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parchmentandflour's reviews
169 reviews
A Magic Steeped in Poison by Judy I. Lin
4.0
I really enjoyed the book and the magic system! Grabbed the sequel already and I am very interested to see where we end up at the end of the duology!!
Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao
adventurous
challenging
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
obsessed, can't wait for the sequel!
feminine rage! supporting women's wrongs!!
feminist sci-fi revolving around our main character's plots of revenge all while they get to run around in giant mech suits? yayayayaya read this book
plus the romance subplot is lovely!!
feminine rage! supporting women's wrongs!!
feminist sci-fi revolving around our main character's plots of revenge all while they get to run around in giant mech suits? yayayayaya read this book
plus the romance subplot is lovely!!
The Prince of Crows by Vil N. Vile
3.25
This novella is basically a smutty beauty and the beast retelling that is also nightmare before christmas vibes. I wasn't mad at it and I will probably read more from this author in the future.
If you wanted a fast, interesting, RH monstery/fae novella - this is a good option for you! If you were wanting a lot of backstory and plot, you picked the wrong book because there are only 130 pages here and the last half is filled with smut. The author only has so much room to work with there!
If you wanted a fast, interesting, RH monstery/fae novella - this is a good option for you! If you were wanting a lot of backstory and plot, you picked the wrong book because there are only 130 pages here and the last half is filled with smut. The author only has so much room to work with there!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Violence, Sexual content, and Gore
Moderate: Alcohol
Minor: Vomit, Sexual assault, and Physical abuse
Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan
3.75
I went into this book expecting it to be a 5 star and it fell flat of that expectation.
The writing was so pretty and descriptive! The plot had some issues and some jumping around that was kind of easier to push through.
The characters though... some of them read like early 2000s novels. The main characters were super gifted, great at combat, great at magic, everyone falls in love with them, etc. There's a love triangle too and that's also not my cup of tea (at least the way it's written in this book).
I'm still debating whether or not I want to continue on with the series, I will give it some time to rest and then decide later.
The writing was so pretty and descriptive! The plot had some issues and some jumping around that was kind of easier to push through.
The characters though... some of them read like early 2000s novels. The main characters were super gifted, great at combat, great at magic, everyone falls in love with them, etc. There's a love triangle too and that's also not my cup of tea (at least the way it's written in this book).
I'm still debating whether or not I want to continue on with the series, I will give it some time to rest and then decide later.