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Feast of Sparks by Sierra Simone
5.0

"give me more moments like this.
more hours and days and years.
let me belong to the wild god forever."


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OK IT’S TRUE THIS BOOK ISN’T AS WELL STRUCTURED OR ENCHANTING AS THE FIRST ONE, BUT SIERRA SIMONE IS STILL A MASTER OF ANGST, SACRED SEX, AND THE LUSHEST EXPRESSION OF EMOTIONS AND SENSATION YOU WILL EVER READ IN YOUR LIFE. PERHAPS IT HELPED THAT THIS REREAD TOOK PLACE OVER MAY-DAY-EVE AND MAY-DAY WHILE I WAS DRINKING WINE AND ANOINTED WITH FLYING OINTMENT. I DON’T CARE THAT THIS BOOK IS CONTROVERSIAL, OR MEANDERING; IT’S STILL BETTER THAN MOST BOOKS OUT THERE. FIVE STARS. TEN OUTTA TEN. Also, watch me scream if my Becket theory comes true in Door of Bruises, I will absolutely lose my shit.

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Whoa. I know people are hating the end, but my id feasts on that dark fucked-up shit so I think that I loved it?

Overall Feast of Sparks lacked something for me that A Lesson In Thorns was totally lush and dripping with (maybe a certain depth of magic and mystery), but I still enjoyed it and love the overall themes.