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A review by elianamargalit
Cinnamon Blade: Knife in Shining Armor by Shira Glassman
5.0
I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review.
Yet again, Shira Glassman has succeeded in creating a world I want to be a part of and characters I'd love to be best friends with.
Her characters are so diverse and realistic and you can tell that she took care in creating each one. I especially love being able to see myself reflected in the Jewish characters, and I absolutely loved all of Soledad's language facts. And there are so many amusing lines, I found myself laughing out loud several times in the short amount of time it took me to read this.
Another thing Shira Glassman does so well is the way her characters act in socially conscious ways without it being preachy--I've read so many books where you can tell the author was trying to teach their readers about something "woke" and it comes off as a lecture, but that doesn't happen at all in this book. When Shira Glassman's characters practice good consent or talk about compulsory heterosexuality or demonstrate how to respect people from the same culture who practice in different ways, it doesn't feel like a lecture aimed at the readers, it feels completely natural. It comes off as a group of people who behave in these ways because it really is the right thing to do, not because they want to teach you a lesson about how to behave.
Plus, the book features a Hebrew blessing for turning into a werewolf. What could be better than that?
Yet again, Shira Glassman has succeeded in creating a world I want to be a part of and characters I'd love to be best friends with.
Her characters are so diverse and realistic and you can tell that she took care in creating each one. I especially love being able to see myself reflected in the Jewish characters, and I absolutely loved all of Soledad's language facts. And there are so many amusing lines, I found myself laughing out loud several times in the short amount of time it took me to read this.
Another thing Shira Glassman does so well is the way her characters act in socially conscious ways without it being preachy--I've read so many books where you can tell the author was trying to teach their readers about something "woke" and it comes off as a lecture, but that doesn't happen at all in this book. When Shira Glassman's characters practice good consent or talk about compulsory heterosexuality or demonstrate how to respect people from the same culture who practice in different ways, it doesn't feel like a lecture aimed at the readers, it feels completely natural. It comes off as a group of people who behave in these ways because it really is the right thing to do, not because they want to teach you a lesson about how to behave.
Plus, the book features a Hebrew blessing for turning into a werewolf. What could be better than that?