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ladydewinter 's review for:
Glitterland
by Alexis Hall
Just, yeah. The *happiest sigh*.
I absolutely loved this. I can sort of see why one wouldn't, kind of - it's not the kind of book where you immediately connect with the characters, and the writing isn't typical for this genre. I've seen people call it pretentious, but it's really, really not. God, it's gorgeous. At least I think so.
I actually have four more unread Alexis Hall books on my reader - have had them for ages, in some cases, but - hm, how to explain this. I had started two of them and actually really liked them, but then I wasn't sure whether I would like them all the way to the end (I don't know whether I am the only one who does that - I am aware it's not exactly rational) and so I stopped. Reading all the great reviews didn't help either, but this time? Reading his Twitter made me like him so much that I felt confident to actually read the whole thing and *I am so glad I did that*. This is a lovely, lovely story that had me thinking about it all the time when I couldn't read it, and that feeling? I've missed it so much for the last couple of weeks.
I'm grateful for this book, for the way Ash's depression and anxiety were depicted, for how he and Darian inexplicably are great together and it makes sense because it doesn't, and for the last quarter that hurt and then made me smile so much. I really loved this. You know, in case you couldn't tell.
(Good writing and a wonderful love story are my biggest weakness.)
I absolutely loved this. I can sort of see why one wouldn't, kind of - it's not the kind of book where you immediately connect with the characters, and the writing isn't typical for this genre. I've seen people call it pretentious, but it's really, really not. God, it's gorgeous. At least I think so.
I actually have four more unread Alexis Hall books on my reader - have had them for ages, in some cases, but - hm, how to explain this. I had started two of them and actually really liked them, but then I wasn't sure whether I would like them all the way to the end (I don't know whether I am the only one who does that - I am aware it's not exactly rational) and so I stopped. Reading all the great reviews didn't help either, but this time? Reading his Twitter made me like him so much that I felt confident to actually read the whole thing and *I am so glad I did that*. This is a lovely, lovely story that had me thinking about it all the time when I couldn't read it, and that feeling? I've missed it so much for the last couple of weeks.
I'm grateful for this book, for the way Ash's depression and anxiety were depicted, for how he and Darian inexplicably are great together and it makes sense because it doesn't, and for the last quarter that hurt and then made me smile so much. I really loved this. You know, in case you couldn't tell.
(Good writing and a wonderful love story are my biggest weakness.)