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Writer: Beau Smith

Pencils: Mitch Byrd

Inks: Dan Davis

Capital Punishment: Part 1.

Guy is in the Capitol to get a commendation from the President, only to get into yet another super-villain brawl.

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XANDER: Hey, I see sitting where there should be dancing.
ANYA: Come share in the joy of our groove thang.
WILLOW: And despite that, I succumb to the beat.
BUFFY: I think I'll catch the next Soul Train out.
XANDER: You sure?
BUFFY: Oh, yeah, you know, (holding up her empty plastic cup) glass all the way empty. More nectar required.
XANDER: Cool, well, shimmy on out when you're done lubricating.

~~Buffy Season 6 Episode #113: "Dead Things~~

[Drabbles & Short Fiction]

Comfort Me (Buffy/Giles, E) by lonesomesundown
The Years Go By (Giles, M) by Ripper1701D
Velvet Fangs and Bourbon Lies (Buffy, unrated, TVD xover) by ShrewWriter

A Simple Sin (Spike/Reader, unrated) by barbiethevt

Vertigo in Vermilion (Buffy, G, TVD xover) by Viwiel
The Space Between Brushstrokes (Buffy, G, TVD xover) by Viwiel

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Sins Of the Father Ch. 1-4/4 (COMPLETE) (Buffy/Giles, E) by The_Crazy_Knight
Faith No More Ch. 10/12 (Buffy/Faith, M) by QuillBard
Building a Future Ch. 3 (Buffy/Faith, T) by AsarStar
The Red Slayer Ch. 46 (Willow/Tara, E) by VladimirHarkonnen (TheLightdancer)
Stagnant Silence. . . Ch. 2 (Giles/Ethan, T) by DXGENERATE_SON
Comfort Me Ch. 4 (Buffy/Giles, T) by LonesomeSundown
To Be A Lover Ch. 4 (Buffy/Spike, E) by spellboundbymoonlight
I Drag You To The Shore Ch. 1 (Buffy/Willow, unrated) by scallionsoup

The Scoobies Adventures Ch. 66 (Xander/Cordelia, Dawnm T) by schumacherjennifer39
Alexander Harris and the Shadow Council Ch. 9 (Xander, T) by Tenhawk

Angel Investigations Next Gen (Buffy/Spike, T) by EllieRose101
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Bachelor of Metaphysics: Apocalypse Prevention Ch. 15 (Buffy/Spike, T) by VoronaFiernan
soup Ch. 42 (Buffy/Spike, T) by jewelram
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ketchup Ch. 10 (Buffy/Spike, T) by jewelram
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Striking Matches Ch. 8 (Buffy/Spike, E) by kcchameleon
Dead Poet's Inheritance Ch. 15 (Buffy/Spike, E) by Soulburnt
Thursday... what a concept Ch. 43 (Buffy/Spike, M) by NotYourGrave
Momentary Ch. 23 (Buffy/Spike, M) by Sparkly Faerie
The Second Coming Ch. 64 (Buffy/Spike, T) by tempestt
No Truth Left Behind Ch. 4 (Buffy/Spike, E) by Maxine Eden
Hellmouth College Life Ch. 27 (Buffy/Spike, M) by the_big_bad
Life After Death Ch. 25 (Buffy/Spike, E) by Holly
Angel Without a Halo Ch. 10 (Buffy/Spike, M) by ClowniestLivEver
When You Called Me A Fool, You Made It Sound Like "Honey" Ch. 24 (Buffy/Spike, M) by LadyInQuest
Open your eyes Ch. 9 (Buffy/Spike, E) by Ennoh
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You can be extremely helpful, Chapter 7 (Buffy/Spike, M) by Perelynn
How To Train Your Vampire Boyfriend Ch. 34 (Buffy/Spike, E) by Cazzy
A 200th Go Ch. 48 (Buffy/Spike, M) by BewitchedXx
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Small Comforts Ch. 47 (Buffy/Spike, E) by DarkVoid116

Back to the Light Ch. 16 (Ensemble, M, Torchwood/Dr. Who xover) by MountainKing
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Adventures in TV Land Ch. 3 (Xander, E, multiple xovers) by Cdog

I'll Return to You in Time, Chapter 6 (Buffy/Spike, M) by Penny1880
Home For Strays, Chapter 40 (Buffy/Spike, T) by violettathepiratequeen
The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Place, Chapter 3 (Buffy/Spike, ) by flootzavut
Her Lullaby, Chapter 18-20 (Buffy/Spike, G) by violettathepiratequeen

