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Aiight, I'm down with it so far. In fact the sexy ending to chapter two really made me which I could scroll down and read more.

Link to the first two chapters if anyone needs it.

1. I have no patience so I'm going to start with the stuff that I really care about first. By the end of chapter one, I was getting a little depressed, but chapter two with plenty of Ivy perked me right back up. I think that any scene is made about 10x more enjoyable by the presence of Ivy. Ivy is my crack.

First of all, Rachel checking Ivy out when they first see each other, and being like so chemically relaxed by just the sight of her that Ford kind of swooned beside her because of the rush of emotions was cool. Mostly I want to thank Kim for painting the picture of Ivy in low-rising black jeans leaning over a counter for me though. I pictured it ... and it was good. I totally would have been like that orderly that walked into a wall checking her out.

Secondly, I like that Ivy is currently (and better stay, K.H!!!!) in the middle of both of the investigations that are going on. Seeing her at the hospital, in Glenn's room, interacting with everyone was very nice. It makes her feel like a part of Rachel's life, instead of just an accessory she takes out when she needs something. Rachel referred to Ivy as her partner like a gagillion times this book so far, so it's nice to see Ivy being a partner.

I don't know why, but I really liked the moment where Edden handed Ivy the address and Ivy without a word just handed it to Rachel so that she could put it away. It just struck me as a very sweet couple-y gesture. Like how many times have you seen boyfriends/husbands just hand something to their girlfriends/wives to put in their purse without like a second thought. I bet Ivy has Rachel sneak candy bars into the movies for her, lol.

"Do you have time tonight to go out and sniff the carpet?" LOL! LOLxinfinity! Ivy stopping dead in her tracks and staring at Rachel in response to this made me laugh out loud. You know in her head, Ivy was thinking "I always have time to sniff your carpet" No wonder Ford seemed so uncomfortable in the wake of this exchange, lol. Ivy was probably bombarding him with waves of hopeful lust.

And finally, Rachel's "I've lived with you for a year. I know what you smell like," was great. Note to Rachel: Living with someone for a year (if they really are JUST your roomate) is usually NOT enough for you to be able to identify their scent FROM THE CARPET OF A ROOM THAT HAS BEEN ABANDONED FOR FIVE MONTHS! Jesus! I saw my roomate yesterday, and wouldn't be able to identify their scent at any time, ever.

Also, "'My pleasure,' she said, her gray silk voice so thick with anticipation that ..." Holy hotness Batman! Seriously, Ivy with her threatening gray silk purr is like that hottest thing ever. I was turned on, and I think Rachel was too.

Oh, and I hope Glenn will be alright and shit ... whatever, the Rachel/Ivy was all I cared about. I'm not even gon' front.

2. Chapter One - I'm glad that the investigation with Kisten is going forth. I do want to find out who killed him. I think this chapters major problem was that it suffered from a serious lack of Ivy. Everything is just 'alright' without her. It was interesting to see Rachel try and piece things together though, although the 'woe is me, Kisten angst' was starting to get to me.

Was NOT happy to see Marshall again. Was somewhat relieved that they are just platonic friends at this point (it best stay that way K.H!!!!) I honestly don't think it will, because Marshall has a penis which is like kyrptonite to Rachel (I so felt for that line in an earlier book where Ivy was like, "She won't resist you. You're male." to Kisten, because it's so true. If Ivy was a dude, Rachel would have jumped her their first night as I.S. runners together). But at least I wasn't assaulted with Rachel/Marshall much in the first two chapters.

3. Really, right now I'm just on an Ivy high. I really hope that the second chapter means more face time for her this book. She's the reason I'm here to be perfectly honest. Also, I enjoyed their relatively angst free interactions so far. I'm all for seeing the friendship, and seeing them interact positively with each other for this book, with an undercurrent of sexual tension. I want to see Rachel relaxed around Ivy, being happy to see Ivy - like she was in the second chapter - instead of anxious about what angst seeing Ivy will bring. Them being happy to see each other, and walking close to each other, and doing unconsciously couple-y things will make me happy. As much as I loved the biting/kissing and stuff, it always left me with a knot in my stomach because every scene ended SO FML HORRIBLY. Seeing them be all 'old married couple' and supportive of each other will leave a nice warm spot in my heart, that I really need when it comes to these two.

And that's the end of my rambling...

*begins count down anew*