@whimsfully I read HR and TLG and Role Model, I also have Tough Guy but I haven’t read it yet. Might read the other books afterwards but I wanted to be aware of the things happening around TLG era and I’m just curious about Ryan and Fabian
@rozanuv I’m so jealous i ordered mine april 3rd and i’ve gotten zero updates yet 😭😭 did they ever sent u shipping updates or did it just arrive?? I’m also from the Netherlands so i’m hoping mine ships soon too 😔😔
happy pride!!!! thank you to my 5th grade best friend for kissing me square on the mouth during truth or dare and confirming my theory that i definitely was not straight whatsoever
how it feels to think both hudson and connor deserve to be praised for their performances in heated rivalry because they both brought shane and ilya to life in ways none of us could have ever imagined
people love to call the plane scene in TLG corny, but that just tells me that they’re misunderstanding the stakes of the scene.
of course we KNOW nobody is going to die. it’s a romance book. that’s not where the emotional impact of that scene is supposed to come from. you’re not supposed to finish reading that scene and think “thank god they all survived.”
the purpose of that scene is to highlight the real, tangible toll and impact that shane and ilya’s secret actually has. it’s to show that keeping the secret is unsustainable.
the point of that scene is to hammer home that if one of them were to die right now, the other one would have to mourn in secret. they’d have lost the part of their life that made them whole and nobody could ever even know.
they’ve spent the whole book up to that point struggling with this huge secret but thinking that it’s worth it to keep. this is the turning point for the reader AND them that no, it’s not worth it.
the stakes in that scene are the emotional fallout. it serves to make the consequences of keeping this secret into something real, making it so that the reader can understand the real impact of what they’re doing.
Reading Role Model and coming to the scene where Troy sees the support for his coming-out, seeing supportive Ilya, knowing he comes home to Shane and immediately starts crying in his arms afterwards…. I need a moment