Thirdly

Yes they will. Glad you liked it!

🤣 Exactly. Just who was crushing on who here?

Absolutely.

Glad it brought a smile to your face.🥰

A-hem. There is a certain art when it comes to humor, and there are different types of humor from sarcastic to slapstick. Writers who are able to make me worry my butt off over a character while simultaneously make me laugh out loud in the middle of the night are far and few in-between. I loved this story. I loved the characters. I will revisit them in many re-reads.

It was a great read. Looking forward to more!

And will we perchance have a sequel of sorts on this one?

Same!! Only also butterflies, pieces of tobacco, and loose change... and we used jars. I knew you were my secret twin. What I didn't know was that we had a triplet in @Jason Rimbaud. We're all fraternal. 🤣

Not me re-reading things again and needing to fan myself after that last line Peter landed on Patrick yet *again.*

I love this series so much. I read it out of order, but in whatever order you read it, it's still stellar and worth the time to read.

After a week it’s still on track Widens the crack, the spirit free It walks away, not looking back Where I am standing, I can see. - Yay! It's free! Wait, that is a good thing, right? I also love the collaboration with @Valkyrie@Mikiesboy and @Puppilull!

Hidden behind a thin veil of gold, Revealed through a light tug, Lies a true sight to behold, Better than any drug. Dark brown, liquidly filled, Caught in one satisfying bite, glorious salted caramel spilled, And a dreadful day becomes bright. - GASP a salted caramel chocolate truffle!!??🤤 I throw a pebble into the still lake, when it touches, it sends out circular waves, as did your word, made my whole body shake, to hear it again is all that it craves. My fingers open, I release the sphere, when it strikes, it pushes the last to leap, as did your word, made my frozen heart cheer, hearing it ensured for my peaceful sleep. I said the word for the first time to you, You held your breath and your body went still, Your eyes inquired if it really was true, Yes, I do love you and I always will. Years ago one mistake, my temper flared, Years ago one word wrong, alone, scared. - Dagnabbit. Another one that started off so sweet and then left me worrying.

Tiny white dots scattered over periwinkle-blue, And pink cherry-blossom petals hide the green. Fluffy feather piles dipped abruptly into dark grey goo, quickly gusts of wind stir the flower carpet’s screen. Then the thunderstorm is there – lightning-fast discharge, The ugly demon is awoken, with its shadow large. You, Tame the darkness inside me - This one stared out so nice and got dark so fast. (I loved it though) And that last one, number 14, sounded like a hot date.

Or just a dessert of pureed fruit mixed with cream? - I feel like a dessert of pureed fruit, but not mixed with cream. 😂

Is this like seeing things in reverse, or am I reading too into it?

This could be a chanty. Flowed nicely. I love it. Not sure how I missed this the first time, but I'll never miss anything again. 😈

Fans and sci-fi writers know how difficult it is to balance realism with vivid imaginativeness. The hard work put into this story was evident, and the sky is the limit.

Oh- ho ho ho ho, my goodness. It was almost scary how as I read this story it reminded me of my own writing style. So many moving parts, so many plot elements to try to balance. Well-freaking-done, whoever this writer is, for sharing such a big story. I know how hard it is to nail good transitions and flow from start to finish, and you've done far better than I did not a few years ago. Keep going! I want to see more of what you can do.

I saw the "sad" reactions and read the reviews and I was afraid to read this one, not gonna lie. 🥲 But, oh, the richness of how this was all described from start to finish. I nearly swooned from the writing style by itself...and, of course, I was crushed harder than boulders trampled over Lara Croft in the older playstation games. 😭 Why? Whyyyyy do all of you keep doing this to me? I just can't even...

I wonder when it turned into "hirviendo" and "burbujando" in Spanish. I watched a show called Burbujita Gargarita when I was a kid so much that Burbujita became one of my nicknames in early childhood. She was named after her bubbling, curly pink hair, and the fact that her voice was bubbling like a fairy:

OMG. I thought I had caught up, but then I started seeing people saying things about Christmas in July in the discussion topic and I had to do a double-take. It's a bit past my bedtime, but it was worth taking the time to read it as I was well and truly entertained. I just about died, DIED, when the friends started coming forward with their own stories. 🤣🤣🤣 I'm going to have to give this one a second or third read at some point.

Had to set my American-mindedness aside over the choice of certain words and descriptions. But, none of that affected the story itself, which kept my eyes glued to the screen from start to finish hoping the perpetrator would get caught before any more victims lost their lives.

Oh, no! I started this one laughing and ended up choking up by the end. If Malcolm's beloved Nico doesn't wake up, I'm going to flip my laptop in frustration.

I was kind of worried where this may have been heading, considering Noah began by fleeing, but I'm super relieved it led to the open road. From the moment they mentioned the largest ball of rubber bands, my Disney-brainwashed mind immediately started singing "On the Open Road" from A Goofy Movie. Either way, it was a fun read!

I read this and immediately thought of all the lamps in the bedroom exploding if these two ever got to bedroom activities.