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Omg I forgot to post my #allhallowsread box! Thank you to @MaleficentBookDragon for hosting and especially to @ferskner for this amazing box!!!

I'm a little less mad than I was ~50 minutes ago when I posted my last update on this, BUT I saw a particular aspect coming a long way away and it doesn't matter how much it got lampshaded by the character saying “yes, I should've realised“, she SHOULD have realised, and it deeply annoyed me.

I did love the teacher's-eye view of a magical school, and being Welsh, found it pleasing that it was British and the school journey was recognisable.

If this plot “twist“ isn't subverted in some way in the next 25 pages, I am going to drop my rating of this book by at least two stars from what I expected earlier today. I saw this coming a mile away, and the character involved should've too.

I have rarely felt so furiously disappointed in a book, so I really need to start reading again now or I'll put it down forever... but there is actually the chance it will rescue itself somehow soon.

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#ScavengerHunt #Monster

#HauntsandHexes Devilish. It's one of my favorite songs. @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#devilish #hauntsandhexes @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Been meaning to get to this for ages, finally got started! It's gonna take me longer to finish it than I “budgeted“ for in figuring out whether I can still get a blackout in #BookSpinBingo, according to Bookly... which means I'm all pouty and wondering how much work I can pare down to get more reading time, ahaha.

A really interesting take on the magic boarding school story, because it's from the perspective of an adult and moreover, the adult primarily in charge of the safety of the kids. (How many times have I read one of these books going, “WTH is wrong with all the grown ups in this school?!)

I felt there were important issues raised around the nature of demons that weren't sufficiently explored, so I didn't love it as much as I might have.

'When you spend your days with teenagers, you age fast. Spiritually, if not physically, I really am an ancient crone. Sometimes they explain the internet to me.'

'We had internet in 2003.'

Walden snorted. 'Try telling them that.'