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Artwork: Buffy () by azierumart
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Artwork: Spike and Tara () by _SoapyArt_
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[Fandom Discussions]

Something that I’ve noticed about Spike over my many, many rewatches by no-resolution
once more with feeling is crazyyy by wlwtillow
Uh, knowers of the deep lore, Joyce’s off-screen sister, what’s her name? by miaththered
But Season 6 money discourse is especially annoying to me by coraniaid
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Was rewatching Something Blue with a friend by wheatleydl
catradora/fuffy comparison by lesbianmarrow, comradesummers
talking about spike and buffy day 3284982391 by socratesgirlnextdoor
The absolute devastating irony of Willow Rosenberg saying the words “Some people just don’t have it [the ability/willingness to kill people] in them.” by hersterical
something something the slayer isn’t super human by eyeballglitter
spike/spuffy antis by raisedbythetv89
loooove the depiction of liam in spin the bottle. by xaeyrnofnbe
the thing is that ats s4 accidentally hits on a very real truth about incest and rape by moistvonlipwig
Did I miss something in Season 5 of ATS, or do Fred and Gunn seem to act as if they never dated? by dontwarnthetadpoles
thinking about how when buffy dies at the end of s5 willow goes to angel to tell him by iateabunchofsmartiesandnowimdumb
You can complain about Willow moving into Buffy’s house by coraniaid
Faith might seem cool at first by lillitth
joining the war on willow should’ve paid rent discourse by moistvonlipwig
i genuinely believe spike was right about willow knowing buffy could come back wrong by lightdancer1, wlwtillow
the potential of spuffel as a ship is sooo fun. by xaeyrnofnbe
rosenhane spuffy parallels wouldve been a beautiful addition to the show. by lightdancer1, wlwtillow
The episode Intervention (5.18) was a real turning point in their relationship. by misskittyspuffy
did you know that by the end of btvs, buffy and faith have matching scars? by crunkotheclown

Gone and hair by silvermoon
fake deep review of btvs s1-3: doubles, characters as symbols, maintenance of identity by aregebidan

I have multiple questions after rewatching The Zeppo by bkern2
I wish we got see more of Buffy's original Watcher before Giles. by KneeHighMischief
Am I the only one surprised that nobody died because… by VVila28
What are the defining episodes of showing the incredible dynamic between Angel Investigations? by jdpm1991
If you were any character in the series who would you be? by EntireStatistician4
Was Dru like how Cordy is in Angel by Formal_Fix_5190
Could demons use the Karitas spell against humans or slayers? by AndrewHeard
What’s Something from the Series that you wish you could change by KENZOKHAOS
Amy Adams as Beth (Tara's cousin) by Cautious-Grab-316
Giles Taking Off His Glasses Appreciation by frothzof
I think Xander is a good character by ConsiderationSad6560
What's your opinion on Illyria? by SamTheMarioMaster2
What do people think about Doyle? by Empty-Imagination636
Look what I found! by Cecily_Bum_Trinket
Goodbye, Iowa by WentOutOfBusiness
What do you guys think are the worst things Buffy has done across all 7 seasons by HomarEuropejski
All slayers being female potential contradiction by Sweaty_Affect9363
Hey, guys ! So, what do y'all think of the writing on Buffy ? by James-Samuel17
Do you think Buffy's arrival challenged Cordelia's position as queen bee in Sunnydale High? by James-Samuel17
Trying to recall a specific Buffy novel, please help! by flatflatbread
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Weird question but I gotta know lol by Easy-Connection-5933
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A+ Library is my bit where I review books with asexual and aromantic characters.

Went on a weekend trip with the squad this weekend and we had to stop at the local Barnes and Noble (It's been a while since I was in one that big! Ours in my town is now in the mall, so it's quite small.) where I spent too much and picked up some things on my TBR plus my own copy of Our Wives Under the Sea. We had some downtime on the trip and I managed to finish the first of the new books while we were there. This was Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell.

I wanted so much to like this book, and not just because I was charmed by the purple-themed Barnes and Noble-exclusive cover and edging. It landed on my TBR for being an asexual romance (sapphic, if you take Shesheshen for female, which you don't have to do), and I enjoyed the plot concept. Unfortunately, I did not like the book. If I had not paid for it I probably would not have finished it. The following review is not to say it's a bad book—it has an average rating of 4.05 stars on StoryGraph based on over 6,000 reviews, so obviously people like it—but to say that it specifically had a number of things that made it a big thumbs down for me.

