Unmade and misc
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psocopteraIt's been a month since I did books, what the heck have I been reading. A bunch of long fanfic and rereading, mostly, but also a few new books. I tried reading Frances Hardinge's Fly By Night and completely failed to get into it, which felt like a failure on my part since that's one of those books everyone seems to like, so, I don't know what happened there.
Mistwood, Leah Cypess. YA fantasy with shapeshifters and political intrigue. I liked it and was disappointed to find out Nightspell was not a direct sequel.
The Luckiest Lady In London, Sherry Thomas. Historical romance. If she would have just dialed it down a couple of degrees I think I might have enjoyed this book a lot more but as it was, so over the top, something just did not quite click. Some pretty good bits though, and she's definitely got an original voice which is no trivial thing in this genre.
Unmade, Sarah Rees Brennan. The conclusion of the trilogy that began with Unspoken and Untold (links to my posts about each). I think it's the strongest of the three. I... feel like I should have a lot more to say than that, given that this was more like a big-deal release I've been in the library queue for for months rather than something I just happened to pick up? Well, okay, I guess, I cried like crazy for Rusty even though that's been telegraphed for ages (maybe in part *because* it's been telegraphed, you always fall for the doomed ones right?) and also when Ten comes running to Kami in the meadow near the end, and I felt very satisfied by how the whole resolution of the will-they-rebond-or-not question played out. And I loved Jon Glass trying to shoot Rob but not being able to go through with killing him - that felt very real, and like something I never see in fiction. And "Yes, yes yes/guys, I'm sorry, but no" was hysterically funny, possibly to the extent of making my list of "scenes in books that will never not make me laugh a little when I think about them". (Also that scene was super hot and so full of good character moments and so full of consent yay and everything. Dude. Anyways, trilogy recommended to YA readers.
Mistwood, Leah Cypess. YA fantasy with shapeshifters and political intrigue. I liked it and was disappointed to find out Nightspell was not a direct sequel.
The Luckiest Lady In London, Sherry Thomas. Historical romance. If she would have just dialed it down a couple of degrees I think I might have enjoyed this book a lot more but as it was, so over the top, something just did not quite click. Some pretty good bits though, and she's definitely got an original voice which is no trivial thing in this genre.
Unmade, Sarah Rees Brennan. The conclusion of the trilogy that began with Unspoken and Untold (links to my posts about each). I think it's the strongest of the three. I... feel like I should have a lot more to say than that, given that this was more like a big-deal release I've been in the library queue for for months rather than something I just happened to pick up? Well, okay, I guess, I cried like crazy for Rusty even though that's been telegraphed for ages (maybe in part *because* it's been telegraphed, you always fall for the doomed ones right?) and also when Ten comes running to Kami in the meadow near the end, and I felt very satisfied by how the whole resolution of the will-they-rebond-or-not question played out. And I loved Jon Glass trying to shoot Rob but not being able to go through with killing him - that felt very real, and like something I never see in fiction. And "Yes, yes yes/guys, I'm sorry, but no" was hysterically funny, possibly to the extent of making my list of "scenes in books that will never not make me laugh a little when I think about them". (Also that scene was super hot and so full of good character moments and so full of consent yay and everything. Dude. Anyways, trilogy recommended to YA readers.
