Mrs. Martin's Incomparable Adventure

Mrs. Martin's Incomparable Adventure, Courtney Milan, 2019, novella. I have to admit that I bought this when it came out in late March and started reading it and then had about ten library holds come in one after the other, some rather faster than I had thought they were going to when I placed the holds, and it was all I could do to keep up. But I finally finished it. I'm a big Milan fan and I really wanted to like this one (lesbians! elderly lesbians!) but unfortunately the antagonist and the protagonists' choices in response weren't enjoyable reading for me. The romance was sweet though and I think other people could have a really different reaction plotwise so I don't want to disrecommend it! Just wasn't for me.

The Call

The Call, Peadar O'Guilin. Lodestar prerequisite reading; the sequel is a nominee. I found this pretty engaging, although at first I thought I would much rather be reading about other parts of the premise, like, okay, supernatural disaster targeting teens, whatever, what about their parents, what about the economy. But it moved along, and I liked the main character, and I thought the complications to the situation developing at the end were potentially interesting, so I don't mind being going to read the next one. I mean, the next one will probably turn out to have a similar ratio of tedious gruesome teen death to interesting bits and I'll end up feeling strung along, but what can you do.