A Reading Journal
TL;DR: Historical Fairy Fantasy with a splash of romance Source: NetGalley, thank you so much! Plot: Mouse needs help to restore her family’s manor before it leaves the family, and to do it she makes a fairy bargain. Characters: I loved Mouse and Thornwood. The side characters were great, but these two leads stole my... Continue Reading →
TL;DR: You want a granny doing the bloody business? Of course you do. Read this. Source: NetGalley, thank you so much! Plot: A fantastically grouchy old lady kills her way through a revenge quest and we get her childhood story as well. 10/10 stars. Characters: I loved all these unlikable jackasses. Setting: Dark, gritty, bloody.... Continue Reading →
TL;DR: This is just me not wanting to read a teenager TBH, but everything else was great. Source: NetGalley, thank you so much! Plot: Calisa is recovering from a breakup and ends up at her Great Aunt’s house (it’s magical!). Characters: I liked the wide cast of weird characters! They were fun. Setting: The inn... Continue Reading →
TL;DR: A delightful angsty sapphic romance. I devoured this. Source: NetGalley - Thank you to the publisher!! Plot: Two women meet, have an electric connection, but then one abandons the other to the French revolution and three years later they connect again as enemies. Characters: I enjoyed these characters a lot, they felt vibrant and... Continue Reading →
TL;DR: An AI company trying to avoid sentience, what do you expect? Source: NetGalley, thank you so much! Plot: Told in transcripts, records, and logs we watch a company try (and fail) to avoid sentience in an advanced AI. Characters: Though we primarily see this through a third party lens, I really enjoyed this cast.... Continue Reading →
TL;DR: A great beginning to an urban fantasy series about returning home. Source: NetGalley, thank you so much! Plot: Seraphina gets powers she shouldn’t have and everyone is against her rise. Struggles follow. Characters: I enjoyed the primary three or four characters we got. The over description of everyone else was a bit strange though.... Continue Reading →
TL;DR: A quick and intriguing collection of short stories. Source: NetGalley - Thank you to the publisher!! Plot: Each one of these stories explored how the future might impact our lives in new ways while focusing on women and other marginalized groups. Characters: I enjoyed the variety of people we had here, each lent a... Continue Reading →
TL;DR: I left this at first not liking it but the more it sat on me the more I enjoyed what it made me think about. Source: NetGalley, thank you so much to the publisher! Plot: A young woman finds out the truth of her life, where she comes from and the men that control... Continue Reading →
TL;DR: A great mix of reflective essays. Source: NetGalley - Thank you to the publisher!! Collection: The collection as a whole skipped around but that was established at the beginning which added character and didn’t bother me in the least. It did give a great picture of Gwenna and her history as well. Readability: The... Continue Reading →
TL;DR: Everything except the characters was nice here. Source: NetGalley, thank you so much! Plot: Bad things happen to one woman and she looses all intelligence for the plot to move as intended. Characters: I did really like them till they all started acting like fools. Setting: The sea and various shorelines were primary but... Continue Reading →
Sarah Evermotion's Reads 