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Garden of the Cursed by Katy Rose Pool
2.0
This started strong--a fun magic system, a brash heroine, an interesting world. And then the romance aspects (and I use "romance" lightly) take over and ruin it. I can't bring myself to keep going with the series. Rant and spoilers below the tag.
Adrias was a piece of shit for being dismissive and rude to Marlowe after she stayed up all night baking honey cakes AND HE NEVER APOLOGIZES. And then he acts like a dick again when she forces him to tell her how he feels and he's all mad because he's in love with her, and then she feels bad for him?! Absolutely not. He treated her like dirt and we are no longer forgiving men for treating us badly just because they say they love us.
Also honestly the parents were the most interesting part of this. When you find out Marlowe's mom left Vael to raise her kid alone and she never once regretted it? Chef's kiss. Learning all the games they're playing was so fun. I'd have devoured an entire series about them. Oh well.
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Adrias was a piece of shit for being dismissive and rude to Marlowe after she stayed up all night baking honey cakes AND HE NEVER APOLOGIZES. And then he acts like a dick again when she forces him to tell her how he feels and he's all mad because he's in love with her, and then she feels bad for him?! Absolutely not. He treated her like dirt and we are no longer forgiving men for treating us badly just because they say they love us.
Also honestly the parents were the most interesting part of this. When you find out Marlowe's mom left Vael to raise her kid alone and she never once regretted it? Chef's kiss. Learning all the games they're playing was so fun. I'd have devoured an entire series about them. Oh well.
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Learning Lenormand: Traditional Fortune Telling for Modern Life by Tali Goodwin, Marcus Katz
4.0
A great introduction to lenormand (but unfortunately full of typos).
The Book of the Heart by Carrie Asai
I can't believe after five books of Heaven whining about how much she likes Hiro, she decides he gave her the ick and then he dies in front of her. Also, what a bullshit fucking cliffhanger. Now Heaven is attracted to Teddy and is going to run off with him and her birth mom to Seattle? And there's no resolution on her father or stepmom? Such garbage.
1.0
The Book of the Flame by Carrie Asai
1.0
So Cheryl shows up and tells Heaven that she lied the entire time about not having money, and then on the FACING PAGE Heaven is mad at Hiro and thinks to herself that Cheryl has never lied to her? Excuse me? These books are so unbelievably bad.
The Book of the Wind by Carrie Asai
1.0
If I listed everything that was stupid in this book, this review would be longer than the book.
Book of the Sword by Carrie Asai
2.0
As part of my read-it-and-yeet-it project, I re-read this book that should have been left to die in the memory of my youth. It's unrealistic and the characters are stupid.
The Immortal Circus: Final Act by A.R. Kahler
Meh. I'm glad we finally got answers on a lot of the story, but there was so much time devoted to Vivienne trying to decide between Kingston and Austin that I was ready to kill them both myself. If I had known Kingston was coming back from the dead, I wouldn't have wasted my time on this volume because I hate that shit.
It was also super boring watching her be the ringleader. She had no power and was just mean. It didn't advance the story but it made me like her less and then I didn't care so much what happened to her later.
I also think it was a cheap cop-out ending that Vivienne forgets everything and marries Austin but it's implied that their child will one day join the circus. And it's also pretty bullshit that she never deals with the fact that she killed her sister. She names her fucking daughter after her and it felt so cheap.
3.0
It was also super boring watching her be the ringleader. She had no power and was just mean. It didn't advance the story but it made me like her less and then I didn't care so much what happened to her later.
I also think it was a cheap cop-out ending that Vivienne forgets everything and marries Austin but it's implied that their child will one day join the circus. And it's also pretty bullshit that she never deals with the fact that she killed her sister. She names her fucking daughter after her and it felt so cheap.