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Of Blood and Aether by Harper Hawthorne
5.0

"You're so fucking beautiful, Arken. It devastates me. You know that, don't you?"

This is one of those books where you really need a 6-star rating because holy hell, it was EVERYTHINGGG. This how to do slow burn friends to lovers, and how to do it well. The banter was so top notch, I'm still thinking about it 10 months after reading this book.

If you love:
- Visceral, gorgeous writing that enables you to picture exactly what the author intends
- Autism/ADHD representation
- Academia
- Trainer/trainee
- "We're keeping it platonic... right?"
- Unique magic system
- Dark prophecies

You will eat up this book! I've been screaming into the void about how much I love this book for months. If you've been wanting to pick it up, here's your sign! I promise you won't regret it.

Thank you so much to The Nerd Fam for this ARC review.