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4.11 AVERAGE
4.11 AVERAGE
adventurous
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Another adventurous and a touch ridiculous book at times with the things they encounter. Thoroughly enjoyable though and India Holton definitely has a distinctive way of writing.
Elodie and Gabriel were polar opposites but it did feel like they needed someone who is the opposite of themselves. I enjoyed Elodie, she was a free spirit and very authentically herself. She was also intelligent and quick witted but also very real. Gabriel was stoic and serious but underneath deeply caring, which I don't think we would've known as reader if we didn't get to see things from his point of view at times. The way he thought of Elodie was funny and lovely.
The one major flaw to this whole story, which thankfully the story acknowledges itself, is that their whole relationship could have been fixed by one good, open conversation between the two of them. Instead, their own insecurities and inability to read the other very well caused them to be apart for no bloody reason.
I enjoyed the Welsh setting and the combination of a real, historical based setting with the magic built into it so it felt reasonable and normal. Really enjoyable.
Elodie and Gabriel were polar opposites but it did feel like they needed someone who is the opposite of themselves. I enjoyed Elodie, she was a free spirit and very authentically herself. She was also intelligent and quick witted but also very real. Gabriel was stoic and serious but underneath deeply caring, which I don't think we would've known as reader if we didn't get to see things from his point of view at times. The way he thought of Elodie was funny and lovely.
The one major flaw to this whole story, which thankfully the story acknowledges itself, is that their whole relationship could have been fixed by one good, open conversation between the two of them. Instead, their own insecurities and inability to read the other very well caused them to be apart for no bloody reason.
I enjoyed the Welsh setting and the combination of a real, historical based setting with the magic built into it so it felt reasonable and normal. Really enjoyable.
adventurous
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This is a delightful screwball comedy set in the same world as The Ornithologist's Guide to Love, although there are no character crossovers.
Elodie and Gabriel, both professors of (magical) geography, have a marriage of convenience to help Gabriel get an apartment. The apartment falls through, and after a night of passion, they studiously avoid each other for a year, despite secretly pining for each other.
The same loopy humor and weird magic runs through the book as in all of Holton's books, and this moves at a brisk pace as the two professors are thrown together to fix a magical rift in Wales, careening from disaster to disaster.
Elodie and Gabriel, both professors of (magical) geography, have a marriage of convenience to help Gabriel get an apartment. The apartment falls through, and after a night of passion, they studiously avoid each other for a year, despite secretly pining for each other.
The same loopy humor and weird magic runs through the book as in all of Holton's books, and this moves at a brisk pace as the two professors are thrown together to fix a magical rift in Wales, careening from disaster to disaster.
adventurous
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Like every other India Holton book, this was a quirky fever dream with neurodivergent rep and tons of magical realism amidst delightful trope subversions. Like every other India Holton book, the romance was surprisingly tender and undeniably swoon-worthy. And like every other India Holton book, I ate it up.
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
emotional
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced