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fayesmovinglibrary's Reviews (717)
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
tense
fast-paced
There were lots of cute and silly moments that I did enjoy & I liked all of the nerdy little references, but this felt veeerrryyy meh to me.
- It felt like it was trying really hard to almost copy the dynamics of The Love Hypothesis a bit
- the You’ve Got Mail-core dynamic was super obvious
- the “he’s sooo big I’m soooo little got really old
- some of the tension build up and miscommunication was kinda fun in this actually, and I enjoyed the random high stakes plot twist in the end, but overall this will probably be my least favourite of Ali’s
- It felt like it was trying really hard to almost copy the dynamics of The Love Hypothesis a bit
- the You’ve Got Mail-core dynamic was super obvious
- the “he’s sooo big I’m soooo little got really old
- some of the tension build up and miscommunication was kinda fun in this actually, and I enjoyed the random high stakes plot twist in the end, but overall this will probably be my least favourite of Ali’s
informative
reflective
fast-paced
Mannnnnn I wish this was a whole novel omg
fast-paced
I really enjoy this story & the supernatural AHS Coven coded vibes of it all. I also really enjoy all the full chested fuck you terfs and bigots vibes and there are a lot of really good conversations and representations between books one and two.
My main beef is I fear this book kinda lost the plot/the characters kinda felt flat?? Book one was a super fun and also rageful introduction to this trilogy, but I’m left feeling a tad lukewarm after this one?? I think I’ll still finish the trilogy when book 3 is out though.
My main beef is I fear this book kinda lost the plot/the characters kinda felt flat?? Book one was a super fun and also rageful introduction to this trilogy, but I’m left feeling a tad lukewarm after this one?? I think I’ll still finish the trilogy when book 3 is out though.
DNF 50% in, I know the Phantasma girlies will eat this up and I’m not saying it’s bad, however I’m just cringing at all of the straight behaviour
adventurous
challenging
dark
tense
slow-paced
Waaaaaar iiiiissss ooooooveerrrrrrrr (I’m free from this hell trilogy we are so back)
My rambling thoughts:
- still such a cool premise with the liveship magic system 10/10 a crazy cool unique idea
- I literally only liked Althea and Vivacia & they are so tragic my dude
- why did like every girl in this series get violently SA’d at some point 🧍
- Wintrow is a coward and a loser sorry
- I could kill Kennitt & Kyle with my bare hands
- Brashen also fucking sucks idc
- the entire series I never cared about Malta and thought she was annoying I’m sorry
- I guess dragons are cool
My rambling thoughts:
- still such a cool premise with the liveship magic system 10/10 a crazy cool unique idea
- I literally only liked Althea and Vivacia & they are so tragic my dude
- why did like every girl in this series get violently SA’d at some point 🧍
- Wintrow is a coward and a loser sorry
- I could kill Kennitt & Kyle with my bare hands
- Brashen also fucking sucks idc
- the entire series I never cared about Malta and thought she was annoying I’m sorry
- I guess dragons are cool
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault
DNF 10% in, I can just tell this is gonna be like a 3-ish star read for me & I’m kinda over it
adventurous
challenging
inspiring
medium-paced
Hear me out: Princess Mononoke meets Blue Eye Samurai
Positives:
- wildly unique and whimsical storytelling??
- the flowery writing…. The lyricism in these quotes man…. I annotated quite a bit
Negatives:
- I don’t think this needed to be as convoluted & confusing to follow, while I really respect all of the unique things this is doing & had a really good time at different parts, I’m coming away from it not actually even really understanding the core story??
- the purple prose was a double edged sword I fear because at times I did think it was a tad much.
Ultimately, the interwoven perspectives of the grandmother telling a story to her grandson, the theatre production dream-esque sequences, the fantasy journey, all the 2nd person POV’s were all such creative ways to talk this story and I have to give it props for how cool this book sincerely is. At the same time, I am walking away from it only really having a probably less than basic understanding of what I read which is a problem. I am someone who is prone to skimming when I get bored in books, but I really did not skim with this one and in fact was constantly re-reading portions that were confusing and looking up other people’s reviews to try to break things down even further. I fear it’s a tad too smart for me perhaps?? Or it is just doing a bit too much?? Idk, I’m probably the problem.
Positives:
- wildly unique and whimsical storytelling??
- the flowery writing…. The lyricism in these quotes man…. I annotated quite a bit
Negatives:
- I don’t think this needed to be as convoluted & confusing to follow, while I really respect all of the unique things this is doing & had a really good time at different parts, I’m coming away from it not actually even really understanding the core story??
- the purple prose was a double edged sword I fear because at times I did think it was a tad much.
Ultimately, the interwoven perspectives of the grandmother telling a story to her grandson, the theatre production dream-esque sequences, the fantasy journey, all the 2nd person POV’s were all such creative ways to talk this story and I have to give it props for how cool this book sincerely is. At the same time, I am walking away from it only really having a probably less than basic understanding of what I read which is a problem. I am someone who is prone to skimming when I get bored in books, but I really did not skim with this one and in fact was constantly re-reading portions that were confusing and looking up other people’s reviews to try to break things down even further. I fear it’s a tad too smart for me perhaps?? Or it is just doing a bit too much?? Idk, I’m probably the problem.
adventurous
emotional
tense
fast-paced
This was so cute!!! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
Literally Ocarina of Time meets Princess Mononoke meets Twilight Princess meets Witch Hat Atelier
I ate it up
Literally Ocarina of Time meets Princess Mononoke meets Twilight Princess meets Witch Hat Atelier
I ate it up
hopeful
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
this was very wholesome :) | Thank you to netgalley for approving me for this e-arc!!
Positives:
- I loved the all of small town queer rep & conversations!
- Gay 😤 Barn 🫡
- a personal teehee haha but one of my current bg3 campaigns I am playing a blonde paladin (based on a trans link from legend of Zelda) & I’m romancing wild magic barbarian Karlach and reading the dnd romance in here felt so specific and similar to that campaign of mine and it made me giggle & also happy
- lot of really important conversations in here & I’m so happy that teens are able to access books like this today :)
Negatives:
- I do think the overall trajectory of the story felt very predictable & done before if you will. It really took me out of it at times & there were pretty big chunks I found myself skimming unfortunately.
Positives:
- I loved the all of small town queer rep & conversations!
- Gay 😤 Barn 🫡
- a personal teehee haha but one of my current bg3 campaigns I am playing a blonde paladin (based on a trans link from legend of Zelda) & I’m romancing wild magic barbarian Karlach and reading the dnd romance in here felt so specific and similar to that campaign of mine and it made me giggle & also happy
- lot of really important conversations in here & I’m so happy that teens are able to access books like this today :)
Negatives:
- I do think the overall trajectory of the story felt very predictable & done before if you will. It really took me out of it at times & there were pretty big chunks I found myself skimming unfortunately.