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The Tournament of Heirs by Amilea Perez

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adventurous hopeful tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

**Thank you Amilea Perez for the eARC! All thoughts and opinions are my own.**
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Posted on: 25 October 2024

3.5 (rounded up to 4) out of 5 stars.

Firstly, happy book release week! I totally didn’t mean to do a review this last minute, but I didn’t quite know what I wanted to say, really. In the end, my criteria to rating books left this at an even 3.5 which I rounded up to 4 stars. I’m still kind of sitting between that 3 and 4 star mark, really, but for the sake of Goodreads’ limited options, I will *keep* it rounded up.
Anyways, all of that to say that I had a bit of a love/hate with this book. I tried to keep all my thoughts in order by keeping an ‘info dump’ list that I didn’t quite keep up with- bummer. I do have enough to sort my words out enough though, so let’s get to it.

I usually try to stray from reviews when I’m reading a book if only to not have anything spoiled for me. Regardless, I find myself skimming through them in the end and I couldn’t help but keep note of some of the things other readers saw and mentioned. So I guess I’ll start off with the things I didn’t quite enjoy/things that bugged me when reading:
I can’t quite place my finger on it, but the dialogue felt a little like… awkward at times? Did anybody else catch that? Especially between the family (well obviously, that’s who we followed for over half the book but more on that in a bit), I just felt that it was giving… Disney-channel-family-movie-dialogue. Does that make sense? It wasn’t *bad* so to say, but it did just feel a little unnatural.
I’m gonna shift gears and bring the topic of family with me into the theme of pacing. Perez mentioned this in her instagram story once already, but let me say it here again too- this book is a slow burn. This book is slow paced. It is NOT for the reader who likes action and fast-moving scenes because we literally follow the House of Life for most of the book up until the day of the tournament (this was roughly around the 60% mark because I remember ranting about it to a friend of mine). I had a love/hate with *this* for the fact that- well the book is *called* ‘The Tournament of Heirs’. Why do we only get 40% of actual tournament content? On the flip side, I loved the chance to get to know these characters more though. The slow pacing helps in giving readers a moment to learn about this main cast and get attached to them if only to make the tournament part more stressful to read.
And now to segway this pacing issue into the broader topic of writing style. I didn’t exactly *hate* the way Perez writes, I think for a debut book, it’s wonderful and definitely could grow into something more graceful and lovely. However, I did see the issue a few other readers had in that the content felt repetitive. I get it, I saw it, I read it over and over- it is repetitive, especially in things that the author wants you to remember. It’s a mix of show *and* tell, which I felt didn’t hurt the story *too* much, but it did get a little tedious after a while. I think that with time though, Perez’s writing can most definitely improve into something where the need to repeat facts that she wants the reader to know will slow evolve into another way of keeping info constant without being too in your face about it.

Phew, okay. So you might be thinking, “Well damn girl, if you had all that to say about the book, then why did you round it up to four stars!?” 
Uhm, well.. I’m asking myself the same thing…

What *really* got me hooked onto this book was the strong sibling dynamic that was promised in the early book promo. I love love LOVE books with sibling relationships as somebody who has two older sisters and sometimes wishes that we were all closer together, or that we didn’t fight so much growing up and hold those old grudges, or that no matter what happens in the future, we will *always* be there for each other regardless of how much distance is between us (Elle, if you’re reading this, no you aren’t). So when I met Acalan and Metztli, I knew I would stick with the book. These characters were written with love by Perez, that much is very clear. Where a few other characters felt a little flat or just distant because we didn’t get the chance to know them better due to passing mentions of them or.. other reasons (iykyk), I think the main sibling duo we follow had their chance to shine. And I won’t lie, it felt a little trope-y sometimes, a little too much cliche or simple, but I don’t know… I just couldn’t let go of these characters as easily. And I never hit a point where I was like “this is so annoying, I have to stop reading or I’ll become a hater”. Although there was one thing that I kind of didn’t like…
The romance in this was okay. I didn’t really come into this book with a need to see love flourish, but it was something nice! Acalan’s story had a more insta-love type that usually isn’t my cup of tea. It was sweet, it was nice, it got me annoyed in one scene but I got over it. I think the characters worked well together which made it all the sweeter, but again- I personally don’t like the insta-love too much. Metztli’s story had more of a slow burn, but when it happened- oh boy, it happened. It, again, was a nice side romance story. I think *those* two characters work well together too. Necalli has a lot of my favorite book-romance-lead tropes which meant that I’d love him eventually, but I still feel like his snarky-ness could’ve shown a little more/it wasn’t a switch that made these two fall into one another.

