4.5 Stars. What a lovely book to end (probably) the year on. The Thirteenth Tale is one of those books that’s been floating around on my TBR forever, but just never made it to the top until now. I’m so glad it did! Setterfield is clearly a very talented writer. The Thirteenth Tale has quite a complex plot, weaving together many stories from different time periods with several narrators (and a few unreliable ones). Yet, for all its complexity, it really works. Consider me a fan. […]
Consider me an official fangirl
Spoilers for Volume 1. The second volume of The Wicked + The Divine only continues to amaze and surprise. I’m so glad I’ve finally found a series I can properly fangirl over. In this volume, Laura, the main character, is dealing with her grief over the surprising and tragic death of Lucifer, the god she grew close to in the first installment. She’s clearly numb to the rest of the world and the rest of the gods until she’s pulled back in by some new […]
Like Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, but not boring
Hoo-boy, this book was such a delight. I think it ties with The Girls at the Kingfisher Club for most entertaining reads of 2015. The story takes place in Napoleonic Era England and the magicians are in crisis due to an abnormally low supply of magic in the atmosphere. They’re already trying to conserve resources, but pretty soon, they’re going to be in deep trouble. Unfortunately, the blame for this problem is lain at the feet of Zacharias Wythe, the young Sorcerer Royal of the […]
Better and better
3.5 stars. A significant step up in quality from The Cuckoo’s Calling which was good, but lost a little steam at the end. The silkworm just kept building and building into a solidly great reveal. I’ve heard excellent things about the third book in the series, so I’m pretty excited to tackle it in 2016. But back to The Silkworm… Rowling takes on the publishing industry in her second Cormoran Strike novel so not only is it a fun mystery, it’s also slightly satirical. Novelist […]
One of my favorite romance heroines
Bella was one of my favorite characters in earlier books, so I’m glad she got her own book. I feel like it’s rare to see such a sex-positive, confident, no apologies for being sexy kind of female character. Maybe I’m just reading the wrong books. It was great fun to see traditional romance tropes turned on their heads in The Shameless Hour. Bella, manager of the men’s hockey team, likes to sleep around and she doesn’t really give a shit what anyone says about it. […]
Interesting and Flawed
I have quite literally put this review off for most of 2015. I read it in March! My feelings for it are not very complicated: I liked it. I liked it a lot. It’s just that the subject matter is itself complicated and worthy of a better review than I am able to give it. Especially since I’ve left the review til December 30th. Ronson centers his book on the phenomenon of internet shaming. Internet shaming might be new, but shaming in and of itself […]
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