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This Fatal Kiss
by Alicia Jasinska
✩₊˚.⋆☾⋆⁺₊✧thank you netgalley and peachtree teen for this arc!
3.5 ⭐️
this fatal kiss is a sweet, queer, polyamorous, fairytale romance based on slavic folklore. gisela, a water nymph, strikes a bargain with kazik, a grumpy spirit exorcist who’s not gisela’s biggest fan. in exchange for gisela keeping kazik’s secret, he plays matchmaker for her and his friend, aleksy, in hopes of gisela gaining her humanity back through a kiss. but the object of gisela’s affections has some secrets of his own.
i really enjoyed reading this. the imagery was beautiful, the characters were lovable and complex, and i don’t think ive ever read a novel quite like this one. it was definitely a magical experience, the cover art really captures the vibes of this book.
i only really have two gripes with this fatal kiss:
1. a bit too much telling instead of showing. the exposition tended to repeat itself and i found myself skipping over information because i already knew what i was being told.
2. IF this is a standalone, i didn’t love the ending. it was way too open ended for my taste, but that’s a matter of preference. i don’t mind some ambiguity but i felt a bit dissatisfied. i did however see jasinska say she’s hoping this will be the first of a series, so im really hoping that’s the case!!
those two things aside, this was a beautiful book!! i love the representation, i love the the world building, i love the atypical romance, and i love the focus on found family.
i’ll be crossing my fingers that this does in fact turn into a series.
3.5 ⭐️
this fatal kiss is a sweet, queer, polyamorous, fairytale romance based on slavic folklore. gisela, a water nymph, strikes a bargain with kazik, a grumpy spirit exorcist who’s not gisela’s biggest fan. in exchange for gisela keeping kazik’s secret, he plays matchmaker for her and his friend, aleksy, in hopes of gisela gaining her humanity back through a kiss. but the object of gisela’s affections has some secrets of his own.
i really enjoyed reading this. the imagery was beautiful, the characters were lovable and complex, and i don’t think ive ever read a novel quite like this one. it was definitely a magical experience, the cover art really captures the vibes of this book.
i only really have two gripes with this fatal kiss:
1. a bit too much telling instead of showing. the exposition tended to repeat itself and i found myself skipping over information because i already knew what i was being told.
2. IF this is a standalone, i didn’t love the ending. it was way too open ended for my taste, but that’s a matter of preference. i don’t mind some ambiguity but i felt a bit dissatisfied. i did however see jasinska say she’s hoping this will be the first of a series, so im really hoping that’s the case!!
those two things aside, this was a beautiful book!! i love the representation, i love the the world building, i love the atypical romance, and i love the focus on found family.
i’ll be crossing my fingers that this does in fact turn into a series.