I think the storyline went along well. There’s prophecy talks that’s kept a secret most of the time. I switched between annoyed and intrigued at its constant mention, but it played out well enough in the end. I will say that the ending kind of felt a little anticlimactic to me? I don’t know if I was so excited to see what happens that I accidentally glossed over some key parts or if it genuinely didn’t have that arching blow that it was leading into. I don’t know. What I do know is that the characters, Perez’s potential, and the way this book ended has all snagged me so deeply into waiting for the second book. It’s a fine read! There’s room for growth, but I think it’s a nice debut that mixes bits of Mexican and Aztec culture, and a new fantasy world to make an interesting tale! I think it’s worth a try if you’ve been looking for a new book about gods’ games, sibling bonds, and the desperate need to keep a kingdom and a family safe.
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The Eyes Are the Best Part by Monika Kim

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dark tense medium-paced
  • Strong character development? It's complicated

4.0

Posted to: Goodreads and The Storygraph
Posted on: 25 October 2024

3.5 (rounded up to 4) out of 5 stars.

Full review to come. I literally just finished the last page though and must drop my initial thoughts. 
This book was a horror in such a good way. I cringed and I tried to cover up the words while reading the gory bits. I *felt* Ji-won’s rage and kind of hate we were taken along the roller coaster of deaths and devours only because I realized I’m more squeamish than I thought. Still, I absolutely will be here whenever Monika Kim releases another book! There was something just wickedly gruesome and terrible about this that didn’t allow me to put it down. I loved the narrative we got to follow, loved the descent and the twists and the ending. Loved loved *loved* this little terror of a novel.
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Metal from Heaven by August Clarke

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challenging dark tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.0

**Thank you Kensington Publishing and NetGalley for the arc! All thoughts and opinions are my own.**
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Posted on: 7 October 2024

3.4 (rounded down to 3) out of 5 stars.

I don’t know where to start for this one. I wanted to love it, so so SO badly did I want to enjoy this! Rebecca Roanhorse hadn’t steered me wrong before so I was ready for another banger she reviewed.
It fell short for me and I don’t know why! It was easy going first. You do kinda start off kind of thrown into this world, but I think August Clarke does a splendid job of pulling you through with the main character. I think what got me confused some was the sudden ‘you’ that was mentioned and turned out to be a friend (potentially lover too I think?) of Marney. Once I got it though, it was like nothing.

I think what bugged me was the pacing? It started off with a bang, kind of slows down, and I feel like it alternates between these action scenes and suddenly slower informational bits. The world building was slipped into these slower bits, and I think it just felt like a dump at times? I literally entered a reading slump during one of the slower bits and found myself pushing through until it got a little better, but I just couldn’t bring myself to force-read it anymore.
I say this, but still I don’t think it was a /bad/ read. It just wasn’t for me at the moment. I do want to try and pick it back up again another time because the plot was good. I was here for the lesbians and the worker’s revolt, and I was not left wanting. I think the info bits were just dragging too much, and I was too distracted to fully re-immerse myself after picking it back up from one break already. Lots of people did seem to enjoy this read though, and I can really see why! At the same time, I can also see how it isn’t for everybody as well. It’s definitely an interesting ready, and the writing style wasn’t entirely my favorite, but it’s one I want to come back to. Just for now, I had to DNF because I didn’t see myself picking it back up again and actually finishing it before it released.
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A Dark and Drowning Tide by Allison Saft

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medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

**Thank you Random House Publishing- Ballantine and NetGalley for the arc! All thoughts and opinions are my own.**
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Posted on: 3 September 2024

4.2 (rounded down to 4) out of 5 stars.

