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What a Way to Go by Bella Mackie
4.0
I think I enjoyed this book more than I enjoyed How to Kill Your Family, and that says a lot considering I brought that into work with me every day for a week and read it under a desk.
The way the story was told was unique and really helped make each character three dimensional and believable. It was full of Bella Mackie's usual dark, chatty, satirical humour and I think this is the perfect book to gift people. The twists were easy to follow but engaging, it isn't your typical murder mystery, and it wrapped up really nicely.
The way the story was told was unique and really helped make each character three dimensional and believable. It was full of Bella Mackie's usual dark, chatty, satirical humour and I think this is the perfect book to gift people. The twists were easy to follow but engaging, it isn't your typical murder mystery, and it wrapped up really nicely.
A Dark and Drowning Tide by Allison Saft
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Thank you to Netgalley, Daphne Press and Allison Saft for this eARC!
I think this book hit the romantasy nail right on the head- the romance aspect doesn't drown out the fantasy, it felt natural and contributed to the storyline rather than being just thrown in there. I was the tiniest bit lost with the world building in the first half (but that could definitely be because I picked it up during a bit of a reading slump) but as soon as the action picked up I'd wrapped my head around it a bit more and loved the magic system.
Genre wise, this is part dark academia, part sapphic romance, part murder mystery, all wrapped up in German folklore and a bit of court politics. The characters were well written and really did the whole 'they all hate each other but also are they all in love' thing perfectly. Lorelei and Sylvia are a really fun take on the grumpy x sunshine trope and I loved that our MC was the moodier one.
Overall I rated this a 4.5 stars, I can really see this being a big book this year!
I think this book hit the romantasy nail right on the head- the romance aspect doesn't drown out the fantasy, it felt natural and contributed to the storyline rather than being just thrown in there. I was the tiniest bit lost with the world building in the first half (but that could definitely be because I picked it up during a bit of a reading slump) but as soon as the action picked up I'd wrapped my head around it a bit more and loved the magic system.
Genre wise, this is part dark academia, part sapphic romance, part murder mystery, all wrapped up in German folklore and a bit of court politics. The characters were well written and really did the whole 'they all hate each other but also are they all in love' thing perfectly. Lorelei and Sylvia are a really fun take on the grumpy x sunshine trope and I loved that our MC was the moodier one.
Overall I rated this a 4.5 stars, I can really see this being a big book this year!