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In 1714, Addie trades her soul for freedom and gets it on terms she didn’t read closely enough: she cannot age, cannot be remembered by anyone she meets, and cannot leave a mark on the world. Three hundred years later, a man in a bookstore says he remembers her. Full spoilers throughout.
Alex and Lindsey get into whether being remembered by someone else is part of what makes you human, and whether Addie actually grows across three centuries or whether the curse makes growth impossible. They work through Henry’s inverted curse, seen by everyone as whatever they need him to be and known by none of them, and make the case that his arc is the more satisfying one. Plus Luc as antagonist and suitor, the question of whether he loves her, and a distinction between two kinds of freedom that Addie only ever gets one of.
This one produced their first split verdict, and their first thumbs down. One of them ends up rating the two protagonists separately.
Also: the theories they had about where this was going, which they liked better than where it went, and an ancient orange cat in the horror section.
Cry count and ratings at the end.