Breath Mints / Battle Scars

Honestly. It gives ‘I'm 14 and I'm broken and this is deep.” Kind of energy. And yet, I liked it. It was good. I would re-read it again, eventually. 

I enjoyed Hermione's brokenness and no one knowing what to do about it. The state of therapy in the wizarding world is apparently abysmal but it is what it is. I enjoyed seeing her bond with some of the Slytherin characters and eventually fighting for them. I liked the push and pull of the relationship and Draco's self-fufilling attempts to push her away. 

However, the angst is overwhelming and tiring. She took him back every time when he didnt deserve it which shows her damage but is hard to read. Especially at the very end when his ‘growth' is just running away from everything, and everyone and Hermione just looks for him and takes him back like nothing. It was out of character and  kind of cheesy.

4.5 stars and lots of tears

This book made me feel lots of things but some parts just ripped my heart out of my chest and ran over it 3 million times.
I can't even talk about the absolute pain that is those last chapters + epilogue.

The character development was amazing, the writing was really good and the plot was great too

definitely in my dramione fic era and I couldn't be more excited

Emotional damage. Loved it.