A review by leonorekoki
Others Were Emeralds by Lang Leav

This book wasn’t for me.  I wanted to like it but the writing style felt juvenile. I tried to read it as YA, even though it’s marketed as adult. That helped a bit but mostly it still felt forced. Normally I love novels by poets, if only for the language, but that lyricism wasn’t here.  I value that it resonated with some other readers though! I love that people respond to different things. I won’t be seeking out more novels by the author but I am curious to read  her poetry to see if that hits different.