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rogueleader12.bsky.social
The Exquisite Torment of Loving Your Enemy by Brigitte Knightley. The banter cracked me up, the heartbreak hit hard "the mournful beauty of things that could never be". Then the opera - with Osric hiding beneath Aurienne voluminous gown when boredom struck with a spicy sequence #booksky #reading
September 19, 2026 at 11:16 PM
buchstabenschubse.bsky.social
Ein Assassine, dessen magische Kräfte versiegen, besticht die Heilerin eines verfeindeten Ordens, gemeinsam mit ihm nach einem Heilmittel zu suchen, und plötzlich finden sie sich in einer Verschwörung diverser (!) britischer Herrscher wieder. Klingt nach einer abenteuerlichen Geschichte? Must-Read!
Brigitte Knightley: The Exquisite Torment of Loving Your Enemy – Wie man seinem Erzfeind (hoffentlich) das Leben rettet
Es war keine Liebe auf den ersten Blick, sondern auf den letzten Blick – genauer gesagt den allerletzten: Widerwillig hat die Heilerin Aurienne es vollbracht, dem Assassinen Osric zu helfen, indem …
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August 8, 2026 at 7:07 AM
aschefeder.bsky.social
This was just as fun as the first one and whatever its origins were, imo it stands completely alone. I'd gladly reread it someday too. If I have a critique, it's that I still think they shouldn't have separated what I suspect was one story into two books and release them a year apart
The Exquisite Torment of Loving Your Enemy by Brigitte Knightley Summary: When Osric first bribed Aurienne to heal him, he never imagined that her capable hands would mend both his body and his heart. Meanwhile, Aurienne, whose life has been flung into chaos by this devilishly handsome assassin, is appalled to find herself wrestling an attraction to him that threatens to slip into something else. Things go superbly sideways when Osric and Aurienne discover more about the deadly Pox devastating the Tīendoms. The plague may have been unleashed intentionally by an Order far nastier than either of them can handle. As the lines between Osric and Aurienne continue to blur, the balance between peace and war, and love and hate, trembles, shifts and hinges on a heartbeat.
August 4, 2026 at 2:12 PM
nightfurycyare.bsky.social
Osric is so pathetically in love with aurienne its hilarious. One smile from her and hes forgiven her for bretraying him 😂
July 12, 2026 at 10:08 AM
jenbunnee.bsky.social
OSRIC AND AURIENNE MY BELOVEDS
July 12, 2026 at 2:34 AM
jenbunnee.bsky.social
What a silly, goofy, fun time this was.

-Osric is a pathetic yearner and I love him
-Aurienne is in denial
-Tristane, I adore you

I know this is a duology and it did wrap up nicely but I also would not be mad about another book 😚
July 11, 2026 at 3:36 AM
jenbunnee.bsky.social
Far above, the moon hung like a promise.

A million stars. I had so much fun with this upon re-read.

-Osric is so baby girl
-Aurienne is perfect
-THE BANTER
July 8, 2026 at 10:24 PM
thomicks.bsky.social
shout chat was nice about it
final fantasy xiv chat log: Casot Mirnah: holy shit grats Ta'lia me: ty! Aurienne Clarenc: idk what happened but Congratulations! Casot Mirnah: she got the achievement/title/mount for 500k points on all Disciple of Hand/Land Aurienne Clarenc: yooo nice
June 11, 2026 at 4:29 AM
janeofplains.bsky.social
i finally finished it this morning after doing all that massive unpacking (that i am still not quite done yet)

