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˚. ✶ 4 stars - no quotes included ᯓ★

alexa, play ˚｡✧ ꒰ dopamine [split brain ver.] by madelline ♡꒱ ˚｡
𝙮𝙤𝙪'𝙫𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙨 𝙄'𝙡𝙡 𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙡 ;;
𝘵𝘶 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘴, 𝘮ê𝘮𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘪𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘤𝘩é𝘴
𝙗𝙮 𝙣𝙤𝙬, 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙢𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣 𝙄 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙢𝙮𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛 ;;
𝘫'𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘶𝘦, 𝘵𝘶 𝘮𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘢𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘪𝘦𝘶𝘹 𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘫𝘦 𝘮'𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘢𝘪𝘴

𖤐 note — this arc was provided to me by the author and publisher, through netgalley in exchange for a unbiased review.


hi my name is katherine and im officially traumatized and stunned speechless by this book. the end.

im kidding ;; but im being so fr when im saying that this book pretty much ended me. it had a incredible pacing, complex characters with plot twists, and the most extraordinary setting ever: the paris catacombs.

✴︎ | ruby ⋆˚｡⋆
was a literal star of this show, girlboss, down to earth, and got her priorities straight (80% of the time). she had a great character growth and i loved her perspective so much.

☼ | sean ⋆˚｡⋆
he was so irrelevant bro 😭😭 it honestly would’ve been better without him being there to have the romance. 90% of it was him being there that caused drama between the girls below. he wasn’t even bad, he was just bland and 2 dimensional.

✧ | julien ⋆˚｡⋆
my opinion only but he was a total hottie (i have a weakness for accents) and had such a amazing depth of character, loved him (view spoiler)[even though he turned out to be a psychopath. . . (hide spoiler)]

⊹ | val ⋆˚｡⋆
man i didn’t like her from the beginning like she was just all shades of gray and (view spoiler)[it just kept getting worse 😭🙏 (hide spoiler)]

⸝⸝ ꒰ setting ★ ⁞ ˎˊ˗
who doesn’t love a unique killer setting that delivers all the vibes ?? this book does exactly that like the literal chills that this book gave me ;; paris catacombs, mafia/cult, with a splash of romance? this book took all the things i ever wanted and delivered.

⊹ ˙ . 𖥻 overall. . . i loved this so much ;; im so excited for this book to get published, and again, many thanks to the publisher + author for providing me with a free copy through netgalley in exchange for a review <3

xoxo, kathe ᯓ ₊˚⊹ᰔ