“This was its own kind of torment, knowing how it felt to have Sylvia pressed against her. It was a cruel vision of something not meant for her.” 

This quote was pulled from the author’s instagram in a promotion post for the book!! It’s an AMAZING vibe for the yearning we see everywhere in the book though. ‘A Dark and Drowning Tide’ was such a different change of pace from the books I’ve been reading lately and I LOVED it! There was just something about the angsty lesbian lovers stuck on a ship with a killer while fighting feelings for each other and still trying to continue their mission for me. This is the first book from Allison Saft that I’ve read despite having almost her entire backlist, and it only convinced me to pick up her other books as soon as I can.

The prose in this book was so lovely! I am a sucker for flowery, tortured lovers and poetic writing. It was a nice mix of myth and romance, not leaning too heavy on the story to fudge out the romance and vise versa. As far as the mystery aspect goes, there’s a lot of flares about. Some things get mentioned or brought up and immediately you kind of know to keep your eye on it’s constant mention/its oddly specific mention. I don’t think it was too on the nose with the ‘clues’ for it, which I enjoyed as well because I love a good plot twist!
Just- all in all, I really enjoyed this read! It’s got a little bit of everything mixed in, but my absolute favorite bits were just the romance and the touches of folk stories. Saft connects some fairytales to characters and I really enjoyed those bits and references, but I think that was a personal preference. 
Tiny Threads by Lilliam Rivera

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dark tense medium-paced
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

**Thank you so much Random House Publishing Group- Ballantine | Del Ray for the earc! All words and thoughts in this review are my own honest opinion!**
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2.9 (rounded up to 3) out of 5 stars.

Uhm- I’ve got thoughts. I’ve got a jumble of words in mind for this read that I don’t really know how to untie. I’ll try my best to be coherent, but I have very little yet so much at the same time to say about this read…
Let’s dive in?

I understand the sort of message that Lilliam Rivera was trying to convey here. I kind of hate that the only fashion world reference I knew to help set the scene was ‘Ugly Betty’ because it seriously kicked some of that seriousness out of ‘Tiny Threads’ too, and there was already only so much to work with. I think for me it was the pacing that affected this a lot.
At the beginning, it felt like Rivera was trying to take things easy to help set the scene and let readers get a feel for what was to come, but then realized she was nearing a word cap and rushed all the important plot points back to back before the end. It just felt… messy. There was too much stitched together to fill in gaps left by other ideas, but then more gap arose. I think if the book was a little longer, more time could’ve been given to weave the timeline that Rivera started with.
Something else that bugged me was the way these plot points were intersecting. Once everything is connected, earlier details start to make some more sense, but there were too many stories being told for it to run linearly. I almost wonder if back and forth flashbacks/two time period POVs could’ve helped achieve the ending that ‘Tiny Threads’ came around to? I’m not sure. It just felt like there were too many ideas being used to help elevate the plot and not much was done to help smoothen the bumps in the road.

I have to agree with others in that the love interest isn’t really a love interest. He’s in for a few scenes, but not terribly much as- a love interest. I’m saying that word a lot, it’s losing its meaning. I feel like more could’ve been done to either ascertain that idea that he is a love interest beyond a few awkward meetings, or a different title could’ve been lended to him instead. This personally didn’t bug me all too much, but I figured it’s something worth noting as others found issue with it.

‘Tiny Threads’ attempts to lay down a *strong* and impactful message within its story. It strives to capture attention with its eeriness and by showing the true horrors that lay deeper behind glimmering facades and money-cushioned lives. I just think that the air could’ve been a bit more dramatic, a little less rushed, and a lot sharper. I haven’t read any of Rivera’s previous works, but as one of her firsts in the adult-fiction world, I believe this to be a good starter with which she can only grow from!
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The Girl With No Reflection by Keshe Chow

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medium-paced

3.0

**Thank you so much Random House Children’s/RHCBEducators for the earc! All words and thoughts in this review are my own honest opinion!**
Posted to: NetGalley, Goodreads, and The Storygraph
Posted on: 15 June 2024

3 out of 5 stars.

