"If Eli really was a hero, and Victor meant to stop him, did that make him a villain?
He took a long sip of his drink, tipped his head back ag5/5 stars
"If Eli really was a hero, and Victor meant to stop him, did that make him a villain?
He took a long sip of his drink, tipped his head back against the couch, and decided he could live with that.”
Vicious was pitched to me as a book with “Cherik” energy, and it did not disappoint. (For those who are blessed to not have heard me explain what Cherik is- It is Charles aka Professor X and Erik aka Magneto. Yes, from the X-Men) This has everything I love in a book: Morally grey “hero”, weirdly toxic/vaguely homosexual frenemies, an unlikely group of people that join forces, accidentally a father figure, and an interesting power system.
I've never come across something so morally intricate, ethically ambiguous, and dark that was also so enjoyable that I was unable to put it down. I started this on audiobook only and got about 13% through when I realized I was not appreciating this the way I needed to be. These characters are so complex and JUICY. V.E. Schwab writes amazing prose, I will have to read more of her stuff and definitely read the sequel to this.
okay now I'm just yapping from here down
I genuinely cannot stop thinking about the dynamic these two have. It's totally "I fear only one person has ever truly understood me and I fucking hate that guy". Eli and Victor are horrible people who are horrible to each other. But their dynamic is so fascinating. Victor is so petty that he had a falling out with his best friend at 22 and is still holding on to that shit at 37. They can't live with each other or without each other. They're not friends OR lovers, but a third secret thing that is very all consuming....more
"Suffering is like anything else. Live with it long enough, you learn to like the taste."
I will do my best to write this review to be spoiler-free,5/5
"Suffering is like anything else. Live with it long enough, you learn to like the taste."
I will do my best to write this review to be spoiler-free, but it is really hard to review a book that terrorized you emotionally in the best of ways while also keeping it spoiler-free. I spent almost a whole day deciding what to say in this review. Typically, I finish the book and almost immediately turn around and write the review. I had to let this one sit so that I wasn't just typing "AHHHHHHH", "WOW!", and "AGHH!!!!!" as a review.
The plot is decent in this one, I personally found it interesting. Although, I could objectively see why someone might have found the heist in the first one to be better and therefore thought this one dragged due to that. This was a less action-forward plot and a more mental-gymnastic plot. The characters in this are what make this duology so phenomenal. I love morally grey characters so much. I am guilty of loving them so much. These characters are ACTUALLY morally grey and I ate. it. up. I fell in love with every single character of the leading cast. From Kaz and Inej to Jesper and Wylan to Matthias and Nina, there is not a single one of them that I don't love dearly. I have become attached to this little band of assholes.
It must be stated on the record that when I finished this book (you know... after I read what happens to [redacted]?) I laid and sobbed on the couch. Leigh Bardugo needs to pay for her crimes of hurting my feelings! I hate love you Leigh Bardugo!!!! I will probably read the next duology eventually, but I have other stuff I need to be reading for work commitments first. Had I not read any of those Shadowhunter books in this calendar year, this and Six of Crows would've been leading the "Top Book of 2024" challenge.
Also... here is a quote I related to: "I don't hold a grudge. I cradle it. I coddle it. I feed it fine cuts of meat and send it to the best schools. I nurture my grudges, Rollins."...more
“I would be crunched up into other people’s fantasies for me and eaten alive.”
This book tells a pretty phenomenal story about two young bla4/5 stars
“I would be crunched up into other people’s fantasies for me and eaten alive.”
This book tells a pretty phenomenal story about two young black girls trying to find their place in this world and discovering themselves. Easily one of the most unique YA contemporaries that I have read! I loved the story being told in seasons of the Zodiac.
A tad reminiscent of The Fault in Our Stars, but with a magical realism twist. No, I am not making that comparison just because it’s a book about terminal illness. There are a lot of similar story telling beats.
This can be heavy in parts so I would definitely look into the content warnings ahead of time just in case you decide to read it. I can’t wait for the bookclub discussion that we will have about this!...more
“Maybe love was superstition, a prayer we said to keep the truth of loneliness at bay."
I truly sat with this book for 5 minutes after comple2/5 stars
“Maybe love was superstition, a prayer we said to keep the truth of loneliness at bay."
