A Small Ask, if You Felt Anything
For the readers who linger
There’s a moment — late at night, too late, probably — when a sentence lands a little too hard, or a scene rewires something soft and subterranean. When you have to stop reading because you’re suddenly aware of your own breath.
If The Shape of Want ever did that to you —
If Ariadne ever made you feel seen, or seduced, or slightly unsafe in the best possible way —
If Sarah’s longing made your throat ache, or Lilly’s submission made you wonder what safety might taste like in someone else's hands —
Then I have a small, sharp favor to ask:
Would you leave a review? Or even just a rating?
Why it matters: Reviews are the currency of visibility. They tell the algorithm gods that this book has a pulse — that it breathes. That it deserves to be seen. And I’d like that. I’d like to know it’s still being read by people who don’t flinch.
Even a few words would mean everything.
A rating (5-but only if you think they are earned) and a confession. That’s all I ask.
If you’ve left a review — or plan to — send me a note.
I’m putting together a private early edition of The Shape of War. It’s not public yet. But I’ll send it to readers who’ve taken the time to reflect back what this story meant to them.
Not a bribe. A thank-you. For your time. Your words. Your willingness to feel out loud.Thank you for reading. For feeling. For coming this far with me.
We’re not done yet.
—
Ariadne




I had a question, with the caveats that I have not yet finished (though I am close) The Shape of Want, and the caveat that perhaps I missed a chapter somehow.
I assume that Ariadne reasserted control over herself after almost being unmade by Lilly by the encounter with Patricia. The questions revolve around Patricia.... what happened to her? Was she still in touch, of use, to Ariadne?
She was charged to look after Lilly - yet later we find out that Lilly was under duress from the administration. Did Patricia fail? Or did she succeed, in 'breaking down' Lilly?
Or did I totally just miss something (probably the likeliest answer)?