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It was exactly what the summary said–English woman prowling for hot goss at a church–and I thought I could hang, but I just wasn't feeling it! If I'm in more of this mood later, I might re-try.

Despite the blooming of a queer romance, the pacing felt plodding to me and the world-building was feeling thrown-together. 

Despite three library extensions, I couldn't prioritize this one. Would love to return to it sometime.

Beautiful imagery and diction, though sometimes poetic to the point of being jarring or messing up reading flow. Still, really beautiful—sometimes cutting. I had to prepare myself to be in the headspace to read this because of the heaviness, sometimes.

I absolutely believe this DNF is a victim of my current slump, so I'd love to come back to it when I have the space for it and its voice that I'm not connecting with right now.