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"Show them to me" was hotter than any sex scene you can't change my mind

Christelle Dabos is the master of slow-burn romance. She manages to make the reader feel all of the anticipation, uncertainty, pining and burning the main characters feel. The number of times I had to put away the book to scream into my pillow or squeeze the fabric of my shirt after reading some scenes with Thorn and Ophelia is a testament to her skills. Ophelia and Thorn's romance is reminiscent of that of Lizzy and Mr Darcy's in Pride and Prejudice in the way that most of it goes on inside their heads or during brief and tense conversations. Yet, I kept devouring chapter after chapter, hoping to see another one of their interactions.

So when we see the romance blossom and the characters admit their feelings for one another TO themselves (because they're dumb-dumbs and I love them), it's incredibly rewarding

TL;DR: Christelle Dabos is a queen and Ophelia and Thorn are my new OTP

Thorn through the entirety of Memory of Babel