."
"diaphanous"
the book mentions Michael Bublé's cover of All I Want For Christmas is You and y'know what I think I have a new favourite cover of that Christmas classic
José Feliciano's Feliz Navidad is still my most favourite Christmas track
finished this book this morning and I think the more romance novels I read the more I start to understand what I like in them but also what I don't like in them
namely: I don't like to read smut, I really don't. It doesn't do anything for me and I just kind of find it annoying.
anyways review of the book should be up on my blog by this Sunday and I think this is going to be the last book I read this year.
@packetcat I started it about 30 minutes ago. Is it wrong that I kind of love the idea of like, Each holiday having royalty in charge of it?
(This post will get cited to prove I'm a monarchist)
@lapis nah, I like the idea, its fun
@packetcat assuming you haven't already heard this (assuming I didn't already tell you I feel this sense of Deja Vu), don't read Casey McQuiston's The Pairing in that case.
It is a VERY enjoyable book, I think it might be their best yet in a lot of ways, but it is an unabashedly horny book with a LOT of sex on page, when the premise is Bi4Bi exes who totally DON'T still love each other and totally AREN'T gonna get back together are on a like food and wine tour across Europe but propose a game where they try to hook up with more people than the other person.
Like I don't really mind smut on page (in some contexts, though yeah it doesn't really do anything for me either, I just sometimes like to see relationship dynamics play out via sex scenes if that makes sense ) but it started to get too much for me too. Also it may leave you wishing you were on a European food tour.
Though if you DO love reading about food in romance novels, try the YA book "Somewhere Only We Know" by Maureen Goo. IIRC it's a take on Roman Holiday (which I unfortunately haven't seen) but it is absolutely very good, and kept giving me a craving for whatever food they were eating.
I had to reimburse the library (for a HARDCOVER Copy 
) because I got compelled to eat bao while reading it, because they were eating bao on the page. Libraries do not approve of kimichi stains on pages 
@lapis I've never had bao, wonder where here in Toronto I can get some 
@lapis but yeah I don't have any Casey McQuiston on my TBR right now, I do have a bunch of Emily Henry and one Abby Jimenez book
...I still need to read People We Meet On Vacation by Emily Henry, was planning on reading it while I was on vacation in Halifax this year but well...it just didn't happen lmao
@packetcat I'd like to think you could get bao there if I can get bao (at one place) in my city of like 100K. I'm assuming that Toronto is at least 10x that in population. Definitely report back once you've had bao
I think the only Emily Henry I've read is Book Lovers. I recall enjoying that
@packetcat i’ve read smut that i enjoyed, but never in a traditionally published book. i don’t think editors at traditional publishers really know what to do with it, and so they either leave it alone or give bad advice. that, or they are just targeting an audience which is very much Not Me