Evermore by Lore Olesya

I do love a soft FMC, honestly. The aggressive take no shits one will always have my heart in a special way because they're who I want to be, but I've found myself in Paeonia's predicaments more times than I would like to consider. I relate to her in a way I don't want to, but I think her ability to keep her kindness in the face of what Barth has done to her is really beautiful and shows spectacular strength.

No, that cellar scene was IT. That was the pinnacle of fuck yes. I don't have coherent words for how much I loved that.

Honestly everything that happens and the culmination of events with Barth feels like it's only made more tragic by the fact they've been friends since they were children. For all that he is, he was supposed to be someone she could trust.

"Like somehow, in some odd way, Rowan saw her. ... But saw the spirit inside her body. Picked it apart and held it in his grasp, the shape of it something familiar to him, like he could read the words in the makeup of her soul."

"She would no longer hate herself for feeling things so deeply."