Nice Glock.
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Hehehe, good one.
JK, it is a nice Glock 22. My fav out of the standard issued police guns.
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So it’s been ages since I’ve read Wayhaven… after the book 3 demo, for whatever reason, I just wasn’t feeling the RO path I was on and wasn’t sure I was going to continue with Wayhaven. But, with the full book just released, I decided to try re-reading the whole series again from book 1 and give it another shot with a different route.
I’m glad I did, I ended up enjoying F’s route a lot more, surprisingly. I mean, I’m a sucker for the friendship romance trope, but thought F wouldn’t be my cup of tea. Anyway, seeing how this seems to be the least popular route, I figured I’d share some thoughts about what I liked in book 3 and what I hope to see more of for F.
Cut for length...
So first of all, one of my favorite scenes in book 3 was the scene where MC & F are investigating Addie’s house together and finding her photograph. Would love to see more F moments like this one in the future. This scene was bittersweet, as family is obviously a big theme for both the MC and F, and we see F’s “always cheerful” mask slip a little here. The dialogue discussing how auras work was nice too. F was born a vampire, and so I think F’s route is most engaging when it capitalizes on this element. As uncomplicated and easy as their romance is, you are almost lulled into sometimes forgetting F is a vampire…until F suddenly says or does something very out of the ordinary in the moment. Like the breakfast scene where F is seen chugging down a blood bag in front of the MC, much to the embarrassment of N, who begs F to go and get a glass straight away for MC’s comfort. These little moments add a lot of dramatic tension to an otherwise carefree F route.
I loved F’s version of the combat training scene, and version of the dinner with Tina. Tina thinking she is sly on the side bringing up the subject of blood drinking, to the obvious shock of F overhearing, was a funny moment…but I appreciated it wasn’t just a throwaway line, and appears to be foreshadowing how all of the ROs are starting to become more aware of the elephant in the room. The fact that they are not immune to MC’s blood either, and will have to overcome and deal with that eventually.
F sharing details about their past and their hybrid mother was interesting. I liked the bit about how F struggled to relate to their mother’s teachings as a witch, seeing how vampires don’t really need to cook or use healing medicines/plants. We already knew F was the youngest vampire in the group at 70-something years, but the revelation that F was apparently kind of isolated away from the rest of supernatural society even in the echo world, having spent 50 of those years living remotely in the forest with their mother, was interesting. Would love the possibility if F’s mother is still alive and out there somewhere. She’s a witch, enough said. 
I loved all of the the N/F friendship scenes. We see some more of F’s doubts and anxieties come out again, as a reminder F’s cheerfulness is just one facet of their personality, on the surface. M’s quips on the MC/F relationship continues to be amusing of course.
I liked F’s version of the Bobby encounter. MC has upgraded, lol, well that’s a good way to look at it I guess. Some of Bobby’s lines are hilarious to me, and Bobby continues to probably be my favorite non RO side character.
F and MC discussing A’s role as leader of UB, and the possibility of F maybe leading a team someday was good stuff. My MC was a reluctant leader type, so I find these tid bits between F & MC discussing their rank/responsibilities adds a lot of character development for this route in particular, as F doesn’t start off as the most powerful vampire of the group. It’s relatable. The question of how they will both handle having more power as a couple seems like it could be an important theme/angle to explore for the future of their relationship, as the MC continues to rise in importance to the Agency.
Overall, I liked book 3. There were some things I didn’t think were perfect, or that should have been fleshed out more. But I’m interested to see what direction F’s route ends up taking. It’s not obvious to me at the moment where Sera plans to take F. Certainly I would like to see F’s less happy/carefree side get more exploration in depth, and see more of how F is able to open MC up to new/different possibilities relating to the supernatural…outside of just the spin the Agency puts on things.
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Wait, was that the vibe I was supposed to get from that scene? I thought N telling F to use a glass wasn’t that it was blood, but that F was drinking straight from the bag.
F IS going to be the most powerful of the four (they’re ALREADY faster than a speeding bullet and, according to Sera, the Agency is going to need a whole new tier for them once they age enough and come into their own), but I honestly can’t see them leading anything, except perhaps the cheer squad. XD
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Nah, that was just a vibe I got with my own MC and how they likely would have felt…but yeah, both the drinking it straight from the bag, plus it being blood. For my MC, it takes some getting used to the fact everyone thinks their blood is a tasty commodity…
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I am now playing through F’s route in book 2 and loving it, but I never want to see lip movement described ever again in a book.
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Sorry, this is Wayhaven, lips are always rollin’, rollin’, rollin’.
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And biting. Every time I read that, I have this image of some creepy weirdo biting their lip and moving their head back and forth.
Wayhaven could be the source of some serious drinking games with the “every time x happens, take a shot”. You’d be drunk by the third chapter…
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While we’re on the subject, I would be perfectly happy to never read the following word combinations again:
Eyebrows being arched
Soft laughter
Icy green eyes
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Wait, what’s wrong with “soft laughter”?
(avoid “icy green eyes” by not playing A’s route, otherwise I fear you’re screwed)
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And what about winking and smirking?
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Let’s not forget the ragged breathing
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I mean it is an option and I am sure some people take it because they want to learn more about the game’s characters or just because they wanted to see every choice you could make, I am sorry but the reply you gave felt needlessly sarcastic to me, I chose not to reply earlier because I was sleepy, but I don’t know if what I said merited such a reply, I don’t know if you meant it to come off as sarcastic and sort of mean spirited, I will give the benefit of the doubt and assume you didn’t mean that, but to me at least it came off as kind of condescending the way that it is was phrased and the addition of the emoji just added to that perception.
Since it was a reply pointed my way I felt compelled to if nothing else point out how it came off as.
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Not sure what color this is exactly.
…my lungs feel personally attacked.
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And all the shuddering/shudders. My husband asked if the MC has seizures.
I think she means like this… a really light green.
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All I can picture is ice with cyanobacteria in it 
Maybe they’re freezing? (No wonder with all that ice, yes?)
…I seriously need sleep.
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And the fists clenching too (specially in A’s route)
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Though I am, by and large, a great fan of sarcasm, I was actually serious this time around. I’m sorry it wasn’t clear. (ironically, the emoticon was an attempt to convey that it wasn’t sarcasm)
@ everyone You lot are complaining of things that show up too much, whereas I’m lamenting that no furniture got hilariously broken and F doesn’t taunt enough this time around. Come on, Sera, these are the only reasons I suffer through A playthroughs.
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It is fine, I preferred to give the benefit of the doubt because so far you seemed like a very nice person in how you replied to me, it really threw me off with how it felt like a 180 in tone, funny enough it was the exclamation mark that really made it feel the most sarcastic, just sort of gave the impression of being exaggerated then the emoji sort of built on top of that.
Thought knowing you were serious I appreciate the compliment.
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“Icy green eyes” makes me cringe and I’m not even sure why lol. Does it read clunky and awkward to anyone else?? It could just be my brain brain-ing out. 
