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Starting CB14 off belatedly but well

Secret History by Brandon Sanderson

March 12, 2022 by wicherwill Leave a Comment

JUST LIKE, BLANKET SPOILER NOTES OKAY? GIVEN that the entire synopsis for this novel is “As such, [this book] contains HUGE SPOILERS for the books Mistborn (The Final Empire), The Well of Ascension, and The Hero of Ages,” I feel like I should get a pass but just in case this review will have spoilers so you have been warned . . . . . . . This is a HARD one to review because on one hand, I think that Sanderson really does […]

an EXCELLENT book to end CBR13 on just under the wire!

The Bands of Mourning by Brandon Sanderson

December 31, 2021 by wicherwill 9 Comments

I’m so torn about this book but at the same time I’m very into it! I’m back to realizing why people always speak of Sanderson as being a good author, in that he can weave together multiple plot points in a way that seems natural. There’s still too much plot in these books for their length, and I have no clue why my brother said “these are basically like shorter novellas compared to the original trilogy.” I mean, they are shorter books but they have a […]

one last re-read of a book from 2021, which is a great sign

Winter's Orbit by Everina Maxwell

December 31, 2021 by wicherwill 1 Comment

Strong content warnings, from the author: https://everinamaxwell.com/content-wa… Thanks again to the dual recommendations from llamareadsbooks and CoffeeShopReader both! Re-read (October 2021, review December 2021): I wanted to also re-read this book after The Charm Offensive and my re-read of Boyfriend Material, so I suppose the best theme you could stitch would be “gay HEAs, location notwithstanding.” I agree with the original reviews that this isn’t really a romance first scifi novel, but perhaps it’s more of a mood that you have to go into it with. On this second re-read, I found it very romantic, […]

have I perhaps found a must read author?

Who’s That Girl? by Mhairi McFarlane

December 30, 2021 by wicherwill 1 Comment

Content warnings: suicide of parent (off screen, described in context of mental illness) Although it wasn’t a specific recommendation for this book, thank you to Sophia for the reminder rec for McFarlane! There are authors of the romance genre who people deem “must reads”–Jasmine Guillory and Courtney Milan come to mind immediately. There are also other authors that I have deemed “must reads” who I then get disappointed by–I thought T.J. Klune might be it but have had to shelve him. E.K. Johnston I’ll read, but so far she’s been a three star […]

In other books that I loved a lot this year

A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik

December 30, 2021 by wicherwill Leave a Comment

Re-read (September 2021) in advance of The Last Graduate!!! it’s interesting, I think the book on the whole is a 4* book but reads a lot like a 3* book from a writing style? Reading this a second time, I’m less confused about the various plot points but it’s still a lot of exposition that you have to chew through, all within El’s head. I think the part that tips it into 4* territory is that the exposition in El’s head is next-level–I read a lot […]

Advance apologies if re-reads aren’t kosher but I did genuinely do so

The Last Hellion by Loretta Chase

Lord Perfect by Loretta Chase

Mr. Impossible by Loretta Chase

December 30, 2021 by wicherwill 6 Comments

It seems so petty to have re-read books that I read literally THIS year but re-read them I did, when I was having a pretty rough time of it in the summer. It makes me so grateful to have finally, finally committed to joining the Cannonball community—I wouldn’t have read these if it weren’t for Malin, and clearly there are many others in that bucket as well. I then went ahead and included a selection of books from these two Loretta Chase series to a […]

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