The Character(s): Shesheshen, asexual; Homily, asexual
Verdict: Thumbs down
Previous read: To be Taught, if Fortunate

( Full review below )

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Bride of Brutal Hearts (A BloodBorne Court #1) by Kate Stevens

Genre:
Reverse Harem, Vampires, Dark Romance, Dark, Romance, Fantasy Romance, Fantasy, MMF, Paranormal, Enemies to Lovers, Fated Mates, Romantasy, Supernatural, Magic, Witches and Wizards, Spicy Romance, Why Choose, Erotica, Demons, Book Series, Smut, Book Series

Publication Date:
May 22, 2025

Page Numbers:
760

Read/Finished Date:
July 27th, 2025 - July 29th, 2025

Rating:
4/5

Premise:

Two vicious kings. One captive bride. Their magic should have destroyed me.

Instead, it made them mine.

When my sister’s name is called for the vampires’ harvest, I step forward. It’s a death sentence, but she has a family, a future. All I have is a dusty bookshop, an ailing body, and a fate that always ends in fangs.

As the only volunteer, I’m claimed as the newest Mortal Bride—a living sacrifice to their two wicked kings.

The Conqueror, ruthless and imposing, his icy demeanor concealing his fiery intensity.

The Butcher, charming and capricious, his divine beauty disguising his cruel desires.

The kings intend to drain my lifeforce to fuel the spell securing their reign. But when the ceremony goes awry, we’re all ensnared in an obsessive bond… one not even death can break.

The Conqueror and the Butcher now hunger for more than my blood. They want all of me, forever.

I should resist them. I should hate them. They are the monsters who devour my people.

But no matter how brutal their hearts, I crave them just as fiercely.

Review:

Okay, I have been struggling with writing this review because while I did love this story with its world-building and unique caste system, I was not fond of the female lead. She was annoying and made me want to tear my hair out numerous times. All we get from her is "I don't understand why they want me. I'm plain. I'm not beautiful," she repeats over and over again. There were times when I wanted to reach in and slap her so badly that I had to put the book down and walk away from it.

I also want to address the main male leads, Julien and Lucien. Don't let their beauty and charm fool you. There is a reason why they are called the Butcher and the Conqueror, and they don't let you forget it either. They are brutal. They are harsh and they don't apologize for what they are.

The story does end on a massive cliffhanger and this is enough for me to want to know how this story ends. I am hoping that the author does improve Nessa's character a bit more because I would like to see her not depend on Julien and Lucien at all. I want her to stand on her own two feet and show them that she is better even without their help.

Similar Books:

The Saltwater by Curse Avina St. Graves
A Darkness So Sweet by Emma Hamm
Loving a Vampire Is Total Chaos by Aura Hayes

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The School Reader, Fifth Book: Designed As A Sequel To Sanders' Fourth Reader by Charles Walton Sanders

An 1859 book presenting texts for elocution classes. Probably mostly of interest for the selections, chosen for the edification of the young as well as the elocution -- and to keep them interested. Often has several selections on the same topic. For instance, at one point, the condor. Eulogies on Thomas Jefferson and John Adams -- both, considering their common death date -- and on John Quincy Adams. Among many other topics.

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Fandom Promo

One of the really fun things about a multifandom exchange is seeing what everyone else is into and maybe picking up a new fandom or two or three! This post is a place to let everyone know why your fandom(s) are great, how to get into your fandom(s), and so on.

You can see last year's promo post here (link).

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Hello, everyone! This is just a quick heads-up about the coming flash round, which will begin in early September. So if you'd be up for another round this year, but aren't too keen on the flash aspect, then please take this as your cue to get started a little ahead of time. I hope to see you then!

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Laptop-TV combo with DVDs on top and smartphone on the desk

A recent article talks about the financial crisis in British TV. U.S. streamers also spent more lavishly on TV shows 5 years ago than they are now, with some shows never even being shown to an audience.

Are there things you would miss if budgets ended up being cut 30% or more from what we've seen in recent years? What sort of programming might you miss?

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Writer: Steve Englehart

Pencils: Joe Staton

Inks: Bruce Patterson

I wonder how much Len Wein's original plan for the Predator differs from the story we actually got.

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In the last few years I’ve gotten into Chinese reality shows. I like them because they are relaxing, feature teamwork, and often have fun outfits and stage design. They are also helpful for my Chinese language study.

The term for all of these shows in Mandarin is zongyijiemu (綜藝節目) which I most often see translated as “variety show”, but seems to be a term for any kind of unscripted TV. I’ve used the term reality show here because that’s what I’m more familiar with and what I think will be more familiar to Lady Business readers.

