#now if you’ve got a line on the uk collectors edition then hit me up because that cover is PRETTY

[piratefalls]

very few of you will care about this and it’s perfectly fine but if you’ve been here for a hot minute you’ll know that in like october/november last year i realized i’d damaged my OG copy of RWRB from 2019 (broke the spine and accidentally tore a couple pages) and i originally thought, no problem i can just go get one at B&N it’ll be fine.

reader: it was not fine.

story under the cut.

because now that the movie was out my options were: movie cover (which i did get because i was lost to this fandom at this point), or that stupid updated cover with the taylor jenkins reid quote on the side. i did not want that. i do not care about her thoughts on my favorite book.

so i went to amazon thinking i could buy a used copy. get one.

it’s the tjr quote copy.

try thriftbooks. isbn matches, print year matches. picture matched.

tjr quote copy.

try thriftbooks again. same parameters, different seller.

another tjr copy.

(did you know thriftbooks doesn’t take returns if the cost was $15 or less? i sure as fuck didn’t.)

at this point I’ve got like four copies of RWRB and i can return none of them. i’m just hoarding pink covers at this point. (it was easier to get the french edition than the original fucking book.) i’m heated at this point, and i give up. a solid month of looking with nothing to show for it.

and then.

someone i follow on insta mentions they’re selling books on their pango account, and the gods are shining down on me because there, in beautiful technicolor, is a pristine copy of the original cover. i’ve never created an account and purchased something so fast in my life. I spend all weekend crossing my fingers, hoping i’m not about to get fucked by online book purchasing for a fifth time.

i just opened my mail and —

she’s perfect. i can rest now.