I truly sat with this book for 5 minutes after completing it trying to find something nice to say about it. I don't want to just come on here and shit on something, as much as people may think otherwise. However, I don't think I have a lot of nice things to say. I guess my compliments for this book are as follows: 1) I enjoyed the last battle... mostly. We will come back to reasons why I was not too fond of it but for the majority of it, it was well done. Leigh Bardugo writes good combat and I cannot argue otherwise. 2) The cast of side characters made this book for me. Nikolai, Baghra, Zoya, Genya, and the entire gang were the most interesting parts of this for me. Even the Darkling was more interesting than the main cast leading this book.
My complaints are vast for this. I will attempt to reign in my complaints as much as I can. This has to have been the most boring trilogy conclusion I have EVER read. I was led to believe I would like this one more than Siege and Storm, but I didn't. I think this series could've been a duology if they had combined book 2 with this one and cut out a lot of the filler. This just dragged until roughly the last 100 pages and just felt like I wasted my free time reading 300+ pages of nonsense filler.
Perhaps I would've liked this book and the filler more if I cared for Alina and Mal at all. This isn't about me "shipping" them or not. I just truly don't like their characters. They're both very flat and boring and I was not invested in them at all. A rare aspect of Alina's character that I liked was her hunger for more power, despite the logical fact that she knew she was wrong for wanting it. It was one of the only things pushing me through the story and wanting to see how it ended for her. Mal is even worse and even more flat, somehow, and I felt like he didn't have a personality. The one he DID have didn't show until he was either arguing with Alina or... sacrificing himself for the greater good or whatever. What happened with him regarding that last fight is why I wasn't fond of it. I am writing this as vague as I can, to not spoil it, but it felt like there were no stakes. IYKYK, I guess. They deserve each other, LOL.
Overall, this trilogy wasn't what I expected. I am confused about how this got a TV deal and it 100% had to be because of the overwhelming love and support for Six of Crows because there is no way it was for this series. It's only 2 stars instead of 1 because of Nikolai if we are being honest. He was the shining ray of sun for me in this whole book. I can't even remember who said I should read this before Six of Crows, because it wasn't Alissa. She told me I could just read the SoC duology alone and it would be fine. It was someone I work/worked with though and when I remember which one of you it was? I am coming for you. I wish I wouldn't have wasted my time on this. Just... UGH. ...more
“Still, even if he’s innocent, I think this’ll ruin him. I think it’ll traumatize him, and I think that’s the flaw of the system. Once it to4/5 stars
“Still, even if he’s innocent, I think this’ll ruin him. I think it’ll traumatize him, and I think that’s the flaw of the system. Once it touches you, you tainted forever, guilty or not. Same thing happened to me.”
What a cool book that we picked for the YA book club! The structure of this book is interesting; I think it was really unique. It felt almost like reading police reports. It wasn't my favorite thing ever, but it was an interesting aspect of this book! Also, the audiobook of this is excellently done. It features a full cast of narrators, making it rather well-rounded for me. This novel tackles such important dynamics that students and teachers are involved in and how that can be abused whilst touching on the injustices that many POC teens face in the judicial system.
I don't think I am a mystery/thriller guy so it wasn't 5 stars for me. But that doesn't mean it wasn't great. I am sure this is an epic 5 star read for most people. I am the problem on this one......more
"I think someday you'll hate me. You'll cut me open and find a garden of rot where my heart should be."
"When I cut you open, all I'll find is5/5 stars
"I think someday you'll hate me. You'll cut me open and find a garden of rot where my heart should be."
"When I cut you open, all I'll find is that we match."
Queer angst, toxic codependency, fighting monsters...what more could a guy like me want in a book?
I have never read a horror book before now but I decided to take a shot at this one because the description sounded super interesting. I am a known scaredy cat who can't even watch spooky movies, but I was feeling the spooky season lure when I downloaded this ARC.
This novel is hauntingly gorgeous and beautifully disturbing, along with many other descriptors that would never be able to capture this novel’s magnitudes. Reading this book is like immersing yourself in a captivating nightmare that burrows deeply into your psyche. Perhaps I have let the forest in... I want to give this 6 out of 5 stars. I spent at least 5 minutes staring at the wall after finishing this book and I already want to reread it.
The queer and mental health aspects of this are handled masterfully. I would be sure to read the trigger warnings that are placed at the front of this book before you decide to read it, as it was a lot darker than I was expecting. I will list them here just in case someone needs them! Trigger Warnings: Blood/gore, body horror, panic attacks, grief, eating disorders, bullying, and self-harm.
