A review by chelford
The Sweet Far Thing by Libba Bray

4.25

This doesn't live up to my memory of it, and it's heartbreaking. Don't get me wrong: it is wonderful. It just isn't everything I remembered.

Specifically, the queer storyline isn't as pronounced as I remember it, though those stories were fewer and farther between when I first read this series. I think this might be the first book I ever read with lesbians in it,

and for that I definitely put and kept it on a pedestal. However, it's definitely a YA book, and it shows some signs of its time. Having read The Diviners, I can't help but compare the two and see seeds for the sequel-ish series in this one. I just wasn't expecting to come away liking The Diviners more in the end.