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The Irresistible Urge to Fall For Your Enemy by Brigitte Knightley
medium-paced
5.0
I have to confess, I succumbed to The Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Enemy. Brigitte Knightley did the thing with this one.
Osric, the grey-eyed villainous marshmallow assassin, meets Aurienne, the buttoned-up overachieving healer, and it’s less sparks that fly and more just mutual loathing. He needs her; she needs him. No one is happy about it.
Top-tier snarky banter; laugh-out-loud funny. (Even the map made me laugh.) I loved the way magic works in this book.
It is the sloooooowest of slow burns, and it is deliciously done, in that way that every tiny, tiny step they take towards each other just has you flipping the next page, because the tension is building so perfectly.
Will he admit his feelings? No. Will he unalive anyone who looks at her sideways? Maybe.
(I never read DMATMOOFIL, so from someone reading this with no preconceived ideas of what it might be: I loved it. So much.)
It’s a really good thing it’s going to be a duology, because I need more, and you will, too.
Osric, the grey-eyed villainous marshmallow assassin, meets Aurienne, the buttoned-up overachieving healer, and it’s less sparks that fly and more just mutual loathing. He needs her; she needs him. No one is happy about it.
Top-tier snarky banter; laugh-out-loud funny. (Even the map made me laugh.) I loved the way magic works in this book.
It is the sloooooowest of slow burns, and it is deliciously done, in that way that every tiny, tiny step they take towards each other just has you flipping the next page, because the tension is building so perfectly.
Will he admit his feelings? No. Will he unalive anyone who looks at her sideways? Maybe.
(I never read DMATMOOFIL, so from someone reading this with no preconceived ideas of what it might be: I loved it. So much.)
It’s a really good thing it’s going to be a duology, because I need more, and you will, too.
Rose in Chains by Julie Soto
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
5.0
At a LOSS for how much I loved it. (I never read The Auction, so I came into this entirely fresh.)
The tension, the sloooooooow burn, the magic … I loved it.
The tension, the sloooooooow burn, the magic … I loved it.
Holy Wrath by Victoria Mier
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
Welcome to my feral ARC review of Holy Wrath. I'll be sharing a few of my favorite quotes to convince you to pick up this book. (I could have made 20 slides with tiny, tiny font and it wouldn't cover all the passages I highlighted. Please don't ask me to see my notes, because they are *unhinged*.)
If you've never read a sapphic, gothic fantasy ... read this one.
If you ADORE sapphic, gothic fantasy -- and I'm not telling you what to do with your life except I AM telling you to read this book -- well, you'd be missing out to skip reading this one.
Holy Wrath just burrowed under my skin as soon as I started reading it. The healer and the (hot, hot) lady knight, against a backdrop of religious trauma? Love and revenge, with Victoria Mier's gorgeous prose? Say less.
I don't know if there's a Nobel Prize for yearning, but if there is, that committee should be studying Victoria's books and the way they make me feel. You've got hurt/comfort (an all-time favorite of mine), disability rep, femme rage ... all packaged up in the perfect poetry that I would recognize on a grocery list because I'd have a sudden longing for something I didn't even know I needed.
The dove and the wolf. The healer and the Lupa Nox. Oh, and a redemption arc for an instrument of torture (and I'm not talking about a character here).
Ophelia and Nyatrix will captivate you as thoroughly as they captivated each other.
If you've never read a sapphic, gothic fantasy ... read this one.
If you ADORE sapphic, gothic fantasy -- and I'm not telling you what to do with your life except I AM telling you to read this book -- well, you'd be missing out to skip reading this one.
Holy Wrath just burrowed under my skin as soon as I started reading it. The healer and the (hot, hot) lady knight, against a backdrop of religious trauma? Love and revenge, with Victoria Mier's gorgeous prose? Say less.
I don't know if there's a Nobel Prize for yearning, but if there is, that committee should be studying Victoria's books and the way they make me feel. You've got hurt/comfort (an all-time favorite of mine), disability rep, femme rage ... all packaged up in the perfect poetry that I would recognize on a grocery list because I'd have a sudden longing for something I didn't even know I needed.
The dove and the wolf. The healer and the Lupa Nox. Oh, and a redemption arc for an instrument of torture (and I'm not talking about a character here).
Ophelia and Nyatrix will captivate you as thoroughly as they captivated each other.
Gleam by Raven Kennedy
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
5.0
This is where the series really hit its stride for me -- so much character development from Auren, and so much development of her relationship with Slade. This is one of those times I'm GLAD to be getting to a series after it's complete, because I don't have to wait after that brutal cliffhanger.
A Legacy of Stars by Sheila Masterson
adventurous
funny
medium-paced
5.0
I came into this book not having read the other related books — I will be rectifying that! — but A Legacy of Stars stands on its own … and I loved it. (It does a great job of making you curious about the characters who were featured in previous books!)
The action was great, and Teddy and Stella were both easy characters to like. Their personalities were extremely interesting to watch interact, and the development of the relationship felt very natural. More than that, it was great to watch their character development and the things they realized about themselves.
Reluctant allies is a lot of fun, especially in situations as high stakes as the ones they’re dealing with. “Oops I took an aphrodisiac” is used to great effect, too.
This book has SO many elements I like, and I had so much fun with it.
The action was great, and Teddy and Stella were both easy characters to like. Their personalities were extremely interesting to watch interact, and the development of the relationship felt very natural. More than that, it was great to watch their character development and the things they realized about themselves.
Reluctant allies is a lot of fun, especially in situations as high stakes as the ones they’re dealing with. “Oops I took an aphrodisiac” is used to great effect, too.
This book has SO many elements I like, and I had so much fun with it.
Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins
emotional
reflective
tense
medium-paced
5.0
Oof. I expected it to hurt, and it delivered. Even the acknowledgments made me cry, but there is no denying the emotional impact of Haymitch’s story.
The parallels between Haymitch and Katniss — 😭
That could be the entire review: 😭😭😭
The parallels between Haymitch and Katniss — 😭
That could be the entire review: 😭😭😭