A review by leontiy
The King of Crows by Libba Bray
5.0
goodreads does not let me assign enough stars for this book
for this series
damn, this book
The Only Thing I Wish Was Different
... Was that one of the straight romances had been pushed out of the main characters to make space for a queer romance to exist within the ground dynamic. Henry might be gay and Ling might be sapphic, but... Neither of their stories/eventual partners feature to the same depth and degree as their straight counterparts. The Straights have two couples, front and centre, while the queer ones have none within the Diviners themselves. Theta and Memphis, Sam and Evie. They get to be two couples always, always there and together whenever the Diviners are together. Two straight couples pairing off while our queers are relegated to side romances. It stings a little, ngl. Sure, the queerness exists, but it does not get the same treatment as the vanilla default of ya romance "Teh Straightz".
for this series
damn, this book
The Only Thing I Wish Was Different
... Was that one of the straight romances had been pushed out of the main characters to make space for a queer romance to exist within the ground dynamic. Henry might be gay and Ling might be sapphic, but... Neither of their stories/eventual partners feature to the same depth and degree as their straight counterparts. The Straights have two couples, front and centre, while the queer ones have none within the Diviners themselves. Theta and Memphis, Sam and Evie. They get to be two couples always, always there and together whenever the Diviners are together. Two straight couples pairing off while our queers are relegated to side romances. It stings a little, ngl. Sure, the queerness exists, but it does not get the same treatment as the vanilla default of ya romance "Teh Straightz".