A Reading Journal
TL;DR: A 9 year old is sent off to solve an adult problem. It goes poorly.Source: NetGalley, so many thanks to the publisher! Plot: All of the trigger warnings as a small child flies in a flesh ship into space.Characters: No one here is likable, and yet I enjoyed all of them?Setting: 60% Flesh Ship,... Continue Reading →
TL;DR: An arranged marriage leads to romance, with a dash of a fantasy world.Source: NetGalley, so many thanks to the publisher! Plot: Nico and Camilla are in a forced marriage and 'hate' one another.... and then they don't. And need to work together.Characters: I know folks love this MMC but he felt fairly standard, as... Continue Reading →
TL;DR: Not my favorite of KJ Charles but still has some great strengths.Source: NetGalley, so many thanks to the publisher! Plot: Titus comes into unexpected wealth and Nico appears to help him manage it.Characters: I did like our primary characters, sadly the surrounding ones were very thin.Setting: Not the strongest I’ve seen from this author.Romance:... Continue Reading →
TL;DR: Heartbreaking but somehow still hopefulSource: NetGalley, so many thanks to the publisher! Plot: These essays all focus on those impacted by tragedy, manmade and natural, and how resilient love can be.Setting: This spans the globe and touches on everything from Japanese survivors of a tsunami to the Ukraine/Russian war.Readability: Even with these being so... Continue Reading →
TL;DR: Another fantastic Tingler!Source: NetGalley, so many thanks to the publisher! Plot: Influencer by day, body snatcher by night. Poppy steals the wrong body and things go poorly.Characters: Our primary characters, Poppy and Eddie, are two sides of the same coin and it’s so fascinating.Setting: This isn’t a strong part of the story, but I... Continue Reading →
TL;DR: More worldbuilding and an action packed story.Source: Saga Press! Thank you so much to the publisher! Plot: Our trio from book one reunite to find their way to the First City, and try to figure out their relationship.Characters: I enjoy the characters in this, but I wish we had more from the prince and... Continue Reading →
TL;DR: An absolute banger of a collection.Source: Saga Press! Thank you so much to the publisher! Plot: All the stories in this focus on being understood or how words can fail.Characters: So often characters in short stories fall flat. That is not the case here.Setting: I enjoyed so many of these. Ken Liu is a... Continue Reading →
TL;DR: A bit too short, with not a lot of sense.Source: NetGalley, thank you to the publisher! Plot: Xishi is recruited as a spy and spends 10 years smiling at folks.Characters: Perhaps it was the length, or the writing? But I didn’t enjoy them.Setting: A fairly standard feeling world for the story unfortunately. I was... Continue Reading →
TL;DR: A fantastic start to a new series.Source: NetGalley, thank you so much! Plot: Officer Lynx and her talking-cat partner are caught up investigating a genetic monster.Characters: I enjoyed everyone in this cast. The unlikeable and the likable.Setting: Again, this was also awesome. I found myself in that setting and vibe thinking about it days... Continue Reading →
TL;DR: A good YA fantasy, especially for a younger audience.Source: Netgalley, thank you to the publisher! Plot: Kids had goals, kids met, liked each other and kind of continued goals (not really, but enough I suppose).Characters: I think perhaps the characters felt a bit distant, but they were okay.Setting: It was okay, I don’t know... Continue Reading →
Sarah Evermotion's Reads 