A physical copy of this is not a want, but a NEED. The Barnes&Noble exclusive edition is gorgeous and I may or may not have pre-ordered it when I finished.
Edelweiss has my heart for giving me ARCs, big thank you to them!...more
1 star for each fictional boyfriend that I collected.
"Anything worth doing always starts as a bad idea."
I'm not mad, I'm just disappointed. 2/5 stars
1 star for each fictional boyfriend that I collected.
"Anything worth doing always starts as a bad idea."
I'm not mad, I'm just disappointed. I didn't DISLIKE the first one, but I did have hope for this series to improve as it went. That hope has been crushed. I have no hope left in me anymore. This was the most bland book I have had the displeasure of reading in a while. I think this would've been 1 star if Nikolai had not played such a major part in this story. I know Nikolai's back is in agonizing pain from carrying this book. I owe him an all-access paid ticket to a resort and spa.
Mal is just as flat as he was in the first book. The only time I started to like him was when he and Alina were fighting because at least, then, he had a personality. I feel like we are just TOLD we should care about him but never given any reasons why. His only qualities are being pretty and being good at tracking. I'm sorry, Alina, but you can do better. He kinda sucks. Alina also sucks though, to be fair. But I am guilty of loving a morally-grey hero. However, I love them only if they're well-written. Alina has a lot of wasted potential if I'm being honest. How is Nikolai more developed than both of them? What? He's supposed to be a supporting cast member and is outshining the main stars here. He and The Darkling are the only interesting people, at this point. Also, I am going to Hell for still being into The Darkling despite it all. I have adopted yet another blond man who is a humorous asshole and a dark-haired man who is just downright horrible into my fictional boyfriends trove. I am nothing, if not, consistent.
I am grasping the straws of this plot in the hope that it will go somewhere. But I think we all know it isn't going to, let's be honest with ourselves here. This could've been a duology, I fear. This struggles from, as people call it, "second book syndrome", which is interesting because the 2nd book in a series/trilogy is typically my favorite. Also... I know I am probably not the first person to point this out but there are some really fatphobic comments in this book. That didn't age well at all.
This doesn't affect my rating because it's not a BOOK problem but a NARRATION problem. But I am going to have to ask the audiobook narrator to never try and do Russian-esque accents ever again, please. That was just downright torture. Just stop.
Life is too short for bad YA books, and yet here I am continuing with this series despite it all. I keep telling myself to do this for Six of Crows. I can get through this to get to Kaz Brekker. Keep me in your thoughts that I make it out of this....more
“The problem with wanting is that it makes us weak.”
This is standard 2012 YA fantasy, my friend. Cracking open this bad boy was like cracking3/5 stars
“The problem with wanting is that it makes us weak.”
This is standard 2012 YA fantasy, my friend. Cracking open this bad boy was like cracking open a time capsule to like.. a decade ago. I don't think it's BAD but I can see how these tropes, which are now overused in this very saturated market, could make this unenjoyable for people. It ain't bad, it's just 2012. That's the moral of the story there. Had I read this when it came out originally, I would've been 13, and I know FOR A FACT that I would've given this 5 stars back then. It's giving everything that I used to adore in a book, for sure. My "raised on Twilight" tendencies are showing.
Should I know better than to be invested in a character called "The Darkling"? Probably. But I can fix him, No really I can! Well, probably not. We can be worse together, though.
Alina Starkov has a lot of potential. She was rather boring for about half the book but towards the end I was like "Wait, she's kind of badass when you let her have a real personality"! I am hoping we continue in this positive direction regarding her development.
I am the only person alive who will tell you that love triangles are one of my favorite tropes. But in order for it to work, they both need to be well-developed options. I don't like it when you can clearly tell who is meant to be the endgame from the beginning. I need Mal to be more of A Person before I will get on board with shipping them. I feel like Mal is just not very dimensional and I would like more development put into him, as well. Especially if he's meant to be a part of this love triangle we are entering. I mean... I figure that is the direction we are going in anyway.
1 book down, many to go. I am reading all of the Grishaverse books before November just so I can do trivia without getting spoiled! ...more
Big thank you, as per usual, to Edelweiss for providing me with this ARC! Love you guys.
SLEEEEEEEIIIIIIGH.
I wish 5/5 stars
"I want to burn up in him."