i am lucky i only have a month to wait for the next book but also ONE MONTH. i cannot wait for all the yearning from Osric and the reluctant fall into love for Aurienne!
June 4, 2026 at 5:36 AM
papercuts1.bsky.social
Oookay. Osric holt sich jetzt (sehr offenherzig beschrieben) einen runter, während er die im selben Zimmer schlafende Aurienne betrachtet. Bisschen arg smutty für meinen Geschmack. Aber bitte. Das ist halt Geschmackssache.
April 26, 2026 at 12:11 PM
papercuts1.bsky.social
So. Erdbeerkuchen und ein paar Seiten lesen. Osric entwickelt die ersten - für ihn sehr überraschenden - positiven Gefühle für Aurienne.
April 23, 2026 at 2:08 PM
papercuts1.bsky.social
Mit Aurienne und Osric in den Morgen gestartet. Bin kein Fan von der plötzlichen in-your-face Vulgarität in diesem seltsamen Pub. Aber ich bin ein Fan von dem messerscharfen, wortverspielten Gekabbel der beiden.
April 22, 2026 at 6:54 AM
papercuts1.bsky.social
Nachrichten aus. Buch auf. Aurienne und Oric treiben sich jetzt in einer Art kinky Club rum, wo Nackte mit monströsen… äh… Gliedern “Besamung” anbieten. What?? War das nicht eben noch ein harmloser Fantasy-Roman? 😳
April 21, 2026 at 6:34 PM
papercuts1.bsky.social
Verstehe ich das richtig? Der Plot wird sein, dass Aurienne mit Oric zu diversen “magischen Orten” reist, um herauszufinden, ob sie ihn da heilen kann, und währenddessen zicken sie sich an, bis sie sich irgendwann küssen? Mal sehen, ob das reicht. Im Augenblick ist es lustig.
BRIGITTE KNIGHTLEY The IRRESISTIBLE URGE TO FALL FOR YOUR ENEMY
April 21, 2026 at 6:11 AM
papercuts1.bsky.social
Zumindest gelingt es mir heute, mich ein bisschen auf mein Hörbuch zu konzentrieren. Osric und Aurienne sind sich zum ersten Mal begegnet. Abneigung auf den ersten Blick, wie es sich für enemies-to-lovers gehört.
The Irresistible Urge To Fall For Your Enemy von Brigitte Knightley
April 20, 2026 at 2:35 PM
illumicrate.bsky.social
The sequel to The Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Enemy and conclusion to the Dearly Beloathed duology, feelings continue to simmer between Osric and Aurienne as they learn more about the deadly pox ruining their world.
April 13, 2026 at 3:01 PM
nightfurycyare.bsky.social
i thought it was be the female character realising shes in love with him, but its so much better that its him realising hes in love with her 😭 aurienne and osric i love you that kiss on the balcony was perfect
January 21, 2026 at 6:11 PM
nightfurycyare.bsky.social
Aurienne and Osric being like this for most of the book
a picture of toothless from how to train your dragon with the caption shut up pls
ALT: a picture of toothless from how to train your dragon with the caption shut up pls
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January 20, 2026 at 9:48 AM
abigailnussbaum.bsky.social
I genuinely don't understand the choice to go so earnest and heartfelt on the romantic bits. 90% of the book is satirical, which is what makes it tolerable that Not!Draco is a murderer and Not!Hermione is a prig. Suddenly shifting gears doesn't make the romance more compelling; it's just jarring.
Excerpt from The Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Murderer: "Seeing him so hurt was - it was--" Aurienne stopped trying to describe it, because words were insufficient. No utterance could capture the fear she'd felt when she had pulled off his blood-soaked cloak and understood how close he was to Hel's final embrace. The touch of his fevered hands had no grammar; there was no orthography to the pain of her heart squeeze.
December 30, 2025 at 12:13 PM
abigailnussbaum.bsky.social
This whole book is nonstop quippy black humor EXCEPT for the romance bits, where it suddenly turns earnest and flowery. I cannot sufficiently stress what a terrible, counter-productive choice this is.
Excerpt from The Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Enemy: Aurienne vacillated between being repulsed and drawn in, between wanting more and wishing to move away, an ebb and a flow as changeful as the waves below, as throbbing and intermittent as the lighthouse strobe. This was the real in-between. Did he, too, feel the push and pull? Excerpt from The Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Enemy: The light flared. She glanced up. She caught him unguarded. Instead of mirrorlike silver she found chasmal grey. The intensity in his gaze shocked her even as she found her answer. He looked at her as one who wished to worship, and one who wished to defile.
December 29, 2025 at 8:09 PM
abigailnussbaum.bsky.social
Every now and then this book comes up with some genuinely fun and weird worldbuilding flourishes. Here our heroes are accosted by a Critique Cricket, a cricket that hurls insults at you from an unseen location.
Excerpt from The Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Enemy: As they walked, a small voice declared, "Cock boil." Aurienne looked at Mordaunt, who, for his part, grew freshly irritated. "One of those damned critique crickets." "It followed you from the Downs?" Excerpt from The Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Enemy: "Must've hitched a ride. It now lives here. I can't find it to kill it." "Face like a bollock," said the cricket. "Fuck off," said Mordaunt. "Suck a fart out of my arse," instructed the cricket. "When I find you," said Mordaunt, addressing the room at large, "I am going to make you suffer." "Perhaps you should deal with your daddy issues first," said the cricket.
December 29, 2025 at 6:59 PM
abigailnussbaum.bsky.social
Fair cop: there are some genuinely solid jokes in this book. Nothing too original, but the comic timing is definitely there. But the humor isn't serving either the plot or the characters. It's just there to be outrageous (and possibly because Gideon the Ninth did it), so it ends up being boring.
Excerpt from The Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Enemy: They came across a small group watching a show. The show consisted of a man performing autofellatio. Aurienne had to pause to admire the man's spinal flexion. "That is some impressive lumbar sagittal mobility," said Aurienne. The man uncorked himself with a pop and said, "Thank you."
December 29, 2025 at 1:47 PM
abigailnussbaum.bsky.social
Starting to think this book actually wants to be Katabasis.

Note: I was not crazy about Katabasis but it was a million times better than this.
Excerpt from The Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Enemy: "In addition to managing a Fyren and his irrational expectations, Aurienne was responsible for Swanstone's Centre for Seith Research. She had been bullied into the directorship six months ago by the Heads of her Order in spite of her protestations. Like any researcher worth her salt, Aurienne had outright refused the position, preferring to continue her pursuits in the lab - the noble advancement of knowledge, etc. And, also, she would rather die than do anything involving so much admin."
December 29, 2025 at 12:49 PM
abigailnussbaum.bsky.social
There are two POV characters in this novel (so far, I guess) and they are clearly delineated by the third person which clearly identifies each one at the beginning of their chapters. But we still need to do the thing where each chapter opens with their name because I guess the readers are stupid.
Opening of chapter 1 in The Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Enemy, identifying the point of view character as Osric Opening of chapter 2 in The Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Enemy, identifying the point of view character as Aurienne
December 29, 2025 at 9:49 AM
abigailnussbaum.bsky.social
Ah yes, hitting. The thing that knives are famously used for.

(This is the first sentence in the book. Literally its best foot forward is this malapropism.)
Excerpt from The Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Enemy by Brigitte Knigtley: "It wasn't until Aurienne Fairhrim that Osric learned eye contact could hit like a knife."
December 29, 2025 at 9:46 AM