This is my summer of trying to read horror -- I sometimes earmark an out of my comfort zone genre for the summer -- and I'm easing in with cozy, queerThis is my summer of trying to read horror -- I sometimes earmark an out of my comfort zone genre for the summer -- and I'm easing in with cozy, queer romance horror! Delightful. Gruesome and violent but also so sweet and frequently funny....more
Wow, I'm not sure how to review this. I loved Mia McKenzie's first book so much; this one is sharper and messier and funnier and doesn't pull its puncWow, I'm not sure how to review this. I loved Mia McKenzie's first book so much; this one is sharper and messier and funnier and doesn't pull its punches. I didn't give a warm happy book sigh at the end I guess, but it grabbed me immediately and churned around in my gut until I was done. Not for every reader but exceptional....more
This was my favorite so far (although right at this moment I'm in the still-being-serialized one of The Intergalactic Bachelor and right now THAT one This was my favorite so far (although right at this moment I'm in the still-being-serialized one of The Intergalactic Bachelor and right now THAT one is my fave)!...more
3.5 strong stars really! I got a gross stomach bug and whipped through this whole series in just a couple days, which is a testament to how smooth it 3.5 strong stars really! I got a gross stomach bug and whipped through this whole series in just a couple days, which is a testament to how smooth it is to read and how well it kept my attention.
Doesn't work for me as a romance (which is fine) but the worldbuilding and shenanigans are delightful. So silly, very humor, much escape. Also this book and the next have basically no steam, always useful info for my teen fantasy reader recs! There are so few YA fantasy romps right now... they're largely so serious, and my kids are dying for humor and low stakes sometimes. This is a great one to have in my back pocket....more
**spoiler alert** I was in the mood for shifters and grabbed this at random from the library. Rounding up a full star because of the thing that happen**spoiler alert** I was in the mood for shifters and grabbed this at random from the library. Rounding up a full star because of the thing that happens after my SPOILERS tag below!
Yay: -the spoiler below -that the series is called BeWere -my fave kind of beta hero -lady bear shifter! The dream! -random NB/genderfluid character just kind of popping up -lots of different types of animal shifters
Nay / uhhhhhh: -the will-they-won't-they miscommunication was just too long and belabored. Not super believable for me as stakes in the way. -the light/funny tone was a weird mismatch with the pretty intense abuse storyline. -the banter and pace was a little bit much sometimes, if not quite as Gilmore Girls-meets-Pulp Fiction as the later Shelly Laurenston badger series (loved the first, couldn't get through the others).
That was GOOD FUN. I laughed out loud a bunch of times while reading it, totally loved the urban fantasy-ish setting, all the sweet aging punks takingThat was GOOD FUN. I laughed out loud a bunch of times while reading it, totally loved the urban fantasy-ish setting, all the sweet aging punks taking care of each other, lovely found family and inherited family. Just a really solidly sweet, fun read. I will 100% read anything else she writes in this universe and be v v v excited when it appears!...more
I can't rate T Kingfisher's books objectively, ngl. I'm sure she's not for everyone but she's very much For Me. I laughed out loud and loved it.I can't rate T Kingfisher's books objectively, ngl. I'm sure she's not for everyone but she's very much For Me. I laughed out loud and loved it....more
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