Reality shows are a bit of a sidestep from my love of Chinese dramas. I got into these in part because I wanted to see my favorite actors in other contexts, and because I wanted something that worked for me to watch in short chunks, but was low stress. I have RSI problems with my hands and it helps to take frequent short rests, and these types of shows work well for me as things to watch in my hand breaks. These shows tend to have quite long episodes (over an hour) and I would have trouble watching an episode in one go but they work for me in smaller pieces.

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Fandom: Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)

Characters: Dracula, Mina Murray.

Pairing: Dracula / Mina

Title: The Ride Home

Rating: Mature - As there's romance and a brief scene of intimate lovemaking.

Word Count: 499

Summary: An imagined "in between" AU scene for the film: After Mina and Vlad Dracula leave the cinematograph, I've always wondered what happened between them on the Hansom cab ride to Carfax Abby.

Link: archiveofourown.org/works/66719833

Current Music: Love Remembered - Wojciech Kilar (soundtrack to Bram Stoker's Dracula 1992)

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Title: The cost
Fandom: The Last Kingdom
Characters: Hild, nondescript dead Northman
Rating: M
Warnings: Depiction of blood and of a dead body, violence.
Notes: Made with Chinese ink pens, graphite, gouache.
Summary: Hild tells herself every dead Dane is another Saxon victory. Yet perhaps what stirs within her is more a thirst for revenge than it is for justice and that has a weight upon her conscience as well as upon her faith...

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Title:A Watertight Revenge
Author:

lucy_roman
Rating:Teen and over
Summary:Bodie is taking revenge on Doyle
Pairing:Bodie/Doyle
Word Count:200
( A Watertight Revenge )

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Plot: Alan Davis

Script: Scott Lobdell

Pencils: Joe Madureira

Inks: Josef Rubinstein

The Trolls are back and they have kidnapped the young mutant Alchemy.

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Writer: Paul Kupperberg

Pencils: Steve Lightle

Inks: Gary Martin

Niles Caulder's widow is convinced her husband is still alive and enlists the aid of Cliff Steele to look for him.

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Words and pencils: Jack Kirby

Inks: Mike Royer

The Witch-Boy returns!

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From Black Cat #6 (2019).

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US President visits Scotland... Scotland is not impressed

As far as culture goes, this week the world lost heavy metal legend Ozzie Osbourne AND master musical satirist Tom Lehrer... I hope that's not a metaphor for anything.

rocky41_7 posting in

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Some books you read not for the experience of reading them, but for the information within. Such is the case with Gulbahar Haitiwaji's memoir, How I Survived a Chinese "Reeducation" Camp: A Uyghur Woman's Story. As the title suggests, this is a first-person account of Haitiwaji's experience in Xinjiang, where she was subjected to "reeducation" on suspicion of terroristic activity. This book was written with the help of Rozenn Morgat and Haitiwaji's daughter Gulhumar, and translated from French by Edward Gauvin.

To quickly summarize for anyone unaware, the Uyghurs (also spelled "Uighur") are an ethnic minority in China, inhabiting the northwestern region of Xinjiang, which is quite large. They are predominantly Muslim, and speak Uyghur, a Turkic language, and frequently have more culturally in common with neighboring Kazakhstan and Tajikistan than with the Han in eastern China. For many decades, the Chinese government has viewed Uyghurs with suspicion and since the 1950s has continually ramped up levels of surveillance against Xinjiang. I wrote a paper on this situation in graduate school several years ago concluding that China is enacting a slow genocide against Uyghurs, with the intent of fully wiping out their culture.

Uyghurs are subjected to relentless video surveillance, intrusive police home visits, regularly summoned to the police station for interrogation without any suspicion of a real crime, forcibly sterilized. and punished for any excessive displays of religiosity such as wearing a hijab or visiting mosque too frequently. Some years ago, "reeducation schools" entered the picture.

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Nominations are open at the tag set.

Please submit up to 12 choices for fandoms to be crossed over.

New fandoms, and fandoms that already have tags on the Archive of Our Own, are both welcome.

If you want tags that include the words "All Media Types" or "& Related Fandoms", please comment here to confirm, yes, you really meant to choose that label.

You can nominated different parts of a universe as separate choices (for example: Guardians of the Galaxy (Movies) and Captain America (Movies)) even if they share a universe and continuity. However, they must already be discrete parts of a storyline, and you will not be able to put them in the same request.