I feel a little betrayed by how people talk about this book compared to what’s actually in it. I’m skipping my usual rambles here and digging straight into the core of my thoughts, let’s go:

First off, I see it often described as ‘horror’ or ‘chilling’- it’s not. I was disappointed in this fact because I set it aside to read during my celebration of ‘Summerween’ where I just read spooky books throughout the summer since I usually can’t fill my fix during October. I want to say that I didn’t find it scary because it’s YA horror and I’m starting to get into more adult horror, but I find Kylie Lee Baker and Erin A Craig’s books a lot creepier and eerier than this- and both authors’ books are YA! This is a thriller at most, but that’s still pushing it. It’s a high fantasy YA novel with minimal eeriness in the beginning that doesn’t really carry through to the end.

Secondly, I had a love-hate throughout it. I feel like the plot and the characters were there, but they were *lacking*. Let me split this into a two parter, it’ll be short and connect in the end I promise. Characters first-
The characters were very trope-y. They did honestly feel like people plucked straight from C-Dramas which isn’t a bad thing! I just think they were just too heavily reliant on these tropes to move their growth along. The way the writing was also lent no hand in rounding them out. It was very Tell Not Show in a lot of places and it just made it hard to feel and connect with these characters.
The plot was very similar. It felt like a drama in that there were a lot of moving pieces, but I think that the length of the novel just didn’t allow it to reach its potential. Some bits felt rushed, others felt like they were thrown in for the sake of filling in a gap left open by another plot point. If the book were a little longer, I really do think it could’ve felt less… choppy and stitched together. I think there was just too many things trying to pull the story along that the ends got frayed along the way. And again, there were a lot of drama tropes tossed in that just didn’t really help to flesh out the actual book and it really just left me wanting something more or better from it.

I don’t have too much else on my reader notes about this- nothing that hasn’t been repeated above like five times a paragraph. I just wish I would’ve enjoyed it more! The premise was interesting. I read the summary and was *instantly* hooked, but I just don’t think the summary gave the story the right push-off it needed. It felt a little misleading, especially with so many people calling it horror when it’s not even terribly creepy (I guess the idea of this mirror world is creepy? But the execution lightened the blow that it could’ve had). I can definitely see how people can enjoy this though and I hope more people will!! For a debut book, it’s pretty nice especially for drama lovers. I just couldn’t get into it and never quite found my footing enough to enjoy it. As Keshe Chow grows more as an author, I’d love to see what else she comes up with! Because again, at the risk of sounding like a broken record, the story and the characters could’ve been so much better than they were if more time was given to them and if it was polished a little better.
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Ladykiller by Katherine Wood

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slow-paced

3.0

**Thank you so much Random House Publishing and Kathleen Quinlan for reaching out with an earc! All words and thoughts in this review are my own honest opinion!**
Posted to: NetGalley, Goodreads, and The Storygraph
Posted on: 8 June 2024

3 out of 5 stars.

I tried to like this. I really did. I got to 20% then 25%, then told myself I’ll go to 35% to see how it’ll go and I still just had that love-hate relationship. When I start to feel this way with books, I’m wary to keep continuing because I start to get too critical over the smallest things and it further ruins the read.
So ultimately, I did decide to just DNF. I just don’t think this book is for me. It’s slightly out my range from the usual genres I pick. It’s also just a little slow and the characters a tad unlikeable in a bad way (because I love me a good unlikable or unreliable mc, don’t get me wrong)

I had this issue that a few others had in feeling that Gia’s manuscript POV was just… long. And it took too long to get to the point. I get that we’re peering into the buildup of what happened, but I don’t know… it just didn’t interest me yet there are a *lot* of chapters featuring Gia’s POV compared to Abby’s and that’s considering the fact that I didn’t even finish the book. I feel like I just wanted to see more of Abby, or more movement *anywhere*.

