what I'm reading right now, or OMG JUST MAKE OUT ALREADY

[jade_sabre]

so I am like halfway (well, 3/5 of the way) through The Sweet Far Thing, having reread A Great and Terrible Beauty and Rebel Angels first, and currently my (non-spoilery well #2 is a little specific but not anything you couldn't've guessed from the first five pages of the first book) thoughts boil down to:

1) Yay! I finally like Gemma! I mean, she's a masterfully drawn character, and very consistent especially in matters of "being an idiot" (she manages to get out of each situation learning the bare minimum she could have, but she's gotten a little better), but she's also sixteen and confused and I finally sympathize with her, a bit.

2) WHY THE HELL CAN SHE AND KARTIK NOT JUST GET IT ON ALREADY. OH. MY GOD.
Seriously their UST is some of the worst I have read in ages. JUST. MAKE OUT ALREADY. HAVE SEX. DO SOMETHING OH MY GOD.

also I am having thoughts about first-person present-tense but I will write about them when I finish this book (number of times have teared up: so far just once, but I still have like 300 pages to go THIS BOOK IS SO LONG AND I CANNOT READ IT ALL AT ONCE I HAVE TO KEEP PUTTING IT DOWN BECAUSE GAH.).