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done with this world for now :(

Paladin's Hope by T. Kingfisher

September 7, 2022 by wicherwill Leave a Comment

While I enjoyed this last entry in the Saint of Steel series (especially because we do see our favorites from the prior two books!), in a nutshell I think it suffered from 1) being more of a standalone story (with the smooth skin man issue being solved in the prior novel) and 2) the moral of the story overshadowing the main plot as well. In this novel, we have the story of Gay Galen, who knows for a sure 1000% fact that he doesn’t want […]

more Saint of Steel awesomeness :D

Paladin's Strength by T. Kingfisher

August 31, 2022 by wicherwill 1 Comment

Despite having blurbed these books to very many people as I was reading them, I kept finding myself pleasantly surprised by how much I liked them! In this second installment of the Saint of Steel series, still set in the same world of the Rat, we follow another of the former-paladins of the Saint of Steel, who is now deceased. For the first time, we have plot continuity–Istvhan is on the hunt for the strange clay head/golem/creepy men who terrorized us in the prior installation, […]

Tamora Pierce, but with Adult Bits

Paladin's Grace by T. Kingfisher

August 25, 2022 by wicherwill 2 Comments

These books are like, Tamora Pierce for adults. << the first review-like sentence I had written in ages, which I just had to note because it had been on the tip of my tongue through all the previous Universe of the White Rat books just why I liked these… So, to whit: these books are like Tamora Pierce, but for adults (i.e., starring adults, with adult scenes–as an adult who still reads Tamora Pierce novels and considers the Circle of Magic series one of her favorites). […]

so very many thoughts about this book

Husband Material by Alexis Hall

August 23, 2022 by wicherwill Leave a Comment

CW: for the ongoing homophobia of Oliver’s family from last book I don’t mean to knock this book at all, but I will say that reading it (and wanting to give it a four) made me realize that Boyfriend Material should have been a five (that has been rectified, even before my re-read) (re-re-read, I should say). I would also recommend anyone who hasn’t re-(re-)read Boyfriend Material since it came out to re-read it before plunging into this novel. I went back and forth on whether I should–full disclosure, […]

lovely standalone book for fans of alternative(?) scifi

Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki

August 23, 2022 by wicherwill 2 Comments

CW: so much transphobia. it is overcome, but so much of it. our transgender character also is briefly in a very precarious housing situation that veers into assault. As I started planning for the “I’ve Heard No One Works in August in Europe 2022” trip (pro tip: London is not in Europe, Londoners do work, oops), I started going through my “Want to Read” list here on Goodreads, which I don’t do a good enough job of turning into reality (or curating, for that matter–there […]

finally finally reading this! can’t even remember who recommended it

Swordheart by T. Kingfisher

August 23, 2022 by wicherwill Leave a Comment

And finally, one of my white whale books falls! This book has been hanging around my Kindle for literal eons (sort of like a knight trapped in a sword, if we were being cute). So, the plot. Halla is being trapped in what is rightly her house after the death of her great-uncle, whom she cared for out of the goodness of her own heart because she is a good person and her great-uncle’s family is not. She’s being pressured to give up the inheritance, […]

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