Big thank you, as per usual, to Edelweiss for providing me with this ARC! Love you guys.
SLEEEEEEEIIIIIIGH.
I wish I could say I am sorry for enjoying this so much, but frankly? I am not. This comes out on October 8th and you better open up a new tab and order it NOW. You will want this book, I promise.
This book has such rich world-building, an excellent cast of side characters, and, of course, amazing romance leads. I cannot believe how much I fell in love with Coal, Hex, Kris, Iris, and HELL even the personal assistant Wren! They're all so well fleshed out in this, it is phenomenal. This book is a little silly in some of the names of things chosen but it's on purpose and that is CAMP. The best way to describe this whole book is that it is soooo CAMP!!! It doesn't take itself too seriously, and that played a big part in why I enjoyed it so much. For a romance book, this thing is packed full of interesting politics. I would say this leans more towards Romantasy than just plain Romance.
I have NEVER wanted a sequel for a romance book like, ever, but Oh My God I need one for this. Not only to check back up on my guys Coal and Hex, but also because I need to know what happens with other characters!
Also, I need Hex to give me his entire wardrobe, please and thank you. It's definitely my aesthetic....more
“And yet, it occurs to me now that we can never run with our lies indefinitely. Sooner or later we are forced to confront their darkness. We 5/5 stars
“And yet, it occurs to me now that we can never run with our lies indefinitely. Sooner or later we are forced to confront their darkness. We can choose then when, not the if. And the longer we wait, the more painful and uncertain it will be.”
This small book packs a mighty punch, don't let it deceive you. This is written as a long, heartbreaking love letter to the main character, Ludwick's, past lover, Janusz. I typically don't enjoy second-person writing but this is just breathtaking. It describes their meeting, relationship, and how they found themselves on opposing sides of a political divide in 1980s Poland under Soviet rule. This is beautifully translated. This is probably unlike anything I have ever read or will ever read again. I also don't typically read Historical Fiction but WOW is it going to be difficult to beat this. I am a bit speechless, actually.
Swimming in the Dark was the novel that was selected for this month's Queer book club and, admittedly, we have had some flop picks in our book club for the past 2 semesters. This was such a strong start to the Fall '24 book club, it's going to be hard to beat this. I will also have to find a way to word the very strong emotions this made me feel. Wow. Just... wow.
I hardly ever do this, but if I had to pair a song to go with this book? I think it would be The Manuscript by Taylor Swift. Just change some of the pronouns in your head, okay?...more
Cassandra Jean never misses with the art for Shadowhunters.
I GOTTA stop putting myself through the Clary/Jace siblings storyline one of these days. TCassandra Jean never misses with the art for Shadowhunters.
I GOTTA stop putting myself through the Clary/Jace siblings storyline one of these days. This will be the 4th time going through it if you consider the OG books, movie, tv show, and now this. It doesn't get any easier.
(It's my reading goal and I can do what I want??? I decided I should start adding graphic novels on here because I'm gonna hit my reading goal regardless because of bookclub books)...more
“Someone wise told me once that tolerating wickedness is just a slow kind of death.”
There were parts of this that just felt very... YA. I am very2.5/5
“Someone wise told me once that tolerating wickedness is just a slow kind of death.”
There were parts of this that just felt very... YA. I am very aware that it is a YA book, but it felt like it was doing more telling than showing. In a way that I felt talked down to. But some of the content in it was very Adult. It was an odd in-between. The writing and pacing are just off in a way that I cannot quite explain. I know they're teenagers but dang, they've known each other for 4 days and they're confessing their undying love? Oh how I forget what it was like to be 16, I guess. The romance side of things could've used more development.
I loved the fantasy world-building of this, though. It is a really interesting world with a cool premise. I love the Greek Mythology-inspired aspects of this. I imagine that other Percy Jackson fans would enjoy this. It's the next Greek-inspired YA novel for your PJO loving teen! Everyone having threads that tie them to the things that they love? Super awesome idea. Unsure if I am obsessed with how it was executed. I can tell a lot of work was put into this complex world-building but somehow it is... too complex. The info-dumping gets in the way of the plot. I couldn't keep some of the terms quite straight, I fear a glossary or codex was needed.
I would consider reading the second one eventually, but right now I just have too many books I need to read for other book clubs and for work events (trivia) to get to the second book. Especially since I am not totally enamored with this one, either.
