HILO THE MAN THAT YOU ARE!!! Stepping back into this world with more lighthearted stories AFTER the emotional rollercoaster of the main trilogy was suHILO THE MAN THAT YOU ARE!!! Stepping back into this world with more lighthearted stories AFTER the emotional rollercoaster of the main trilogy was such a treat. Wen and Hilo’s love story was my favorite but Lan and Anden’s story was a sweet close second. ...more
Oh this absolutely KILLED ME. The characterization and romance arc was honestly very simplified but I still had really deep emotional attachment to thOh this absolutely KILLED ME. The characterization and romance arc was honestly very simplified but I still had really deep emotional attachment to the characters. I feel like Ann Liang does that type of surface level storytelling really well in the YA lense. 10/10!...more
This is sci-fi dystopian glory at its BEST. I blasted through this in one sitting (albeit on a long haul flight) but I was absolutely enthralled from This is sci-fi dystopian glory at its BEST. I blasted through this in one sitting (albeit on a long haul flight) but I was absolutely enthralled from start to finish. Darrow is a such a deeply complex and unpredictable character, and I appreciated how the small scope of the story was still able to capture the sense of uneasiness that permeates the plot and the weight of the intergalactic class system as a whole. All the while setting up for an all out war in the coming books. Mind. blown....more
Fool me once (The Bridge Kingdom), shame on you. Fool me twice, well why did I think this would be any different. I enjoyed the premise but the plot aFool me once (The Bridge Kingdom), shame on you. Fool me twice, well why did I think this would be any different. I enjoyed the premise but the plot and dialogue was cheesy and predictable…. so when is book two coming out?...more
This left me absolutely gutted, just as much if not more than the movie. Silence is a complex and deeply human study of how spirituality and physical This left me absolutely gutted, just as much if not more than the movie. Silence is a complex and deeply human study of how spirituality and physical conflict intersect. We see the flaws of human nature and challenging of moral ideals in a realistic historical setting that evokes such visceral emotion. As always, I was quite a fan of the Japanese to English translation since the prose is fairly straightforward yet sharp— just what I needed for a nuanced, heavy story such as this....more
Rebecca Ross always writes the most whimsical, cozy reads that tie in Greek Mythology in the best ways. The tension kept building and building and theRebecca Ross always writes the most whimsical, cozy reads that tie in Greek Mythology in the best ways. The tension kept building and building and the Isle of Cadence felt so surreal. Honestly the story felt fairly concluded so I'm not sure what to expect in the next installment of the series but I have high hopes!...more