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H. L. Docherty (Updates Only) @hldocherty.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Why the Romeo and Juliet meets The Hunger Games mix up, SNOWDROPS AND STONES should be blacklisted. #UnhingedPit #NA #F #R #DS #Q

- sex, dugs, swearing, violent (basically all the good stuff)
romeo and juliet retelling (with a tenuous hfn).
- complex family dynamics
- themes of grief, loss, repressed trauma, generational trauma (and lots more)
- Too long (but actually not long enough; used to be 178k words)
lqbtqia+ is simply okay, and there's no social commentary on that.

This 109,000-word novel claims to be a romantic dystopian fantasy for adults, but let’s call it what it is: emotional warfare wrapped in betrayal, rebellion, and illegal magic use.
The story kicks off with Alayna, a short-tempered rebel with more trauma than coping mechanisms, who falls for the son of the governor—the same governor responsible for murdering her people. Tiv, the quiet rich boy in question, is so guilt-ridden and soft-spoken it’s a miracle he can string a sentence together without apologising.
Their relationship unravels at the speed when their families get involved. tiv's father bans the relationship, separating them, and ALAYN

Casey P. StJohn @cpstjohn.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

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Rebecca Minelga - Add FALSE START on Goodreads! @rebeccaminelga.com · 28/03/2025

I love the warnings at the top! “Emotional warfare!”