Big robot battles with a Sapphic piloting one !!! I love how fleshed out the pining and Romance feels in a 150 page novella. I'm mad at myself that I Big robot battles with a Sapphic piloting one !!! I love how fleshed out the pining and Romance feels in a 150 page novella. I'm mad at myself that I had hard reboot on my shelf unread for 3 years. This one is so fun...more
I've read and loved Alicia Jasinska 's work since 2020. Finished The Dark Tide and The Midnight Girls very quickly.The first book i read from an authoI've read and loved Alicia Jasinska 's work since 2020. Finished The Dark Tide and The Midnight Girls very quickly.The first book i read from an author often remains my favorite. It could be a debut or farther in their career. The Dark Tide was that Jasinska book for me. My love for that story and The Midnight Girls remains but This Fatal Kiss removed it from it's spot. gah, I love This Fatal Kiss so much. An expansion a world removed the previous a book in that world. Nods are included but prior knowlegde isn't needed. This book so moody and has very dark fairytale feel to it. Most of the polish spirits are new to me and I loved learning about them. The writing was beautiful and it had a medium pase to it. The charachters and their romance is where This Fatal Kiss shines for me personally. . The romantic build up and tension between the three main charachters is so good. A water nymph , an exorcist and a male villager ...more
Finished howl by Shaun David Hutcherson at 4:50 this morning. It's a solid book. The writing does its job. It's good for people who don't like overly Finished howl by Shaun David Hutcherson at 4:50 this morning. It's a solid book. The writing does its job. It's good for people who don't like overly descriptive, beautiful writing. The characters are decently fleshed out, especially Virgil- our lead, Tripp ( actual name Buckley), and Astrid less so. I like the inclusion of high school theater. I didn't understand lycanthropy as a metaphor for sexual assault fully. Hurt people, hurt people?. Go into this book knowing that the horror part is used to illustrate trauma and dealing with emotions surrounding it. It's not a slasher, reading reviews some people thought that. But I'm not going nitpicking into it because Hutcherson has used his own experiences as inspiration and it's a personal book for him. I wished the writing was lusher. I still enjoyed the experience. It's a 4 for me
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Finished howl by Shaun David Hutcherson at 4:50 this morning. It's a solid book. The writing does its job. It's good for people who don't like overly descriptive, beautiful writing. The characters are decently fleshed out, especially Virgil- our lead, Tripp ( actual name Buckley), and Astrid less so. I like the inclusion of high school theater. I didn't understand lycanthropy as a metaphor for sexual assault fully. Hurt people, hurt people?. Go into this book knowing that the horror part is used to illustrate trauma and dealing with emotions surrounding it. It's not a slasher, reading reviews some people thought that. But I'm not going nitpicking into it because Hutcherson has used his own experiences as inspiration and it's a personal book for him. I wished the writing was lusher. I still enjoyed the experience. It's a 4 for me...more