The premise was interesting, the whole idea, the cover, and the title- it was *interesting*, but the actual inside of the book just left me wanting. Maybe I’ll try again to finish this, but genuinely I don’t think it lined up with what I was expecting based off the summary and the cover? I think others will definitely enjoy this more than I have, but just for me personally, it really didn’t strike the right cord from the get-go.
Kill Her Twice by Stacey Lee

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adventurous hopeful inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

**Thank you so much Penguin Group/Penguin Young Readers Group and Stacey Lee for the arc! All words and thoughts in this review are my own honest opinion!**
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Posted on: 11 May 2024

3.4 (rounded down to 3) out of 5 stars.

Kind of struggling to write this review because I’m still on the fence of how I feel about this. I loved the theme, the plot, and the setting so so so much. The writing was a little lacking in some areas for me though. I didn’t feel as drawn towards the characters throughout the whole time I read, just during some scenes/parts. I think that if there was a little more depth to them, I’d have found ways to love them each a little more? They were just.. flat, with very redeeming qualities! Each of them, especially how May has her bits of growth or Gemma too! I also feel like Peony was kind of cast out too much? There was a bit of a struggle, it seemed, in deciding how important the little sister’s role would be in this too- or that’s what I felt anyways as I read.
What I liked was their cunning though. The sisters are given chances to grow, to see how they sway with the way the world is changing around them. There’s a certain kind of heart to be found in reading along, waiting to see how the mystery unfolds and just what might happen to our protagonists. I feel like that was the redeeming factor for me? Just the desire to see how the Chow Sisters will move next, how they’ll decide what’s best to do when it feels like things are wholly against them.

All of this back and forth to say that it was still an enjoyable read! I absolutely loved the era we are thrown in to, the challenges that the characters are battling, and the things they do for justice. In the heart of it all, it’s about friendship, it’s about family, and it’s about three sister clouds fighting against the perils thrown their way so they can stay together.
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Your Blood, My Bones by Kelly Andrew

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medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

**Thank you so much Scholastic Press and Kelly Andrew for the arc! All words and thoughts in this review are my own honest opinion!**
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Posted on: 27 April 2024

3.7 (rounded up to4) out of 5 stars.

Phew, okay this took me much too long to get to and even longer still to finish. I feel like if this book had been with me more consistently, I may have been less critical of it? And I say this lightly because it still got 4 stars based off my rating scale, but I have a lot of thoughts floating around about it.

To start, this isn’t my first Kelly Andrew book. I got a copy of ‘The Whispering Dark’ when it first released (I received it through Illumicrate and my sister through OwlCrate so we buddy read it). It was never finished though, and this was before I knew about DNF’ing, book slumps, reading slumps- all that jazz. So when I saw this title and read the bio, I was a little worried about trying another Kelly Andrew book since I hadn’t finished the first one. I’m really glad I read this though, because while I have my qualms about it, it was a really lovely read!

On a more critical note, the characters sometimes had annoying habits. There were also times where they fell a little flat to me or just lacked a little something that would’ve made their role in the story hit *more*.
Another thing was that I think I got lost a bit in the plot? Some things happened that kind of felt awkwardly placed or solutions just given for the sake of finding an out??
Again, it took me longer to read this book than usual, so I feel like I’ll have different opinions on this when I go back to read it and actually finish it in my usual reading time (a week, give or take. Not a whole month..)

What I *loved* about this book was the writing in some places. It was pretty, it was meaningful, it added a little depth to the flatness I found. I saved a lot of quotes from this because there was just *something* about the rotting, about the decay, and how Andrew describes it. The writing style wasn’t one of my favorites, but the things being written were- does that make sense?

Overall, it was a nice read! I did enjoy it, and I did decide to keep my OwlCrate copy of it. I think the magic used was also interesting to me, but at the heart of it, the struggles and the growth of the main cast had me. 
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Eye of the Ouroboros by Megan Bontrager

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adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

**Thank you so much Quill & Crow Publishing House and Megan Bontrager for the arc! All words and thoughts in this review are my own honest opinion!**
Posted to: NetGalley, Goodreads, and The Storygraph
Posted on: 23 March 2024

3.6 (rounded up to 4) out of 5 stars.

