Okay, so I've got a lot of thoughts about this book, and the first one is: for heaven's sake, someone get an editor in here, stat! This thing is way longer than it needs to be. My second thought? Damn it all, this was actually pretty darn good. I didn't realize until I was deep into the story that *Alchemised* by SenLinYu is a reworking of the super-popular Dramione fanfic (*Manacled*), and honestly, I don't really care. It didn't feel anything like Harry Potter, and aside from maybe some hair ...

This is, without a doubt, one of the most difficult and conflicted times I've ever faced when writing a review. Seriously.I probably wrote, deleted, rewrote, and edited this more times than I could possibly count, finally arriving at the version you're seeing uploaded here today.Putting thoughts into words is never easy. Some books are complex and hard to grasp, allowing for all sorts of interpretations about where they might be going.I wish I could say that those were the things keeping me up a...

6 stars. Perfection. No notes.I honestly went into "Alchemised" a little bit scared, worried that it wouldn’t live up to the hype... happy to say, it blew my expectations out of the water. This is a complete masterpiece by SenLinYu. Please also know that this is DARK. Check trigger warnings!You can tell how much research and thought SenLinYu poured into this book. The world-building is so broad and intricate, the magic system is SO detailed and well thought out, and the characters… they’re perfe...

Infinity stars. Seriously, don't talk to me for the next 8-10 business months. I'm in serious emotional distress. Without a doubt, *Alchemised* by SenLinYu is one of the best books I’ve ever read. God tier. Perfection. Nothing will ever compare, but my god did it HURT. I have so many thoughts I can’t even articulate right now. KAINE. FERRON. SenLinYu altered my brain chemistry in every way. He and Helena, my babies, must be protected at all costs. I genuinely don’t know how to function after re...

I couldn’t possibly write a review that does *Alchemised* justice. ♾️ (Consider this your 'book review' and also a strong recommendation for SenLinYu's *Alchemised*! For more fantasy book reviews, keep reading!)

♾️ Nothing will ever compare...This was an absolute masterpiece. I'm so unwell right now. I didn't finish **Alchemised** by SenLinYu; this book finished me. It destroyed me. It's one of those books you carry with you always, in the depths of your soul.Reading it felt like someone punched me in the gut, then reached into my chest cavity and ripped my heart out, then put it back just to stab me fourteen times and leave me to bleed in the darkness...There's a light at the end of the tunnel, but you...

EDIT: AS A SEXUAL ASSAULT SURVIVOR MYSELF, CAN Y'ALL PLEASE GET OFF MY ASS? Seriously, leave me alone about this.How beautiful to see a fic where Draco rapes Hermione is getting traditionally published while actually talented BIPOC and QPOC authors struggle to get a book deal. I just love to see it. Loveeee to see rape fantasy books dominating the romance space!!! It's giving me the ick.It's been years since I read Manacled, but making romantic versions of The Handmaid's Tale is so unbelievable....

♾️ ⭐️ Heartbreaking. Devastating. Harrowing. This macabre tale will shatter your heart, tear it from your chest, and haunt you long after the last page. Prepare to be destroyed. \"You're like a rose in a graveyard, I wonder what you could have turned into without the war.\"WHAT TO EXPECT:✨ dark fantasy / romance / horror✨ alchemy and necromancy ✨ post-war / wartime ✨ morally grey MCs✨ healer x soldier/spy✨ enemies-to-lovers ✨ romance under extreme conditions✨ 1/5 spice (in parts 2 and 3, non-de...

I will not apologize for who I become when *Alchemised* by SenLinYu is finally released. Seriously, prepare yourselves.

A Dramione fanfic getting traditionally published??? Get ready to be so over me.