bridge_enginerd's Reviews (674)

A Sorceress Comes to Call

T. Kingfisher

4.5

adventurous dark funny tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Content Warnings

Confessions of the Fox by Jordy Rosenberg

Mr. Flood's Last Resort

Jess Kidd

3.0

dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Content Warnings

The Midnight Bargain

C.L. Polk

4.0

adventurous tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Was this book heavy-handed and a little slow off the mark? Yes. Did I become obsessed with it at the end? Also yes. If you like an extremely victorious HEA, you’ll find it here.

Paladin's Grace

T. Kingfisher

5.0

adventurous dark funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Kingfisher’s character writing is unparalleled. A knitting paladin? Be still my heart.

The Black Bird Oracle by Deborah Harkness

I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I’m DNF-ing this book. I loved the other books in this series, and the hard right turn this took from the established world is making me feel like I’m not reading a book from the same series. The book also seems to have suffered from extreme lack of editing. Sentences like “the twins nodded to indicate they agreed” are something you learn not to write in high school creative writing classes. If it was just a one-off, whatever, but the amount of telling-not-showing that happens on every single page continuously yeeted me out of the story and into “who WROTE this?!” land.