A review by plumeriade
Solitaire by Kelley Eskridge

3.0

3.5; I liked this quite a bit but I don't think it did as much as it could have, in order to get a 4. This kinda reminds me of the Santa Olivia books by Jacqueline Carey. They're definitely not the same but they have some of the same elements (speculative sci-fi starring queer ladies/a lesbian couple, Jackal doesn't have literal superpowers but she's kinda viewed that way still, a major traumatic event that they have to work through and the girlfriend perseveres with them through). It's a nice read!

I will say that (spoilers ahead but possible content warning):

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when she starts losing her grip with reality in VC solitary, it was pretty scary. And when she tries to explain it to Snow how she cut her out so she couldn't feel and so she doesn't deserve her love anymore, wow that was gut-wrenching for me

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ALSO (spoiler that happens early in the book)

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having someone cheat on her girlfriend with a boy

is SUCH A HUGE PET PEEVE OF MINE that it's another reason this didn't get 4 stars.