I will approve nominations that overlap with other nominations. For example, I will approve Marvel Cinematic Universe and I will also approve Captain America (Movies).

Questions/discussion welcome!

You can edit each nomination choice until it's approved or rejected or until nominations close. You don't have to choose all twelve at once.

Nominations will end on 8 August, 11:59pm EDT. I will post questions about nominations as they come up.

( The following sign-up requirements may help you decide what to nominate )

In the last round, we tried using wildcards (Creator's Choice of Fandom, Any Other Fandom I've Requested in Crossworks, etc). I think that was successful so have added those to the tag set again - more info to come in sign-ups post.

If you have questions about sign-ups or nominations or anything else, or want to ask someone to nominate a fandom for you, or want to discuss how to format a fandom - please feel free to leave a comment!

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ships_crossing, an exchange for crossover relationships! Nominations are open now.

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crossworks

We're back! This is a fanwork gift exchange on the Archive of Our Own for original art (nice sketch+) and fic (1,000+ words) featuring crossovers and fusions.

Schedule
Nominations: 29 July - 8 August (ends 11:59pm EDT)
Sign-ups: 10-21 August (ends 11:59pm EDT)
Assignments due: 12 October (11:59pm EDT)
Works revealed: 24 October (5pm EDT)
Creators revealed: 2 November (5pm EDT)

Current stage: Nominations! Instruction post here.

2025 Collection & Event Guidelines
2025 Tag Set

To come
Canon Promo Post
Perchance.org widget for generating combinations within 2025's fandoms
App, allowing you to find requests by fandom or by username (Ahead of requests for 2025, you can search the app for requests in past Crossworks collections if you'd like inspiration!)
Beta post
Post collecting prompts from pinch hitters

See also

crossovering (the exchange that came before Crossworks)

ships_crossing (an exchange for crossover relationships, happening on a similar schedule)

m_findlow posting in

fan_flashworks

Title: Pointless
Fandom: Torchwood
Characters: Ianto
Author: m_findlow
Rating: PG
Length: 1,104 words
Content notes: None
Author notes: Written for Challenge 486 - Revenge
Summary: Ianto is stuck in a world of hurt, made worse by the fact that he can’t be there beside Jack when he needs him most.

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katara posting in

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울어봐, 빌어도 좋고 [Ur'eobwa, Bir'eodo Johgo] | Cry, Even Better Beg by Solche, Lima (Illustrator), 솔체, 리마 (Illustrator)

Genre:
Graphic Novel, Manhwa/Manhua/Manga, Historical Fiction, Historical Romance, Romance, Fiction, Dark Romance

Publication Date:
August 28, 2019

Page Numbers:
1620

Read/Finished Date:
July 23rd, 2025 - July 28th, 2025

Rating:
5/5

Premise:

Orphaned at a young age, Layla Llewellyn feels like the luckiest girl in the world after she moves in with her uncle Bill, a gardener who lives on the scenic Arvis estate in the Berg Empire. To Layla, Arvis seems like paradise; she loves to explore the vast forest, always bringing her notebook to record the wildlife she encounters. She especially loves the birds, watching them with awe as they hatch and grow from fluffy chicks into beautiful birds. Duke Herhardt, the young, handsome lord of Arvis, is also interested in birds—and in Layla. But the difference, is he's interested in birds because he likes to hunt them... and he's interested in Layla because he likes to make her cry. If a lovely bird is trapped in a golden cage, which will she choose: a life of luxury, or freedom?

Review:

I am not going to sugar-coat this book when I say the male lead is a huge walking black flag because he really is. There is no way of putting it. Matthias expects perfection in his world, and he does not like the idea of anything displacing it. Enter Layla. She messes up his perfect world. No duties hold her down like those that hold down Matthias. And this causes Matthias to want her. While there could have been times he could have stepped in, he doesn't. He doesn't want Layla happy. He wants her tears, and the more she gives, the happier he becomes with them.

A lot of people don't like the ML, and I can understand, but you also have to understand the time period where women were objects (unfortunately, that seems to be the case in a lot of manhwas and manhuas) and treated as such. This was also the case, but again, this doesn't excuse Matthias's behavior.

I really enjoyed this book, and I am probably the handful that did. I will admit there were times I wanted to shake Layla awake, and there were times I wanted to drown Matthias. Still, it is a good read.

The manhwa isn't finished, and it is currently on hiatus.

Current Mood: moody
Current Location: Dancing Under the Stars
Current Music: Fable .:. Amethystium

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