Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for the early review copy of this book. These opinions are my own.
The Important Highlights DNF (first book, thThank you to Netgalley and the publisher for the early review copy of this book. These opinions are my own.
The Important Highlights DNF (first book, this was an automatic DNF). Note: I had requested the ARC because I assumed I would enjoy both books, which I wanted to read back to back. I didn't end up enjoying the first book, which meant that there was no point in reading the second. This is book two in a duology that is set in a queernormative, underwater world, with mental illness rep. It is written in epistolary format, which means it is completely written in letters and missives. It is very academic and written in a scholarly tone (big words and long sentences). This book tackles grief and loss. The following information is from my review of book one:
What I Liked If you are looking for "scrolling Facebook posts and reading every single comment because I need to know what's going on" vibes, this is for you. I loved the format of this story. I was intrigued by the mystery surrounding the disappearance of the main characters and how the book is a collection of letters that are meant to formulate a timeline. The diversity in this book is fantastic with mental illness and LGBTQIA+ rep in a way that felt realistic.
What I Didn’t Like The scholarly writing, while completing my finals week of the semester, made this very difficult for me to get into. I am intelligent but the writing hurt my brain LOL. The letters, although interesting, feel like they are all written by the same person. Other than a heading that states who the letter is going to and who it's from, there is no indication within the body of the letter that it's a different character than the previous one. There aren't many individual quirks or mannerisms.
In Conclusion I believe it has been mentioned, but if you are a fan of Emily Wilde, then this book will absolutely be for you (I haven't read it yet, and I am now concerned about attempting it). ...more
Thank you to the publisher for the early review copy of this book. These opinions are my own.
The Important Highlights In true Freida fashion, this bookThank you to the publisher for the early review copy of this book. These opinions are my own.
The Important Highlights In true Freida fashion, this book had the twists you expected they would.
What I Liked It was entertaining as usual. It's an easy read -- by this I mean that anyone could pick up this book and understand it (I feel like it's important I point this out, because the fantasy genre I normally read is NOT easy LOL)
What I Didn’t Like I mean, it was kind of predictable in a few spots, and around the halfway mark I really didn't see how it could realistically get any worse (like what else could possible happen lol).
In Conclusion I enjoyed it and will be continuing to read her books as she publishes them. Roommates are the worst, but (view spoiler)[ spouses are worse (hide spoiler)]....more
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