every chapter of hungry's leaves me a bit reeling, yesterday's maidens of the fall included

was struck by a perverse sense of, "i'm supposed to be an aloof, critical reader with nits to pick about every work i encounter, pointing out tropes and flaws, but...

hungry: (crafts words into arcane arrangements) you think zoogs are cute

me: (made into a slavering idiot, doesn't care) omg zoogs are adorable i love them so much

she just reaches in there and drags me around by my brainstem