Can't wait to discuss on Tuesday at book club. This book caused a massive reading slump, I fear....more
I don't know if it is because me and my friends were talking about hating books or if I just woke up in a bad mood, but I decided this review just doeI don't know if it is because me and my friends were talking about hating books or if I just woke up in a bad mood, but I decided this review just doesn't get my full rage across. It has been almost 2 months since I finished this and I am still angry. This is the worst series finale I have ever had the displeasure of reading and that is coming from the person who threw Allegiant across the room as a kid and never finished it. This is the ending of Divergent, but for adults. Did you never get the chance to experience that heart crushing disappointment as a tween and you crave it?! Then read this finale book. It will fill you with that same urge to throw it across the room and never finish it. I cannot fathom that Olivie Blake sat in front of computer and wrote this thinking she accomplished a well-rounded ending for the world she created.
The Atlas Complex attempts to weave a tale of ambition, power, and the complexities of relationships, but ultimately falls flat under the weight of its own pretensions. Her attempt at philosophical musings feels forced, overshadowing the narrative with heavy-handed commentary that detracts from the story. Instead of offering any real insights, we get a bunch of clichés about ambition and power that feel more like tired sayings than anything deep or meaningful. In the end, the resolution is horrifically unsatisfying. Rather than a rewarding payoff, readers are left feeling as if they’ve invested time in a story that was ultimately no substance. I want back the week of my life that I spent reading this book in particular and the many weeks I spent reading the whole series in general.
1 star isn't low enough, I need it to be 0. But 1 is as low as it gets. Can't wait till someone on AO3 decides to rewrite this.
Original Review 1/5 stars
I fear the quote that best describes this book is.. “First of all, we're dealing in hypotheticals, so all of this is meaningless.” and meaningless it felt....
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I have been brewing on what I have wanted to say about this book ever since July 28th, okay? This review has been cooking in my head for at least 7 days and I have some stuff to say. This is likely to be very long, buckle up.
At its core, the Atlas Trilogy is a character-focused story about how total power corrupts. What happens if you give a group of powerful young(ish) adults enough power to destroy the world? I can get behind the idea and the premise. It's an interesting think piece if you can get around the utter slough of continuous repetition and unnecessary exposition. This book, similar to the rest of the trilogy, repeats the same things over and over and over again.
For some reason, it particularly annoyed me in this book. Perhaps because it's the 3rd in a series and does not necessitate all the exposition that a first novel may require. Like.. have faith in your reader that we can retain the information you're putting in front of us. I don't need the same things said 5 different ways in 5 different povs and have it go on and on for paragraphs. I fear she spends too much time trying to write things that sound profound instead of writing things that are ACTUALLY profound.
This book would've been more enjoyable (well.. a little bit more enjoyable. We can get into what pissed me off the most later.) if it had not been for that. I fear that it hurts Olivie Blake's writing more than helps it. She's clearly a very intelligent person and has something to say, but that something is getting lost behind unnecessary detail.
Around 86% into this book, I almost DNF'ed it. The only reason I kept going was to see what happened at the end so to write a proper critique, because I was so far through the story at that point, I had to see it through to the end. The ending is unsatisfying no matter what you were wanting from this and it felt like that, while intentional, it was poorly executed. It just completely destroys any character arcs that were set up.
There is not much else that I can comment on without spoiling things. If you do not want to be spoiled about what happens in this book, don't read after this line
The rest of my review is written constructive and somewhat professional tone but frankly? I just need to casually bitch about this book at this point. I never expected this to end in a happy way where all my ships got together and lived happily ever after. This isn't some happy-go-lucky romance book, I get that. but this truly felt like Olivie Blake wrote the demise of characters in this as a huge middle finger to what the people wanted from it. A lot of people, myself included, LOVED Nico and to kill off his character in such a cheap way as a solution to a ship war... It doesn't sit right with me. This is what made me so mad that I almost DNF'd.
Then I decided, you know what, I didn't just like Nico, maybe it'll be okay for SOMEONE. My love for Libby was gone at this point and had moved to Callum at the middle point of The Atlas Paradox... you can guess what emotional turmoil occurs next for me, can't you? SHE KILLS OFF CALLUM... I THINK? I can't decide if he's dead or not because of how many alternating scenarios are discussed during that POV and that there are a few sentences at the end with Tristan that lightly hint at him being alive, maybe? That's the problem, it's a maybe. I am going to live in delusion and say that he is alive just so that I have some tiny crumbs to hold onto after this hot mess of a story.
