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Pet by Akwaeke Emezi
challenging
dark
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Name Her Holy by Aubrey Ennis
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
you know how sometimes we can't judge books by their covers? not the case. judge this book by the cover. the inside is just as beautiful.
we follow Kye, the Herald, a saint, the chosen one, who very much doesn't want to be so, nor the immense power that comes with it. Kye's job is to delay the end of the world, she and the Vigil Order travel through planets to stop the blight that turns whatever it touches to ruin. It's in one of these jobs that she meets Jude, who wants to save her people even if that means directly defying what is considered holy. Jude takes her mother's sword and with it the legacy she didn't expect for herself.
my blurb is a mess I'll give you that. but this story is full of complex characters, in a queer normative world. Jude is the trans sword lesbian that we all deserve. Kye is the chaotic chronically ill almost-god-incarnated. read this for the world building - it's so intricate and complex, it'll be hard to start grasping it (which is literally my only issue with the book) but it's so worth it. the several gods, that rule different planets. how different peoples perceive these gods in such contrasting ways. a chosen one that doesn't want to be chosen, who hurts with the weight of her power and its consequences. a magic system unlike any I've seen before: the space traveling? the archives? so beautiful. I need you to read about Haven - a person, a place, a self-made creation, all at once (and my favourite magical aspect of the book). read for chosen family, read for a beautiful sapphic romance (yearning is the word here). and finally read to support an incredibly talented indie author.
we follow Kye, the Herald, a saint, the chosen one, who very much doesn't want to be so, nor the immense power that comes with it. Kye's job is to delay the end of the world, she and the Vigil Order travel through planets to stop the blight that turns whatever it touches to ruin. It's in one of these jobs that she meets Jude, who wants to save her people even if that means directly defying what is considered holy. Jude takes her mother's sword and with it the legacy she didn't expect for herself.
my blurb is a mess I'll give you that. but this story is full of complex characters, in a queer normative world. Jude is the trans sword lesbian that we all deserve. Kye is the chaotic chronically ill almost-god-incarnated. read this for the world building - it's so intricate and complex, it'll be hard to start grasping it (which is literally my only issue with the book) but it's so worth it. the several gods, that rule different planets. how different peoples perceive these gods in such contrasting ways. a chosen one that doesn't want to be chosen, who hurts with the weight of her power and its consequences. a magic system unlike any I've seen before: the space traveling? the archives? so beautiful. I need you to read about Haven - a person, a place, a self-made creation, all at once (and my favourite magical aspect of the book). read for chosen family, read for a beautiful sapphic romance (yearning is the word here). and finally read to support an incredibly talented indie author.