Wow. The little girl in me who grew up reading those reddit search and rescue stories was *beyond* excited to read this! I mean, if I had the time to just sit with it, I really think I could’ve finished this in one sitting. I really wanted to and I think when my physical copy comes in, I may dedicate time to do just do that! There was just *something* about the way this read that made me devour it (as it devoured me- it was so hard to get this book out of my mind!)

The writing was pretty enjoyable. There were some bits where the details kind of went over my head, but I tend to read in inconvenient places and times (usually during my downtime at work or late at night before bed) so that could very well be the reason.
I also definitely noticed the complaint a few other readers noted on how the pacing was off, and I can agree. There were a few times where I had to read back a few pages to make sure that I hadn’t just glossed over something on accident. This leads into one of *my* desires for the book- I wish it had been longer! I loved the characters for the short time we have them, but I wish we would’ve had them for *longer*. Since the book is in Theo’s POV, I kind of feel like we miss out on some development opportunities (not saying the book had none because I grew to love the cast a lot). I was left wanting though, and I feel that if the book had been longer, some of the jumps with information and plot points could’ve also been better smoothed out. In my personal opinion though, I still throughly enjoyed the storyline we are given. I loved the mystery, the eeriness, and the creepy atmosphere with the Ouroboros and those involved.

There was something else that I noticed often while I read, and it’s the fact that the *vibes* of this read carry. Do you know when horror movies/video games have scenes that build tension over normal actions by playing eerie music in the background instead of giving much dialogue to explain what’s happening? That’s what this book felt like at times. I could practically *hear* the rising violin or the slow drags of dissonant notes before it abruptly cuts off. I could feel the unsettling air that Theo is thrown into. I’m not sure if that’s just the little me who read SARs stories making up music as I read, or if the prose itself allowed for this space to be created- whatever the answer, I loved loved loved it!

I have a few scattered notes I took as I read that don’t quite fit with my aforementioned thoughts above, so I’ll dump them here rapid-fire style:
  • The action that happens in the story hits as it’s happening- if that makes sense. The setting is already building up on eeriness and dread, that feeling like you know something is gonna happen but you don’t know *when*. But you also don’t really expect what will happen until you’re suddenly thrown into the scene. 
  • This book consumed me. It became a fan-favorite *fast* for the fact that I love this genre of horror. I’m a big fan of the Kids on Bikes TTRPG game ‘Kollok 1991’ and this gave very similar vibes! And if I haven’t stated it enough, I loved SARs stories growing up. This was everything I forgot I loved wrapped into one with a door leading straight into the thick of it (get it? Doors are kinda problematic around here- I’ll see myself out now…)
  • I feel like this was horror in that it was creepy, but not too scary? It has some gore though, wonderfully done action scenes IMO that I could almost see when I sat down and focused on reading. I really would say that this is great for people who don’t like to get scared but kind of want a nice little chiller.
  • Sometimes the characters grated me by how they acted? Theo has some development, but she says stuff that kinda contradicts? An example- she mentions that a conspiracy theorist isn’t really a bad thing because it means somebody out there is ‘crazier than her’ and also means she’s ’not alone in her belief’. But another scene further in, she uses ‘conspiracist/conspiracy theorist’ as an insult/thinks of them insultingly. It’s little things like this, but I feel like it’s just showing how Theo grows along the way too. Her thoughts do kinda change later/she eventually learns to work with different people. I think it’s the fact that Theo is tough to love at first (but man does she fight her way into your heart by the end)

Phew- didn’t mean to write near an essay about this book, so I’ll leave it with one final thing:
The ending was nice! It had enough closure to make me feel content with things, but was also open enough that I’d almost love and continuation somehow? I really did just enjoy this read so much! It was lacking in some parts as I mentioned above, but overall I loved the energy it brought. I can’t wait to make the time to just- sit and let this book consume me all over again once my preorder comes in!
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