I am sure I will come back and add more to this when I am less furious. Maybe. Who knows. I will never read another one of Olivie Blake's books again I fear (I will give her YA stuff a shot, though.)...more
Nico&Libby stole the show as per usual. I love them and Gideon fr. This was clearly written with them in mind and everyone else was an afterthought.
INico&Libby stole the show as per usual. I love them and Gideon fr. This was clearly written with them in mind and everyone else was an afterthought.
I'm counting this as a read for the year because 1) the amount of internet digging it took to find it 2) reading a PDF on my phone SUCKED 3) I chose to read this instead of my nightly Shadowhunters fanfic.
"One thing at a time. Murder first and then scholarly pursuits."
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This starts horribly slow, but3.75/5 stars
"One thing at a time. Murder first and then scholarly pursuits."
To summarize this book in one image?
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This starts horribly slow, but it won me over about halfway. The second I realized that: 1) all of these characters are horrible people and that is the point 2) this is heavy on theoretical physics and you just have to accept that it will hurt your brain a little bit, I started to like this book a lot more.
They're all so messy. They love each other but they hate each other. So much happens but also nothing happens. I ship so many different contradicting ships in this now that I can't decide who should get with who anymore.
If people recommend this series as a romance to you, they're wrong. This is fullll on sci-fi dark academia. My brain hurts....more
"Love took root in me before I even knew its name."
Big thank you to Edelweiss for the EARC and to Libro.FM for the ALC!
Oh, honestly, I ado4.5/5 stars
"Love took root in me before I even knew its name."
Big thank you to Edelweiss for the EARC and to Libro.FM for the ALC!
Oh, honestly, I adored this book. It's delightfully steamy whilst being surprisingly raw. I enjoyed how the two things were well balanced in this. The descriptions of the vacation locations were some phenomenal writing on Casey McQuiston's part and the way they wrote about the food? Oh god... I was so hungry reading this book. I need so much wine and pasta after finishing this.
I wish this book was coming out sooner because it's the perfect vacation/beach read for a summer vacation! That is... if reading smutty queer books is something you can do in front of people on vacation. Let me say this upfront: this book is full of steamy smut and sexual tension. If you don't want to be... how did Casey state it in the epigraph? If you don't want to be "initiating slut mode", then this isn't the book for you. They told you on the label what you are getting into and they mean it.
I would say that my two critiques of this is that: the "Tour Around Europe" thing is a trope that is a bit overused by now. Someone with an admittedly less American lens on the world might be able to point out more problems with that trope than I could. Although, this book does it in an unapologetically queer way and that was delightful. In addition to that, it is interesting to read a romance book that doesn't swap POVs every chapter but instead do it in halves. I didn't hate it because it's structured that way intentionally, but it could be off putting to typical romance genre readers.
I loved the audiobook as well, by the way. It brought an enriching experience to it all as well. Max Meyers in particular did an amazing job at narrating Kit's half of the story. I suddenly need to randomly find another audiobook that they narrate... for no reason. No reason at all....
I cannot wait to tell everyone I know that they have to read this.
Things you will find in this book: chaotic bi-for-bi romance, two hot messes (affectionate), nonbinary representation, miscommunication to the point that you will grind your teeth together, gratuitous smut, almost pornigraphically written food and wine descriptions with foods that an English speaker cannot pronounce properly, yearning cranked up to 150%, aaaaand second chance romance. ...more
"Because the biggest danger you face isn’t being on the losing side. It’s losing who you are."
I did it! I finally managed to read this. Did it mean I "Because the biggest danger you face isn’t being on the losing side. It’s losing who you are."
I did it! I finally managed to read this. Did it mean I had to copy and paste it all into a Google Doc just to do it? Yes. But I did it! Reading it on the fandom wiki or Tumblr is frustrating and not very accessible. I wish this was easier to read for people unable to back the Kickstarter.
This was fun. I loved the humor in this, of course. Classic Shadowhunters and classic Emma. This has a lot of really cool callbacks to The Last Hours series that made me tear up once or twice. This has me even more excited for The Wicked Powers series which breaks my heart because I have to wait 2 years.
Big shoutout to the polyamorous cottage in Faerie, BTW. Loved that....more