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Drowning in You by Camden Jess
5.0
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“Hating something doesn’t mean I don’t want it.”
I knew this was a debut novel going into it, but I wouldn’t have guessed it in a million years otherwise. It’s been a long time since I read a book with really beautiful writing like in this one. I would put myself in the ‘mild enemies to lovers’ fan club, where the MCs aren’t really enemies, and suddenly they’re in love. That is not what happens in this one lol. The change from enemies to lovers was so slow and gradual that I didn’t even notice it until it suddenly clicked that their teasing was based on affection instead of something uglier. I hope this book gains some traction. The author deserves it.
You don’t say no to a tantrum or breakdown. You encourage it to run its course. You befriend gravity, because everything else is futile in a free fall.
My good friend commented on the tension in this, which is really noteworthy. It’s not a slow burn in the spice department, but somehow the tension never lets up.
I always cry when I don’t get my way. Maybe things would be different if I learned to cry for others.
One of the MCs was really likeable, and the other was… not.
“Hating something doesn’t mean I don’t want it.”
I knew this was a debut novel going into it, but I wouldn’t have guessed it in a million years otherwise. It’s been a long time since I read a book with really beautiful writing like in this one. I would put myself in the ‘mild enemies to lovers’ fan club, where the MCs aren’t really enemies, and suddenly they’re in love. That is not what happens in this one lol. The change from enemies to lovers was so slow and gradual that I didn’t even notice it until it suddenly clicked that their teasing was based on affection instead of something uglier. I hope this book gains some traction. The author deserves it.
You don’t say no to a tantrum or breakdown. You encourage it to run its course. You befriend gravity, because everything else is futile in a free fall.
My good friend commented on the tension in this, which is really noteworthy. It’s not a slow burn in the spice department, but somehow the tension never lets up.
I always cry when I don’t get my way. Maybe things would be different if I learned to cry for others.
One of the MCs was really likeable, and the other was… not.