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326 reviews
The Consorts (Forbidden City Book 1) by Melissa Addey
5.0
the shortest little novella but somehow so painfully sweet oooooh im in love
Threads of Fate by Lexi Esme
4.0
he's got 4 arms, (presumably) 8 spider legs, and he KNOWS how to use them IN spider form.
Stones in the Valley: Threesome MFM Romance Book Collection by Kirsten Banner
i only made it through the first of 3 stories in the book. which there being 3 was probably part of the problem. in the first story, which i can assume is much the same for the other 2, there was no real plot; just fornicating. the author even forgot the main character’s name at one point. it was free, it was worth trying, but it wasn’t worth finishing.
Before You Sleep: Three Horrors by Adam L.G. Nevill
2.0
the short stories suffered from their own length. they were SO short that the pacing was off or stories left unfinished. 30% of the pages are acknowledgements, teasers for the reddening, or author bio. the 2nd story was SO good and the 3rd was promising. i just wish there was more.
Woman, Eating by Claire Kohda
5.0
grocery shopping list: mom, dad, friends, job, belonging, identity, culture, love, a bucket of pig’s blood. *P.S. i’m still hungry.
Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield
Did not finish book.
Did not finish book.
dnf’d at 24%. i really wanted to like this. there was so much i should have liked. the slow mental decline of a woman mourning her wife who isn’t really dead ala “The Seep” Chana Porter. a woman gone missing who returns and isn’t Quite The Same anymore. the underwater eldritch horror of it all. but the book is SO disjointed with 2 POVs who both have nonlinear narration and neither narrator is really reliable. both miri and leah relive moments from their marital bliss in disconnected tableaus, neither serving to help us love their character or understand them deeper.
maybe the book plot is still at the bottom of the ocean with half of leah’s soul.
maybe the book plot is still at the bottom of the ocean with half of leah’s soul.
Stealing the Troll's Heart by Lyonne Riley
4.0
someday someone will write a orc/troll romance book that doesn’t in pregnancy. but not today clearly.
Faithful by Dean Skinner
2.0
a GENEROUS 2 stars cause there was some decent plot. but very quickly got to a point where none of it was thrilling or unexpected. i fully skipped all of the song lyrics cause it's the same song over and over again just being used to up the word count. being told backwards would have been decent for a much longer story where we can develop time between events. but at novella length, filled with song lyrics, it was rushed and lacked impact.
Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata
5.0
“When I open the door, the brightly lit box awaits me—a dependable, normal world that keeps turning. I have faith in the world inside the light-filled box.”
i have found humanity in a foreign object because it made me human.
i have found humanity in a foreign object because it made me human.